Our 2015/16 College Basketball Thread

[UVA_Guy81]

Damn UVA, y'all gonna cause me to have a heart attack.

Welcome to the life of a Tony Bennett team. Cal definitely played better though tonight in my opinion. Wondering if they were hungover a bit from beating Villanova by double digits this past Saturday.

Since you watched the game as well, were you annoyed with the long cut ins to the Oakland-MSU game like I was?

 

[jeffro151]

Since you watched the game as well, were you annoyed with the long cut ins to the Oakland-MSU game like I was?

Very much so. It's like ESPN has never heard of picture in picture. If the MSU game would have been on another channel outside of ESPN, I could have understood it a little better, but the game was on ESPNU. Totally unacceptable what they did, IMO.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/21 recap and 12/22 big games

Just a little something about Monday...

(Providence over UMass 90-66
Grand Canyon over Houston 78-69
Oregon over Alabama 72-68
Pacific over Santa Clara 73-72 in OT)

...before the action that left EVERYBODY in stitches. Here are the big results from yesterday:

Michigan State over Oakland 99-93 in OT (From the looks of this thread, you guys really enjoyed this one.)
Xavier over Wake Forest 78-70 (Ditto for this one...)
Virginia over California 63-62 in OT (...and this one, too!)
Iowa State over Cincinnati 81-79
DePaul upsets George Washington 82-61

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/22 recap (AKA: What else happened yesterday)

Diamond Head Classic:
Oklahoma over Washington State 88-60
Hawaii over Northern Iowa 68-52; will meet Oklahoma in semis
Auburn over New Mexico 83-78
Harvard upsets BYU 85-82 in OT; will meet Auburn in semis (Whoopsie for BYU)

Las Vegas Classic:
SMU over Kent State 90-74
Colorado over Penn State 71-70
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Other big games:
Kansas over San Diego State 70-57
Purdue over Vanderbilt 68-55
South Carolina over St. John's 75-61
Saint Joseph's over Virginia Tech 79-62
Texas Tech over Arkansas-Little Rock 65-53 (First loss for UALR)
Ole Miss over Troy 83-80 in OT
Canisius over Louisiana-Monroe 108-96 in 3-OT's
Marist over Brown 84-83 in 2-OT's
Houston over Wyoming 94-89 in 2-OT's
Grand Canyon over Marshall 85-81

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, December 23rd

Before we enter the last days of the Christmas holiday, here's the CBB slate for today... and for 12/25 (All times are Eastern)

Diamond Head Classic [From Honolulu, HI]:
Consolation: New Mexico vs. BYU (2:30)
Semifinal: Auburn vs. Harvard (Around 5:00)
Semifinal: Oklahoma vs. Hawaii (9:00)
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Other big games:
Illinois @ Missouri (7:00)
Game of the Day: Las Vegas Classic- SMU vs. Colorado (10:00)

Friday, December 25th
Diamond Head Classic Championship:
Semifinal winners (Around 8:30 on ESPN2)
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Enjoy your Christmas, everyone!

 

[Hitman Hart]

Announcers kept talking about how young this Xavier team is and how they could be poised for a run in the future....

Yeah, they have some young pieces, but they also play four juniors/seniors. Wake only has two scholarship upper classmen on their entire roster (thanks, Bzdelik)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/23 recap (AKA: Just a few notes about what happened yesterday)

Diamond Head Classic Semis:
Harvard over Auburn 69-51
Oklahoma over Hawaii 84-81
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Other big games:
Davidson over Morehead State 81-77
Las Vegas Classic: SMU over Colorado 70-66
Illinois over Missouri 68-63
Northern Iowa over Washington State 63-59

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 26th and 27th

With Oklahoma dropping Harvard 83-71 to win the Diamond Head Classic, the holiday tournaments are OVER! Now with full-bore conference play starting in a few days, let's look at the weekend slate: (All times are Eastern)


Game of the Weekend: Louisville @ Kentucky (12:00)
Sunday: Marshall @ Maryland (4:00)
Middle Tennessee @ South Dakota State (5:30)

 

[Texas Jefe]

just read that Big12 is #1 in RPI, #1 in Sagarin #1 in Pomeroy.

dont know what that all means, except that the Big12 race is gonna be brutal.

