2024-25 CBB season follow-along (Part 1- November and December)

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/9 recap and 12/10 preview

Did anything happen last night?

Indiana over Minnesota 82-67
VCU over Penn 66-47

Eh, nothing really happened. Let's see what we have today!

Jimmy V Classic [From Madison Square Garden]:
Miami vs. Tennessee (6:30)
Game of the Day: Michigan vs. Arkansas (Around 9:00)
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Other big games:
North Dakota State @ Butler (6:30)
Charlotte @ Davidson (7:00)
Penn State @ Rutgers (7:00)
Rhode Island @ Brown (7:00) [Another in-state battle for the Rams! Let's see if they can get to 10-0.]
Charleston @ Saint Joseph's (7:00)
Providence @ DePaul (8:30)
Wisconsin @ Illinois (9:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/10 recap (AKA: What happened while some heavy-set woman was getting double-tazed somewhere)

Jimmy V Classic:
Tennessee over Miami 75-62
Arkansas over Michigan 89-87
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Other big games:
Illinois over Wisconsin 86-80
North Dakota State upsets Butler 71-68
Florida Atlantic over Jacksonville 85-63
Davidson over Charlotte 75-71
Brown over Rhode Island 84-80 in 2-OT's (The good news is, this game looked really good. The bad news is, Rhode Island's undefeated run is over)
Rutgers over Penn State 80-76
Charleston over Saint Joseph's 78-75
Providence over DePaul 70-63 in OT
Cornell over California 88-80 (Whoopsie)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 11th and 12th

Let's see what games we got over the next 2 days. I'll bet we're in for some real dandies!

Today:
Norfolk State @ Baylor (12:00)
Bryant @ St. John's (7:00)
Colgate @ Kentucky (8:00)
Game of the Day: South Dakota State @ Nevada (10:00)

Tomorrow:
Game of the Day: Iowa State @ Iowa (7:30)
UT-Arlington @ Arkansas State (8:00)
New Mexico State @ Texas (8:00)

Aw... That slate looks kinda bad. I'm disappointed.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/11 and 12/12 recap

While you guys were trying to clear that new "Nightmare" Challenge in "CFB 25", these were the games we saw over the last 2 days:

Wednesday:
Kentucky over Colgate 78-67
San Diego State over California Baptist 81-75
Alabama State over UT-Martin 103-93 in OT
Louisville over UTEP 77-74
Nevada over South Dakota State 77-63
Purdue-Fort Wayne over IU-Indianapolis 78-76

Yesterday:
Iowa State over Iowa 89-80
Arkansas State over UT-Arlington 83-79

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 13th and Part 1 of December 14th

Okay, will anything big happen this Friday?

Today:
Georgia Southern @ Louisiana Tech (7:30)
Game of the Day: Indiana @ Nebraska (8:00)
South Dakota State @ Colorado (9:00)

Guess not. So I'm assuming that we're gonna be LOADED this Saturday, right? Let me check it's Top 25 slate:

Indy Classic [From Indianapolis, IN]:
Texas A&M vs. Purdue (12:00)
Wisconsin vs. Butler (Around 2:30)

Holiday Hoopsgiving [From Atlanta, GA]:
Ohio State vs. Auburn (1:00)
Arizona State vs. Florida (Around 3:30)
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Other big games:
Memphis @ Clemson (11:00 A.M.)
Xavier @ Cincinnati (2:00)
UCLA vs. Arizona [From Phoenix, AZ] (3:00)
NC State @ Kansas (3:15)
Louisville @ Kentucky (5:15)
Game of the Day: Tennessee @ Illinois (5:30)
Marquette @ Dayton (7:00)
Gonzaga vs. UConn [From Madison Square Garden] (8:00)
Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State [From Oklahoma City] (8:00)
Creighton @ Alabama (8:30)

...Oh yeah. We're gonna be REALLY busy this Saturday.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 14th (Part 2)

Aside from Nebraska beating Indiana, nothing happened on Friday. So let me go back to the Saturday slate... and look at games OUTSIDE of the rankings:

Orange Bowl Basketball Classic [From Sunrise, FL]:
Tulsa vs. UCF (2:00)
Florida State vs. Tulane (Around 4:30)

Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase [From Uncasville, CT]:
Fordham vs. Bryant (2:30)
Providence vs. St. Bonaventure (Around 5:00)​

Other big games:
Wichita State @ DePaul (1:00)
Georgetown @ Syracuse (2:30)
Seton Hall @ Rutgers (3:00)
USF @ Utah State (4:00)
Compete 4 Cause Classic [From Frisco, TX]: SMU vs. LSU (4:00)
UC-Irvine @ Oregon State (5:00)
Grand Canyon vs. Georgia [From Atlanta] (6:00)
Radford @ Utah (7:00)
Saint Mary's @ Boise State (9:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/14 recap (Part 1- Top 25 action)

