2017-2018 Men's Basketball Thread

[SFA 93]

The 2017-18 season officially begins Nov. 10, 2017 with the 2K Sports Classic. Practices officially begin Sept. 29, 2017.

[SFA 93]

SFA had a visitor the other day.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DB1pESEXcAAaXq7.jpg

https://twitter.com/SFA_MBB/status/882730235011112964

[cx500d]

?????


SFA had a visitor the other day.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DB1pESEXcAAaXq7.jpg

https://twitter.com/SFA_MBB/status/882730235011112964

[TheRevSFA]

?????

Brad Underwood. The most successful coach in SFA history

[SFA 93]

53-1 in conference play at SFA with 3 straight NCAA Tournament appearances, 4 counting his year at Oklahoma State.

[cx500d]

Brad Underwood. The most successful coach in SFA history

Oh the dude that went to OKState for 1 year then immediately decamped to Illinoise?

[TheRevSFA]

Oh the dude that went to OKState for 1 year then immediately decamped to Illinoise?

I would have too. The admin at Oklahoma state sucks.

[uni88]

I would have too. The admin at Oklahoma state sucks.
Illinois is a sleeping giant waiting for someone who can keep the 5 star recruits in state. Underwood might be that guy.

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[JSUSoutherner]

Man, I'm excited for next year. Coach Harper took us from zero to the dance in one year and he's still building the team. If we can keep him, and I hope we do, we should be in for some fun in the next couple years.

[SFA 93]

2017-18 Non-Conference Schedule coming together for SFA

11/4 LeTourneau
11/11 @Longwood
11/24 @ Mississippi State
11/27 Florida A&M
11/28 North Dakota State
12/2 Louisiana-Monroe
12/6 @Louisiana Tech
12/9 Rice
12/16 @LSU
12/19 @Missouri

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

[bonarae]

No sign of Harvard releasing its schedule yet... (too busy to check Voy board)

But we have three incoming freshmen... and still another Canadian.

[SFA 93]

2017-18 Roster (Returning Starters in Bold)

C: #32 Jovan Grujic 7-0; 235 (Jr.)

F: #22 T.J. Holyfield 6-8; 225 (Jr.)
F: #3 Leon Gilmore III 6-7; 215 (Sr.) *** #32 F; #67 National; #12 State (TX)
F: #24 Samuli Nieminen 6-7; 220 (R/Fr.)
F: #23 Nathan Bain 6-6; 210 (So.) ***
F: #1 Kevon Harris 6-6; 215 (So.)

G: #4 Ty Charles 6-5; 207 (Sr.) *** #33 State (TX)
G: #11 Ivan Canete 6-4; 185 (Sr.)
G: #35 Khiorie Stewart 6-3; 190 (R/Fr.)
G: #0 Aaron Augustin 5-11; 175 (So.) *** #37 G; #14 State (GA)

2017 Signing Class
C: #00 Stefon Fisher 6-9; 230 (Fr.) *** #9 Center (FL)
G: #00 Cameron Mack 6-3; 175 (Fr.) *** #29 PG; #2 State (TX)
G: #00 Shannon Bogues 6-2; 180 (Jr.) JUCO All-American *** #27 National; #10 State (TX) JUCO
G: #00 John Comeaux 6-0; 175 (So.) JUCO

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCtXF6KVoAECtUL.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEY6a1dXsAEgW06.jpg:large

[BEAR]

Word is UCA opens the season AT UCLA. xbangx


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DB6o9ddVYAATo0N.jpg

Oh...and we have a future NBA player...I'm sure of it.

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/883069691966758914/F_zgFefb?format=jpg&name=600x314

[SFA 93]

Rich get richer...

C: Stefon Fisher 6-9; 230 (Fr.) *** #9 Center (FL)
G: Cameron Mack 6-3; 175 (Fr.) *** #29 PG; #2 State (TX)
G: Shannon Bogues 6-2; 180 (Jr.) JUCO All-American *** #27 National; #10 State (TX) JUCO
G: John Comeaux 6-0; 175 (So.) JUCO ** (Lead team in scoring)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEpXTvJU0AEaOme.jpg

[SFA 93]

CollegeHoopNews 2017-18 WayTooEarly Top 25

1.) Arizona
2.) Kansas
3.) Michigan State
4.) Kentucky
5.) Duke
6.) Villanova
7.) Louisville
8.) USC
9.) Wichita State
10.) Florida
11.) West Virginia
12.) Miami (FL.)
13.) North Carolina
14.) Minnesota
15.) Cincinnati
16.) UCLA
17.) St. Mary's
18.) Purdue
19.) Xavier
20.) Alabama
21.) Seton Hall
22.) Northwestern
23.) Providence
24.) Virginia Tech
25.) TCU

[JSUSoutherner]

CollegeHoopNews 2017-18 WayTooEarly Top 25

1.) Arizona
2.) Kansas
3.) Michigan State
4.) Kentucky
5.) Duke
6.) Villanova
7.) Louisville
8.) USC
9.) Wichita State
10.) Florida
11.) West Virginia
12.) Miami (FL.)
13.) North Carolina
14.) Minnesota
15.) Cincinnati
16.) UCLA
17.) St. Mary's
18.) Purdue
19.) Xavier
20.) Alabama
21.) Seton Hall
22.) Northwestern
23.) Providence
24.) Virginia Tech
25.) TCU
Alabama? Wut.


They suck at hoops. We took them to OT two years ago when we were a last place OVC team.

[SFA 93]

Considering the recruiting class they signed I'm surprised they are not higher.

Also another year, and more maturity.

Alabama was 20-15 (6 of those 15 losses were by 5 or less points) last season and made it to the SEC Finals giving Kentucky all they could handle 74-79.

They also return all their starters.

F: Donta Hall 6-9; 223 (Jr.)
F: Riley Norris 6-7; 205 (Sr.)
F: Braxton Key 6-8; 225 (So.) SEC All-Freshman Team
G: Dazon Ingram 6-5; 205 (So.) Team POY
G: Avery Johnson Jr. 5-11; 186 (Jr.)

Oh and Coach Johnson can recruit

Additions to the team
Freshman G: John Petty 6-5; 180 ***** #21 Prospect in the country (ESPN) 2X Mr. Basketball & Gatorade POY (Alabama)
Freshman G: Collin Sexton 6-3; 175 ***** #2 PG; #7 Player Nationally (247Sports) McDonald All-American; Slam dunk Champ
Freshman F: Alex Reese 6-9; 225 **** #58 Prospect in the country; #8 PF (Scout)
Freshman F: Herb Jones 6-7; 205 **** #71 Prospect in the country; #2 State (AL.) (Rivals); #8 SF (Scout)
Freshman C: Galin Smith 6-9; 220 **** #1 C in the state (MS.) #2 overall prospect State (MS); #21 C in the nation (over 5 BLK a game)
Ohio State transfer C: Daniel Giddens 6-11; 236 (So.) **** Sat out last season, so now can play.
Texas transfer F: Tevin Mack 6-7; 220 (Jr.) **** Will have to sit out season.

[SFA 93]

At the Sawmill

https://twitter.com/SFA_MBBManagers/status/888926040419999745

15-Year Period
- 14 Winning Seasons
- 7 Post Season Tournaments
- 6 Conference Championships
- 4 Conference Tournament Championships

REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 307-138
CONFERENCE RECORD: 188-66

5-Year Period
- 5 Winning Seasons
- 5 Post Season Tournaments
- 4 Conference Championships
- 3 Conference Tournament Championships

REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 134-34
CONFERENCE RECORD: 81-9
HOME RECORD: 71-3

2016-17 18-15; 12-6 CIT Tournament First Round (Keller)
2015-16 28-6; 18-0 SLC Champions; NCAA Tournament Second Round #30 AP Poll (Underwood)
2014-15 29-5; 17-1 SLC Champions; NCAA Tournament Second Round #31 AP Poll (Underwood)
2013-14 32-3; 18-0 SLC Champions; NCAA Tournament Third Round #29 AP Poll (Underwood)
2012-13 27-5; 16-2 SLC Champions; NIT First Round (Kaspar)

2011-12 20-12; 12-4 (Kaspar)
2010-11 18-11; 9-7 (Kaspar)
2009-10 23-9; 11-5 (Kaspar)
2008-09 24-8; 13-3 SLC Champions; NCAA Tournament First Round (Kaspar)
2007-08 26-6; 13-3 SLC Champions; NIT First Round (Kaspar)
2006-07 15-14; 8-8 (Kaspar)
2005-06 17-12; 9-7 (Kaspar)
2004-05 12-15; 6-10 (Kaspar)
2003-04 21-9; 10-6 (Kaspar)
2002-03 21-8; 16-4 (Kaspar)

[UpstateBison]

SFA finally gets to play NDSU. Hope it happens in football as you are only 197 miles from Frisco.

[TheRevSFA]

SFA finally gets to play NDSU. Hope it happens in football as you are only 197 miles from Frisco.

Baby steps

[SFA 93]

SFA has played North Dakota State before in BB.

2008-09 season in Fargo 3OTs with the Jacks winning 112-111

[cx500d]

SFA has played North Dakota State before in BB.

2008-09 season in Fargo 3OTs with the Jacks pulling it out 112-111

We don't like the term "Jacks" in Fargo. Please refer to yourself as lumberjacks, lumber, 2x4's or similar, just not that other term.


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[SFA 93]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/too-early-for-bracketology-dont-be-ridiculous-and-enjoy-end-of-july-madness/amp/

[SFA 93]

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25661&stc=1

[SFA 93]

https://twitter.com/sfa_mbb/status/892423952726802432

[Evolution Prime]

We don't like the term "Jacks" in Fargo. Please refer to yourself as lumberjacks, lumber, 2x4's or similar, just not that other term.


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You guys should try and get a home game with NAU as well as SFA. Then you can have three Jacks teams coming in to Fargo that year.

[BigGoosie13]

Looks like Dayton's Sam Miller had a fun night...https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/daytons-sam-miller-arrested-at-bar-before-losing-fistfight-while-in-a-holding-cell-at-jail/

[TheValleyRaider]

Raiders add 4 recruits for the class of 2021, from Texas, Indiana, Utah...and Australia

http://gocolgateraiders.com/news/2017/8/2/mens-basketball-adds-four-in-class-of-2021.aspx

[SFA 93]

Since 12-13 season

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25762&stc=1

[SFA 93]

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=25763&stc=1

[bonarae]

This week, Harvard has finally announced its 2017-2018 schedule. We open with 2 consecutive home games with MIT and UMass Amherst, at the newly renovated Lavietes Pavilion. Then it's on the road all the way to the mandatory finals break... with a stop at the Wooden Legacy tournament in Fullerton (the tournament is no longer in Anaheim.)

