2015-2016 Men's Basketball Thread

[bonarae]

Let's start the basketball discussion once again by introducing the schedules.

Harvard released its schedule last week.

Highlights:

- Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii
- Kansas at the Phog
- Canadian team (Ryerson) at Lavietes (another one is in an exhibition, McGill)
- Providence on the road
- Wofford at Lavietes

http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/releases/20150729g49jtj
http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/schedule

As for recruits, we have 5 of them, and 3 have international flavor: a Dominican Republic junior national team player (Weisner Perez), yet another Canadian and another one a Serbian.

Meanwhile, ETSU has added a boatload of transfers, most notably Mosquera-Perea, but they have no released schedule yet.

[superman7515]

Starting us off early Bon! The 2015 UD Blue Hens will be picking up their annual participation trophy by mid-January, the coach is lucky to still have a job and does not have the backing of the AD's office, just friends in the right places to force the AD's hand into giving him an extension.

[eiu1999]

No schedule out yet but here are the recruits:

http://www.eiupanthers.com/news/2015/5/4/MBB_0504151718.aspx?path=mbball

http://www.eiupanthers.com/news/2015/6/2/MBB_0602151310.aspx?path=mbball

[SFA 93]

Coach Brad Underwood enters his third year at SFA and has assembled the deepest and most talented group of players ever for the Jacks IMO. With his success coach Underwood is finding it difficult to lure teams to play at the Sawmill in Nac. Last reports he still needs five more teams to fill the schedule.

Who we do know that we are playing so far...

@Baylor
@Northern Iowa
@UAB
Tournament in Nashville with these teams
Mercer
Appalachian State
Tulane
Western Michigan
Liberty

2015-16 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN LUMBERJACKS



G:#10
Trey Pinkney
5-9
160
Sr.
** #112 PG; #52 State (ESPN)




G:#1
Demeterious Floyd
5-11
170
Sr.
#41 JUCO Player in the Nation 1st Team All-State




G:#3
Jared Johnson
6-0
170
Sr.
JUCO All-Conference; All-State




G:#0
Thomas Walkup
6-4
195
Sr.
SLC POY (All-American)




G:#12
Dallas Cameron
6-3
180
Jr.
** #136 PG; #43 State (ESPN)




G:#4
Ty Charles
6-5
190
So.
*** #33 State (All-State)




G:#30
Tyler Underwood
6-1
160
Fr.
Coach's son




G:#5
Lasani Johnson
6-1
178
Fr.
*** Son of former NBA Star Larry Johnson




G:#24
Jonny Dahl
6-4
195
Fr.
3X All-State; Conference POY




G:#15
Payton Stephens
6-4
215
Fr.
1st Team All-State; Kansas State Tourney MVP




F:#11
Clide Geffrard
6-5
220
Sr.
** #107 SF; #34 State (ESPN)




F:#2
Coris Williams Jr.
6-7
240
Jr.
** #132 PF; #36 State (ESPN)
Averaged a double double at JUCO



F:#35
JaQuan Smith
6-9
250
Jr.
95 BLK in a season; 151 career at JUCO
Picked SFA over North Carolina State



F:#23
Nathan Bain
6-6
200
Fr.
*** (McDonalds All-American Nominee)




F:#22
T.J. Holyfield
6-7
210
Fr.

Picked SFA over Pittsburgh



C:#32
Jovan Grujic
7-0
225
Fr.
Picked SFA over Texas Tech, UNLV, and Rhode Is.

[SFA 93]

Non-Conference schedule slowly growing as Coach Underwood can't get anyone to come to Nac so Jacks taking it to the road

@Baylor
@Northern Iowa
@UAB
Tournament in Nashville with these teams
Mercer
Appalachian State
Tulane
Western Michigan
Liberty
@Arizona State

[ngineer]

Lehigh just confirmed that the basketball team will take on Syracuse at the Carrier Dome on Friday night, November 13. Football team will be just down the road at Colgate the following afternoon.

[SFA 93]

@Baylor
@Northern Iowa
@UAB
@Tournament in Nashville with these teams
Mercer
Appalachian State
Tulane
Western Michigan
Liberty
@Arizona State
@Texas Tech

[eiu1999]

Date
Opponent
Location
Time/Result
Live Stats
Details


11/3/2015
Saint Francis (Ill.)
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


11/13/2015
Indiana
Bloomington, Ind.
TBA

Details


11/16/2015
Ball State
Muncie, Ind.
TBA

Details


11/21/2015
Western Illinois
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


11/28/2015
Green Bay
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


12/1/2015
Indiana State
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


12/5/2015
Northern Kentucky
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


Global Sports Classic (http://www.bloggingthebracket.com/2013/12/2/5166356/2015-16-college-basketball-early-season-tournaments-events-MTE#GBC)


12/9/2015
Marshall (Global Sports Classic)
Huntington, W. Va.
TBA

Details


12/12/2015
Western Illinois
Macomb, Ill.
TBA

Details


Global Sports Classic (http://www.bloggingthebracket.com/2013/12/2/5166356/2015-16-college-basketball-early-season-tournaments-events-MTE#GBC)


12/19/2015
Houston (Global Sports Classic)
Houston, Tex.
TBA

Details


12/21/2015
Omaha (Global Sports Classic)
Las Vegas, Nev.
TBA

Details


12/22/2015
Southern Univ./ North Carolina Central (Global Sports Classic)
Las Vegas, Nev.
TBA

Details


12/28/2015
Hannibal-LaGrange
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


12/31/2015
Tennessee Tech
Cookeville, Tenn.
TBA

Details


1/2/2016
Jacksonville State
Jacksonville, Ala.
TBA

Details


1/6/2016
Tennessee State
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


1/9/2016
Belmont
Nashville, Tenn.
TBA

Details


1/14/2016
Eastern Kentucky
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


1/16/2016
Morehead State
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


1/21/2016
Murray State
Murray, Ky.
TBA

Details


1/23/2016
Austin Peay
Clarksville, Tenn.
TBA

Details


1/28/2016
UT Martin
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


1/30/2016
SIU Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Ill.
TBA

Details


2/1/2016
Saint Ambrose
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


2/6/2016
Southeast Missouri
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


2/11/2016
Austin Peay
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


2/13/2016
SIU Edwardsville
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


2/18/2016
UT Martin
Martin, Tenn.
TBA

Details


2/20/2016
Southeast Missouri
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
TBA

Details


2/25/2016
Murray State
Lantz Arena
TBA

Details


Ohio Valley Conference Tournament (http://www.ovcsports.com/)


3/2/2016
OVC Tournament
Nashville, Tenn.
TBA

Details


3/17/2016
NCAA Tournament

TBA

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple plays an awesome OOC schedule. After failing to make the tournament in our first two years in the AAC, Dunphy faces some pressure this year. It's going to be interesting.

North Carolina in Annapolis, MD
Minnesota (First Round of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off)
TBD
TBD
Delaware
Farleigh Dickenson
@ Wisconsin
@ Penn
St. Joe's
Delaware State
La Salle at Palestra
Villanova

[CHIP72]

So far, among the teams I follow:

Penn and Drexel have released their full schedules:

*Penn - http://www.pennathletics.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=1700&SPID=539&SPSID=8626 (includes Big Five games that features a Palestra doubleheader game against St. Joe's, a battle of 33rd Street game at Drexel, a trip to Washington, and an Ivy opener at home against Princeton on Saturday 1/9 - usually the Penn/Princeton games are played on Tuesday nights)

*Drexel - http://www.drexeldragons.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball& (includes games at St. Joe's and La Salle, a battle of 33rd Street home game vs Penn, a home game at the nearby Palestra against Penn State, and trips to South Carolina and Iona)

St. Joseph's, La Salle, and Temple have all released their non-conference schedules:

*St. Joe's - games against all of the other teams in the City Six, including a Palestra doubleheader game against Penn, and neutral site games against Florida, either Old Dominion or Purdue, and Virginia Tech

*La Salle - games against all of the other teams in the City Six, including a Palestra doubleheader game against Temple, a home game (at Palestra) against Miami (FL), and a road game at "Dunk City" (Florida Gulf Coast)

*Temple - see Go Lehigh TU Owl's post above this one (La Salle game is part of a Palestra doubleheader with St. Joe's/Penn)

Lehigh, Lafayette, and Villanova have not yet released any parts of their schedule

*Villanova - most of the non-conference schedule has been pieced together unofficially; it includes Big Five games, a home game against Stanford, a neutral site game against Oklahoma, and a road game at Virginia

[BEAR]

University of Central Arkansas

2015-16 Men's Basketball Schedule





Current Record


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Home
Away
Neutral


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0 - 0
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Day
Date
Opponent
Location
Time/Result
Live Stats
Details


Fri.
10/30/2015
Lyon College (Ark.) (Exhibition) (http://www.lyonscots.com/index.php)
Conway, Ark.
7:00 PM

Details


Sat.
11/7/2015
Central Baptist College (Exhibition) (http://www.cbcmustangs.com/)
Conway, Ark.
7:00 PM

Details


Sat.
11/14/2015
University of Tulsa (http://tulsahurricane.com/)
Tulsa, OK
7:00 PM

Details


2015 MGM Grand Main Event (http://mgm.bdglobalsports.com/)


Thu.
11/19/2015
University of Massachusetts (http://www.umassathletics.com/)
Amherst, MA
TBA

Details


Sat.
11/21/2015
Rutgers University (http://www.scarletknights.com/)
Piscataway, NJ
TBA

Details


Mon.
11/23/2015
University of Texas San Antonio (http://www.goutsa.com/)
Las Vegas, NV
TBA

Details


Wed.
11/25/2015
Texas Southern/Howard
Las Vegas, NV
TBA

Details


Tue.
12/1/2015
Little Rock (http://lrtrojans.com/)
Little Rock, Ark.
TBA

Details


Thu.
12/3/2015
Oklahoma University (http://www.soonersports.com/)
Norman, OK
TBA

Details


Sun.
12/6/2015
University of Pittsburgh (http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/)
Pittsburgh, PA
TBA

Details


Wed.
12/16/2015
Little Rock (http://lrtrojans.com/)
Conway, Ark.
TBA

Details


Tue.
12/22/2015
Arkansas State University (http://www.astateredwolves.com/)
Jonesboro, AR
TBA

Details


Sat.
1/2/2016
Abilene Christian University (http://www.acusports.com/)
Conway, Ark.
TBA

Details


Tue.
1/5/2016
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (http://www.goislanders.com/)
Corpus Christi, TX
TBA

Details


Sat.
1/9/2016
Lamar University (http://www.lamarcardinals.com/)
Conway, Ark.
TBA

Details


Tue.
1/12/2016
Stephen F. Austin (http://www.sfajacks.com/)
Nacogdoches, TX
TBA

Details


Tue.
1/19/2016
Houston Baptist University (http://www.hbuhuskies.com/)
Conway, Ark.
TBA

Details


Sat.
1/23/2016
Nicholls State University (http://geauxcolonels.com/)
Thibodaux, LA
TBA

Details


Mon.
1/25/2016
New Orleans (http://www.unoprivateers.com/)
New Orleans, LA
TBA

Details


Tue.
2/2/2016
Northwestern State University (http://www.nsudemons.com/)
Natchitoches, LA
TBA

Details


Sat.
2/6/2016
New Orleans (http://www.unoprivateers.com/)
Conway, Ark.
TBA

Details


Tue.
2/9/2016
Southeastern Louisiana University (http://www.lionsports.net/)
Conway, Ark.
TBA

Details


Fri.
2/12/2016
University of the Incarnate Word (http://www.cardinalathletics.com/)
San Antonio, TX
TBA

Details


Mon.
2/15/2016
Northwestern State University (http://www.nsudemons.com/)
Conway, Ark.
TBA

Details


Sat.
2/20/2016
Sam Houston State University (http://www.gobearkats.com/)
Huntsville, TX
TBA

Details


Mon.
2/22/2016
McNeese State University (http://www.mcneesesports.com/)
Lake Charles, LA
TBA

Details


Sat.
2/27/2016
Southeastern Louisiana University (http://www.lionsports.net/)
Hammond, LA
TBA

Details


Mon.
2/29/2016
Sam Houston State University (http://www.gobearkats.com/)
Conway, Ark.
TBA

Details


Thu.
3/3/2016
Nicholls State University (http://geauxcolonels.com/)
Conway, Ark.
TBA

Details


Sat.
3/5/2016
McNeese State University (http://www.mcneesesports.com/)
Conway, Ark.
TBA

Details




Looks like UCA is going Sunbelch in basketball! xlolx Bears went to Paris France and went 3-1 in a tournament there. That's like 2 more wins than all of last year!

