Week of 12/27 Non-UConn Games

[SeattleHoop]

At UConn, Ollie was fired before he enrolled, so he de-comitted. Pretty reasonable.
At Gtown, there was an incident and a few of his buddies were thrown off the team. Not enough details to go on here, so hard to tell if it was a loyalty thing.
At Arizona, his coach Sean Miller was fired and so he left.
Thriving at Baylor.

So 2/3 changes was due to his coach no longer being able to coach him.

Fair argument. If you look into it, he has been in some strange coaching situations.

 

[Dooooooomed]

Tulane 48
Cincinnati 25
Halftime

Game being played in Cincinnati. Tulane is 4-6, including a loss to Southern. Cincy is 10-3 with a win vs Illinois.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Tulane 48
Cincinnati 25
Halftime

Game being played in Cincinnati. Tulane is 4-6, including a loss to Southern. Cincy is 10-3 with a win vs Illinois.

As long as Ron Hunter is the coach, Tulane will be one of my favorite spoilers this year.

 

[Dooooooomed]

Tulane 48
Cincinnati 25
Halftime

Game being played in Cincinnati. Tulane is 4-6, including a loss to Southern. Cincy is 10-3 with a win vs Illinois.

Cincy loses by 8.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Not a bad Sunday slate:

2 PM

#10 Michigan State @ Northwestern - Big Ten Network

Northwestern is in the top-5 nationally in preventing turnovers in the offensive zone and A/FG ratio so when you combine that at a top-50 tempo, you've got a pretty offense to watch. Their athletic 6'10 225 senior big Pete Nance is their stud: 16.3p, 8r, 2.9a, 2b, 42.3 3p%. Defensively, Northwestern has the 2nd lowest opponent 2p% against a team like Michigan State who only shoots the 34.3% of their FGA (261st most in nation).

UCF @ SMU - ESPNU

Both teams are coming in with good momentum: SMU are winners of seven straight and UCF dominating Michigan. Both teams have great guards:

SMU's Kendric Davis: 21.6p, 4.7r, 5.2a, 1.5s, 50.3 fg%, 39.5 3p%, 88.8 ft%
UCF's Darin Green: 15.9p, 45% from three.

Richmond @ Saint Louis - CBSSN

Chris Mooney has gotten his seat hot a few seasons ago and it's getting hot again after four fifth-year returnees created high pre-season expectations but a 9-5 start to the season. What got fans excited is the continuity of having four fifth-year returnees in their starting five. They still play like a classic Mooney team: beautiful offense w/ crisp passing, lots of threes, no turnovers...and crappy defense. On the contrary, Saint Louis' expectations took a major hit once Javonte Perkins tore his ACL in October, but Travis Ford has done a nice job leading the young Bilikens. Their leading scorer is three-point shooting stud Gibson Jimerson (16.3p, 39.7 3p%).

8 PM

Drake @ Missouri State - ESPN+

Any MVC game involving two of Loyola-Chicago, Drake and Missouri State playing together will always be a recommendation from me. Missouri State has been the 15th best shooting team in the country thanks to junior wing Isiaih Mosley (18.1p, 46.8 3p%) and senior big Gaige Prim (14.8, 8.4r, 59.5 fg%, 42.9 3p%) making up one of the best inside-outside duos in the country.

Drake is a similar team: 69th (nice) best shooting team in the country led by top-100 '20 recruit and coach's son, freshman Tucker DeVries (13.5p, 36.4 3p%). Sometimes DeVries plays as their small ball 5 and when they want to go big, former Seton Hall big Darnell Brodie is their load. Two teams that shoot well and play questionable defense = a fun game.

 

[auror]

Kendric Davis has been really good for a few years now, but he's playing like a 1st or 2nd team All American this season. Shame that Jankovich just can't coach (or recruit) defense.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Not a bad Sunday slate:

2 PM

#10 Michigan State @ Northwestern - Big Ten Network

Northwestern is in the top-5 nationally in preventing turnovers in the offensive zone and A/FG ratio so when you combine that at a top-50 tempo, you've got a pretty offense to watch. Their athletic 6'10 225 senior big Pete Nance is their stud: 16.3p, 8r, 2.9a, 2b, 42.3 3p%. Defensively, Northwestern has the 2nd lowest opponent 2p% against a team like Michigan State who only shoots the 34.3% of their FGA (261st most in nation).

