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

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12/12 and 12/13 recap (AKA: What went on while Baron Corbin was continuing his obsession with dog food)

Thursday:
Iowa over Iowa State 84-68
Northern Iowa over Grand Canyon 82-58

Yesterday:
Colorado over Colorado State 56-48
Kennesaw State over Gardner-Webb 85-61 (Kennesaw gets it's first win of the year)
Indiana over Nebraska 96-90 in OT
 

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December 14th (Part 1: The Top 25)

...And Liverpool has just won yet another Premier League game. Maybe some of these great blokes will watch some of the great college basketball action going on in America today! ...At least, that's what I hope:

Never Forget Tribute Classic [From Newark, NJ]:
Mississippi State vs. Kansas State (11:30 A.M)
Delaware vs. Villanova (Around 2:00)

Other big games:
Big Game: Oregon @ Michigan (12:00)

Michigan State vs. Oakland [From Detroit] (12:00)
Memphis @ Tennessee (3:00)
Mike Slive Invitational [From Birmingham, AL]: Saint Louis vs. Auburn (4:00)
Garden State Hardwood Classic
: Seton Hall @ Rutgers (4:00)
Skip Prosser Classic: Xavier @ Wake Forest (4:00)
Georgia Tech @ Kentucky (5:00)
Drake @ Dayton (7:00)
Game of the Day: Arizona @ Gonzaga (10:00)
 

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December 14th (Part 2: Games outside of the Top 25)

Look. We ALL know that Joe Burrow is gonna win the Heisman tonight, so don't waste your time watching the ceremony. Just watch these games instead:

Beehive Classic [From Salt Lake City, UT]:
Weber State vs. Utah (4:00)
Utah State vs. BYU (8:00)
Other big games:
Syracuse @ Georgetown (1:00)
Tulsa @ Arkansas (2:00)
Alabama @ Penn State (2:00)
Central Michigan @ Texas (2:00)
Duquesne @ Radford (2:00)
UCLA @ Notre Dame (3:00)
Sacramento State @ Santa Clara (5:00)
Louisiana @ Louisiana Tech (5:00)
Oklahoma @ Wichita State (6:00)
New Mexico State @ New Mexico (7:00)
Georgia @ Arizona State (8:00)
Liberty @ Vanderbilt (8:00)

Saint Mary's @ California (10:30)
 

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December 14th (Part 1: The Top 25)

...And Liverpool has just won yet another Premier League game. Maybe some of these great blokes will watch some of the great college basketball action going on in America today! ...At least, that's what I hope:

Never Forget Tribute Classic [From Newark, NJ]:
Mississippi State vs. Kansas State (11:30 A.M)
Delaware vs. Villanova (Around 2:00)

Other big games:
Big Game: Oregon @ Michigan (12:00)

Michigan State vs. Oakland [From Detroit] (12:00)
Memphis @ Tennessee (3:00)
Mike Slive Invitational [From Birmingham, AL]: Saint Louis vs. Auburn (4:00)
Garden State Hardwood Classic
: Seton Hall @ Rutgers (4:00)
Skip Prosser Classic: Xavier @ Wake Forest (4:00)
Georgia Tech @ Kentucky (5:00)
Drake @ Dayton (7:00)
Game of the Day: Arizona @ Gonzaga (10:00)

How exactly is Arizona @ Gonzaga the game of the day over Oregon @ Michigan? Michigan is higher than Gonzaga, Oregon is higher than Arizona.
 

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December 14th (Part 1: The Top 25)

...And Liverpool has just won yet another Premier League game. Maybe some of these great blokes will watch some of the great college basketball action going on in America today! ...At least, that's what I hope:

Never Forget Tribute Classic [From Newark, NJ]:
Mississippi State vs. Kansas State (11:30 A.M)
Delaware vs. Villanova (Around 2:00)

Other big games:
Big Game: Oregon @ Michigan (12:00)

Michigan State vs. Oakland [From Detroit] (12:00)
Memphis @ Tennessee (3:00)
Mike Slive Invitational [From Birmingham, AL]: Saint Louis vs. Auburn (4:00)
Garden State Hardwood Classic
: Seton Hall @ Rutgers (4:00)
Skip Prosser Classic: Xavier @ Wake Forest (4:00)
Georgia Tech @ Kentucky (5:00)
Drake @ Dayton (7:00)
Game of the Day: Arizona @ Gonzaga (10:00)

Josh Pastner vs. Coach Cal. Very interesting...
 

