Week 11 games (Feb. 1-7)

[nwhoopfan]

Lou in pink and ND in pink & gray. I get the pink, but I hate when teams (in any sport) use colors completely unrelated to their normal colors. Why not pink & light green or pink & gold?

We got a dedicated thread for this game, come on over.

 

[Vowelguy]

We got a dedicated thread for this game, come on over.

I hate the dedicated threads -- completely destroyed usefulness of this board with clutter, but ok.

 

[azfan]

UTRGV on an 8-0 run to take their first lead of the weekend.

Lopes open second half on a 9-0 run to finally regain the lead.

At the halfway mark of the third quarter GCU leading 50-44, erasing a UTRTV 13 point first half lead.

 

[azfan]

After a 30 point 3rd, the Lopes take a 63-57 lead into the 4th. 14 points by senior guard Nae Jackson pace the Lope's torrid 3rd quarter.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Ohio St. thumps Minnesota 83-59.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Pitt leading Syracuse by 7 approaching halftime.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Boise St. getting hammered by Nevada 35-17. Come on BSU.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Miami beats Florida St. 68-52. Not FSU's year.

 

[azfan]

Katie Scott hits 21 to lead Grand Canyon to a 5-1 conference record with a 50 point second half in a 83-73 win over UTRGV.

Next conference weekend in 2 weeks in Riverside against Cal Baptist.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Northwestern jumps out to 22-8 lead over Michigan St., just starting Q2.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Washington St. 22-15 lead over USC thru Q1.

edit--Motuga has 11 and Pili is scoreless so far. Raise your hand if you expected that...

 

[nwhoopfan]

Can Illinois win? Up 15-8 early on Purdue.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Big 2nd quarter for USC, now up 7 at the break against Washington St. Were down 7 after Q1.

 

[azfan]

Washington St. 22-15 lead over USC thru Q1.

edit--Motuga has 11 and Pili is scoreless so far. Raise your hand if you expected that...

Isn't Pili battling an injury?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Isn't Pili battling an injury?

Yeah. She had 17 Friday night but might have reaggravated it again at the end of the game, I thought I saw her hobbling.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Syracuse up 4 late against Pitt. 22 each for Cardoso and Lewis, 11 assists for Managakahia.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Northwestern was up big at the half but Michigan St. storming back w/ a 14-3 run to start Q3.

 

[nwhoopfan]

71-67 Syracuse win. 8-4 in ACC. Are they in 3rd place?

 

[nwhoopfan]

16-14 Colorado leading Cal most of the way thru Q1. Bears appear more competitive since coming back from a covid stoppage.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Never mind, Colorado running away 30-16 now. Cal still sucks.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Illinois wins! 54-49 over Purdue.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Colorado up 45-23 at the half. 8-10 behind the arc. Forman has 14 and Hollingshed 10.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Northwestern-Michigan St. going down to the wire. NW up 1 2+ minutes left. Sparty could've folded, being down 19 at the half but they fought back.

 

[nwhoopfan]

63-60 Northwestern survives.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Frida Forman is going nuts for Colorado. 23 points still in Q3, 8-9 overall and 6-6 behind the arc.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Colorado wins 67-52, and I doubt it was really that close.

 

[Plebe]

I hate the dedicated threads -- completely destroyed usefulness of this board with clutter, but ok.

I’m with ya on this one.

 

[Plebe]

Hard to find teams for #21-25. If a team in a P5 conference wins a bunch of games (without losing), it gets my attention.

It gets my attention as well, long enough for me to look at who they've beaten and refuse to reward them solely for beating the likes of Pitt and Clemson.

Meanwhile, a team like FGCU — who led most of the game over Arkansas and clearly would've stomped them if the NCAA hadn't miraculously withheld its approval of Bell's waiver until the very morning after the game — gets punished just for its conference affiliation.

 

[Vowelguy]

It gets my attention as well, long enough for me to look at who they've beaten and refuse to reward them solely for beating the likes of Pitt and Clemson.

Folks are still ranking Syracuse. I dont recall the details but at the time of my last poll, I thought GT was better than Cuse based on an ACC performance comparison.

 

[Plebe]

Folks are still ranking Syracuse. I dont recall the details but at the time of my last poll, I thought GT was better than Cuse based on an ACC performance comparison.

My point exactly. Syracuse somehow still getting the benefit of the doubt despite no true top-25 wins and several soft losses. Then once one team gets rank-inflated just for their conference affiliation, that somehow becomes the circular reasoning to support inflating others' rank as well.