2023-24 CBB follow-along thread (Part 1- November and December)

[podsox]

Refs that ruined the Purdue/Tennessee gm are ruining the ucla/Gonzaga gm tonight

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/22 recap

So Purdue has won the Maui title in a close game against Marquette, and we had referee controversy in the Tennessee/Kansas and UCLA/Gonzaga games. That means the Maui Invitational is our top holiday tournament of 2023, no question asked.
And with that out of the way, let's see what else happened yesterday:

Battle 4 Atlantis:
North Carolina over Northern Iowa 91-69
Villanova over Texas Tech 85-69; will play North Carolina in semis
Arkansas over Stanford 77-74 in 2-OT's
Memphis over Michigan 71-67; will play Arkansas in semis

Fort Myers Tip-Off:
Consolation: Virginia over West Virginia 56-54
Final: Wisconsin over SMU 69-61

NIT Season Tip-Off:
Baylor over Oregon State 88-72
Florida over Pittsburgh 86-71

Hall of Fame Classic:
Creighton over Loyola-Chicago 88-65
Colorado State over Boston College 86-74
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Other big games:
Cancun Challenge Final: James Madison over Fresno State 95-64
Georgia State over Little Rock 93-90 in OT
Tennessee Tech over Presbyterian 79-75 in OT
UT-Martin over North Alabama 105-103 in 2-OT's
Ole Miss over Temple 77-76
Cincinnati over Georgia Tech 89-54
Gulf Coast Showcase Championship: Hofstra over High Point 97-92 in OT
San Francisco over Purdue-Fort Wayne 76-60 (First loss for the Mastodons.)
SoCal Challenge Final: Bradley over UTEP 63-59

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Thanksgiving Day 2023

So for this Thanksgiving Day, here are the games that'll be playing in the background of YOUR house... if for some reason you don't like football.

ESPN Events Invitational [From Kissimmee, FL]:
Penn State vs. Texas A&M (12:00)
Florida Atlantic vs. Butler (Around 2:30)
Iowa State vs. VCU (5:30)
Boise State vs. Virginia Tech (Around 8:00)

Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals [From Nassau, Bahamas]:
Villanova vs. North Carolina (Around 2:30) [Game of the Day]
Memphis vs. Arkansas (5:00)

Hall of Fame Classic [From Kansas City, MO]:
Consolation: Loyola-Chicago vs. Boston College (1:30)
Final: Colorado State vs. Creighton (Around 4:00)

Rady Children's Invitational [From San Diego, CA]:
Oklahoma vs. Iowa (3:00)
Seton Hall vs. USC (Around 5:30)

Vegas Showdown [From the Michelob Arena in Las Vegas]:
NC State vs. Vanderbilt (10:00)
BYU vs. Arizona State (30 minutes after above game)
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And finally, Arizona will face Michigan State in a stand-alone game at 4:00 from Palm Springs. Happy Thanksgiving!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/23 recap
So during Thanksgiving, we got Arizona being the latest to beat Michigan State. And also...

Colorado State 69-48 Creighton (Nov 23, 2023) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the Colorado State Rams vs. Creighton Bluejays NCAAM game, final score 69-48, from November 23, 2023 on ESPN.

www.espn.com

...there was THIS huge stunner from the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City. Oh, and here's what else happened yesterday.

ESPN Events Invitational:
Texas A&M over Penn State 89-77
Florida Atlantic over Butler 91-86; will meet Texas A&M in semis
Iowa State over VCU 68-64
Virginia Tech over Boise State 82-75; will meet Iowa State in semis

Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinals:
Villanova over North Carolina 83-81 in OT (Great game over here!)
Memphis upsets Arkansas 84-79

Raby Children's Invitational:
Oklahoma over Iowa 79-67
USC over Seton Hall 71-63

Vegas Invitational:
BYU over Arizona State 77-49
NC State over Vanderbilt 84-78​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Friday, November 24th

Today is looking like the same as yesterday; I have pumpkin pie in the fridge, and a full slate of football and basketball to watch. Let's get to it:

ESPN Events Invitational Semifinals [From Kissimme, FL]:
Texas A&M vs. Florida Atlantic (11:00)
Iowa State vs. Virginia Tech (5:30)

