Games of Interest - December 20

[BeKnighted]

A ton of OT games tonight - 10 out of 59

B1G

#15 Maryland 113 Coppin State 49 - Eagles drop to 1-11
American 75 Penn State 66 OT - Eagles came back from 10 down after 3rd*
Purdue 70 St. Mary's 60 - close until late

*Also a really bad loss for the Lady Lions

Other RU opponents

Princeton 63 St. Joseph's 54 - Bella had 1/3 of Tigers' points on 8-13, 5-6 FT


Other ranked teams

#2 Notre Dame 91 Marquette 85 OT - hmm
#3 Louisville 62 Air Force 50 - hmm
#5 Mississippi State 103 Nevada Las Vegas 63 - okay, this one makes sense
#11 UCLA 67 Fordham 30 - 22-4 2nd quarter ended all suspense
#17 Oregon State 61 California Davis 47 - Gulich had a double-double for the Beavers
#19 Texas A&M 103 Hawaii 59 - Hillsman went 12-12 for the Aggies
#20 Villanova 76 La Salle 49 - Wildcats get to 10-0
#22 South Florida 93 Dayton 87 OT - big comeback for the Bulls to force OT

Also

Chattanooga 65 Florida 60 - Foster strikes again
New Hampshire 74 Sacred Heart 47 - not as close as it looks
St. Francis (PA) 106 Portland 101 2OT - Red Flash came back from 17 down in 4th
Florida Gulf Coast 65 Harvard 56 - Eagles 5-0 at home
Arizona 76 Southern Utah 74 2OT - back and forth affair


Today:

B1G: 2-1
Other RU opponents: 1-0

Year to date:

B1G: 122-44
Other RU opponents: 91-41


There were two palindromic scores in 59 games today. There have been 21 palindromic scores in 1,861 games this season.

 

[ecojew]

Will Villanova be playing anyone good?

 

[BeKnighted]

Will Villanova be playing anyone good?

They beat Duke in November. They actually have four common opponents with RU - Princeton, Temple and JMU, all of which RU beat by bigger margins - and Seton Hall, who they'll meet twice in BEast play. I'd say the most formidable Big East opponents are Marquette and DePaul. The only OOC opponent left is Penn (on January 17; go figure), but that shouldn't be a challenge.

 

[ecojew]

Thanks. Not a lot of challenges there, though DePaul is always respectable.