Our 2016/17 College Basketball Thread

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

February 18th: Games outside of the Top 25

Big news! Listen up!

Starting on Wednesday, I'll be back doing regular posts on this thread as the regular season winds down. And to start it off, I'll be doing my own brand of bracketology! More details later...

But for right now, let's see what games we can watch OUTSIDE of the rankings: (All times are Eastern)

Clemson @ Miami (12:00)
Northern Iowa @ Wichita State (12:00)
Liberty @ Winthrop (2:00)
St. Bonaventure @ Dayton (2:00)
East Tennessee State @ Chattanooga (5:00)
Ole Miss @ Arkansas (6:00)
TCU @ Iowa State (6:00)
Xavier @ Marquette (8:00)
North Dakota @ Weber State (9:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Northwestern vs. Illinois - Game Summary - February 21, 2017 - ESPN

A big game coming up for Northwestern as tourney time approaches fast. Oh, and don't forget: My bracketology is coming tomorrow!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Bracketology: Part 1

I'm back! But before I leaf through the schedule, let's get to my bracketology. Now ESPN will throw around fancy stuff in THEIR bracketology, like "RPI" and "Quality wins" and "SOS", and they have the right to do it (They gotta fill 24 hours SOMEHOW).
But to me, that's too complicated. So let me simplify all this for you as I show you where everyone stands right now in the NCAA race... only for conferences with a chance at NCAA at-large spots, of course. (Sorry, American East conference):

ACC:
IN: Duke, North Carolina, Louisville, Florida State, Notre Dame, Miami, Virginia.
Just a little bit more!: Virginia Tech, Syracuse.
Needs a LOT of help to make it: Georgia Tech, Wake Forest.
No chance: Clemson and everyone else.

American:
IN: Cincinnati, SMU.
Needs a LOT of help: Houston, Memphis.

Big 12:
IN: Kansas, West Virginia, Baylor, Iowa State.
Just a little bit more!: Oklahoma State, TCU.
No chance: Kansas State, Texas Tech.

Big 10:
IN: Purdue, Maryland, Wisconsin.
Just a little bit more: Minnesota, Northwestern.
Needs a LOT of help: Michigan State, Michigan.
No chance: Iowa, Indiana.

Big East:
IN: Villanova, Butler, Creighton.
Just a little bit more!: Xavier, Marquette.
Needs a LOT of help: Seton Hall, Georgetown.

PAC-12:
IN: Arizona, UCLA, USC, Oregon.
Just a little bit more!: California.
Needs a LOT of help: Utah, Colorado.

SEC:
IN: Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina
Just a little bit more!: Arkansas.
Needs a LOT of help: Alabama, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Ole Miss.

To be continued in my next post...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Bracketology- Part 2

Now for the hard part: Going away from the "Power 7" conferences and finding leagues that could get NCAA at-large spots. Don't worry; there ARE a few of them! Take a look:

Atlantic 10:
IN: Dayton, VCU.
Just a little bit more!: Rhode Island.
Needs a LOT of help: George Mason, Richmond.

Horizon League:
Needs a LOT of help: Valparaiso, Oakland.

Missouri Valley:
IN: Wichita State.
Just a little bit more!: Illinois State.

Mountain West:
Just a little bit more!: Nevada.
Needs a LOT of help: Colorado State, Boise State.

WCC:
IN: Gonzaga, Saint Mary's.
No chance: BYU.

Other teams that the "Power 7" conferences will worry about: Middle Tennessee (C-USA), Monmouth [again] (MAAC), UT-Arlington (Sun Belt), and UNC-Wilmington (CAA).

