Signature wins:
Florida St 83, @Florida 66 - another game I like to call a Tier 0 win - a Tier 1 win, but even better
assorted detrubis:
@Ohio St 71, Michigan 62 - we're at the tail end of the B1G conference sneak preview...
Wisconsin 64, @Penn St 63 - any win of any kind is a big deal for Wisky right now
@Indiana 77, Iowa 64
Missouri St 71, @North Dakota St 58 - road wins are never trivial
...this was a light day. Mondays are usually light, so deal with it
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
12/3 recap
Signature wins:
Seton Hall 79, @Louisville 77 - there should be a Tier 0: Tier 1 wins, but with an extra oompf. Like this roadie
UCF 65, @Alabama 62 - a likely Tier 1 win
assorted:
Kansas St 84, @Vanderbilt 79 - alas, this road win is destined for Tier 2
Tennessee 77, @Georgia Tech 70 - alas, same story with Tier 2 here
@George Washington 71, Temple 67 - road wins are always a diffcult ask, but this does use up some of Temple's wiggle room on the bubble
@Long Beach St 76, Stanford 68 - I'm frankly more impressed LBSU got a home game with Stanford than the actual win
@San Diego St 75, Bradley 52 - for those scoring at home, there was a MWC/MVC challenge. 10 home teams won in 10 games. Great, we learned basically very little about either conference
@Mississippi St 61, Dayton 59
@Michigan St 86, Nebraska 57 - if a bad conference game on December 3 is played, does it really count?
@Minnesota 89, Rutgers 67 - ditto
@Purdue 74, Northwestern 69 - status quo for both
Maryland 92, @Illinois 91 (OT) - finally, a win of modest worth, since it was on the road
Seton Hall 79, @Louisville 77 - there should be a Tier 0: Tier 1 wins, but with an extra oompf. Like this roadie
UCF 65, @Alabama 62 - a likely Tier 1 win
assorted:
Kansas St 84, @Vanderbilt 79 - alas, this road win is destined for Tier 2
Tennessee 77, @Georgia Tech 70 - alas, same story with Tier 2 here
@George Washington 71, Temple 67 - road wins are always a diffcult ask, but this does use up some of Temple's wiggle room on the bubble
@Long Beach St 76, Stanford 68 - I'm frankly more impressed LBSU got a home game with Stanford than the actual win
@San Diego St 75, Bradley 52 - for those scoring at home, there was a MWC/MVC challenge. 10 home teams won in 10 games. Great, we learned basically very little about either conference
@Mississippi St 61, Dayton 59
@Michigan St 86, Nebraska 57 - if a bad conference game on December 3 is played, does it really count?
@Minnesota 89, Rutgers 67 - ditto
@Purdue 74, Northwestern 69 - status quo for both
Maryland 92, @Illinois 91 (OT) - finally, a win of modest worth, since it was on the road
Sunday, December 3, 2017
12/2 recap
signature wins:
Wichita St 69, @Baylor 62 - road win, self-explanatory
@Xavier 89, Cincinnati 76 - might matter a little bit to both teams, but won't make or break a resume
@SMU 72, USC 55 - no sin to lose on the road for USC, and SMU could've used the resume boost. Not convinced the AAC will be ripe with quality win chances yet
Georgia 73, @Marquette 66 - perhaps good for Georgia, but we may also need to consider Marquette isn't near the bubble
@Rhode Island 75, Providence 68 - you can't stress how important these things are for the entire A-10 right now
Arizona 91, @UNLV 88 (OT) - UNLV's pretty good, so this was very important
bad losses:
UC Davis 81, @Washington St 67 - just when we think Wazzu might actually be an upper division team in the Pac-12. Still might given the tire fire status of the conference right now
potent potables:
Kansas 76, Syracuse 60 - goes down as a neutral site win
Villanova 94, @St Joseph's 53 - goes down in the books as a road win in a Philly 5 matchup
@Kentucky 79, Harvard 70 - man, a lot of good mid-major programs this year are getting beat up trying to schedule up
@Michigan 69, Indiana 55 - home team holds, it may be time to assume Indiana is well off the bubble pace
@Colorado St 72, Colorado 63
Virginia Tech 83, @Ole Miss 80 (OT) - pretty sure Ole Miss isn't good, but a road win is a road win
St Bonaventure 73, @Buffalo 62
Oakland 78, @Western Michigan 73
@UConn 84, Monmouth 81 (OT)
Ohio St 83, @Wisconsin 58 - and we can definitely discard Wisconsin from discussion for awhile
Penn St 77, @Iowa 73 - road wins are never trivial
@VCU 82, Old Dominion 75