Wow, we have the Big Blue at Rupp on our schedule... plus the Goofs in Minneapolis. The Old Main of Wofford is our last OOC game on the road.

Thank goodness, no Canadian or NAIA schools for this year... this is a more challenging SOS for the Crimson.



Date
Opponent
Notes
Result
Time/Status


Oct 13, 2017
Crimson Madness
Free Admission | Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.






Nov 10, 2017
MIT
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.


Live stats (http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/boxscores/20171110_u96h.xml)


Nov 12, 2017
Massachusetts
Ivy League Network


2:00 p.m.


Live stats (http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/boxscores/20171112_c7te.xml)


Nov 16, 2017
at Holy Cross



7:00 p.m.






Nov 18, 2017
at Manhattan



TBA






Nov 23, 2017
vs. St. Mary's (Cal.) @ Fullerton, Calif.
TV: ESPNEWS | Wooden Legacy


4:00 p.m.






Nov 24, 2017
vs. TBA @ Fullerton, Calif.
Wooden Legacy


TBA






Nov 26, 2017
vs. TBA @ Fullerton, Calif.
Wooden Legacy


TBA






Nov 30, 2017
at Northeastern



7:00 p.m.






Dec 2, 2017
at Kentucky



TBA






Dec 6, 2017
at Fordham



7:00 p.m.






Dec 21, 2017
Boston University
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.


Live stats (http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/boxscores/20171221_agst.xml)


Dec 23, 2017
at George Washington



1:00 p.m.






Dec 29, 2017
at Minnesota



8:00 p.m.






Jan 2, 2018
Vermont
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.


Live stats (http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/boxscores/20180102_nssw.xml)


Jan 6, 2018
Dartmouth *
Ivy League Network


2:00 p.m.


Live stats (http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/boxscores/20180106_sicp.xml)


Jan 10, 2018
at Wofford



7:00 p.m.






Jan 20, 2018
at Dartmouth *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.






Jan 26, 2018
at Yale *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.


Live stats (http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/boxscores/20180126_6253.xml)


Jan 27, 2018
at Brown *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.






Feb 2, 2018
at Columbia *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.






Feb 3, 2018
at Cornell *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.






Feb 9, 2018
Princeton *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.


Live stats (http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/boxscores/20180209_55ig.xml)


Feb 10, 2018
Penn *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.


Live stats (http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/boxscores/20180210_dmp7.xml)


Feb 16, 2018
Brown *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.


Live stats (http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/boxscores/20180216_vh73.xml)


Feb 17, 2018
Yale *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.


Live stats (http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/boxscores/20180217_r2yr.xml)


Feb 23, 2018
at Princeton *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.






Feb 24, 2018
at Penn *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.






Mar 2, 2018
Cornell *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.


Live stats (http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/boxscores/20180302_wc53.xml)


Mar 3, 2018
Columbia *
Ivy League Network


7:00 p.m.


Live stats (http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/boxscores/20180303_fupm.xml)

[BucBisonAtLarge]

Bucknell has announced its 13-game OOC schedule. It is by far the toughest in its history. With over 80% of schedules already released, the Bison seem to have the 2nd-strongest non-con outside the P6, behind Monmouth. Bucknell returns all five starters and the nine top scorers from a team that went 26-9, losing an NCAA second round game to West Virginia, 86-80.


Fri, Nov 10
Monmouth
West Long Branch, N.J.
TBA









Sun, Nov 12
Arkansas
Fayetteville, Ark.
TBA









Wed, Nov 15
North Carolina
Chapel Hill, N.C.
TBA









Sat, Nov 18
Maryland
College Park, Md.
TBA









Mon, Nov 20
Siena
Lewisburg, Pa.
TBA









Wed, Nov 22
Ball State
Lewisburg, Pa.
TBA









Sun, Nov 26
Stony Brook
Stony Brook, N.Y.
TBA









Wed, Nov 29
Saint Joseph's
Philadelphia, Pa.
TBA









Sat, Dec 02
Vermont
Lewisburg, Pa.
TBA









Tue, Dec 05
Northeastern
Boston, Mass.
TBA









Sat, Dec 16
VCU
Richmond, Va.
TBA









Tue, Dec 19
Richmond
Richmond, Va.
TBA









Fri, Dec 22
La Salle
Lewisburg, Pa.
TBA

[SFA 93]

SFA official schedule released...



http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Longwood-Lancers.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
NOV 11 (SAT) TBA
AT LONGWOOD (http://www.longwoodlancers.com/)


FARMVILLE, VA.
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/St-Edwards.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
NOV 15 (WED) 7:00 P.M.
VS ST. EDWARD'S (http://athletics.stedwards.edu/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS





http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/LeTourneau.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
NOV 16 (THU) 7:00 P.M.
VS LETOURNEAU (http://letuathletics.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/i13.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
NOV 18 (SAT) 4:00 P.M.
VS HOWARD PAYNE (http://www.hpusports.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/mstate_logo.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
NOV 22 (WED) TBA
AT MISSISSIPPI STATE (http://www.hailstate.com/)


STARKVILLE, MISS.
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Florida_AM.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
NOV 26 (SUN) 2:00 P.M.
VS FLORIDA A&M (http://www.famuathletics.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/North_Dakota_State.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
NOV 28 (TUE) 7:30 P.M.
VS NORTH DAKOTA STATE (http://www.gobison.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS







http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Louisiana-Monroe.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
DEC 2 (SAT) 3:30 P.M.
VS LOUISIANA-MONROE (http://www.ulmathletics.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/LATech.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
DEC 6 (WED) TBA
AT LOUISIANA TECH (http://www.latechsports.com/)


RUSTON, LA.







http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Rice.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
DEC 9 (SAT) 2:00 P.M.
VS RICE (http://www.riceowls.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS





http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/LSU.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
DEC 16 (SAT) TBA
AT LSU (http://www.lsusports.net/)


BATON ROUGE, LA.
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Missouri.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
DEC 19 (TUE) TBA
AT MISSOURI (http://www.mutigers.com/)


COLUMBIA, MO.
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Arlington_Baptist.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
DEC 21 (THU) 6:00 P.M.
VS ARLINGTON BAPTIST (http://abpatriots.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/s7.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
DEC 28 (THU) TBA
SOUTHLANDAT SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA (http://www.lionsports.net/)


HAMMOND, LA.
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Nicholls-State.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
JAN 3 (WED) 7:00 P.M.
SOUTHLANDVS NICHOLLS (http://geauxcolonels.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/northwestern_state_logo.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
JAN 6 (SAT) 3:00 P.M.
SOUTHLANDAT NORTHWESTERN STATE (http://www.nsudemons.com/)


NATCHITOCHES, LA.
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Privateer-Light-Backround.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
JAN 10 (WED) 7:00 P.M.
SOUTHLANDVS NEW ORLEANS (http://www.unoprivateers.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Incarnate-Word.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
JAN 13 (SAT) 6:00 P.M.
SOUTHLANDVS INCARNATE WORD (http://www.cardinalathletics.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Abilene-Christian.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
JAN 17 (WED) TBA
SOUTHLANDAT ABILENE CHRISTIAN (http://www.acusports.com/)


ABILENE, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/v6.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
JAN 24 (WED) 7:00 P.M.
SOUTHLANDAT CENTRAL ARKANSAS (http://www.ucasports.com/)


CONWAY, ARK.
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Sam-Houston-State-University.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
JAN 27 (SAT) 6:00 P.M.
SOUTHLANDVS SAM HOUSTON STATE (http://www.gobearkats.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS





http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/i12.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
JAN 31 (WED) 7:00 P.M.
SOUTHLANDVS HOUSTON BAPTIST (http://www.hbuhuskies.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Lamar.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
FEB 3 (SAT) TBA
SOUTHLANDAT LAMAR (http://www.lamarcardinals.com/)


BEAUMONT, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/mcneese_state_logo.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
FEB 8 (THU) TBA
SOUTHLANDAT MCNEESE (http://www.mcneesesports.com/)


LAKE CHARLES, LA.
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/northwestern_state_logo.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
FEB 10 (SAT) 6:00 P.M.
SOUTHLANDVS NORTHWESTERN STATE (http://www.nsudemons.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/corpus_christi.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
FEB 14 (WED) TBA
SOUTHLANDAT TEXAS A&M - CORPUS CHRISTI (http://www.goislanders.com/)


CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Incarnate-Word.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
FEB 17 (SAT) 3:00 P.M.
SOUTHLANDAT INCARNATE WORD (http://www.uiwcardinals.com/)


SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/v6.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
FEB 21 (WED) 7:00 P.M.
SOUTHLANDVS CENTRAL ARKANSAS (http://www.ucasports.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Lamar.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
FEB 24 (SAT) 6:00 P.M.
SOUTHLANDVS LAMAR (http://www.lamarcardinals.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Abilene-Christian.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
FEB 28 (WED) 7:00 P.M.
SOUTHLANDVS ABILENE CHRISTIAN (http://www.acusports.com/)


NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS





http://www.sfajacks.com/images/logos/Sam-Houston-State-University.png?width=80&height=80&mode=max
MAR 3 (SAT) TBA
SOUTHLANDAT SAM HOUSTON STATE (http://www.gobearkats.com/)


HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS

[bonarae]

Hmm... too many lower division opponents on SFA's schedule; I don't really buy this type of schedules some D-I basketball programs put up, especially when done perenially. Harvard has had attempted to put Canadian schools on the schedule a few years ago, hopefully Amaker has learned his lesson by now... we have a few Dance contenders on our schedule right there for this season (some of our opponents, however, have had struggles with coaches, both on and off court, in the past few seasons.) But opening the regular season with MIT... it's another story. I don't think it would go away instantly if Amaker gets poached or steps down.

[SFA 93]

The SFA basketball program doesn't like it either but we can't get anyone to come to Nac, so its not by design. Underwood and Kaspar before that had the same problem.

[TheValleyRaider]

2017-18 Schedule released today: http://gocolgateraiders.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

14 home games, which feels like a lot for us (could be wrong about that). Some interesting regional foes, the usual local opponents. Only 2 P5 games this year, plus UConn, and a D-III opponent.