[dbackjon]

Non-Conference schedule slowly growing as Coach Underwood can't get anyone to come to Nac so Jacks taking it to the road

@Baylor
@Northern Iowa
@UAB
Tournament in Nashville with these teams
Mercer
Appalachian State
Tulane
Western Michigan
Liberty
@Arizona State


SFA should try to schedule NAU - since you will already be in Arizona. NAU wouldn't have an issue doing a home and home with you guys.

[Twentysix]

I'm sure NDSU would also gladly do a home and home with SFA.

[SFA 93]

I'd have no problem with those two schools on our schedule.

[SFA 93]

Conference Schedule

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO9XPd7UsAAK4Nc.jpg

25 games scheduled so far 16 of those will be away games with 5 of our last 6 conference games on the road.

Can you say...
http://assets.fanart.tv/fanart/movies/8810/moviebackground/mad-max-2-the-road-warrior-52228e6773607.jpg

[SFA 93]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPrdUf9VEAAZyT3.jpg:large

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

Last month, Siyani Chambers tore his left ACL and has taken a leave of absence from Harvard for this year. Our Dance hopes have taken a hit, but hope they won't affect us much.

[UIWWildthing]

Just got an email this morning for a VIP package for the CAA tourney in Baltimore this coming March. Half court seats for all 9 games, VIP buffet during one of the sessions, and a coupon for buy one get one free Dominos pizza to use any time for $100 total. Guess I know where I'll be the first weekend of March...

[Laker]

Are there any UMKC fans on here? I just got my tickets for the Gopher doubleheader for Friday, Nov. 13th. For $10 you get tickets to both the women's game with Wofford at 5:30 and the UMKC game after that. Pretty good deal- men's tickets are usually $35.

[woffordgrad94]

Already looking forward t the season as my Terriers try to make it three SoCon titles in a row and five out of the last seven. We will have a daunting task replacing some great players that meant a lot to our program, including all everything Karl Cochran and team leader Lee Skinner, but we think we have some capable guys to pass the torch to.
http://woffordterriers.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

[bulldog10jw]

Yale schedule

Features Duke, Illinois, and Southern California



Fri, 11/13/2015
at Fairfield @ CCSU, New Britain, Conn.

3:00 PM




Connecticut Six Classic



Mon, 11/16/2015
Sacred Heart

7:00 PM
Live stats (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20151116_1aar.xml)







Thu, 11/19/2015
at Lehigh

7:00 PM








Sun, 11/22/2015
at SMU

4:30 PM




TV: ESPNews



Wed, 11/25/2015
at Duke

7:00 PM




TV: ESPNU



Sun, 11/29/2015
at Albany

2:00 PM








Wed, 12/02/2015
Bryant

7:00 PM
Live stats (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20151202_7x91.xml)







Sat, 12/05/2015
Vermont

2:00 PM
Live stats (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20151205_1otw.xml)







Wed, 12/09/2015
at Illinois

8:00 PM




ESPN3, WatchESPN



Sun, 12/13/2015
at Southern California

4:00 PM




TV: Pac-12 Network



Wed, 12/30/2015
at Central Connecticut State

7:00 PM








Sat, 01/02/2016
at Hartford

7:00 PM








Wed, 01/06/2016
New Jersey Inst. of Technology

7:00 PM
Live stats (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20160106_dypn.xml)







Fri, 01/08/2016
Daniel Webster

7:00 PM
Live stats (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20160108_sgpk.xml)







Sat, 01/16/2016
Brown *

5:00 PM








Sat, 01/23/2016
at Brown *

5:00 PM








Fri, 01/29/2016
Penn *

7:00 PM
Live stats (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20160129_245z.xml)







Sat, 01/30/2016
Princeton *

7:00 PM
Live stats (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20160130_6405.xml)







Fri, 02/05/2016
Columbia *

TBA
Live stats (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20160205_zh9s.xml)







Sat, 02/06/2016
Cornell *

7:00 PM
Live stats (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20160206_3plu.xml)







Fri, 02/12/2016
at Dartmouth *

7:00 PM








Sat, 02/13/2016
at Harvard *

7:00 PM
Live stats (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20160213_62sx.xml) Video (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/links/ns59k8)







Fri, 02/19/2016
at Princeton *

7:00 PM








Sat, 02/20/2016
at Penn *

TBA








Fri, 02/26/2016
Harvard *

7:00 PM
Live stats (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20160226_0dkn.xml) Video (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/links/dwrhrn)







Sat, 02/27/2016
Dartmouth *

7:00 PM
Live stats (http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/boxscores/20160227_jk38.xml)







Fri, 03/04/2016
at Cornell *

7:00 PM








Sat, 03/05/2016
at Columbia *

7:00 PM








Home games in bold.

[SFA 93]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQpGVSTUYAA3WRj.jpg

[SFA 93]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CQ0TJkrUkAAMdbv.jpg:large

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Any idea what Underwood is getting paid? 300-400k range? He has to be getting something respectable. I'm surprised he's stayed at SFA this long. The guy can coach AND recruit.....

[SFA 93]

Underwood's salary was $200,000 his first season at SFA and after that they raised it to $400,000 which is unheard of for a SLC head coach.

Coach Underwood has interviewed with other programs every season since at SFA.

After

2013-14 Interviewed with Marshall, rumored Missouri, and Southern Mississippi (Marshall and Southern Mississippi offered more than double but he declined)
2014-15 Interviewed with Iowa State

It will have to be a good fit for him to leave.

His son Tyler was an All-District BB player at Nac. High and is now on the SFA team. Also Underwood is very appreciative to SFA for giving him his first chance at a Division I program now in his early 50's and he loves the area and the people. He also likes how our AD Robert Hill is dedicated to taking SFA to the next level in basketball and what he is putting into the program.

I figure he is waiting for the Kansas State job which is his alma mater and where he coached for over 7 years as an assistant.

[SFA 93]

The Freshmen and JUCO transfer class that Underwood has brought in.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=146&v=NmeknkKnKeU

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sasu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_headshot/11324496.jpeg
#32 Jovan Grujic 7-0; 225 Pancevo, Serbia (Member of the U19 Serbia team. Had offers from Texas Tech, UNLV, and Rhode Island.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sasu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_headshot/11324511.jpeg
#5 Lasani Johnson 6-1; 178 Dallas, Texas (*** Rivals; Son of former NBA star Larry Johnson; He scored 63 points against Copperas Cove in the Dallas ISD Tournament.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sasu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_headshot/11324447.jpeg
#23 Nathan Bain 6-6; 200 Freeport, Bahamas (Sunrise Christian Kansas) (*** Rivals; McDonald All-American Nominee)

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sasu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_headshot/11324501.jpeg
#22 TJ Holyfield 6-8; 210 Albuquerque, New Mexico (Elv8 Sports Institute Florida) (Had offers from Southern Mississippi, Florida Atlantic, Pittsburgh, Boston College) Brother Michael Holyfield (SLC Defensive POY) plays at SLC rival Sam Houston State

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sasu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_headshot/11324529.jpeg
#35 JaQuan Smith 6-9; 250 Baltimore, Maryland (All-Conference player at Northern Oklahoma College; Holds single season school records for Blocks (95) and career (151) Offers from Louisiana Tech, North Carolina State, Iona, Middle Tenn. State.)

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sasu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_headshot/11324541.jpeg
#2 CJ Williams 6-7; 240 Powder Springs, Georgia (** Rivals #36 player in the state ESPN)

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sasu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_headshot/11324533.jpeg
#15 Payton Stephens 6-4; 215 McPherson, Kansas (1st Team All-State; Kansas State Tournament MVP; KBCA All-State)

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sasu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_headshot/11324476.jpeg
#24 Johnny Dahl 6-4; 195 Keokuk, Iowa (3X All-State; Southeast Conference POY)

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sasu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_headshot/11324523.jpeg
#30 Tyler Underwood 6-1; 160 Nacogdoches, Texas (Son of Coach Underwood; 2X First Team All-District; School record holder in career 3-pointers; 3-pointers in a season and steals in a season.

[Twentysix]

Are there any UMKC fans on here? I just got my tickets for the Gopher doubleheader for Friday, Nov. 13th. For $10 you get tickets to both the women's game with Wofford at 5:30 and the UMKC game after that. Pretty good deal- men's tickets are usually $35.

Unlikely

[eiu1999]

EIU finally has the 2015-16 roster published

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (High School/Previous)
1 Demetrius McReynolds G 6-2 210 Jr Louisville, Ky. (Butler HS / Eastern Florida State College)
2 Cornell Johnston G 5-7 150 So St. Louis, Mo. (Ladue HS)
3 Casey Teson G 6-2 185 Fr St. Charles, Mo. (St. Charles HS)
5 A.J. Riley G 6-4 180 Jr Peoria, Ill. (Peoria Manual HS / John A. Logan College)
10 Luke Norman G 6-1 185 Sr Freeport, Ill. (Freeport HS / Highland CC)
11 Anthony Johnson G 6-4 200 Jr Oblong, Ill. (Oblong HS)
12 Marshawn Blackmon Wing 6-4 185 Fr St. Peters, Mo. (Ft. Zumwalt South HS)
15 Trae Anderson Wing 6-4 235 Sr St. Louis, Mo. (Hazelwood Central HS / Southwestern Illinois College)
24 Joe Kuligoski Wing 6-5 210 Jr Orland Park, Ill. (Sandburg HS / Jacksonville State Univ.)
30 Aleksa Novakovic F 6-7 220 Fr Belgrade, Serbia (Findley College Prep (Nev.)
32 Patrick Muldoon F 6-7 215 Fr Basehor, Kan. (Basehor-Linwood HS)
33 Luke Piotrowski F 6-1 240 Sr Port Republic, NJ (Atlantic Christian / Univ. of Richmond)
40 Lucas Jones F 6-8 205 Fr Prairie Village, Kan. (Shawnee Mission East HS)
54 Justin Earls F 6-7 210 So Chicago, Ill. (De La Salle Institute)
55 Aboubacar Diallo F 6-8 200 Fr Abidjan, Ivory Coast (St. Louis Christian Academy)

[SFA 93]

Jacks get votes in the first Coaches Poll

http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/basketball-men/polls/coaches-poll/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CRXneqPUcAEChP2.jpg:large

[BisonTru]

Jacks get votes in the first Coaches Poll

http://sportspolls.usatoday.com/ncaa/basketball-men/polls/coaches-poll/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CRXneqPUcAEChP2.jpg:large

What'd you guys lose from last years team?