Emerald Coast Classic [From Destin, FL]:
Alabama vs. Ohio State (7:00)
Santa Clara vs. Oregon (Around 9:30)

Battle 4 Atlantis [From Nassau, Bahamas]:
3rd Place Game: Arkansas vs. North Carolina (1:00)
Championship: Villanova vs. Memphis (Around 3:30)
Consolation: Michigan vs. Texas Tech (6:00)

NIT Season Tip-Off [From the Barclays Center in Brooklyn]:
Consolation: Pittsburgh vs. Oregon State (3:00)
Final: Florida vs. Baylor (Around 5:30)

Vegas Invitational [From the Michelob Arena in Las Vegas]:
Consolation: Arizona State vs. Vanderbilt (8:00)
Final: BYU vs. NC State (Around 10:30)
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Other big games:
Bryant @ Xavier (12:00)
Manhattan @ UConn (2:00)
Evansville @ Chattanooga (2:00)
Rady Children's Invitational Final: USC vs. Oklahoma (3:30)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/24 recap (AKA: The basketball action that was... actually better than the college football we got during "Black Friday")

Battle 4 Atlantis:
3rd Place Game: North Carolina over Arkansas 87-72
Championship: Villanova over Memphis 79-63

ESPN Events Invitational Semifinals:
Florida Atlantic over Texas A&M 96-89 (BIG win for the Owls. BIG, big win!)
Virginia Tech over Iowa State 71-62

NIT Season Tip-Off:
Consolation: Pittsburgh over Oregon State 76-51
Final: Baylor over Florida 95-91

Emerald Coast Classic:
Ohio State over Alabama 92-81
Santa Clara over Oregon 88-82
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Other big games:
UConn over Manhattan 90-60
Rady Children's Invitational Final: Oklahoma over USC 72-70 (Pretty good game over here)
Evansville over Chattanooga 85-77 in OT
Longwood over Delaware State 84-82 in 2-OT's
Penn over Lafayette 74-72
Seattle over UC-San Diego 73-70 in OT (First loss for the Tritons)
George Washington over Ohio 99-94 in 2-OT's
Vegas Showdown Final: BYU over NC State 95-86

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Saturday, November 25th

Let's see if there are ANY basketball games good enough to distract ourselves from Rivalry Saturday:

Emerald Coast Classic [From Destin, FL]:
Consolation: Alabama vs. Oregon (4:00)
Final: Ohio State vs. Santa Clara (7:00)
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Other big games:
UMES @ Liberty (1:00)
East Carolina @ George Mason (2:00)
UNC-Greensboro vs. Delaware [From Nassau, Bahamas] (4:30)
California vs. San Diego State [From San Juan, CA] (7:00)
Norfolk State @ Wichita State (7:00)
Vermont @ Bradley (8:00)
Hawaii vs. San Diego [From Palm Springs, CA] (10:30)

 

[redskinsfan1963]

uva was a surprise winning over west va.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/25 recap (AKA: What happened while New Mexico State got a 10th win in FOOTBALL)

Emerald Coast Classic:
Consolation: Alabama over Oregon 99-91
Final: Ohio State over Santa Clara 86-56
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Other big games:
Missouri over Loyola(MD) 78-70
North Dakota over New Orleans 71-69 in OT
Texas State over UT-Arlington 73-66
Little Rock over Tulsa 84-82 in OT
Howard over Mount St. Mary's 87-83 in 2-OT's
Belmont over Penn 84-79 in OT
Illinois-Chicago over George Washington 89-79 (First loss for the Colonels)
San Diego State over California 76-67 in OT
Bradley over Vermont 69-60

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Sunday, November 26th

This is the last day of the early holiday tournaments, as things will go back to normal tomorrow. But until then, here's what we have today:

ESPN Events Invitational [From Kissimmee, FL]:
Championship: Florida Atlantic vs. Virginia Tech (Around 1:00)
3rd Place Game: Texas A&M vs. Iowa State (6:30)
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Other big games:
Air Force @ South Dakota (1:30)
Wyoming @ Texas (3:00)
Yale @ Rhode Island (4:00)
Harvard @ Indiana (4:30)
Minnesota @ San Francisco (8:30)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/26 recap (AKA: What happened while the Cleveland Browns' QB situation got even worse)