November
10-at UConn
16-Cornell
19-UMBC
22 at Boston College
25-Columbia
29-at Albany
December
2-at Binghamton
6-at Marist
9-at Syracuse
12-NJIT
22-Pittsburgh-Bradford
29-at Holy Cross*
January
2-at American*
5-Lafayette*
8-Navy*
11-at Boston*
14-Bucknell*
17-at Lehigh*
20-Loyola*
24-at Army*
27-American*
31-at Lafayette*
February
3-at Navy*
7-Boston*
10-at Bucknell*
14-Lehigh*
18-at Loyola*
21-Army*
24-Holy Cross*

Patriot League Tournament
1st Round: February 27
Quarterfinals: March 1
Semifinals: March 3
Championship: March 7

[bonarae]

Georgetown's OOC is oh my goodness, a cupcake-loaded one! xeekx xsmhx

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/georgetowns-non-league-schedule-is-both-awful-and-a-reflection-of-a-larger-issue/

[woffordgrad94]

The Wofford Terriers will be opening a brand new arena this season, the Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium, as they look to some great returning talent as well as some promising newcomers to lead the team back to the top of the SoCon standings and back into the NCAA Tournament. Nonconference schedule highlights include home games against South Carolina, Georgia Tech, and Harvard and trips to Chapel Hill and Cal Berkeley.

http://www.woffordterriers.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
http://www.woffordterriers.com/news/2017/8/24/general-richardson-indoor-stadium-update.aspx

[CHIP72]

Georgetown's OOC is oh my goodness, a cupcake-loaded one! xeekx xsmhx

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/georgetowns-non-league-schedule-is-both-awful-and-a-reflection-of-a-larger-issue/

At least they aren't playing St. Leo's.

[UIWWildthing]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/20824193/ncaa-basketball-coaches-10-charged-fraud-corruption

****'s about to hit the fan y'all

- - - Updated - - -

Looks like they will contend for the MEAC title.

[walliver]

The Wofford Terriers will be opening a brand new arena this season, the Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium, as they look to some great returning talent as well as some promising newcomers to lead the team back to the top of the SoCon standings and back into the NCAA Tournament. Nonconference schedule highlights include home games against South Carolina, Georgia Tech, and Harvard and trips to Chapel Hill and Cal Berkeley.

http://www.woffordterriers.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
http://www.woffordterriers.com/news/2017/8/24/general-richardson-indoor-stadium-update.aspx
The UNC game is the first game of a home-and-home series. We'll host UNC next year (if they still have a team).

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Sounds like Pitino is going to get fired today!

[bonarae]

Meanwhile... while Pearl was not affected by the corruption scandal plaguing CBB... his team is in a recruiting scandal of their own...

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/recruiting-scandal-means-uncertain-times-ahead-for-auburn-and-bruce-pearl/

[Wildcat1997]

Joe Golding Has Now Eligible Abilene Christian On The Right Road: https://www.midmajormadness.com/platform/amp/2017/10/5/16425694/36-days-til-opening-day-joe-golding-has-now-eligible-abilene-christian-on-the-right-road

[SFA 93]

I see ACU got a new assistant coach that sure looks familiar :)

http://www.acusports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=714&path=mbball

[SFA 93]

If we get everybody healthy, SFA should be in the thick of it.

Jacks are loaded...as Coach Keller states that this is the fastest team he has ever been a part of.

Return everybody minus one from a 2nd place team from last season and bring in 4 highly-touted recruits as well as the return of Nathan Bain from injury.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMoRViNVoAAQ6pg.jpg

2017-18 Lumberjacks

C: #32 Jovan Grujic 7-0; 230 (Jr.)
C: #12 Stefon Fisher 6-9; 235 (Fr.) *** #9 Center (FL)
F: #22 T.J. Holyfield 6-8; 220 (Jr.) All-SLC (2nd Team)
F: #3 Leon Gilmore III 6-7; 215 (Sr.) *** #9 State (TX) #134 Nation
F: #24 Samuli Nieminen 6-7; 215 (So.)
F: #23 Nathan Bain 6-6; 200 (So.) ***
F: #1 Kevon Harris 6-6; 225 (So.)
G: #4 Ty Charles 6-5; 210 (Sr.) *** #33 State (TX)
G: #20 Harrison Perkins 6-4; 200 (Fr.)
G: #11 Ivan Canete 6-4; 190 (Sr.)
G: #2 Cameron Mack 6-3; 165 (Fr.) *** #29 PG; #2 State (TX)
G: #5 Shannon Bogues 6-2; 185 (Jr.) JUCO All-American *** #27 Nation; #10 State
G: #15 Rance Cole 6-0; 175 (Fr.)
G: #10 John Comeaux 5-11; 185 (So.)
G: #0 Aaron Augustin 5-11; 185 (So.) *** #37 G; #14 State (GA)

[SFA 93]

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26269&stc=1

[SFA 93]

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26271&stc=1

[SFA 93]

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26317&stc=1

[Wildcat1997]

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26317&stc=1I understand why ACU was picked 7th but don’t be surprised if we finish a lot higher than that. This team is finally starting to get experience to go along with the talent and we also have continuity and depth.

[Wildcat1997]

I see ACU got a new assistant coach that sure looks familiar :)

http://www.acusports.com/coaches.aspx?rc=714&path=mbballOur assistant HC Brette Tanner is also from SFA and was the recruiting coordinator for y’all in the early days of your dynasty. You always want coaches to come from good schools and SFA is most definitely good. I have no problem admitting SFA is a school I would love to see ACU emulate in basketball.

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

The Ivy preseason poll is out... and guess who's #1?

http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/news/2017/10/17/harvard-tabbed-as-2017-18-mens-basketball-preseason-favorite.aspx

[SFA 93]

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26327&stc=1

[Laker]

UMKC athletic task force issues report.

D1.ticker‏ @D1ticker (https://twitter.com/D1ticker) 6m6 minutes ago (https://twitter.com/D1ticker/status/923011112374636544)More



Key note: Most task force members advocated for continued DI membership if a sound plan was constructed.


"...if UMKC cannot devise a plan for remaining a NCAA Division I school, it should consider dropping two divisions"

http://info.umkc.edu/unews/athletic-task-force-issues-report/

[UIWWildthing]

If we get everybody healthy, SFA should be in the thick of it.

Jacks are loaded...as Coach Keller states that this is the fastest team he has ever been a part of.

Return everybody minus one from a 2nd place team from last season and bring in 4 highly-touted recruits as well as the return of Nathan Bain from injury.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DMoRViNVoAAQ6pg.jpg

2017-18 Lumberjacks

C: #32 Jovan Grujic 7-0; 230 (Jr.)
C: #12 Stefon Fisher 6-9; 235 (Fr.) *** #9 Center (FL)
F: #22 T.J. Holyfield 6-8; 220 (Jr.) All-SLC (2nd Team)
F: #3 Leon Gilmore III 6-7; 215 (Sr.) *** #9 State (TX) #134 Nation
F: #24 Samuli Nieminen 6-7; 215 (So.)
F: #23 Nathan Bain 6-6; 200 (So.) ***
F: #1 Kevon Harris 6-6; 225 (So.)
G: #4 Ty Charles 6-5; 210 (Sr.) *** #33 State (TX)
G: #20 Harrison Perkins 6-4; 200 (Fr.)
G: #11 Ivan Canete 6-4; 190 (Sr.)
G: #2 Cameron Mack 6-3; 165 (Fr.) *** #29 PG; #2 State (TX)
G: #5 Shannon Bogues 6-2; 185 (Jr.) JUCO All-American *** #27 Nation; #10 State
G: #15 Rance Cole 6-0; 175 (Fr.)
G: #10 John Comeaux 5-11; 185 (So.)
G: #0 Aaron Augustin 5-11; 185 (So.) *** #37 G; #14 State (GA)

I really like those unis

[bulldog10jw]

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2017/10/24/c/


20. YALE: Makai Mason, Miye Oni, Trey Phills, Alex Copeland: Laugh if you want, but Makai Mason has already committed to Baylor for his grad transfer season and Miye Oni, just a sophomore, has attracted NBA scouts to New Haven. Should I mention Alex Copeland actually led the team in scoring last season?

[SFA 93]

http://www.sfajacks.com/images/2017/10/26/Jacks_large_edits.jpg?width=1600
Nov. 11 (Sat.) SFA @ Longwood
TV: BIG SOUTH NETWORK

http://bigsouthsports.com/watch/?Archive=1419

[SFA 93]

Basketball Times Top Programs

http://sfajacks.com/documents/2017/11/6//topprograms17_stamped.pdf?id=2824 (http://sfajacks.com/documents/2017/11/6//topprograms17_stamped.pdf?id=2824)

[SFA 93]

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26451&stc=1

[TheRevSFA]

Our assistant HC Brette Tanner is also from SFA and was the recruiting coordinator for y’all in the early days of your dynasty. You always want coaches to come from good schools and SFA is most definitely good. I have no problem admitting SFA is a school I would love to see ACU emulate in basketball.

Brette Tanner is a class act. ACU is lucky to have him on staff.

[TheRevSFA]

I understand why ACU was picked 7th but don’t be surprised if we finish a lot higher than that. This team is finally starting to get experience to go along with the talent and we also have continuity and depth.

I think ACU finishes a top 4 team.

[bonarae]

Harvard kept MIT close but strengthened their lead at the end, winning 73-64.

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[bulldog10jw]

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2017/10/24/c/


20. YALE: Makai Mason, Miye Oni, Trey Phills, Alex Copeland: Laugh if you want, but Makai Mason has already committed to Baylor for his grad transfer season and Miye Oni, just a sophomore, has attracted NBA scouts to New Haven. Should I mention Alex Copeland actually led the team in scoring last season?

Yale's reason for optimism just went up in smoke

https://www.midmajormadness.com/2017/11/10/16636072/report-yale-loses-makai-mason-jordan-bruner-to-injury-bulldogs-ivy-harvard-princeton-basketball


For the second straight year, opening night has brought devastating news for Yale.
Per NBC Sports’ Rob Dauster, the Bulldogs are expected to be without (http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2017/11/10/yale-expecting-to-be-without-makai-mason-jordan-bruner-indefinitely/) star guard Makai Mason (http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/players/253598/makai-mason) for a significant amount of time due to a stress fracture in his right foot. Mason (http://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/players/266719/makai-mason) suffered the same injury in a preseason scrimmage last summer and missed the entire 2016-17 season.

