2019-2020 Men's Basketball Season

[SFA 93]

2019-2020 Basketball schedules coming together

SFA
@Kansas State/Northwestern/Pittsburgh/Or Bradley (Pre-season Tourney) TBA
LeTourneau (11/06/19)
@Duke (11/26/2019)
@Alabama (12/06/19)
Paul Quinn College (12/28/19)
@Central Arkansas (1/15/20)
Central Arkansas (2/20/20)
Niagara TBA
Louisiana-Monroe TBA

[SFA 93]

Official NC Schedule

Nov. 6 LeTourneau
Nov. 9 North Carolina Central
Nov. 13 Niagara
Nov. 16 Drexel
Nov. 20 @Rutgers
Nov. 26 @Duke
Nov. 30 @Arkansas State
Dec. 2 Arlington Baptist
Dec. 6 @Alabama
Dec. 14 Louisiana-Monroe
Dec. 28 Paul Quinn

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook's Non Conference Schedule

Nov 5th -Yale
Nov 9th -@Seton Hall
Nov 11-Farmingdale State (D3)
No 15th through Nov 17th - Texas A&M Corpus Christi Tournament - North Dakota St, Texas-Rio Grande , StonyBrook
Nov 23 @Wagner
Nov 30th@ University of Delaware
Dec3rd -Manhattan
Dec7th - Brown
Dec 10th @ Hofstra
Dec14th @Providence
Dec18th@ Virginia
Dec21st -@American
Dec29th- Norfolk State

Only 5 home games and one of them is a D3 from here on the Island . Hopefully we get some pretty good TV coverage for he Virginia game and Providence and Seton Hall.

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook's Non Conference Schedule

Nov 5th -Yale
Nov 9th -@Seton Hall
Nov 11-Farmingdale State (D3)
No 15th through Nov 17th - Texas A&M Corpus Christi Tournament - North Dakota St, Texas-Rio Grande , StonyBrook
Nov 23 @Wagner
Nov 30th@ University of Delaware
Dec3rd -Manhattan
Dec7th - Brown
Dec 10th @ Hofstra
Dec14th @Providence
Dec18th@ Virginia
Dec21st -@American
Dec29th- Norfolk State

Only 5 home games and one of them is a D3 from here on the Island . Hopefully we get some pretty good TV coverage for the Virginia game and Providence and Seton Hall.

[bonarae]

Harvard doesn't have the full OOC yet, but we'll be playing in the Orlando Invitational.

[SFA 93]

SFA new roster (Only 4 players return from last seasons' squad)

Will be traveling to Spain before the 2019-20 season for international play and to get this team used to playing together as it's pretty much a total overhaul on the roster.

F: #12 Charlie Daniels 6-9; 230 (Jr.)
F: #0 Sama’Zha Hart 6-8; 200 (Fr.) *** #33 SF; #18 State (TX)
F: #13 Calvin Solomon 6-7; 200 (Fr.) Houston Area POY (Houston Chronicle)
F: #14 Gavin Kensmil 6-7; 230 (Jr.) #87 Top 100 JUCO
F: #1 Kevon Harris 6-6; 219 (Sr.)
F: #23 Nathan Bain 6-6; 196 (Sr.) ***
F: #35 Demiere Brown 6-5; 220 (Jr.) #86 Top 100 JUCO
G: #2 Roti Ware 6-3; 190 (Jr.) *** #6 State (MS.) #97 JUCO (JUCO ALL-AMERICAN)
G: #3 Cameron Johnson 6-3; 200 (Jr.) #70 Top 100 JUCO (JUCO ALL-AMERICAN)
G: #11 Oddyst Walker 6-2; 178 (So.)
G: #4 David Kachelries 6-1; 170 (Jr.)
G: #25 Gabe Matturro 6-1; 170 (Fr.)
G: #10 John Comeaux 5-11; 182 (Sr.)
G: #15 Kharee McDaniel 5-10; 170 (Fr.) 2019 Guy V. Lewis Award Winner (Top Prep Basketball Houston Area POY)

[Laker]

Harvard doesn't have the full OOC yet, but we'll be playing in the Orlando Invitational.

Only about a hundred of the 353 teams have announced their schedules. This makes no sense to me- they want you to buy season tickets even before they announce how many games and who they will be playing. I just saw MSU-Mankato's schedule today.

[bonarae]

Speaking of Harvard, they just released their full schedule today.

MIT will open the season once again.

Then...

Northeastern
@Maine
Siena
@James Naismith Classic in Toronto (Buffalo)
@Holy Cross
@Orlando Invitiational (opening game: aTm)
UMass
Finals Break
@George Washington
@Howard
@Cal Berkeley
@San Francisco Dons
UC Irvine (wow! so much prestige at stake here)
Ivy League Play

At least there's no sandwich OOC game between the Dartmouth games this year.

And... the Road to Atlanta for the top 4 Ivies goes through our home court, Lavietes Pavilion.

[Laker]

Not just basketball, but Chicago State's AD Chris Zorich is gone.

https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/ex-bear-chris-zorich-parts-ways-chicago-state

[bonarae]

Not just basketball, but Chicago State's AD Chris Zorich is gone.

https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/ex-bear-chris-zorich-parts-ways-chicago-state

Should the Cougars just drop sports at this point? They've gone through a lot in a few years' time. xsmhx

[Laker]

Should the Cougars just drop sports at this point? They've gone through a lot in a few years' time. xsmhx

Someone much more in the know than me might have some info on what is happening at CSU. Is the enrollment going up? Have they balanced the budget? Can they stay at D1 or go D2, D3 or drop sports altogether?

[Seawolf97]

Stonybrook will be heading to Spain and France for some International competition in about two weeks . I understand it will be 3 games one in Barcelona , Madrid and Paris before heading home . A private donor is funding the entire trip .

[dbackjon]

For NAU:

@ Arizona
SAGU American Indian College
Benedictine-Mesa
South Dakota
UC Davis
Omaha in Prescott AZ
@Utah Valley
@UC Riverside
@Pepperdine

https://nauathletics.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=123

[clenz]

Schedule for UNI not released yet, but we may actually have a healthy team this year.

Last year we lost the starting center for the year, lost the back up PF for half the year with stress fractures, starting 2 guard (that was the conference FOY the year before) for over half the season, the 2 guard that stepped in had back surgery in the summer before the season and wasn't truly healthy until late January and lost our back up PG to an ACL 13 games into the season. This year the only kids that are having injury issues right now are freshman that were going to redshirt anyway.

Team is currently in Italy playing a series of "All Star" teams. No idea what level of "All Star in "Italy" translates to in America. From what I've heard is it's one of the top two levels in Europe that these guys play in - it's the league/level that most American's play in when going over seas. So it seems like it's pretty good basketball overall

Through 2 games UNI has won 108-75 and 104-61

Game 1 highlights 108-75
https://twitter.com/UNImbb/status/1158019575876857857?s=20

Game 2 highlights 101-64
https://twitter.com/UNImbb/status/1158383225254961158?s=20

[Laker]

Will P-FW be announcing a move to the Horizon? If so, I would eventually expect a move by Augustana to the Summit.

https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1158455714773426176/XqMfrFc7?format=png&name=900x900

[clenz]

Seems strange to announce now. By announcing now they give up all chances of autobids for the coming year. I guess if that is their announcement they don't have to give them up, the Summit could let them keep them if they earn them, but I can't think of a single example of that happening.

Those announcements tend to happen in May right after softball and baseball conference tournaments.

[Laker]

Seems strange to announce now. By announcing now they give up all chances of autobids for the coming year. I guess if that is their announcement they don't have to give them up, the Summit could let them keep them if they earn them, but I can't think of a single example of that happening.

Those announcements tend to happen in May right after softball and baseball conference tournaments.

The timing seems very strange. It can't be just a schedule announcement. I think that the IUPUI announcement was pretty late- like June- and yet the Summit let them go that year for volleyball and whatever. I realize it is a lot easier to move without football but even if it is for 2020-21 it still seems odd.

It has been pretty quiet on the Augie front. The last rumor that I heard was that they were hoping to announce something by December.

[bonarae]

The Utes are on probation xsmhx

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ncaa-places-utah-mens-basketball-program-on-probation-due-to-recruiting-violations/

[clenz]

Schedule for UNI not released yet, but we may actually have a healthy team this year.

Last year we lost the starting center for the year, lost the back up PF for half the year with stress fractures, starting 2 guard (that was the conference FOY the year before) for over half the season, the 2 guard that stepped in had back surgery in the summer before the season and wasn't truly healthy until late January and lost our back up PG to an ACL 13 games into the season. This year the only kids that are having injury issues right now are freshman that were going to redshirt anyway.

Team is currently in Italy playing a series of "All Star" teams. No idea what level of "All Star in "Italy" translates to in America. From what I've heard is it's one of the top two levels in Europe that these guys play in - it's the league/level that most American's play in when going over seas. So it seems like it's pretty good basketball overall

Through 2 games UNI has won 108-75 and 104-61

Game 1 highlights 108-75
https://twitter.com/UNImbb/status/1158019575876857857?s=20

Game 2 highlights 101-64
https://twitter.com/UNImbb/status/1158383225254961158?s=20
UNI wins game 3 in Italy by 50

Either UNI is REALLY good or Italy's all star teams aren't even high school teams in the US

[SFA 93]

SFA in Spain get a win in their first game

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EBsNfs2UIAEw0HH?format=jpg&name=small
Torrejon Basketball Academy in Madrid

[Seawolf97]

Our guys arrived today in Spain first game Monday evening .

