Some interesting scores:
Wake Forest 87 Winston Salem State 71
I'm just curious 1) how did the Rams stay with Wake so long 2) how terrible really is Wake this season 3) how did this team beat Georgia Tech? I guess that's what happens when 9 out of your top 11 in minutes played are freshmen or sophomores.
Georgia Tech 74 N.C. State 65
I'm not surprised Georgia Tech won as I thought this game was a toss up to begin with, but it was disappointing to see the Wolfpack blow such a big lead. Georgia Tech's transition defense was absolutely terrible in the first half but they really put the clamps down in the second half ( particularly on Atsur ). Crittenton clearly outmatched him this game and it's not a shock that Atsur et al wore down in the second half with only one sub available. I realize Horner left early with a nose injury, but man, this team really needs some depth. I'm sure J.J. Hickson might help out with that next year.
Missouri 77 Iowa State 55
I know Iowa State hasn't been playing well recently, but it was pretty surprising to see Mizzou absolutely blitz them like this at their own place - particularly with the Tigers not playing all that well themselves. When Mike Anderson gets his own players in place for his system, Missouri is going to be tough to beat.
Nebraska 61 Texas Tech 59
Nebraska is really improving under Sadler and Texas Tech's Charles Burgess was probably out of bounds when "saving" the ball, but still, how did this happen? This has got to put Tech out of the tournament for now with four straight losses and five out of their last seven.
Virginia 69 Maryland 65
Another huge win for Virginia. I can't believe how they pounded Maryland on the glass for a +16 rebound margin including 16 offensive rebounds. The Cavs may also have the easiest schedule left out of anybody in the ACC with their toughest game remaining at Virginia Tech. They seem to be just playing for a seed at this point. My question is, how did this team get blown out by Utah and struggle mightily versus Puerto Rico Mayaguez? I'm sure they'll never want to play in the Puerto Rico Shootout again. As for Maryland, they're in a world of hurt now with five really tough games upcoming. Another N.I.T if they can't get going. Out of my bracket projection they go unless they can bounce back and beat Duke this Sunday. Actually, I fully expect them to do it.
San Diego State 62 Air Force 41
I mean, I predicted SDSU to win but not like this. I do think people forget how talented this Aztec team is though and they're as good of a bet than anybody to win the conference tourney for the auto bid. The Falcons can still do more damage to their seeding with remaining games at New Mexico and UNLV along with a rematch with BYU to end the year at home.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Looking back at Feb 5th
A few scores from yesterday that really surprised me:
Indiana State 59 Northern Iowa 46
Northern Iowa needed this win in the worst way to stay on the bubble and lost to maybe the coldest team in the MVC right now. They were crushed on the boards in this game and poor shooting continues to plague them.
Morgan State 54 Delaware State 40
A shocker for me. Delaware State had been rolling through the MEAC and Morgan State's coach Todd Bozeman just had a run in with some ham sandwiches he didn't seem to enjoy. This loss could be the difference between a guaranteed 16 seed or the play-in game.
Loyola Marymount 67 Gonzaga 61
I guess I shouldn't be as shocked by this since LMU is getting much healthier as evidenced by their big win at Santa Clara over a week ago. I still think Gonzaga's in even if they don't win the WCC tourney. They can't afford too many more of these though.
Indiana State 59 Northern Iowa 46
Northern Iowa needed this win in the worst way to stay on the bubble and lost to maybe the coldest team in the MVC right now. They were crushed on the boards in this game and poor shooting continues to plague them.
Morgan State 54 Delaware State 40
A shocker for me. Delaware State had been rolling through the MEAC and Morgan State's coach Todd Bozeman just had a run in with some ham sandwiches he didn't seem to enjoy. This loss could be the difference between a guaranteed 16 seed or the play-in game.
Loyola Marymount 67 Gonzaga 61
I guess I shouldn't be as shocked by this since LMU is getting much healthier as evidenced by their big win at Santa Clara over a week ago. I still think Gonzaga's in even if they don't win the WCC tourney. They can't afford too many more of these though.
Monday, February 5, 2007
Predictions for Feb 6th
Games of the day
North Carolina State at Georgia Tech
N.C. State is on fire after Atsur's return with a blowout win at Virginia Tech and close victory over UNC in the past week. If they could pick up another big road win, it'll slide them into the bubble talk while Georgia Tech would be dead in the water for now. But even with Atsur back, they still really only go 7 deep and that's being nice. Tech has guarded the perimeter fairly well over the past month which is always key against the 'Pack but their big men have been getting into big time foul trouble. We'll see if N.C. State can exploit that and if Crittenton can contain Atsur ( and actually score himself considering how hit or miss he's been in ACC play ). I say N.C. State goes to the free throw line 20+ times and whoever Dickey ends up guarding along the wing goes off in a really close game.
