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

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, December 5th

Wow... There were a LOT of stuff that happened last Tuesday, so here's hoping we have more fun results on this Wednesday:

Ohio @ Xavier (6:30)
Ohio State @ Illinois (7:00)
Marshall @ Duquesne (7:00)
North Texas @ Indiana State (7:00)
VCU @ Texas (8:00)
Oklahoma State @ Tulsa (8:00)
Saint Louis @ Southern Illinois (8:00)
Temple @ Villanova (8:30)
Nebraska @ Minnesota (9:00)
Utah State @ BYU (9:00)
San Diego @ San Diego State (10:00)
TCU @ SMU (10:00)
Portland @ Portland State (10:05)
Game of the Day: Washington @ Gonzaga (11:00)

 

[osubuckeye89]

LOL @ The U

4 straight losses. last 2 to the ivy league (and Rutgers before hand)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/5 recap

Washington vs. Gonzaga - Game Summary - December 5, 2018 - ESPN

Geez! Gonzaga with another "close-call" game that they somehow managed to win. Let's see... Did anything else happen besides Washington falling short?

Villanova over Temple 69-59
Minnesota over Nebraska 85-78
North Texas over Indiana State 80-69
VCU over Texas 54-53
Tulsa over Oklahoma State 74-71
Southern Illinois over Saint Louis 61-56
BYU over Utah State 95-80
San Diego over San Diego State 73-61
San Francisco over California 79-60
TCU over SMU 67-59

And finally, Ball State hands Loyola-Chicago another loss 75-69. I don't want to stir up any trouble, but maybe Loyola's golden run could be over...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 6th and 7th (AKA: What I'll be watching while I ponder how fast a gas tank can rust)

Today:
Game of the Day: Maryland @ Purdue (7:00)
Iowa State @ Iowa (8:00)
Utah Valley @ Arizona (9:00)

Tomorrow:

Air Force Reserve Hall of Fame Classic [From Miami, FL]:
New Mexico vs. Saint Mary's (7:00)
TCU vs. USC (Around 9:30)
Game of the Day: Nevada vs. Arizona State (Midnight)
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Other big games:
UMass @ Providence (7:00)
Louisiana Tech @ Stephan F. Austin (7:30)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/6 recap

A little surprise for everyone today! Today, I'll be looking at the action that'll go on this Saturday (in 2 parts). First though, we look at yesterday's action:

Iowa over Iowa State 98-84
Purdue over Maryland 62-60 (I didn't know that Maryland had lost 5 straight to Purdue before this game. Did you?)
Oakland over Fairfield 87-86
Arizona over Utah Valley 80-69

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 8th (Part 1)

December 8th will mark the first Saturday that college basketball will take over the airways. Just ask the kind people at CBS, they'll tell you. Anyway, here's what to see from the Top 25 on Saturday:

Never Forget Tribute Classic [From Newark, NJ]:
Mississippi State vs. Clemson (4:00)
Florida State vs. UConn (Around 6:30)​

Other big games:
South Carolina @ Michigan (12:00)
Kentucky vs. Seton Hall [From Madison Square Garden] (12:00)
Michigan State @ Florida (12:00)
Buffalo @ St. Bonaventure (4:00)
Loyola-Chicago @ Maryland (4:00)
Kansas State @ Tulsa (4:30)
Furman @ South Carolina Upstate (4:30)
Game of the Day: Wisconsin @ Marquette (5:00)
Creighton @ Nebraska (6:00)
New Mexico State @ Kansas (8:30)
Dayton @ Auburn (8:30)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 8th (Part 2- Outside of the rankings)

And now for the important part: My list of the games you should see outside of the Top 25:

Beehive Classic [From Salt Lake City, UT]:
BYU vs. Utah (2:00)
Weber State vs. Utah State (Around 4:30)​