[clenz]

I'm shocked to see the "national" guys buying UNI this year like they are. I know why UNI fans are, I know why some MVC fans are - though many are still hung up on past years.

https://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/17699


Northern Iowa Panthers

2019-2020 Overall Rank: #86
Conference Rank: #1 Missouri Valley


Projection:
AJ Green is coming off a great freshman campaign in which he averaged a team high 15.0 points per game. He is not shy about hoisting up shots from anywhere on the floor and it mostly worked out last year. That year of experience should lead to more consistency shooting the basketball. Trae Berhow, Isaiah Brown, Spencer Haldeman and Tywhon Pickford are all experienced upperclassmen on the perimeter. Berhow and Haldeman are prolific outside shooters, while Pickford is coming off a disappointing sophomore season. Brown is a big, versatile 6-7 guard who can attack the basket and help out in the rebounding department. While Brown is the perimeter player with size, it is Berhow who does a bulk of the work on the glass. Last season he led the team with 6.1 rebounds and his ability to rebound allows the Panthers to play a bit small. Luke McDonnell is often the only forward on the floor. The 6-9 senior is a consistent outside shooter who can stretch the defense. The return of Austin Phyfe, who missed much of last season with an injury, and the addition of freshmen Noah Carter and Cole Henry, will help bolster the frontcourt. Northern Iowa is always going to play tough defense, but they need a couple players to compliment Green in the scoring department. If they can find that, this group has the talent and experience to make a big jump up the MVC standings.

Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA

[SFA 93]

Beat them again now 2-0

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EBxRjSRWkAEH9oZ?format=jpg&name=small

[Seawolf97]

StonyBrook won its first game in Spain 81-67. Getting ready for game two .

[SFA 93]

SFA with two more wins and improves to 4-0

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EB86DfAXYAANXTH?format=jpg&name=small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECCBkvjVAAAbqSl?format=jpg&name=small

[clenz]

UNI released their schedule today

https://twitter.com/UNImbb/status/1168931907209498627

[JacksFan40]

Haven’t seen anyone mention it but SDSU released their OOC schedule back in late August.
https://gojacks.com/news/2019/8/20/mens-basketball-announces-nonleague-slate.aspx

A few big names on the schedule like USC, Nebraska, Arizona, and Indiana. Hope the Jacks can go at least 2-2 against those 4.
Also got 2 Big Sky games with Idaho and Montana State.

Full Schedule here - https://gojacks.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

[apaladin]

Furman schedule:
https://furmanpaladins.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

[bonarae]

The 3 point line is now at FIBA distance (22 feet, 1 3/4 inches) starting this season.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2019-10-03/how-new-3-point-line-might-affect-college-basketball

[mvfcfan]

The MVC and OVC have now released their preseason polls.

MVC
1 Missouri St
2 Bradley
3 N Iowa
4 Loyola
5 Drake
6 INST
7 ILST
8 Evansville
9 Valpo
10 S Illinois

OVC
1 Belmont
2 Murray St
3 Jax St
4 Austin Peay
5 UT Martin
6 E Kentucky
7 E Illinois
8 Morehead St
9 TN State
10 SIUE
11 SE MO St
12 TN Tech

IMO any of the top 4 in the MVC could win it and any of the top 5 in the OVC could win it. Both leagues should be fairly wide open this season.

In my personal polls I picked Loyola and Belmont to win the regular season titles. Then I filled out brackets with my picks and have UNI and Murray St advancing to the NCAA tournament.

[Laker]

MSU Mankato is playing at Southern Illinois tonight. The last score that I've seen on LiveStats was MSU 18-17 at half.

[Laker]

FINAL: SIU 56 MSU Mankato 41

[bonarae]

Harvard voted first once again in the Ivy League preseason poll. Let's just hope we'll be dancing at the end.

https://ivyleague.com/news/2019/10/22/mens-basketball-harvard-named-league-favorite-in-2019-20-basketball-preseason-poll.aspx

[Laker]

Harvard voted first once again in the Ivy League preseason poll. Let's just hope we'll be dancing at the end.

https://ivyleague.com/news/2019/10/22/mens-basketball-harvard-named-league-favorite-in-2019-20-basketball-preseason-poll.aspx

Looks like Columbia has the longest non-title drought- 1968.

[mvfcfan]

The MVC has looked pretty bad in most of the exhibition games so far. We'll see how the teams do once the regular season starts, but I'm not too optimistic at this point. Most don't expect much from SIU and Valpo this season. Evansville, Illinois State, and Drake did their best to lose against non-D1 schools. Loyola actually lost to a D2 school and trailed by double digits most of the game. Missouri State (the Valley favorite) only led by 2 at halftime against a D3 school. Indiana State and Northern Iowa don't have exhibition games this year. Bradley actually showed up against their D3 opponent and curb-stomped them.

Meanwhile the OVC has done a little better. APSU and JSU struggled with their opponents which was a little discouraging. However APSU had a second exhibition game last night and won big. EIU struggled with UMSL until late in the second half and went on a 16-0 run to end the game. EKU, Morehead, SEMO, SIUE, UTM, and TTU all destroyed their exhibition opponents. TSU and Belmont don't have any exhibition games, and Murray State plays theirs tomorrow.

[clenz]

UNI had 2 scrimmages

Beat Summit preseason NDSU #1 by 35
Beat SDSU by 20 or so and didn't play 3 starters.

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[mvfcfan]

UNI had 2 scrimmages

Beat Summit preseason NDSU #1 by 35
Beat SDSU by 20 or so and didn't play 3 starters.

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That is certainly good to hear. How do you think you'll do against Old Dominion? I saw where they won the CUSA last season. Looks like it should probably be a good game.

ISUb played SEMO and won by 16 in a secret scrimmage. Then we played Murray State in a secret scrimmage and lost by 4. SEMO was picked 11th in the OVC while Murray St was picked 2nd.

[bonarae]

"Secret" scrimmages a la Ivy football? Hmm...

Harvard will open the season against MIT once again. The Engineers only have ONE senior as well as ONE junior on the roster this season, with the roster comprising of mostly sophomores and first-year players. Looks like the Engineers' D-III tournament streak will stop this year, and Harvard will roll. (Last season, Harvard had MIT on the ropes, which is quite unusual.)

[BEAR]

First NCAA men's basketball game of the season?

UCA at #16 Baylor!

BEARS vs. BEARS!

https://twitter.com/UCAMBB/status/1191718796819681285?s=20https://twitter.com/UCAMBB/status/1191718796819681285?s=20

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EInV7VsWkAAbIcT?format=jpg&name=small

[clenz]

That is certainly good to hear. How do you think you'll do against Old Dominion? I saw where they won the CUSA last season. Looks like it should probably be a good game.

ISUb played SEMO and won by 16 in a secret scrimmage. Then we played Murray State in a secret scrimmage and lost by 4. SEMO was picked 11th in the OVC while Murray St was picked 2nd.
I think UNI is going to be back to what most know as a Coach Jake UNI team. Everyone is back and starters that missed last season are back.

I hate predicting games like this

Books tend to have UNI -5 to -7. ODU's forum doesn't seem confident

Which of course means ODU by 12

[TheValleyRaider]

Defending PL Champs :D open at home against NJIT tonight

Picked #1 in the PL, currently ranked #11 in the College Insider Mid-Major Top 25

This confidence and optimism is a strange feeling. Go 'Gate.

[bonarae]

Harvard routs MIT to open the season, 84-27.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

The Aaron McKie era at Temple begins with a 70-62 win over Philly foe Drexel. We should be in the mix for a NCAA Tourney bid this year given our talented backcourt. Not sure we have enough firepower to seriously threaten Memphis in conference play. The Tigers are loaded. Wichita State is probably Memphis's biggest challenger.

Temple, Cincinnati, UConn and Wichita State should all be pretty good to legitimately good. UCF is the wildcard. The AAC will be anywhere from a 3 to 5 bid league.

[JayJ79]

"Secret" scrimmages a la Ivy football? Hmm...

probably just "closed scrimmages". not open to the public, and supposedly teams aren't "allowed" to post results/stats/details (according to an article I read, which could be wrong). Yet info often gets out eventually anyway.

[clenz]

UNI doesn't shoot all that well but takes down defending regular season and tournament CUSA champion ODU.

[Laker]

Watched a split women's/men's doubleheader at Williams Arena yesterday. Missouri State women handled the Gophers throughout and the Gopher men pounded Cleveland State. Got home before the snow started to fall.

[MayorOfHenTown]

Delaware (255 on KenPom) just beat Oakland (186 on KenPom)in the Sunshine Slam in Kissimmee, FL tonight 56-53. Good start for the Hens, but I would like to see them work on their FTs. Missed 5-7 in the last 2:30 that could've helped put the game away sooner.

The Hens have Southern Illinois tomorrow and UTSA on Sunday.

[bonarae]

Harvard tried to rally and even come from behind but couldn't overcome a huge Northeastern lead at halftime. 84-79

[PaladinFan]

Furman pummels Loyola in Greenville 87-63.

The Paladins already won against Gardner Webb on the road earlier in the week. GWU was a NCAA tournament team last year and had won 14 consecutive at home.

Good start to the season for the Paladins.

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate beat NJIT to open the season 1-0 :)

Next, a trip to Clemson on Sunday afternoon, start of a 3-game stretch against power conference foes (Clemson, Syracuse, Auburn)

[MayorOfHenTown]

Delaware takes down Southern Illinois 56-54 today. First 3-0 start for the Hens since the 99-00 season with Mike Brey at the helm.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple easily takes care of Morgan State 75-57. Things now get "real" to close out the month. A talented and dangerous La Salle (Big 5 game) team at their place then games against USC and #7 Maryland in Orlando. We'll see how our chips stack up over the next 2 weeks.

[bonarae]

Harvard routs Maine at home 67-46.

[MayorOfHenTown]

Delaware finished the Sunshine Slam with a 91-79 win and swept the tournament with 3 wins in 3 days over Oakland, Southern Illinois, and UTSA. Delaware is now 4-0 on the season. Best start in 20 years for Hens Men's Basketball. Sagarin moved the Hens up to 54 in his rankings, Massey composite has them at 155, and KenPom has the Hens at 228.

[clenz]

Delaware finished the Sunshine Slam with a 91-79 win and swept the tournament with 3 wins in 3 days over Oakland, Southern Illinois, and UTSA. Delaware is now 4-0 on the season. Best start in 20 years for Hens Men's Basketball. Sagarin moved the Hens up to 54 in his rankings, Massey composite has them at 155, and KenPom has the Hens at 228.
That's a great start

I will warn to you completely ignore anything and everything computer related until Christmas.

