Saturday

Northern Iowa 71
(1) North Carolina 67

(11-21-2015 10:18 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  It wasn't a good night for the Big Ten. Michigan State, as usual, makes it look easy. Maryland was trailing Rider by two at the half, and Northwestern needed overtime to best Columbia.

In the battle of preseason #11's:
Duquesne 78
Penn St. 52
Only "upset" aspect of it is that, by season's end, compare how many bids the B1G gets to what A10 does. A10 would be lucky to get even half most seasons.

I think this is Chambers' last year. Duquesne started showing up regularly on the schedule again because the last loser coach kept dodging that other big school in the city. It's supposed to be an easy one. Well, someone made it look easy.

Hofstra 82
Florida St. 77

Coach DeChellis was a good coach, but Penn State got greedy.

I wish the Nittany Lions had the guts to play Saint Francis U, a local team instead of importing your cupcakes.

(11-21-2015 04:20 PM)Wedge Wrote:  Saturday

Northern Iowa 71
(1) North Carolina 67

Good programs don't stay down for long. Congrats to UNI.

(11-21-2015 04:20 PM)Wedge Wrote:  Saturday

Northern Iowa 71
(1) North Carolina 67

We get UNI next weekend at UND. Jacobson is from ND (the same town as Lute Olson), played at UND, and was an assistant coach there, as was formerly McDermott of Creighton. Quite the basketball staff there for a DII school at the time.

UALR 49
San Diego State 43

I felt really low when my Hoyas lost to freaking "Radford", but misery loves company so it's warmed my heart a bit to see other big names bite the dust early to low-lifes as well. Oh well ... won't focus on hoops until January anyway.

On the women's side...

Idaho 106
Cal State Northridge 50

CSUN made the NCAA Tournament a year ago. They start this year 0-3 with losses of 22, 34 and 56 points.

UNI is 2-0 all-time against the No. 1 team, check that out. I'm guessing the other team was Kansas in 2010.

(11-21-2015 04:23 PM)HarmonOliphantOberlanderDevine Wrote:  

(11-21-2015 10:18 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  It wasn't a good night for the Big Ten. Michigan State, as usual, makes it look easy. Maryland was trailing Rider by two at the half, and Northwestern needed overtime to best Columbia.

In the battle of preseason #11's:
Duquesne 78
Penn St. 52
Only "upset" aspect of it is that, by season's end, compare how many bids the B1G gets to what A10 does. A10 would be lucky to get even half most seasons.

I think this is Chambers' last year. Duquesne started showing up regularly on the schedule again because the last loser coach kept dodging that other big school in the city. It's supposed to be an easy one. Well, someone made it look easy.

Hofstra 82
Florida St. 77

Coach DeChellis was a good coach, but Penn State got greedy.

I wish the Nittany Lions had the guts to play Saint Francis U, a local team instead of importing your cupcakes.

DeChellis was the kind of guy who would schedule St. Francis when Bucknell was any good, and vice-versa if he knew there was any pulse from the other school. He played the Big Five dance with the Philly schools: avoid Villanova at all costs, tap Temple and St. Joe's when they're down, focus on La Salle or Penn. Draft off wins against schools who played other schools. His predecessor kept Pitt on the schedule, but after Ed got the snot beat out of his team, he dropped them.

He requests a resignation, got it, and then slapped the school with that anti-hoops thing from his new gig. But, look at his bio at Navy, and how much of it is about Penn State...totally classless, and completely ironic given his utter failure at Navy, who might be one of the few programs in the country that cares less about basketball than PSU.

I don't know what one is supposed to do at Penn State, honestly. Schools like Pitt and Temple should be on the schedule every year, and Syracuse, even if they kick your butt. Villanova shouldn't be a stranger. The local games, they don't do much for the area or RPI/SOS. Penn State's got a HUGE following over in the Lehigh Valley, and that puts a pressure on them to play the Lehigh and Lafayette games (Ed, naturally, obliged this, because they were easy wins, Pat not so much). Then, you have the northeast corridor from Massachusetts to Virginia keep up appearances. They'll boast games like Radford and someone from MAAC or NEC, but it's not like they travel to those schools to be seen in the area. It's a lazy, unimaginative program through and through.

Glad to see everybody already knows the only shame in GT basketball is that Brian Gregory still runs it, and thus the first of many shames hasn't been posted.

We start the new week with this semi-clunker

UT-Arlington 68
Memphis 64

Southern Miss has followed up their 78-60 loss to Jackson State with a 84-78 loss to William Carey. That's NAIA team Will Carey.

Illinois needed this buzzer-beater to eke out a home win over Chicago State on Monday night.

Chicago State, probably the worst D-1 school in the last 20 years. Effectively kicked out of the Mid-Con/Summit for goodness sake.

(11-24-2015 02:46 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  Southern Miss has followed up their 78-60 loss to Jackson State with a 84-78 loss to William Carey. That's NAIA team Will Carey.

CUSA went winless last night, 0-4. Keep this pace up and AQ's looking at a 15-seed at best.

(11-23-2015 02:06 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  Glad to see everybody already knows the only shame in GT basketball is that Brian Gregory still runs it, and thus the first of many shames hasn't been posted.

They guy at Dayton now is better than former Dayton coach Gregory.

(11-24-2015 02:53 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  Chicago State, probably the worst D-1 school in the last 20 years. Effectively kicked out of the Mid-Con/Summit for goodness sake.

Groce will be gone at the end of the year if not sooner...

(11-24-2015 02:46 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  Southern Miss has followed up their 78-60 loss to Jackson State with a 84-78 loss to William Carey. That's NAIA team Will Carey.

Wonder if William Carey ever decides to start up football, and then plays Southern Mississippi and beats them in that sport as well?