College Basketball Discussion: 11/27/18 - 12/3/18

[BFieldHusky]

Temple with a good road win @ Missouri.

 

[awfuldan]

Temple with a good road win @ Missouri.

Nice! Seems like just about every year they pick off a couple P5 teams in the OOC and then promptly blow it in conference play. Still, definitely a good thing for the league either way.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Nice! Seems like just about every year they pick off a couple P5 teams in the OOC and then promptly blow it in conference play. Still, definitely a good thing for the league either way.

Last year they had some big wins OOC, but also some horrible losses out of league as well. They cancelled each other out.

Big game for them @ St Joes this Saturday. It's a game they should win, but those "Big 5" games are always wild. After that they play @ Nova.

 

[imno1]

Pitt twitter says “Pitt is back” and UConn twitter says “UConn is back”. Which one is back?

Was Pitt ever there?

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Temple with a good road win @ Missouri.

Overall, Temple has a very solid OOC:

* wins against Georgia, Cal, Missouri
* lost to VCU
* future games against St. Joe's, Villanova, UMass, Davidson, Penn

Not a lot of wow factor, but if they finish the games I listed above 7-2 or 6-3, that's pretty darn good.

I've talked a lot about Temple. Big Rose fan and Alston is underrated. Rooting for them in every non-UConn game as I have a lot of respect for Fran Dunphy.

This afternoon, Georgia State vs Tulane is a good matchup.

 

[Drew]

3 AAC games today:

Georgia State @ Tulane 1:00 ET
Stetson @ USF 7:00 ET ESPN3
UTRGV @ Houston 8:00 ESPN3

 

[jibsey]

Zion’s average shot length last night was about 1 foot, he can dunk at will in college and no one can stop him. He’ll expand on that in the NBA but he doesn’t need to now.

 

[caw]

Was Pitt ever there?

Sure they used to be the team that screwed everyone’s bracket with an early exit, Cincy has had that covered recently.

 

[UconnU]

Xavier Johnson is an absolute stud. Was way under-ranked (as I stated when we were making a late push for him).

 

[Tex-Lager93]

Tulane lost again. I know it’s Dunleavey - but they are just bad. It’s like a race to the bottom between East Carolina, Tulsa, Tulane and SMU. I think USF is better than all of them - which is sad.

 

[nomar]

Hate seeing Cuse win but if they hang on that should help us.

 

[Tex-Lager93]

Hate seeing Cuse win but if they hang on that should help us.

I thought Ohio State was #1 according to the new NET rankings. Maybe just slightly flawed...

 

[Kemba'sYogurt]

Houston up by 1 on Texas- Pam am in the second half.

Didn’t even know that school existed.

 

[UconnU]

Hate seeing Cuse win but if they hang on that should help us.

Yes 100% rooting for Cuse here.

 

[stick]

One negative of beating SU is now rooting for them the rest of the year.

 

[HawkHusky]

Rutgers wins at Miami.

 

[JustbrewitMan]

I thought Ohio State was #1 according to the new NET rankings. Maybe just slightly flawed...

Well by The transitive property, if Cuse wins over OSU, it just means that we’re actually #1 in the NET rankings

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I'm having a lot of fun watching the Montana/Creighton game on FS1. Both teams hitting shots like crazy and Montana's Sayeed Pridgett has 18 points with 6 minutes left in the first half.

My wife grew up in eastern Montana and is a Montana alum. My in-laws live in Arizona, so we're planning on going to the Montana/Arizona game over the holidays. Go Griz!

 

[UconnU]

Purdue-Florida St. on ESPN 2. Should be a great game.

 

[Tex-Lager93]

Rutgers wins at Miami.

It’s good to see Pikiell and Hobbs do well.

 

[Stainmaster]

Houston up by 1 on Texas- Pam am in the second half.

Didn’t even know that school existed.

It doesn't anymore. University of Texas–Pan American - Wikipedia

 

[Jluc]

Cuse gets the win over OSU. Deff makes our win at the garden look better.

 

[Tex-Lager93]

It doesn't anymore. University of Texas–Pan American - Wikipedia

That makes it even more compelling. They better not lose!

 

[UconnU]

This kid Edwards for Purdue is averaging 26 a game. Unreal.

 

[nomar]

Well by The transitive property, if Cuse wins over OSU, it just means that we’re actually #1 in the NET rankings

In 1936, several entities were in the business of choosing a “national champion” of college football. Minnesota, despite a late-season loss to Northwestern, was the choice of the first Associated Press poll.

That didn’t sit well at all with fans of Alabama (8-0-1), LSU (9-0-1), and Pittsburgh (7-1-1). Three other “champion” selection boards chose Pitt to top their list, and the Panthers went on to shut out Washington in the Rose Bowl 21-0.

A sportswriter came up with an alternate national champion, giving a mythical national championship to Slippery Rock. His story got picked up by the wire services and was reprinted nationwide.

Here’s his “last-team-standing” scenario: Slippery Rock beat Westminster, which defeated West Virginia Wesleyan, which beat Duquesne, which upset Pittsburgh, which defeated Notre Dame, which beat Northwestern, which beat Minnesota.

Column: Recalling Slippery Rock's 'national championship'