Fordham is currently #3 in RPI

South Dakota is 6th, EKU is 10th, Portland is 11th, UNI is 12th, Harvard is 13th, Northeastern if 14th, Valpo is 26th, ISUR is 27th, Towson is 28, Nicholls is 36

You get the point

[BEAR]

UCA plays Duke tonight on the ACC Network. Ugh

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Evansville takes down #1 Kentucky 67-64 in Rupp!! The Purple Aces are coached by former Wildcat star Walter McCarty.

[SFA 93]

National Signing Day!

SFA signs...

G: Jaylin Posey 6-2; 190 *** #49 PG Nation (Rivals)
G: DeAndre Heckard 6-2; 170 *** (Rivals)
F: Nana Antwi-Boasiako 6-9; 225 *** (Rivals)

[apaladin]

Furman routed Charleston Southern in N. Charleston last night 91-47. FU could have went scoreless in the second half and still won by one point. They were up 48-14 at half. 3-0 start at Alabama next Tuesday.

[clenz]

National Signing Day!

SFA signs...

G: Jaylin Posey 6-2; 190 *** #49 PG Nation (Rivals)
G: DeAndre Heckard 6-2; 170 *** (Rivals)
F: Nana Antwi-Boasiako 6-9; 225 *** (Rivals)I have some pretty serious questions regarding stars in general (remember, I worked for Rivals for a while), and I take nothing away from these kids...but...these star rankings are garbage

Posey is a classic case of large schools offering 30+ kids with non-committable offers. All 3 of his big offers came within 3 days of each other over a year ago. The offers he picked up since then? Tulsa, UL-L, North Texas, UTA, Troy, ORU, Colorado State. I went and looked at TCU - one of the offers that boosted his ranking. They hTCU has offered 17 players at that poisition in this HS SR class. In this years JR class they have 19 offers open right now at the same position and 12 in the HS sophomore class. TCU has offered at least 17 players at that position in this HS SR class. In this years JR class they have 19 offers open right now at the same position and 12 in the HS sophomore class. His offer from them is like 15 months old. He doesn't have an offer from them. He probably never had an actually committable offer at all.

Heckard is a 3 star somehow and he never even got non-committable offers. His offers were Bethune-Cookman, Coppin State, Drake, Southern and then D2 schools of Lewis, Maryville and Emporia State

Nana Antwi-Boasiako is somehow a 3 star and SFA was literally his only offer.


Maybe they are all diamonds that the big schools completely whiffed on. However, every single year I see SFA signs 4 or 5 kids that are 3* or higher in basketball and...it's just...it's exposing just how dumb star systems are

[bonarae]

Harvard sustained a Siena rally and held on for the win 59-56. Off to Toronto to face the Bulls of SUNY Buffalo.

[bonarae]

Harvard lost to Buffalo in Toronto 88-76.

[MayorOfHenTown]

Delaware moves to 5-0 on the year after a win at Lafayette tonight. Final score 81-73! Delaware has will try for 6-0 on Tuesday when they travel to St. Francis (PA).

[MTfan4life]

Well, so long for Montana's run at being a solid mid-major program. They just lost to NAIA Montana Tech. Maybe the football and basketball teams can't both be good in the same season. The year Montana beat Nevada in the NCAA tournament, the football team flamed out in the first round of the playoffs after a sub-par year.

"Hey Griz fan, it's just an exhibition loss." you say? Half false. It was a real regular season game for Montana. Unfortunately for Tech's resume, it was an exhibition game for them, haha. They're still 3-3 on the season.

[clenz]

3-3? I seen 1-3 with them managing to beat the other sub D1 on the schedule

[TheRevSFA]

SFA is 4-0, with wins over Niagara, Drexel, and NCCU.

They play Rutger's Wednesday night and Duke next Tuesday.

[clenz]

UNI goes for 5-0 and 6-0 tonight and tomorrow night

Hosting UT Martin tonight *should be relative ease
Hosting Cornell tomorrow night *should be a massive blow out


I mean UNI is hosting the original Cornell. The real Cornell.

[TheValleyRaider]

Next, a trip to Clemson on Sunday afternoon, start of a 3-game stretch against power conference foes (Clemson, Syracuse, Auburn)

That went about as expected, 3 losses

Looking to get back on track against SUNY-Cortland (D-III), then out to Green Bay, Wisconsin to face CSU-Northridge and the host Green Bay before Thanksgiving

[MayorOfHenTown]

Delaware takes down St. Francis (PA) 79-64 to improve to 6-0 on the season! Next is three home games against Stony Brook, Maryland Eastern Shore, and Columbia. Something exciting is brewing in Newark!

[caribbeanhen]

Delaware takes down St. Francis (PA) 79-64 to improve to 6-0 on the season! Next is three home games against Stony Brook, Maryland Eastern Shore, and Columbia. Something exciting is brewing in Newark!

I watched and was very impressed... that is a good basketball team

[cx500d]

UNI goes for 5-0 and 6-0 tonight and tomorrow night

Hosting UT Martin tonight *should be relative ease
Hosting Cornell tomorrow night *should be a massive blow out


I mean UNI is hosting the original Cornell. The real Cornell.
the Cornell school of phrenology?

[Laker]

I was in Brookings last night to watch the Jacks top North Alabama 78-73. SDSU had a huge edge in rebounding and free throws.

[clenz]

UNI cruises past UT Martin last night
Takes on the real Cornell tonight

Cancun next week.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

UNI cruises past UT Martin last night
Takes on the real Cornell tonight

Cancun next week.

I never knew there was another Cornell before this post. I knew the Big Red are playing Syracuse tonight (considering going) so the Ivy Cornell definitely weren't playing UNI. Then I googled "Cornell College" and saw there was a school of said name in Iowa.

[clenz]

I never knew there was another Cornell before this post. I knew the Big Red are playing Syracuse tonight (considering going) so the Ivy Cornell definitely weren't playing UNI. Then I googled "Cornell College" and saw there was a school of said name in Iowa.
And...it opened before Cornell New York.

It's the real Cornell.

[TheRevSFA]

And...it opened before Cornell New York.

It's the real Cornell.

Named after the same family.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Cornell College alum Chris Carney was a former PA state rep here in the Scranton area. His wiki bio states that he currently teaches a political science class at the local Penn State satellite campus.

[clenz]

UNI got up 37 in the second half

Lost a ton of focus (as you'd expect) and played three true Freshman, a walk on senior and a senior that won't play much (and had 2 minutes in the season) much of the second half

Cornell throws in a bunch of garbage 3s late

UNI still wins big


You can see the point of "giving up" in the game flow. The final 10 min of the game saw Cornell score 1/3 their points and UNI score just 7



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[JayJ79]

Do D1 teams typically play two games against D3 opponents?

[clenz]

Do D1 teams typically play two games against D3 opponents?
It happens quite a bit - especially at the MM and LM levels when trying to get home games

Especially in a year where you skip exhibition games for closed scrimmages.

[JayJ79]

It happens quite a bit - especially at the MM and LM levels when trying to get home games

Especially in a year where you skip exhibition games for closed scrimmages.
and then some years a team will play 2 exhibition games against D2/D3 AND 2 "regular" games against D3.
But basketball plays alot more games than football in a season, so I suppose it doesn't matter quite as much

[clenz]

and then some years a team will play 2 exhibition games against D2/D3 AND 2 "regular" games against D3.
But basketball plays alot more games than football in a season, so I suppose it doesn't matter quite as much
Basketball is strange in that computer metrics don't count D2 and lower games

RPI doesn't count them. They don't exist. They don't exist on team sheets come selection Sunday, though I suppose a loss would show up and hurt...though my guess is if you lose to a non-D1 you aren't making the tournament outside of winning a bad/LM conference tournament, at which point you're a 15 or 16 anyway.

So you can buy a SWAC/MEAC/NEC/Big West/SLC/SoCon/etc. team to come in. It is a D1 game so it is "better". However, in all likelihood they going to be a 250-300 or worse RPI team. So in the metrics beating them by 30 actually HURTS your standing in the RPI and other metrics.

Call it a bit of a flaw in the computers but it's better to play a top 150 and lose (closely...or even not closely in the case of a top 50-75) than to play and beat a bottom 100 team by 30.

There are some sites that let you take the current schedule and set the future results (win/loss) and see how it would impact your predicted RPI/SOS, even lets you replace the opponents with another team. I spent a lot of time with it a couple years ago and it's pretty crazy how quickly rankings can shift by simply removing the bottom one or two RPI opponents and leaving it that way (essentially a non D1 game).

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple is in LA tonight to take on 5-0 USC. This would be a real nice win for first year head coach Aaron McKie.

[Reign of Terrier]

Basketball update: Wofford isn't good this year. We may get better by February xlolx

[bonarae]

Harvard uses a strong second half to overwhelm Holy Cross 82-74.

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple takes down USC 70-61! This is a real good win and the type of game we often lost under Dunphy. Up next is a showdown with #6 Maryland! Win that and we'll definitely be ranked. Might even jump into the Top 20...

[JayJ79]

evidently an effective strategy is to jump on top of someone, land hard on top of them and you can get a foul called on the guy that you landed on, perhaps even a flagrant foul.

[Laker]

evidently an effective strategy is to jump on top of someone, land hard on top of them and you can get a foul called on the guy that you landed on, perhaps even a flagrant foul.

You must be talking about how UNI just lost to West Virginia. Brutal.

[BEAR]

SFA just beat #1 Duke 85-83 in OT. xthumbsupx

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

SFA just beat #1 Duke 85-83 in OT. xthumbsupx

The fact they did won at Cameron is historical!! I remember Duke's last OOC home loss against St. John's. It was 2000 and I was in high school.....

[Professor Chaos]

Congrats SFA! What a monumental win... I love seeing Duke lose to anybody but at home to a mid-major is even better. That's just an incredible program they've built at SFA.

The betting line on this game fluctuated from Duke -27.5 to -29 before tip off. I saw that the money line bet on SFA was as high as +9000 ($100 bet on SFA to win netted you $9000). Waiting for some good stories today from the sports books... either about people winning a load of money with a relatively small bet or people losing a load of money on a big bet (that would've won them very little relative to their bet had Duke won).

