Things are about to get VERY busy in basketball... (2019-20 CBB Thread, part 1)

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

November 13th and 14th (AKA: What I'll be watching while I'm not wondering what a "Stage 5 Clinger" is)

Today:
LSU @ VCU (6:00)
Game of the Day: Villanova @ Ohio State (7:00)
Saint Joseph's @ UConn (7:00)
Texas Tech @ Houston Baptist (8:00)
Eastern Washington @ Saint Louis (8:00)
Oklahoma State @ Charleston (9:00)
Southern Utah @ BYU (9:00)
Purdue @ Marquette (9:00)
Providence @ Northwestern (9:00)

Tomorrow:
Penn State @ Georgetown (6:30)
Towson @ Florida (7:00)
Vanderbilt @ Richmond (7:00)
Winthrop @ East Tennessee State (7:00)
Game of the Day: Michigan State @ Seton Hall (8:30)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/13 recap (AKA: What I watched when I wasn't learning about the artist Elohim)

Ohio State over Villanova 76-51
VCU over LSU 84-82
Saint Joseph's over UConn 96-87
Brown over Quinnipiac 70-68
NJIT over Cornell 59-58
Saint Louis over Eastern Washington 82-60
Marquette over Purdue 65-55
Oklahoma State over Charleston 73-54
Northwestern over Providence 72-63

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/14 recap

Michigan State vs. Seton Hall - Game Summary - November 14, 2019 - ESPN

Great bounce-back win by Michigan State here! Let's see what else happened yesterday:

Florida over Towson 66-60
Richmond over Vanderbilt 93-92 in OT (Not a "Whoopsie" loss for Vandy)
Penn State over Georgetown 81-66
UC-Davis over Idaho 65-64
East Tennessee State over Winthrop 61-58

Hmmm... Looks like nothing big really happened.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Friday, November 15th

I'm kinda disappointed with yesterday's results. Let's see what today's packed schedule has in store for us:

Spartan Invitational [From Greensboro, NC]:
Montana State vs. Appalachian State (4:30)
UNC-Greensboro vs. Tennessee Tech (Around 7:00)

River Hawk Invitational [From Lowell, MA]:
Merrimack vs. Dartmouth (4:30)
UMass-Lowell vs. Jacksonville (Around 7:00)

Islander Invitational [From Corpus Christi, TX]:
North Dakota State vs. UT-Rio Grande (6:00)
Stony Brook vs. Texas A&M-CC (Around 8:30)​

Other big games:
Missouri State @ Xavier (7:00)
Western Michigan @ Ole Miss (7:00)
West Virginia @ Pittsburgh (7:00)
Hampton @ William & Mary (7:00)
Western Kentucky @ Eastern Kentucky (7:00)
Alabama @ Rhode Island (7:30)
Red Wolves Classic Final: UC-Davis @ Arkansas State (8:30)
Game of the Day: Gonzaga @ Texas A&M (9:00)
BYU @ Houston (9:00)
Minnesota @ Utah (9:00)

 

[BamaDude]

Sounds like we got us a very knowledgeable new guy here. Uh, by the way @Big Z 1990...

Evansville vs. Kentucky - Game Summary - November 12, 2019 - ESPN How does you brain comprehend this unbelievable result?

Sounds more like his own wishful projections, not based on deep studies of the projected schools & conferences. I don't see the OVC pulling up a bunch of teams from D-2 & the NAIA, or losing a bunch of programs to other conferences. It would be nice to have Lipscomb & Belmont in the same league again, but the Bruins are one of the OVC teams that could be poached by another conference.

I don't think there is an FBS league out there looking to add Jax State, but I could see EKU as a possible future upgrade if the Sun Belt were to expand again. Likewise, the SoCon is not likely to lose more than one or two members in the near future, but they would probably look at the Big South for a replacement if they did.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/15 recap (AKA: What I watched while Bray Wyatt was single-handedly trying to revive the "Yes" movement)

River Hawk Invitational:
Dartmouth over Merrimack 55-46
Jacksonville over UMass-Lowell 80-78

Spartan Invitational:
Montana State over Appalachian State 59-56
UNC-Greensboro over Tennessee Tech 64-30

Islander Invitational:
North Dakota State over UT-Rio Grande 76-70
Stony Brook over Texas A&M-CC 68-63​

Other big games:
Duke over Georgia State 74-63
Gonzaga over Texas A&M 79-49
Xavier over Missouri State 59-56
Florida State over Western Carolina 79-74
Ole Miss over Western Michigan 85-58
West Virginia over Pittsburgh 68-53
Rhode Island over Alabama 93-79
Red Wolves Classic: Arkansas State over UC-Davis 80-67
BYU over Houston 72-71
Utah over Minnesota 73-69

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Saturday, November 16th

Hey, kids! Ready for a VERY long list of games? No? Well, sorry; there's a lot of stuff going on this Saturday. Not just in college football, but over here in the basketball world. Take a look:

Top 25:
Oakland @ Maryland (12:00)
Ohio @ Villanova (12:00)
Nicholls State @ LSU (4:00)