...Whew! Well, I'm done. Do whatever you want with these picks, and I'll check back later.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, February 22nd

Now that we all know where everyone stands, let the mad dash for the NCAA's begin!
And it begins with a jam-packed Wednesday slate: (All times are Eastern)

Vanderbilt @ Tennessee (6:30) (A BIG rivalry game, as the loser may be out of the NCAA race entirely.)
Duke @ Syracuse (7:00) (If the Orange somehow pull this one off, the NCAA's will be a formality for them.)
TCU @ Kansas (7:00)
Furman @ East Tennessee State (7:00)
Southern Illinois @ Illinois State (7:00)
Xavier @ Seton Hall (7:00)
Texas A&M @ Arkansas (8:30)
Minnesota @ Maryland (8:30)
Huge Game: Louisville @ North Carolina (9:00)

Oregon @ California (9:00)
Oklahoma State @ Kansas State (Another game where the loser may be gone from the NCAA race.)
UConn @ Houston (9:00)
Big game: Butler @ Villanova (9:00)
Providence @ Creighton (9:00)
Boise State @ Nevada (10:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

2/22 recap

The first day back for me, and ALREADY two Top-10 teams lose (Villanova and Duke). Go figure! Oh well, at least Syracuse is in the NCAA's! ...If they don't screw it up over their next 2 games.
What else happened? Well...

Top 25:
Kansas over TCU 87-68
North Carolina over Louisville 74-63
Oregon over California 68-65 (Great comeback win for the Ducks!)
Providence over Creighton 68-66 (Not a big upset here, but still an upset.)
Minnesota over Maryland 89-75 (It's official: Pencil in Minnesota for the NCAA's!)

Other big games:
Vanderbilt over Tennessee 67-56
East Tennessee State over Furman 93-81 in OT
Illinois State over Southern Illinois 50-46
Seton Hall over Xavier 71-64
DePaul upsets Georgetown 67-65 (Well, so long, Georgetown! Better luck next year!)
Samford over Chattanooga 72-68 in OT
Oklahoma State over Kansas State 80-68
Houston over UConn 65-60 (Annnnddddd, there goes UConn's NCAA hopes. Sorry.)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

February 23rd and 24th

Here in Central New York, temperatures will be pushing 60 degrees today... and I HATE it! Will I hate these slate of games? Well, let's see what we have: (All times are Eastern)

Today:
Georgia @ Alabama (7:00)
Nebraska @ Michigan State (7:00)
Memphis @ Cincinnati (7:00)
Towson @ UNC-Wilmington (7:00)
Stephan F. Austin @ New Orleans (8:45)
Wisconsin @ Ohio State (9:00)
Game of the Day: USC @ Arizona (10:00)
Gonzaga @ San Diego (10:00)
Utah @ Colorado (11:00)

Tomorrow:
Oakland @ Green Bay (7:00)
Game of the Day: Dayton @ Davidson (9:00)
Oregon State @ California (10:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

2/23 and 2/24 recap

For the Missouri Valley and a few other conferences, Saturday is the end of their regular season as tournament time fast approaches. Before we get into that, though, let's see what happened over the last 2 days:

Thursday:
Arizona over USC 90-77
UCLA over Arizona State 87-75
Cincinnati over Memphis 87-74
Ohio State upsets Wisconsin 83-73
Robert Morris over Fairleigh Dickinson 77-76
Northeastern over Elon 105-104 in 2-OT's
Rice over Southern Miss 72-71 in OT
Utah Valley upsets New Mexico State 84-72 (And with that, ANY shot of New Mexico State getting an at-large NCAA bid goes splat.)
Utah over Colorado 86-81

Yesterday:
Fairfield over Canisius 58-55
Monmouth over Siena 77-73
Dayton over Davidson 89-82 in OT

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

February 25th: Games outside of the Top 25

While Florida/Kentucky and UCLA/Arizona takes place today, don't forget there are other games today. These are the games outside of the rankings that mean something: (All times are Eastern)

Navy @ Bucknell (12:00)
Tennessee @ South Carolina (1:00)
Texas Tech @ Oklahoma State (2:00)
Liberty @ UNC-Asheville (2:00)
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa (2:00)
VCU @ Rhode Island (2:00)
Penn State @ Minnesota (3:00)
Mississippi State @ Vanderbilt (4:00)
Marquette @ Providence (4:00)
Northwestern @ Indiana (8:00)
Louisiana Tech @ Rice (8:00)
Arkansas @ Auburn (8:30)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

BYU stuns #1 Gonzaga!