[Laker]

The fact they did won at Cameron is historical!! I remember Duke's last OOC home loss against St. John's. It was 2000 and I was in high school.....

"Stephen F. Austin's win tonight at Duke was the first time that the Blue Devils lost a non-conference home game since St. John's won at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 26th, 2000."

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

"Stephen F. Austin's win tonight at Duke was the first time that the Blue Devils lost a non-conference home game since St. John's won at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 26th, 2000."

I'd be interested to know what the odds were of Stephen F. Austin reaching the Final 4 this season vs winning at Cameron last night. Reaching the Final 4 might have been more likely.....

[McNeese75]

Congrats to the Jacks!!!! Epic win xthumbsupx

[MayorOfHenTown]

Delaware's G Nate Darling now leads all of Div. 1 with 26.4 PPG! The Hens have a game at home against Stony Brook at 7 tonight.

[dewey]

Congratulations SFA! Huge win.

Dewey

[SFA 93]

It was like a dream. Did that just go in? Did we just win? This isn’t suppose to happen.

Hope I can get some sleep tonight

Axe’Em

[TheRevSFA]

I still want to go flip some cars

[clenz]

UNI rebounds from last night and takes down South Carolina to move to 7-1

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[JayJ79]

I still want to go flip some cars
I've never understood this reaction that people have.
something great happens and people feel the need to go do terrible things.
makes zero sense.

[TheRevSFA]

I've never understood this reaction that people have.
something great happens and people feel the need to go do terrible things.
makes zero sense.

I also wasn’t serious. I did buy an entire bar a round of shots though.

[JacksFan40]

The other mid major Jacks get a W as well beating Samford 86-77.

[MayorOfHenTown]

Delaware beat Stony Brook last night 75-61 in Newark to improve to 7-0 on the year. It is now the second-best start in the program's history. The best start was 8-0 in the 98-99 season with Mike Brey at the helm. That team lost game 9 to Charleston. This year's team hosts UMES on Friday night to tie the best start in program history and hosts Columbia on Monday to have the best start in program history. There is a very good possibility this Delaware team could be looking at 10-0 before they play Villanova in Newark, NJ on December 14.

[bonarae]

Harvard beats aTm 62-51 in Orlando.


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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple lost an extremely hard fought battle to #5 Maryland in Orlando. We led for much of the game before falling 76-69. We now play Texas A&M after Harvard took care of them this afternoon.

[caribbeanhen]

Delaware beat Stony Brook last night 75-61 in Newark to improve to 7-0 on the year. It is now the second-best start in the program's history. The best start was 8-0 in the 98-99 season with Mike Brey at the helm. That team lost game 9 to Charleston. This year's team hosts UMES on Friday night to tie the best start in program history and hosts Columbia on Monday to have the best start in program history. There is a very good possibility this Delaware team could be looking at 10-0 before they play Villanova in Newark, NJ on December 14.

I was surprised to see a talented Blue Hen basketball team this year, maybe we are becoming a basketball school......

[Laker]

The other mid major Jacks get a W as well beating Samford 86-77.

I was going to go to that last night but 212 was too icy. 138 miles one way. Too far to chance it.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I was going to go to that last night but 212 was too icy. 138 miles one way. Too far to chance it.

'Tis the season for weather screwing up travel plans. I was a lot more adventurous when it came to winter driving in my younger days. I would drive to and from Syracuse games (120 miles one way) in gnarly weather. Likewise back and forth from Temple (140 miles one way) through the Pocono Mountains in the winter. To be fair this was before weather apps and what not so you just kind of winged it. Even so, now if there's a threat of more than an inch or two i'll stay home. I've eaten tickets a few times in recent years.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple bounces back by hammering Texas A&M 65-43. We have the next week off then host Missouri on the December 7th. I'm really impressed with our start to the season under new Head Coach Aaron McKie. He's brought some needed energy to a team stocked with a handful of 3 and 4 star recruits. The Owls enter December 5-1 and very much a NCAA Tournament team.

[Ivytalk]

Harvard loses to #5 Maryland, 80-73. The Crimson led at the half but faded late.

[MayorOfHenTown]

Delaware beat UMES tonight to tie the best start in program history at 8-0. The other 8-0 start was done back in the 98-99 season when Mike Brey was at the helm. Current Hens HC Martin Ingelsby came from Notre Dame where he was an assistant for Mike Brey (MI is now Mike Brey Jr.). The Hens host Columbia on Monday as they go for 9-0 and the best start in program history (Then MI becomes Mike Brey Sr. xlolx)!!

[bonarae]

Harvard falls to earth with a loss to the Trojan Horses, 77-62. Just one last game before Finals break, vs. UMass Amherst at home on Saturday.

[caribbeanhen]

Delaware receives vote in AP top 25 pool, the transition to basketball has subtly begun... haha

https://apnews.com/APTop25CollegeBasketballPoll (https://apnews.com/APTop25CollegeBasketballPoll)

Others receiving votes:
Florida 111, Xavier 91, San Diego State 89, Saint Mary's 86, Oklahoma State 85, Texas Tech 43, West Virginia 28, Purdue 24, DePaul 18, Arkansas 17, Indiana 13, Penn State 9, Stephen F. Austin 7, Oklahoma 6, Liberty 5, Notre Dame 2, Richmond 2, Virginia Commonwealth 2, SMU 1, Delaware 1

[MayorOfHenTown]

Delaware receives vote in AP top 25 pool, the transition to basketball has subtly begun... haha

https://apnews.com/APTop25CollegeBasketballPoll (https://apnews.com/APTop25CollegeBasketballPoll)

Others receiving votes:
Florida 111, Xavier 91, San Diego State 89, Saint Mary's 86, Oklahoma State 85, Texas Tech 43, West Virginia 28, Purdue 24, DePaul 18, Arkansas 17, Indiana 13, Penn State 9, Stephen F. Austin 7, Oklahoma 6, Liberty 5, Notre Dame 2, Richmond 2, Virginia Commonwealth 2, SMU 1, Delaware 1

First time since 1999, and 3rd time in program history that the Hens have received a vote in the AP Top 25.

[MayorOfHenTown]

Delaware beat Columbia tonight 84-76 to improve to 9-0, the best start in program history! This team plays some really good ball. Excited for the rest of the season. The Hens are at Georgetown on Dec. 7, then face Nova on Dec. 14 in Newark, NJ. That will be the real test to see how good this Delaware team is. But for now, Hens everywhere are celebrating a 9-0 start!

[TheValleyRaider]

4 straight for the Raiders, knocking off SUNY Cortland, Cal State Northridge, Green Bay, and Siena for a 5-3 record through the end of the first month

Two Upstate NY road games this week, at Niagara then at Binghamton

[Ivytalk]

Harvard pastes UMass 89-55. The Crimson really emptied their bench in the second half. Ten reserve guys played, and 7 of them scored.

[dewey]

NDSU leads East Tennessee State 59-47 with 705 to go 2nd half.

This would be a big win for the Bison.

Dewey

[dewey]

NDSU leads 64 48 with 620 to go 2nd half.

Dewey

[dewey]

Big win for NDSU over a very good ETSU team.

FINAL
NDSU 78
ETSU 68

Go Bison!

[CHIP72]

I attended my first college basketball game of the season today (Saturday 12/7), a somewhat late first game by my standards. La Salle beat host Drexel 71-63 in a Philadelphia City Six matchup. The Explorers never trailed in the game, but the Dragons to their credit never quit after a sloppy first half that left them trailing by 15 points (38-23) at halftime. Drexel pulled within 6 points with about 2 minutes left in regulation, but La Salle was able to hold their city rivals at bay to grab the victory.

My next college basketball game will almost definitely be Penn/Howard on Monday 12/30, followed closely by Lehigh/Navy on Thursday 1/2.

Incidentally, the La Salle/Drexel game was the first half of a college/pro basketball doubleheader for me; in the nightcap the 76ers annihilated the Cavaliers 141-94 in NBA action. The hosts from Philadelphia set an all-time franchise record by enjoying a 41 point halftime lead (77-36), and reached the 100 point mark with 3+ minutes left in the 3rd quarter (which was about the time the starters were pulled from the rest of the game). Ben Simmons had one of the best games of his career, scoring 34 points in less than 3 quarters, and hit the second 3-pointer of his NBA career. (I’ve seen the bad Ben Simmons multiple times in person, so it was good to see the good Ben Simmons in this game.) Eight different 76ers players hit at least one 3 point shot in the game. (FWIW, this was the third NBA game I’ve attended in an 8 day period; I previously attended the Jazz/Grizzlies game in Memphis on Friday 11/29 and the 76ers/Wizards game in Washington on Thursday 12/5.)


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[TheValleyRaider]

Split the trips, beating Binghamton and losing in OT to Niagara. Not a great loss, that one.

6-4 overall, three games to go before PL play begins after the holidays. Cornell at home in midweek, at Cincinnati on Saturday, then Columbia in Hamilton the following weekend.

[clenz]

UNI takes down #23 Colorado in Boulder to move to 9-1



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[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate knocks off Cincinnati!

https://twitter.com/FOX19Jeremy/status/1206033606377902080

[bulldog10jw]

Harvard pastes UMass 89-55. The Crimson really emptied their bench in the second half. Ten reserve guys played, and 7 of them scored.

Uh-Oh. Yale had to go to OT to beat UMass

[bonarae]

Wofford hasn't changed much even with a new coach? The Terriers shackled the Tarholes for their second top 25 win ever.

[Reign of Terrier]

Yeah, Wofford's better than I thought we would be. We have a surprising, albeit a little short, young post player and we can still shoot the lights out of a place. Admittedly, the Tar Heels were without two of their star players, but Wofford's a team that's already getting better and exceeding expectations, even without a couple all time greats that graduated last season.

[clenz]

UNI sits at 10-1, receiving top 25 votes, and should (Barring something stupid happening) finish OOC play at 11-1

First NET (replaced the RPI) came out this AM. UNI sits 28

FCS teams in the top 100


Butler
4


Dayton
10


Duquesne
20


Richmond
22


Villanova
24


UNI
28


Georgetown
38


Yale
60


URI
72


SFA
74


South Dakota
83


Indiana State
85


Sac State
93

[BEAR]

UCA fires head coach Russ Pennell.

