No faffing about this season; we're starting fast! (2018/19 CBB Thread, part 1)

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Monday, November 26th

Hungover after last weekend, worrying about the weather and about Christmas, and yet I'm still here giving you the biggest games from a selected day. First, today's action:

Nebraska @ Clemson (7:00)
Wofford @ South Carolina (7:00)
Murray State @ Alabama (8:00)
Omaha @ Iowa State (8:00)
Game of the Day: Minnesota @ Boston College (9:00)

Wait... Two games pitting the ACC against the Big 10? Am I missing something here?

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Tuesday, November 27th

Oh, right. It's time for that annual exhibition where the ACC and the Big 10 collide to see who'll get the most wins. And I'll bet Syracuse will probably get an annoyingly strong opponent. Let's see who gets who:

ACC/Big 10 Challenge:
Virginia Tech @ Penn State (7:00)
Illinois @ Notre Dame (7:00)
Michigan State @ Louisville (7:30)
Pittsburgh @ Iowa (9:00)
NC State @ Wisconsin (9:00)
Game of the Day: Indiana @ Duke (9:30)
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Other big games:
Iona @ Ohio (7:00)
UMass-Lowell @ UConn (7:00)
Nevada @ Loyola-Chicago (8:00)
North Texas @ Oklahoma (8:00)
Eastern Washington @ Washington (8:00)
Temple @ Missouri (9:00)

Huh... No Syracuse. Maybe they're playing on Wednesday...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/26 recap (AKA: What happened while I pondered "This episode of Monday Night Raw is boring")

New #1-Gonzaga over North Dakota State 102-60
Texas Southern upsets Oregon 89-84 (Not really a "Whoopsie" loss for the Ducks, but this is a BAD look for the PAC-12)
Nebraska over Clemson 68-66
Wofford over South Carolina 81-61 (Hmmm... Maybe South Carolina isn't gonna be a good team this season.)
Alabama over Murray State 78-72
Boston College over Minnesota 68-56

So in the "ACC/Big 10 Challenge", the score's tied now at 1-1...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, November 28th

Yep, Syracuse is playing on Wednesday... and they're visiting Ohio State. A proud win or a confusing loss is in the Orange's future tomorrow. And here's what else will happen tomorrow:

ACC/Big 10 Challenge:
Virginia @ Maryland (7:15)
Rutgers @ Miami (7:15)
Purdue @ Florida State (9:15)
Georgia Tech @ Northwestern (9:15)
Game of the Day: North Carolina @ Michigan (9:30)​

Other big games:
Georgia State @ Tulane (1:00)
N.J.I.T @ Drexel (7:00)
UT-Rio Grande @ Houston (8:00)
Montana @ Creighton (8:30)
Hawaii @ UCLA (9:00)
Northern Iowa @ Utah State (9:00)
UC-Irvine @ Saint Mary's (10:00)

 

[brandonk989]

FSU really playing a better non-conference schedule this year. Ham has been known not to venture too far from his comfort zone early in the season, but this marks a stretch of 3 straight vs. LSU, Villanova, and Purdue. Already played Florida and a game with UConn isn't too far down the road.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/27 recap

Spoiler alert: I'll be trying to do my last "Top 10 CFB Countdown" of the year later today. So that means I'm warming up when I give you these results:

ACC/Big 10 Challenge:​

Duke over Indiana 90-69
Iowa over Pittsburgh 69-68 (Iowa got lucky at the very end)
Louisville upsets Michigan State 82-78
Penn State upsets Virginia Tech 63-62
Wisconsin over NC State 79-75
Notre Dame over Illinois 76-74

Other big games:
Nevada over Loyola-Chicago 79-65
Davidson over Charlotte 76-56 (Davidson beats their cross-town rival here.)
East Tennessee State over Georgia Southern 69-64 (The Eagles are handed their 1st loss of the season)
Oklahoma over North Texas 83-67 (North Texas now has it's 1st loss of the season, too)
Temple over Missouri 79-77

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/28 recap (AKA: What went on while Texas State was hiring a new head football coach)

ACC/Big 10 Challenge:
Michigan over North Carolina 84-67
Virginia over Maryland 76-71
Syracuse over Ohio State 82-72
Florida State over Purdue 73-72
Northwestern over Georgia Tech 67-61
Rutgers upsets Miami (And with that, the ACC/Big 10 Challenge will end in a 7-7 tie. Thanks a lot, Miami)
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Other big games:
Old Dominion over VCU 62-52
Cornell over Lafayette 63-58 in OT
Florida International over Florida Gulf-Coast 81-80
Louisiana over New Orleans 77-73 in OT
Illinois State over BYU 92-89 in OT
Fresno State over Pacific 81-78 in OT
UC-Irvine over Saint Mary's 80-75

