Our 2016/17 College Basketball Thread

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Wednesday, November 30th

A monster day of hoops awaits us today! And even with ESPN.com acting a little weird today, I can still give you all the games worth watching. (All times are Eastern)

ACC/Big 10 Challenge:
Purdue @ Louisville (7:15)
Rutgers @ Miami (7:15)
Virginia Tech @ Michigan (7:15)
Ohio State @ Virginia (9:15)
Nebraska @ Clemson (9:15)
Huge Game: North Carolina @ Indiana (9:15)
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Other big games:
Washington @ TCU (7:00)
Temple @ Saint Joseph's (7:00)
Middle Tennessee @ Ole Miss (8:00)
Colorado State @ Colorado (9:00)
Louisiana Tech @ California (9:00)
Utah State @ BYU (9:00)
SMU @ Boise State (9:00)
Saint Mary's @ Stanford (11:00)
UC-Riverside @ UCLA (11:00) (Just because I want to see more of that T.J Leaf fella.)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/30 recap (AKA: What I watched to drown out that wicked rain storm that came through New York last night)

ACC/Big 10 Challenge:
Indiana over North Carolina 76-67
Virginia over Ohio State 63-61 (A great game, and a good comeback from the Cavs.)
Louisville over Purdue 71-64
Virginia Tech over Michigan 73-70
Miami over Rutgers 73-61
Clemson over Nebraska 60-58
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Other big games:
Saint Mary's over Stanford 66-51
UConn over Boston University 51-49
TCU over Washington 86-71
Temple over Saint Joseph's 78-72
Middle Tennessee over Ole Miss 77-62
George Mason over Northern Iowa 54-50 (Whoopsie)
Colorado State over Colorado 72-58
California over Louisiana Tech 68-59 in OT
Boise State over SMU 71-62

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 1st and 2nd

A fair warning to you fans of college sports: This weekend will be UGLY as the 4-team CFB playoff gets decided. So if you want some peace and quiet, maybe some college basketball action will help. Here's what to see today and tomorrow: (All times are Eastern)

Thursday:
Vermont @ South Carolina (6:30)
Columbia @ Seton Hall (7:00)
Oregon State @ Mississippi State (9:00)
Game of the Day: Cincinnati @ Iowa State (9:00)

Friday:
SIU-Edwardsville @ Indiana (7:00)
CSU-Bakersfield @ SMU (8:00)
Game of the Day: Alabama @ Texas (9:30)

And if it looks like slim pickings, just remember that UCLA @ Kentucky happens on Saturday. See ya there!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Saturday, December 3rd

Today's CBB action is gonna be good. How do I know, you ask? Well, UCLA vs. Kentucky!

...Wait, that's not enough for you? FINE, here are some other games: (All times are Eastern)

Top 25:
Oklahoma @ Wisconsin (1:00)
West Virginia @ Virginia (2:00)
Stanford @ Kansas (3:30)
Another HUGE game: Xavier @ Baylor (3:30)
Rhode Island @ Providence (4:30)
Gonzaga vs. Arizona [From Los Angeles] (5:30)
Akron @ Creighton (8:00)
Louisville @ Grand Canyon (9:00)

Other big games:
Wake Forest @ Richmond (12:00)
Memphis @ Ole Miss (1:00)
UCF @ UMass (1:00)
Rice @ Texas Tech (2:00)
VCU vs. Illinois [From Miami] (3:00)
San Diego State @ Loyola-Chicago (4:00)
Wichita State @ Colorado State (5:00)
DePaul @ Northwestern (7:00)
Vanderbilt @ Minnesota (8:00)
UNLV @ Arizona State (8:00)
BYU @ USC (8:00)
Arkansas State @ TCU (8:00)
Middle Tennessee @ South Alabama (8:05)
Auburn @ UAB (8:30)
Oklahoma State @ Maryland (9:00)

...Uh oh. From the looks of that awesome slate, it'll probably be slim pickings for Sunday and Monday. Oh well, let's just enjoy today's madness.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/1 and 12/2 recap (So that I don't forget to do it later.)