He went 50-119 in five seasons. About time. This was unacceptable for any program.

[Reign of Terrier]

UNI sits at 10-1, receiving top 25 votes, and should (Barring something stupid happening) finish OOC play at 11-1

First NET (replaced the RPI) came out this AM. UNI sits 28

FCS teams in the top 100


Butler
4


Dayton
10


Duquesne
20


Richmond
22


Villanova
24


UNI
28


Georgetown
38


Yale
60


URI
72


SFA
74


South Dakota
83


Indiana State
85


Sac State
93




I read somewhere today that there were mistakes in the initial NET ratings. More updates coming I guess. I think Furman was ranked 80th

[bonarae]

Harvard beat George Washington 88-75 in D.C. for their first game since the Finals break.

[clenz]

UNI beats Marshall. Finished ooc 11-1. Should be right in the edge of top 25 come this week's poll releases

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[bonarae]

Harvard ends their D.C. swing with a 60-55 beating of Howard U.

[bulldog10jw]

Yale beats Clemson on the road 54-45

[BEAR]

UCAs Jordan Howard and Marquette’s Markus Howard just became the all time leading scorers by a brother duo in NCAA history! They passed the Curry brothers to name a few.

[TheValleyRaider]

Raiders still rolling, picking up wins over Cornell and Columbia around the big win at Cincinnati

9-4 to close 2019. Off for the holidays, then back on the floor to open PL play at home against American

[bonarae]

Looks like injuries short-circuited the career of another former starred recruit. xsmhx

https://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/releases/20191223_Towns

[bonarae]

Harvard beats UC Berkeley handily 71-63 on the road.


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[CHIP72]

In a game I attended tonight (Monday 12/30), Penn easily beat Howard 81-62. The Quakers used good passing and outside shooting to keep the Bison at bay. Howard never got closer than 9 points in the 2nd half after Penn built a 16 point (39-23) halftime advantage.


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[bulldog10jw]

Yale loses at North Carolina 70-67 missing a 3 to tie at the buzzer.

[bonarae]

Harvard edges the San Francisco Dons in OT 84-81.


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[CHIP72]

In a game I attended tonight (Thursday 1/2) in Annapolis, Navy edged by Lehigh 64-58. The Mountain Hawks played hard, but this is probably the least talented Lehigh team in Brett Reed's decade plus tenure. LU really struggles to get good shots offensively.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

In a game I attended tonight (Thursday 1/2) in Annapolis, Navy edged by Lehigh 64-58. The Mountain Hawks played hard, but this is probably the least talented Lehigh team in Brett Reed's decade plus tenure. LU really struggles to get good shots offensively.

There are some BAD Patriot League teams this season. This is definitely the worst Lehigh team I recall since the Sal days of the late 90's. Holy Cross might be one of the 15-20 worst teams in the country. I can't believe how Carmody drove that program into the ground before he quit.

Bucknell seems middling at best and outside Colgate's win over Cincinnati the Raiders have underachieved.

[bonarae]

There are some BAD Patriot League teams this season.

Meanwhile, the Ivies are still that good, with Yale leading the pack. Harvard is not quite far behind. Based on the NET rankings xpeacex

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple got run out of Tulsa last night by the Golden Hurricanes. There were very few positives to draw from in the 70-44 beatdown. The Owls have stumbled the last 2-3 weeks after a strong start to the season. At 9-4 and 1-1 in the AAC we need to rack up some wins to put ourselves in a good spot come March....

A win against 11-3 Houston Tuesday night in Philly would be the perfect bounce back....

[bonarae]

Harvard closes out OOC with a close win over UC Irvine 77-73.

[Laker]

19 years at MSU-Mankato. Every one of them with assistant coach Mike Schott, who played at SDSU.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENfMeCxXkAATCc4?format=jpg&name=900x900

[TheValleyRaider]

Raiders beat American 65-51 on Wednesday, 13 straight wins on Cotterell Court, to start 1-0 in the PL

Next game is Monday night at Army, on the TV with CBS Sports Network

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Raiders beat American 65-51 on Wednesday, 13 straight wins on Cotterell Court, to start 1-0 in the PL

Next game is Monday night at Army, on the TV with CBS Sports Network

The PL would seem to be Colgate's to lose. The Raiders have been playing well lately after starting the season kind of slow.

[PaladinFan]

Furman knocked off ETSU over the weekend in one of the early key SoCon matchups. The Paladins are now 13-3.

[TheValleyRaider]

The PL would seem to be Colgate's to lose. The Raiders have been playing well lately after starting the season kind of slow.

I haven't really seen the rest of the League much at all, but the little I have seen isn't good. Still weird to be confident in Colgate basketball though

[NHwildEcat]

UNH vs Maine for the 183rd time tonight - 7 PM on ESPN+

Maine leads 108-74

Critical early season match up for the Wildcats. Cannot start of 0-2 in AE play.

[TheValleyRaider]

Raiders thump Loyola after hanging on against Army on Monday.

6 straight wins, 13 straight at home. 3-0 in the League, 12-4 overall, with two road games coming, Navy on Saturday, Lafayette next Wednesday

[NHwildEcat]

UNH vs Maine for the 183rd time tonight - 7 PM on ESPN+

Maine leads 108-74

Critical early season match up for the Wildcats. Cannot start of 0-2 in AE play.

UNH won, 57-51! Move to 8-7 overall, 1-1 in America East. At Stony Brook on Saturday!

[Laker]

This is great!

The streak is over! Clemson gets its 1st-ever win at North Carolina. The Tigers had been 0-59 all-time in Chapel Hill, the longest road losing streak by one team vs another in Division I history (series began in 1926).

[BEAR]

SFA is coming to Conway to show the Bears how to play ball. xbawlingx

UCA basketball has been through so much in the past years. Multiple coaches. Student issues. Probations. Lack of wins. This has not been typical UCA basketball.

Now we have an interm coach. Commits decommitting.

Time for a serious overhaul.


I used to go to games when we were NAIA and we would have 2500+ at those games. We made the national championship game twice while I was in school.


Take it easy on us Lumberjacks. xbangx

[clenz]

UNI 14-2
top 20 RPI
in the 30s in the NET and other metrics
Receiving votes in the AP and coaches

Fell victim to Illinois State in game 1 of MVC play playing about 50% better than they have at any point this season. Need to avoid crap like that the rest of the season.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple has started the new year off in ugly fashion. They've lost their last three games (@ Tulsa, Houston, Tulane) two of which (Tulsa and Tulane) were blowouts. The Owls now host #16 Wichita State tomorrow night. It's a must win if Temple wants to salvage our season...

[Laker]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EKP-9eMWoAEOM-7?format=jpg&name=large

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

The Aztecs are the only remaining Division I undefeated team in men's basketball this season. Auburn fell to the Tide tonight in double digits.

Temple shocked Wichita State at home 65-53.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Great win for Temple last night against the 16th ranked Shockers! I've been crazy busy the last week but found enough time to catch most of the game. I'm not totally "Shocked" Temple won given our play the first 6 weeks of the season and the fact Wichita State seemed kind of due for a loss. What surprised me is the fact we out toughed them for the "W". The Owls have been Charmin soft to start conference play. Temple needs to build of this win by going down to the Metroplex and taking care of SMU. If we beat the Mustangs I'm likely headed to Philly next week for our annual rock fight with Cincinnati.

Lehigh lost to Navy 88-83. I also saw Bucknell and Colgate lost in PL play. The Leopards might end up sneaking in stealing the show. The PL winner seems destined for a 16 seed and maybe even a First 4 date.

People need to start paying attention to FCS'er Dayton. The Flyers are REALLY good this year. Toppin reminds me of Blake Griffin at Oklahoma. Dude just runs the show down low....

[clenz]

Great win for Temple last night against the 16th ranked Shockers! I've been crazy busy the last week but found enough time to catch most of the game. I'm not totally "Shocked" Temple won given our play the first 6 weeks of the season and the fact Wichita State seemed kind of due for a loss. What surprised me is the fact we out toughed them for the "W". The Owls have been Charmin soft to start conference play. Temple needs to build of this win by going down to the Metroplex and taking care of SMU. If we beat the Mustangs I'm likely headed to Philly next week for our annual rock fight with Cincinnati.

Lehigh lost to Navy 88-83. I also saw Bucknell and Colgate lost in PL play. The Leopards might end up sneaking in stealing the show. The PL winner seems destined for a 16 seed and maybe even a First 4 date.

People need to start paying attention to FCS'er Dayton. The Flyers are REALLY good this year. Toppin reminds me of Blake Griffin at Oklahoma. Dude just runs the show down low....The FCS has some pretty damn good teams this year - top 100 NET/RPI teams


School NET
Dayton 6
Butler 7
Nova 21
UNI 39
Duquense 53
ETSU 57
Yale 58
Richmond 59
Rhode Island 63
Furman 76
SFA 92

I think the cut off for at-large quality would be UNI though.

[citdog]

What is roundball and what do you do with it?

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

The FCS has some pretty damn good teams this year - top 100 NET/RPI teams


School NET
Dayton 6
Butler 7
Nova 21
UNI 39
Duquense 53
ETSU 57
Yale 58
Richmond 59
Rhode Island 63
Furman 76
SFA 92

I think the cut off for at-large quality would be UNI though.

I agree! UNI has a big game on Saturday against Bradly (ESPN2). A win over the Braves combined with a few upsets this weekend and UNI might be ranked come Monday. The Panthers need to avoid the winter swoon that has plagued them at times over the years.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

#13 Dayton trails St. Louis 33-25 at the half on ESPN2. The Billikens are 14-3 and they're at home....

