Games of Interest - December 19

[BeKnighted]

One upset of a B1G team, one upset of another RU opponent, one other potential top 25 upset

Big Ten

#16 DePaul 77 #12 Northwestern 64 - 27 and 14 for Podkowa to lead the Blue Demons
Michigan 97 Miami (OH) 55 - 29-9 1st quarter kind of settled it
Memphis 81 Illinois 75 - Illini 7-0 at home, 0-2 on the road (and Memphis is not that good)
Nebraska 90 Northern Arizona 67 - Cornhuskers trailed by 9 at the half, then turned on the jets
Iowa 60 Bradley 53 - Hawkeyes win despite 34.5% shooting


Other RU Opponents

#11 Florida State 101 Murray State 59 - Thomas scored 21 on 9 of 10 for the Seminoles
Duquesne 76 #25 St. John's 57 - 10 in a row for the Dukes
Temple 100 Delaware State 59 - never really close
Green Bay 58 South Dakota State 57 - close all the way


Other Ranked Teams

#4 Baylor 88 #23 Miami (FL) 81 - Lady Bears 3-0 v. ranked teams, but all were at #20 or lower
#14 Tennessee 45 #7 Oregon State 40 end 3rd - 3rd road game in a row for Lady Vols
#9 Mississippi State 65 Florida Gulf Coast 60 - Eagles got within 2, but Bulldogs hit their free throw
#15 Stanford 93 Cornell 38 - no contest
#21 Arizona State 90 Marquette 80 - hmm


Also - today's overtime games

Wyoming 75 Montana State 69 OT - Cowgirls came back from down 7 at the half
Akron 77 Northern Kentucky 75 - Zips came back from 8 down at the half


Today:

Big Ten 4-2
Other RU opponents 3-1

Year to date:

Big Ten 101-33
Other RU opponents 68-34

There have been no palindromic scores in 63 games completed so far today. That makes 13 palindromic scores in 1,617 games so far this year. This is the 3rd day in a row without a palindromic score.

 

[BeKnighted]

Update: #14 Tennessee 53 #7 Oregon 50 - DeShields led the Lady Vols with 14

 

[MADHAT1]

#16 DePaul 77 #12 Northwestern 64 - 27 and 14 for Podkowa to lead the Blue Demons:D
My family in Chicago are big DePaul WBB fans.
Because of them I root for them too , except when they played RU.

 

[Knight Time Fan]

#16 DePaul 77 #12 Northwestern 64 - 27 and 14 for Podkowa to lead the Blue Demons:D
My family in Chicago are big DePaul WBB fans.
Because of them I root for them too , except when they played RU.

In the abstract, I like both teams. I have no problem rooting against either when there is an RU impact, obviously including direct playing of RU.

I have liked Joe M. ever since meeting him at GW while we were waiting for the RU bus, also his gracious greeting to all RU fans when he came onto the court there.