The DePaul loss at Georgetown was rough on the Demons' slim chances of getting on a bit of a run and somehow sneaking into the NIT.

Congrats to GU for the win.

(01-24-2023 11:13 PM)Midwestan Wrote:  

(01-24-2023 10:52 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Murray State and Southern Illinois are long-time rivals whose fan bases hate each other.

With Murray’s first year in the MVC, they’re already brawlin’.

SIU sweeps the Racers. Will the teams meet in St. Louis for Arch Madness? Possibly. The way the MVC is shaping up this year, there's probably 7 or 8 teams that could get the automatic bid. Is anyone good enough to win 3 or 4 games in a row? Time will tell.

I'd bet you all my money someone will be good enough to win 3-4 games during Arch Madness.

(01-25-2023 01:05 AM)_C2_ Wrote:  

(01-24-2023 11:13 PM)Midwestan Wrote:  

(01-24-2023 10:52 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Murray State and Southern Illinois are long-time rivals whose fan bases hate each other.

With Murray’s first year in the MVC, they’re already brawlin’.

SIU sweeps the Racers. Will the teams meet in St. Louis for Arch Madness? Possibly. The way the MVC is shaping up this year, there's probably 7 or 8 teams that could get the automatic bid. Is anyone good enough to win 3 or 4 games in a row? Time will tell.

I'd bet you all my money someone will be good enough to win 3-4 games during Arch Madness.

Hahaha, C2...good catch! I did word that rather awkwardly, didn't I? What I meant to emulate is that the league is so competitive this year that I can't figure out who will get the auto bid. The way some of these regular season conference races are playing out at the moment, the Missouri Valley isn't the only league in this situation.

(01-24-2023 10:41 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(01-24-2023 10:07 PM)schmolik Wrote:  Georgetown won a Big East game!

Forget everything that happened this men's basketball season. Who they beat is who you would have expected they would beat.

Patrick Ewing has Georgetown clicking on all cylinders.

I smell another contract extension!

Loyola loses by 14 to Duquesne. 8th double digit loss in 9 games.

This board's favorite school, Chicago State, leads Stanford 41-35 with 18:25 left. Chicago State was ahead by 7 at halftime.

There may be two more polar opposite schools in Division I, but you would be hard pressed to find them.

CSNbbs Favorite Chicago St and Stanford are on PAC-12 Network.

South Siders teaching the Silicon Valley some lessons.

Looks like Stanford will pull it out

Texas A&M 79
Auburn 63

I think any team this year that goes undefeated at home deserves a #1 seed.

Not Houston.
Not Gonzaga.
Not Kansas.
Not Purdue.
Not UConn.

Anybody?

(01-26-2023 05:16 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Texas A&M 79
Auburn 63

I think any team this year that goes undefeated at home deserves a #1 seed.

Not Houston.
Not Gonzaga.
Not Kansas.
Not Purdue.
Not UConn.

Anybody?

Tournament isn’t played at home. Only 3 teams are undefeated away from home. It is not a coincidence that they rank 1, 2, and 3 in this weeks AP poll. If anyone deserves a 1 seed it’s these three juggernauts.

Edit: actually it’s even more exclusive because #2 lost twice on a neutral site. They’re still deserving of a 1 seed but it just further highlights how impressive of a feat it is to go undefeated away from home.

Rhode Island 75
Dayton 70

Dayton, VCU, and Saint Louis are the only A10 schools in the KP top 100. Nobody is in that top 65. When NET updates, I expect none of them will be in the top 70. VCU and SLU have some climbing to do.

For comparison with other mid-major conferences, MWC has five teams in KP top 50, six in the top 100. WCC has two in the top 50, five in the top 100. Same for the AAC. CUSA’s other two top 100 teams might have a higher metric ceiling than VCU and SLU.

(01-26-2023 05:16 AM)schmolik Wrote:  Texas A&M 79
Auburn 63

I think any team this year that goes undefeated at home deserves a #1 seed.

Not Houston.
Not Gonzaga.
Not Kansas.
Not Purdue.
Not UConn.

Anybody?

For now, UCLA has the longest home-court winning streak. I think it's at 19 or 20. Your proposal is tempting to subscribe to, but I'd have to say 'no'. UMass-Lowell is unbeaten at home, but the Riverhawks lost at Maine last night, 75-70.