@Bucknell 81, Vermont 77 - Vermont probably wasn't getting an at-large anyway, but they're a good team and gives up precious seeding ground here
Middle Tennessee 81, @FGCU 76 - useful road win
@Houston 91, Arkansas 65
Missouri St 73, @South Dakota St 53 - useful road win
St Mary's 74, @California 63 - useful road win
Wichita St 69, @Baylor 62 - road win, self-explanatory
@Xavier 89, Cincinnati 76 - might matter a little bit to both teams, but won't make or break a resume
@SMU 72, USC 55 - no sin to lose on the road for USC, and SMU could've used the resume boost. Not convinced the AAC will be ripe with quality win chances yet
Georgia 73, @Marquette 66 - perhaps good for Georgia, but we may also need to consider Marquette isn't near the bubble
@Rhode Island 75, Providence 68 - you can't stress how important these things are for the entire A-10 right now
Arizona 91, @UNLV 88 (OT) - UNLV's pretty good, so this was very important
bad losses:
UC Davis 81, @Washington St 67 - just when we think Wazzu might actually be an upper division team in the Pac-12. Still might given the tire fire status of the conference right now
potent potables:
Kansas 76, Syracuse 60 - goes down as a neutral site win
Villanova 94, @St Joseph's 53 - goes down in the books as a road win in a Philly 5 matchup
@Kentucky 79, Harvard 70 - man, a lot of good mid-major programs this year are getting beat up trying to schedule up
@Michigan 69, Indiana 55 - home team holds, it may be time to assume Indiana is well off the bubble pace
@Colorado St 72, Colorado 63
Virginia Tech 83, @Ole Miss 80 (OT) - pretty sure Ole Miss isn't good, but a road win is a road win
St Bonaventure 73, @Buffalo 62
Oakland 78, @Western Michigan 73
@UConn 84, Monmouth 81 (OT)
Ohio St 83, @Wisconsin 58 - and we can definitely discard Wisconsin from discussion for awhile
Penn St 77, @Iowa 73 - road wins are never trivial
@VCU 82, Old Dominion 75
@Bucknell 81, Vermont 77 - Vermont probably wasn't getting an at-large anyway, but they're a good team and gives up precious seeding ground here
Middle Tennessee 81, @FGCU 76 - useful road win
@Houston 91, Arkansas 65
Missouri St 73, @South Dakota St 53 - useful road win
St Mary's 74, @California 63 - useful road win
12/1 recap
signature wins:
@Gonzaga 91, Creighton 74 - WCC is way down (I've mentioned this a few times now), so these mean more to Gonzaga at this point
Purdue 80, @Maryland 75 - as a road win, will likely go down in Tier 1. Early chance for Maryland to get a Tier 1 win goes by the boards early
Boise St 73, @Oregon 70 - road wins like this are golden, and can make a resume if the other pieces are in order
stuff:
North Carolina 85, Davidson 75 - appears to go down as a neutral site win
@Northwestern 72, Illinois 68 - likely won't mean much more than a service hold for NU
catastrophe of the day:
Grambling 64, Georgia Tech 63. Grambling is not a Top 350 D1 program.
There are 351 D1 programs.
There is no amount of words that can quantify how catastrophic this loss is.
miscellany:
Towson won a neutral site game over LaSalle...Pitt won a roadie over Duquesne, actually surprised by that...Louisiana won an easy roadie, and I think the Sun Belt could be very interesting this year between them, the Georgias, and UTA
@Gonzaga 91, Creighton 74 - WCC is way down (I've mentioned this a few times now), so these mean more to Gonzaga at this point
Purdue 80, @Maryland 75 - as a road win, will likely go down in Tier 1. Early chance for Maryland to get a Tier 1 win goes by the boards early
Boise St 73, @Oregon 70 - road wins like this are golden, and can make a resume if the other pieces are in order
stuff:
North Carolina 85, Davidson 75 - appears to go down as a neutral site win
@Northwestern 72, Illinois 68 - likely won't mean much more than a service hold for NU
catastrophe of the day:
Grambling 64, Georgia Tech 63. Grambling is not a Top 350 D1 program.
There are 351 D1 programs.
There is no amount of words that can quantify how catastrophic this loss is.
miscellany:
Towson won a neutral site game over LaSalle...Pitt won a roadie over Duquesne, actually surprised by that...Louisiana won an easy roadie, and I think the Sun Belt could be very interesting this year between them, the Georgias, and UTA
Saturday, December 2, 2017
11/30 recap
Not a lot on this day.
