February 9th and 10th (AKA: Okay, what upsets happened this time?!)
Tuesday:
Villanova over DePaul 86-59 Creighton over Xavier 70-56
Kansas over West Virginia 75-65
Purdue over Michigan State 82-81 in OT
Miami over Pittsburgh 65-63
Dayton over Duquesne 76-74
Florida over Ole Miss 77-72
Wednesday:
Texas Tech over Iowa State 85-82
Alabama over Texas A&M 63-62
Tulsa over SMU 82-77
Marquette over Providence 96-91 in 2-OT's
Tulane over East Carolina 100-92 in 3-OT's
Butler over Seton Hall 81-75
Houston over Memphis 98-90 South Carolina over LSU 94-83
Saint Joseph's over George Washington 84-66
Utah over Washington 90-82
Colorado State over Boise State 97-93 in 2-OT's Fresno State over San Diego State 58-57
Memphis was up eight at the half at Houston last night, but the Cougs came back to win by eight. We miss leading scorerer Rob Gray Jr., but Devontae Pollard and Damian Dotson were stellar. Really think Kelvin Sampson's squad is capable of making some noise down the stretch.
2/11 and 2/12 recap (AKA: More games that are no longer upsets)
Thursday:
Indiana over Iowa 85-78 (Do not call this one an upset under any circumstances.)
California over Oregon 83-63
Temple over UConn 63-58
Syracuse over Florida State 85-72
New Hampshire over Albany 69-68
UMass upsets VCU 69-63
Western Carolina upsets Chattanooga 67-61 (Whoopsie)
UAB over Southern Mississippi 80-77 in 2-OT's
Louisiana-Monroe upsets Arkansas-Little Rock 86-82 (Whoopsie)
Louisiana Tech over Middle Tennessee 73-63
Pepperdine over Saint Mary's 69-63 (Whoopsie)
Colorado over Washington State 88-81 in 2-OT's
Friday:
Arizona over UCLA 81-75
Dayton over Rhode Island 68-66
Arizona State over USC 74-67
Monmouth over Rider 79-78
Can we have just ONE day of CBB action that isn't full of upsets and headaches? Well, it won't be today, 'cause this is what we have: (All times are Eastern)
And now, another look at the games outside the rankings. (All times are Eastern)
Arkansas @ Ole Miss (2:00)
Georgia Tech @ Clemson (2:00) Washington @ Colorado (2:00)
UAB @ Louisiana Tech (2:00)
Siena @ Iona (2:00)
James Madison @ UNC-Wilmington (3:00)
George Washington @ St. Bonaventure (4:00)
Alabama @ Florida (5:30) Oregon State @ California (6:30)
Princeton @ Columbia (7:00)
Texas A&M-CC @ Stephan F. Austin (7:00)
Tulsa @ UConn (8:00)
Creighton @ Marquette (8:00)
Villanova over St. John's 73-63 Wisconsin upsets Maryland 70-57 (And Maryland didn't just lose this one, they weren't even close.) Kansas over Oklahoma 76-72
Xavier over Butler 76-57 Duke over Virginia 63-62
Stanford upsets Oregon 76-72 (Okay... I guess NO-ONE from the PAC-12 is gonna step up and be a leader.)
Notre Dame over Louisville 71-66
Iowa State over Texas 85-75
LSU over Texas A&M 76-71 (Not an upset)
SMU over Gonzaga 69-60 (A missed opportunity for Gonzaga. No more, no less.)
Michigan over Purdue 61-56
Providence over Georgetown 75-72
Texas Tech over Baylor 84-66
Kentucky over South Carolina 89-62 Northern Iowa over Wichita State 53-50
Outside the chaos of the rankings, this is what took place:
Ole Miss over Arkansas 76-60 Colorado over Washington 81-80
Louisiana Tech over UAB 85-76
Fairfield over Quinnipiac 84-80 in 2-OT's
UNC-Wilmington over James Madison 78-68 St. Bonaventure over George Washington 64-57
Northern Illinois over Akron 80-79 Alabama over Florida 61-55
California over Oregon State 83-71
Princeton over Columbia 88-83 UConn over Tulsa 75-73
Wright State over Valparaiso 61-59 (Whoopsie) Creighton over Marquette 65-62
Since you guys will be busy with Valentine's Day, I'll keep this CBB slate listing brief: (All times are Eastern)
Sunday:
Pittsburgh @ North Carolina (1:00)
Game of the Day: Indiana @ Michigan State (1:00)
New Hampshire @ Stony Brook (2:00)
Washington State @ Utah (5:00)
Miami @ Florida State (6:30)
USC @ Arizona (8:00)
Monday:
Oakland @ Wright State (5:00)
NC State @ Virginia (7:00)
New Mexico State @ Wichita State (8:00) Game of the Day: Oklahoma State @ Kansas (9:00)
2/14 and 2/15 recap (AKA: Holy crap! A 2-day period WITHOUT madness at the top?!)