[SFA 93]

SFA:74 (1-0)
Longwood:61 (0-1)
FINAL

Augustin PTS:8;REB:5;AST:8;STL:4
Harris PTS:23; REB:12
Holyfield PTS:18; REB:7;STL:4;BLK:2
Bogues PTS:15;REB:5;STL:1

[bonarae]

Harvard needed an OT to beat UMass 70-67. Lavietes will play host to three women's games after this game until Thanksgiving, when it will be closed until after the finals break, as the men won't come back until after that...

[TheRevSFA]

Nw State loses exhibition by double digits to LeTourneau (DIII). Ouch

[bonarae]

By the way, the said Harvard-UMass game I mentioned was won by this shot:

http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2017-11-12/watch-harvards-bryce-aiken-sinks-overtime-game-winner-career

[POD Knows]

NDSU is going to suck in Men's BB and this will be my last post on this subject

[Wildcat1997]

Nw State loses exhibition by double digits to LeTourneau (DIII). OuchLooks like they have bigger problems than just missing Jalan West.

[JSUSoutherner]

Winning is fun.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20171113/28cd25807876df8dfac61c43d3da2466.jpg

[TheValleyRaider]

Raiders lose the opener, 71-58 at UConn. Solid showing for us, really, as we only trailed by 2 at the half. Long season still to go, home opener against Cornell on Thursday

[RabidRabbit]

Rabbit’s won first game with pre-season Big West pick UC-Irvine despite only 6 pats in the paint. Great job of hitting tres.


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[SFA 93]

G/F: Kevon Harris 6-6; 225 (So.) SFA
PTS:23;REB:12;AST:1;STL:1

Southland Conference Player of the Week

http://southland.org//news/2017/11/13/mens-basketball-harris-honored-with-first-player-of-the-week-award-of-the-season.aspx (http://southland.org//news/2017/11/13/mens-basketball-harris-honored-with-first-player-of-the-week-award-of-the-season.aspx)

[bonarae]

Bryce Aiken won the Ivy League's first Player of the Week award in men's basketball this season.

http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2017-18/releases/20171113o1cdbw

[clenz]

Through the first two games we've learned UNI isn't as good as North Carolina but are significantly better than Alcorn State.

Shocking, right?

[grizband]

Montana beat Pitt 83-78 tonight, in the first round of the Legend's Classic; they will face Penn State Wednesday afternoon.

[JSUSoutherner]

Through the first two games we've learned UNI isn't as good as North Carolina but are significantly better than Alcorn State.

Shocking, right?

We've learned that scoring 90-100 isn't just a thing we can do against D3 schools. Either that or the A10 seriously blows this year. We will find out when we play Buffalo this Wednesday.

[dewey]

NDUS had a very good showing last night against #10 USC. USC ended up winning 75-65.

LOS ANGELES—The University of Southern California, the 10th-ranked team in college men's basketball, needed a 13-5 run in the final four minutes to hold off North Dakota State Monday night for a 75-65 win.

http://www.inforum.com/sports/4359057-ndsu-men-give-no-10-usc-scare-75-65-loss

Dewey

[UIWWildthing]

Northern Arizona lost last night to Embry-Riddle. Arizona. A NAIA school.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=401000766

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple opens their season against Old Dominion on Thursday. We're likely going to be a fringe NCAA Tournament team. If we fail to make the Big Dance Fran Dunphy needs to be fired imo....

[cx500d]

Northern Arizona lost last night to Embry-Riddle. Arizona. A NAIA school.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=401000766


I didn't even know Embry Riddle had sports

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple is officially the last of 351 D1 bball schools to start the year! How this happened is beyond me! We FINALLY tip-off the 2017-18 season at 1:30 this afternoon against ODU!!

[clenz]

UNI found out that when your 3 pointers aren't falling against a D3 you should probably stop ****ing shooting them. UNI was 3-22 in the first half and got to like 3-26 at one point. Really struggled to do anything against the D3 because they just wanted to jack 3s all night. In the first half there was 27 shot attempts, 22 were 3s

Makes sense considering UNI starts a 1st team all conference center that is 6'10, an all conference 4 man that is 6'8, a true freshamn wing guard that is 6'5 and has been ****ing dominant vs North Carolina and Alcorn State and a 2 guard that is 6'7....and the D3 we were playing had zero players over 6'6

About half way through the second half someone finally figured something out. Out 6'10 center had 20 points in the final 10 minutes, didn't miss a FG, and UNI outscored the D3 35-7 in that span.

It's a good D3. Sweet 16 last year and top 20 ranked this year, but damn that was embarassing to watch. Yes, we were without a starter and our 2 main center back ups were out with injuries but holy **** that was bad.

This is a D3 that the last 3 times we've played we've beaten by an average of 101-53. To only get a 30 point win last night isn't good.

Recover and move on I guess.

[BEAR]

UCA had #23 UCLA last night.

With 3 seconds left we had a 1 point lead...

Game went into overtime and UCA lost 106-101.


UCA's Jordan Howard had 35 points to lead the team. Proud of their effort. xdrunkyx

[SFA 93]

SFA:89 (2-0)
SEU:66 (3-0)

Kevon Harris PTS:18;REB:10;STL:6 (2nd straight double double)
TJ Holyfield PTS:13;REB:10;AST:2;STL:3
Shannon Bogues PTS:17;REB:3;AST:1;BLK:2;STL:1

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple got a solid 76-65 win over Old Dominion to start the year! We now advance to play Auburn in the semifinals of the Charleston Classic.....

[bonarae]

Harvard lost to Holy Cross 73-69. I believe it is a bad loss for Dance consideration. xsmhx

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[TheValleyRaider]

Raiders knock off Big Red, 72-61. Looks like we went on a run midway through the 2nd half and cruised in from there. 4 guys in double figures. Mix with HC's win over Harvard, and you have a nice night for PL hoops xnodx

UMBC coming up next on Sunday

[SFA 93]

SFA:91 (3-0)
LETU:66 (1-0)
FINAL

Harris PTS:26;REB:8;AST:1;STL:2;BLK:1
Holyfield PTS:19;REB:8;AST:1;BLK:1;STL:2
Bogues PTS:15;REB:6;AST:1;STL:1
Augustin PTS:6;AST:6;REB:2;STL:3

[SFA 93]

Former JUCO All-American and #2 PG in the Nation, Shannon Bogues now a Lumberjack SG with the dunk.

After 3 games PPG:16.0;STL:3;BLK:2;AST:2;REB:14

https://twitter.com/LumberjackFans/status/931524474595262464

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple took care of Auburn 88-74 to advance to the Finals of the Charleston Classic.

Really impressive start! Two double-digit wins over good teams!

[FargoBison]

Bison go down to Missouri State and leave with a win. Nice road win for the herd.

[Laker]

I see that D2 Concordia of St. Paul beat Milwaukee. Huge surprise, they have been one of the bottom teams in the NSIC.

[BisonFan02]

I see that D2 Concordia of St. Paul beat Milwaukee. Huge surprise, they have been one of the bottom teams in the NSIC.

Time for Milwaukee to join the MVC. Media markets and all.

[bonarae]

Harvard lost back-to-back games in a row. We lost to Manhattan 73-69, another bad loss for Dance consideration.

[SFA 93]

SFA:118 (4-0)
HPU:66

Shannon Bogues PTS:30;REB:3;AST:2;STL:4
TJ Holyfield PTS:25;REB:9;AST:1;BLK:1;STL:5

[CHIP72]

It isn't a team I follow, but I attended Mississippi State's easy 79-48 win over Florida A&M on Saturday afternoon. Both teams, especially the Bulldogs, played sloppy in a mostly sluggish first half plagued by turnovers, but MSU started getting their act together in the last minute of so of the half to take an 11 point lead into the break. Mississippi State continued the good play early in the second half and the Rattlers had no answer, turning the game into a rout for the home team.

Incidentally, primarily for SFA 93, I will also be attending Mississippi State's game on Wednesday (night before Thanksgiving) against Stephen F. Austin, which appears to be an intriguing matchup and a much tougher test for the Bulldogs. (Between Saturday's game against FAMU and Wednesday's game vs SFA, Mississippi State will also host Wisconsin-Green Bay on Monday; I will not attend that game however.)

[SFA 93]

SFA has yet to be tested, as we have played only one DI team in the 4 victories thus far.

Miss St. should gage the Jacks in where they really stand when playing on the road against a SEC opponent, as we play Missouri and LSU later in the season on the road as well.

We play a much faster pace offense than last season as our athletes demand it with their speed.

Perimeter shooting has been killing us and turnovers as we average over 20 TOs a game, but that could be due to the speed in which we run the floor.

TEAM: PPG:93.0;MOV:28.2;FG%:34;3FG%:33;FT%:74;RPG:42;APG :15.0;SPG:16.3;BPG:3.0

Starters
G:#0 Aaron Augustin 5-11; 185 (So.) PPG:6.0;RPG:2.2;APG:6.0;SPG:3.0
G:#11 Ivan Canete 6-4; 190 (Sr.) PPG:6.0;RPG:4.0;APG:4.0;SPG:3.0
F:#1 Kevon Harris 6-6; 225 (So.) PPG:20.3;RPG:9.0;APG:1.0;SPG:2.2
F:#24 Samuli Nieminen 6-7; 215 (So.) PPG:4.3;RPG:4.0;APG:0.5;SPG:0.5
F:#22 TJ Holyfield 6-8; 220 (Jr.) PPG:19.0;RPG:8.3;APG:1.0;SPG:4.0;BPG:1.0

off the bench
G:#10 John Comeaux 5-11; 185 (So.) PPG:8.0;RPG:2.3;APG:1.2;SPG:2.25
G:#5 Shannon Bogues 6-2; 185 (Jr.) PPG:20.0;RPG:4.2;APG:1.0;SPG:2.0
F:#3 Leon Gilmore III 6-7; 220 (Sr.) PPG:6.0;RPG:3.0;APG:1.0;SPG:0.25
F:#12 Stefon Fisher 6-9; 235 (Fr.) PPG:3.0;RPG:2.0;APG:1.0;SPG:0.0
C:#32 Jovan Grujic 7-0; 230 (Jr.) PPG:3.3;RPG:0.3;APG:0.0;SPG:0.25

And we are not at full strength either

Injured and or has not played
F:#23 Nathan Bain 6-6; 200 (So.)
G:#4 Ty Charles 6-5; 210 (Sr.)
G:#20 Harrison Perkins 6-4; 200 (Jr.)
G:#12 Rance Cole 5-11; 165 (So.)