 

[occupant]

Boomer.

 

[Texas Jefe]

I see 'ol Pittino didnt show up to the post game presser?

 

[Hitman Hart]

I see 'ol Pittino didnt show up to the post game presser?

He also no showed ACC Media Day this year, which took place right after the stripper scandal came out, so this really isn't too surprising.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 28th and 29th

First, a small update about yesterday's games: Maryland won, Ohio State won... and that's about it.

Okay then! Here are the big games that'll happen over the next 2 days: (All times are Eastern)

Monday:​

Monmouth @ Army (4:00)
Elon @ Duke (8:00)
New Mexico State @ Wichita State (8:00)
Game of the Day: Davidson @ California (9:00)

Tuesday:​

Tennessee State @ Tennessee (1:00)
Temple @ Cincinnati (3:00)
Richmond @ Texas Tech (5:00)
SMU @ Tulsa (5:00)
Duquesne @ Georgia Tech (7:00)
Wake Forest @ LSU (7:00)
Florida State @ Florida (7:00)
Princeton @ Miami (7:00)
Big Game: Purdue @ Wisconsin (7:00)
UC-Irvine @ Kansas (9:00)
UConn @ Texas (9:00)
Game of the Day: Michigan State @ Iowa (9:00)

Yep... When the Big 10 begins conference play tomorrow, so will the CBB season proper! Enjoy!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/28 recap

Starting today, the madness begins in college basketball. But before we get into that, let me just briefly look at the action from yesterday:

Belmont upsets Valparaiso 85-81
California over Davidson 86-60
UC Santa Barbara upsets Washington 83-78
Army over Monmouth 91-84 (Whoopsie)

Oh, sorry. I know you want to get back to the Grade-A action, so I'll leave you to it and I'll see you tomorrow when the dust settles.

 

[Hitman Hart]

Wake is now 9-3 heading into ACC play. Can't ask for much more in year 2 of a re-building project.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/29 recap

Wake is now 9-3 heading into ACC play. Can't ask for much more in year 2 of a re-building project.

After beating LSU 77-71, this guy's right; Wake is looking strong heading into ACC play... which begins tonight! Before that, though, here's what else happened yesterday:

Miami over Princeton 76-64
Purdue over Wisconsin 61-55
SMU over Tulsa 81-69
Temple over Cincinnati 77-70
Texas Tech over Richmond 85-70
Florida State over Florida 73-71
NC State over Northeastern 72-66
Georgia Tech over Duquesne 73-67
UConn over Texas 71-66

And finally, Iowa shoots down #1 Michigan State 83-70. How big was this game for both the Spartans and the Hawkeyes? Only time will tell.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, December 30th

Busy day today, as the ACC officially gets going tonight. Here are the games to see today: (All times are Eastern)

West Virginia @ Virginia Tech (12:00)
Michigan @ Illinois (3:00)
Northwestern @ Nebraska (4:00)
Penn State @ Maryland (5:00)
Oakland @ Virginia (6:00)
Game of the Day: Seton Hall @ Marquette (7:00)
Arkansas @ Dayton (8:00)
Georgetown @ DePaul (9:00)
Syracuse @ Pittsburgh (9:00)
Fresno State @ UNLV (11:00)

 

[jeffro151]

UVa keeps on rolling, that's now 6 wins vs KenPom top 100 teams.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/30 recap (AKA: What happened yesterday)

Maryland over Penn State 70-64
North Carolina over Clemson 80-69
Michigan over Illinois 78-68
Rider over Hartford 82-80 in 2-OT's
Pittsburgh over Syracuse 73-61
Fresno State over UNLV 69-66
Seton Hall over Marquette 83-63
Dayton over Arkansas 85-81 in OT

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 31st and January 1st

The big one between Xavier and Villanova is going on right now! So it's propably best for me to look at the other games going on today and tomorrow: (All times are Eastern)

Today's games:
Big one: Providence @ Butler (2:30)
Towson @ William and Mary (1:00)
Creighton @ St. John's (2:15)
BYU @ Saint Mary's (11:00)

Tomorrow's games:
Denver @ South Dakota State (8:00)
USC @ Washington State (9:00)
Utah @ Stanford (9:00)
Game of the Day: California @ Colorado (11:00)
UCLA @ Washington (11:00)