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

November 29th and 30th

Uh oh... When there are 2 days of action on a post, that normally means we're in a slow point of the action. So here and now, here are the games that might be good for the end of November:

Today:
Game of the Day: Alabama @ UCF (7:00)
Belmont @ Samford (7:30)
Georgia Southern @ Arizona (9:00)
Sacramento State @ UC-Santa Barbara (10:00)

Tomorrow:
Stephan F. Austin vs. San Francisco [From Belfast, Northern Ireland] (8:00 A.M)
Michigan State @ Rutgers (6:00)
Radford @ Texas (7:00)
Mississippi State @ Dayton (7:00)
UMBC @ Northern Kentucky (7:00)
Duquesne @ Pittsburgh (7:00)
Central Michigan @ TCU (7:30)
Game of the Day: Wisconsin @ Iowa (8:00)
Oklahoma State @ Minnesota (10:00)

Wait a minute... Friday's slate is actually... good! So I guess I should leave you guys to it, then! Oh, and if something happens in Belfast today, I'll let you know.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/29 recap

Is it weird that I'm doing this in the middle of the afternoon? Maybe, so let's just look at yesterday's action:

UCF over Alabama 70-64
Norfolk State over Hampton 94-89 in 2-OT's
Belmont over Samford 99-93 in OT (Belmont is still unbeaten at 6-0)
Austin Prey over Troy 79-74 in OT
UC-Santa Barbara over Sacramento State 75-58 (The Hornets are now no longer unbeaten)

And finally, Buffalo defeated Milwaukee 96-77 in Belfast just this morning. See? I'm keeping an eye on those games over there.

 

[Texas Jefe]

Sup fellas!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/30 recap/12/1 preview (Part 1- Top 25)

Lots of stuff happened yesterday, and a lot of stuff will (hopefully) happen today. So after I give you yesterday's results, here's what you can expect out of the Top 25 today:

Yesterday:
Michigan State over Rutgers 78-67
Wisconsin over Iowa 72-66
Radford upsets Texas 62-59 (Whoopsie)
Mississippi State over Dayton 65-58
East Carolina over Appalachian State 83-81
Pittsburgh over Duquesne 74-53
Minnesota over Oklahoma State 83-76

Today:
Belfast Hall of Fame Classic Final: San Francisco vs. Buffalo (10:00 A.M)
UNC-Greensboro @ Kentucky (1:00)
Gonzaga @ Creighton (2:00)
Kansas State @ Marquette (2:30)
Memphis vs. Texas Tech {From Miami, FL} (2:30)
Game of the Day: Purdue @ Michigan (3:30)
Nevada @ USC (4:30)
Penn State @ Maryland (5:00)
Stanford @ Kansas (5:30)
Oregon @ Houston (9:00) (Houston opens up it's new arena in this game!)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/1 preview (Part 2- Outside of the rankings)

And now, we get to see the games outside of the rankings that MIGHT be good today:

Miami Invitational [From Miami, FL]:
St. John's vs. Georgia Tech (12:00)
Vanderbilt vs. NC State (5:00)​

Other big games:
Louisville @ Seton Hall (12:00)
Northwestern @ Indiana (1:00)
Ball State @ IUPUI (1:00)
Mercer @ Citadel (1:00)
Colorado State @ Colorado (3:00)
San Diego State @ Illinois State (3:00)
Loyola-Chicago @ Illinois-Chicago (4:00)
Tulsa @ Utah (5:00)
Rhode Island @ Providence (5:00)
Butler @ Saint Louis (5:00)
Temple @ Saint Joseph's (5:30)
Cincinnati @ UNLV (6:00)
East Tennessee State @ Wofford (7:00)
New Mexico @ Bradley (8:00)
Florida International @ Arkansas (8:00)
Baylor @ Wichita State (8:00)
Washington State @ New Mexico State (9:00)
Utah State @ UC-Irvine (10:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

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

It's still pretty early in the season, but Gonzaga did show off it's chops at Creighton. Oh, and here's what else happened yesterday:

Miami Invitational:
Texas Tech over Memphis 78-67
NC State over Vanderbilt 80-65
St. John's over Georgia Tech 76-73
Yale over Miami 77-73 (Whoopsie)​

Other big games:
Nevada over USC 73-61
Michigan over Purdue 76-57
Kentucky over UNC-Greensboro 78-61
Marquette over Kansas State 83-71
Houston over Oregon 65-61
Belfast Classic Final: Buffalo over San Francisco 85-81
Maryland over Penn State 66-59
Villanova over La Salle 85-78

Stanford vs. Kansas - Game Summary - December 1, 2018 - ESPN And then, there was the "Game of the Day" as Kansas fights off Stanford. Huh... It seems to me that every time Kansas plays Stanford, it's ALWAYS a close game. Is that just me?