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12/14 recap (Part 1: The Top 25)

How exactly is Arizona @ Gonzaga the game of the day over Oregon @ Michigan? Michigan is higher than Gonzaga, Oregon is higher than Arizona.

We had a great game in Tuscon, as Gonzaga outlasted Arizona 84-80. But you know what, @michaeljordan_fan?
Oregon vs. Michigan - Game Summary - December 14, 2019 - ESPN You win, man. You win the argument; Oregon/Michigan was incredible.
Oh, and here's what else happened in the rankings yesterday:

Michigan State over Oakland 72-49
Wake Forest over Xavier 80-78
Rutgers over Seton Hall 68-48
(One of the biggest wins that Rutgers has had in years)
Memphis over Tennessee 51-47
Auburn over Saint Louis 67-61
Kentucky over Georgia Tech 67-53
Dayton over Drake 78-47

Never Forget Tribute Classic:
Villanova over Delaware 78-70
Mississippi State over Kansas State 67-61​
 

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12/14 recap (Part 2: Big results out of the polls)

And now for the important part: Big results from games out of the rankings... not counting the Orange losing again against the Hoyes:

Arkansas over Tulsa 98-79
Penn State over Alabama 73-71
Notre Dame over UCLA 75-61
Santa Clara over Sacramento State 60-58
Wichita State over Oklahoma 80-75
Idaho over CSU-Bakersfield 76-70 in OT
Colgate over Cincinnati 67-66 (Whoopsie)
Western Michigan over Manhattan 59-58
New Mexico over New Mexico State 69-62
Arizona State over Georgia 79-59
Liberty over Vanderbilt 61-56 (The Flames are 12-0!)
Saint Mary's over California 89-77

Beehive Classic:
Utah over Weber State 60-49
BYU over Utah State 68-64
 

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December 15th and 16th (AKA: What I'll be watching over the next 2 days while I get freaked out over the movie "Stakeout on Dope Street")

Today:
Sacred Heart @ UCF (2:00)
NC State @ UNC-Greensboro (3:00)
Oklahoma State @ Houston (3:00)
Purdue @ Nebraska (4:00)
South Carolina @ Clemson (5:00)
Game of the Day: Ohio State @ Minnesota (6:30)

Tomorrow:

Delaware State vs. Delaware [From Wilmington, DE] (7:00)
Marist @ Rider (7:00)
Game of the Day: Montana State @ North Dakota State (8:00)
 

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12/15 recap

I was gonna save my recap of Sunday's action for Tuesday...
Ohio State vs. Minnesota - Game Summary - December 15, 2019 - ESPN ...but Ohio State suffering their first loss ruined that idea. So now I need to go and see if anybody ELSE had a bad day yesterday:

Tennessee State over Fordham 66-61
Oklahoma State over Houston 61-55
NC State over UNC-Greensboro 80-77
Chattanooga over Troy 84-80 in OT
Nebraska over Purdue 70-56
South Carolina over Clemson 67-54
Pacific over CSU-Northridge 79-73 (Pacific is at 10 wins already)
Texas A&M over Texas A&M-CC 63-60

And finally, North Carolina was able to- Wait. WHAT? They lost to Wofford AGAIN?!
 

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12/16 recap; 12/17 preview

Let's see, did anything happen yesterday?

Texas Tech over Southern Miss 71-65
Pittsburgh over Northern Illinois 59-50
UC-Irvine upsets Kent State 74-68
UC-Santa Barbara over Idaho State 74-68 in OT
Jacksonville State over Evansville 85-59 (Whoopsie)
UC-Davis over Loyola Marymount 67-65

Huh... There were actually a few good results. Let's see what we have for tonight!

Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational [From the Barclays Center in Brooklyn]:
Iona vs. Princeton (4:30)
Florida vs. Providence (Around 7:00)
Temple vs. Miami (9:30)
Other big games:
Northeastern @ Eastern Michigan (7:00)
North Florida @ Florida State (8:30)
Game of the Day: Oklahoma @ Creighton (8:30)
Purdue @ Ohio (9:00)
San Francisco @ Stanford (9:00)
 

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A quick recap for 12/17's games

Eastern Michigan over Northeastern 60-55
Kent State over North Carolina A&T 85-71 in OT
Creighton over Oklahoma 83-73
Purdue over Ohio 69-51
Stanford over San Francisco 64-56


Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational:
Florida over Providence 83-51
Princeton over Iona 90-86 in OT
Miami over Temple 78-77​
 