Thursday:
Cincinnati over Iowa State 55-54 (I watched a good bit of this game, and Cincy got a good win here.)
South Carolina over Vermont 68-50
Mississippi State over Oregon State 74-57

Friday:
Duquesne upsets Pittsburgh 64-55 (Whoopsie)
Texas over Alabama 77-68

Oh, and Indiana won also, proving Tom Crean CAN coach. I mean, his team beats North Carolina right after losing to IPFW?! That's impressive, no matter how you slice it.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/3- Early results

We've got some BIG results from earlier today, so I might as well report them now rather than make a post that's 10 pages long tomorrow:

UCLA over Kentucky 97-92 (...Wait a minute. Is UCLA actually going to be a REAL national title threat this season? Right now UCLA's T.J Leaf is saying "Hell yeah, we are!")
Gonzaga over Arizona 69-62
Kansas over Stanford 89-74
West Virginia over Virginia 66-57
Baylor over Xavier 76-61 (A mighty fine win for the Bears.)
Wisconsin over Oklahoma 90-70
Providence over Rhode Island 63-60
Syracuse over North Florida 77-71 (Man, we really have to improve our 3-point percentage.)

 

[1phlapdown]

12/3- Early results

We've got some BIG results from earlier today, so I might as well report them now rather than make a post that's 10 pages long tomorrow:

UCLA over Kentucky 97-92 (...Wait a minute. Is UCLA actually going to be a REAL national title threat this season? Right now UCLA's T.J Leaf is saying "Hell yeah, we are!")
Gonzaga over Arizona 69-62
Kansas over Stanford 89-74
West Virginia over Virginia 66-57
Baylor over Xavier 76-61 (A mighty fine win for the Bears.)
Wisconsin over Oklahoma 90-70
Providence over Rhode Island 63-60
Syracuse over North Florida 77-71 (Man, we really have to improve our 3-point percentage.)

Wow. Bruins are for real. And they have the number one recruiting class for next year, with O'Bannon Jr. also a possibility.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/3 recap- Part 2 (AKA: What people watched if they weren't watching those CFB conference championships)

Louisville over Grand Canyon 79-70
Wake Forest over Richmond 75-67
Ole Miss over Memphis 85-77
UCF over UMass 65-62
Omaha upsets Iowa 98-89 (Whoopsie)
Texas Tech over Rice 85-84 (This game was actually pretty good.)
George Washington over South Florida 68-67
Illinois over VCU 64-46
Loyola-Chicago over San Diego State 65-59
Wichita State over Colorado State 82-67
New Orleans upsets Washington State 70-54
Northwestern over DePaul 80-64
Minnesota over Vanderbilt 56-52
USC over BYU 91-84
Arizona State over UNLV 97-73
Illinois State over New Mexico 79-74
Auburn over UAB 74-70
Maryland over Oklahoma State 71-70

And finally, Nico Clareth scores a career-high 33 points as Siena beats Fairfield. Sorry, just had to throw in the local reference.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 4th and 5th

See that last post? Combined with UCLA and Baylor winning huge games, it made yesterday the best day of the CBB season so far. Sadly, that means it's slim pickings for the next 2 days. But don't worry, I'm here to help! (All times are Eastern)

Sunday:
Elon @ Georgetown (1:30)
Game of the Day: Marquette @ Georgia (2:00)
BB&T Classic: Florida State vs. George Washington (4:00)
Davidson @ Charleston (4:00)

Monday:
Syracuse @ UConn (7:00)
Omaha @ Iowa State (8:00)

Oooo... Didn't know the pickings were THAT slim.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/4 and 12/5 recap, plus previews for tonight

Sorry for taking so long to update. Where was I, you ask? Well, just know that Big Lots does have some interesting things if you look hard enough. Anyway, let's look at what happened earlier:

Sunday:
Georgetown over Elon 77-74
Marquette over Georgia 89-79
Florida State over George Washington 67-48
Eastern Washington over Seattle 93-88 in 2-OT's (...Wait, didn't these 2 schools already played each other?)

Monday:
UConn over Syracuse 52-50 (Man, is this season gonna be a struggle for the Orange... like last season?)
Portland over UT-Rio Grande Valley 90-89 in 2-OT's

...Hey! That didn't take long at all! So that means I have enough room to preview tonight's action (All times are Eastern).

Tonight:

Jimmy V Classic [From Madison Square Garden]:
Purdue vs. Arizona State (7:00)
Game of the Day: Florida vs. Duke (Around 9:30)

Pearl Harbor Classic [From Bloch Arena in Pearl Harbor]:
California vs. Princeton (7:00)
Hawaii vs. Seton Hall (Around 9:30)​

Other big games:
Houston @ Arkansas (7:00)
East Carolina @ Virginia (7:00)
Charlotte @ Wake Forest (7:00)
Villanova @ La Salle (7:00)
Old Dominion @ Rhode Island (7:00)
Fresno State @ Marquette (7:30)
Utah Valley @ Utah (8:00)
Fort Wayne @ Notre Dame (9:00)
Texas @ Michigan (9:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/6 recap (AKA: What happened when I wasn't watching James Ellsworth on WWE Smackdown)

