Time for H2S to stalk me again... (2025/26 CBB Thread Part 1)

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

It's now November, and it's time for another college basketball season to begin! And this thread is all about the early parts of the 25-26 season: November to December, where we start to find out which teams can make a run.

It also means I get the luxury of being stalked by someone who will yell at me if I don't follow his Michigan State Spartans around. ...Stay tuned! The fun starts on Tuesday!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Monday, November 3rd

No need to worry about a boring start to the season. 2025-26 will start off with a bang, as these are the big games to watch:

Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon:
Games in Rock Hill, SC: Winthrop vs. Queens University (8:00 A.M.) [The first official game of the 2025-26 season]
Bradley vs. St. Bonaventure (11:00 A.M.)
High Point vs. Furman (6:30)
Games in Sioux Falls, SD: Omaha vs. Murray State (1:30)
Northern Arizona vs. Drake (4:00)
South Dakota State vs. Merrimack (9:00)

Hall of Fame Series [From the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas]:
Game of the Day: Arizona vs. Florida (7:00)
Villanova vs. BYU (Around 9:30)
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Other big games:
Quinnipiac @ St. John's (6:30)
Coppin State vs. Maryland [From Baltimore, MD] (6:30)
Colgate @ Michigan State (7:00)
Boston College @ Florida Atlantic (7:00)
Holy Cross @ Providence (7:15)
Lehigh @ Houston (8:00)
North Dakota @ Alabama (8:00)
Chicago State @ DePaul (8:00) [Inner-city battle here!]
Oakland @ Michigan (8:30)
South Carolina State @ Louisville (9:00)
Idaho @ Washington State (9:30)

And by the way, all the times that I list on this thread will be Eastern.

 

[Xeliou66]

I’ll definitely check out my Gators facing Arizona on Monday night - I have high hopes for the Gators again and it would be awesome if we got back to the Final Four after winning it all last year

 

[H2S]

good stuff... not stalking you
that's pretty much over-the-top chat paranoia...
as if you're worth my time in any case, lol
was simply calling out your suspect selectivity...

but thanks for the thread

go green

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Go Bonnies! Wooooooooooooooo. Slap Bradley around

 

[Sportsguy9695]

I’m happy college hoops is back for sure.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/3 recap

Now here comes a hard part of my job, where I sift through all of the results from yesterday to see which ones stand out. First, the Top 25:

Hall of Fame Series:
Arizona over Florida 93-87
BYU over Villanova 71-66
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Other big results:
Houston over Lehigh 75-57
UCLA over Eastern Washington 80-74
Tennessee over Mercer 76-61
Michigan State over Colgate 80-69
Auburn over Bethune-Cookman 85-80 in OT

And now, let's see what ELSE happened:

Field of 68 Opening Day Marathon:
Winthrop over Queens University 81-74
St. Bonaventure over Bradley 69-63
Murray State over Omaha 85-77
Drake over Northern Arizona 77-71
High Point over Furman 97-71
South Dakota State over Merrimack 75-66
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Other big results:
Ohio State over IU-Indianapolis 118-102
Missouri over Howard 88-67
Troy over Kent State 103-97 in OT
Penn State over Fairfield 76-68
Florida Atlantic over Boston College 83-78 in OT
Xavier over Marist 66-62
Boston University over Northeastern 76-75 in OT
Georgia Tech over UMES 56-52 in OT
New Orleans upsets TCU 78-74 (Our first "Whoopsie" loss of the year!)
Utah Tech over South Dakota 81-79 in OT
Hawaii Pacific over Boise State 79-78 (Hawaii Pacific is a Division II school, in case you're wondering)
Colorado over Montana State 84-78
Idaho over Washington State 83-81
Oregon State over North Dakota State 67-65

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

November 4th and 5th

Whew! That was a long post. But that's what happens when you got a SUPER busy opening day on the hardcourt. Don't worry; things will be a lot quieter over the next 2 days. Here are the big games to watch:

Today:
Evansville @ Purdue (6:30)
Nicholls @ Kentucky (7:00)
Lindenwood @ Texas Tech (8:00)
Oral Roberts @ Oklahoma State (8:00)
Game of the Day: Texas vs. Duke [From Charlotte, NC] (8:45)
Southern Utah @ Arizona State (9:00)
Hawaii @ Oregon (10:30)

Tomorrow:
Delaware State @ Temple (7:00)
South Dakota @ Creighton (8:00)
Game of the Day: Alabama A&M @ Indiana (8:00)

 

[H2S]

and, oh, by the way, speaking of last night's big games...