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Wednesday, December 18th

So it's only 1 week 'till Christmas. I guess I should finally start watching some holiday specials (I've been putting those off for a bit)... right after I give you the list of big games to watch today:

Battleground 2K19 [From the Toyota Center in Houston]:
Oregon State vs. UTSA (5:30)
Utah State vs. USF (Around 6:45)
Baylor vs. UT-Martin (9:00)

Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase [From the Talking Stick Resort in Phoenix]:
Vanderbilt vs. Loyola-Chicago (6:30)
Game of the Day: Arizona State vs. Saint Mary's (Around 9:00)
Other big games:
Western Carolina @ Xavier (6:30)
Tennessee @ Cincinnati (7:00)
East Tennessee State @ LSU (7:00)
DePaul @ Cleveland State (7:00)
Richmond @ Old Dominion (7:00)
VCU @ Charleston (7:00)
Michigan State @ Northwestern (8:00)
Louisiana @ Arkansas State (8:00)
North Carolina @ Gonzaga (9:00)
Utah vs. Kentucky [From the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas] (11:00)
 

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12/18 recap

Utah vs. Kentucky - Game Summary - December 18, 2019 - ESPN


Oh, here we go again! Another Top 10 team reveals that they're NOT a Top 10 team. Did anything else happen yesterday?

Gonzaga over North Carolina 94-81 (Actually watched a good portion of this game!)
Cincinnati upsets Tennessee 78-66
Michigan State over Northwestern 77-72
Central Arkansas over Incarnate Word 88-82 in OT
East Tennessee State over LSU 74-63 (Whoopsie)
UCF over Bethune-Cookman 70-65
Ball State over Georgia Tech 65-47
UNC-Greensboro over Vermont 54-53
South Carolina Upstate over South Carolina State 73-70
Illinois State over UIC 67-66
Richmond over Old Dominion 62-59
Lamar over SE Louisiana 79-73 in OT
Utah State over USF 76-74 in OT

Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase:
Loyola-Chicago over Vanderbilt 78-70
Saint Mary's over Arizona State 96-56​
 

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December 19th and 20th

...Yeah, a LOT of stuff happened yesterday. A WHOLE lot of results to hash out! I'm now gonna check and see if anything else will happen over the next 2 days:

Today:
Wofford @ Duke (7:00)
Maryland @ Seton Hall (7:00)
Appalachian State @ South Alabama (8:00)
UTEP @ Houston (8:00)
Game of the Day: NC State @ Auburn (9:00)

Tomorrow:

D.C Holiday Hoops Fest [From Washington D.C]:
Akron vs. Tulane (2:30)
Towson vs. Liberty (Around 5:00)​

Other big games:

Binghamton @ Pittsburgh (7:00)
Game of the Day: SMU @ Georgia (7:00)
Furman @ Mercer (7:30)
 

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12/19 recap (AKA: What I watched while the Stanford woman's volleyball team was kicking some serious @$$)

Duke over Wofford 86-57
Seton Hall upsets Maryland 52-48 (And the Pirates did it without their top 2 scorers)
Auburn over NC State 79-73
Citadel over Longwood 102-99 in 3-OT's
Little Rock over UL-Monroe 73-72
Houston over UTEP 77-57
 

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12/20 recap and Part 1 of the 12/21 preview

It's gonna look a little weird, but I'm gonna try to recap yesterday's action and THEN give you the games from the Top 25 polls today.
Now, Friday is up first! Did anything happen?

D.C Sports Hoops Fest:
Akron over Tulane 62-61
Liberty over Towson 66-54
Other big games:
Long Island over Delaware 82-75 in OT
Norfolk State over Bowling Green 72-67 in OT
Georgia over SMU 87-85 in 2-OT's
Furman over Mercer 64-62


Okay! With that done, here are the Top 25 action (and special events) happening today!

CBS Sports Classic [From the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas]:
UCLA vs. North Carolina (3:00)
Ohio State vs. Kentucky (30 minutes after above game)

Orange Bowl Classic [From Sunrise, FL]:

USF vs. Florida State (12:00)
Florida vs. Utah State (Around 2:30)

Crossroads Classic [From Indianapolis, IN]:
Notre Dame vs. Indiana (12:00)
Purdue vs. Butler (Around 2:30)

Chicago Legends [From Chicago, IL]:
Dayton vs. Colorado (6:30)

Iowa vs. Cincinnati (Around 9:00)