Other big games:
DePaul @ Northwestern (12:00)
Pittsburgh @ West Virginia (12:00)
Wichita State @ Oklahoma (12:00)
UAB @ Memphis (1:00)
Stony Brook @ Brown (2:00) (Stony Brook's unbeaten on the road, Brown's unbeaten at home. Something has to give.)
Xavier @ Cincinnati (2:00)
Louisville @ Indiana (2:30)
Georgetown @ Syracuse (3:30)
Houston @ Oklahoma State (4:00)
Boston College @ Texas A&M (6:00)
Northern Kentucky @ Eastern Kentucky (6:00)
Notre Dame @ UCLA (10:30)

Oops! A quick update on that NMSU/Kansas game! That one will actually take place at the Sprint Arena in Kansas City (for something called the "Jayhawk Shootout"). Sorry!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/7 recap (AKA: What happened while I tried to comprehend the movie "Death By Invitation")

Air Force Reserves Basketball Hall of Fame Classic:
Nevada over Arizona State 72-66
Saint Mary's over New Mexico 85-60
TCU over USC 96-61
​

Other big games:
UMass over Providence 79-78 (Whoopsie)
UNC-Greensboro over Elon 75-74
Longwood over Frostburg State 68-65 in OT
Louisiana Tech over Stephan F. Austin 96-93 in OT

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/8 recap (Part 1-Top 25)

So in one day...
New Mexico State vs. Kansas - Game Summary - December 8, 2018 - ESPN ...we get Kansas in another close game as they beat New Mexico State

Seton Hall vs. Kentucky - Game Summary - December 8, 2018 - ESPN And also, there was Seton Hall shrugging off a Kentucky half-court shot to stun the Wildcats. Amazing stuff!
So... did anything else happen yesterday?

Michigan over South Carolina 89-78
Auburn over Dayton 82-72
Michigan State over Florida 63-59
Nebraska over Creighton 94-75
Marquette over Wisconsin 74-69 in OT
Tulsa upsets Kansas State 47-46

Never Forget Tribute Classic:
Florida State over UConn 79-71
Mississippi State over Clemson 82-71​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/8 recap (Part 2- Other big games)

Look. All you need to know is that the Orange pulled it off against Georgetown, and that's it. ...Oh, there was still more games? Okay, here:

Northwestern over DePaul 75-68
West Virginia over Pittsburgh 69-59
Cincinnati over Xavier 62-47
BYU over Utah 74-59
Toledo over Marshall 75-74 in OT
Indiana over Louisville 68-67
Western Kentucky upsets Arkansas 78-77 (Whoopsie)
Houston over Oklahoma State 63-53
Eastern Kentucky over Northern Kentucky 76-74
Cal Poly over Bethune-Cookman 80-78 in OT
UCLA over Notre Dame 65-62

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 9th and 10th

Trying to relax about all this bad weather? These games on Sunday and Monday will help you out:

Today:

MSG Holiday Festival [From Madison Square Garden]:
Columbia vs. Iona (11:00 A.M)
Princeton vs. St. John's (30 minutes after above game)​

Air Force Reserve Jerry Colangelo Classic [From Phoenix, AZ]:
Game of the Day: Gonzaga vs. Tennessee (3:00)
Grand Canyon vs. Nevada (Around 5:30)​

Other big games:
Arizona @ Alabama (1:00)
VCU @ Virginia (1:30)
Purdue @ Texas (6:00)
Seattle @ Washington (9:00)

Tomorrow:
Game of the Day: CS-Fullerton @ Saint Mary's (10:00)

Man... Monday's slate looks god-awful.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/9 and 12/10 recap

Sorry about not getting to Sunday's action sooner. But then again, when you have Tennessee stunning Gonzaga in Phoenix, you tend to get a little distracted. So let's see if anything else happened besides the Tennessee game:

Sunday:
Virginia over VCU 57-49
Nevada over Grand Canyon 74-66
St. John's over Princeton 89-74
Alabama over Arizona 76-73
Saint Louis over Oregon State 65-61
Texas over Purdue 72-68
Montana State over Washington State 95-90 (Whoopsie)
Washington over Seattle 70-62