BYU vs. Gonzaga - Game Recap - February 25, 2017 - ESPN

North Carolina, Oregon, UCLA, and Kentucky after Gonzaga's loss: "Yes! We still have a shot at a #1 seed in the NCAA's!"
All the bubble teams after BYU's win: "ARRRGGHHH! Not another team to worry about!"

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

2/25 recap (Part 1- Top 25)

So, did anything else happened yesterday besides Gonzaga losing? Let's see...

Villanova over Creighton 79-63
UCLA over Arizona 77-72 (And ESPN STILL has UCLA as a #4 seed? That's strange.)
Oregon over Stanford 75-73
Iowa State over Baylor 72-69 (Let's pencil in Iowa State for the NCAA's right now.)
Miami over Duke 55-50
Kentucky over Florida 76-66
West Virginia over TCU 61-60
Michigan upsets Purdue 82-70
Florida State over Clemson 76-74
Iowa upsets Maryland 83-69

And on a completely different note, Indiana somehow rallies to stun Northwestern. Oh no... Are the Wildcats REALLY going to choke away an NCAA bid?

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

2/25 recap (Part 2- Other games)

And as for what happened outside of the rankings, just try to forget Indiana screwing up Northwestern. Instead, concentrate on this:

Temple over Tulane 86-76 in 2-OT's
South Carolina over Tennessee 82-55
New Hampshire over UMBC 94-90 in 2-OT's
Oklahoma State over Texas Tech 80-63
Rhode Island upsets VCU 69-59 (BIG win for the Rams!)
Illinois State over Northern Iowa 63-42
Minnesota over Penn State 81-71
Gardner-Webb over High Point 88-86 in OT
Providence over Marquette 73-69
Oklahoma upsets Kansas State 81-51 (And with that, K-State's NCAA hopes are now dead.)
UC-Davis over Long Beach State 75-71 in OT
Arkansas over Auburn 79-68

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Sunday, February 26th

While Villanova and Kansas fans argue over who should be the new #1 team, let me just show you what games to watch today: (All times are Eastern)

Valparaiso @ Northern Kentucky (1:00)
Middle Tennessee @ UAB (1:00)
Game of the Day: Syracuse @ Louisville (2:00)
Cincinnati @ UCF (3:00)
Butler @ Xavier (3:30)
Wisconsin @ Michigan State (4:00)
Monmouth @ Iona (4:00)
Houston @ Memphis (5:00)
Georgia Tech @ Notre Dame (6:30)

And by the way, tournament action starts tomorrow...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

2/26 recap

...I guess after that game against Louisville, the Orange still has some work to do to secure an NCAA spot. As for what else happened yesterday, here:

UCF upsets Cincinnati 53-49 ( Uh oh! Is UCF gonna be another team to worry about come Selection Sunday? ...Eh, not really.)
Butler over Xavier 88-79 (Xavier's downward slide, now THAT'S something to worry about.)
Michigan State over Wisconsin 84-74
Notre Dame over Georgia Tech 64-60
Middle Tennessee over UAB 66-64 (The Blue Raiders just won it's 1st C-USA title EVER. Will it give them an at-large NCAA bid?)
Houston over Memphis 72-71
Arizona State upsets USC 83-82

More madness to come in the next post...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Monday, February 27th

Oh, sorry. When I said "tournament play starts Monday", I meant "a tiny rumble of tourney play before the storm happens." You'll see what I mean: (All times are Eastern)

North Carolina @ Virginia (7:00)
West Virginia @ Baylor (7:00)
East Tennessee State @ UNC-Greensboro (7:00)
Miami @ Virginia Tech (9:00)
Kansas @ Oklahoma (9:00)

Atlantic Sun Tournament Quarterfinals:
Stetson @ Florida-Gulf Coast (7:00)
Jacksonville @ North Florida (7:00)
Kennesaw State @ South Carolina Upstate (7:00)
N.J.I.T @ Lipscomb (8:00)
​

My time's up. You've been great. Enjoy "La La Land"- oops, I mean "Moonlight".

