1/27 recap

Signature wins:
Xavier 66, @Georgetown 53 - road wins are gold, as I've always maintained
@Oklahoma St 64, Baylor 53 - OSU needs to hold home court against some of the teams ahead of them.  This is 1

Damaging losses:
West Virginia 65, @Kansas St 59 - the best analogy here is the figure skater who submits a very tough routine.  K-State had a horrible non-con, so in conference play, they have to take on a high degree of difficulty.  They need to win all these swing games.  So while this loss in a vacuum isn't bad, it's really damaging in the macro view
@Virginia Tech 70, Pittsburgh 67 (OT) - it's getting late early for Pitt's chances
@Utah St 56, Wyoming 44 - oh no, no no.  USU isn't awful by any means but Wyoming is going to face several tougher games than this
Florida 52, @Alabama 50 - 'Bama, you just HAVE to hold home court in this kind of game.  Have to
@Boise St 82, Colorado St 78 - not a good night for the MW

Notables:
@VCU 72, George Washington 48 - blowing out your closest competition in the conference helps
Tulsa 62, @Tulane 55 - road wins, I say
@Michigan 58, Nebraska 44 - UM is trying to stay in the bubble race
@Georgia 70, Vanderbilt 62
@San Diego St 58, Fresno St 47
@Arkansas 69, Tennessee 64
Texas A&M 71, @Auburn 61 - no road win is trivial

Miscellany:
over in the MAC, Kent beats CMU to go to 6-1.  Akron and BGU go to 5-2
Evansville beats Indiana St, and they go joint 6-3 in the MVC.  The race for 3rd here will get messy.  And irrelevant