North Carolina State 74 Georgia Tech 72
Virginia at Maryland
Can Virginia's hot streak continue? The Terps have been historically dominant at home and other than a bad loss to Miami, they've been perfect there so far this year. Maryland has the personnel to guard Virginia's big three in Diane, Singletary, and Reynolds. I'd also take my chances with Osby, Ibekwe, and Gist in the paint over Cain and Pettinella/Mikalauskas although Cain was big time in their earlier win over Maryland. Virginia shot 49! free throws at home that proved to be the difference against Maryland a couple of weeks ago, but I don't see anything like that happening at the Comcast Center. Maryland picks up a much needed win and continues to hold serve at home.
Maryland 86 Virginia 78
Air Force at San Diego State
Air Force hasn't been great on the road in the MWC so far going 2-2 with losses to BYU and Utah. SDSU can bang down low with Abukar and Habel and everybody's finally healthy which has been a rare occurance recently. The Aztecs have also really been picking it up on the defensive end the past few weeks, including at Air Force where they held the Falcons to 39% shooting. The Falcons have gotten severely outrebounded on the road this season and I think the trend continues tonight. Air Force ultimately keeps it very, very close but SDSU picks up another game on the Falcons in the standings.
San Diego State 60 Air Force 56
LSU at Tennessee
LSU has put themselves in a really tough spot needing a road win against the Vols. And I'm really not sure how they can win. Davis and Mitchell have to absolutely go nuts against UT's smallish frontcourt to lead LSU to victory. Unfortunately, that still might not be enough due to, perhaps, the worst guard play in the SEC right now. And that's not good news when you go up against Pearl's press. Now that Minor's off the team, which probably IS good news for LSU, the Tigers really only have two guards that can effectively bring the ball up the court. Temple's an awesome defender and I'm sure he'll do a good job on a hobbled Lofton, but I think Tennessee just has too put around the perimeter for LSU.
Tennessee 80 LSU 71
Other scores
A-10
Villanova 81 St. Joseph's 69
ACC
Wake Forest 91 Winston-Salem State 52
Big 12
Missouri 76 Iowa State 72
Texas Tech 75 Nebraska 66
Big East
Providence 84 Cincinnati 69
Big South
Winthrop 79 Liberty 66
High Point 71 Savannah State 69
Big Ten
Ohio State 78 Michigan 63
Independents
Utah Valley State 78 UC Davis 58
MAAC
Manhattan 74 St. Peter's 57
MAC
Kent State 71 Toledo 64
Ohio 75 Western Michigan 73
MVC
Missouri State 80 Illinois State 68
Mountain West
BYU 74 Wyoming 65
OVC
Tennessee State 72 UT-Martin 59
Patriot
Holy Cross 69 Army 58
Bucknell 60 American 55
Southern
Davidson 81 UT-Chattanooga 70
Sun Belt
Florida Atlantic 79 Longwood 72
North Carolina State at Georgia Tech
N.C. State is on fire after Atsur's return with a blowout win at Virginia Tech and close victory over UNC in the past week. If they could pick up another big road win, it'll slide them into the bubble talk while Georgia Tech would be dead in the water for now. But even with Atsur back, they still really only go 7 deep and that's being nice. Tech has guarded the perimeter fairly well over the past month which is always key against the 'Pack but their big men have been getting into big time foul trouble. We'll see if N.C. State can exploit that and if Crittenton can contain Atsur ( and actually score himself considering how hit or miss he's been in ACC play ). I say N.C. State goes to the free throw line 20+ times and whoever Dickey ends up guarding along the wing goes off in a really close game.
North Carolina State 74 Georgia Tech 72
Virginia at Maryland
Can Virginia's hot streak continue? The Terps have been historically dominant at home and other than a bad loss to Miami, they've been perfect there so far this year. Maryland has the personnel to guard Virginia's big three in Diane, Singletary, and Reynolds. I'd also take my chances with Osby, Ibekwe, and Gist in the paint over Cain and Pettinella/Mikalauskas although Cain was big time in their earlier win over Maryland. Virginia shot 49! free throws at home that proved to be the difference against Maryland a couple of weeks ago, but I don't see anything like that happening at the Comcast Center. Maryland picks up a much needed win and continues to hold serve at home.
Maryland 86 Virginia 78
Air Force at San Diego State
Air Force hasn't been great on the road in the MWC so far going 2-2 with losses to BYU and Utah. SDSU can bang down low with Abukar and Habel and everybody's finally healthy which has been a rare occurance recently. The Aztecs have also really been picking it up on the defensive end the past few weeks, including at Air Force where they held the Falcons to 39% shooting. The Falcons have gotten severely outrebounded on the road this season and I think the trend continues tonight. Air Force ultimately keeps it very, very close but SDSU picks up another game on the Falcons in the standings.