[TheValleyRaider]

Raiders hang on for a tight 93-88 win in a seesaw contest with UMBC. 2-1 is the best start for Colgate since 2008-09 xnodx

Next up: at Boston College on Wednesday afternoon

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple beat Clemson 67-60 to win the Charleston Classic! Great start to the year! Decent chance we're ranked this week.

[woffordgrad94]

No offense is meant here, but a team shouldn’t get ranked for beating Clemson in basketball...they suck!

[ngineer]

Interesting game for Lehigh tonight as they take their 3-1 record to USC---#10 Southern Cal. Lehigh lost their only real 'big man' Tim Kempton to graduation. The tallest 'regular' is 6'9", and it drops off from there. Mountain Hawks can shoot very well, so on a 'hot' night from 3-point land they get be dangerous, but rebounding is lacking due to size deficiency, so this will be interesting to see if we can be competitive with an elite program.

[clenz]

UNI takes down SMU in the first game of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

They will now take on NC State who beat #2 Arizona in their first game, in the semifinals.

Awaiting the winner/loser of that game is #5 Villanova or Tennessee - who took down #18 Purdue.

This is a hell of a tournament and should be a real nice RPI boost for UNI. If we can get out of it at 2-1 (3-0 would be spectacular) it would be massive.

[TheValleyRaider]

Tough loss yesterday for the 'Gate at BC. Led by 14 at the half, and as much as 17 early in the 2nd. Offense went cold from there, and the Eagles rallied to win 83-79.

Raiders now 2-2, looking to get back over .500 at home against Columbia on Saturday.

[SFA 93]

SFA 75 (4-1)
MISS ST. 80 (4-0)

The Jacks held a 40-32 advantage at the half, but came out flat in the second, falling behind by 16 before cutting the lead to 75-78 with 15 seconds left.

Shannon Bogues PTS:20;REB:2;STL:3
TJ Holyfield PTS:19;REB:8;BLK:2
Ivan Canete PTS:15;REB:4;STL:1
Leon Gilmore III PTS:12;REB:5;AST:2

[RabidRabbit]

Jack rabbits are out to a 5 and 2 record. Losses to Kansas and Wyoming, with victories over Iowa, Buffalo, and UC Irvine. Buffalo and Irvine are picked to win their respective conferences.

[ngineer]

Interesting game for Lehigh tonight as they take their 3-1 record to USC---#10 Southern Cal. Lehigh lost their only real 'big man' Tim Kempton to graduation. The tallest 'regular' is 6'9", and it drops off from there. Mountain Hawks can shoot very well, so on a 'hot' night from 3-point land they get be dangerous, but rebounding is lacking due to size deficiency, so this will be interesting to see if we can be competitive with an elite program.

Lehigh played a tough first half with Kahron Ross pouring in 20 points, but couldn't match USC's depth and lost 88-63.

[clenz]

UNI beats NC State 64-60 to advance to the Battle for Atlantis title game against Nova.

It’s all house money tomorrow. The RPI boost we are getting from this is nuts. I though we’d get SMU NC State and WKU. To get Nova and play for a title?

UNI is currently 5-1.

6’4 freshman Tywhon Pickford went for 18 points and 18 boards. He’s now averaging 15 points and 11 rebounds per game his true freshman year.


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

That's a solid win for UNI. Gottfried recruited well at NC State but couldn't coach a lick. He had an identical stint at Alabama.

Definitely pulling for the Panthers against 'Nova! I would love to see Temple do a H-H with UNI. If it was in early December I'd be able to make a 3 day trip out of it...

[bonarae]

Harvard has lost three in a row now, this time to ranked #21 St. Mary's (CA) 89-71.

The Ivy League as a whole is probably down this year... xcoffeex xsmhx

[clenz]

That's a solid win for UNI. Gottfried recruited well at NC State but couldn't coach a lick. He had an identical stint at Alabama.

Definitely pulling for the Panthers against 'Nova! I would love to see Temple do a H-H with UNI. If it was in early December I'd be able to make a 3 day trip out of it...

It’s hard for most to schedule but it’s getting harder and harder for UNI to get quality games. UNI has an 85% home win percent and teams don’t want to play in Cedar Falls. UNI is at a level where we don’t white ourselves out so H/H are tough. We have a rep to get good MTEs.

Call coach Jake. Home games are getting damn tough in the next few years.


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[JALMOND]

Portland State jumped out to a 49-45 halftime lead against #1 Duke. Then Duke started playing like Duke and won 99-81. Still, just having the chance to play them was fun.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

It’s hard for most to schedule but it’s getting harder and harder for UNI to get quality games. UNI has an 85% home win percent and teams don’t want to play in Cedar Falls. UNI is at a level where we don’t white ourselves out so H/H are tough. We have a rep to get good MTEs.

Call coach Jake. Home games are getting damn tough in the next few years.


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Historically, Temple's mentality has been to play teams anytime, anywhere. That has generally continued under Dunphy. Even so, I wish we would schedule UNI, St. Mary's, Creighton, Gonzaga, BYU, Illinois State, Akron, Kent State, VCU etc. more.

[mmiller_34]

https://twitter.com/kevconnorsespn/status/933192994953539584

[bonarae]

Harvard stopped their bleeding with a win over struggling St. Joseph's 77-71. Opponent for Sunday is still TBD.

FYI, the men's basketball team is at the Wooden Legacy Invitational in Fullerton, CA.

[TheValleyRaider]

Living by the 3. Raiders hit 16 threes to down Columbia 77-71. One shy of the team record, which was set against Tulane in 2013, also the last time we were 3-2.

Raiders now head out on the road, next is Wednesday night at Albany

[bonarae]

Meanwhile... Not FCS related but Alabama (the Crimson Tide) played with only 3 (correct, just three) players in the final 10:41 in their game against the Goofs, which the Goofs won by just 5. The Tide bench was ejected, and 2 others in their 5 left due to injury and foul trouble.

I wonder if any team can survive with just the amount of players in any sport for that matter.

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[SFA 93]

SFA:79 (5-1)
FLORIDA A&M:63

TJ Holyfield PTS:22;REB:7;BLK:2;STL:1
Kevon Harris PTS:18;REB:2;BLK:1;STL:1
Ivan Canete PTS:14;REB:6;AST:4;BLK:1;STL:2
Aaron Augustin PTS:7;REB:4;AST:6;STL:5

Up next Tues. 28th on ESPN3, North Dakota State (3-2) comes to Nac. riding a 3 game win streak.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple lost a hard fought Big 5 battle to La Salle 87-83. We have another big game on Thursday at Madison Square Garden against South Carolina.

Huge stretch of games coming up; South Carolina, @ George Washington, Wisconsin, @ St. Joe's, Villanova

[bonarae]

Harvard suffered another bad loss, this time to Cal State Fullerton, 70-61, in the Wooden Legacy tournament.

We return to Boston this week to face Northeastern.

[Laker]

Watched Northern Colorado beat Southern Miss 77-63 and South Dakota beat Youngstown 81-53 in Sioux Falls today. UNC had beaten USD last night and went 3-0 in the showcase.

[JALMOND]

Portland State beat Stanford, 87-78 for 7th place in the Motion bracket of the PK80.

http://www.oregonlive.com/collegebasketball/index.ssf/2017/11/pk80_portland_state_stanford_l.html#incart_river_i ndex

Stanford is now 0-2 against the Big Sky, having lost earlier this season to Eastern Washington. They finish up their Big Sky slate Wednesday against Montana. Meanwhile, Portland State ended the PK80 with the same number of wins as Oregon (1) and more than Portland (0).

[Wildcat1997]

Abilene Christian won the Creek Classic this past weekend. We beat Campbell and Bowling Green on the way and were led by tourney MVP Jaren Lewis. This team has the potential to be special.

[Laker]

I had no idea that I was on the screen yesterday in Sioux Falls until a friend of mine sent this to me. I do have my favorite MSU pullover jacket and Mav cap on.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPq88i8UIAAdt7a.jpg

[SFA 93]

SFA 54 (6-1)
North Dakota State 50 (3-3)

Shannon Bogues PTS:15;REB:6;AST:1;BLK:1;STL:3
Leon Gilmore III PTS:10;REB:10;BLK:1;STL:1

[RabidRabbit]

Jacks set a 3 pt school record with 18 made. Took down Ole Miss in Oxford 99-97 in OT. JACKS now 7-2.

[dewey]

The NDSU Bison lose at Stephen F Austin 54-50.

NDSU committed 28 turnovers.

Stephen F. Austin improved to 75-3 at home since the start of the 2012-13 season.

The Bison play Thursday at Mississippi State at 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network.

The NDSU Bison are now 3-3.

Go Bison!

Dewey

[TheRevSFA]

The NDSU Bison lose at Stephen F Austin 54-50.

NDSU committed 28 turnovers.

Stephen F. Austin improved to 75-3 at home since the start of the 2012-13 season.

The Bison play Thursday at Mississippi State at 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network.

The NDSU Bison are now 3-3.

Go Bison!

Dewey

We should have won by 30 but kept stepping on our own dicks

[BisonFan02]

NDSU is hot ****ing garbage at men's bball.....and it is only going to get worse for awhile.

[POD Knows]

We should have won by 30 but kept stepping on our own dicks28 turnovers is the definition of stepping on your dick but I thought you guys would beat us by 20+ so I guess NDSU has a moral victory. I wouldn't be surprised to see a coaching change in MBB at NDSU in the not too distant future and when SDSU ends up beating us by 40 this year, the locals will get restless.

[mmiller_34]

28 turnovers is the definition of stepping on your dick but I thought you guys would beat us by 20+ so I guess NDSU has a moral victory. I wouldn't be surprised to see a coaching change in MBB at NDSU in the not too distant future and when SDSU ends up beating us by 40 this year, the locals will get restless.

Won't happen. We'll choke. #bookit.