[SFA 93]

We lost
G: Conner Brooks 6-4; 190 bench
F: Tanner Clayton 6-9; 210 starter
F: Bobby King 6-7; 220 bench
F: Jacob Parker 6-6; 210 starter

Returning starters
G: Trey Pinkney 5-9; 160 (Sr.)
G: Ty Charles 6-5; 190 (So.)
G: Thomas Walkup 6-4; 195 (Sr.) 1st Team All-SLC (All-American)


But we add much more in size as you see above.

[eiu1999]

2015-16 Media OVC Preseason Men's Predicted Order of Finish
Overall Champion: Belmont (14 first-place votes)

East Division
1. Belmont (14 first-place votes) - 89 points
2. Morehead State (1) - 68
3. Eastern Kentucky - 59
4. Tennessee Tech - 45
5. Jacksonville State - 32
6. Tennessee State - 22

West Division
1. Murray State (11 first-place votes) - 85 points
2. UT Martin (4) - 76
3. Eastern Illinois - 58
4. Southeast Missouri - 44
5. SIUE - 28
6. Austin Peay - 24

Preseason Player of the Year: Craig Bradshaw, Belmont

[SFA 93]

ESPN Midnight Madness at WRJ

https://twitter.com/SFA_Athletics/status/655237725717528576

[bonarae]

Media Poll: Harvard is fourth among media and coaches in the Ivy preseason poll. Who's first? It's Yale. They share first-place votes with Columbia and Princeton.

What happened:
Siyani Chambers lost to injury
Maodo Lo (Columbia) named to Cousy Award Watch List
Yale returns a key reserve who took a year off due to the Whiffenpoofs and also the reigining Ivy player of the year.

[CHIP72]

My tentative 2015-2016 in-person attendance college basketball schedule:

12/05 (Sat): Penn at George Mason, 6 PM
12/30 (Wed): Penn State at Maryland, 5 PM
01/06 (Wed): Lehigh at Loyola (MD), 7:30 PM
01/09 (Sat): Lehigh at American, 2 PM
01/13 (Wed): St. Joseph's at George Mason, 7 PM
01/16 (Sat): Villanova at Georgetown, 1 PM
01/30 (Sat): Lafayette at Loyola (MD), 7 PM
02/10 (Wed): St. Joseph's at George Washington, 7 PM
02/13 (Sat): La Salle at St. Joseph's, 8 PM
02/17 (Wed): Lafayette at American, 7 PM
02/21 (Sun): La Salle at George Washington, 12 PM
02/27 (Sat): Central Florida at Temple, 12 PM
02/27 (Sat): Northeastern at Drexel, 4 PM
02/27 (Sat): Columbia at Penn, 7 PM

I may also attend the Sunday 11/29 Penn at Lafayette game (2 PM start), and with luck will attend a Patriot League Tournament semifinal game at either Lehigh or Lafayette on Sunday 3/6. (I'd probably also attend any Patriot League Tournament games Lehigh or Lafayette would play at American excluding games scheduled on Sunday 3/6.)

[SFA 93]

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2015/10/26/southland-preview-stephen-f-austin-returns-as-heavy-favorite/

[eiu1999]

One week from tonight is the first exhibition, pretty excited.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

John Stockton named an assistant coach at Montana State. This has to help out the Bobcats, right? They were brutal when I lived in Bozeman.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaabk/john-stockton-named-assistant-coach-at-montana-state-daughter-plays-for-bobcats/ar-BBmuLMa?ocid=ansmsnsports11

[Laker]

Yale returns a key reserve who took a year off due to the Whiffenpoofs

"Bah, bah, bah!"

[SFA 93]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSammwEUsAAVQio.jpg

[superman7515]

2015-16 CAA Men’s Basketball Predicted Order of Finish
1. Hofstra
2. James Madison
3. Northeastern
4. William & Mary
5. Delaware
6. UNCW
7. Towson
8. Drexel
9. College of Charleston
10. Elon

2015-16 CAA Media Basketball Preseason All-Conference First Team
Ron Curry, James Madison
Juan’ya Green, Hofstra (CAA Preseason Player of the Year)
Ameen Tanksley, Hofstra
Terry Tarpey, William & Mary
David Walker, Northeastern

Second Team
Yohanny Dalembert, James Madison
John Davis, Towson
Quincy Ford, Northeastern
Kory Holden (http://www.bluehens.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&ATCLID=209712387&DB_OEM_ID=29100), Delaware
Omar Prewitt, William & Mary

Honorable Mention
Tavon Allen, Drexel
Canyon Barry, College of Charleston
Arnaud William Adala Moto, Towson
Craig Ponder, UNCW
Tanner Samson, Elon

[superman7515]

Fri, Nov 13
Delaware State
at Dover, Del.
8:00 p.m.




Fri, Nov 20
Iona
at New Rochelle, N.Y.
7:00 p.m.




Tue, Nov 24
Fairleigh Dickinson
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.

CAA.TV



Sun, Nov 29
Temple
at Philadelphia, Pa.
5:00 p.m.

ESPN3


Tue, Dec 01
Bradley
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.

CAA.TV



Thu, Dec 03
South Florida
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.

CAA.TV



Sun, Dec 06
Columbia
at New York, N.Y.
2:00 p.m.




Sat, Dec 12
Marist
at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
7:00 p.m.




Sat, Dec 19
Boston College
at Chestnut Hill, Mass.
7:00 p.m.

ESPN3


Tue, Dec 22
Villanova
at Villanova, Pa.
7:00 p.m.

Fox Sports 1


Tue, Dec 29
Buffalo
at Buffalo, N.Y.
7:00 p.m.




Thu, Dec 31
Hofstra *
at Hempstead, N.Y.
1:00 p.m.

CAA.TV


Sat, Jan 02
James Madison *
Bob Carpenter Center
12:00 p.m.

CSN-P, CSN-MA, SNY



Thu, Jan 07
Northeastern *
at Boston, Mass.
7:00 p.m.

CAA.TV


Sat, Jan 09
UNCW *
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.

CAA.TV



Thu, Jan 14
Towson *
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.

CAA.TV



Sat, Jan 16
Northeastern *
Bob Carpenter Center
2:00 p.m.

CAA.TV



Thu, Jan 21
UNCW *
at Wilmington, N.C.
7:00 p.m.

CAA.TV


Sat, Jan 23
College of Charleston *
at Charleston, S.C.
4:00 p.m.

CAA.TV


Thu, Jan 28
William & Mary *
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.

CAA.TV



Sat, Jan 30
Towson *
at Towson, Md.
2:00 p.m.

TCN-P, CSN-MA


Thu, Feb 04
Elon *
at Elon, N.C.
7:00 p.m.

CAA.TV


Sat, Feb 06
William & Mary *
at Williamsburg, Va.
2:30 p.m.

NBC Sports Network


Thu, Feb 11
Drexel *
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.

CAA.TV



Sat, Feb 13
Hofstra *
Bob Carpenter Center
5:00 p.m.

NBC Sports Network



Thu, Feb 18
College of Charleston *
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.

CAA.TV



Sat, Feb 20
James Madison *
at Harrisonburg, Va.
4:00 p.m.

CSN-P, CSN-MA, SNY


Thu, Feb 25
Drexel *
at Philadelphia, Pa.
6:00 p.m.

TCN-P, CSN-MA, SNY


Sat, Feb 27
Elon *
Bob Carpenter Center
7:00 p.m.

CAA.TV



Only 3 non-con home games this year. I have no idea why we have so much trouble getting teams to come to Newark, it's not like we're playing a lot of ACC and Big 10 schools. We play a ton of mid-majors and low-majors and still go on the road more often than not.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CSUvxFXUwAA5YSD.png

If Temple finishes 6th and fails to make the tournament Dunphy might be on the way out.

We'll know right away how good we are. The Owls open the season November 13th in Annapolis against #1 North Carolina.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I saw UNI hosts SFA on November 17th during the 24 hours of basketball. I'll be make sure I'm up in the AM for that one. Those two put on a show last year....

I love college bball season!

[eiu1999]

2015-2016 EIU Team

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21601&stc=1

[eiu1999]

EIU with a very rough 74-71 win over a NAIA school.

10/21 FTs
868 in attendance

[BisonFan02]

11 of the 15 on the Bison roster are either freshmen or sophomores....and we are not a "1 and done" school. :D That being said, we should be pretty competitive this year.

[eiu1999]

Two newcomers to watch:

40 Lucas Jones

Class: Freshman
Height: 6-8
Weight: 205
Position: Forward
Hometown: Prairie Village, Kan.
High School: Shawnee Mission EastHIGH SCHOOL: Played for coach Shawn Hair at Shawnee Mission East High School in the Kansas City Metro area... earned first team Class 6A All-State honors as a senior... averaged a double-double for the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds per game... named first team All-Sunflower League as a senior... as a junior earned honorable mention All-State honors averaging 14 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game... shot 55 percent from the field, 78 percent from the free throw line and 35 percent from 3-point range... as a sophomore moved into the starting line-up for the team and helped lead them to a fourth place finish in the Kansas Class 6A State Tournament... in first two years in the starting line-up, the program has posted a 36-10 record... earned honorable mention All-League honors as a sophomore and second team accolades as a junior... twice named the MVP of the SportsCare Shootout... played AAU basketball for the KC Spurs, coached by Don Weston.

05 A.J. Riley

Class: Junior
Height: 6-4
Weight: 225
Position: Guard
Hometown: Peoria, Ill.
High School: ManualJUNIOR COLLEGE: Played two seasons at John A. Logan College for coach Kyle Smithpeters... as a sophomore scored 19 points in NJCAA Region 24 Championship game to lead team to upset of No. 1 ranked Vincennes University earning a trip to the NJCAA National Tournament... averaged 9.5 points, 4 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game as a sophomore... had 14 games with double figure scoring... season high was 23 points against Lake Land College... season high seven assists against Mineral Area CC... as a freshman averaged 7.8 points and 1.9 assists per game... started 26 of 30 games with nine double figure scoring nights... season high 26 points against Lake Land College... season high seven assists against State Fair College...

HIGH SCHOOL: Played high school basketball at Peoria Manual and was rated a 3-Star recruit by Scout.com and ESPN.com after leading school to an IHSA Class 3A Sectional semifinal appearance as a junior... played AAU basketball for the Illinois Wolves, coached by Mike Mullins.

[clenz]

I saw UNI hosts SFA on November 17th during the 24 hours of basketball. I'll be make sure I'm up in the AM for that one. Those two put on a show last year....

I love college bball season!
I think it's a 7AM local tip off...f that noise.

10 or 11 would have been GREAT

Interesting note, the only way UNI would agree to the 8AM tip in Texas last year was it was a game that our starting PG's family could go to (he was from Pflugerville) and that SFA agreed to a return game this year. ESPN liked it, so did SFA, so it got thrown into the 24 hour deal again.