Yesterday:
...Nothing big that I can recall.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 11th and 12th

Sheesh... I was hoping for at least a OT game yesterday, but we all got nothing. Let's hope that the next 2 days have something for us:

Today:
Game of the Day: Villanova @ Penn (7:00) (Okay... we're off to a good start.)
Charleston Southern @ Furman (7:00)
Georgia Southern @ UCF (7:00)
NJIT @ Fordham (8:00)
Colorado @ New Mexico (9:00)

Tomorrow:
Lipscomb @ Louisville (7:00)
UMass @ Temple (7:00)
LIU-Brooklyn @ Stony Brook (7:00)
SE-Louisiana vs. Ole Miss {From Jackson, MS} (7:30)
Murray State @ Southern Illinois (8:00)
Game of the Day: LSU @ Houston (9:00)
San Diego @ Oregon (10:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/11 and 12/12 recap

Villanova vs. Pennsylvania - Box Score - December 11, 2018 - ESPN

Hmmm... How come every time I highlight Villanova on this thread, it's always when they embarrass themselves? ...Oh well, let's see who else got embarrassed over the last 2 days:

Tuesday:
Furman over Charleston Southern 77-69 (Furman's still unbeaten)
Towson over UMBC 90-86 in 2-OT's
Georgia Southern over UCF 95-88
South Dakota State over Savannah State 139-72
NJIT over Fordham 53-50 (Has NJIT ever started 10-2 before?)
Colorado over New Mexico 78-75

Wednesday:
Houston over LSU 82-76
Louisville over Lipscomb 72-68
Temple over UMass 65-63
Oregon over San Diego 65-55

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 13th and 14th (AKA: What you can watch while you rage over the Chargers/Chiefs NFL game tonight)

Today:
North Florida @ Florida International (7:00)
Game of the Day: New Orleans @ Tulsa (8:00)

Tomorrow:
Illinois-Chicago @ DePaul (7:00)
Game of the Day: Green Bay @ Creighton (8:00)

Sheesh! Is EVERYONE just waiting for Saturday's games to start?

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Saturday, December 15th (Part 1-Top 25 action)

Earlier I asked "Is EVERYONE just waiting for Saturday?". Well, since Villanova is facing Kansas on Saturday, I think that's a big "Yes".
Oh well. Since I'm here with Villanova/Kansas talk, let's go ahead and see what else is on in the Top 25:

Tennessee @ Memphis (12:00)
Old Dominion @ Syracuse (12:00) (Hey! I didn't know Syracuse was back in the Top 25. Did you?)
Southern Illinois @ Buffalo (2:00)
Crossroads Classic {From Indianapolis}: Butler vs. Indiana (3:45)
Utah @ Kentucky (5:00)
Arizona State @ Georgia (6:00)
Game of the Day: Gonzaga @ North Carolina (7:00)
Abilene Christian @ Texas Tech (7:00)
Boardwalk Classic {From Atlantic City, NJ}: Virginia Tech vs. Washington (7:00)
Hy-Vee Classic {From Des Moines, IA}: Iowa vs. Northern Iowa (7:00)
Auburn @ UAB (7:30)
Cincinnati @ Mississippi State (8:30)
South Dakota State @ Nevada (9:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 15th (Part 2- Other big games)

And since we're talking about Saturday's Top 25 games, we might as well look at the big games OUTSIDE of the rankings. Oh, and I'll now give you the full schedule for these special events:

Boardwalk Classic {From Atlantic City, NJ}:
Iona vs. Princeton (11:30 A.M)
NC State vs. Penn State (2:00)
Davidson vs. Temple (4:30)
Virginia Tech vs. Washington (7:00)

Hy-Vee Classic {From Des Moines, IA}:
Drake vs. Iowa State (4:30)
Iowa vs. Northern Iowa (Around 7:00)