Simply put, we got a lot of fun games yesterday! First, the action from the Top 25:

Indy Classic:
Texas A&M over Purdue 70-66
Wisconsin over Butler 83-74

Holiday Hoopsgiving:
Auburn over Ohio State 91-53
Florida over Arizona State 83-66
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Other big games:
Tennessee over Illinois 66-64 (Gainey got to play the hero!)
Kentucky over Louisville 93-85
Dayton upsets Marquette 71-63
Alabama over Creighton 83-75
UConn over Gonzaga 77-71
Kansas over NC State 75-60
Memphis upsets Clemson 87-82 in OT
Oklahoma over Oklahoma State 80-65
UCLA over Arizona 57-54
Mississippi State over McNeese State 66-63
Cincinnati over Xavier 68-65 (Cincinnati snaps a 5-game skid against Xavier here)

More to come...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/14 recap (Part 2- The other stuff)

And now, the big results outside of the rankings:

Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase:
Fordham over Bryant 86-84
St. Bonaventure over Providence 74-70
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Other big games:
DePaul over Wichita State 91-72
Western Kentucky over Murray State 81-76 in OT
Georgetown over Syracuse 75-71 (Dang! We're now 5-5 over here!)
Rutgers over Seton Hall 66-63
SMU over LSU 74-64
Oregon State over UC-Irvine 67-55 (UC-Irvine suffers it's 1st loss of the season)
Georgia over Grand Canyon 73-68
Boise State over Saint Mary's 67-65 in OT
San Jose State over Cal Poly 107-100 in OT

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 15th and 16th

So after all of that fun action, I'm willing to bet that the next 2 days are gonna be quite barren on the CBB front. Let's see:

Today:

MKE Tip-Off [From Milwaukee, WI]:
Akron vs. Milwaukee (1:30)
Game of the Day: Georgia Tech vs. Northwestern (Around 4:00)
San Francisco vs. Loyola-Chicago (6:30)​

Other big games:
Hofstra @ Temple (12:00)
Omaha @ Iowa State (1:00)
Stephan F. Austin @ Oregon (6:00)

Tomorrow:
Wofford @ Charleston (7:00)
Game of the Day: Grand Canyon @ Louisiana Tech (7:30)

Looks like that's a yes. Ah, maybe something will happen in Milwaukee.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/15 and 12/16 recap (AKA: What happened while I finally found out where "Bluey" is on my cable box)

Sunday:

MKE Tip-Off:
Milwaukee over Akron 100-81
Northwestern over Georgia Tech 71-60
San Francisco over Loyola-Chicago 76-66 (Loyola with their 1st loss of the season)​

Other big games:
Oregon over Stephan F. Austin 79-61
Northeastern over Old Dominion 75-71
UIC over Little Rock 77-69 in OT
Boston College over Stonehill 73-69
Arkansas State over UAB 98-89 in OT

Yesterday:
Charleston over Wofford 77-67
UTEP over Tarleton State 67-62
Louisiana Tech over Grand Canyon 74-66

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Tuesday, December 17th

I have 3 appointments going on today, so let me make this brief. Here are the big games today:

DePaul @ St. John's (6:30)
Western Carolina @ Tennessee (7:00)
George Mason @ Duke (7:00)
Jumpman Invitational [From Charlotte]: North Carolina vs. Florida (7:00) [Game of the Day]
Michigan State @ Oakland (7:00)
UNLV @ Dayton (7:00)
Clemson @ South Carolina (7:00)
Winthrop @ Florida State (7:00)
Seton Hall @ Villanova (7:30)
Wildcat Classic [From Kansas City]: Drake vs. Kansas State (8:00)
UC-San Diego @ Utah State (9:00)

Wow. There's actually a lot going on today!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/17 recap

Florida was able to hold off North Carolina to win in Charlotte, and I actually watched a good chunk of that. Oh, and here's what else happened yesterday:

Duke over George Mason 68-47
Michigan State over Oakland 77-58
Dayton over UNLV 66-65
South Carolina over Clemson 91-88 in OT
St. John's over DePaul 89-61
Holy Cross over Quinnipiac 70-69
Villanova over Seton Hall 79-67
Kansas City over Wichita State 74-64 (Whoopsie)
Drake over Kansas State 73-70 in OT (Drake with a big win to get to 10-0!)
UC-San Diego over Utah State 75-73 (But on the negative side, Utah State suffers it's 1st loss of the season)
Cal Poly over Denver 95-94 in OT

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, December 18th

Another long list of games is going on today! Let's see what the big ones are:

South Carolina State @ South Carolina Upstate (6:00)
Creighton @ Georgetown (6:30)
Game of the Day: Xavier @ UConn (7:00)
Memphis @ Virginia (7:00)
Murray State @ Indiana State (7:00)
Davidson @ Temple (7:00)
Toledo @ Houston (8:00)
San Francisco @ Bradley (8:00)
Alabama @ North Dakota (9:00)
Butler @ Marquette (9:00)
Oklahoma vs. Michigan [From Charlotte, NC] (9:00)
VCU @ New Mexico (9:00)
Washington State @ Washington (11:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/18 recap

OU Basketball: Jeremiah Fears Hits Game-Winner as Oklahoma Beats Michigan

Despite turning 18 in October, Jeremiah Fears showed veteran poise when it mattered most, helping the Sooners beat Michigan.

www.si.com

Wow... The "Jumpman Invitational" was REALLY fun to watch, and what a win for the Sooners! What else happened yesterday? Let's see:

Marquette over Butler 80-70
UConn over Xavier 94-89 in OT (Yep. UConn is definitely over their nightmare trip to Hawaii)
Alabama over North Dakota 97-90
Memphis over Virginia 64-62
Michigan Tech over Green Bay 72-70 (ESPN seems to be making a big deal over a bad team losing to Michigan Tech. I wonder why...)
Binghamton over Mercyhurst 62-60
Georgetown over Creighton 81-57
Temple over Davidson 62-61
Georgia Tech over UMBC 91-82
Bradley over San Francisco 66-64
Oklahoma State over Tarleton State 66-61
New Mexico over VCU 78-71
Washington over Washington State 89-73

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 19th and 20th (AKA: What will happen while I restrain myself from buying 10 cookbooks when I go out today)

Today:

Chris Paul HBCU Classic [From Uncasville, CT]:
Alabama State vs. Norfolk State (5:00)
Delaware State vs. Grambling (Around 7:30)
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Other big games:
Buffalo @ Georgia (7:00)
Lipscomb @ Middle Tennessee (7:30)
Game of the Day: UC-Irvine @ Belmont (7:30)

Tomorrow:
Houston Christian @ Texas A&M (2:00)
St. John's @ Providence (8:00)
Game of the Day: Cincinnati vs. Dayton (8:30)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/19 and 12/20 recap (AKA: What happened while I finally updated my laptop with Windows 11)

Thursday:
UNT-Dallas upset Rice 69-68 (UNT-Dallas is an NAIA school?! What a terrible "Whoopsie" loss for Rice!)
UC-Irvine over Belmont 92-84
Middle Tennessee over Lipscomb 67-65
Morehead State over UT-Martin 70-69 in OT

Yesterday:
Cincinnati over Dayton 66-59
Valparaiso over Western Michigan 76-73
St. John's over Providence 72-70

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 21st (Part 1- The Top 25)

So the 12-team College Football playoff is underway (just ask Notre Dame), and it'll continue today. But if you're a college basketball fan, don't feel left out! Here are the games from the Top 25 to watch:

CBS Sports Classic [From Madison Square Garden]:
UCLA vs. North Carolina (3:00)
Kentucky vs. Ohio State (Around 5:30)

San Jose Tip-Off [From San Jose, CA]:
Oregon vs. Stanford (8:00)
California vs. San Diego State (Around 10:30)
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Other big games:
North Florida @ Florida (12:00)
Duke @ Georgia Tech (12:00)
Marquette @ Xavier (12:00)
UConn @ Butler (12:00)
Mississippi State @ Memphis (12:30)
Florida Atlantic @ Michigan State (2:00)
Wake Forest @ Clemson (2:00)
Game of the Day: Purdue vs. Auburn {From Birmingham, AL} (4:30)

More to come...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 21st (Games outside of the rankings)

Now time for the difficult part for me: Digging through the rest of the games to see what's worth watching.

SMU @ Boston College (12:00)
Princeton vs. Rutgers [From Newark, NJ] (12:00)
Penn State @ Drexel (12:00)
Gotham Classic: Syracuse vs. Maryland [From Brooklyn, NY] (12:00)
Louisville @ Florida State (2:00)
UNC-Asheville @ UNC-Wilmington (2:00)
Georgia Southern @ Texas State (3:30)
Villanova @ Creighton (4:00)
Washington State vs. Northern Iowa [From the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas] (4:00)
DePaul @ Northwestern (4:00)
Utah vs. Iowa [From Sioux Falls, SD] (6:00)
Temple vs. Rhode Island [From Springfield, Mass] (6:30)
Kansas State @ Wichita State (7:00)
Don Haskins Basketball Invitational Final: Yale vs. UTEP (Around 9:00)