[TheValleyRaider]

Came up just short, 75-69, at Albany. Tough loss, would have been a good win as the Danes are a good America East program

NY road trip continues, at Binghamton on Saturday

[bonarae]

Harvard lost big to Northeastern 77-61. Yet another bad loss for the Crimson. Up next: the Big Blue at Rupp.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple thoroughly dominated South Carolina for 40 minutes en route to a 76-60 win at Madison Square Garden. Really impressive performance! Now we need to back up it with a win at George Washington on Sunday!

[UIWWildthing]

Towson is currently in Belfast playing LaSalle then either Manhattan or Holy Cross this weekend.

[bonarae]

Harvard played tough at Rupp but the losing streak has hit 3 once again. Score was 79-70.

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[TheValleyRaider]

Big second half for Binghamton as they beat Colgate 76-65. Raiders led by 8 at the half, then shot 22% in the 2nd half to fall on the road

Road trip continues, visiting Marist in Poughkeepsie on Wednesday

[CHIP72]

I'll be at games the next two days:

12/03 (Sun): Temple at George Washington (at Capital One Arena)
12/04 (Mon): Penn at Howard

I like the road teams' chances of winning both games. Hopefully that happens.

[SFA 93]

SFA:68 (7-1)
Louisiana-Monroe:65 (3-4)

Aaron Augustin with the last second shot from 3 to win it for the Jacks.
https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/937113283701620736

TJ Holyfield PTS:24;REB:7;BLK:2 (4-5 from 3)

NEXT: DEC. 6 WED; 6:30 PM
SFA 7-1 vs. Louisiana Tech 6-1 in Ruston

[clenz]

UNI is at 5-2 and the two losses are UNC and Nova - the last two title winners.

3 top 100 wins with wins over SMU, NC State and UNLV.

Face a real tough test in UT-Arlington this coming week, another top 100 team.

UNI rounds out the meaty portion of the OOC schedule with UT-A, Xavier (top 15), Iowa State. If UNI can win 2 of those games we will be in real good position for an at-large come March. All 3 are in the state of Iowa with 2 at home and the Iowa State game being a neutral site game in Des Moines with Iowa State.

Winning 2 of 3 of those plus out other OOC games sends us into MVC play at 9-3 with an RPI of around 25 and a OOC SOS of 20

[clenz]

Looks like the Missouri Valley/Mountain West Challenge will end in a 5-5 tie. MVC leads 5-4 currently with only Bradley @ San Diego State left tomorrow. Home team has won every single game. I have a hard time seeing Bradley, even as improved as they are, going into San Diego and winning

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

UNI is at 5-2 and the two losses are UNC and Nova - the last two title winners.

3 top 100 wins with wins over SMU, NC State and UNLV.

Face a real tough test in UT-Arlington this coming week, another top 100 team.

UNI rounds out the meaty portion of the OOC schedule with UT-A, Xavier (top 15), Iowa State. If UNI can win 2 of those games we will be in real good position for an at-large come March. All 3 are in the state of Iowa with 2 at home and the Iowa State game being a neutral site game in Des Moines with Iowa State.

Winning 2 of 3 of those plus out other OOC games sends us into MVC play at 9-3 with an RPI of around 25 and a OOC SOS of 20

Xavier looks like a Final 4 type team. That would be a huge win!

[clenz]

Xavier looks like a Final 4 type team. That would be a huge win!
Yeah. I'm not betting on that one.

Watching UTA tonight, I like our chances. They seem like a favorable match up for our bigs.
Iowa State is a bit of an enigma right now but I think we are better than them.

The MVC is going to be a top 10 rated RPI conference this year. No one would have predicted that with WSU leaving. It's amazing how much better the bottom of the conference is this year. That's been my gripe for years. It's not the top of the conference has been worse than it was from 05-09 when we were getting top 25 ranked teams, and 4 bids. It's that the bottom 4 of the league fell off dramatically. The MVC used to have 9 teams in the top 200 of the RPI. The last 5-6 years we have had 4 teams 250 or worse. That is just a massive drag. It brings everyones RPI down, everyones SOS down, and hurts the top in terms of quality metrics.

If UNI can get to 9-3 OOC with wins over UTA, UNLV, NC State, SMU and Iowa State (or Xavier) and finish conference play at 13-5 or better, which is a real possibility, that is going to be a hard team to keep out of at-large spots. RPI will be in the 20s. Overall SOS in the 40s. Quality wins.

This could all go south but man I'm excited. We haven't even been close to full strength this year yet. The projected starter at the 2 spot hasn't played this year. One of our bench centers (a 7') has been out all season so far. We had our main bench guard go down with an ankle sprain - still playing but you could see it impact him. At one point I think we had 7 scholarship players available and were playing 3 walk ons.

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

A S.C. State player is in fair condition after collapsing in their game against N.C. State.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/south-carolina-state-player-in-fair-condition-after-collapsing-during-nc-state-game/

[UIWWildthing]

Towson won it's 2nd tournament of the year on a last second jumper by Mike Morsell. Couple of home games against Morgan and UMBC before a break and road trip against some good mid majors in Oakland and Pitt.

[UIWWildthing]

https://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 82, UCLA 75, Rhode Island 73, Creighton 53, Louisville 50, Texas 32, Alabama 21, SMU 15, Mississippi St. 11, Kansas St 10, Arizona 10, Washington St 9, Georgia 9, Oklahoma 7, Providence 6, Florida St. 6, Clemson 5, Valparaiso 5, Georgetown 4, Texas Arlington 3, Oklahoma St. 3, Western Kentucky 2, Towson 1

We made it!!

- - - Updated - - -

https://collegebasketball.ap.org/poll

Others receiving votes: Texas Tech 82, UCLA 75, Rhode Island 73, Creighton 53, Louisville 50, Texas 32, Alabama 21, SMU 15, Mississippi St. 11, Kansas St 10, Arizona 10, Washington St 9, Georgia 9, Oklahoma 7, Providence 6, Florida St. 6, Clemson 5, Valparaiso 5, Georgetown 4, Texas Arlington 3, Oklahoma St. 3, Western Kentucky 2, Towson 1

We made it!!

[Laker]

I think that this whole thing is Balled up.

Bleacher Report‏Verified account @BleacherReport (https://twitter.com/BleacherReport) 11m11 minutes ago (https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/937777215000973313)More



LiAngelo won’t return to UCLA after LaVar Ball pulls him from school amid suspension for shoplifting in China, per @TMZ (https://twitter.com/TMZ)

[Laker]

The SDSU Jacks are hosting a rare men's basketball/wrestling doubleheader on Friday. Jacks play hoops at 5:30 with Concordia of Nebraska and grapple with Central Michigan at 8.

[mmiller_34]

SDSU almost beat Wichita State tonight. We were up by 14 in the 2nd at one point before the Shockers realized they could tackle us without penalty.

[clenz]

SDSU almost beat Wichita State tonight. We were up by 14 in the 2nd at one point before the Shockers realized they could tackle us without penalty.
Typical WSU basketball - especially in Wichita.

SDSU got Koched is what happened

[bonarae]

Harvard beats Fordham in a close game 47-45. On to the finals break...

[SFA 93]

Lumberjacks get a big win on the road...

SFA:85 (8-1)
Louisiana Tech:83 (6-2)

Kevon Harris PTS:25;REB:3

NEXT: SFA (8-1) vs. Rice (2-6) 12/09; 2:00 P.M. ESPN3

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple snuck past Wisconsin 59-55 in Philly. Amazingly, this was our first home game of the year. It was a nice bounce back after suffering a tough loss to George Washington over the weekend.

We're now 5-2 with Big 5 rival St. Joe's heading to North Broad Street on Saturday....

[TheValleyRaider]

Raiders come up just short at Marist for a tough loss, 78-76. 3-5 for the season.

How close? This close:
https://twitter.com/ColgateMBB/status/938599421306134528

Colgate 0-3 so far on their NY road trip. The set ends with the big one, Saturday afternoon in the Dome against Syracuse. Last win against the Orange was in 1962, and they put a 51-game winning streak on the line. One of these days...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Raiders come up just short at Marist for a tough loss, 78-76. 3-5 for the season.

How close? This close:
https://twitter.com/ColgateMBB/status/938599421306134528

Colgate 0-3 so far on their NY road trip. The set ends with the big one, Saturday afternoon in the Dome against Syracuse. Last win against the Orange was in 1962, and they put a 51-game winning streak on the line. One of these days...

Highlight made Sports Center! Tough loss but still good pub for Colgate!

[bonarae]

The Griz had a true loss cancelled off their schedule due to the southern California wildfires.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ucla-cancels-wednesday-game-against-montana-amid-wildfires-in-los-angeles/

[SFA 93]

https://twitter.com/SFA_MBB/status/938879081151471616

[clenz]

UNI take down UT Arlington tonight 62-58 in a battle of to 40 rates RPI teams. What a battle. UTA is going to do some damage this year.

Came in averaging 80. Scores 58. Typical UNI defensive effort.


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[CHIP72]

Temple snuck past Wisconsin 59-55 in Philly. Amazingly, this was our first home game of the year. It was a nice bounce back after suffering a tough loss to George Washington over the weekend.

We're now 5-2 with Big 5 rival St. Joe's heading to North Broad Street on Saturday....

It should be noted that the St. Joe's game is the first of three straight home games against Philadelphia City Six rivals for Temple, with the other two coming against Villanova and Drexel.

[BEAR]

UCA is 5-5 on the season.

Lost to UCLA in OT on the road.
Beat UC Berkely by 27.
Lost to UALR.

Very up and down team.

But we have this cool event saturday:

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=26705&stc=1

[woffordgrad94]

Wofford beat Georgia Tech 63-60 at the new Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. Fletcher Magee had 36 points including the game-winning 3-pointer.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jpabQwYKekc

[SFA 93]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQo1cjgU8AAEnrE.jpg:large
SFA:81 (9-1)
RICE:62

Kevon Harris PTS:31;REB:7 (8-11 from 3; 1 shy of the school record)
Shannon Bogues PTS:18;REB:3;AST:3;STL:3

Next...

SFA (9-1) vs. LSU (5-2)
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
DEC. 16; SAT. 12:00 P.M.
SEC Network

[TheValleyRaider]

52 in a row for Syracuse, they beat Colgate 72-58 in the Dome. Credible performance for the Raiders, as they hit 14 threes and never let the Orange get too far away. Still, a loss is a loss, and that's 4 straight on a 4 game road trip.

