Our 2015/16 College Basketball Thread

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, November 25th

Maui's finishing up, but here come the big one: The Battle 4 Atlantis!

And, oh yeah, there'll be other games too: (Times are Eastern)

Battle 4 Atlantis [From the Bahamas]:
Gonzaga vs. Washington (12:00)
Syracuse vs. Charlotte (30 minutes after above game)
Texas vs. Texas A&M (7:00)
UConn vs. Michigan (30 minutes after above game)

Gulf Coast Showcase Semifinals [From Estero, FL]:
Western Kentucky vs. Duquesne (2:30)
Weber State vs. Murray State (8:30)

Maui Jim Maui Invitational [From Maui, HI]:
Consolation: Indiana vs. UNLV (5:00)
3rd Place Game: Wake Forest vs. UCLA (Around 7:30)
Championship Game: Vanderbilt vs. Kansas (30 minutes after above game)

Cancun Challenge Final:
Maryland vs. Rhode Island (8:30)

Men Who Speak Up Main Event Finals [From Las Vegas, NV]:
UMass vs. Creighton (9:30)

Great Alaska Shootout [From Anchorage, Alaska]:
San Jose State vs. Toledo (11:30)
San Diego vs. Loyola-Chicago (30 minutes after above game)
Middle Tennessee vs. Alaska-Anchorage (8:30 tomorrow)
Drexel vs. UNC-Asheville (Around 11:00 tomorrow)
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Other big games:
Mean Green Showcase Final: Samford vs. Idaho (3:00)
Air Force @ Colorado (9:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/26 recap (AKA: The great things that happened yesterday)

Cancun Challenge Final: Maryland over Rhode Island 86-63

Maui Invitational:
Consolation: UNLV over Indiana 72-69
3rd Place game: Wake Forest over UCLA 80-77
Championship: Kansas over Vanderbilt 70-63

Battle 4 Atlantis:
Gonzaga over Washington 80-64
Syracuse over Charlotte 83-70
Texas A&M over Texas 84-73; will meet Gonzaga in semis
UConn over Michigan 74-60; will meet Syracuse in semis

Gulf Coast Showcase Semis:
Duquesne over Western Kentucky 81-73
Weber State over Murray State 75-59

Great Alaska Shootout:
Toledo over San Jose State 89-74
Loyola-Chicago over San Diego 67-57
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Other big games:
Duke over Yale 80-61
Samford over Idaho 75-58
Men Who Speak Up Main Event Final: Creighton over UMass 97-76

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Thanksgiving 2015

If you don't like football with your Thanksgiving turkey, college basketball will do. Here are the fun games on tap for Turkey day: (All times are Eastern)

Battle 4 Atlantis [From the Bahamas]:
Semifinal: Gonzaga vs. Texas A&M (1:00)
Semifinal: Syracuse vs. UConn (Around 3:30) [Game of the Day]

Advocare Invitational [From Orlando, FL]:
Alabama vs. Xavier (12:00)
Wichita State vs. USC (30 minutes after above game)
Notre Dame vs. Monmouth (6:30)
Dayton vs. Iowa (Around 9:00)

NIT Season Tip-Off [From Brooklyn, NY]:
Semifinal: Arkansas vs. Georgia Tech (2:00)
Stanford vs. Villanova (Around 4:30)

Wooden Legacy [From Fullerton, CA]:
Boise State vs. UC-Irvine (4:00)
Boston College vs. Michigan State (Around 6:30)
Evansville vs. Providence (9:00)
Santa Clara vs. Arizona (11:30)

Las Vegas Invitational Semis:
Richmond vs. West Virginia (5:00)
California vs. San Diego State (12:00 A.M)
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As you can see, there's no filler. It's all just great action, and I hope you enjoy it...