ESPN Events Invitational:
3rd place game: Texas A&M over Iowa State 73-69
Championship: Florida Atlantic over Virginia Tech 84-50
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Other big games:
Louisville over New Mexico State 90-84 in OT
Air Force over South Dakota 58-57
Old Dominion over Drexel 68-61 in OT
Western Carolina over North Alabama 81-63 (Western Carolina is 5-0 now!)
Indiana over Harvard 89-76
UNC-Greensboro over Illinois-Chicago 58-57
San Francisco over Minnesota 76-58

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

November 27th and 28th

So with the holiday tournaments over, we're back to rooting around for the good games to watch. Again, that's where I come in. So let's see what's on for today and tomorrow:

Today:
New Hampshire @ UConn (7:00)
Presbyterian @ Elon (7:00)
Game of the Day: Northern Illinois @ Northwestern (8:00)
Utah @ Saint Mary's (11:00)

Tomorrow:

ACC/SEC Challenge:
Mississippi State @ Georgia Tech (7:00)
LSU @ Syracuse (7:00)
Notre Dame @ South Carolina (7:00)
Game of the Day: Miami @ Kentucky (7:30)
Missouri @ Pittsburgh (7:30)
NC State @ Ole Miss (9:00)
Clemson @ Alabama (9:30)
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Other big games:
Cincinnati @ Howard (7:00)
Southern Illinois @ Indiana State (7:00) [First conference game of the year!]
Utah State @ Saint Louis (8:00)
Portland @ Portland State (10:00)

Oh... So today is just a "cool-down" day, and tomorrow is when the craziness resumes. Good to know.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/27 and 11/28 recap

Poor me has a cold right now, so I'll try to make these segments brief. Here's what happened over the last 2 days:

Monday:
UConn over New Hampshire 84-64
Oakland over Xavier 78-76 (Whoopsie)
Elon over Presbyterian 82-79
Northwestern over Northern Illinois 89-67
Utah over Saint Mary's 78-71

Yesterday:

ACC/SEC Challenge:
Kentucky over Miami 95-73
Georgia Tech upsets Mississippi State 67-59
Clemson over Alabama 85-77
South Carolina over Notre Dame 65-53
Syracuse over LSU 80-57 (Excellent performance by Judah Mintz)
Missouri over Pittsburgh 71-64
Ole Miss over NC State 72-52
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Other big games:
Kansas over Eastern Illinois 71-63
Cincinnati over Howard 86-81 in OT
Indiana State over Southern Illinois 77-48
Kansas State over Oral Roberts 88-78 in OT
Portland State over Portland 75-74

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, November 29th (AKA: What I'll be watching while I'm wondering why my Police records are sounding slower than usual)

ACC/SEC Challenge:
Florida @ Wake Forest (7:15)
Texas A&M @ Virginia (7:15)
Game of the Day: Tennessee @ North Carolina (7:15)
Duke @ Arkansas (9:15)
Boston College @ Vanderbilt (9:15)
Georgia @ Florida State (9:15)
Virginia Tech @ Auburn (9:15)​

Other big games:
Chattanooga @ Lipscomb (12:00)
Saint Joseph's @ Villanova (6:30)
Cleveland State @ Youngstown State (6:30)
Prairie View A&M @ Tulane (7:00)
UC-Irvine @ Duquesne (7:00)
Richmond @ Wichita State (7:30)
Evansville @ Missouri State (8:00)
Dayton @ SMU (8:00)
Colorado @ Colorado State (9:00)
Louisiana Tech @ New Mexico (9:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/29 recap

Saint Joseph's 78-65 Villanova (Nov 29, 2023) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the Saint Joseph's Hawks vs. Villanova Wildcats NCAAM game, final score 78-65, from November 29, 2023 on ESPN.

www.espn.com

A stunning result from the state of Pennsylvania! What will Saint Joe's and Villanova go from here? We'll have to wait and see. Oh, and here's what else happened yesterday:

