Sunday, January 15, 2017

1/14 recap

ACC:
@Louisville 78, Duke 69 - the top end of the ACC is brutal
@North Carolina 96, Florida St 83 - this was a house money game for FSU, they hang onto the 2 line for me.  The pecking order might be FSU > UNC > UL > Duke.  I think
Virginia 77, @Clemson 73 - and I'm not sure where exactly Virginia fits in all this yet
Notre Dame 76, @Virginia Tech 71 - home losses against good teams are big deals for bubble teams.  Missed chance.  Where does ND fit among the top 6?  I have no idea.  The top end of this conference is a nightmare logjam right now
Miami 72, @Pittsburgh 46 - one thing we do know:  Pitt is fading
@Syracuse 76, Boston College 53

Big 12:
Baylor 77, @Kansas St 68 - road wins are never trivial
@Kansas 87, Oklahoma St 80
West Virginia 74, @Texas 72
@TCU 84, Iowa St 77 - the kind of win that matters when you're on the bubble
@Oklahoma 84, Texas Tech 75 - well, at least we know TTU was a pretender all along

Big East:
Villanova 70, @St John's 57
@Butler 83, Xavier 78 - kind of a status quo for both teams...Butler v Xavier might be a decent argument for higher seed at the moment

Pac-12:
UCLA 83, @Utah 82 - Utah needs some quality wins at some point
@Oregon 85, Oregon St 43
@California 58, Washington St 54
@Stanford 76, Washington 69

B1G:
@Penn St 52, Minnesota 50 - road losses aren't disasters....but PSU?  This is not where you want to spend a loss
@Michigan 91, Nebraska 85
Maryland 62, @Illinois 56 - road wins are never trivial

SEC:
@Kentucky 92, Auburn 72
@Florida 80, Georgia 76 (OT) - top end of the conference separating from the bubble.  Might not be a good thing for the conference as a whole
@Mississippi St 67, Texas A&M 59 - still don't believe in MSU
Alabama 81, @LSU 66
@Arkansas 92, Missouri 73
@South Carolina 67, Ole Miss 56
Tennessee 87, @Vanderbilt 75

A-10:
Dayton 76, @Duquesne 57
@Davidson 69, VCU 63 - this is why road wins are never trivial

WCC:
@Gonzaga 79, St Mary's 56 - status quo for both teams
@San Diego 88, BYU 75 - in case you thought BYU could still be a thing

AAC:
@Central Florida 77, Houston 70 - both feel like NIT resumes to me right now
Tulsa 70, @Temple 68 - bleep off, Temple

elsewhere:
@UNC-Wilmington 84, Hofstra 76
@Middle Tennessee 91, Western Kentucky 76
Nevada 89, @Wyoming 74
@Illinois St 76, Wichita St 62

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