Sunday:
Iowa over Minnesota 75-71 Michigan State over Indiana 88-69
North Carolina over Pittsburgh 85-64
Miami over Florida State 67-65
Arizona over USC 86-78
Stony Brook over New Hampshire 59-58
UCLA over Arizona State 78-65
Monday:
Kansas over Oklahoma State 94-67
Wichita State over New Mexico State 71-41
With Mike Shaw's "Genghis Khan" blaring on my TV, I'm hopeful for a good week. Let's see if the CBB slate will help with that: (All times are Eastern)
Tuesday:
West Virginia @ Texas (7:00) Michigan @ Ohio State (7:00)
Creighton @ Butler (7:00)
Northwestern @ Purdue (7:00)
Rhode Island @ VCU (7:30)
Florida @ Georgia (9:00) Ole Miss @ Texas A&M (9:00)
Iowa State @ Baylor (9:00)
Wednesday:
Dayton @ Saint Joseph's (6:00)
Villanova @ Temple (7:00) Syracuse @ Louisville (7:00)
Stony Brook @ Albany (7:00)
Providence @ Xavier (7:00) Alabama @ LSU (9:00)
Oklahoma @ Texas Tech (9:00) Big Game: Duke @ North Carolina (9:00) (And this version of this rivalry won't be all hype... I hope.)
Seton Hall @ Georgetown (9:00)
Colorado @ USC (11:00)
Once again, Duke and North Carolina had a fun game... with a finish that I'm sure EVERYONE at ESPN are over-analyzing and over-hyping. Aside from that, here's what else happened:
Tuesday:
Texas over West Virginia 85-78
Baylor over Iowa State 100-91 in OT
Purdue over Northwestern 71-61 Missouri upsets South Carolina 72-67 (Finally, a REAL upset!)
Pittsburgh over Wake Forest 101-96 in 2-OT's
Ohio State over Michigan 76-66
Butler over Creighton 88-75
Youngstown State over Illinois-Chicago 92-91 in 2-OT's
Florida over Georgia 57-53
Texas A&M over Ole Miss 71-56
Wednesday:
Villanova over Temple 83-67 Texas Tech upsets Oklahoma 65-63
Xavier over Providence 85-74
Miami over Virginia Tech 65-49 Saint Joseph's over Dayton 79-70
Louisville over Syracuse 72-58
Albany over Stony Brook 82-70 (A possible "Whoopsie" loss for Stony Brook... if they don't recover)
La Salle upsets St. Bonaventure 71-64 (Whoopsie) Alabama over LSU 76-69 (Wait... Are BOTH of these teams going to make the NCAA's?)
Seton Hall over Georgetown 72-64
USC over Colorado 79-72
And finally, Iowa holds off Penn State for it's...
My dark side: "No no no, dude. Iowa lost at Penn State."
Tennessee @ Kentucky (7:00)
UNC-Wilmington @ William & Mary (7:00)
South Dakota State @ IPFW (7:00)
SMU @ UConn (8:00)
Cincinnati @ Tulsa (9:00) Game of the Day: Wisconsin @ Michigan State (9:00)
Utah @ UCLA (10:00) California @ Washington (11:00)
Friday:
Akron @ Kent State (6:00) Game of the Day: Yale @ Princeton (7:00)
Oakland @ Valparaiso (8:00)
Iona @ Monmouth (10:00)
I heard on the radio that the top 25 were 27-23 for their two weekly games. I believe it was the week Oregon went to the Bay area and lost to Cal and Stanford.
2/18 and 2/19 recap (AKA: What happened OTHER than Minnesota pulling the upset of the year over Maryland.)
Thursday:
Michigan State over Wisconsin 69-57
Kentucky over Tennessee 80-70 UConn over SMU 68-62
Northwestern over James Madison 95-94 in 3-OT's
William & Mary over UNC-Wilmington 87-69 (Whoopsie)
IPFW over South Dakota State 91-79 Tulsa over Cincinnati 70-68
Utah over UCLA 75-73
California over Washington 78-75
Friday:
Kent State over Akron 85-76 (Whoopsie)
Valparaiso over Oakland 86-84
Princeton over Yale 75-63 Iona over Monmouth 83-67 (Whoopsie)