@Davidson 64, VCU 57
St Louis 71, @LaSalle 64
Duke 80, @Florida St 78 - Duke is in a spot where they can absorb a couple losses and still be fine for the 1 line
Virginia 63, @Clemson 43
Louisville 83, @North Carolina 62 - some separation in resume between Duke/UVa and UNC now
@NC State 86, Pitt 80
@Notre Dame 69, BC 66
@Miami 76, Wake 65
Georgia Tech 73, @Syracuse 59 - dumb loss right here
@Houston 79, Wichita St 70
@Temple 82, USF 80 (OT)
@SMU 77, Tulsa 57
@Cincy 74, UConn 72 - some close shaves here, but the conference is making incremental steps towards ensuring 3 bids
Kansas 73, @Baylor 68
Texas Tech 68, @Texas 62
Kansas St 58, @Iowa St 57
@Oklahoma 76, TCU 74
Oklahoma St 85, @WVU 77
@Marquette 70, Seton Hall 66
DePaul 79, @St John's 71 - SJU is quickly becoming my nightmare team of trying to figure out how to handle them
@Georgetown 96, Provi 90 (2OT)
@Iowa 72, Ohio St 62
@Minnesota 88, Rutgers 70
@UTSA 76, North Texas 74 - UNT's 2nd loss on the year...degree of difficulty for them being at-large relevant was always high though
@Buffalo 88, Miami(OH) 64
Nevada 74, @Fresno St 64 - Nevada gets by the biggest game on the schedule
@Stanford 85, Arizona St 71 - dammit
@Utah 88, Washington St 70
Washington 77, @Colorado 70
Arizona 87, @Cal 65
Tennessee 78, @Florida 67
@Auburn 93, Georgia 78
Ole Miss 81, Mississippi St 77 - okay, we're taking Ole Miss real seriously now
@Kentucky 56, Vandy
Texas A&M 81, @Alabama 80
LSU 94, @Arkansas 88
@UNC Greensboro 89, Furman 79 - Furman with 2 losses in the SoCon....Wofford out to 6-0, ETSU 5-1, UNCG 4-1, FU 4-2. I'm hyped for this race still
Gonzaga 96, @San Fran 83 - SFU's best chance at a signature win goes by the boards. By the way, with LMU punting a game at home to St Mary's and San Diego losing again, the multi-bid WCC dream is fading fast
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Friday, January 11, 2019
1/11 recap
Purdue 84, @Wisconsin 80 (OT)
@Maryland 78, Indiana 75 - someone slap some sense into Delany. Stop playing Friday league games. You're an idiot Delany.
That's all I got today. NKU beat Wright St in a game that looked a lot better before WSU struggled. And the MAAC played some games. They're 29th in NET. Yikes.
@Maryland 78, Indiana 75 - someone slap some sense into Delany. Stop playing Friday league games. You're an idiot Delany.
That's all I got today. NKU beat Wright St in a game that looked a lot better before WSU struggled. And the MAAC played some games. They're 29th in NET. Yikes.
1/10 recap
service holds:
Michigan 79, @Illinois 69
@Gonzaga 67, Pacific 36
@UConn 76, SMU 64
Cincinnati 70, @Tulsa 65 (OT) - not sure Tulsa would be a bad loss by any means, but a bullet dodged by Cincy. AAC teams won't want to lose much to the bottom two-thirds of this conference
@Nebraska 70, Penn St 64
huh:
Hofstra 93, @William & Mary 90 (3OT)
Drexel 79, @Charleston 78 - I thought Charleston was the best in the league, time to transfer that over to Hofstra
Pac-12 fail tracker:
@Colorado 90, Washington St 60
UCLA 87, @Oregon 84
Washington 69, @Utah 53
@Oregon St 79, USC 74 (OT) - okay, I do think we're seeing just a little bit of definition for the conference now. I feel like the two Arizona schools will eventually be ok, and I feel okay about Washington as well. UCLA and OSU will have fighting chances at the bubble....I think they might squeak out 3 bids. Still betting the under on 2.5, and I think the doomsday scenario of 1 is off the board for now
SoCon watch:
Wofford 72, @UNC Greensboro 43 - a hammering by Wofford, UNCG takes its first loss and Wofford is alone at 5-0. Furman, and ETSU are 1 GB. And it's way early, but it looks like these 4 have separated from the rest of the conference for now. Wofford is net 33, Furman 55, ETSU 58, UNCG 88. A very real chance for an at-large bid if they can maintain those, as they'll get a small handful of Group 1 wins apiece. Nothing more than a chance, I'd say, but a chance.