San Diego State 60 Air Force 56
LSU at Tennessee
LSU has put themselves in a really tough spot needing a road win against the Vols. And I'm really not sure how they can win. Davis and Mitchell have to absolutely go nuts against UT's smallish frontcourt to lead LSU to victory. Unfortunately, that still might not be enough due to, perhaps, the worst guard play in the SEC right now. And that's not good news when you go up against Pearl's press. Now that Minor's off the team, which probably IS good news for LSU, the Tigers really only have two guards that can effectively bring the ball up the court. Temple's an awesome defender and I'm sure he'll do a good job on a hobbled Lofton, but I think Tennessee just has too put around the perimeter for LSU.
Tennessee 80 LSU 71
Other scores
A-10
Villanova 81 St. Joseph's 69
ACC
Wake Forest 91 Winston-Salem State 52
Big 12
Missouri 76 Iowa State 72
Texas Tech 75 Nebraska 66
Big East
Providence 84 Cincinnati 69
Big South
Winthrop 79 Liberty 66
High Point 71 Savannah State 69
Big Ten
Ohio State 78 Michigan 63
Independents
Utah Valley State 78 UC Davis 58
MAAC
Manhattan 74 St. Peter's 57
MAC
Kent State 71 Toledo 64
Ohio 75 Western Michigan 73
MVC
Missouri State 80 Illinois State 68
Mountain West
BYU 74 Wyoming 65
OVC
Tennessee State 72 UT-Martin 59
Patriot
Holy Cross 69 Army 58
Bucknell 60 American 55
Southern
Davidson 81 UT-Chattanooga 70
Sun Belt
Florida Atlantic 79 Longwood 72
Predictions for Feb 5th
I'll be adding more than just a score for the bigger games of the day in the future. However, seeing as tip offs are just an hour away, the scores will have to do for tonight.
AEC
Vermont 70 Boston U. 63
Albany 76 Hartford 72
A-Sun
East Tennessee State 71 Campbell 59
Big 12
Texas A&M 68 Texas 63
Big East
Syracuse 73 Connecticut 68
Big South
Coastal Carolina 74 Radford 63
VMI 110 Charleston Southern 103
Horizon
Wright State 66 UW-Milwaukee 58
MAAC
Marist 83 Rider 81
Fairfield 76 Loyola ( MD ) 75
Mid-Continent
Valparaiso 75 Chicago State 66
MEAC
Delaware State 65 Morgan State 51
South Carolina State 59 Maryland-Eastern Shore 51
Florida A&M 67 Hampton 65
NC A&T 73 Howard 68
Norfolk State 69 Bethune-Cookman 60
MVC
Northern Iowa 62 Indiana State 54
NEC
Sacred Heart 85 Wagner 80
Central Connecticut State 74 Long Island 66
Fairleigh Dickinson 68 Monmouth 65
Southern
UNC-Greensboro 81 Wofford 72
Charleston 79 Western Carolina 65
Citadel 61 Elon 56
Appalachian State 88 Georgia Southern 84
SWAC
Alabama A&M 65 Arkansas Pine-Bluff 61
Jackson State 81 Southern 78
Alcorn State 82 Grambling state 79
Mississippi Valley State 63 Alabama State 55
WCC
Pepperdine 86 Portland 78
St. Mary's 80 San Diego 75
Santa Clara 77 San Francisco 70
Gonzaga 84 Loyola Marymount 74
WAC
Utah State 76 New Mexico State 71
AEC
Vermont 70 Boston U. 63
Albany 76 Hartford 72
A-Sun
East Tennessee State 71 Campbell 59
Big 12
Texas A&M 68 Texas 63
Big East
Syracuse 73 Connecticut 68
Big South
Coastal Carolina 74 Radford 63
VMI 110 Charleston Southern 103
Horizon
Wright State 66 UW-Milwaukee 58
MAAC
Marist 83 Rider 81
Fairfield 76 Loyola ( MD ) 75
Mid-Continent
Valparaiso 75 Chicago State 66
MEAC
Delaware State 65 Morgan State 51
South Carolina State 59 Maryland-Eastern Shore 51
Florida A&M 67 Hampton 65
NC A&T 73 Howard 68
Norfolk State 69 Bethune-Cookman 60
MVC
Northern Iowa 62 Indiana State 54
NEC
Sacred Heart 85 Wagner 80
Central Connecticut State 74 Long Island 66
Fairleigh Dickinson 68 Monmouth 65
Southern
UNC-Greensboro 81 Wofford 72
Charleston 79 Western Carolina 65
Citadel 61 Elon 56
Appalachian State 88 Georgia Southern 84
SWAC
Alabama A&M 65 Arkansas Pine-Bluff 61
Jackson State 81 Southern 78
Alcorn State 82 Grambling state 79
Mississippi Valley State 63 Alabama State 55
WCC
Pepperdine 86 Portland 78
St. Mary's 80 San Diego 75
Santa Clara 77 San Francisco 70
Gonzaga 84 Loyola Marymount 74
WAC
Utah State 76 New Mexico State 71
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