UCF @ SMU - ESPNU

Both teams are coming in with good momentum: SMU are winners of seven straight and UCF dominating Michigan. Both teams have great guards:

SMU's Kendric Davis: 21.6p, 4.7r, 5.2a, 1.5s, 50.3 fg%, 39.5 3p%, 88.8 ft%
UCF's Darin Green: 15.9p, 45% from three.

Richmond @ Saint Louis - CBSSN

Chris Mooney has gotten his seat hot a few seasons ago and it's getting hot again after four fifth-year returnees created high pre-season expectations but a 9-5 start to the season. What got fans excited is the continuity of having four fifth-year returnees in their starting five. They still play like a classic Mooney team: beautiful offense w/ crisp passing, lots of threes, no turnovers...and crappy defense. On the contrary, Saint Louis' expectations took a major hit once Javonte Perkins tore his ACL in October, but Travis Ford has done a nice job leading the young Bilikens. Their leading scorer is three-point shooting stud Gibson Jimerson (16.3p, 39.7 3p%).

8 PM

Drake @ Missouri State - ESPN+

Any MVC game involving two of Loyola-Chicago, Drake and Missouri State playing together will always be a recommendation from me. Missouri State has been the 15th best shooting team in the country thanks to junior wing Isiaih Mosley (18.1p, 46.8 3p%) and senior big Gaige Prim (14.8, 8.4r, 59.5 fg%, 42.9 3p%) making up one of the best inside-outside duos in the country.

Drake is a similar team: 69th (nice) best shooting team in the country led by top-100 '20 recruit and coach's son, freshman Tucker DeVries (13.5p, 36.4 3p%). Sometimes DeVries plays as their small ball 5 and when they want to go big, former Seton Hall big Darnell Brodie is their load. Two teams that shoot well and play questionable defense = a fun game.

The line is tighter than I'd expect for MSU, but I don't think Billingham, Christie and one other didn't play their last game. Also, Audige is back so NW is getting a little better. Still like MSU giving a couple pts in this one due to their depth. Would like to see someone like Hauser step up.

 

[MJ1]

Not a bad Sunday slate:

2 PM

#10 Michigan State @ Northwestern - Big Ten Network

Northwestern is in the top-5 nationally in preventing turnovers in the offensive zone and A/FG ratio so when you combine that at a top-50 tempo, you've got a pretty offense to watch. Their athletic 6'10 225 senior big Pete Nance is their stud: 16.3p, 8r, 2.9a, 2b, 42.3 3p%. Defensively, Northwestern has the 2nd lowest opponent 2p% against a team like Michigan State who only shoots the 34.3% of their FGA (261st most in nation).

UCF @ SMU - ESPNU

Both teams are coming in with good momentum: SMU are winners of seven straight and UCF dominating Michigan. Both teams have great guards:

SMU's Kendric Davis: 21.6p, 4.7r, 5.2a, 1.5s, 50.3 fg%, 39.5 3p%, 88.8 ft%
UCF's Darin Green: 15.9p, 45% from three.

Richmond @ Saint Louis - CBSSN

Chris Mooney has gotten his seat hot a few seasons ago and it's getting hot again after four fifth-year returnees created high pre-season expectations but a 9-5 start to the season. What got fans excited is the continuity of having four fifth-year returnees in their starting five. They still play like a classic Mooney team: beautiful offense w/ crisp passing, lots of threes, no turnovers...and crappy defense. On the contrary, Saint Louis' expectations took a major hit once Javonte Perkins tore his ACL in October, but Travis Ford has done a nice job leading the young Bilikens. Their leading scorer is three-point shooting stud Gibson Jimerson (16.3p, 39.7 3p%).

8 PM

Drake @ Missouri State - ESPN+

Any MVC game involving two of Loyola-Chicago, Drake and Missouri State playing together will always be a recommendation from me. Missouri State has been the 15th best shooting team in the country thanks to junior wing Isiaih Mosley (18.1p, 46.8 3p%) and senior big Gaige Prim (14.8, 8.4r, 59.5 fg%, 42.9 3p%) making up one of the best inside-outside duos in the country.

Drake is a similar team: 69th (nice) best shooting team in the country led by top-100 '20 recruit and coach's son, freshman Tucker DeVries (13.5p, 36.4 3p%). Sometimes DeVries plays as their small ball 5 and when they want to go big, former Seton Hall big Darnell Brodie is their load. Two teams that shoot well and play questionable defense = a fun game.

Not a good Sunday slate