[bonarae]

Harvard will open the season once again with MIT at Lavietes... game is on Friday next week after the WBB game with Maine.

[eiu1999]

EIU opens the 13th @Indiana

[ST_Lawson]

Here's ours: http://goleathernecks.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

Non-conference games:
Away - Wisconsin, Eastern IL, Creighton, Iowa, Chicago State, Loyola (Chicago)
Home - Hannibal-LaGrange, UofI Chicago, Trinity Christian (who?), Silver Lake (ditto), Eastern IL

So, a home and home with Eastern, which is nice, and a very tough road schedule...however, here's our conference preseason poll...

1. SDSU
2. NDSU
3. Oral Bob
4. Fort Wayne
5. USD
6. IUPUI
7. Omaha
8. Denver
9. WIU

we are not good

http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/mbkb/2015-16/WIU-Preview.jpg

[eiu1999]

Here's ours: http://goleathernecks.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

Non-conference games:
Away - Wisconsin, Eastern IL, Creighton, Iowa, Chicago State, Loyola (Chicago)
Home - Hannibal-LaGrange, UofI Chicago, Trinity Christian (who?), Silver Lake (ditto), Eastern IL

So, a home and home with Eastern, which is nice, and a very tough road schedule...however, here's our conference preseason poll...

1. SDSU
2. NDSU
3. Oral Bob
4. Fort Wayne
5. USD
6. IUPUI
7. Omaha
8. Denver
9. WIU

we are not good

http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/mbkb/2015-16/WIU-Preview.jpg


EIU has Hannibal-Lagrange as well.

[eiu1999]

OVC Arena Seating Capacities...




Basketball arena
Capacity


Austin Peay
Dunn Center
9,000


Belmont
Curb Event Center
5,085


Eastern Illinois
Lantz Arena
5,300


Eastern Kentucky
Alumni Coliseum
6,300


Jacksonville State
Pete Mathews Coliseum
5,800


Morehead State
Ellis Johnson Arena
6,500


Murray State
CFSB Center
8,825


Southeast Missouri State
Show Me Center
6,972


SIU Edwardsville
Vadalabene Center
4,000


UT Martin
Skyhawk Arena
5,000


Tennessee State
Gentry Complex
10,500


Tennessee Tech
Eblen Center
9,280

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Next Friday night Temple opens with #1 North Carolina in Annapolis while Lehigh travels to the Carrier Dome to take on Syracuse. Lehigh has a legit shot against the 'Cuse. Temple has a so-so chance against the Tar Heels who will be without Marcus Paige....

[BisonFan02]

The Bison have a few nice out of conference matchups with Illinois, Iowa St, Montana, and a trip through Sunbelt land... :D



Day
Date

Opponent
Location
Time/Result
Radio
TV
Details


Wed.
11/4/2015

University of Mary (Exhibition)
Fargo, N.D.
W 91-58 (http://www.gobison.com/news/2015/11/4/MBB_1104150615.aspx?path=mbball)


Details (javascript:void(0))


Fri.
11/13/2015

UC Davis
Davis, Calif.
7:30 p.m.
790 KFGO

Details (javascript:void(0))


Sun.
11/15/2015

Illinois
Springfield, Ill.
2 p.m.
740 The Fan
ESPN3
Details (javascript:void(0))


Wed.
11/18/2015

Valley City State
Fargo, N.D.
7 p.m.
790 KFGO

Details (javascript:void(0))


Wed.
11/25/2015

Montana
Fargo, N.D.
7 p.m.
790 KFGO
MeTV
Details (javascript:void(0))


Sat.
11/28/2015

North Carolina A&T
Fargo, N.D.
1 p.m.
790 KFGO

Details (javascript:void(0))


Tue.
12/1/2015

Iowa State
Ames, Iowa
7 p.m.


Details (javascript:void(0))


Fri.
12/4/2015

Arkansas State
Jonesboro, Ark.
7 p.m.


Details (javascript:void(0))


Sun.
12/6/2015

Southern Miss
Hattiesburg, Miss.
TBA


Details (javascript:void(0))


Fri.
12/11/2015

North Dakota
Grand Forks, N.D.
7:30 p.m.

MidcoSN / FCS Central
Details (javascript:void(0))


Wed.
12/16/2015

Montana State
Fargo, N.D.
7 p.m.

MeTV
Details (javascript:void(0))


Mon.
12/21/2015

Idaho State
Logan, Utah
6:30 p.m.


Details (javascript:void(0))


Tue.
12/22/2015

UT Rio Grande Valley
Logan, Utah
6:30 p.m.


Details (javascript:void(0))


Wed.
12/23/2015

Utah State
Logan, Utah
9 p.m.


Details (javascript:void(0))


Wed.
12/30/2015

Northland College (Wis.)
Fargo, N.D.
7 p.m.


Details (javascript:void(0))


Sun.
1/3/2016
*
Denver
Fargo, N.D.
1 p.m.

MeTV
Details (javascript:void(0))


Thu.
1/7/2016
*
Omaha
Fargo, N.D.
7 p.m.

MeTV
Details (javascript:void(0))


Sat.
1/9/2016
*
Oral Roberts
Tulsa, Okla.
7 p.m.

ESPN3
Details (javascript:void(0))


Wed.
1/13/2016
*
South Dakota
Fargo, N.D.
7 p.m.

ESPN3 / MidcoSN
Details (javascript:void(0))


Sat.
1/16/2016
*
South Dakota State
Fargo, N.D.
4:30 p.m.

ESPN3 / MidcoSN
Details (javascript:void(0))


Thu.
1/21/2016
*
Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, Ind.
6 p.m.


Details (javascript:void(0))


Sat.
1/23/2016
*
Western Illinois
Macomb, Ill.
2 p.m.

ESPN3
Details (javascript:void(0))


Sun.
1/31/2016
*
IUPUI
Indianapolis, Ind.
12 p.m.

ESPN3
Details (javascript:void(0))


Thu.
2/4/2016
*
Oral Roberts
Fargo, N.D.
7 p.m.

ESPN3 / MidcoSN2
Details (javascript:void(0))


Sat.
2/6/2016
*
Fort Wayne
Fargo, N.D.
4 p.m.

MeTV
Details (javascript:void(0))


Thu.
2/11/2016
*
South Dakota
Vermillion, S.D.
7 p.m.


Details (javascript:void(0))


Sat.
2/13/2016
*
Omaha
Omaha, Neb.
1 p.m.


Details (javascript:void(0))


Wed.
2/17/2016
*
Western Illinois
Fargo, N.D.
7 p.m.

MeTV
Details (javascript:void(0))


Sat.
2/20/2016
*
IUPUI
Fargo, N.D.
4 p.m.

NBC ND
Details (javascript:void(0))


Thu.
2/25/2016
*
South Dakota State
Brookings, S.D.
7 p.m.

ESPN3 / MidcoSN
Details (javascript:void(0))


Sat.
2/27/2016
*
Denver
Denver, Colo.
5 p.m.

ROOT Sports
Details (javascript:void(0))

[Laker]

Augustana of the NSIC gets a shot at the buzzer to beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 76-74!

[ST_Lawson]

The Bison have a few nice out of conference matchups with Illinois, Iowa St, Montana, and a trip through Sunbelt land... :D



Sun.
11/15/2015

Illinois
Springfield, Ill.
2 p.m.
740 The Fan
ESPN3
Details (http://javascript<strong></strong>:void(0))




That one kinda threw me for a bit....U of I...in Springfield? Not U of I Springfield (UIS)....but the Illini...but playing in Springfield.
Looks like their first 5 "home" games are actually being held at the arena there. Interesting.



Augustana of the NSIC gets a shot at the buzzer to beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 76-74!

Holy crap...that's crazy.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Augustana of the NSIC gets a shot at the buzzer to beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 76-74!

LOL....Fran McCaffery probably lost his mind after that one! The man is a lunatic! Losing to a team like that is not going to help his disposition!!

[bonarae]

Has the regular season even started? xconfusedx

[ST_Lawson]

Has the regular season even started? xconfusedx

Most are starting up late next week (looks like Friday the 13th for most schools). Iowa played Augustana (SD) and University of Sioux Falls (also in SD) in exhibition.

[SFA 93]

Never in the six-plus decades of its existence has the Southland Conference witnessed one men’s basketball team claim four consecutive regular season championships.

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sasu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_rwdbsilarge/11467431.jpeg

http://www.sfajacks.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/110815aaa.html

Going to have to earn it on the road! 17 games away from the Sawmill, and that includes 5 of the last 6 conference games.

Non-Conference Schedule
11/13/15 @ #22 Baylor (FOX Sports SW) 8:30 P.M.
11/17/15 @ Northern Iowa (ESPN2) 7:00 A.M.
11/22/15 LSU-Shreveport (ESPN3) 2:00 P.M.
11/26/15 Western Michigan (ASN) 4:30 P.M. <Nashville>
11/27/15 Tulane (ASN) 7:30 P.M. <Nashville>
11/29/15 Appalachian State (ASN) 3:30 P.M. <Nashville>
12/05/15 Texas Southern (ESPN3) 4:00 P.M.
12/08/15 Henderson State (ESPN3) 7:00 P.M.
12/12/15 Arkansas Tech (ESPN3) 6:00 P.M.
12/19/15 Our Lady of the Lake (ESPN3) 5:00 P.M. <Shelton Gym>
12/22/15 @ Arizona State (Pac-12 Network) 2:00 P.M.
12/29/15 @ UAB (ASN) 2:30 P.M.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conference Play
01/02/16 McNeese State (ESPN3) 6:00 P.M.
01/04/16 @ Southeastern Louisiana 7:00 P.M.
01/12/16 Central Arkansas (ESPN3) 7:00 P.M.
01/16/16 Abilene Christian (ESPN3) 6:00 P.M.
01/18/16 @ New Orleans 7:00 P.M.
01/23/16 Sam Houston State (ESPN3) 6:00 P.M.
01/25/16 Lamar (ESPN3) 7:00 P.M.
01/30/16 @ Texas A&M-CC 2:00 P.M.
02/06/16 @ Houston Baptist 7:00 P.M.
02/08/16 Northwestern State (ESPN3) 7:00 P.M.
02/13/16 Texas A&M-CC (ESPN3) 6:00 P.M.
02/15/16 Incarnate Word (ESPN3) 7:00 P.M.
02/20/16 @ Nicholls 3:30 P.M.
02/22/16 @ Lamar 7:00 P.M.
02/27/16 Houston Baptist (ESPN3) 6:00 P.M.
02/29/16 @ Incarnate Word (ASN) 6:00 P.M.
03/03/16 @ Northwestern State 7:00 P.M.
03/05/16 @ Sam Houston State 7:00 P.M.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Tomorrow night the road begins! Stoked!!

[eiu1999]

Good OVC basketball site

ovcball.net

[LeadBolt]

W&M is on the road @ NC State tomorrow night. It's time to pull for the upset!

[eiu1999]

24 hours till EIU and Indiana tipoff, also hoping for the upset.

[eiu1999]

EIU adds Kansas guard.

CHARLESTON, Ill. – Eastern Illinois men's basketball head coach Jay Spoonhour (http://www.eiupanthers.com/coaches.aspx?rc=638) continues to bring in quality All-State players to the Panthers program as Kansas All-State guard Logan Koch signed a national letter of intent with Eastern Illinois as the NCAA early signing period began on Wednesday.