Michigan 79, @Illinois 69
@Gonzaga 67, Pacific 36
@UConn 76, SMU 64
Cincinnati 70, @Tulsa 65 (OT) - not sure Tulsa would be a bad loss by any means, but a bullet dodged by Cincy. AAC teams won't want to lose much to the bottom two-thirds of this conference
@Nebraska 70, Penn St 64
huh:
Hofstra 93, @William & Mary 90 (3OT)
Drexel 79, @Charleston 78 - I thought Charleston was the best in the league, time to transfer that over to Hofstra
Pac-12 fail tracker:
@Colorado 90, Washington St 60
UCLA 87, @Oregon 84
Washington 69, @Utah 53
@Oregon St 79, USC 74 (OT) - okay, I do think we're seeing just a little bit of definition for the conference now. I feel like the two Arizona schools will eventually be ok, and I feel okay about Washington as well. UCLA and OSU will have fighting chances at the bubble....I think they might squeak out 3 bids. Still betting the under on 2.5, and I think the doomsday scenario of 1 is off the board for now
SoCon watch:
Wofford 72, @UNC Greensboro 43 - a hammering by Wofford, UNCG takes its first loss and Wofford is alone at 5-0. Furman, and ETSU are 1 GB. And it's way early, but it looks like these 4 have separated from the rest of the conference for now. Wofford is net 33, Furman 55, ETSU 58, UNCG 88. A very real chance for an at-large bid if they can maintain those, as they'll get a small handful of Group 1 wins apiece. Nothing more than a chance, I'd say, but a chance.
Thursday, January 10, 2019
1/9 recap
Virginia 83, @Boston College 56
Virginia Tech 52, @Georgia Tech 49
@Florida St 68, Miami 62
@Pittsburgh 89, Louisville 86 (OT) - the type of game bubble teams lose on the road often
@Syracuse 61, Clemson 53
@Rutgers 64, Ohio St 61 - this is a dumb, dumb loss to absorb
Iowa 73, @Northwestern 63
@Kansas 77, TCU 68
@Kansas St 71, West Virginia 69
@Ole Miss 82, Auburn 67 - I'm kind of confused by the idea of taking Ole Miss seriously, to be honest
@Georgia 82, Vanderbilt 63
Florida 57, @Arkansas 51
Marquette 106, @Creighton 104 (OT) - looks like I'll be able to elevate Marquette above the bubble....this conference is still going to have a whole mess of teams on the bubble the entire year. Not looking forward to sorting them out
@Xavier 81, Georgetown 75 - a reminder that GU isn't there yet
@Temple 73, Houston 69 - UH was probably gonna lose somewhere, and this is as good a spot as any for the league. The bubbliest team in the conference gets a signature win
Arizona St 80, @Cal 66 - hell, any semi-competent result in the Pac-12 is worth celebrating
Arizona 75, @Stanford 70 - I'm starting to feel that maybe, just maybe, we can trust Arizona to be the 2nd team out of the Pac-12
@Nevada 92, San Jose St 53
Fresno St 78, @Utah St 77 - it appears Fresno is the main challenger to Nevada this season
Davidson 61, @George Mason 56
@St Louis 65, UMass 62
Virginia Tech 52, @Georgia Tech 49
@Florida St 68, Miami 62
@Pittsburgh 89, Louisville 86 (OT) - the type of game bubble teams lose on the road often
@Syracuse 61, Clemson 53
@Rutgers 64, Ohio St 61 - this is a dumb, dumb loss to absorb
Iowa 73, @Northwestern 63
@Kansas 77, TCU 68
@Kansas St 71, West Virginia 69
@Ole Miss 82, Auburn 67 - I'm kind of confused by the idea of taking Ole Miss seriously, to be honest
@Georgia 82, Vanderbilt 63
Florida 57, @Arkansas 51
Marquette 106, @Creighton 104 (OT) - looks like I'll be able to elevate Marquette above the bubble....this conference is still going to have a whole mess of teams on the bubble the entire year. Not looking forward to sorting them out
