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

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Saturday, November 30th

College football isn't the only outfit on the road today. Don't forget, that "Players Era Tournament" thing is having it's conclusion. So let's see it!

Players Era Tournament [From the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas]:
7th place game: Creighton vs. Notre Dame (1:00)
5th place game: Rutgers vs. Texas A&M (Around 3:30)
3rd place game: San Diego State vs. Houston (7:00)
Championship: Alabama vs. Oregon (Around 9:30) [Game of the Day]
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Other big games:
Western Carolina @ Marquette (2:00)
Austin Peay @ East Tennessee State (4:00)
Albany @ Georgetown (4:00)
Furman @ Kansas (6:00)
Georgia Southern @ Drake (6:00)
Jacksonville @ Georgia (7:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/30 recap (AKA: What happened while Ryan Day and Mario Cristobal screwed up in very important football games)

Players Era Tournament:
3rd place game: San Diego State over Houston 73-70 in OT
Championship: Oregon over Alabama 83-81
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Other big games:
Kansas over Furman 86-51
Monmouth upsets Seton Hall 63-51 (Monmouth gets it's 1st win of the year- Wait, WHAT? At this point, Seton Hall is gonna finish with a losing record!)
Southern upsets Louisiana Tech 73-70 (First loss of the season for La-Tech)
Charleston Southern upsets Miami 83-79 (And now Miami is in the same boat as Seton Hall. Ugh!)
Cal-State Northridge over Montana State 72-69 in OT
La Salle over Temple 83-75
Florida Gulf Coast over Florida Atlantic 80-78
Cal Poly upsets Stanford 97-90 (Whoopsie)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 1st and 2nd

So the holiday tournaments are all done [for now]. Will the college basketball slate suffer because of that fact? Let's find out:

Today:
Buffalo @ Penn State (2:00)
North Florida @ Nebraska (4:00)
Game of the Day: South Carolina State @ Xavier (4:30)
Mercyhurst @ San Francisco (7:00)

Tomorrow:
UMBC @ Georgetown (6:30)
Yale @ Rhode Island (7:00)
Game of the Day: Washington State @ Nevada (10:00)

Looks like that's a yes. Oh well, see you on Tuesday!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/1 and 12/2 recap (AKA: What happened while I was thinking about a new Samsung 256GB tablet for Christmas)

Sunday:
Xavier over South Carolina State 71-68
Central Connecticut over UMass-Lowell 69-67
Penn State over Buffalo 87-64
Binghamton over Lafayette 82-81 in OT
Portland over Denver 101-90 in 2-OT's

Yesterday:
Rhode Island over Yale 84-78 (Rhode Island is surging along at 8-0)
Colorado over Pacific 75-66
Washington State over Nevada 68-57

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Tuesday, December 3rd

Don't worry, folks. Things are gonna pick up again tonight, as we have THIS to look at:

Big 12/Big East Battle:
Cincinnati @ Villanova (6:30)
BYU @ Providence (8:30)

ACC/SEC Challenge:
Arkansas @ Miami (7:00)
Notre Dame @ Georgia (7:00)
California @ Missouri (7:00)
South Carolina @ Boston College (7:00)
Syracuse @ Tennessee (7:30)
Georgia Tech @ Oklahoma (9:00)
Wake Forest @ Texas A&M (9:00)
Ole Miss @ Louisville (9:00)
Florida State @ LSU (9:00)
Game of the Day: Kentucky @ Clemson (9:00)
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Other big games:
Delaware State @ Delaware (6:30)
UNC-Wilmington @ East Carolina (7:00)
Northwestern @ Iowa (7:00) (Wait. The conference games are starting up already?!)
La Salle @ Northeastern (7:00)
Bradley @ Southern Illinois (8:00)
Michigan @ Wisconsin (9:00)
Washington @ UCLA (10:30)

 

[Clayton]

Cal just went on an 18-0 type of run. Embarrassing

 

[Clayton]

Cal calling TO without one left. Love to see it

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/3 recap

Hmm... I'm guessing that @Clayton was happy to see Missouri survive that game against Cal. What else happened in the ACC/SEC challenge? Let's find out:

ACC/SEC Challenge:
Tennessee over Syracuse 96-70
Oklahoma over Georgia Tech 76-61
Texas A&M over Wake Forest 57-44
Arkansas over Miami 76-73
Ole Miss over Louisville 86-63
South Carolina over Boston College 73-51
Georgia over Notre Dame 69-48
LSU over Florida State 85-75
Clemson upsets Kentucky 70-66 (So the ACC goes 1-9 against the SEC last night, but we did beat Kentucky.)

