Saturday, January 19, 2019

1/14 - 1/17 recap

We're moving to bi-weekly, at least for January.  Deal with it


ACC:
Syracuse 95, @Duke 91 - what I'm curious of is how NET deals with player absences.  Even still, this should stand as a signature win to put them comfortably in the field right now
@Pittsburgh 75, Florida St 62 - I thought Pitt was terrible, so I'm not sure whether this one is them being better than I thought or just a bad FSU game
@Virginia 81, Virginia Tech 59
@North Carolina 75, Notre Dame 69
@Wake Forest 71, NC State 67 - here's another dicey road loss by a probable at-large team.  It's tough to get a top 4 seed with these things on your resume
@Louisville 80, BC 70
@Clemson 72, GT 60

B1G:
@Maryland 64, Wisconsin 60
Nebraska 66, @Indiana 51 - quality road wins get you a gold star
@Purdue 89, Rutgers 54
Iowa 89, @Penn St 82
@Illinois 95, Minnesota 68 - dumb loss of the week
Michigan St 70, @Nebraska 64 - still a good week for Nebraska overall

SEC:
@Tennessee 106, Arkansas 87
Kentucky 69, @Georgia 49
LSU 83, @Ole Miss 69
@Mississippi St 71, Florida 68
Auburn 85, @Texas A&M
South Carolina 74, @Vandy 71
Alabama 70, @Mizzou 60 - is it just me, or is the SEC sorting itself into haves and have nots quickly?  Feeling better about Bama and LSU and the Mississippis, Arky falling off the board...seems like they're setting up for a solid 7 bids this year

BEast:
Marquette 74, @Georgetown 71
@Providence 72, Seton Hall 63
@St John's 81, Creighton 66 - CU about to be the one BE bubble team taken off the board
Butler 87, @DePaul 69

Big 12:
@Kansas 80, Texas 78
Baylor 73, @Oklahoma St 69
@TCU 98, West Virginia 67
Iowa St 68, @Texas Tech 64
Kansas St 74, @Oklahoma 61 - feels like the Big 12 is slowly separating into 6 haves, 3 have-nots, and 1 bubble team.  Which sounds about right for the conference, given its non-con profile

MWC:
Nevada 72, @Boise St 71

AAC:
@Cincinnati 82, USF 74
Houston 69, @SMU 58
@Tulsa 89, UConn 83 - all in all, both teams are probably going to be short of the tournament
Temple 85, @ECU 74
@Wichita St 75, UCF 67 - not a dicey loss by any means....but the AAC 2.5 bids is a fun over/under bet to place right now.  Don't know which way I'd go

A-10:
St Louis 63, @Fordham 60
@St Joe's 61, Davidson 60 - first misstep in the A-10 for Davidson
@VCU 76, Dayton 71

WCC:
@Gonzaga 73, Loyola Marymount 55
San Fran 53, @Pacific 52

Pac-12 fail tracker:
Oregon 59, @Arizona 54 - sigh
@Washington 80, Stanford 64
@Arizona St 70, Oregon St 67

micellaneous:
Buffalo 88, @Western Michigan 79
Lipscomb 70, @NJIT 52 - LU has a shiny NET rating.  We might have to discuss their at-large chances if they run the A-Sun table.  It's do-able
@Jacksonville St 91, Belmont 80 (OT) - the OVC is clearly Murray St's now

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