ACC/SEC Challenge:
Arkansas upsets Duke 80-75
North Carolina over Tennessee 100-92
Virginia upsets Texas A&M 59-47
Wake Forest over Florida 82-71
Boston College over Vanderbilt 80-62
Georgia over Florida State 68-66
Auburn over Virginia Tech 74-57
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Other big games:
Colorado State over Colorado 88-83
Albany State over Florida A&M 92-85 in 2-OT's (Albany State is a Division II school... I think.)
Coastal Carolina over USC-Upstate 72-70 in OT
Temple over La Salle 106-99 in 3-OT's
Old Dominion over Radford 69-68
Navi over VMI 67-47 (First win of the year for the Midshipmen!)
Missouri State over Evansville 90-78 (First loss of the year for Evansville)
Murray State over Bradley 79-72 (Bradley also suffered it's first loss of the year last night.)
Dayton over SMU 65-63
Alabama A&M over Tennessee State 85-83 in OT (First win for the Bulldogs!)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

November 30th and December 1st

So the "ACC/SEC Challenge" ended in a 7-7 tie. That kinda sucks. Don't worry, though; I heard that the Big 12 and the Big East are having their own challenge right now. Let's see what it will be like over the next 2 days.

Today:

Big 12/Big East Challenge:
Texas Tech @ Butler (6:30)
Creighton @ Oklahoma State (9:00)
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Other big games:
Game of the Day: Liberty @ Florida Atlantic (6:00) (Here's a surprise treat for everyone! Let's see how tough Liberty really is.)
UNC-Wilmington @ East Carolina (7:00)
Illinois State @ Illinois-Chicago (8:00)
Hawaii @ Utah (9:00)

Tomorrow:

Big 12/Big East Challenge:
Houston @ Xavier (6:30)
St. John's @ West Virginia (7:00)
Iowa State @ DePaul (8:30)
HUGE Main Event: UConn @ Kansas (9:00)
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Other big games:
Maryland @ Indiana (7:00)
George Washington @ South Carolina (7:00)
Purdue @ Northwestern (9:00)
San Diego State @ UC-San Diego (10:00)

The portions may be small, but they are heavy in flavor. Enjoy the madness, folks!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/30 recap (AKA: What happened while I finally found out who Fran Brown is [who's now coaching my football team])

Creighton over Oklahoma State 79-65
Florida Atlantic over Liberty 83-58
Texas over Texas State 77-58
UCLA over UC-Riverside 66-65
Butler over Texas Tech 103-95 in OT
Coppin State over UMBC 89-70 (First win of the year for Coppin)
Illinois State over UIC 69-64
Utah over Hawaii 79-66 (First loss for the Warriors)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Purdue vs. Northwestern

Northwestern 92-88 Purdue (Dec 1, 2023) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the Northwestern Wildcats vs. Purdue Boilermakers NCAAM game, final score 92-88, from December 1, 2023 on ESPN.

www.espn.com

You just KNOW that this game will go on to be an all-timer. Why? Because also last night, Kansas won a great game against UConn... and literally NOBODY cares about it.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/1 recap

Oh, and here's what else happened yesterday:

Big 12/Big East Challenge:
Houston over Xavier 66-60
St. John's over West Virginia 79-73
Iowa State over DePaul 99-80
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Other big games:
Indiana over Maryland 65-53
Manhattan over Mount St. Mary's 75-74 in OT
South Carolina over George Washington 89-67
San Diego State over UC-San Diego 63-62

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Saturday, December 2nd

With the college football regular season now over, this is the first Saturday where college basketball can really go wild. I mean, today the ACC is having their first foray in conference play; that's how big today is.
For my sake, I will not talk about the ACC today. Instead, let's see what is worth watching today:

Legends of Basketball Las Vegas Invitational [From the Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas]:
Colorado State vs. Washington (7:00)
USC vs. Gonzaga (10:00)

Big 12/Big East Challenge:
TCU @ Georgetown (5:30)
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Other big games:
Game of the Day: Marquette @ Wisconsin (12:30)
Indiana State @ Bradley (2:00)
Furman @ Princeton (2:00)
Memphis @ Ole Miss (2:00)
Purdue-Fort Wayne @ Oakland (3:00)
Michigan @ Oregon (3:30)
UNC-Wilmington @ Kentucky (4:00)
Illinois @ Rutgers (4:00)
Missouri State @ Drake (4:00)
Portland State @ Washington State (5:00)
Rhode Island @ Providence (7:30)
New Mexico State @ New Mexico (9:00)
UC-Irvine @ Utah State (9:00)