Since I didn't see a thread about it, I took the liberty of starting one for the New Year of the 2019-20 season.

January 1

San Jose State 88, New Mexico 85---Coming in, the Lobos were 13-2 while the Spartans were just 4-10. Didn't see this one coming, even though it was played at SJSU.

UNLV 70, Utah State 53---The Runnin' Rebels have been fairly pedestrian and lackluster under first-year head coach T.J. Otzelberger, but they played like champions at home as they whipped the Aggies, defending Mountain West Champs and pre-season favorites. UNLV goes to 7-8; Utah State falls to 13-3.


January 2

SIU-Edwardsville 79, Belmont 69---The Bruins were 23 point favorites coming into this one, and justifiably so. The Cougars were 3-10 coming into the game and had just one win over Division 1 competition (a 2-point win against Incarnate Word). SIU-E put five players in double figures to spring the upset, making the crowd in Music City tone deaf in the process. Belmont goes to 9-5 with the loss.

UCLA 66, Washington 64---In Seattle, the Bruins surprised the Huskies. In late November, Seth Greenberg said under the right circumstances, Washington was a legitimate Final 4 team. Now, I love Seth. He's a good analyst, but when he made that comment, it took me 3 hours to find my eyeballs after they popped out of their sockets and rolled away from me on the floor. Washington drops to 10-4 with the loss. UCLA, home losers to the likes of Hofstra and Fullerton State, improved to 8-6.

Texas-Arlington 73, Arkansas State 52---The Mavericks and Red Wolves have scored some nice non-conference wins over the past few seasons, but UT-A is considerably down this year by comparison, at least record-wise. They went to Jonesboro just 4-9, but they put together a heck of a performance to post a 73-52 beating on their hosts. Arkansas State goes to 10-4. UT-Arlington is now 5-9.

UTA won 72 games in 3 years and fired their coach because their AD wanted to become "the next Gonzaga".

The SIU game on Thursday was the 4th 1% KP game I believe.

(01-04-2020 12:37 AM)stever20 Wrote:  The SIU game on Thursday was the 4th 1% KP game I believe.

This Belmont squad isn’t as good as some of the more recent teams, but, wow, what a loss. Belmont dropped 32 spots in NET; SIU-E was the sixth worst team in D1 going in. The win now has them as the sixteenth worst.

This SIU-E team...may be Chicago State’s only D1 win. They go and beat Belmont on their floor?! Again, just wow.

I've been a Belmont follower since the early 1980s. This has to rank as the most mind-boggling loss since then.

I've seen only bits and pieces of Bruin games this year so I don't know the problem. New coaching staff. Lost Dylan Windler. Some holes to be filled it would seem.

This might end up being a very average BU team. Hope I'm proved wrong.

UCLA has fallen so far it's laughable when they beat someone.

I don’t think of UCLA as a “blue blood” program anymore, kinda like Minnesota or Pitt their nation championships feel so long ago. I just don’t understand how a place with so much talent in their backyard can get away.

AAC had 2 upsets yesterday
USF beat UConn 75-60.
Tulane beat Cincy 76-71. Guess Ron Hunter's move from Georgia St was a good one. They are now #114 in the NET.

I'll give you laughable. Memphis, Indiana, North Carolina, DePaul and Vanderbilt — each of which I strongly pull for — all lost yesterday.

Oddly, I was laughing out of misery last night as I quaffed a fine craft ale from Asheville, N.C., to ease the pain.

(01-05-2020 01:48 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  I'll give you laughable. Memphis, Indiana, North Carolina, DePaul and Vanderbilt — each of which I strongly pull for — all lost yesterday.

Oddly, I was laughing out of misery last night as a quaffed a fine craft ale from Asheville, N.C., to ease the pain.

lol. I was happy last night with the Patriots losing.

As Clay Travis's mom said- Robert Kraft didn't have a happy ending last night.

(01-05-2020 01:55 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(01-05-2020 01:48 PM)bill dazzle Wrote:  I'll give you laughable. Memphis, Indiana, North Carolina, DePaul and Vanderbilt — each of which I strongly pull for — all lost yesterday.

Oddly, I was laughing out of misery last night as I quaffed a fine craft ale from Asheville, N.C., to ease the pain.

lol. I was happy last night with the Patriots losing.

As Clay Travis's mom said- Robert Kraft didn't have a happy ending last night.

The Titans victory helped ease the pain of multiple college hoops losses. Now Tennessee plays at Baltimore. A very tough task looms.

(01-03-2020 05:55 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  UTA won 72 games in 3 years and fired their coach because their AD wanted to become "the next Gonzaga".

I don't suppose that coach is still available.....

(01-06-2020 11:42 AM)NIU007 Wrote:  

(01-03-2020 05:55 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  UTA won 72 games in 3 years and fired their coach because their AD wanted to become "the next Gonzaga".

I don't suppose that coach is still available.....

Scott Cross is now head coach at Troy

Drake’s throwbacks on CBSSN might be the best uniforms I’ve seen. Ever.

(01-07-2020 10:16 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Drake’s throwbacks on CBSSN might be the best uniforms I’ve seen. Ever.

Pics?

(01-07-2020 10:16 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Drake’s throwbacks on CBSSN might be the best uniforms I’ve seen. Ever.

The school or the rapper?

(01-07-2020 11:00 PM)esayem Wrote:  

(01-07-2020 10:16 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Drake’s throwbacks on CBSSN might be the best uniforms I’ve seen. Ever.

Pics?

Apparently they wore them last year, it won an award, so they brought them back:

If they were truly throwback, the shorts would be abotu 10" shorter...

They copied the old Kansas City/Sacramento Kings jersey. Here's Chris Webber wearing it many years ago.