#7 Michigan disintegrated Oakland 121-78

lol... you think I was bad... wait until Walverine Nation gets wind of your negligence

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/4 and 11/5 recap (AKA: What happened while I waited for a wind storm that wouldn't show up)

Tuesday:
Purdue over Evansville 82-51
Duke over Texas 75-60
Kentucky over Nicholls 77-51
Oklahoma State over Oral Roberts 95-71
UT-Martin over UNLV 86-81
Oregon over Hawaii 60-59 (Close call over here!)

Yesterday:
Creighton over South Dakota 92-76
Indiana over Alabama A&M 98-51
South Carolina Upstate over Fresno State 67-66

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

November 6th and 7th

Just a quick clarification on my lists before we move on. For preview lists, I'm looking for the best-looking games. And for the recap lists, I'll be showing the most interesting RESULTS. Okay, with that sorted out, here's what to watch over the next 2 days:

Today:
Jackson State @ Louisville (7:00)
Le Moyne @ Xavier (7:00)
North Florida @ Florida (8:00)
Game of the Day: Grambling @ Iowa State (8:00)
Texas A&M-CC @ SMU (8:00)
Wright State @ California (10:00)

Tomorrow:

Veterans Classic [From Annapolis, MD]:
Tulsa vs. Rhode Island (6:00)
Yale vs. Navy (Around 8:30)
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Other big games:
Georgetown @ Maryland (6:00)
Charleston @ Liberty (6:00)
Oakland @ Purdue (7:00)
Valparaiso @ Kentucky (7:00)
Game of the Day: Kansas @ North Carolina (7:00)
Washington State @ Davidson (7:00)
UMass-Lowell @ UConn (7:30)
Sam Houston @ Texas Tech (8:00)
VCU vs. Utah State [From Frisco, TX] (8:00)
Florida Gulf-Coast @ Illinois (8:30)
Northern Illinois @ Wisconsin (8:30)
Utah Tech @ Arizona (9:00)
UAB @ NC State (9:00)
Rice @ Oregon (10:00)
Pepperdine @ UCLA (10:30)

Oh yeah. We could be VERY busy this Friday...

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/7 recap

Okay. We had a lot of games to look at yesterday, so let's just get to it:

Top 25:
Purdue over Oakland 87-77
UCLA over Pepperdine 74-63
Arizona over Utah Tech 93-67
North Carolina over Kansas 87-74 (UNC snaps a 5-game losing streak against the Jayhawks)

Other big games:

Veterans Classic:
Tulsa over Rhode Island 82-65
Yale over Navy 97-68
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Wilmington over Delaware 74-63 (Wilmington is a Division II school)
Liberty over Charleston 74-63
Georgetown over Maryland 70-60
Davidson over Washington State 85-69
Seton Hall over Wagner 68-61
Missouri over SEMO 89-84
Utah State over VCU 80-77
Oregon over Rice 67-63
Oregon State over UIC 76-73

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Saturday, November 8th

So this is the first Saturday of the CBB season. And, holy smokes! There are a few games actually worth stopping for! Here's what to watch in-between your football:

Game of the Day: Alabama @ St. John's (12:00)
FIU @ Nebraska (1:00)
Drexel @ Saint Joseph's (1:00)
Western Carolina @ Duke (1:30)
UMBC @ Dayton (2:00)
Towson @ Houston (3:00)
Northern Kentucky @ Tennessee (3:00)
San Francisco @ Memphis (3:00)
Vanderbilt @ UCF (4:00)
East Carolina @ Richmond (6:00)
Arkansas @ Michigan State (7:00)
Weber State @ Utah (7:00)
Oklahoma @ Gonzaga (10:00)

Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off [From Uncasville, CT]:
USF vs. George Washington (1:30)
Providence vs. Virginia Tech (Around 4:00)​

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/8 recap (AKA: What happened while California and Wake Forest was throwing ACC football into chaos mode)

Top 25:
Houston over Towson 65-48
Alabama over St. John's 103-96
Michigan State over Arkansas 69-66 (I'll bet @H2S is pleased with this result)
Gonzaga over Oklahoma 83-68

Other big games:

Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off:
George Washington over USF 99-95
Virginia Tech over Providence 107-101 in OT​

Nebraska over FIU 96-66
Memphis over San Francisco 76-70
Vanderbilt over UCF 105-93
Elon over UNC-Greensboro 92-90 in OT
Colorado over Eastern Washington 102-97 in OT
Utah over Weber State 92-89 in OT
Nevada over Pacific 78-77

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

November 9th and 10th

After the fun times we got yesterday, I'm expecting the action over the next 2 days to be lacking. Let's see if I'm right!