Big 12/Big East Battle:
Villanova over Cincinnati 68-60
Providence over BYU 83-64
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Other big games:
Michigan upsets Wisconsin 67-64 (Michigan looks to be on their way to a quick rebound)
Delaware over Delaware State 93-80
Iowa over Northwestern 80-79
Army over Le Moyne 103-100 in 3-OT's
Hampton over North Carolina A&T 82-71 (Hampton wins the opener to the CAA schedule)
Saint Mary's over UTSA 82-74 in OT
UCLA over Washington 69-58

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, December 4th

So let's see if there are any more early Big 10 action, or who will be brought to tears when "Jimmy V Week" begins on ESPN. Or equally as important, which ACC teams are ready to get smashed by the SEC today? Here are the big games today:

ACC/SEC Challenge:
Alabama @ North Carolina (7:15)
Virginia @ Florida (7:15)
Big Game: Auburn @ Duke (9:15)
Pittsburgh @ Mississippi State (9:15)
Texas @ NC State (9:15)
Vanderbilt @ Virginia Tech (9:15)

Big 12/Big East Battle:
Baylor @ UConn (6:30)
Game of the Day: Marquette @ Iowa State (8:00)
Kansas @ Creighton (8:30)
DePaul @ Texas Tech (9:15)
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Other big games:
West Georgia @ Mercer (11:00 A.M.)
Columbia @ Albany (6:30)
Ohio State @ Maryland (6:30)
Illinois State @ Belmont (7:00)
Louisiana Tech @ Memphis (8:00)
Oklahoma State @ Tulsa (8:00)
Michigan State @ Minnesota (8:30)
Utah State @ Wyoming (9:00)
San Diego State @ Fresno State (10:30)
Oregon @ USC (10:30)

 

[Clayton]

12/3 recap

Hmm... I'm guessing that @Clayton was happy to see Missouri survive that game against Cal. What else happened in the ACC/SEC challenge?

Heck, yeah. I think Mizzou only missed 4 shots in the second half.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/4 recap

'Something like this needed to happen’: Inside why Kansas basketball suffered its 1st loss of the season

Kansas basketball suffered its first loss of the season on Wednesday on the road against Creighton. Here’s more on that defeat, and what it means.

www.cjonline.com

OOOO! Now we're getting some chaos in the Top 25, thanks to Creighton shutting down Kansas. Let's see if anyone was able to capitalize on this stunner:

ACC/SEC Challenge:
Duke over Auburn 84-78 (OOOOO! So #2 went down as well?!)
Alabama over North Carolina 94-79
Florida over Virginia 87-69
Mississippi State over Pittsburgh 90-57
Texas over NC State 63-59
Vanderbilt over Virginia Tech 80-64

Big 12/Big East Battle:
Iowa State over Marquette 81-70
UConn over Baylor 76-72
Texas Tech over DePaul 76-62
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Other big games:
San Diego State over Fresno State 84-62
Oregon over USC 68-60
Memphis over Louisiana Tech 81-71
Albany over Columbia 88-73 (First loss of the year for the Lions)
Maryland over Ohio State 83-59
Belmont over Illinois State 99-97 in OT
American over George Washington 81-71 in OT
Michigan State over Minnesota 90-72

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 5th and 6th

So in that ACC/SEC Challenge, the ACC only won 2 games. ONLY TWO?! ...Yeah, I'm kinda embarrassed about that as well. Well, with that done, here's what to watch over the next 2 days:

Today:
Game of the Day: Purdue @ Penn State (6:30)
Stephan F. Austin @ UT-Rio Grande (7:30)
Drake @ Valparaiso (8:00)
Xavier @ TCU (8:00)
UC-San Diego @ UC-Santa Barbara (10:00)
Cal-State Bakersfield @ UC-Irvine (10:00)

Tomorrow:
Siena @ Niagara (6:30)
Miami-Ohio @ Indiana (7:00)
Game of the Day: Georgetown @ West Virginia (7:00)
Illinois @ Northwestern (9:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/5 and 12/6 recap (AKA: What happened while Dolgeville was getting nailed with heavy snow... TWICE)

Thursday:
Penn State over Purdue 81-70
Detroit Mercy over Purdue-Fort Wayne 79-78
Drake over Valparaiso 66-60
TCU over Xavier 76-72
UC-Irvine over Cal-State Bakersfield 82-66

Yesterday:
Northwestern over Illinois 70-66 (Two Big 10 games, two upsets. Hmm...)
Brown over Bryant 76-75
Niagara over Siena 69-68
West Virginia over Georgetown 73-60
Kennesaw State over Georgia State 81-77

