Week of Dec. 16-22

[nwhoopfan]

So...Texas A&M is struggling w/ the mighty Montana St. Bobcats. 46-45 about midway thru Q3.

 

[Plebe]

Nicholls scored 40 points in the 1st half. Must be a program record. Up by 5 over Abilene Christian. This would be the upset of the day.

Abilene Christian 95-84 Nicholls (Dec 21, 2019) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the Abilene Christian Wildcats vs. Nicholls Colonels NCAAW game, final score 95-84, from December 21, 2019 on ESPN.

www.espn.com

 

[nwhoopfan]

UCSB hanging in w/ Arizona so far, 12-11 at first media TO. McDonald has 8.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Arizona is sleep walking in this one. UCSB just grabbed an 18-16 lead early in Q2. Timeout by Adia.

 

[Plebe]

It's going down to the wire in Thibodaux.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Arizona closed the half on a 10-0 run to take a 29-23 lead. McDonald is playing well but Reese has been nearly invisible so far.

 

[Plebe]

Ugh, ACU was forced to foul and Nicholls hit both for a 3-point lead. But then Abilene Christian hit a 3 to tie. Nicholls then misses a 3 and they're going to overtime.

 

[nwhoopfan]

5 of UCSB's 8 FG are 3's. This game should not be close.

 

[triaddukefan]

Old age is catching up with me...... Just remembered that the big UNC-Greensboro vs High Point matchup starts in 15 minutes. I'd planned on attending all week..... but i guess between the Duke loss and the subsequent chinese food, alcohol and the brownies.... i'd forgotten about it.

 

[nwhoopfan]

It's going down to the wire in Thibodaux.

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Went OT, but 17-6 Abilene Christian in the extra session.

 

[triaddukefan]

Perhaps I havent paid it any attention in previous years, but there seems to be alot of Division 1 vs Division 2, NAIA, Division 3 games post -exam, pre-conference period. I had watched a few seconds of the Presbyterian-Brevard College matchup earlier. Brevard is a Division III school. Unfortunately my Tornadoes fell to the Blue Hose 74-45.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Perhaps I havent paid it any attention in previous years, but there seems to be alot of Division 1 vs Division 2, NAIA, Division 3 games post -exam, pre-conference period. I had watched a few seconds of the Presbyterian-Brevard College matchup earlier. Brevard is a Division III school. Unfortunately my Tornadoes fell to the Blue Hose 74-45.

It seems like more than normal to me as well. I can't understand scheduling games like that. There are more than enough really bad D1 teams to choose from.

 

[Plebe]

Went OT, but 17-6 Abilene Christian in the extra session.

It was a reversion to the early season Nicholls who couldn't score and couldn't defend. It was in their grasp! All they had to do was defend the 3-point line.

 

[nwhoopfan]

46-32 Arizona thru Q3.

edit--UCSB has 5 2 point buckets after playing 30 minutes of ball. Unbelievable.

 

[nwhoopfan]

The stream froze. 48-36 Arizona w/ about 6 1/2 minutes left. Not a lot of offense in this game.

 

[Plebe]

South Florida is struggling mightily against UNLV in the Duel in the Desert, down 2 after 3 quarters. Still playing without Mununga and Pinzan. I still have no idea how USF gave Mississippi State such trouble yesterday.

 

[LETTERL]

It was a reversion to the early season Nicholls who couldn't score and couldn't defend. It was in their grasp! All they had to do was defend the 3-point line.

Ripped my heart out. I can just imagine how deflating it was for the players.

 

[Plebe]

Ripped my heart out. I can just imagine how deflating it was for the players.

Just check out the fatal 3 they gave up for the tie with 16 seconds left (bookmarked at 39:31). Did they not think that ACU would attempt a 3?

 

[nwhoopfan]

61-42 final. McDonald scored 21. Reese never got going.

 

[Plebe]

Belmont has surprisingly given Marquette all kinds of trouble today. Led for most of the game, now down 2 with one final chance to tie or win the game, 7 seconds left.

Women's Basketball vs. Belmont

Video: Women's Basketball vs. Belmont. Women's Basketball

gomarquette.com

 

[triaddukefan]

It seems like more than normal to me as well. I can't understand scheduling games like that. There are more than enough really bad D1 teams to choose from.

Alot are games involving relatively close by squads. Not even sure if they count in the standings. Brevard is probably 3 hours from PC. Next weekend UNC-Greensboro plays Lenior Rhyne (Division II) which is located about 90 minutes from Greensboro.

 

[Plebe]

It seems like more than normal to me as well. I can't understand scheduling games like that. There are more than enough really bad D1 teams to choose from.

I believe these games are above and beyond the season limit of 29 regular season games (or 27 plus an MTE). So basically like exhibition games that don't count toward the team's record or season quota of games.

Edit to add: I don't believe they'd be allowed to play a "non-counting" game against a fellow D1 team.

 

[Plebe]

Rice and Georgia Tech are going down to the wire in Puerto Rico. Tied up at 47 with 2 minutes to go.

Also, Colorado and Tulane are tied 33-33 at halftime.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

I believe these games are above and beyond the season limit of 29 regular season games (or 27 plus an MTE). So basically like exhibition games that don't count toward the team's record or season quota of games.

Edit to add: I don't believe they'd be allowed to play a "non-counting" game against a fellow D1 team.

Oh, they count. And so far as I can tell, to the game limit as well. What they don't count towards is the various calculations the NCAA uses in seeding the NCAA tournament. But, unlike "exhibition" games, the records (win/loss and players scoring) do count.

And they became very popular a few years ago, seem especially bad this year. It isn't (mostly) the P5 teams doing it, they just schedule dreadful D1 teams when they are so minded. OTH - for the lower level teams - this seems to be their equivalent of scheduling down.

Someone described Southern as win-less, they are not. They beat Tougalou and Wiley. Their record is 2-8, officially. Oddly enough, while Rutgers was beating Southern, Arizona was playing Tennessee State - with its only win over Wilberforce, although they have since beaten Fisk.

Prairie View is another team with wins over Texas A&M Kingsville and the infamous Wiley - only.

 

[nwhoopfan]

It's grossly oversimplified, but basketball is so much easier when you can hit some shots. Washington is ripping the nets and leading Vanderbilt 28-20 thru Q1. This is the best I've seen them play...in quite a while. Entertaining game, really fast paced. Vandy jumped out to a 6-0 lead and was shredding UW's press. Still getting plenty of good looks in the lane but UW has countered by raining 3's.