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[BoiseStateFan27]

USC might be one of the most improved teams this year

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Thanksgiving recap

Wooden Legacy:
Michigan State over Boston College 99-68
Arizona over Santa Clara 75-73 in OT (Almost a giant "Whoopsie" for Arizona)
Boise State over UC-Irvine 71-64
Providence over Evansville 74-64

Battle 4 Atlantis:
Consolation: Texas over Washington 82-70
Semifinals: Texas A&M over Gonzaga 62-61 (A pretty good game)
Syracuse over UConn 79-76

NIT Season Tip-Off:
Villanova over Stanford 59-45
Georgia Tech over Arkansas 83-73

Advocare Invitational:
Xavier over Alabama 64-45
USC upsets Wichita State 72-69; will meet Xavier in semis
Monmouth upsets Notre Dame 70-68
Dayton over Iowa 82-77; will meet Monmouth in semis

Las Vegas Invitational:
San Diego State over California 72-58
West Virginia over Richmond 67-59

Great Alaska Shootout:
Middle Tennessee over Alaska-Anchorage
UNC-Asheville over Drexel 85-66​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Friday, November 27th

Once you're done killing yourselves over "Black Friday" deals, these are the CBB games waiting for you: (All times are Eastern)

Advocare Invitational [From Orlando, FL]:
Alabama vs. Wichita State (12:00)
Semifinal: Xavier vs. USC (30 minutes after above game)
Notre Dame vs. Iowa (7:00)
Semifinal: Monmouth vs. Dayton (Around 9:30)

Battle 4 Atlantis:
3rd Place Game: UConn vs. Gonzaga (12:30)
Championship: Syracuse vs. Texas A&M (Around 3:00) [Game of the Day]
Consolation: Michigan vs. Texas (7:00)

Wooden Legacy Semifinals [From Fullerton, CA]:
Boise State vs. Michigan State (5:30)
Providence vs. Arizona (11:30)

NIT Season Tip-Off Final: Villanova vs. Georgia Tech (3:00)

Emerald Coast Classic Semifinals: [From Niceville, FL]:
Virginia Tech vs. Iowa State (7:00)
Illinois vs. UAB (Around 9:30)

Barclays Center Classic Semifinals [From Brooklyn, NY]
Cincinnati vs. Nebraska (6:30)
Tennessee vs. George Washington (30 minutes after above game)

Great Alaska Shootout Semis [From Anchorage, AL]
Toledo vs. Loyola-Chicago (9:30)
Middle Tennessee vs. UNC-Asheville (12:00 A.M)

Las Vegas Invitational Final: West Virginia vs. San Diego State (10:30)
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Other big games:
Coastal Christi Coastal Classic: UTEP vs. Southern Illinois (3:30)
Northeastern @ Miami (4:00)
Kentucky vs. South Florida [From Miami] (5:00)
Ohio State vs. Memphis [From Miami] (7:30)

 

[Hitman Hart]

Xavier is looking pretty strong right now.

I'm probably going to the Wake/Xavier game in Winston next month.

 

[kramer1]

Xavier is looking pretty strong right now.

I'm probably going to the Wake/Xavier game in Winston next month.

Xavier is the devil. Go Wake.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/27 recap (AKA: What happened yesterday) [Hint: It was good stuff]

Wooden Legacy Semifinals:
Michigan State over Boise State 77-67
Providence upsets Arizona 69-65

NIT Season Tip-Off Final: Villanova over Georgia Tech 69-52

Emerald Coast Classic Semis:
Iowa State over Virginia Tech 99-77
Illinois over UAB 72-58

Battle 4 Atlantis:
3rd Place Game: Gonzaga over UConn 73-70
Championship: Syracuse over Texas A&M 74-67

Las Vegas Invitational:
Consolation: Richmond over California 94-90 (Whoopsie)
Final: West Virginia over San Diego State 72-50

Advocare Invitational:
Notre Dame over Iowa 68-62
Alabama over Wichita State 64-60
Semifinal: Xavier over USC 87-77
Semifinal: Dayton over Monmouth 73-70

Barclays Center Classic Semis:
Cincinnati over Nebraska 65-61
George Washington over Tennessee 73-70

Great Alaska Shootout Semis:
Toledo over Loyola-Chicago 82-74
Middle Tennessee over UNC-Asheville 63-61​

Other big games:
Kentucky over South Florida 84-63
Northeastern upsets Miami 78-77 (Whoopsie)
UTEP over Southern Illinois 71-66
UC-Irvine over Boston College 80-67 (Whoopsie)
Memphis over Ohio State 81-76 in OT

See? Told you it was a fun day.

 

[The Q]

Gonna be a long year for my huskies.

two bad losses.