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

2/27 recap (AKA: What happened while British trains stopped running because of a bloody bagel.)

Kansas over Oklahoma 73-63
Virginia over North Carolina 53-43
Baylor over West Virginia 71-62
Virginia Tech over Miami 66-61
UNC-Greensboro over East Tennessee State 72-66

Atlantic Sun Quarterfinals:
Lipscomb over N.J.I.T 97-66
Florida-Gulf Coast over Stetson 87-57
North Florida over Jacksonville 77-74
Kennesaw State over South Carolina Upstate 80-78​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Tuesday, February 28th

Oh god... Outside my window right now, about 23 inches of snow is almost gone! ...Maybe that means spring is coming, I don't know. Anyway, on to business as we continue to ease into the tournament madness: (All times are Eastern)

Maryland @ Rutgers (6:30)
Georgetown @ Seton Hall (6:30)
Indiana @ Purdue (7:00)
Florida State @ Duke (7:00)
St. John's @ Creighton (8:00)
Vanderbilt @ Kentucky (9:00)
Oklahoma State @ Iowa State (9:00)

Big South 1st Round:
Longwood @ Charleston Southern (7:00)
Presbyterian @ Campbell (7:00)

Patriot League 1st Round:
American @ Army (7:00)
Lafayette @ Loyola (MD) (7:30)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

2/28 recap (AKA: What I was watching when I WASN'T cursing out my dryer for suddenly not working.)

Kentucky over Vanderbilt 73-67
Duke over Florida State 75-70
Purdue over Indiana 86-75
Iowa State over Oklahoma State 86-83
Seton Hall over Georgetown 62-59
South Carolina over Mississippi State 63-57 (And with that, South Carolina's officially in!)
Miami-Ohio upsets Akron 79-75
Georgia Tech over Pittsburgh 61-52
Colorado State over Wyoming 78-76

Big South 1st Round:
Charleston Southern over Longwood 79-74
Campbell over Presbyterian 81-62

Patriot League 1st Round:
Army over American 74-58
Loyola (MD) over Lafayette 67-64​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, March 1st

According to ESPN.com, there will be a lot of "bubble-team matchups" today. You know, the ones where the winners will have their gastrointestinal problems fixed as they "secure" an NCAA berth at the expense of the loser.

So therefore, those games will go into a different pile today as I look at today's slate: (All times are Eastern)

Normal games:
Arkansas @ Florida (7:00)
NC State @ Clemson (8:00)
VCU @ Dayton (8:00)
Michigan State @ Illinois (9:00)
Louisville @ Wake Forest (9:00)

"Bubble" games:
Auburn @ Georgia (6:30)
Game of the Day: Michigan @ Northwestern (7:00)
Rhode Island @ Saint Joseph's (7:00)
Ole Miss @ Alabama (8:30)
Kansas State @ TCU (9:00)
Marquette @ Xavier (9:00)

Northeast Conference Quarterfinals:
Sacred Heart @ Mount St. Mary's (7:00)
Fairleigh Dickinson @ Wagner (7:00)
Bryant @ St. Francis-PA (7:00)
Robert Morris @ LIU-Brooklyn (9:00)

American East Quarterfinals:
Maine @ Vermont (7:00)
Binghamton @ Stony Brook (7:00)
UMBC @ New Hampshire (7:30)
Hartford @ Albany (7:30)

Ohio Valley 1st Round (From Nashville, TN):
Tennessee State vs. Southeast Missouri State (7:30)
Murray State vs. Tennessee Tech (30 minutes after above game)​

 

[douggie]