Jimmy V Classic:
Duke over Florida 84-74
Purdue over Arizona State 97-64

Pearl Harbor Classic:
California over Princeton 62-51
Seton Hall over Hawaii 68-57​

Other big games:
Kansas over UMKC 105-62 (With this win, Bill Self tops 600 wins in his coaching career.)
Arkansas over Houston 74-62
Notre Dame over Fort Wayne 87-72
Florida Atlantic upsets Ohio State 79-77 (Whoopsie)
Morgan State over Manhattan 85-82 in 2-OT's
Rhode Island over Old Dominion 51-39
Marquette over Fresno State 84-81
Michigan over Texas 54-51


And finally, Central Michigan's Marcus Keene scored 40 points in a win over Green Bay, You think NBA scouts will pay attention to that?

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 7th, 8th, and 9th

If you're not interested in college basketball, then I heard the Cavaliers are visiting the Knicks tonight on TNT. Also, there's the season finale of "South Park" if you're interested in that.
But if you ARE interested in college basketball, here's what to watch tonight and tomorrow: (All times are Eastern)

Today:
Georgia Tech @ VCU (7:00)
Air Force @ Army (7:00)
Pearl Harbor Classic: California vs. Seton Hall (7:00)
Valparaiso @ Kentucky (8:00)
TCU @ SMU (8:00)
Creighton @ Nebraska (9:00)
Game of the Day: Xavier @ Colorado (9:00)
Washington @ Gonzaga (11:00)

Tomorrow:
Game of the Day: Vanderbilt @ Middle Tennessee (7:30)
Iowa State @ Iowa (8:00)
UT-Arlington @ Saint Mary's (9:00)

And one more thing: There's only 1 game worth watching on Friday, but it's a big one. It's Wake Forest @ UNC-Greensboro (7:00), and I don't think Wake wants to lose that one.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/7 and 12/8 recap (AKA: What we were watching when we WEREN'T moaning the loss of John Glenn)

Wednesday:
North Carolina over Davidson 83-74
Creighton over Nebraska 77-62
Colorado over Xavier 68-66
Indiana State upsets Butler 72-71 (A stunning loss for Butler, yes, but it's really no big deal.)
George Mason upsets Penn State 85-66 (This one, however, is a big "Whoopsie" loss for the Nittany Lions.)
Georgia Tech over VCU 76-73 in OT (By the way, did you SEE that shot Georgia Tech made?)
George Washington over Temple 66-63
SMU over TCU 74-59 (And with that, TCU suffers it's first loss.)
UAB over Stephen F. Austin 84-73 (And with that, SFA's 31-game home winning streak is gone.)
Seton Hall over California 60-57

Thursday:
UT-Arlington upsets Saint Mary's 65-51 (I honestly don't know if this is bad or not. I mean, UT-Arlington has SOME cred, but not a lot. And the Gaels have been untested this season. So guys, do YOU think this is bad?)
Iowa upsets Iowa State 78-64
Middle Tennessee over Vanderbilt 71-48

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Saturday, December 10th

Hey! Things actually DID happen on Friday in college basketball: Wake holds off UNC-Greensboro, Minnesota moves to 9-1, and Boston College... lost to Hartford?! Ah, I didn't expect BC to do anything this season anyway.
But what about today? Well... (All times are Eastern)

Top 25:
Arizona @ Missouri (12:00)
Wisconsin @ Marquette (2:00) (We got a HUGE in-state battle, here!)
Nebraska @ Kansas (3:15)
Big game: Cincinnati @ Butler (4:30)
Duke @ UNLV (5:15)
Utah @ Xavier (5:30)
Michigan @ UCLA (8:00)
Akron @ Gonzaga (8:00)

Never Forget Tribute Classic [From Newark, NJ]:
Game of the Day: Villanova vs. Notre Dame (12:00)
Penn State vs. Pittsburgh (Around 2:30)​

Other big games:
Temple vs. DePaul [From Miami] (11:30 A.M)
UMass @ Providence (12:00)
UAB @ Memphis (1:00)
Rhode Island @ Houston (1:30)
East Tennessee State @ Dayton (2:00)
Central Michigan @ Illinois (3:00)
Tennessee State @ NC State (4:00)
All College Classic: Wichita State @ Oklahoma (4:00)
UConn @ Ohio State (6:00)
UNC-Wilmington @ St. Bonaventure (6:00)
VCU @ Old Dominion (8:00)
Colorado @ BYU (10:00)

Oh, and don't bother watching the Heisman Trophy thing tonight: If Lamar Jackson doesn't win it, you'll hear all about it in the papers tomorrow.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/10 recap (Part 1- Top 25)