They played awful in both games.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Saturday, November 28th

Despite college football dominating the headlines today, CBB fans still have something to cling to. And it's this slate of games: (All times are Eastern)

Barclays Center Classic [From Brooklyn, NY]:
Consolation: Nebraska vs. Tennessee (12:00)
Championship: George Washington vs. Cincinnati (30 minutes after above game)

Emerald Coast Classic Final:
Iowa State vs. Illinois (7:00)

Corpus Christi Coastal Classic Final:
Game of the Day: Colorado State vs. UTEP (8:30)

Great Alaska Shootout Final:
Toledo vs. Middle Tennessee (12:30 A.M)
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Other big games:
New Mexico State @ Air Force (2:00)
Arkansas Little-Rock @ Tulsa (4:00)
Hawaii @ Texas Tech (4:00)
Georgia @ Seton Hall (7:30)
Western Illinois @ Creighton (8:00)
Saint Louis vs. Louisville [from Brooklyn] (8:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Gonna be a long year for my huskies.

two bad losses.

They played awful in both games.

Really?! I thought they looked good in those games; UConn just lost to 2 good teams. Let's not lose hope yet.

 

[kramer1]

Gonna be a long year for my huskies.

two bad losses.

They played awful in both games.

Overrated big time. Said so here in our preseason talks.

 

[The Q]

Really?! I thought they looked good in those games; UConn just lost to 2 good teams. Let's not lose hope yet.

They had one good run against Gonzaga but were dominated for 35 minutes.

Cuse they looked awful the last 30 minutes of teh game. NO excuse to ever blow a 10 point lead, especially against a team with flat out less talent.

The Atlantis talent pool in general was a bit low though IMO. Very few future pros.

Lavert will be a future pro for a while, the big gangly kid from Cuse might if he can pack on some muscle.

Maybe Jalen Adams if he stays 2 more years. Sabonis will be for sure.

Other than that? A lot of meh.

 

[Cincyfan78]

UConn has played better than I thought they would, but we'll see. I still think they were over-rated to begin the season.

Hamilton has been a huge improvement, but outside of that....meh. Underwhelming. Again, we'll see how they do. Still have some good games to show what they can do before league play.

 

[The Q]

Hamilton still can't finish in the lane, much like last year when they lost a few games they should've won just by hitting those short shots/layups.

but Purvis has been awful.

Brimah is the same player he was as a frosh.

They should still win the AAC, but that's more because of what the AAC is than anything else.

 

[kramer1]

Hamilton still can't finish in the lane, much like last year when they lost a few games they should've won just by hitting those short shots/layups.

but Purvis has been awful.

Brimah is the same player he was as a frosh.

They should still win the AAC, but that's more because of what the AAC is than anything else.

Wow. Uh, no.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/28 recap (AKA: What happened while Rivalry Saturday was going on in football)

Emerald Coast Classic Final:
Iowa State over Illinois 84-73

Barclays Center Classic:
Consolation: Nebraska over Tennessee 82-71
Championship: Cincinnati over George Washington 61-56

Great Alaska Shootout Final:
Middle Tennessee over Toledo 78-70​

Other big games:
UMKC over South Dakota State 64-57
Air Force over New Mexico State 66-64 in OT
Arkansas-Little Rock over Tulsa 64-60
UTEP over Colorado State 99-90 in 2-OT's
Seton Hall over Georgia 69-62
Creighton over Western Illinois 97-67
Louisville over Saint Louis 77-57

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Sunday, November 29th

In terms of the holiday tournaments, this is the end of the road. Oh well, let's see what tournaments will have a winner today: (All times are Eastern)

Advocare Invitational [From Orlando, FL]:
Consolation: Wichita State vs. Iowa (10:00)
Championship: Xavier vs. Dayton (4:30) (Personally, I can't wait for this one. Former Atlantic 10 rivals will collide right here!)
Consolation: Notre Dame vs. Alabama (Around 7:00)

Wooden Legacy [From Anaheim, CA]:
Consolation: UC-Irvine vs. Evansville (2:30)
Championship: Michigan State vs. Providence (10:00) [Game of the Day]

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Other big games:
Utah State @ Duke (12:30)
Spartan Invitational: Navy vs. IPFW (12:30)
Wisconsin @ Oklahoma (2:30)

Another day that's low on games, but very high on drama! Enjoy it.

 

[Cincyfan78]

Hamilton still can't finish in the lane, much like last year when they lost a few games they should've won just by hitting those short shots/layups.

but Purvis has been awful.

Brimah is the same player he was as a frosh.

They should still win the AAC, but that's more because of what the AAC is than anything else.

If that is really the case, then I don't see how they get past SMU or Cincinnati for the AAC.