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Dayton an St. Louis heading to OT after the Billikens hit a buzzer beater to force the extra session! Great game to start what should be an awesome weekend of college hoops!!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

A nice little weekend snowstorm has allowed me to indulge in some wonderful college hoops today...
- Dayton ended up winning last night on a 3 with about a second left in OT! Great game!
- 'Nova snuck by soon to be Big East member again UConn 71-65 in Philly.
- UNI 15-2 and Bradley 13-5 tips off at 6 PM ET on ESPN2...
- Duke-Louisville at the same time from Cameron
- Temple-SMU 8 PM ET on ESPNU
- Lehigh at Bucknell tonight in very snowy Lewisburg, PA

[bonarae]

Harvard wins against Dartmouth at Lavietes 67-62.

[clenz]

I agree! UNI has a big game on Saturday against Bradly (ESPN2). A win over the Braves combined with a few upsets this weekend and UNI might be ranked come Monday. The Panthers need to avoid the winter swoon that has plagued them at times over the years.UNI goes into Peoria and beats Bradley 86-71.

Season sweep and a MASSIVE win for positioning. Gives UNI a 2 game lead even if it's only officially 1 in the standings.

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[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

UNI goes into Peoria and beats Bradley 86-71.

Season sweep and a MASSIVE win for positioning. Gives UNI a 2 game lead even if it's only officially 1 in the standings.

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Really impressive win! I watched a good amount of the game. When Bradley tried to speed the Panthers up they simply attacked. Given the chaos in the top 25 today the Panthers should right on the cusp of breaking in.

I still miss Bradley's old aircraft hanger gym their women's team played in.....

[Laker]

Couldn't even get out of the driveway the past two days- waiting for the snow plow to open the main road today. Watched the Mavs win their 10th game by sweeping St Cloud for the season. Didn't look like there were many people there.

[mvfcfan]

I think I must be UNI's jinx. I was at the championship last year when they blew their lead to Bradley. Then this year I drove over to Normal when they played at Illinois State and they blew another huge lead. Bradley had a game that night against Drake so I made the day a doubleheader for MVC basketball.

[TheValleyRaider]

Tough loss on Wednesday to Lafayette sandwiched between wins over Navy and BU on this and last Saturday

14-5 overall, 5-1 in conference to lead the way, but a big showdown on Monday night as 2nd place Bucknell comes to Hamilton

[JacksFan40]

USD beat SDSU 99-84 yesterday in Vermillion.
USD is kicking our ass this year in sports.

[clenz]

Really impressive win! I watched a good amount of the game. When Bradley tried to speed the Panthers up they simply attacked. Given the chaos in the top 25 today the Panthers should right on the cusp of breaking in.

I still miss Bradley's old aircraft hanger gym their women's team played in.....
Votes have been slow to come to UNI this year. That loss to Illinois State really really really hurt UNI in the eyes of voters, and the fact Illinois State is now 1-5 in Valley play isn't helping voters get past it - even though UNI is 16-2 and 5-1

Currently at 29th though. 42 points from being officially ranked.

Another big week for UNI.

SIU on Wednesday in Carbondale. A team down on talent but Brian Mullins (who was the key lead assistant for Loyola during their run) has come home to Carbondale and in his first year has them going the right way. Down on talent and injuries have them down on bodies even. However, he has them playing INSANELY hard. He's going to get that turned around real quick.

Get passed that one and next sunday on ESPNU we will have another first place show down as UNI would be 17-2 6-1 going into a home match up vs Loyola who would be 14-6 6-1.

[dewey]

NDSU swept GFCC (UND) yesterday in men's and women's basketball in a Sunday afternoon double header.

Dewey

[POD Knows]

NDSU swept GFCC (UND) yesterday in men's and women's basketball in a Sunday afternoon double header.

DeweyI was shocked our WBB team beat UND, needed Miami to beat UND in hockey on Saturday, it would have almost been a perfect sports weekend if that had happened. xlolx

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Votes have been slow to come to UNI this year. That loss to Illinois State really really really hurt UNI in the eyes of voters, and the fact Illinois State is now 1-5 in Valley play isn't helping voters get past it - even though UNI is 16-2 and 5-1

Currently at 29th though. 42 points from being officially ranked.

Another big week for UNI.

SIU on Wednesday in Carbondale. A team down on talent but Brian Mullins (who was the key lead assistant for Loyola during their run) has come home to Carbondale and in his first year has them going the right way. Down on talent and injuries have them down on bodies even. However, he has them playing INSANELY hard. He's going to get that turned around real quick.

Get passed that one and next sunday on ESPNU we will have another first place show down as UNI would be 17-2 6-1 going into a home match up vs Loyola who would be 14-6 6-1.

29th is pretty good all things considered. They're definitely knocking on the door. I have to think a 2-0 week that includes another nationally televised win will get UNI in the Top 25 next Monday.

Also of note in rankings is Rutgers!! This the Scarlet Knights first appearance in the AP Top 25 in 41 years. Their struggles in men's basketball the last four decades has been one of the biggest "WTF's??" in all of sports imo.

FCS'ers
#7 Dayton
#9 Villanova
#13 Butler

The AAC has 2 reps in the AP Poll and 3 in the Coaches Poll.
AP; #20 Memphis & #25 Houston
Coaches; #20 Memphis, #22T Wichita State (Illinois), #24 Houston

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Tough loss on Wednesday to Lafayette sandwiched between wins over Navy and BU on this and last Saturday

14-5 overall, 5-1 in conference to lead the way, but a big showdown on Monday night as 2nd place Bucknell comes to Hamilton

This game is on CBS Sportsnetwork tonight!

[TheValleyRaider]

Colgate dumps Bucknell 80-65 in Hamilton. Big win to remain in control of the League :)

6-1 in PL play, 15-5 overall. Next up, a trip to American this weekend, then a revenge game against Lafayette at home next week

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Ugly ending to the Kansas-Kansas State game!


https://youtu.be/nGt3Gd15wl8

[Bisonoline]

Ugly ending to the Kansas-Kansas State game!


https://youtu.be/nGt3Gd15wl8

Not surprising Kansas took the low road. One of the few college towns will not go back to.

[Laker]

Ugly ending to the Kansas-Kansas State game!

Twitter has been interesting. KU fans blaming KSU. KSU fans and KU haters blaming KU. There should be some big suspensions for this one.

Illinois players stomps Purdue player. And it wasn't even Christian Laettner doing it this time.

https://twitter.com/espn/status/1219782609410105345

[Laker]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EO2i_CdWAAULTvm?format=jpg&name=small

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

What an ugly night for college hoops! With football nearing its end this is the time of year ESPN, Fox and CBS really start to ramp of their coverage. What happened tonight in West Lafayette and Lawrence is quite simply sad. The Illinois player literally pulled a Laettner with perhaps a little extra "hot sauce".

The Kansas vs K-State brawl is eerily similar to the Malice in the Palace given the fact the players entered into the crowd and people clearly got physically knocked around. Obviously it wasn't quite to that level but that's about as bad as I've seen in a college bball game. The Cincinnati-Xavier brawl several years ago was also really bad.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EO2i_CdWAAULTvm?format=jpg&name=small

That is a shocking image! A college basketball player with a stool about to be used as a weapon with a clearly frightened woman on the ground after being knocked down.....

[Bisonoline]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EO2i_CdWAAULTvm?format=jpg&name=small

If they are going to act like animals you need to treat them as such. No excuse for this.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I like Bruce Weber but his comments following the brawl are perplexing. To me he comes across as thinking what happened really wasn't that big of a deal. Rather frustrated young me acting out without regard for what might happen. He actually said he hopes there's not "ramifications". WHAT?!?!

[clenz]

Turns out you can't **** every co-ed on campus, have multiple reports turned into the AD, get pulled into the AD's office to talk about not doing it anymore, continue to do it, get a co-ed pregnant and then try to pay her off to shut her mouth and then keep your job when the following investigation also reveals even more sexual harassment complaints.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Turns out you can't **** every co-ed on campus, have multiple reports turned into the AD, get pulled into the AD's office to talk about not doing it anymore, continue to do it, get a co-ed pregnant and then try to pay her off to shut her mouth and then keep your job when the following investigation also reveals even more sexual harassment complaints.

Who are you referring to? The banging of co-eds is legal. But the entire series of transgression doesn't appear to be good. Jay Wright was linked to a similar story at Villanova years ago.

[clenz]

Who are you referring to? The banging of co-eds is legal. But the entire series of transgression doesn't appear to be good. Jay Wright was linked to a similar story at Villanova years ago.
Walter McCarty - and no you can't bang students while you're the HC.

Title IX doesn't allow it.
Power dynamic.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Walter McCarty - and no you can't bang students while your the HC.

Title IX doesn't allow it.
Power dynamic.

Ouch! What a skeezer! It literally fell apart for him following Evansville's win over Kentucky to start the season.

I honestly had no idea a coach couldn't have consensual sex with a student. Maybe they were at different schools school?...lol...men make such poor decisions when it comes to women.

[Laker]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EO68rAhXUAA27yL?format=jpg&name=large

[Laker]

If this doesn't confuse you, nothing will. About ASUN expansion.

https://asunsports.org/general/2019-20/releases/20200122lh6utq

[Laker]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EO7uplTXUAERqVT?format=jpg&name=small

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple lost at home to Cincinnati 89-82. This was the Bearcats 6th straight win against Temple. At 10-8 (2-5) the Owls are playing to finish above .500 at this point. McKie's first year continues to be overall rather disappointing.

Lehigh lost to dreadful Holy Cross 96-95 in OT. The Mountain Hawks are now an ugly 5-14 (2-5) on the season. HC "improves" to 3-17 (2-5).

Syracuse continued to emerge from their annual December coma by capturing their 4th straight ACC win. The Orange are now 12-7 (5-3) after taking down Notre Dame in South Bend and seem to be heading towards their traditional place on the bubble. I'm suppose to go to their game against Pitt on Saturday but the weather is looking awful so the odds of me make the 120 mile trek are nearing "no chance". The Duke game on 2/1 seems like a nice alternative.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EO68rAhXUAA27yL?format=jpg&name=large

I can't believe the KSU player in street clothes who completely lost his marbles received only 8 games. I thought his actions in the whole thing were atrocious.

It seems like people are starting to speak more freely about Bill Self and the type of program he's run as head coach of KU. I get the sense the wolves are closing in like they did on Pitino at Louisville.