"The guy is simply a winner. He has a great head on his shoulders and is just a quality player and person," said Spoonhour. "We're fortunate to have him and people will enjoy watching him play."

Koch will be a senior at Mill Valley High School in Shawnee, Kan., where he has been a starter all four seasons for head coach Mike Bennett. During the last two seasons Koch has earned All-State honors leading his team to the Kansas Class 5A state playoffs as a junior and a freshman. Last season he scored the winning basket in the sub-state game against St. Thomas Aquinas HS earning Mill Valley a spot in the state playoffs. Koch averaged 14.3 points per game as a junior with 5.4 rebounds and 6.1 assists while shooting 38 percent from 3-point range. A two-time All-Conference selection in basketball, Koch is also the starting quarterback having passed for more than 1,800 yards and 25 touchdowns this season.

Koch was a teammate of current EIU forward Patrick Muldoon (http://www.eiupanthers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4900) during his freshman year. He played AAU basketball for Run GMC coached by L.J. Goolsby.

"Logan brings it every day, he is the ultimate team player. He will add a level of toughness to the team," said Goolsby. "He is a great young man to be around and was a pleasure to coach"

[CHIP72]

Penn holds off Robert Morris 76-75 at the Palestra in the season opener for both teams. The Quakers nearly blew a double digit lead, 2nd half lead.

[eiu1999]

Indiana 49-17 over EIU at the half.......

[bonarae]

Across the Ivy contenders (+ Harvard):

Yale beats Fairfield 70-57
Columbia slams Kean 107-62
Princeton down to Rider (in progress, 2nd half)
Harvard toe-to-toe with MIT (in progress, 1st half)

Meanwhile...

Harvard and Stanford's men's teams will play in China to open their 2016-2017 seasons, on November 13 (China time). This year's game (Washington vs. Texas) is the first ever US basketball game to be played in China.

http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2015-16/releases/20151112nrzlf5

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

#1 UNC routed Temple 91-67. We hung in for 15 minutes. Bur ultimately the Tar Heels dominated the second half. Their front line is nasty....

[eiu1999]

IU 88
EIU 49

[ST_Lawson]

WIU up 60-55 on #17 Wisconsin with 7:45 left in the game. Regardless of the outcome, Western is not playing like the team picked to finish last in a "mediocre" mid-major conference. Game is available on BTN for anyone that's interested.

[BisonFan02]

WIU up 60-55 on #17 Wisconsin with 7:45 left in the game. Regardless of the outcome, Western is not playing like the team picked to finish last in a "mediocre" mid-major conference. Game is available on BTN for anyone that's interested.

Sandbaggers..... xlolx

[BisonFan02]

On a related note....the Summit had two nice wins over MVC teams today... xlolx :D

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

Princeton holds off Rider 64-56
Harvard, despite being a young team, held MIT to just 39. (score was 59-39)

[BisonFan02]

69-67 Western over Wisconsin! Way to ****ing go Leathernecks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Suck my ****ing dick Wisconsin! xlolx

[ST_Lawson]

69-67 Western over Wisconsin! Way to ****ing go Leathernecks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Suck my ****ing dick Wisconsin! xlolx

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[BisonFan02]

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WOW

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup. I might have been a bit over the top on my reaction...but for someone who had to live in that state for a period of time (and the sheer amount of garbage some Badger fans spew), I couldn't have been any more happy when you guys took it to em. xthumbsupx

[gotts]

Congrats WIU!

[BisonFan02]

http://www.buckys5thquarter.com/2015/11/13/9720104/wisconsin-basketball-western-illinois-preview-bo-ryan-nigel-hayes

oops xlolx

[ST_Lawson]

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup. I might have been a bit over the top on my reaction...but for someone who had to live in that state for a period of time (and the sheer amount of garbage some Badger fans spew), I couldn't have been any more happy when you guys took it to em. xthumbsupx

Well...maybe a bit. I was more reacting to the result of the game. I can't believe we stayed in this and at one point were up 8 late in the 2nd half. WI battled back and tied things up, but we got a couple of clutch free throws and held them the last 10 seconds.

[eiu1999]

Way to go WIU

[eiu1999]

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup. I might have been a bit over the top on my reaction...but for someone who had to live in that state for a period of time (and the sheer amount of garbage some Badger fans spew), I couldn't have been any more happy when you guys took it to em. xthumbsupx

The whole state is a bunch of arragont @ss^^^^^

[BisonFan02]

Well...maybe a bit. I was more reacting to the result of the game. I can't believe we stayed in this and at one point were up 8 late in the 2nd half. WI battled back and tied things up, but we got a couple of clutch free throws and held them the last 10 seconds.


The whole state is a bunch of arragont @ss^^^^^

I changed my mind....my reaction is justified. xlolx :D

[eiu1999]

I changed my mind....my reaction is justified. xlolx :D

Very much so.

[SFA 93]

Jacks get embarrassed in Waco 97-55 as the Baylor Bears shoot an amazing 64.3% for the game.

SFA shoots 32%.

Now off to Cedar Rapids.

[clenz]

Jacks get embarrassed in Waco 97-55 as the Baylor Bears shoot an amazing 64.3% for the game.

SFA shoots 32%.

Now off to Cedar Rapids.
Watchu doing in Cedar Rapids?

[SFA 93]

Sorry I meant to say SFA is off to Cedar Rapids to play your Panthers.

But be sure when I retire (7 years from now) I'll be going to some away games.

Hope our boys can hit the basket in McLeod.

[bonarae]

Harvard will be on the road for the first time this season to take on the Friars of Providence.

[TheRevSFA]

I thought UNI was Cedar Falls?

[clenz]

Sorry I meant to say SFA is off to Cedar Rapids to play your Panthers.

But be sure when I retire (7 years from now) I'll be going to some away games.

Hope our boys can hit the basket in McLeod.

Again

What you doing in Cedar Rapids?

Taking on NIU?

It's not like SFA hasn't seen their football team up here a couple times before or anything


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[LeadBolt]

W&M is on the road @ NC State tomorrow night. It's time to pull for the upset!

William & Mary 85 - NC State 68 in front of 16,377 stunned Wolfpack fans. Friday the 13th the CAA goes 8-1. Let the games begin!

[SFA 93]

Lol and I live near Cedar Park, sorry too much cedar, my apologies. Cedar Falls.

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

Harvard was put down by Providence (receiving votes I believe) 76-64.

[Laker]

Any posters going to the SDSU Jack's game at Frost tomorrow night? PM me if you are. I'll be wearing a gold Laker's cap.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

The WIU score is the shocker of the weekend!! Wow! Especially given the preseason expectations for the 'Necks!

I was also surprised by the SFA score. I thought they might be a Sweet 16 team. (still could be obviously) Baylor is good but that was a true beat down...

[SFA 93]

Yeah Baylor was on fire hitting everything as they shot 65% for the game and 72% in the second half.

SFA shot 30% for the game. Just one of those games where it snowballed.

[SFA 93]

Jacks are in Cedar FALLS shooting around McLeod.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CT-OhZ8VAAAy_Hv.jpg:large

[bonarae]

Harvard idle until tomorrow (UMass)... but 5 of the Ivies played in the past two days.

Penn 77, CCSU 61
Yale 99, Sacred Heart 77
Cornell 101, Colgate 98 - 2 OT
Brown 71, Holy Cross 55
Kansas State 81, Columbia 71

[LeadBolt]

1-0 W&M travels west and lines up @ 2-0 Liberty tonight. Should be interesting. Be there or be square.

[TheRevSFA]

SFA vs UNI in a rematch from last year. On ESPN2 at 7am central

[clenz]

13:14 left in the first half

UNI 14
SFA 4

[LeadBolt]

Andy Katz 3 -point shot picks W&M as the team of the week!


https://t.co/gSyYoR6h9P

[clenz]

UNI up 9 at the under 8 media

[clenz]

Halftime

UNI 40
SFA 26

[clenz]

Lead now to 47-28 less than 3 minutes into the second half

17:07 left.


SFA finds a way to win by 2 yet, I'd bet

[clenz]

49-36 with 11:55

[clenz]

Down to 49-38 8:35 left

SFA took advantage of 4 starters being out for the last 4 minutes or so.

Let's see if that continues with them back in now

[clenz]

SFA has gone from not hitting any 3's to making every single one.

[clenz]

8 point game 3:28 left

Media TO

[LeadBolt]

Good D and made free throws at this point = UNI win up 11 with 2:13 left

[clenz]

Thomas Walkup is good...

SFA is a sub .500 team without him, I firmly believe.

He has 30 of the 57

Single handedly keeping them "in the game"

[clenz]

Final 70-60

[LeadBolt]

Good win for UNI.

[clenz]

UNI led for all but 43 seconds of today's game. During those 43 seconds, the Panthers were tied with the Lumberjacks

[Laker]

I attended the Weber State at South Dakota State basketball game in Brookings last night. Before the singing of the National Anthem, the announcer asked that everyone please rise, remove their hats, put their hands over their hearts and sing along. He also reminded people to remain at attention until the flag leaves the court. Amazingly everyone was able to do this rather than shout out rants, insults or anything else. Congratulations to both teams and the fans for being respectful

BTW SDSU won their 19th straight home game 85-68. And I'd like to thank some guy who I didn't know for giving me a free ticket.

[eiu1999]

EIU fell to Ball State 73-56.

With only 5 players back from last year (2 starters) and 9 new players, I'm giving them time to bring it together.

Next up WIU on Saturday.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Good win for UNI! But, SFA has definitely struggled out of the gate. Their at-large hopes have already been greatly diminished....

[LeadBolt]

Vslpo up 1 on URI with 20 seconds left.

[clenz]

I shut it off - did they break 40 yet?

That game was terrible to watch. It was 14-12 at the under 4 media in the first half.

[LeadBolt]

Final: Valpo 58 Rhoddy 55

[LeadBolt]

Dayton is destroying Alabama 68-41 with 3 minutes left.

Final Dayton 80 - Alabama 48.

[SFA 93]

Too early to label this team yet, its basketball.

Slow starts we are used to.

2015-16: 0-2
2014-15: 1-3
2013-14: 3-2

Congrates to UNI

[813Jag]

Southern knocked off Mississippi State last night, first win over an SEC team since 2011 i believe

[bonarae]

Harvard lost to UMass 69-63. Penn beats Delaware State 60-54. Marist downs Dartmouth 73-63.

[TheRevSFA]

Good win for UNI! But, SFA has definitely struggled out of the gate. Their at-large hopes have already been greatly diminished....

A little early to call that at 0-2...

[BluBengal07]

Jackson State beats University of Southern Miss 78-60. JSU never trailed.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

A little early to call that at 0-2...

These were two golden opportunities. SFA OOC is pretty good but the overall schedule is still weak due to the SLC...

[clenz]

These were two golden opportunities. SFA OOC is pretty good but the overall schedule is still weak due to the SLC...

SFA would not have gotten an AL last year either

[bonarae]

Cornell buries Binghamton 76-59, while Niagara thumps Brown 75-66.

Yale at Lehigh today.

[bonarae]

Yale puts down Lehigh 79-67.

Tomorrow: Columbia has its most challenging high-major test yet in Northwestern.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple beat Minnesota 75-70 in Puerto Rico. We play #22 Butler in the semi's tomorrow on ESPN2...