Crossroads Classic {From Indianapolis, IN}:
Notre Dame vs. Purdue (1:30)
Butler vs. Indiana (Around 3:45)

Neon Hoops Showcase {From the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas}:
BYU vs. UNLV (8:30)
LSU vs. Saint Mary's (Around 11:00)​

Other big games:
SMU @ Georgetown (12:00)
Rutgers vs. Seton Hall {From Newark, NJ}: (2:00)
Radford @ Clemson (3:00)
Kent State @ Louisville (4:00)
Charleston @ VCU (4:00)
Belmont @ UCLA (5:00)
Southern Miss @ Wichita State (5:30)
Texas State @ UT-Rio Grande (8:00)
Louisiana Tech @ UL-Lafayette (8:00)
USC @ Oklahoma (9:00)
Loyola-Marymount @ Portland State (10:05)
Dam City Classic {From the Moda Center in Portland, OR}: Oregon State vs. Texas A&M (11:00)
Baylor @ Arizona (11:00)

And, I just found out that the Hy-Vee Classic will be shutting down following this season. Such a shame...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/13 and 12/14 recap

Before we dive headfirst into an incredible Saturday, let's see if anything big happened over the past 2 days:

Thursday:
Wisconsin over Savannah State 101-60
Gardner-Webb over Kennesaw State 81-77 in OT
Samford over Morehead State 77-72 in OT

Yesterday:
Arkansas State over Florida Atlantic 75-71 in 2-OT's
Creighton over Green Bay 86-65

...Nope. I guess nothing happened. Enjoy your Saturday, folks!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/15 recap (Part 1- Top 25 action)

Which "Hallmark Christmas Movie" do you guys prefer: "Miss Christmas" or "It's Christmas, Eve"? While you ponder that question, I'm gonna look at the Top 25 action from yesterday (and other neutral-site events):

Crossroads Classic:
Indiana over Butler 71-68
Notre Dame over Purdue 88-80

Boardwalk Classic:
Virginia Tech over Washington 73-61
Princeton over Iona 85-81
NC State over Penn State 89-78
Temple over Davidson 77-75 in OT (Wait... I didn't know this game was in Atlantic City, too! Well... alright.)

Hy-Vee Classic:
Iowa over Northern Iowa 77-54
Iowa State over Drake 77-68
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Other big games:
Tennessee over Memphis 102-92
North Carolina over Gonzaga 103-90
Nevada over South Dakota State 72-68
Michigan over Western Michigan 70-62
Auburn over UAB 75-71 in OT
Texas Tech over Abilene Christian 82-48 (And with that, the Lubbock Memorial Coliseum closes it's doors.)
Ohio State over Bucknell 73-71
Buffalo over Southern Illinois 73-65
Mississippi State over Cincinnati 70-59
Arizona State over Georgia 76-74

Villanova vs. Kansas - Game Summary - December 15, 2018 - ESPN And finally, Kansas wins YET ANOTHER close game to stay at #1. This time though, it was understandable as Kansas fought out Villanova.

My dark side: "Good collection of hoops action! ...What happened to Syracuse?"
Me: "We don't discuss that one."

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/15 recap (Part 2: Other big games)

And now for the important stuff: Important results outside of the rankings!

Neon Hoops Showcase:
LSU over Saint Mary's 78-74
UNLV over BYU 92-90 in OT​

Other big games:
Baylor over Arizona 58-49
Oklahoma over USC 81-70
SMU over Georgetown 81-73
Garden State Hardwood Classic: Seton Hall over Rutgers 72-66
Marshall over Akron 75-74
UC-Santa Barbara over Rice 99-89 in OT
Southern Utah over Pepperdine 78-69 in OT
Louisville over Kent State 83-70
Charleston over VCU 83-79
Belmont over UCLA 74-72
California over Cal Poly 67-66
Dam City Classic: Texas A&M over Oregon State 67-64