Week 7 - Dec 15 to 21

[BRS24]

Hey hey hoop fans, another glorious week of sports ball awaits us. One note - there are a number of TBD games on Sunday, however since I'm in the final throes of picking a healthcare plan for 2026, not gonna research them. Cool? Ok, here we go. Only two top25 matchups this week.

 

[BRS24]

Weekend fun. Let's see how USC v Cal goes.

 

[Bone Dog]

The questions for me:

• Will South Dakota St beat Duke? Could be a good matchup.
• Why is Cal Poly even a D1 program? I mean, what are the Regents thinking?

 

[triaddukefan]

The questions for me:

• Will South Dakota St beat Duke?

There is your answer

 

[Centerstream]

The questions for me:

• Will South Dakota St beat Duke? Could be a good matchup.
• Why is Cal Poly even a D1 program? I mean, what are the Regents thinking?

Yup, South Dakota State has lost two games, to UNC and Columbia both in Cancun. Both pretty big losses so the Duke game could be very interesting

 

[triaddukefan]

@BRS24

You left off the biggest game of the week in the state of NC. The 10-1 Panthers of High Point make the hour long drive to visit the Wildcats of Davidson. I know you aren't from the South, but when the Methodists and the Presbyterians meet up, you can throw the Gospels out.

 

[BRS24]

@BRS24

You left off the biggest game of the week in the state of NC. The 10-1 Panthers of High Point make the hour long drive to visit the Wildcats of Davidson. I know you aren't from the South, but when the Methodists and the Presbyterians meet up, you can throw the Gospels out.

Well, I did highlight your Blue Devils, and must confess, IHCL. 😁

 

[nwhoopfan]

I'm curious about Washington @ Stanford. Both have good records so far, neither have really proved much to this point. Old conference foes getting reacquainted.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Kent St. beat the law firm of Davis & Elkins 117-37. Yet another "Come on man, I know that's not really a college" special.

 

[nwhoopfan]

So when 1-7 Siena meets up w/ 0-8 Central Connecticut, would you guess it would be a beat down? Siena up 16 at the half. They had them doubled up earlier.

edit--I did not manage to turn the tide by posting about this; Siena up 87-56 w/ under 2 minutes left

so how bad do you have to be to get beat by 30 by a team who had 1 win prior to today?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Will South Dakota St beat Duke? Could be a good matchup.

Win or lose, SDSU gets Texas a few days later. I'm predicting that one will get ugly.

 

[nwhoopfan]

so how bad do you have to be to get beat by 30 by a team who had 1 win prior to today?

Oh my. So I looked at Central Connecticut's schedule to date (1 loss by 9, the others all by double digits including a bunch of beat downs). The NEC is chock full of terrible teams. Fairleigh Dickinson the only one with a winning record. 2-7 New Haven. 1-8 Le Moyne. 1-9 Chicago St. 0-8 (about to be 0-9) Central Connecticut. 0-9 Mercyhurst. 0-9 St. Francis. A league like this challenges the notion that all conferences should get an auto bid to the Tourney.

 

[azfan]

The questions for me:

• Will South Dakota St beat Duke? Could be a good matchup.
• Why is Cal Poly even a D1 program? I mean, what are the Regents thinking?

They aren't

 

[azfan]

Tues...ASU at Gonzaga with 7pm MST on ESPN+

 

[Ozimoto]

Kent St. beat the law firm of Davis & Elkins 117-37. Yet another "Come on man, I know that's not really a college" special.

Although to be fair, D&E is a real school with a real campus (of about six buildings). I've been there. They are a DII school with less than 700 students.

 

[visitingcock]

Although to be fair, D&E is a real school with a real campus (of about six buildings). I've been there. They are a DII school with less than 700 students.

I knew a girl that played for them in the early 90s . Cant remember her name but can remember her parents’ names. Old age strikes me again.

 

[triaddukefan]

So when 1-7 Siena meets up w/ 0-8 Central Connecticut, would you guess it would be a beat down? Siena up 16 at the half. They had them doubled up earlier.

edit--I did not manage to turn the tide by posting about this; Siena up 87-56 w/ under 2 minutes left

so how bad do you have to be to get beat by 30 by a team who had 1 win prior to today?

Central Connecticut needs to change their team name. They ain't good enough to warrant such a glorious name.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Central Connecticut needs to change their team name. They ain't good enough to warrant such a glorious name.

I honestly had to look it up. No copyright infringement or something?

 

[LwrcasefaN]

Central Connecticut needs to change their team name. They ain't good enough to warrant such a glorious name.

That’s cold. The name doubles as general driving directions to the school. 🤣

 

[nwhoopfan]

Thru Q3 Olivia Miles is 2 rebounds away from another triple double. I think that would be back to back games. Not sure if she'll keep playing though, they are WAY ahead.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Cincinnati lost to Howard. Added to their collection of Ls--Lehigh, St. Joe's, Ball St., Miami (OH) and Xavier. How did UNLV lose to Cincy?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Thru Q3 Olivia Miles is 2 rebounds away from another triple double. I think that would be back to back games. Not sure if she'll keep playing though, they are WAY ahead.

Whoa, Suarez has a triple double. Have teammates ever done it in the same game before? That would be insane!

 

[nwhoopfan]

There you go. A double triple-double. Or is it a twin triple-double? Miles 25 pts/10 reb/11 assists, Suarez 20 pts/10 reb/10 assists. I'm just guessing, but they probably left Miles in to get that last rebound. She played 36 minutes. TCU slaughtered Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

 

[GoChips20]

Marta Suarez is really daring the media not to put her on an All-America team. 19/game on 55/43/90+ shooting splits. I’m starting to wonder just how many better duos than Suarez and Miles there are in the country.

 

[Bigboote]

LSU has racked up their fifth victory against a team ranked below 300 by Massey. They also defeated #292. That’s half of all the games they’ve played, and they have another before the conference season begins. 🤬