Other big games:
Lehigh @ Virginia Tech (1:30)
Belmont @ Boston College (2:00)
Temple @ La Salle (2:00)
Vermont @ St. John's (4:00)
Delaware @ Lafayette (5:00)
Kent State @ Wright State (7:00)
Wofford @ Butler (8:00)
Santa Clara @ Stanford (10:00)
USC @ Nevada (11:00)

James Naismith Classic [From Toronto, Ontario]:
Buffalo vs. Harvard (2:30)
Game of the Day: Tennessee vs. Washington (Around 5:00)
Rutgers vs. St. Bonaventure (7:30)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/16 recap

Hey! Jay-Z's nephew can truly ball out, as he dunked himself and Tennessee to a great win over Washington. As for the other big games yesterday, read 'em and weep:

Northern Iowa over Northern Colorado 77-72 in OT
Belmont over Boston College 100-86 (Not a "Whoopsie" loss for BC; let's wait to see what Belmont does this season)
Vermont over St. John's 70-68 (Same thing here; let's wait on Vermont over here)
Temple over La Salle 70-65
Montana State over UNC-Greensboro 67-66
Kent State over Wright State 72-71
Canisius over Bucknell 83-81
St. Bonaventure over Rutgers 80-74 (Whoopsie)
Stanford over Santa Clara 82-64
USC over Nevada 76-66

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

November 17th and 18th

Here are the big games you people can watch over the next 2 days... while you're secreting delighted that your neighbors hasn't complained about the amount of leaves you blew into their yard.

Today:
Game of the Day:Marquette @ Wisconsin (1:00)
New Mexico State @ Arizona (2:00)
UCF @ Illinois State (2:00)
Florida @ UConn (3:00)
Seton Hall @ Saint Louis (4:00)
Ball State vs. Indiana State [From Indianapolis] (4:30)

Tomorrow:
Utah Valley @ Kentucky (7:00)
Game of the Day: SMU @ Evansville (7:00) (All right! Let's see if the Aces can shock the world again!)
William & Mary @ Oklahoma (7:00)
Hawaii @ Illinois (8:00)
UC-Irvine @ Colorado (9:00)
Air Force @ TCU (9:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/17 recap

Florida vs. UConn - Game Summary - November 17, 2019 - ESPN

Okay, this result has me confused. Is UConn going to be a hot-and-cold team this year? Did they underestimate Saint Joseph's earlier in the week, or is Florida just a bad team? This is gonna be something to watch carefully.
Oh, and here's what happened yesterday:

Seton Hall over Saint Louis 83-66
VMI over UC-Davis 89-84 in 2-OT's
Wisconsin over Marquette 77-61
UCF over Illinois State 67-65
Oklahoma State over Yale 64-57
Dartmouth over UMass-Lowell 80-75 in OT
Charlotte over Wake Forest 67-65 in OT (Whoopsie)
Loyola-MD over Fairfield 84-75 in OT

 

[osubuckeye89]

Could also be that Florida just isnt as good as their preseason ranking suggested.

 

[jontaejones]

Could also be that Florida just isnt as good as their preseason ranking suggested.

That seems to be the case.

UConn is at least a year away from doing anything. They're rebuilding.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/18 recap (AKA: What I watched while my mother called me up to complain about the first sighting of slush on the road this winter.)

Kentucky over Utah Valley 82-74
Colorado over UC-Irvine 69-53
SMU over Evansville 59-57
Oklahoma over William & Mary 75-70
Illinois over Hawaii 66-53

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

November 19th and 20th

...I can't think of anything clever to say here (for the first time this season). So let's just see the big games we'll have over the next 2 days:

Today:
Game of the Day: Vermont @ Virginia (7:00)
Merrimack @ Providence (7:00)
UMBC @ LSU (7:00)
East Tennessee State @ Kansas (8:00)
Furman @ Alabama (8:00)
Houston @ Rice (8:00)
New Mexico @ UTEP (9:00)
Pepperdine @ USC (9:00)

Tomorrow:
Chattanooga @ Florida State (6:30)
Stephen F. Austin @ Rutgers (7:00)
Northern Kentucky @ Ball State (7:00)
Game of the Day: Georgia Tech @ Georgia (7:00)
Little Rock @ Memphis (8:00)
Morehead State @ Missouri (8:00)
Arkansas State @ Colorado State (9:00)
BYU @ Boise State (10:00)
Portland @ Portland State (10:05)
San Diego State @ San Diego (11:00)
Saint Mary's @ Fresno State (11:00)

Hey, I just noticed something. Isn't Thursday the day when all of the holiday tournaments begin?

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/19 recap (AKA: What I watched last night while I was waiting for Miami-Ohio to face Central State (OH) this afternoon)

Kansas over East Tennessee State 65-53
Virginia over Vermont 61-55 (Pretty good game!)
Gonzaga over UT-Arlington 72-66 (Much like Virginia, Gonzaga dodged a bullet last night.)
Rhode Island over Nicholls State 70-65
LSU over UMBC 77-50
Alabama over Furman 81-73 (Furman suffers it's first loss of the season)
Boston U. upsets South Carolina 78-70 (Whoopsie)
Radford over Northwestern 67-56 (...Maybe Northwestern isn't gonna be a good team this season.)
Houston over Rice 97-89
UTEP over New Mexico 66-63

And finally, mid-majors like Delaware, Northern Iowa, San Francisco, and Liberty are still undefeated. Crazy, huh?

