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

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Whoa. This may be hard to believe, but the college basketball season starts this Monday. Yep, 2 days from now! That means more drama, more breakout teams, and more conference re-alignment headaches.

This thread will cover Part 1 of the season: The early part in November and December that is about fun and holiday tournaments. Stay tuned for more...
(Oh, and all times listed on the thread will be Eastern)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Monday, November 4th

So what will the first day of the 2024-25 season look like? Well... LOOK!

Top 25:
Maine @ Duke (7:00)
Texas A&M @ UCF (7:00)
Wright State @ Kentucky (7:00) (The first game for Mike Pope as Kentucky head coach)
Howard @ Kansas (8:00)
South Florida vs. Florida {From Jacksonville} (8:30)
Ohio State vs. Texas [From Las Vegas] (10:00)
HUGE Game of the Day: Baylor @ Gonzaga (11:30)

Other big games:

Field of 68 Showcase [From Sioux Falls, SD]:
Charleston vs. Southern Illinois (12:00)
Saint Louis vs. Santa Clara (3:00)
McNeese State vs. South Dakota State (6:00)
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IU-Columbus @ IU-Indianapolis (11 A.M.) [The first official game of the season]
Denver @ Stanford (4:00)
Valparaiso vs. Liberty [From Xenia, OH] (5:00)
Fordham @ St. John's (6:30)
Monmouth @ Michigan State (7:00)
Saint Peter's @ Seton Hall (7:30)
Lafayette @ Villanova (8:00)
Missouri @ Memphis (8:00)

Wow. This has to be the busiest opening day of college basketball I've ever see. Do you guys agree? And who do you got in Spokane? Let me know!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Top 68 storylines and things you need to know about the 2024-25 college basketball season

The questions, observations, predictions and other things to get excited about as the season tips off Monday

www.cbssports.com

 

[Hoopla Bookie]

I’ve put up a few games for tonight that I think won’t be blow outs up in the sportsbook if anyone is interested in betting on them

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Baylor vs. Gonzaga

Gonzaga vs. Baylor score, takeaways: No. 6 Zags make strong opening statement with easy win vs. No. 8 Bears

Gonzaga got its season started off right with a rout of Baylor in a matchup of top 10 teams on opening night

www.cbssports.com

Well, THAT Top-10 game was lively. Jeez! Pretty great win for the 'Zags, though.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/4 recap

Now let's see what else happened on this opening night of basketball:

Top 25:
Kansas over Howard 87-57
Ohio State over Texas 80-72
UCF upsets Texas A&M 64-61 (First the Longhorns lose in Vegas, Baylor gets crushed in Spokane, and now THIS? What a bad start for the state of Texas.)

Other big games:
Syracuse over Le Moyne 86-82
Michigan State over Monmouth 81-57
Buffalo over Old Dominion 83-82
Siena over Brown 72-71 (First OT game of the season)
North Florida upsets South Carolina 74-71 (Whoopsie)
Princeton over Iona 81-80
Arkansas State over Akron 80-75 in OT
DePaul over Southern Indiana 80-78 in OT
Memphis over Missouri 83-75 (Memphis is off to another good start...)
Loyola-Chicago over Chicago State 79-72

Field of 68 Showcase:
Charleston over Southern Illinois 90-80
Santa Clara over Saint Louis 85-78
South Dakota State over McNeese State 80-73​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

November 5th and 6th

So after that busy opening day, is there anything to watch over the next 2 days? Let's see:

Today:
FIU @ Rice (7:00)
Evansville @ North Texas (8:00)
Game of the Day: UC-Davis @ Washington (10:00)

Tomorrow:
Wagner @ Rutgers (6:00)
Columbia @ Villanova (7:00)
Campbell @ Virginia (7:00)
Lipscomb @ Arkansas (8:00)
Game of the Day: Vermont @ Auburn (8:00)
Oral Roberts @ Minnesota (8:00)
UC-San Diego @ San Diego State (10:00)

 

[redskinsfan1963]

i,m sure uva will suck badly this season.