Air Force Reserve Basketball Hall of Fame Classic [From Los Angeles, CA]:
San Diego State vs. Utah (6:30)
LSU vs. USC (Around 9:00)
Other big games:
Game of the Day: Kansas @ Villanova (12:00)
Braggin' Rights [From St. Louis, MO]:
Illinois vs. Missouri (1:00)
West Virginia @ Youngstown State (1:00)
Eastern Washington @ Gonzaga (5:00)
Eastern Michigan @ Michigan State (7:00)
Al Attles Classic [From San Francisco]: St. John's vs. Arizona (10:00)
 

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December 21st [Part 2- Other big games]

Well... There are a LOT of special events happening today. Is anything else happening outside of the rankings? Let's see:

Samford @ Georgetown (12:00)
VCU @ Wichita State (12:00)
Bryant @ Dartmouth (12:00)
Rider @ Temple (1:00)
Western Kentucky @ Rhode Island (2:00)
Texas @ Providence (2:00)
UCF @ Oklahoma (2:00)
Wright State @ Toledo (2:00)
St. Pete's Shootout [From Saint Petersburg, FL]: Duquesne vs. Austin Peay (2:30)
D.C Holiday Hoops Fest Final: Akron vs. Liberty (3:30)
Rocket City Classic [From Huntsville, AL]:
Belmont vs. Alabama (3:30)
Minnesota vs. Oklahoma State [From Tulsa, OK] (5:30)
Wildcat Classic [From Kansas City, MO]: Saint Louis vs. Kansas State (7:00)
Arkansas vs. Valparaiso [From North Little Rock, AR] (8:00)
Oregon State @ Texas A&M (8:30)
Northwestern @ DePaul (8:30)
Creighton @ Arizona State (8:30)


Oh! And I kinds forgot that there were OTHER games in that Al Attles Classic. We got Stanford vs. San Diego, Cal vs. Boston College, and Saint Mary's vs. Nevada to go with the big Arizona vs. St. John's game. So, sorry for the confusion!
 

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12/21 recap (Part 1: The Top 25)

Kansas vs. Villanova - Game Summary - December 21, 2019 - ESPN


So another #1 team loses. But at least Kansas has an EXCUSE (playing a ranked team on the road) for losing; what excuse does Kentucky and Duke have?
Oh, wait! Other stuff happened yesterday... a LOT of stuff. I mean, a WHOLE LOT of stuff. So best to just take it one event at a time, starting with the Top 25 and the special events:

CBS Sports Classic:
North Carolina over UCLA 74-64
Ohio State over Kentucky 71-65

Crossroads Classic:

Indiana over Notre Dame 62-60
Butler over Purdue 70-61

Orange Bowl Classic:
Florida State over USF 66-60
Utah State over Florida 65-62

Chicago Legends:
Colorado over Dayton 78-76 in OT

Iowa over Cincinnati 77-70

Al Attles Classic:
California over Boston College 64-60
St. John's over Arizona 70-67
Stanford over San Diego 62-59
Saint Mary's over Nevada 68-63

Basketball Hall of Fame Classic:
San Diego State over Utah 80-52
(Aztecs are still unbeaten!)
USC over LSU 70-68
Other big games:
Oregon over Texas Southern 84-78
Michigan State over Eastern Michigan 101-48
Texas Tech over UT-Rio Grande 68-58
West Virginia over Youngstown State 75-64
 

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12/21 recap (Part 2- The other big games)

This list may be overly long, but here goes: My list of the big results from outside of the rankings yesterday.

Bryant over Dartmouth 64-60
Wichita State over VCU 73-63
Omaha over Montana 87-82 in OT
Braggin' Rights Game: Missouri over Illinois 63-56
Rhode Island over Western Kentucky 86-82 in OT
Oklahoma over UCF 53-52
Providence over Texas 70-48 (Whoopsie)
Fairfield over Oakland 61-59 in OT
Green Bay over Northern Illinois 85-84
Colorado State over Tulsa 111-104 in 3-OT's

Let's take in a breath... and now we continue:

Wyoming over Denver 72-66 in OT
Rocket City Classic: Alabama over Belmont 92-72 (Whoopsie)
Liberty over Akron 80-67 (The Flames are 14-0!)
Minnesota over Oklahoma State 86-66 (Whoopsie)
Evansville over Murray State 78-76 in OT
Wildcat Classic: Saint Louis over Kansas State 66-63
Texas A&M upsets Oregon State 64-49
Creighton over Arizona State 67-60
DePaul over Northwestern 83-78
(The Demons are still rolling!)
Florida A&M over Seattle 71-57 (A&M with it's 1st win of the year!)
 
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