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/20 recap

North Carolina over Elon 75-61
Yale over Siena 100-89 in 3-OT's
UMass over Rider 82-72 (UMass is 5-0 now)
Rutgers over Stephen F. Austin 69-57 (Austin now has it's 1st loss)
Wagner over Saint Peter's 81-77 in OT
Georgia over Georgia Tech 82-78
Florida Gulf Coast over Florida Atlantic 72-70 in OT
Texas A&M over Troy 56-52
Arkansas State over Coastal Carolina 80-78
Boise State over BYU 72-68 in OT
Portland over Portland State 82-75
San Diego State over San Diego 66-48

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Thursday, November 21st

Sorry for not adding anything funny in my last post, but I want to get to today's slate as fast as possible. That's because today, we're starting the holiday tournaments! You know, the events where CBB players get a free vacation... and just maybe grab some momentum for the rest of the season.
Let's see what Day 1 of these events has for us:

Myrtle Beach Invitational [From Conway, SC]:
Villanova vs. Middle Tennessee (11:30 A.M)
Mississippi State vs. Tulane (Around 2:00)
Ohio vs. Baylor (4:30)
Utah vs. Coastal Carolina (Around 7:00)

Charleston Classic [From Charleston, SC]:
Miami vs. Missouri State (11:30 A.M)
Florida vs. Saint Joseph's (Around 2:00)
Towson vs. Xavier (7:00)
Buffalo vs. UConn (30 minutes after above game)

2K Empire Classic [From Madison Square Garden]:
Texas vs. Georgetown (7:00)
Game of the Day: Duke vs. California (Around 9:30)​

Other big games:
North Florida @ Iowa (7:00)
Tennessee State @ Texas Tech (8:00)
Toledo @ Notre Dame (8:30)
New Mexico @ New Mexico State (9:00)
William & Mary @ Stanford (10:00)

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/21 recap

I looked at the brackets for both the Maui and Atlantis tournaments just last night. And... I think Maui could get smoked by Atlantis' stacked field! But that's next week; let's see what happened yesterday:

2K Empire Classic:
Duke over California 87-52
Georgetown over Texas 82-66

Myrtle Beach Invitational:
Villanova over Middle Tennessee 98-69
Mississippi State over Tulane 80-66; will meet Villanova in semis
Coastal Carolina over Utah 79-57 (Whoopsie)
Baylor over Ohio 76-53; will meet Coastal Carolina in semis

Charleston Classic:
Xavier over Towson 73-51
UConn over Buffalo 79-68; will meet Xavier in semis
Florida over Saint Joseph's 70-62
Miami over Missouri State 74-70; will meet Florida in semis
​

Other big games:
Arizona over South Dakota State 71-64
Omaha over Washington State 85-77 (...I guess Washington State's not gonna have a good team this season.)
Hofstra upsets UCLA 88-78 (Whoopsie)
Western Carolina over Jacksonville 96-94 in 2-OT's
TCU over UC-Irvine 59-58
Notre Dame over Toledo 64-62 in OT
Minnesota over Central Michigan 82-57 (CMU suffers it's first loss of the season)
New Mexico over New Mexico State 78-77
Wyoming over Louisiana 69-61 in OT

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Friday, November 22nd

...That was a LONG list of interesting results from yesterday that I just posted. Maybe this day will be just as busy! Let's see what we got:

Islands of the Bahamas Showcase [From Nassau, Bahamas]:
Liberty vs. Morgan State (11:00 A.M)
Rice vs. Milwaukee (Around 1:30)
UMKC vs. George Washington (5:00)
Evansville vs. East Carolina (8:00)

Paradise Jam [From St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands]:
Valparaiso vs. Grand Canyon (1:00)
Fordham vs. Nevada (30 minutes after above game)
Cincinnati vs. Illinois State (5:45)
Western Kentucky vs. Bowling Green (30 minutes after above game)

Charleston Classic Semis [From Charleston, SC]:
Miami vs. Florida (12:00)
Xavier vs. UConn (Around 9:00)

Myrtle Beach Invitational Semis [From Conway, SC]:
Villanova vs. Mississippi State (2:30)
Baylor vs. Coastal Carolina (Around 5:00)

2K Empire Classic [From Madison Square Garden]:
Consolation: Texas vs. Cal (5:00)
Final: Duke vs. Georgetown [30 minutes after above game]
​

Other big games:
Eastern Michigan vs. UMBC [From Montego Bay, Jamaica] (2:00)
George Mason @ Maryland (7:00)
LSU vs. Utah State [From Montego Bay, Jamaica] (7:00)
Morehead State @ Butler (7:00)
Wake Forest @ Davidson (7:30)
Western Michigan @ Oklahoma State (8:00)
Houston @ Oregon (9:00)
South Dakota @ Arkansas (9:00)
Temple @ USC (11:00)

 

[michaeljordan_fan]

Shitty night for the PAC