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/1 recap (Part 2: Other big action)

And now for the not-so-fun part; where I dig into the rest of the games and see what sticks out:

Louisville over Seton Hall 70-65
Indiana over Northwestern 68-66
Eastern Kentucky over High Point 70-69
Green Bay over Belmont 100-92 (Belmont suffers it's first loss of the year)
Colorado over Colorado State 86-80
Furman over Western Carolina 90-88 in 2-OT's
Loyola-Chicago over Illinois-Chicago 73-64
Texas State over UTSA 69-68
North Carolina Central over McNeese State 67-66
Utah over Tulsa 69-64
Saint Louis over Butler 64-52
Lipscomb over Middle Tennessee 84-74 (An in-state rivalry here)
Fordham over Manhattan 57-56 (This game is known as the "Bronx Battle"
Richmond over Wake Forest 84-74 (Whoopsie)
Wichita State over Baylor 71-63
Pepperdine over Abilene Christian 77-62 (Abilene Christian also got it's first loss of the year)
New Mexico State over Washington State 69-63

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 2nd and 3rd

With a lot of bowl match-ups to look at this afternoon, I'll be a LITTLE too busy to deal with college basketball for a little while. So that's why I got today and tomorrow's slate on this post, so here we go:

Today:
Arizona @ UConn (1:00)
UCF @ Missouri (3:00)
Illinois @ Nebraska (5:00)
Game of the Day: Minnesota @ Ohio State (7:00)
UC-Santa Barbara @ Washington (8:00)
Loyola-Marymount @ UCLA (10:00)

Tomorrow:
Game of the Day: Iowa @ Michigan State (6:30)
Liberty @ Georgetown (6:30)
Vermont @ George Mason (7:00)
Rutgers @ Wisconsin (8:00)

 

[Tortilla Launcher]

Still sittin with a bagel for Ls boys

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/2 recap

Just a little recap of Sunday's action for you guys:

Ohio State over Minnesota 79-59
Arizona over UConn 76-72
Delaware over Columbia 87-86 in 2-OT's
Missouri over UCF 64-62 in OT
UCLA over Loyola-Marymount 82-58 (Now LMU is out of the unbeaten ranks)
Washington over UC-Santa Barbara 67-63

Oh, and in the woman's game UConn was victorious over Notre Dame. But going 2 seasons without a national title... Could you REALLY blame the UConn woman for being so angry?

 

[huskers1217]

12/2 recap

Just a little recap of Sunday's action for you guys:

Ohio State over Minnesota 79-59
Arizona over UConn 76-72
Delaware over Columbia 87-86 in 2-OT's
Missouri over UCF 64-62 in OT
UCLA over Loyola-Marymount 82-58 (Now LMU is out of the unbeaten ranks)
Washington over UC-Santa Barbara 67-63

Oh, and in the woman's game UConn was victorious over Notre Dame. But going 2 seasons without a national title... Could you REALLY blame the UConn woman for being so angry?

huskers over lll a noise ....

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/3 recap and 12/4 preview (AKA: What I looked at while not falling asleep over "Monday Night Raw" again... and what I'll watch when "Smackdown Live" starts to lull)

Michigan State over Iowa 90-68
Wisconsin over Rutgers 69-64
Niagara upsets Pittsburgh 71-70 (Whoopsie)

Tonight's action:

Jimmy V Classic [From Madison Square Garden]
Oklahoma vs. Notre Dame (7:00)
Florida vs. West Virginia (30 minutes after above game)
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Other big games:
Northeastern @ Syracuse (6:45)
Furman @ Elon (7:00) (It's Furman's first-ever game as a ranked team! Hope they don't mess it up!)
Miami @ Penn (7:00)
Providence @ Boston College (7:00)
Indiana @ Penn State (7:00)
Radford @ James Madison (7:00)
Northern Kentucky @ Cincinnati (7:00)
Wofford @ Kansas (8:00)
Lipscomb @ Belmont (8:00)
Game of the Day: Michigan @ Northwestern (9:00)
New Mexico @ New Mexico State (9:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/4 recap

After taking the dog out on a 25-minute walk in near-freezing weather, I finally come in to look at yesterday's action:

Jimmy V Classic:
Oklahoma over Notre Dame 85-80
Florida over West Virginia 66-56
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Other big games:
Kansas over Wofford 72-47
Michigan over Northwestern 62-60
Furman over Elon 98-77
James Madison over Radford 73-66
Indiana over Penn State 64-62
Providence over Boston College 100-95 in OT
Maine upsets Fordham 75-68 in 2-OT's
Central Michigan over Youngstown State 100-94 in 3-OT's
High Point over Valparaiso 55-53
Georgia State over Alabama 83-80 (Whoopsie)
Belmont over Lipscomb 76-74

And finally, Miami has lost again to an Ivy League school [89-75 against Penn]. Maybe it's time we leave the Hurricanes for dead...