Friday, November 20, 2015

11/20 recap

Puerto Rico:
Miami 90, Utah 66 - not a good look for the Pac-12.  Mid-table ACC > Mid-table Pac-12
Butler 74, Temple 69

Charleston:
George Mason 71, Oklahoma St 68 (OT) - simply a bad loss, and a lost chance at a house money game against UVa.  Meanwhile, um, George Mason is competent?  Okay then!
Virginia 87, Long Beach St 52 - more notable is LBSU gets a shot at Oklahoma St and another good resume builder

Paradise Jam:
Tulsa 90, Ohio 88 - near disaster
Hofstra 82, Florida St 77 - now, Hofstra is probably the CAA favorite, so it's isn't as bad as it looks....but the middle of the ACC is going to be a dogfight, and FSU will have one black mark entering it.  The real issue is being trapped on the wrong side of the bracket and losing quality win chances
South Carolina 76, DePaul 61
Indiana St 70, Norfolk St 61

2K Classic:
Georgetown 71, Wisconsin 61 - GU saves its season, for now
Duke 79, VCU 71 - VCU hung most of the day, so file that away under useful information for March

elsewhere...
Signature win of the day:
Xavier 86, @Michigan 70 - road wins are gold, remember

Catastrophic loss of the day:
UT-Arlington 73, @Ohio St 68 - no words to describe

Notables:
@Georgia 63, Murray St 52 - MSU is decent so this isn't a trivial result
@Northwestern 83, Columbia 80 (OT) - ditto Columbia, but this was a little too close

Cupcake winners:  Kentucky, Maryland (although they took their sweet time before taking the lead against Rider), Oklahoma, Villanova, Michigan St, California, Baylor, Oregon, Minnesota, Iona, Pitt, BYU

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