Back in Hamilton at last on Tuesday to face NJIT, last game before finals

[Wildcat1997]

ACU knocked off Texas State at home. This team is really starting to come together and could be very special.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple takes down St. Joe's 81-78! This sets up a showdown with likely new #1 Villanova this week at the Liacouras Center! If I didn't have work I'd be there....

[Laker]

I was at the SDSU Jacks blowout of Concordia NE Friday, then at the USD Coyotes win over Eastern Washington on Sunday. Part of my NCC reunion tour.

[SFA 93]

https://twitter.com/sfa_mbb/status/940718321292533761

[TheValleyRaider]

Losing streak snapped, Raiders top NJIT 87-76. 4-6 so far this year, unbeaten at home and winless on the road so far. Should notch one more home win next Friday against D-III Pittsburgh-Bradford, then it's Patriot League play all the way in

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple got destroyed on their home court by #1 Villanova 87-67. It was men vs boys out there. Dunphy simply can't recruit elite players....

[POD Knows]

NDSU is 5-5 but pretty much sucks, they beat Grand Forks CC the other night, GFCC sucks for real. Got Arizona coming up on the 18th, on any given Monday I guess, who knows.

[bonarae]

While Harvard is on finals break...

Only the Quackers have a top-100 win among the eight Ivies so far (they beat Dayton before their finals week started).

And yes, not only the Ivies take time off for finals... Elon was also featured in this article below.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2017-12-13/college-basketball-between-international-tournaments-and

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple fans and alums are finally speaking up regarding Fran Dunphy. Several people have started to write emails to our AD. Dunphy has basically lost the entire Temple fan base. This whole thing is going to turn out ugly if he doesn't win something of consequence this season or resign/get fired when it's over.

The media narrative regarding his coaching greatness is completely false. He was an excellent coach at the Ivy League level but has proven over and over he can't produce Top 25 teams at Temple. Last night we were called out by the Dan Dakich and his play by play guy for failing to compete against Villanova and quitting at times. That's unacceptable...

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

Northern Colorado is forced to vacate its 2011 Big Sky title and is also on probation until 2020 for various academic and recruiting violations.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ncaa-forces-northern-colorado-to-vacate-2011-big-sky-title-hits-ex-coach-hard/

[SFA 93]

https://twitter.com/codycorley/status/942126590686892032
SFA:83
LSU:82

Ivan Canete PTS:20;REB:1;AST:4

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRMZ2hoUMAUPeOb.jpg

Next
SFA (10-1) vs. Missouri (9-2)
Dec. 19; Tues. 8:00 P.M.
ESPNU

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple survived Drexel 63-60 to move to 7-3 on the season. Up next is Georgia in Athens....

[JSUSoutherner]

Wofford beat Georgia Tech 63-60 at the new Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium. Fletcher Magee had 36 points including the game-winning 3-pointer.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jpabQwYKekc
How long until your indoor stadium gets a name change?

[Laker]

Ft Wayne is up 20 with 3 minutes to go AT Indiana. Second year in a row that they will beat the Hoosiers.

[UIWWildthing]

Meanwhile...

Northern Colorado is forced to vacate its 2011 Big Sky title and is also on probation until 2020 for various academic and recruiting violations.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ncaa-forces-northern-colorado-to-vacate-2011-big-sky-title-hits-ex-coach-hard/

Well the NCAA finally dropped the hammer on UNC it seems

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Well the NCAA finally dropped the hammer on UNC it seems

LOL...The NCAA was going to get UNC one way or another.

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

ISU red's Dan Muller pleaded with top-tier basketball programs over Twitter throughout the offseason to schedule home-and-homes with the Redbirds to up their SOS. It has somehow worked.

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2017/12/17/illinois-states-dan-muller-pleaded-for-a-tougher-schedule-on-twitter-and-got-it/

[SFA 93]

https://twitter.com/sfa_athletics/status/943337504136036352

SFA:81 (10-2)
MISSOURI:82 (10-2)
FINAL

Harris 19pts 4-4 from 3
Holyfield 18pts 7 rebs

Jacks two losses are to two SEC teams for a combined 6 points.

[SFA 93]

http://cdn.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/21814971/jay-bilas-best-thing-seen-far-season

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Wofford is beating UNC by 14 points with 13 minutes left in the 2nd half!!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Wofford takes down #5 North Carolina in Chapel Hill!! What an incredible win for the their program and school!! This was no fluke!! They were flat out the better team tonight! Congrats!!

[woffordgrad94]

Proud of my WOFFORD TERRIERS tonight! Beat the defending champs!

[Laker]

Proud of my WOFFORD TERRIERS tonight! Beat the defending champs!

Congrats to the Terriers for defeating the University of No Credit. From the accounts that I was reading they had about every call go against them. Great road win.

[bonarae]

Wofford should have the momentum in OOC sustained throughout conference play else they'll become a Monmouth. xsmhx

[AshevilleApp2]

Congrats to the Ankle Biters! Great win.

[dbackjon]

Meanwhile...

Northern Colorado is forced to vacate its 2011 Big Sky title and is also on probation until 2020 for various academic and recruiting violations.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ncaa-forces-northern-colorado-to-vacate-2011-big-sky-title-hits-ex-coach-hard/



See - the NCAA made UNC give up its title!

Wait, wrong UNC...

[dbackjon]

Congrats to Wofford!!!

[bonarae]

Harvard looked fresh from the finals break as we beat BU, 74-63.

[SFA 93]

SFA:116 (11-2)
ABU:61

Kevon Harris PTS:29;REB:5;AST:4;STL:3
Ivan Canete PTS:8;REB:3;AST:11;STL:2

[SFA 93]

On to conference play

SFA top players

#22 F: T.J. Holyfield 6-8; 220 (Jr.) PPG:15.5;RPG:7.0;AST:12;STL:25;BLK:14
FG%:.577;3FG%:.432;FT:.854

#1 G/F: Kevon Harris 6-6; 225 (So.) PPG:18.0;RPG:6.0;AST:11;STL:18;BLK:2
FG%:.534;3FG%:.508;(22-31; 71% last 5 games);FT:.690

#5 G: Shannon Bogues 6-2; 185 (Jr.) PPG:15.0;RPG:3.1;AST:20;STL:21;BLK:3
FG%:.500;FT:.900

[MTfan4life]

Taking in the UNI vs. #9 Xavier game tonight in Cedar Falls.

It was a pretty good game both ways. Loud atmosphere. Even though I was in the cheap seats, I sat just a person away from one of Iowa's US Senators. :P Xavier sure can hit clutch shots, though.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple got blown out by Georgia 84-66 in Athens. We continue to play uninspired basketball under Dunphy. At 7-4 with all four losses being ugly the NCAA Tournament seems like a pipe dream at this point...

[mmiller_34]

SDSU took UMKC to the woodshed last night. The Kangaroos’s 5 fans were flabbergasted how a Summit team could beat a WAC team so bad....

SDSU is now 11-5 going into Christmas.

[bonarae]

Harvard sputtered and lost to George Washington 58-48. Yet another bad loss...

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[woffordgrad94]

I think it’s a bit unfortunate that Mike Young and the basketball program at Wofford has often been in the shadow of the football program. Some people do not know Wofford has made four NCAA Tournament appearances under Young. He also took a nothing program and made it into something. This UNC win can help change all that IF the Terreirs can keep the momentum into SoCon play and build on it.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple lost to Tulane 85-75 in Philly to open AAC play. We entered the game as an 11 point favorite and never led after the first 2 minutes. At 7-5 and a tough slate of games coming up we're in serious danger of dropping below .500. Odds are we miss the NCAA Tournament for the 4th time in 5 years.

[TheValleyRaider]

Raiders win their PL opener at Holy Cross, 79-74, first win in Worcester since 2011. Very nice opening road win, even if HC isn't any good.

Next up, first game of 2018 Tuesday night at American. Bender Arena is usually a house of horrors for the 'Gate, but we've actually won 3 of the last 4 there (or something like that). Would love to keep that going, especially against a down-ish AU team

[Laker]

D3 Macalester from St. Paul gave up a hundred points to Loras............ in the first half.

http://athletics.macalester.edu/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&id=6383

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

During Harvard's finals break, Princeton put down the Trojan Horses for the Ivy's first top 50 win of the season. But then they lost to the Blue Raiders of Murfeesboro in the next game.

However, the Quackers still lead standings-wise among all the Ivies; Princeton is first in RPI thanks to that win above.

[bonarae]

Harvard lost to the Goofs 65-55. Oh well...

[Laker]

Harvard lost to the Goofs 65-55. Oh well...

That raised floor makes Williams Arena a tough place to play.

Meanwhile- Butler upsets No. 1 Villanova, 101-93

[cx500d]

D3 Macalester from St. Paul gave up a hundred points to Loras............ in the first half.

http://athletics.macalester.edu/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&id=6383


Wow. I never even heard of Loras.

[Bisonoline]

Wow. I never even heard of Loras.

Coach Klieman was a head coach there. I think its in Dubuque iowa.

[Laker]

Wow. I never even heard of Loras.

Iowa cousin of the Lorax.

[cx500d]

Iowa cousin of the Lorax.

I thought they were in Whoville?

[Laker]

Winless teams remaining:
6
Alabama A&M
Alabama State
Arkansas Pine Bluff
Coppin State
Mississippi Valley State
Texas Southern

[Ivytalk]

Iowa cousin of the Lorax.
Beat me to it!xlolx

[bonarae]

Harvard lost to Vermont at home, 62-56. We'll play Dartmouth on Saturday to open Ivy play.

[Laker]

UC-Riverside fires their coach.

https://www.pe.com/2018/01/01/dennis-cutts-fired-as-ucr-mens-basketball-coach/

[Laker]

Texas Tech 85 Kansas 73. Their first win in the Fog. Could someone else win the Big Dozen this year? I think that they are the toughest conference in college basketball. And I like it that they have a true round robin. How many conferences do that?

[POD Knows]

SDSU beats NDSU at Fargo by 7, 87-80. Daum for SDSU had an off game but still dropped 37 on the herd. Miller for NDSU had 36 but if nobody else steps up for NDSU it is going to be a long season.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

SDSU beats NDSU at Fargo by 7, 87-80. Daum for SDSU had an off game but still dropped 37 on the herd. Miller for NDSU had 36 but if nobody else steps up for NDSU it is going to be a long season.