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Saturday, December 7th

Brace yourselves, folks! This is the first Saturday of the season where college basketball can TRULY go nuts. Heck, ACC play is starting today! I don't need to say too much, except here are the big games worth your time today:

Top 25:
BIG Game: Wisconsin @ Marquette (1:30)
Pittsburgh @ Virginia Tech (2:00)
Georgia Tech @ North Carolina (2:00)
Butler @ Houston (5:30)
San Diego @ San Diego State (10:00)
Game of the Day: Kentucky vs. Gonzaga [From Seattle, WA] (10:00)

Other big games:
Kansas State @ St. John's (11:30 A.M.)
Clemson @ Miami (12:00)
Boston College @ Wake Forest (12:00)
Rutgers @ Ohio State (12:00)
Nebraska @ Michigan State (12:00)
Providence @ Rhode Island (12:00)
Southern Utah @ Arizona (2:00)
Iowa @ Michigan (2:00)
East Carolina @ South Carolina (2:00)
Virginia @ SMU (2:15)
Middle Tennessee @ Belmont (3:30)
Florida State @ NC State (4:00)
Stanford @ California (4:00)
Villanova @ Temple (4:30)
USC @ Washington (6:00)
Saint Mary's @ Utah (7:00)
Colorado State @ Colorado (8:00)
New Mexico State @ New Mexico (9:00)

 

[UK Cowboy]

Kentucky vs Gonzaga was a heck of an entertaining game

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Kentucky vs. Gonzaga

Kentucky vs Gonzaga was a heck of an entertaining game

Kentucky pulls off epic 2nd-half comeback, downs Gonzaga in OT in battle of top-10 teams

Despite trailing 50-34 at halftime Saturday night against Gonzaga, Kentucky basketball put together an epic comeback to win in overtime.

www.courier-journal.com

Why, yes Mr. @UK Cowboy. That really WAS an entertaining game.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/7 recap

We also had this in the Top 25: Marquette beating Wisconsin 88-74, Houston defeating Butler, and people like Pittsburgh and North Carolina win close ACC openers.
As for everyone else, here's what happened:

St. John's over Kansas State 88-71
Wake Forest over Boston College 72-66
Ohio State over Rutgers 80-66
Michigan State over Nebraska 89-52
Rhode Island over Providence 69-63 (The Rams are 9-0!)
Boston University over Albany 80-74 in OT
Loyola-Chicago over USF 74-72
West Georgia over Tennessee Tech 78-73 (West Georgia with their 1st win of the year)
Michigan over Iowa 85-83 (Good game over here)
SMU over Virginia 63-51
Stanford over California 89-81
NC State over Florida State 84-74 in OT
Saint Mary's over Utah 72-63
Georgia Southern over North Florida 93-91 in OT
New Mexico State over New Mexico 89-83 in OT

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 8th and 9th

In-between watching the CFP field being revealed (and then complaining about the CFP field), these are the games to see over the next 2 days:

Today:

US LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge [From Fort Worth, TX]:
Vanderbilt vs. TCU (12:30)
Texas A&M vs. Texas Tech (Around 3:00)
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Other big games:
Maryland @ Purdue (12:00)
Oklahoma State @ Seton Hall (12:00)
Game of the Day: Kansas @ Missouri (1:00)
Cornell @ Army (1:00)
Rice @ Texas State (3:00)
Arkansas State @ Memphis (4:00)
UConn @ Texas (5:00)
Duke @ Louisville (6:00)
UCLA @ Oregon (6:00)

Tomorrow:
Game of the Day: Minnesota @ Indiana (6:30)
Abilene Christian @ Baylor (8:00)

 

[Clayton]

M I Z

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/8 recap

Yesterday, we got Kansas losing to Missouri. So the #1 team in the land lost twice this week. Do we just chalk this up to Kansas being on the road for both games?
While you guys ponder that, here's what else happened:

UCLA over Oregon 73-71 (Crazy finish over here!)
Purdue over Maryland 83-78
Duke over Louisville 76-65
UConn over Texas 76-65
Arkansas State upsets Memphis 85-72 (Ugh. Is this just a simple "Whoopsie" loss for Memphis, or will they collapse for the 2nd season in a row?)
Oklahoma State over Seton Hall 85-76
Radford over Bucknell 74-70 in OT
Texas State over Rice 75-66
UIC over Dartmouth 69-68 in OT
Mississippi State over Prairie View A&M 91-84

US LBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge:
Texas A&M over Texas Tech 72-67
Vanderbilt over TCU 83-74​