Wednesday, November 27, 2013

11/27 recap

NIT:
Arizona 66, Drexel 62
Duke 74, Alabama 64
We get Duke/Arizona after Alabama and Drexel put up reasonable tests.  

Cancun:
Wisconsin 70, West Virginia 63
St Louis 62, Old Dominion 52

Maui:
Syracuse 74, Baylor 67 - If the Dayton win doesn't hold up, Baylor actually winds up with not a lot of help from Maui.  We'll see
Dayton 82, California 64 - Cal is the one that kinda leaves with an empty 1-2 as far as resume help goes.  Dayton gets a solid two wins
Gonzaga beats Arkansas for a nominal win

Gulf Coast final:
Louisiana Tech 76, St Bonaventure 72 - mission accomplished for La Tech in a weaker field

Great Alaska:
Tulsa 63, Indiana St 62 - Awful result for ISU, even awfuler for Harvard.  They needed ISU in the final to help build any kind of at-large hope


Thankgiving preview:
Prepare your bodies.  Battle 4 Atlantis starts.  Unlike other tourneys, being in the losers bracket isn't as big a problem because you can still find quality wins there.  USC/Nova, Wake/Kansas, Iowa/Xavier, UTEP/Tennessee.  The latter 2 are especially fun.
The Wooden Legacy is also underway.  Marquette and SDSU should get through.  Why do we have G. Washington/Miami in one game and Creighton/Arizona St in another?  Brutal draw - the loser of Creighton/Arizona St is going to be trapped in a very bad losers bracket.
Old Spice starts too.  Butler, Okla St, and Memphis are severe favorites to advance, with a high-stakes St Joe's/LSU game as the nightcap.
Las Vegas Invitational is underway, UCLA/Nevada and Mizzou/Northwestern, UCLA and Mizzou needing to hold serve.
Great Alaska quarters continue.  The big one here is Denver/Harvard.

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