[Laker]

Gophers hit a 3 with 3 seconds to go, win in Columbus and sweep the Bucknuts!

[bulldog10jw]

Yale beats Brown 73-62 in Providence to improve to 14-4 (2-0 Ivy)

[bonarae]

Meanwhile...

If the pattern holds and they win the conference tournaments, can Army and W&M reduce the number of the Forlorn Four representatives to 2 now and finally make the NCAA Tournament? Can other long-time conference tournament sufferers break through and finally make a Dance this March?

I know anything is possible but it can be good for the madness that is March... xchinscratchx

[CHIP72]

In a game I attended today in Washington, DC, Saint Joseph’s, which probably has their worst team in close to 30 years this season, was outclassed by host George Washington, losing to the Colonials 85-69. GW led the Hawks 46-25 at halftime, so this game was out of hand early. The Colonials were led by freshman guard Jameer Nelson Jr. who scored 22 points. Nelson is the son of St. Joe’s legend Jameer Nelson Sr.


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[bonarae]

Harvard sweeps Dartmouth 70-66.

[TheValleyRaider]

Raiders win at American, 5 straight in Bender, now 7-1 in the League, 2 games up on everyone else.

Chance to avenge the only League loss on Wednesday against Lafayette at home

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple lost to Big 5 foe Penn 66-59 Saturday afternoon at the Palestra. The wheels have completely fallen off the Owl Wagon. There's no injuries or lack of experience to use as an excuse. McKie's first year is trending towards major failure....

I'm headed to State College Wednesday night for Penn State-Indiana. I've never been to an on-campus Big 10 game so while the Bryce Jordan Center is hardly a destination for college hoop's junkies it should be a fun game/atmosphere.

[bonarae]

There are 42 eligible teams yet to make their first Dance...

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-01-26/42-teams-have-never-made-ncaa-tournament

[Laker]

There are 42 eligible teams yet to make their first Dance...

https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-01-26/42-teams-have-never-made-ncaa-tournament

I was glad when Northwestern finally made it. I'm pulling for the rest of the Original Five- Army, St Francis NY, William & Mary and Citadel to make it. Too bad that Bob Knight didn't accept the invitation for Army.

[CHIP72]

In a game I attended tonight in Washington, DC, Lehigh continued its worst season in many years by falling to American 77-56. I think it was LU’s first loss at American in 4 years. The Mountain Hawks were terrible offensively and not much better defensively.


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[SFA 93]

New basketball facility for SFA

https://twitter.com/sfa_athletics/status/1222304334794326016?s=21

[TheValleyRaider]

Tough loss in the final minutes to Lafayette. First home loss of the season, and swept by the Leopards

Still a game up on the rest of the League, and thankfully 2 over the Pards for tiebreaker purposes

Tough stretch coming, 4 of the next 5 on the road. At Holy Cross this Saturday (on CBS Sports Network), then at Lehigh next Wednesday

[clenz]

18-3 sole possession of first place
Beat preseason MVC favorite Missouri State by 29 last night after beating them by 23 earlier this month.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

PSU-Indiana last night! Great evening in Happy Valley for some Big 10 hoops. The Nittany Lions are legit this year. I could easily see them making it to the second week of the tournament. Stevens and Watkins are absolute beasts. Crowd was probably in the 6k range which is solid by PSU standards. They still should be playing in Rec Hall!

#24 PSU won 64-49

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[clenz]

The play that best sums up last nights win over MSU.

AJ Green takes a pass on the wing, puts a dude on ice, and then murders him in front of his whole family
https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=fdf917aa-af20-4c55-92f4-f6a66eba7834&t=01h33m39s

As long as your logged in that should take you right too it.

Watch for the reaction from one of our freshman - 6'7 Noah Carter. He knows he just watched someone get ended right in front of him

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EPg3rhhUwAELpUA.jpg

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

18-3 sole possession of first place
Beat preseason MVC favorite Missouri State by 29 last night after beating them by 23 earlier this month.

JMU and NDSU need to take a page out of the UNI playbook! Panther hoops is a great asset for the school in terms of national respectability and visibility. They're going to be ranked! I know I keep saying it but it's going to happen and when it does it will be during the most important time of the year, February/March.

What's interesting is the fact that UNI is good at 3 of the 6 (Football, M Bball, W Bball, Baseball, M Hockey, Wrestling) or so sports that matter when it comes to fan/alumni support and institutional bragging rights. There's not THAT many (50?) D1 schools who can say that.

[clenz]

JMU and NDSU need to take a page out of the UNI playbook! Panther hoops is a great asset for the school in terms of national respectability and visibility. They're going to be ranked! I know I keep saying it but it's going to happen and when it does it will be during the most important time of the year, February/March.

What's interesting is the fact that UNI is good at 3 of the 6 (Football, M Bball, W Bball, Baseball, M Hockey, Wrestling) or so sports that matter when it comes to fan/alumni support and institutional bragging rights. There's not THAT many (50?) D1 schools who can say that.
UNI’s pretty solid at WBB as well. Not Drake or South Dakota State levels of top 25 caliber yearly. However, they’ve gotten top 25 votes as recently as last season. They’ve gotten at large bids to the NCAA tournament, been in the title game of the conference tournament something like 6 or 7 times in the last 11 years.

Volleyball isn’t always thought as a “big sport (though I'd argue it larger than hockey nationally)” but UNI is consistently a top 15-20 program every single season. Top 10 in attendance almost yearly. Coach is top 10 in NCAA winning percentage and/or wins for a career (I believe). Multiple S16s, NCAA tournament every year, hosting NCAA tournaments, etc.

UNI's ROI on athletics is pretty damn solid. Small fan base completely swallowed by Iowa, Iowa State, Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin all being less than 4 hours from campus. However, the results we get for the money we spend are as good as anyone nationally I'd guess.

[bonarae]

Harvard lost at the Palestra to the Quackers, 75-72.

[JayJ79]

The play that best sums up last nights win over MSU.

AJ Green takes a pass on the wing, puts a dude on ice, and then murders him in front of his whole family
https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=fdf917aa-af20-4c55-92f4-f6a66eba7834&t=01h33m39s

As long as your logged in that should take you right too it.

Watch for the reaction from one of our freshman - 6'7 Noah Carter. He knows he just watched someone get ended right in front of him

kind of curious what constitutes "murder" in basketball terms. but not curious enough to resubscribe to ESPN+ just for that clip.

[bulldog10jw]

Yale sweeps Columbia and Cornell at home. They are now 16-4 (4-0)

[Ivytalk]

Harvard loses 70-69 at Princeton. Completes a lost weekend.

[TheValleyRaider]

Two in a row, pulling away in Worcester before running away in Bethlehem.

9-2 so far in the League, but a huge weekend to come. Navy at home on Saturday, then at BU on Monday (CBS Sports televising), both teams within 2 games of first.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple lost to Memphis 79-65 tonight. The Owls are now .500 on the season 11-11 and 3-7 in the good but not great AAC. The last 6 weeks have been about as bad of a stretch as this program has seen in 35-40 years.....

[clenz]

Iowa got curb stomped
Iowa State got embarrassed
Creighton **** all down their legs
UNI won with ease

Last night was a good night.

[bulldog10jw]

Harvard loses 70-69 at Princeton. Completes a lost weekend.

Harvard-Yale on ESPNU tomorrow.

[SFA 93]

SFA to 20 wins (20-3) with their victory over Nicholls.

Now in first place in the SLC with a 3 game lead.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Harvard at Yale was one of the most absurd games I've seen all year! Yale makes a crazy rally the last 3 minutes just to make it interesting. Then with 2.1 seconds left down 4 a Yale player banks in a 3 and gets fouled. Unfortunately, for Yale he missed the foul shot and Harvard hangs on.

I feel bad for the kid who missed the foul shot. He had to wait a few minutes to shoot while the officials d*cked around at the scorers table trying to figure out the clock.

[bulldog10jw]

Harvard at Yale was one of the most absurd games I've seen all year! Yale makes a crazy rally the last 3 minutes just to make it interesting. Then with 2.1 seconds left down 4 a Yale player banks in a 3 and gets fouled. Unfortunately, for Yale he missed the foul shot and Harvard hangs on.

I feel bad for the kid who missed the foul shot. He had to wait a few minutes to shoot while the officials d*cked around at the scorers table trying to figure out the clock.

Yale had a chance down 76-74, but missed a 3. Harvard deserved the win. They were for most of the game the better team.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple beat SMU 97-90 in OT. We overcame a 17 point halftime deficit in the much, MUCH needed win.

Lehigh shocked Lafayette 62-59 in Easton! I did not see that one coming....

[POD Knows]

JFC. Did anybody see the end of the Duke UNC game. Beam me the hell up.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

JFC. Did anybody see the end of the Duke UNC game. Beam me the hell up.

That was absolutely absurd! The ending of regulation and OT were ridiculous!! This is right up there with the 1995 game! The UNC players have to be beyond sick. They played so well but couldn't close the deal.

My one gripe is the refs really f'd up by not calling a foul at the end of OT when Playtek (sp??) was knocked into by a Duke player. I thought the refs might do the "right thing" and award UNC the ball. But they stuck with the ruling on the court, out on UNC. Interesting that sequence happened right in front of the Duke bench....

[POD Knows]

That was absolutely absurd! The ending of regulation and OT were ridiculous!! This is right up there with the 1995 game! The UNC players have to be beyond sick. They played so well but couldn't close the deal.

My one gripe is the refs really f'd up by not calling a foul at the end of OT when Playtek (sp??) was knocked into by a Duke player. I thought the refs might do the "right thing" and award UNC the ball. But they stuck with the ruling on the court, out on UNC. Interesting that sequence happened right in front of the Duke bench....
I am not a big of either team but the Heels let that one get away. Terrible no call on that inbounds play against UNC.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I am not a big of either team but the Heels let that one get away. Terrible no call on that inbounds play against UNC.

I'm the same way! I'm a huge college bball fan but have never liked either team going back to Laettner, Hill, Hurley, Wojo, Hubert Davis, Rick Fox, Eric Montross, Stackhouse etc....