Today:
Game of the Day: Indiana vs. Marquette {From Chicago, IL} (1:00)
South Dakota State @ Northern Iowa (2:00)
Texas A&M @ Oklahoma State (2:00)
VMI @ Missouri (4:30)
UC-Davis @ Portland (5:00)
Florida Atlantic @ Liberty (6:00)
Washington @ Baylor (8:30)

Tomorrow:
Columbia @ UConn (6:30)
Western Kentucky @ Eastern Kentucky (7:00)
Eastern Michigan @ Pittsburgh (7:00)
New Orleans @ LSU (8:00)
Game of the Day: Mississippi State vs. Iowa State {From Sioux Falls, SD} (8:00)
Santa Clara @ Xavier (8:30)

OOO! Wait a minute; we actually have some good stuff to watch over here!

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/9 and 11/10 recap

Before we celebrate the fact that the government shutdown is over, let's check out the big results from the last 2 days:

Sunday:
Indiana over Marquette 100-77
Georgia over Morehead 120-81
Oklahoma State over Texas A&M 87-63
Vermont over Brown 89-84 in 2-OT's
Missouri over VMI 106-68
Portland over UC-Davis 67-63
South Carolina over Southern Miss 83-79 in OT
Baylor over Washington 78-69

Yesterday:
Iowa State over Mississippi State 96-80
North Greenville over Gardner-Webb 92-81 (North Greenville is a Division II school)
Western Kentucky over Eastern Kentucky 87-79
Santa Clara over Xavier 87-68
Rutgers over Maine 72-60

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

Tuesday, November 11th

Okay, so the "Champions Classic" won't be happening until NEXT Tuesday. Just thought I'd check. And besides, we got a pretty good slate today! Take a look:

Wake Forest @ Michigan (6:30)
Appalachian State @ Ohio State (7:00)
Duke @ Army (7:00)
Radford @ North Carolina (7:00)
Florida State @ Florida (7:00)
La Salle @ Temple (7:00)
Davidson @ Charlotte (7:00)
William & Mary @ Richmond (7:00)
Dayton @ Cincinnati (7:00)
BIG Game of the Day: Kentucky @ Louisville (8:00)
Buffalo @ DePaul (8:00)
Murray State @ SMU (8:00)
Texas Tech @ Illinois (8:30)
Ball State @ Wisconsin (8:30)
Memphis @ Ole Miss (9:00)
Loyola-Marymount @ UTEP (9:00)
Creighton @ Gonzaga (10:00)

Oh yeah. Another loaded slate for us CBB fans...

 

[TheGoodMan19]

The Battle for the Bluegrass always a good one. I can remember when they wouldn't play. Not sure if it was Rupp, Hall or Crum who didn't want the game

 

[TheGoodMan19]

Hoo, Louisville looked good. Score closer than game was, although Kentucky did cut a 20 point lead to four. And I think the Cats are overrated.

 

[Dolgevillefootballfan]

11/11 recap

With @TheGoodMan19 taking care of Louisville/Kentucky, here are the other big results from yesterday:

Top 25:
Duke over Army 114-59
Michigan over Wake Forest 85-84 in OT
BYU over Delaware 85-68
Florida over Florida State 78-76
Illinois over Texas Tech 81-77
Gonzaga over Creighton 90-63
North Carolina over Radford 89-74

Other big games:
Penn State over Navy 80-71
North Alabama over Northwestern State 87-83 in OT
Temple over La Salle 90-63
Davidson over Charlotte 62-55
Richmond over William & Mary 90-86
Cincinnati over Dayton 74-62
Central Connecticut upsets Boston College 60-59 (Whoopsie)
Buffalo over DePaul 66-53
Arkansas State over Missouri State 86-85
SMU over Murray State 102-91
Duquesne over Queens University 87-81 in OT
Ole Miss over Memphis 83-77