SDSU is pretty good but they don't play a lick of defense. The Coyotes seem to be the Summit's best chance to win a 1st round game this year. Overall, the Summit is a bit down this year but there's still potential come March.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple hosts #19 Cincinnati tonight. The game is on ESPN2 and with the snowstorm in Philly today the attendance figure will probably be less than the total combined score. It doesn't help that we're basically a sinking ship at 7-6 and 0-2 in the AAC....

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate knocked off American the other night 72-63, starting out 2-0 in the League xnodx

Good shot at 3-0 on Friday, hosting Lafayette

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Colgate knocked off American the other night 72-63, starting out 2-0 in the League xnodx

Good shot at 3-0 on Friday, hosting Lafayette

I always like to see Langel do well! He was a valuable assistant to Dunphy and quite honestly we haven't been the same since he left.

I'm tossing around going to the Lehigh-HC game tomorrow night at Stabler. I haven't been there in years. Bucknell next week is enticing if I don't go down tomorrow night.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Dunphy takes a terrible technical foul at the end of the game which really helped the Cincinnati come back to beat us. Well, that and a clutch jumper by a Bearcat guard with 0.4 seconds left.

Temple drops to 7-7 overall and 0-3 in the AAC. The calls for Dunphy's firing grow louder!!

[bonarae]

Dunphy takes a terrible technical foul at the end of the game which really helped the Cincinnati come back to beat us. Well, that and a clutch jumper by a Bearcat guard with 0.4 seconds left.

Temple drops to 7-7 overall and 0-3 in the AAC. The calls for Dunphy's firing grow louder!!

Is this proof that Temple has reached its coldest this season? xchinscratchx

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2018/01/04/temples-fran-dunphy-gets-costly-technical-after-knocking-water-bottle-on-to-court/

[TheValleyRaider]

Good shot at 3-0 on Friday, hosting Lafayette

Showed confidence when talking about basketball, always a mistake. Late 3 leads Leopards to win, 71-68. Raiders led by 12 at halftime, but blew this one.

Gotta get back on the horse quickly, tough home game on Monday against Navy

[bonarae]

Harvard soundly beats Dartmouth 51-45 to open Ivy play.

Meanwhile... the Quackers take Round 1 of the P Challenge. Score was 76-70 in a game postponed from yesterday due to campus closures.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple's freefall continued today. UCF stomped the Owls 60-39 in Orlando. The 39 points is fewest we've scored in Dunphy's 12 years as HC. Hopefully he retires/resigns at the end of the year so Temple bball can finally move on. There's serious issues with the program right now. Players are arguing with fans on social media and indicating they "don't care".

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Showed confidence when talking about basketball, always a mistake. Late 3 leads Leopards to win, 71-68. Raiders led by 12 at halftime, but blew this one.

Gotta get back on the horse quickly, tough home game on Monday against Navy

I'm watching a Syracuse-UConn Big Monday game from 1995 and during it Vitale made a comment regarding Adonal Foyle. He said Foyle straight up turned down Duke and Syracuse for Colgate. Is that true?

[bonarae]

Correction: Final score of first Harvard-Dartmouth game this season was 61-51 Crimson.

Harvard will play its last OOC of the season at Wofford on Wednesday.

[TheValleyRaider]

I'm watching a Syracuse-UConn Big Monday game from 1995 and during it Vitale made a comment regarding Adonal Foyle. He said Foyle straight up turned down Duke and Syracuse for Colgate. Is that true?

Feinstein's Last Amateurs does mention that he was recruited by many big programs, and listed Duke specifically. I'd have to check if Syracuse specifically was there too, but I would expect so. Foyle's guardians were both Colgate faculty, which is how he wound up at Hamilton for high school, and definitely played a big role in him actually going to Colgate. There was a pretty choice quote from Coach K about how unfair that was for recruiting, which I've always gotten a kick out of. I'll have to check my copy to see what he actually said.

[TheValleyRaider]

Raiders bounce back, beat Navy 70-62 in Hamilton! Nice win over what looks like a solid Middie side.

Big showdown on Thursday, 3-1 Raiders visit the 3-1 BU Terriers.

[bonarae]

Harvard closes out OOC in a disappointing fashion. We lost to Wofford on the road, 63-62.

[woffordgrad94]

Harvard closes out OOC in a disappointing fashion. We lost to Wofford on the road, 63-62.
It was a great game. You guys dominated inside! Neither team shot it well. Both teams brought the intensity on defense. It was a hard fought, clean, even game. I hope the two schools will play again soon.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Amazingly, Temple ended SMU's 33 home court winning streak tonight! The Mustangs were 1 win away from tying the school record but the Owls got a huge basket with 0.4 seconds left to steal a 66-64 "W"! I'm not a fan of Shady SMU so this win feels good even though we still suck, 8-8 overall, 1-4 in the AAC....

[TheValleyRaider]

Tough shooting night in Boston sees the Raiders fall to the Terriers, 72-58. Road games always tough in the PL, and BU looks like a contender at this point.

Bigger game coming Monday night, Raiders host Bucknell. Game to be televised on CBS Sports Network

[POD Knows]

Another conference loss by the Herd the other night in a lackluster performance at home against Denver, 67-61. Really too bad we can't transfer the intensity of the football program into the BB program. Watched it on TV, snooze fest in front of about 1000 people. Weather was bad which is half of the problem up here for winter sports.

[JSUSoutherner]

So last week JSU handed Belmont their second ever OVC home loss and beat Murray State for the first time ever.

[TheValleyRaider]

I'm watching a Syracuse-UConn Big Monday game from 1995 and during it Vitale made a comment regarding Adonal Foyle. He said Foyle straight up turned down Duke and Syracuse for Colgate. Is that true?


Feinstein's Last Amateurs does mention that he was recruited by many big programs, and listed Duke specifically. I'd have to check if Syracuse specifically was there too, but I would expect so. Foyle's guardians were both Colgate faculty, which is how he wound up at Hamilton for high school, and definitely played a big role in him actually going to Colgate. There was a pretty choice quote from Coach K about how unfair that was for recruiting, which I've always gotten a kick out of. I'll have to check my copy to see what he actually said.

Found it, and Syracuse was on the list. Remembered the gist of the quote incorrectly, but still enjoyable:
Feinstein, The Last Amateurs, 79-80

He chose Colgate over Duke and nearby Syracuse and received national attention for saying he had chosen Colgate because academics were more important to him than basketball. That comment didn't make Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski terribly happy, especially given his school's academic reputation and graduation rate. "He chose Colgate because he guardians teach there," Krzyzewski said, "which I have no problem with. What I have a problem with is the notion that this was some kind of books-over-basketball decision. Colgate's a good school, but last time I looked it wasn't Harvard. And I think our library is still open down here."

The next paragraph has quotes from Foyle talking about how it was basketball-first at Duke, which helped drive his decision.

[dewey]

NDSU beat Oral Roberts 82 to 64 this afternoon in Fargo.

Attendance was 3625.

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Here are Summit league standings as of tonight.

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Dewey

[POD Knows]

NDSU beat Oral Roberts 82 to 64 this afternoon in Fargo.

Attendance was 3625.

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Here are Summit league standings as of tonight.

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DeweyLOL, as soon as I trash them, they go out an make me look stupid. This same thing happened before the USD game, maybe my #bookit karma transferred over to basketball. That being said, that Denver loss was a bad home loss as Denver is weak at best.

We got UND at home next, I have the F'n Hawks in a rout at the SHAC, #bookit

[dewey]

We got UND at home next, I have the F'n Hawks in a rout at the SHAC, #bookit

Yes! Use the powers of the #bookit on this game and complete the season sweep of the Siouxage.



Dewey
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[POD Knows]

Yes! Use the powers of the #bookit on this game and complete the season sweep of the Siouxage.



Dewey
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180114/027a963b645e4481272e76e6e419e28e.jpgUND has won two in a row and they beat Weber State but I have no idea if Weber State is any good. UND is on a roll, UND by 8 at the SHAC #bookit

[mmiller_34]

LOL, as soon as I trash them, they go out an make me look stupid. This same thing happened before the USD game, maybe my #bookit karma transferred over to basketball. That being said, that Denver loss was a bad home loss as Denver is weak at best.

We got UND at home next, I have the F'n Hawks in a rout at the SHAC, #bookit

Hmmmmm... I'm going to have to do something about that...

[SFA 93]

SFA (15-3; 4-1) @ ACU (12-7; 4-2)

ACU 7-2 at home this season and beat the Lumberjacks last season 69-60 in Abilene. The Wildcats are 5 points from being a perfect 6-0 in conference play.

Should be a good one.

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[TheValleyRaider]

Still behind the leaders. Raiders led by 9 late in the 1st half, but the Bison were too much in the 2nd half. Bucknell wins on national TV, 63-51

Some nice shots of the campus though

Colgate visits Lehigh on Wednesday night

[BisonFan02]

NDSU ****ing sucks.

[Bisonoline]

NDSU ****ing sucks.

We must have lost to the Suck.

[POD Knows]

We must have lost to the Suck.
Yep, UND has a couple of pretty nice players. Miller is the only guy that ever shows up for the Bison. They played that game with a complete lack of emotion or drive, it is pretty sad really. It is a good thing NDSU has football because we suck at the other "major" college sports right now.

[TheValleyRaider]

Big road win in Bethlehem. Led by as much as 28, but had to hold on for the 76-72 win. Now 3-1 away from home in PL play

Next game Saturday at home against Loyola

[SFA 93]

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I've watching Jacksonville State at Morehead State when it notice on the wall behind the one basket it says "Johnson Arena". Too good....

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple snuck past Tulane 59-58 last night. We trailed the whole game but pulled it out at the end. We still stink so the joy of victory is the definition of relative....

[BEAR]

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Never thought I'd the the Bears in the top 6. Although this year they have lost 6 games by around 6 points...which is MUCH better than years past.

[SFA 93]

SFA (16-3; 5-1) vs. UCA (10-11; 4-4)

WHERE: Conway, Arkansas
WHEN: Jan. 24; 7:00 P.M. (Wed.)

The Bears have won 3 of their last 5 including a 81-57 beating of New Orleans and are 6-2 at home.

Impressive non-conference wins @California and Arkansas-Little Rock as well as taking #18 UCLA to OT before falling 101-106.

UCA has scored 90 or more points in 7 contests this season.

PG: Jordan Howard 24.3 PPG 4 RPG 3 APG scoring a season high 41 points against UIW.

SR:3
JR:4
SO:3
FR:6