[TheRevSFA]

SFA would not have gotten an AL last year either

SFA wouldn't have gotten one any of the years. SLC pains. I'd love to change conferences for basketball but alas...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Yale puts down Lehigh 79-67.

Tomorrow: Columbia has its most challenging high-major test yet in Northwestern.

Is Yale suppose to be good this year? I know they were on the cusp last season. Lehigh has some good potential this year. My take is that's a good win for Yale...

[BluBengal07]

earlier this week.
https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12249615_1507629959532019_1100795636646854717_n.jp g?oh=dfc49a6808bae15006825e9b65741c7c&oe=56F44ED5

earlier today....
Southern over Tulane 90-82
Alabama A&M over SE Missouri St. 74-56

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Might be the best OOC week for the SWAC in a decade plus.

With that said, Tulane is terrible. The bottom of the AAC still appears to be dreadful....

[bonarae]

Is Yale suppose to be good this year? I know they were on the cusp last season. Lehigh has some good potential this year. My take is that's a good win for Yale...

Yes. They almost got in had the last-second shot not fallen in. They chose to stay home last year.

[Laker]

Halftime- Minnesota 44 Missouri State 31.

[Laker]

FINAL: Gophers 74 Bears 69

[Laker]

George Mason 71 OK State 68 OT final.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple lost to #22 Butler 74-69 today in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Classic semifinals. We play #16 Utah on Sunday in the consolation game...

[clenz]

UNI takes down #1 North Carolina 70-67

[Panther-State]

UNI takes down #1 North Carolina 70-67

Northern Iowa is now 2-0 all-time against #1 teams! Go Panthers!

[bonarae]

Columbia lost another heartbreaker to Northwestern in OT, 83-80.

[Grizalltheway]

Wow, congrats Panthers. **** the Tarholes.

[344Johnson]

Big time win for UNI and ND native Ben Jacobson.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Congrats UNI!! UNC clowned us last week. Impressive win!

[dewey]

UNI takes down #1 North Carolina 70-67

Great win for the Panthers.

Dewey

[ST_Lawson]

The WIU score is the shocker of the weekend!! Wow! Especially given the preseason expectations for the 'Necks!

And now with a 20-point win over Eastern Illinois, Western is 4-0 for the first time since the '89-'90 season.

[bonarae]

Ivy Saturday:
Washington routed Penn 104-67
Canisius put down Cornell 87-62
Providence stopped Brown 94-73
Princeton nipped St. Peter's 75-72

Today:
Harvard at BC
Lehigh at Columbia
Yale at SMU

[bonarae]

Harvard seems to have a long season moving forward. BC put us down 69-56. Oh well, there's Yale and Columbia... xsmhx

[bonarae]

Meanwhile... Columbia routed Lehigh 88-61, and Yale lost a close one to SMU 71-69.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple lost to #16 Utah 74-68 today in Puerto Rico. We're now 1-3 after playing a brutal opening schedule, North Carolina, Minnesota, Butler and Utah.

[eiu1999]

WIU embarrassed EIU on Saturday, 83-63 in front of 869.

[bonarae]

Cornell torched a D-III (Penn State-Harrisburg) 76-47.

Tomorrow: UNH at Brown and Wofford at Columbia.

[BEAR]

UCA lost to Rutgers 87-84...very close game...

UCA beat UTSA 98-84.

They are now 1-3.

Hey that's half the wins of last year in the first 4 games!

[SFA 93]

Must be your new practice facility :)

[SFA 93]

http://southland.org/images/2015/11/23/rp_primary_SFA_Thomas_Walkup2.jpg
Thomas Walkup - SLC POW (11-23-15)
PPG:26.0

The Jacks are 1-2 and now head to Nashville for the American Sports Network Challenge in Music City where they face Western Michigan, Appalachian State, and Tulane.

Tip off 11/26/15 at 4:30 P.M. on ASN.

[BEAR]

UCA plays Howard in the Vegas Invitational tomorrow.

No idea how that one will go...

(P.S.- I came from the generation of UCA Basketball when conference championships were the norm and national playoffs were expected. This transition to D1 has been tough! )

[eiu1999]

Since our move have been to two NIU basketball games, there have been four home games in total with the following attendance numbers:

995
913
888
457

[bonarae]

Ivy Tuesday:
Brown got dumped by UNH, 88-77
Columbia sends Wofford down 70-59

Games Tonight:
La Salle at Penn
Bryant at Harvard
Yale at Duke
Cornell at Pitt
Lafayette at Princeton

[bonarae]

Penn stomped La Salle 80-64
Harvard routed Bryant 80-45
Duke scratched Yale 80-61
Pittsburgh bled Cornell 93-49
Princeton torched Lafayette 104-52

[dewey]

I got to see NDSU whoop a preseason #1 or #2 Big Sky Montana team in Fargo. The final score was NDSU 73-53. Montana ' s #12 Bruening (spelling?) had 28 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Grizzlies. No one else on the Grizzly team looked that impressive to me. It was a fun game to be at with the family.

My 5 year old son was super excited to get a picture with Thunder the Bison mascot.

Dewey

[clenz]

5 min into the second half and UNI is up by 41 on UND


Yep

[Panther-State]

5 min into the second half and UNI is up by 41 on UND


Yep


I don't think we'll here any complaints about UND missing the postseason come March

[BisonFan02]

I don't think we'll here any complaints about UND missing the postseason come March

UND sucks.

[clenz]

They play in the Big Sky, one of the 5 worst conferences in America. They have a chance because of that

[BisonFan02]

In other news....NDSU beat MEAC member North Carolina A&T 77-56 to improve to 4-1. The schedule gets a shade tougher on 12/1... xlolx

[clenz]

In other news....NDSU beat MEAC member North Carolina A&T 77-56 to improve to 4-1. The schedule gets a shade tougher on 12/1... xlolx
That got me to looking at your schedule.

Oh...my

[BisonFan02]

That got me to looking at your schedule.

Oh...my

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup. Who you rooting for in that one? :D

[clenz]

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup. Who you rooting for in that one? :D
I was speaking about the rest of your schedule.

It's...well...

It has the muscle tone of my 2.5 month old

[BisonFan02]

I was speaking about the rest of your schedule.

It's...well...

It has the muscle tone of my 2.5 month old

muscle tone doesn't mean a whole hell of a lot in a 1 bid league. That's the difference between a 15/16 seed and a high end of a 12. I was just talking about the game next Tuesday. xthumbsupx

[bonarae]

Columbia lost its two weekend games, both close ones. First was to Fairfield and second was to ugh, Longwood.

Meanwhile, Harvard is back on the road for a short trip against Holy Cross. The other Ivies playing along with Harvard, all on the road tomorrow: Cornell (UMass Lowell), Penn (Lafayette), Yale (Albany), Brown (SMU). Dartmouth is at home against LIU-Brooklyn.

I'm guessing the Ivies have been and always will be a one Dance-bid league. Paltry OOC showings like Columbia's as of late make me think how the level of recruiting in scholarship conferences has stepped up over the years.

[bonarae]

All but Dartmouth lost their OOC games today. xsighx

[TheRevSFA]

Sam Houston lost to NAIA Wiley College.

Yep. Southland Strong

[clenz]

It's becoming pretty clear SFA isn't going to help UNI's RPI...

LSU-Shreveport (not a counter), Western Michigan, Tulane (L), App State, Texas Southern, Henderson State (another non-counter?), Arkansas Tech, Our Lady of the Lake (seriously, what the **** is this?)...

Expected RPI is now at 151 for SFA. I mean, damn

[TheRevSFA]

It's becoming pretty clear SFA isn't going to help UNI's RPI...

LSU-Shreveport (not a counter), Western Michigan, Tulane (L), App State, Texas Southern, Henderson State (another non-counter?), Arkansas Tech, Our Lady of the Lake (seriously, what the **** is this?)...

Expected RPI is now at 151 for SFA. I mean, damn

the problem is, after the past two years, no one will come to Nac to play a home game with SFA, so it's road or tourneys and then sub d1 at home. Teams don't want to fly then do the 2-3 hour bus ride to (probably) lose to SFA

[SFA 93]

lo siento mucho amigo

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple took care of Delaware last night 69-50. We play Fairleigh Dickinson on Wednesday before traveling to Madison for a weekend tilt with Wisconsin...

[clenz]

UNI plays North Tex's tonight

Some fun quotes from their message board

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/30/1deba52bd8f6b40eba6f550ac252bc1b.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/30/0a94ff7feab04e51f9b0ea6695d09edc.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/30/2044942289fa533e1f89e75c08828c16.jpghttp://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/30/e98469e4e97fb5c3e1b3bcbb2ffb82e1.jpg

No update on the football coach front as they guy they wanted, TCUs OC, looks like he was about to say yes and then Texas came in and offered him the OC/QB coach job and he's now thinking.

[clenz]

I hadn't checked the line and thought they were over exaggerating.

They weren't.

http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/30/64b430626a9ba7a78dca5e5456ed16d7.jpg

[clenz]

I thought there was no chance in hell UNI covered -20. Not only did they cover they got all but 45 of the O/U on their own.

First half was ugly. Second half was nice. http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/30/5479b73fcc428143a734789a58b3b59e.jpg

[clenz]

90 points used to be almost 2 games of points, with both being wins. It's now been hit 2 games in a row.
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/30/5530a211d091f4a61789aae5867bc59b.jpg

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Illinois State played damn good against Kentucky tonight in Rupp. Not sure where the Red Birds fit into the MVC picture but for one night they looked like contenders...

[bonarae]

Princeton romped fast FDU 91-61.

[clenz]

Illinois State played damn good against Kentucky tonight in Rupp. Not sure where the Red Birds fit into the MVC picture but for one night they looked like contenders...

Lots of talent. Zero basketball IQ from the players and coaches.

Picked 4th or 5th preseason depending where you looked.

Look at their schedule so far. Nearly knocked off #2 Maryland as well, tied real late into that one but basketball IQ killed them. Lost to South Dakota State

A real coach, say Marshall at WSU or Jacobson at UNI, would have them top 20 for sur

[BisonFan02]

Lots of talent. Zero basketball IQ from the players and coaches.

Picked 4th or 5th preseason depending where you looked.

Look at their schedule so far. Nearly knocked off #2 Maryland as well, tied real late into that one but basketball IQ killed them. Lost to South Dakota State

A real coach, say Marshall at WSU or Jacobson at UNI, would have them top 20 for sur

Hater. :D Summit is where it is at homes....we comin' xthumbsupx

[clenz]

Hater. :D Summit is where it is at homes....we comin' xthumbsupx
http://i49.tinypic.com/sy44zq.jpg

[BisonFan02]

http://i49.tinypic.com/sy44zq.jpg

What's your spread for tonight's NDSU @ Iowa State game?

EDIT: ESPN shows ISU -16

[clenz]

What's your spread for tonight's NDSU @ Iowa State game?
Are we talking trying to make money on a bet (no I'm not asking you to bet)? If I was trying to make money on it I'd go ISU -20.5 with an O/U at 144.5

If I'm going off what I think the spread will be...ISU -26

[BisonFan02]

Are we talking trying to make money on a bet (no I'm not asking you to bet)? If I was trying to make money on it I'd go ISU -20.5 with an O/U at 144.5

If I'm going off what I think the spread will be...ISU -26

I think it will either be in single digits....or somewhere around 40....not much in between....either the Bison show up, or they are going to get blown out.