[bonarae]

Harvard lost yet another heartbreaker, this time to Brown, 72-71. Amaker might be canned...

[bulldog10jw]

Harvard lost yet another heartbreaker, this time to Brown, 72-71. Amaker might be canned...

Amaker is as safe as Murphy.

[CHIP72]

I attended two games on Saturday 2/8:

*In the first of the two games, Temple roared back from a 17 point halftime deficit to surprise SMU in overtime, 97-90, in an AAC game. The Mustangs used a 22-5 run in the 1st half to take a 19 point lead, and led 48-31 at the break. However, the Owls gradually climbed back into the game in the latter 2/3 of the 2nd half, and actually took a 3 point lead (80-77) with 25 seconds left in regulation before SMU's Tyson Jolly made 3 clutch free throws with 13 seconds left to tie the game and Temple was unable to get a good shot at the end of regulation. In the overtime, the teams traded baskets for the first couple of minutes before the Owls came up big in the last two minutes to cap their comeback. Quinton Rose scored 25 points and pulled down 8 rebounds for the winners, playing a particularly big role in overtime, and Monty Scott came off the bench to pour in 22 points and hand out a tied for team high 6 assists. Kendrick Davis posted a double-double (23 points, 10 assists) in his team's losing effort.

*In the second of the two games, host La Salle took control early and never was seriously threatened the remainder of the game, beating Philadelphia Big Five and Atlantic 10 rival Saint Joseph's 83-66. The Explorers used hot shooting and tenacious defense (SJU had 17 turnovers in the game) to go on a 15-0 run in the middle of the 1st half to take a 17 point lead. Though the Hawks were able to cut the deficit to 10 points a couple times late in the half, La Salle hit a buzzer beating 3 pointer to that allowed them to enjoy a 14 point halftime lead (43-29). In the 2nd half, St. Joe's shot a little better, but never pulled closer than 9 points for the remainder of the game as the Explorers answered every comeback attempt and kept their long time, Philadelphia rivals at bay. David Beatty led a balanced attack for La Salle, scoring a team leading 18 points as the Explorers had five players reach double figures in scoring. Ed Croswell also played a big role on both ends of the floor in the win and finished with 14 points and 8 rebounds coming off the bench. For St. Joe's, Ryan Daly tried his best to keep the Hawks close, leading all scorers with 26 points (16 in the 1st half) and also pulling down 6 rebounds from the guard spot, though he also had 5 turnovers.

[PaladinFan]

Furman notched their 20th win yesterday in a victory over Western Carolina.

That's their 4th consecutive 20 win season - first time that's ever happened.

Starting PG Jordan Lyons also became the winningest player in Furman history, with 91 wins as a Paladin.

[clenz]

UNI takes D+'s A+ effort and walks away with a double digits win number 21


https://twitter.com/UNImbb/status/1226314379211296769


https://twitter.com/ValleyHoops/status/1226279179852877824

https://twitter.com/ValleyHoops/status/1226277568434884615

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[clenz]

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8VGdV2nrVM/?igshid=1evgo0rd3a7s7

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[Chalupa Batman]

JFC. Did anybody see the end of the Duke UNC game. Beam me the hell up.

That was an amazing ending.

I hope both teams burn those jerseys though.


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[bulldog10jw]

Yale beat Dartmouth last night after losing to Harvard on Friday. Record is now 17-5 (5-1)

[TheValleyRaider]

Big weekend for the Raiders, two big wins. Tight at the half in both games, Colgate pulled away from Navy on Saturday, then BU on tonight. 20 win season for Colgate, only the second time in school history (last year was the first)

A week off, then a trip to Loyola on Sunday. 20-6 for the season, 11-2 in the PL, 2 games up on the field

[clenz]

Evansville is still winless in MVC play on both the mens and womens side. Women at 0-11 men are 0-12
Their women will not win a game. They are losing by like 25 PPG.


Their men's team has been playing better but they really have maybe 1 actually winnable game. They have the top 4 teams in the Valley left, 6th place Drake and then 9th place Illinois State


They, in all likelihood, are going to have their mens and womens teams go winless in conference play, 0-36 combined in the same season. That is so impossibly historic it's actually incomprehensible.


In the 117 year history of the MVC there have been 19 winless in conference play seasons on the mens side


10 belong to Drake - though 8 of them shouldn't actually count because of how sports were structured that long ago, but **** Drake it's more fun to say they have 10 winless seasons and more than half of all of them.


Drake 1907-1908
Missouri 1907-1908 - N/S split and Drake and Missouri didn't play
Drake 1909-1910
Drake 1910-1911
Drake 1911-1912
Drake 1912-1913
Drake 1913-1914
Drake 1916-1917
Drake 1917-1918
Grinnell 1928-1929
Tulsa 1942-1943
Tulsa 1948-1949
North Texas 1965-1966
Memphis 1968-1969
SIU 1980-1981
INSU 1988-1989
Drake 1996-1997
Drake 1997-1998




There have been 3 winless seasons for the women's which stated in 82/83
Bradley 1998-1999
SIU 2010-2011
Evansville 2017-2018



Should UE pull the feat off this year it will be the first time in history we've had 2 winless teams in one season, which of course means it's the first time it was the same school to have both.


They wouldn't be the first to have the men's and women's teams to have winless seasons though - SIU has accomplished that.

The combined number of 4 or less win seasons UE has between mens and womens is also insanely stupid to try to comprehend.

[Laker]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EQc8A1aU4AIpKTx?format=jpg&name=small

[clenz]

22-3 11-2

Avenged MVC play opener loss to Illinois State

2 game lead 5 to play.

The most critical 3 games stretch of the season left starting now
Saturday at t2nd place Loyola
Wednesday at 5th place Indiana State
Saturday vs t2nd place SIU

UNI could all but wrap the conference title up by Saturday as SIU plays 4th place Bradley Saturday. However, in terms of at-large bids the absolute worst UNI can do is 2 of 3 with the one loss being this Saturday.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Temple survived Tulane 72-68 last night in New Orleans. Next up is #15 Villanova at the Liacouras Center. The game is a sellout so it should be a great atmosphere for Sunday's ESPN broadcast! The Owls are 13-11 (5-7)...

Lehigh took take of Holy Cross 89-82 to get the Mountain Hawks within shouting distance of the middling mess of the PL. Lehigh is 7-18 (4-9)...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

22-3 11-2

Avenged MVC play opener loss to Illinois State

2 game lead 5 to play.

The most critical 3 games stretch of the season left starting now
Saturday at t2nd place Loyola
Wednesday at 5th place Indiana State
Saturday vs t2nd place SIU

UNI could all but wrap the conference title up by Saturday as SIU plays 4th place Bradley Saturday. However, in terms of at-large bids the absolute worst UNI can do is 2 of 3 with the one loss being this Saturday.

How or why UNI is not ranked I'll never know. xdontknowx

[clenz]

How or why UNI is not ranked I'll never know. xdontknowx
All emphasis is put on computers now and the've been created to **** schools like UNI.

The RPI has UNI at like 15
Every other computer has UNI in the 30s
The NET has been designed to make it so little guys can't get ranked

Handed Colorado their only home loss
Led West Virginia by 15 in the second half and had the W taken away by officials
Beat South Carolina

Apparently losing to a team in your conference isn't allowed if you aren't a P5 team anymore. Which is real ironic considering how often Palm, Katz, Bilas, etc. have a come back to people on twitter asking "How could this 8th place team be in your ranking/bracket. They are 4 games under .500 in conference play" and the answer is "Conference record doesn't matter"....

****ing dumb

[Laker]

All emphasis is put on computers now and the've been created to **** schools like UNI.

If I remember right, a few years ago the Gophers lost to the Badgers twice but were computer ranked above Wisconsin not because they had a better record but they had "better losses". This reminds me of the saying- "garbage in, garbage out". It simply does not make any sense.

[SFA 93]

SFA RV in latest AP POLL riding 9 game win streak at 22-3 and 10-2 on the road, clinch a spot in SLC Tournament.

[JayJ79]

How or why UNI is not ranked I'll never know. xdontknowx

Bad karma due to their deceptive practices regarding halftime promotional contests. xcoffeex
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28695608/northern-iowa-criticized-denying-fan-10000-prize-shooting-promotion

[clenz]

Bad karma due to their deceptive practices regarding halftime promotional contests. xcoffeex
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28695608/northern-iowa-criticized-denying-fan-10000-prize-shooting-promotion
There's ****ing nothing deceptive about it

Kid was briefed on the rules before taking the court stating he had 24 seconds
The MC clearly stated through the mic that he had 24 seconds to complete it
The kid took more than 28 seconds to do it

The fact the article says 30 seconds is the deception.

These things are controlled by insurance companies and are run very tightly by said companies. I work for an insurance underwriting company doing commercial policies. The dude deserves nothing and still got 2k cash, free tickets to the conference tournament, hotel and UNI gear from the sponsor of the contest that they weren't required to do.

Move the **** on.

If time no longer matters there's no reason to rush any of it.
As long as you make all 4 shots you win, time be damned then I guess.

[bonarae]

Harvard whips Cornell 85-63.

[JayJ79]

There's ****ing nothing deceptive about it

Kid was briefed on the rules before taking the court stating he had 24 seconds
The MC clearly stated through the mic that he had 24 seconds to complete it
The kid took more than 28 seconds to do it

The fact the article says 30 seconds is the deception.

These things are controlled by insurance companies and are run very tightly by said companies. I work for an insurance underwriting company doing commercial policies. The dude deserves nothing and still got 2k cash, free tickets to the conference tournament, hotel and UNI gear from the sponsor of the contest that they weren't required to do.

Move the **** on.

If time no longer matters there's no reason to rush any of it.
As long as you make all 4 shots you win, time be damned then I guess.
if he took more than 28 seconds, then even if he had made the shot before the MC finished the countdown, it wouldn't have been within the 24 seconds. seems pretty deceptive to me.

Have a visible clock showing the time. And clarify whether the final shot has to be taken within that timeframe (which is how the game of basketball works) or if the shot has to actually go through the hoop before that time expires.