12/31 recap

Big East:
Villanova 80, @Creighton 70 - Nova crusing to the 1 line
Xavier 81, @Georgetown 76 - road wins are never trivial

ACC:
@Virginia Tech 89, Duke 75 - well VT had a rather light schedule, so their only path to the NCAAs are signature wins.  I think this counts
@Georgia Tech 75, North Carolina 63 - terrible loss for UNC.  You're going to drop a few road games in the ACC, but do you want to spend one of them in this spot?  No you don't
Florida St 60, @Virginia 58 - signature road win!
Notre Dame 78, @Pittsburgh 77 (OT) - road wins are what are going to separate teams in the middle of this conference
Clemson 73, @Wake Forest 68 - see above comment
@Miami 81, NC State 63

WCC:
Gonzaga 81, @Pacific 61
@St Mary's 72, San Diego 60
BYU 81, @Loyola Marymount 76

AAC:
SMU 75, @East Carolina 44
Houston 70, @South Florida 56
Tulsa 61, @UConn 59 (OT)
@UCF 77, Temple 53 - Temple's 0-2 in the AAC and is in big, big trouble

A-10:
Richmond 82, @Davidson 80

elsewhere:
Louisville 77, @Indiana 62 - Indiana and the B1G have a problem in general with a lack of signature wins.  Louisville just gets another resume piece OOC that they won't have to pick up in conference
Rider 93, @Monmouth 90 (OT) - this isn't last year's Monmouth team
UNC-Wilmington 76, @Towson 67 - UNCW has a shiny record, a shiny RPI, and the CAA has charged to the top 10 in the CRPI.  Stay tuned