An unusually quiet Saturday in college basketball has ended. Or WAS it? Maybe I missed something, so let me check the Top 25:

(1)Villanova over Notre Dame 74-66
UCLA over Michigan 102-84 (I'm still braced for when the other shoe drops in Westwood)
Kansas over Nebraska 89-72 (And Kansas did that without Carlton Bragg Jr.)
Gonzaga over Akron 61-43 (And now Gonzaga is 10-0 for the first time EVER!)
Xavier over Utah 77-69
Butler over Cincinnati 75-65
Wisconsin over Marquette 93-84

...Huh. I guess it WAS a little quiet. Let me check the other games in my next post...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/10 recap (Part 2- Other big games)

Temple over DePaul 74-65
Providence over UMass 75-69
Houston over Rhode Island 82-77
Pittsburgh over Penn State 81-73
Illinois over Central Michigan 92-73
Missouri Western State over SIU-Edwardsville 49-44 (If this doesn't look interesting, think about this: Western State is a Division II school.)
NC State over Tennessee State 67-55 in OT
Wichita State over Oklahoma 76-73 (And a BIG dunk from Wichita's Daishon Smith, to boot!)
Utah State over Utah Valley 80-79 in OT
Ohio State over UConn 64-60
UNC-Wilmington over St. Bonaventure 81-80
Marshall over Toledo 111-105 in OT
VCU over Old Dominion 67-64
BYU over Colorado 79-71

Cool! This proves that we can have great CBB games, even outside of the Top 25.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 11th and 12th

The holiday season is now in full swing. So after I'm done with this post, I'm downloading the "Music Choice" app and listening to Christmas music from the classic era (none of those crappy modern-day versions)!
Oh, and for you CBB fans, I found some games to watch during the next 2 days: (All times are Eastern)

Sunday:
Ole Miss @ Virginia Tech (12:00)
Hofstra vs. Kentucky [From Brooklyn, NY] (3:00)
Game of the Day: Florida @ Florida State (4:00)
Tennessee @ North Carolina (5:00)
Alabama @ Oregon (6:00)
Nevada @ Washington (8:00)

Monday:
Jacksonville State @ Maryland (7:00)

Under Armour Reunion [From Madison Square Garden]:
Auburn vs. Boston College (6:30)
Game of the Day: South Carolina vs. Seton Hall (Around 9:00)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

12/11 and 12/12 recap (AKA: What happened while I started watching all the Starrcade's on the WWE Network)

Sunday:
North Carolina holds off Tennessee 73-71 (Here's a good little gem from Chapel Hill!)
Florida State over Florida 83-78
Oregon over Alabama 65-56
Virginia Tech over Ole Miss 80-75
Nevada over Washington 87-85 (Look, Washington. Just get rid of Coach Lorenzo right now, OK?)
Savannah State over Oregon State 93-90 in OT (Savannah doesn't care that OSU was 3-6 entering this game; they now have a win they'll brag about forever!)

Monday:
Seton Hall over South Carolina 67-64
Boston College over Auburn 72-71 (A potential "Whoopsie" loss for Auburn here.)
Penn over UCF 58-49 (Whoopsie)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

December 13th and 14th

Have you seen the Christmas movie "One Magic Christmas"? If you had, please tell me where I can find it so I can watch it. And as for CBB games to watch... (All times are Eastern)

Tuesday:
Game of the Day: Temple @ Villanova (7:00)
North Carolina Central @ LSU (9:00)
Monmouth @ Memphis (9:00)

Wednesday:
UL-Lafayette @ Georgia (6:00)
Southern @ Baylor (7:00)
East Tennessee State @ Mississippi State (8:00)
Game of the Day: LIU-Brooklyn @ Minnesota (8:00)
Middle Tennessee @ Belmont (8:00)

...Huh. It's slim pickings this week. Oh well, more time for me to find that "One Magic Christmas" movie!

 

[jontaejones]

December 13th and 14th

Have you seen the Christmas movie "One Magic Christmas"? If you had, please tell me where I can find it so I can watch it. And as for CBB games to watch... (All times are Eastern)

Tuesday:
Game of the Day: Temple @ Villanova (7:00)
North Carolina Central @ LSU (9:00)
Monmouth @ Memphis (9:00)

Wednesday:
UL-Lafayette @ Georgia (6:00)
Southern @ Baylor (7:00)
East Tennessee State @ Mississippi State (8:00)
Game of the Day: LIU-Brooklyn @ Minnesota (8:00)
Middle Tennessee @ Belmont (8:00)

...Huh. It's slim pickings this week. Oh well, more time for me to find that "One Magic Christmas" movie!

Cupcakes coincide with fall semester finals!