@Xavier 81, Georgetown 75 - a reminder that GU isn't there yet
@Seton Hall 76, Butler 75
@Temple 73, Houston 69 - UH was probably gonna lose somewhere, and this is as good a spot as any for the league. The bubbliest team in the conference gets a signature win
Arizona St 80, @Cal 66 - hell, any semi-competent result in the Pac-12 is worth celebrating
Arizona 75, @Stanford 70 - I'm starting to feel that maybe, just maybe, we can trust Arizona to be the 2nd team out of the Pac-12
@Nevada 92, San Jose St 53
Fresno St 78, @Utah St 77 - it appears Fresno is the main challenger to Nevada this season
Davidson 61, @George Mason 56
@St Louis 65, UMass 62
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
1/8 recap
Duke 87, @Wake Forest 65 - Zion Zion Zion Zion Zion Zion Zion
North Carolina 90, @NC State 82
Tennessee 87, @Missouri 63 - I like seeing good teams blowout out average teams on the road. Good hallmark for a prospective 1 seed
@South Carolina 87, Mississippi St 82 (OT) - this is why road wins matter
@Kentucky 85, Texas A&M 74
@LSU 88, Alabama 79
@Michigan St 77, Purdue 59
Maryland 82, @Minnesota 67 - quality road win
@Texas Tech 66, Oklahoma 59
@Baylor 73, Iowa St 70 - marginal road loss
@Oklahoma St 61, Texas 58 - marginal road loss
@Villanova 76, St John's 71
@Buffalo 110, Toledo 80 - it's time to start reckless speculation on Buffalo's seed after this one. They're big favorites in just about every game from here to the house. Where do you seed a team whose computer profile will likely be lagging behind it's poll ranking?
North Carolina 90, @NC State 82
Tennessee 87, @Missouri 63 - I like seeing good teams blowout out average teams on the road. Good hallmark for a prospective 1 seed
@South Carolina 87, Mississippi St 82 (OT) - this is why road wins matter
@Kentucky 85, Texas A&M 74
@LSU 88, Alabama 79
@Michigan St 77, Purdue 59
Maryland 82, @Minnesota 67 - quality road win
@Texas Tech 66, Oklahoma 59
@Baylor 73, Iowa St 70 - marginal road loss
@Oklahoma St 61, Texas 58 - marginal road loss
@Villanova 76, St John's 71
@Buffalo 110, Toledo 80 - it's time to start reckless speculation on Buffalo's seed after this one. They're big favorites in just about every game from here to the house. Where do you seed a team whose computer profile will likely be lagging behind it's poll ranking?
Tuesday, January 8, 2019
1/7 recap
Nothing on this day, only the minnows (MEAC, MAAC, SWAC) went up against football.
Weekly brackets/S-Curves should start by this weekend on this blog.
Weekly brackets/S-Curves should start by this weekend on this blog.
1/6 recap
horrifying losses:
@DePaul 75, Seton Hall 74 - whoever doesn't lose at DePaul will have a leg up in the Big East bubble race, IMO
service holds:
@Michigan 74, Indiana 63
@Marquette 70, Xavier
@Houston 90, Memphis 77
Wisconsin 71, @Penn St 52
@Northwestern 68, Illinois 66
@Iowa 93, Nebraska 84
@St Louis 60, Rhode Island 53
Temple 85, @Wichita St 81 (OT)
@Louisville 90, Miami 73
@USC 77, Stanford 66
@DePaul 75, Seton Hall 74 - whoever doesn't lose at DePaul will have a leg up in the Big East bubble race, IMO
service holds:
@Michigan 74, Indiana 63
@Marquette 70, Xavier
@Houston 90, Memphis 77
Wisconsin 71, @Penn St 52
@Northwestern 68, Illinois 66
@Iowa 93, Nebraska 84
@St Louis 60, Rhode Island 53
Temple 85, @Wichita St 81 (OT)
@Louisville 90, Miami 73
@USC 77, Stanford 66
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