[RabidRabbit]

SDSU tied their best start in D-I, 6-0, then lost a headscratcher to UMKC. UMKC may finish top three in WAC, but it's WAC'ed.

SDSU pounded ISU-R at Normal. ISU was definitely looking ahead, and Rabbits ran well.

[bonarae]

Cornell won a close one against Siena at home.

[BisonFan02]

84-64 final with Iowa State over NDSU. It was 52-56 with 11mins left in the second half...56-65 with 7mins left....then the wheels fell off. The Bison really missed Brown on D and couldn't physically match up with McKay.

[clenz]

84-64 final with Iowa State over NDSU. It was 52-56 with 11mins left in the second half...56-65 with 7mins left....then the wheels fell off. The Bison really missed Brown on D and couldn't physically match up with McKay.

I told you the money line should have been 20.5

[eiu1999]

Panthers with their first win over Indiana State, 68-62.


In front of 1,183

[bonarae]

Three Ivies won tonight: Columbia (at Bucknell), Yale (vs Bryant) and Dartmouth (vs CCSU)

Meanwhile, Harvard's season is lost now. We lost to Northeastern 80-71.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple got an uninspiring 79-70 over Fairleigh Dickinson tonight. Up next is a big one with Wisconsin. The Badgers beat #14 Syracuse tonight in the Carrier Dome...

[LeadBolt]

Last Night William & Mary took an ugly win of 55-48 from ODU. Next up UVA Saturday.

[BEAR]

Also last night UCA took a pounding from the #6 team in the nation the Oklahoma Sooners...do we have to mention the score? xbawlingx

[eiu1999]

EIU has Northern Kentucky Saturday.

[SFA 93]

SFA (3-3) vs. Texas Southern (1-6)

in the Sawmill

Today ESPN3 (4:00 P.M.)

https://twitter.com/SFA_AllAccess/status/672826464518078464

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVeIHMtUkAENcyG.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CVQMRuVUkAEOUSw.jpg:large

[bonarae]

Meanwhile, Harvard lost again, this time to Kansas, 75-69. One more game until finals break: BU.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple lost to Wisconsin 76-60 in Madison. We were pretty much outclassed from the start. Big 5 rival Penn is up next...

[SFA 93]

SFA defeats Texas Southern 66-62.

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/658111417157992449/WNughAM4.jpg

Lead by Jared Johnson (18 points) six 3-pointers

[SFA 93]

Continuing our tour of 1-win teams. Catch it on ESPN3

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sasu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_rwdbsilarge/11547383.jpeg

[Laker]

Halftime: South Dakota State 45, Minnesota 22. And this is at Williams Arena. Could be two victories for the SoDak schools in four days. Lucky for the Gophers that they aren't playing Augustana who beat Iowa.

[bonarae]

Harvard ends its losing streak with a win over BU, 75-69. Next up: Finals.

[Laker]

FINAL: Jackrabbits 84 Gophers 70. Jacks are now 1-17 against Minnesota.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

FINAL: Jackrabbits 84 Gophers 70. Jacks are now 1-17 against Minnesota.

Temple's best win to this point has been over the Gophers. That pretty much sums up our season so far...

[RabidRabbit]

FINAL: Jackrabbits 84 Gophers 70. Jacks are now 1-17 against Minnesota.

And a complete pwned Gophers by Jacks. Even without the Jack's preseason, Wisconsin transfer, PG playing. 20-24 point lead for the Jacks most of the game.

[Laker]

And a complete pwned Gophers by Jacks. Even without the Jack's preseason, Wisconsin transfer, PG playing. 20-24 point lead for the Jacks most of the game.

I read some of the idiotic comments on Facebook after the game. some Gopher fans complaining about losing to a pair of D2 schools. So arrogant they don't know anything.

[eiu1999]

EIU loses on the road at Marshall 82-76

Trae Anderson with 31

[eiu1999]

Anyone know what the record is for personal fouls in a season? (Individual)

Someone on EIU already has 31.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple beat Penn 77-73 last night at the Palestra. The Owls are now 4-4 on the year. We play our second straight Big 5 rival this weekend as St. Joe's visits the Liacouras center...

[SFA 93]

Jacks taking on Arkansas Tech
ESPN3
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/sasu/sports/m-baskbl/auto_rwdbsilarge/11554767.jpeg

[SFA 93]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWEgeF8U4AEbFUL.jpg

[Laker]

I took the two and a half hour drive out to Brookings this afternoon to see the Jacks beat Santa Barbara today. Jacks fans are still thrilled over beating the Gophers.

[Twentysix]

I took the two and a half hour drive out to Brookings this afternoon to see the Jacks beat Santa Barbara today. Jacks fans are still thrilled over beating the Gophers.

That is fair though, SDSU never seems to get any huge wins in any of their sports. KU this year in football and UM in Basketball, they are starting to turn the corner.

We were stuck on beating Minnesota in football and also beating Marquette and Wisconsin in basketball back when we were a transitional DII team.

[ST_Lawson]

Update on Western Illinois, after the huge season-opening win at Wisconsin, Western has gone 6-2 with losses to Creighton and Iowa, a win over U of I Chicago and two over Eastern Illinois (home-and-home) and a couple of lower-division "tune-up" teams. Western is now 7-2 (best start in the DI era for us...since 1980) and finishes out 2015 (and non-conference play) with a couple of away games...at Chicago State (should be relatively easy) and at Loyola Chicago (going to be much more difficult).

[BEAR]

Tomorrow night undefeated Little Rock University comes to Conway to play my UCA Bears. Last meeting this year they trojans won by 6. It will be a packed house.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple lost to Big 5 rival St. Joe's on Sunday. We're now 4-5 on the season. There's about four threads on the Temple message board calling for Dunphy to be fired.

[SFA 93]

SFA (6-3) vs. Our Lady of the Lake (5-3)

in old Shelton Gym (built 1935)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWS6eEdUsAAoVM4.jpg:large

It will be the first SFA basketball game played in Shelton since 1974.

[Laker]

Monmouth has beaten Georgetown, Notre Dame and USC. That impresses me. But some people are more impressed with their bench.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article50013880.html

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Monmouth has beaten Georgetown, Notre Dame and USC. That impresses me. But some people are more impressed with their bench.

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article50013880.html

Monmouth is getting a ton of love today! I always thought they fit in well with the A10! Their arena is perfect!

[smilo]

Monmouth is getting a ton of love today! I always thought they fit in well with the A10! Their arena is perfect!

Interesting point. I was just coming here to see if there was any talk about them in realignment. Obviously someone else would have to make a move first, but they have to be near the top of the list even if they don't win an NCAA tournament game. The hype is all around that program, which makes me very happy since I'm from nearby.

My first thought was if they could use it to move into a more serious football conference (one that doesn't have only two good teams, one of which is transitioning). Aren't they a very possible CAA replacement for JMU when that eventually happens? Fordham probably isn't leaving the PL, so that leaves Chuck South and Monmouth competing as serious candidates. (The CAA may need someone to keep 10 teams in basketball. Football may be OK at 11 if they want to look at basketball-only options.)

Just a thought. And the basketball in the CAA has returned. 5 top 150 teams in CAA vs. Iona and Siena in the MAAC. That does include JMU, but 2 others in the bottom half (Towson and Delaware) were very good as recently as two years ago. Not sure you can say that about anyone in the MAAC bar Manhattan.
And the Battle of Monmouth makes the is quite colonial ;)


A-10 could work too as you said if they have higher aspirations, but the opening may be harder to find. SLU and Dayton to the Big East may be a few years away if it ever happens. VCU to the AAC isn't happening, especially without Shaka. Who else could leave? UMASS? Will they find a conference? Fordham? Why give up the money?



BTW, wrt Temple - I really hope Dunphy can turn it around. Yeah SJU is a bit bad/painful, but the other losses (despite a couple blowouts) aren't terrible. 18-12 is still almost a bare minimum I'd be looking at with that conference. Temper expectations, you'll be back I think. The football team got ya too used to winning!

[SFA 93]

Bearcats getting an almost $90 million renovation

http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/121515aaa.html

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I'll be at the Carrier Dome tomorrow as CNY rivals Syracuse and Cornell do battle.

[TheRevSFA]

How about UIW beating St Johns tonight

[SFA 93]

Any given night Rev... that's what I love about basketball, any given night!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Big day of hoops...

I saw Syracuse take care of Cornell 67-46. The Big Red hung in better than the score might indicate. They simply wore down the last 10 minutes of the game. I was really impressed with #5 for Cornell.

Temple beat 0-11 Delaware State 78-63 to get back to .500 as conference play starts in 10 days. Our first AAC game is at Cincinnati.

UNI beat #5 Iowa State 81-79! Huge win for the Panthers....

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Interesting point. I was just coming here to see if there was any talk about them in realignment. Obviously someone else would have to make a move first, but they have to be near the top of the list even if they don't win an NCAA tournament game. The hype is all around that program, which makes me very happy since I'm from nearby.

My first thought was if they could use it to move into a more serious football conference (one that doesn't have only two good teams, one of which is transitioning). Aren't they a very possible CAA replacement for JMU when that eventually happens? Fordham probably isn't leaving the PL, so that leaves Chuck South and Monmouth competing as serious candidates. (The CAA may need someone to keep 10 teams in basketball. Football may be OK at 11 if they want to look at basketball-only options.)

Just a thought. And the basketball in the CAA has returned. 5 top 150 teams in CAA vs. Iona and Siena in the MAAC. That does include JMU, but 2 others in the bottom half (Towson and Delaware) were very good as recently as two years ago. Not sure you can say that about anyone in the MAAC bar Manhattan.
And the Battle of Monmouth makes the is quite colonial ;)


A-10 could work too as you said if they have higher aspirations, but the opening may be harder to find. SLU and Dayton to the Big East may be a few years away if it ever happens. VCU to the AAC isn't happening, especially without Shaka. Who else could leave? UMASS? Will they find a conference? Fordham? Why give up the money?



BTW, wrt Temple - I really hope Dunphy can turn it around. Yeah SJU is a bit bad/painful, but the other losses (despite a couple blowouts) aren't terrible. 18-12 is still almost a bare minimum I'd be looking at with that conference. Temper expectations, you'll be back I think. The football team got ya too used to winning!

I don't see Monmouth ever making it into the CAA as an all sport member due to their football stadium. While the renovations will certainly make it more pleasing to the eye it's still going to be very much on the small side.

Monmouth could absolutely compete in the A10 in hoops with a little more financial commitment. They have an excellent facility that would work perfectly in the A10. They're located in an area rich with basketball talent. The school is close enough to NYC and Philly but still far enough away that it doesn't have a "city" feel to it which is a nice selling point imo.

Dunphy has certainly lost his touch. I don't see this season amounting to much which will mean 3 straight missed tournaments. That combined with his already subpar tournament record should get the wheels in motion for change. The fact that the AAC has been solid but far from spectacular the last two years does not help his cause either. I don't think we'd be much, if any better, if we were still in the A10. We've gone from a solid Top 30/40 (under Dunphy, not Chaney) or so program to one that's barely hanging into the Top 100 lately...

[clenz]

The MVC may have given up on trying this year. It's embarrassing and I want to take back everything I've ever said about the conference.