Signature win of the day:
@Michigan St 81, Notre Dame 63 - likely won't be too impactful for either team, but it's pretty safe to assume MSU is on the 1 line at this point and UND will be fine for the 2 line
Seton Hall 89, Texas Tech 79 - useful neutral-site win
Temple 76, South Carolina 60 - the A-10 is way down, so every contender needs to build their at-large resume in the non-con. Very important for Temple here
Missouri 62, @UCF 59 - road wins are never trivial
San Diego St 66, @San Diego 57 - ditto
Signature win of the day:
@Michigan St 81, Notre Dame 63 - likely won't be too impactful for either team, but it's pretty safe to assume MSU is on the 1 line at this point and UND will be fine for the 2 line
Seton Hall 89, Texas Tech 79 - useful neutral-site win
Temple 76, South Carolina 60 - the A-10 is way down, so every contender needs to build their at-large resume in the non-con. Very important for Temple here
Missouri 62, @UCF 59 - road wins are never trivial
San Diego St 66, @San Diego 57 - ditto
11/29 recap
B1G/ACC:
Duke 91, @Indiana 81 - I wonder what deal everyone made with Duke to actually get them to play a true road game in the non-con
Miami 86, @Minnesota 81 - possibly the signature win of the contest, a road win at a probable tourney team, a near lock to be a Tier 1 win
@North Carolina 86, Michigan 71
@NC State 85, Penn St 78
Clemson 79, @Ohio St 65 - that's pretty ugly for OSU. And the B1G just about ejected from this entire competition
@Nebraska 71, Boston College 62 - don't worry B1G, Nebraska's got your back
stuff of interest:
@TCU 87, Belmont 76
@Alabama 77, Louisiana Tech 74
Auburn 73, @Dayton 60 - road wins are never trivial, and it's time to get used to the SEC being more relevant in these bubble discussions
@St Joseph's 83, Bucknell 70 - Bucknell tried to bite off too much with their non-con
Vermont 71, @Richmond 65
@Northern Iowa 77, UNLV 68 (OT)
@Nevada 98, Illinois 68 - I'm officially on the Nevada bandwagon
quick hits:
A bunch of P6 schools holding over plucky mid majors this night. For example: Tennessee over Mercer....Providence over Rider...Stanford over Montana, UCLA over CSUB. UConn elsewhere needed OT to beat Columbia, oof.
Duke 91, @Indiana 81 - I wonder what deal everyone made with Duke to actually get them to play a true road game in the non-con
Miami 86, @Minnesota 81 - possibly the signature win of the contest, a road win at a probable tourney team, a near lock to be a Tier 1 win
@North Carolina 86, Michigan 71
@NC State 85, Penn St 78
Clemson 79, @Ohio St 65 - that's pretty ugly for OSU. And the B1G just about ejected from this entire competition
@Nebraska 71, Boston College 62 - don't worry B1G, Nebraska's got your back
stuff of interest:
@TCU 87, Belmont 76
@Alabama 77, Louisiana Tech 74
Auburn 73, @Dayton 60 - road wins are never trivial, and it's time to get used to the SEC being more relevant in these bubble discussions
@St Joseph's 83, Bucknell 70 - Bucknell tried to bite off too much with their non-con
Vermont 71, @Richmond 65
@Northern Iowa 77, UNLV 68 (OT)
@Nevada 98, Illinois 68 - I'm officially on the Nevada bandwagon
quick hits:
A bunch of P6 schools holding over plucky mid majors this night. For example: Tennessee over Mercer....Providence over Rider...Stanford over Montana, UCLA over CSUB. UConn elsewhere needed OT to beat Columbia, oof.
Friday, December 1, 2017
11/28 recap
B1G/ACC:
@Purdue 66, Louisville 57 - won't have much to say in games like these where the home team holds. Both seem in the 3-6 seed range, we can move on for now
Florida St 78, @Rutgers 73 - road wins at Rutgers are trivial
@Georgia Tech 52, Northwestern 51 - no sin to lose this game, but Northwestern is going to be playing resume catch-up this season
@Wake Forest 80, Illinois 73
@Virginia Tech 79, Iowa 55
Signature wins:
@Xavier 76, Baylor 63
South Dakota St 99, @Ole Miss 97 (OT) - never know which of these wins will end up being worth a seed line in March
Interesting scores:
Western Michigan 65, @St Louis 51
@Missouri St 77, Colorado St 67
@Valparaiso 72, Utah St 65
@Boise St 87, Loyola(Chi) 53
@Purdue 66, Louisville 57 - won't have much to say in games like these where the home team holds. Both seem in the 3-6 seed range, we can move on for now
Florida St 78, @Rutgers 73 - road wins at Rutgers are trivial
@Georgia Tech 52, Northwestern 51 - no sin to lose this game, but Northwestern is going to be playing resume catch-up this season
@Wake Forest 80, Illinois 73
@Virginia Tech 79, Iowa 55
Signature wins:
@Xavier 76, Baylor 63
South Dakota St 99, @Ole Miss 97 (OT) - never know which of these wins will end up being worth a seed line in March
Interesting scores:
Western Michigan 65, @St Louis 51
@Missouri St 77, Colorado St 67
@Valparaiso 72, Utah St 65
@Boise St 87, Loyola(Chi) 53
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