Fordham won by 11 at St. Bonaventure Wednesday night to improve to 16-4. Given Fordham's history in the A-10, this would seem like great news for the Rams to snag some at-large attention, but when the entire conference seems to be down compared to previous years, the focus on the Rams' success is getting drowned out. And yes, I realize Fordham's non-conference schedule is a baker's delight (lots of cupcakes).

For teams heading in opposite directions, Hartford creamed D-1 newcomers Stonehill, 73-56. The Hawks, like Chicago State, are now 5-17 on the season. UH and CSU play each other twice between now and the end of the season. Is this Hartford's last year in D-1 before they rachet down their athletic programs?

Bradley tried very hard to make this list today, but the Braves overcame heavy underdogs Illinois State in Peoria last night, 79-75 in overtime. Bradley trailed by 11 with 8 minutes to go. I've seen girl scouts selling cookies be more aggressive than BU looked for long stretches of Wednesday night's game.

(01-25-2023 09:50 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  Loyola loses by 14 to Duquesne. 8th double digit loss in 9 games.

This game is notable because an Uber Eats driver showed up to deliver McDonalds to someone and somehow walked on the court during the game.

That commentary is great!

Turns out it was a social media prank. And it worked beautifully, but definitely went too far.

(01-25-2023 11:12 PM)johnintx Wrote:  This board's favorite school, Chicago State, leads Stanford 41-35 with 18:25 left. Chicago State was ahead by 7 at halftime.

There may be two more polar opposite schools in Division I, but you would be hard pressed to find them.

Stanford 72 Chicago State 65.

Ah,man. If Chicago State had won the game, that result should have been pinned to the top of CSNBBS for at least a month.

(01-26-2023 01:10 PM)Todor Wrote:  That commentary is great!

Turns out it was a social media prank. And it worked beautifully, but definitely went too far.

Yeah, that had to be an inside prank. There's no way a Door Dash/Uber Eats driver would be able to sneak into the building (with security at the doors) and sneak down to court level.

Funny stuff.

Long Island beat Sacred Heart 74-71. Seems pretty ordinary, but LIU is last in the NET at 363 and 0-18 in NET countable wins. LIU did have wins versus SUNY-Purchase and Mount St Vincent.

Sacred Heart looks much better with a 10-11 record, but with a record near .500, their NET is shockingly low at 320, so it isn’t a huge upset in that sense-only 43 spots apart.

Aside from one other NEC team, only 1 team with 10 wins is even below 217.

This doesn't really fall under the guise of 'Laughable Scores', but there is a potentially embarrassing situation facing the Southland Conference.

It's hard to believe that the first conference tournament begins play exactly one month from today (Atlantic Sun with 2 first round games). All the tournament formats have been finalized with regard as to how many teams will participate in these conference tourneys, except for one--the Southland. For 15 years, the conference played its tournament at the Merrill Center in Katy, Texas, but for the next 5 years, the Southland Tournament will be hosted by McNeese. The Cowboys got the nod to host reportedly, as an enticement to stay in the league rather than bolt to another conference (said to be the WAC or CUSA).

The format for the tournament has been to accept the Top 8 teams who then play in a 'protected seeding' bracket where the top 2 seeds get byes to the semifinal round and seeds 3 and 4 get byes to the second round (de facto quarterfinal round). The bottom 2 teams in the regular season standings stay home from the tournament. Wouldn't you know it...a potential problem could be realized as McNeese currently resides in the Southland basement! The Cowboys are tied with Lamar at 2-6 in league play, although both are just a game out of 7th and 8th place with 10 contests left to go. Overall, McNeese has the worst record in the conference at 5-16 and a current NET rating of 333. As bad as that NET rating is, it's still better than the 4 teams ahead of the Cowboys in the Southland standings! It will be interesting to see if the league re-vamps its tournament format and lets all 10 schools participate rather than run the risk of having the host school fail to qualify for the automatic NCAA bid.

WVU 38, (15) Auburn 24

Oklahoma 93
Alabama 69

West Virginia 80
Auburn 77

The home team won both games but West Virginia and Oklahoma are both 2-6 in the Big 12 while Auburn is 6-2 in the SEC and Alabama is 8-0. So you are saying two of the worst teams in the Big 12 just beat two of the best teams in the SEC and a team that isn't even an NCAA team just destroyed the best team in the SEC.

And we really want to see an ACC-SEC Challenge next year? The best team in the SEC is getting blown out vs. a Big 12 bottom feeder.