There isn't a single team other than UNI and WSU even ****ing trying, and WSU has some pretty serious issues moving forward.

****.


At least UNI is good.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Took a pic right when I got there....

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/12360309_1089493294416434_8691644222960261178_n.jp g?oh=c441209829935d120c4bf6138e374e20&oe=56DE66E6

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

The MVC may have given up on trying this year. It's embarrassing and I want to take back everything I've ever said about the conference.

There isn't a single team other than UNI and WSU even ****ing trying, and WSU has some pretty serious issues moving forward.

****.


At least UNI is good.

Southern Illinois has legit talent. I know I mentioned that earlier in the year but they're solid. Evansville is decent too. Their two loses have come against good teams in tightly contested games.

Wichita State is in trouble. They lost to Seton Hall today and stand at a Temple'esque 5-5 on the year. They still have a chance to make the tournament because they'll get major points for their tough OOC schedule. But at some point, and that's basically now, they need to rack up some wins....

[clenz]

Southern Illinois has legit talent. I know I mentioned that earlier in the year but they're solid. Evansville is decent too. Their two loses have come against good teams in tightly contested games.

Wichita State is in trouble. They lost to Seton Hall today and stand at a Temple'esque 5-5 on the year. They still have a chance to make the tournament because they'll get major points for their tough OOC schedule. But at some point, and that's basically now, they need to rack up some wins....
It's not just this year. I'm looking forward, and for the first time in a long time I don't feel good about the MVC.

Evansville has the chance to be real damn good. They have the best big man, and it's not even close, in the conference. They have the leading scorer in the conference. The issue is their head coach is to college basketball what Mark Farley is to college football. Always good talent, but can't get the hell out of the way. Those two are both gone after this year and there is a big derth after those two when it comes to talent there right now.

There is a term in the MVC called "Evansvilling". It's where you lose a ton OOC and then find a way to beat the top 2 or 3 teams at least once in the regular season and really **** the entire conference when it comes to multiple bids. Well, this year they are winning OOC but their schedule is a god damn embarrassment. Marty Simmons set this up to be a "save my job schedule". Go look at it. 3 SWAC schools on it. At least when they fall apart in conference play and finish at/under .500 (they do every year, go check their history) they'll have a decent record next to their name.

Illinois State is athletic but are very poorly coached, have no basketball IQ from the players, can't play solid defense without fouling, mentally weak. That will never change as long as Muller is their head coach.

Loyola shows flashes, but the reality is they are strictly "go as Milton Doyle goes". He's gone after next year. You've followed college basketball enough to know what kind of coach Porter Moser really is.

Drake has potential if Giac can get some momentum going this year. The issue for Drake is they are Drake. He gets them to show signs of life and he's plucked by someone bigger.

Bradley...well...they are a mess. Maybe the new coach can get them going the right way. I think they have 2 or 3 players on scholarship that were there last year.

Indiana State looked good when Odom was there, but he was their entire team. Lansing is a good coach and gets his team to over achieve most years, but they are nothing to count on right now. Overachieving is still a pretty bad team for ISU this year.

Missouri State - see Illinois State and Evansville when it comes to coaching.

Southern Illinois - is/was a complete dumpster fire. Barry Hinson can get them turned back on the right path, but I don't see them ever pushing for anything above middle of the pack any time soon. I also think they are still bottom 3 right now.

Wichita State is the anomaly right now. Great coach. Great support. Tons of money. Currently have 2 All American gaurds on their team, and highly touted recruiting class after class. The issue is, outside of Baker and Van Vleet (both gone after this year) there is no one on their team that is worth a damn right now. Baker, Van Vleet, or Cleanthony Early got all of the press the last few years but the team was held together by guys like Garrett Stutz, Evan Wessels, and a bunch of other guys who weren't real highly recruited but played angry (see the WSU motto of play angry) and played within the system and played to their strengths. They were the glue. Right now these highly recruited kids aren't working hard enough to develop - straight from the WSU board. They aren't playing to the system. They are acting like a bunch of top 100-150 recruits and walked onto campus like they owned the place, owned the conference and wouldn't have to try and they would just win. Well, that isn't happening. The future isn't looking much better than the present for WSU.


WSU and UNI challenege themselves. They work to get better. The issue is the rest of the conference likes to play the victim card - much like the most the FCS and NDSU/MVFC right now. Just play the "well, we know we won't ever be that good so lets not push to get better". They don't challenge themselves OOC. They don't work hard enough. They have no vision. It's why WSU is looking elsewhere (publicly) now. It's why UNI is likely privately looking at options.

The future looks bad for the MVC right now. I hate it. It's all because the ****ers who want to brag about tradition and private/basketball schools aren't willing to work.

It's why I'm changing my tune on NDSU/SDSU. They at least give a ****. It's why I wouldn't mind seeing UNI make a massive home run hire at AD who can find a way to make a push for some sort of crazy shake up conference wise some how. Be it adding teams or leaving to find a new home in a conference that wants to get better

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Good overall summery!

The loss of Creighton has proven to be bigger than originally thought imo. Their fan base, arena and track record gave the MVC three programs that looked and played the part. As it is, WSU and UNI are forced to carry the load basically by themselves. But that doesn't have to be the case. Indiana State, SIU, Evansville and to some extent Missouri State and Bradley have the potential to be "relatively relevant" nationally. Hell, Drake had a Top 10 team 7 or 8 years ago.

There's no doubt that Wichita State sent some sort of feeler the AAC's way. To what extent the interest was/is could vary wildly.

But UNI to explore options? Even to ponder it for second? I can't think of a possible landing spot given football....

[bonarae]

The MVC may have given up on trying this year. It's embarrassing and I want to take back everything I've ever said about the conference.

The same can be said for the Ivy League. Harvard is currently 3-6 and is a night and day difference compared to last year. Next week, we will be in Hawaii for the Diamond Head Classic. Princeton and Columbia are the current league leaders; they are 6-3 and 8-5 respectively, but there are and probably will be no top 100 wins for the League as a whole this year. Cornell, Penn and Yale are all 5-5; Harvard has 2 others who are 3-6: Brown and Dartmouth.

[clenz]

Good overall summery!

The loss of Creighton has proven to be bigger than originally thought imo. Their fan base, arena and track record gave the MVC three programs that looked and played the part. As it is, WSU and UNI are forced to carry the load basically by themselves. But that doesn't have to be the case. Indiana State, SIU, Evansville and to some extent Missouri State and Bradley have the potential to be "relatively relevant" nationally. Hell, Drake had a Top 10 team 7 or 8 years ago.

There's no doubt that Wichita State sent some sort of feeler the AAC's way. To what extent the interest was/is could vary wildly.

But UNI to explore options? Even to ponder it for second? I can't think of a possible landing spot given football....
Without getting too specific so I don't start anything..."feelers" have been out for a while. Part of the wrestling move was heavily involved with feelers. It's why the new AD is crucial. There won't be a new stadium at UNI, so the capacity thing is an issue. The UNIDome is bigger than the Kibbie Dome though. The upgrades planned to it will make it a very nice home for years to come - no matter the level.

As much as I hate Creighton, love the fact they are **** right now, etc... the fact is we are starting to see the MVC's lack of foresight come into play and they are the prime example of it. Any kind of effort put in a couple years ago keeps Creighton and might have landed SLU along with another MW basketball team. A league with UNI, Creighton, WSU, SLU and let's say Belmont for ****s n giggles would be a hell of a foundation to build a 12 team league on.

However, what the MVC has prided itself on for decades has now likely cost them dearly moving forward.

What has Evansville ever done to show they have potential? They have finished at/below .500 in the league all but one time since in their 23ish years in the conference. Drake had one magical season and has been bottom four in the conference every other year since about 2001. Indiana State has so many money issues, no AD, and no lack of direction they are a lost hope other than a good year every now and then. Bradley is a massive dumpster fire that will take a decade to put out, if they can keep a coach that long that knows what he's doing (that isn't currently the case).

I enjoy Loyola beating Creighton. I don't miss Creighton fans. I do miss the fact the fact, that even though they **** the bed every March, they drove the league to get better.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Evansville was pretty darn good in the 80's and 90's iirc. Perhaps it was the t-shirt jerseys that gave them extra mojo at the time? More recently they always seem to be in the 18-14/20-12 type rut of records....

[clenz]

Evansville was pretty darn good in the 80's and 90's iirc. Perhaps it was the t-shirt jerseys that gave them extra mojo at the time? More recently they always seem to be in the 18-14/20-12 type rut of records....
Evansville has been to the NCAA's just once since joining the MVC.

They looked good against a poor conference back in the 80s.

Since joining the MVC they are 314-338

Just 3 20 win seasons....more seasons with less than 10 wins than 20 or more

Since 1949 Evansville is 219-274 vs MVC teams.

Evansville, Drake and Bradley are the epitome of what's wrong with the MVC

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Those numbers seem about right for Evansville. They're basically middling with some signs of ineptitude and promise...

I don't live in the Midwest obviously but there seems to be an aversion to NDSU and SDSU due to politics and such. I think both would be quality additions.

The Horizon keeps chugging along. There's some damn good basketball being played in that league right now. If you took the best teams from the MVC and Horizon you'd have a damn good conference imo.

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

Harvard has just turned in a top-100 upset of BYU, leading by as much as 16 points, only to hold on to a slim lead and into OT. Score was 85-82. Up Next: Auburn. xlolx

[bonarae]

Meanwhile... UNI lost to Hawaii 68-52. :( Not a bad loss yet, but is Hawaii eligible for the postseason this year?

[Laker]

Meanwhile... UNI lost to Hawaii 68-52. :( Not a bad loss yet, but is Hawaii eligible for the postseason this year?

Looks like they can this year but not next year.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2015/12/22/ncaa-puts-university-of-hawaii-mens-basketball-on-probation/77762356/

[BisonFan02]

The Bison are 9-3 and face MWC 1st place Utah State 7-3 (5-1 at home) at 9pm central in Logan, UT. This should be a good test to figure out where the Bison stand heading into conference play.

[BEAR]

UCA received it's "thumbs up" from the NCAA to be eligible for the post season tournament next year. Hard to recruit when you end the season....at the end of the season. Now the team avg. g.p.a. is 3.2 and the players are starting to catch on to the importance of team work. IT will continue to be a struggle until we get real ball players here, not just ed-heads. Looking from the game perspective that is..so no disrespect to the current team but they don't want it. They are just going through the motions.

Two years ago:
UCA kicked off 11 or 12 players from the team.
UCA fired its head coach and assistants.
UCA was placed on a 2 year post season ban for g.p.a. issues.
Basically the program was dead.

Today:
UCA has 12 players with great g.p.a.s
UCA is eligible for post season next year.
UCA has a really good coach who has built a termite mound out of a pile of crap. I don't envy the dude.

The fans will be patient but I really see massive improvement in the next two years.

[bonarae]

Harvard continues its giant-slaying streak, taking down top-150 Auburn by 18! 69-51 is the score. We will play either Oklahoma or Hawaii (the winner of that game later tonight) on Christmas Day.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

The Bison are 9-3 and face MWC 1st place Utah State 7-3 (5-1 at home) at 9pm central in Logan, UT. This should be a good test to figure out where the Bison stand heading into conference play.

That's an interesting game! Logan was a brutal place to win when Stew Morrill was coaching the Aggies. Not sure how it is these days...