The B1G broke the ice, so now other conferences are beginning their schedules; lots of top 25 teams playing, too.
Big Ten
None
Other RU opponents
Vanderbilt 72 Columbia 51 – last pre-SEC tuneup
Georgia Tech 61 Virginia 51 – fairly close most of the way
Other ranked teams
#3 Oregon State 69 Cal State Bakersfield 50 – 34-14 at the half
#7 Louisville 62 Syracuse 58 – a lot closer than I would have guessed
#8 Florida State 86 Virginia Tech 62 – Seminoles move to 13-0
#9 North Carolina State 72 Boston College 54 – not quite as bad as it looks
#10 UCLA 83 Southern California 59 – Dean and Onyenwere led the Bruins with 21 each
#11 Texas A&M 85 Texas A&M Corpus Christi 48 – beating up on the little sister
#15 Mississippi State 89 Arkansas Little Rock 50 – not really close but 27-9 4th quarter made it even worse
#16 DePaul 89 Marquette 71 – Held had 22 for the Blue Demons
#17 Gonzaga 62 Portland 57 – surprisingly close
#18 Arizona 58 Arizona State 53 – 2-point game after 3rd
#20 Arkansas 96 Tennessee Martin 46 – ouch
#22 Tennessee 88 Howard 38 – ouch again
#24 Miami 59 Wake Forest 56 – took a 21-12 4th quarter for the Hurricanes to pull it out
#25 Texas 91 Northwestern State 49 – Longhorns celebrate pre-break upset with a blowout
Also – the rest of the BEast games plus all the OT games plus some more
St. John’s 75 Xavier 67 – Musketeers are pretty bad, so this was closer than I would expect
Seton Hall 67 Butler 62 – Lewis had 17 for the Pirates
Creighton 65 Georgetown 56 – two teams going in opposite directions
Villanova 51 Providence 49 - Princeton 77 New Hampshire 37 – 24-3 1st and 31-8 3rd, but otherwise even
Stony Brook 78 Bucknell 73 2OT – Pagan had 25 and 9 for the Seawolves
Jacksonville 87 Mercer 83 OT – Dolphins came back from 14 down after 3rd
Austin Peay 77 Illinois State 72 OT – close all the way
Massachusetts Lowell 61 Fairleigh Dickinson 56 OT – also close all the way
Florida Gulf Coast 78 Duke 56 – would have been shocking before this year
Clemson 71 Notre Dame 55 – actually still shocking, because Clemson isn’t any good
Washington 65 Washington State 56 – Miegoza had 17 for the Huskies
Oh, and there were 4 games with margins of 50+ today, including the Tennessee and Arkansas games. Here are the rest:
North Texas 114 Texas A&M Texarkana 54 – McDowell had 26 and 12 for North Texas
Texas Tech 115 Texas San Antonio 58 – Gordon had 31 and 11 for the Red Raiders
B1G
Today: 0-0
Year to date: 122-33
Other RU opponents
Today: 2-1
Year to date: 64-52
There have been two palindromic scores in 69 games completed so far today. There have been 22 palindromic scores in 2,074 games so far this season.
Big Ten
None
Other RU opponents
Vanderbilt 72 Columbia 51 – last pre-SEC tuneup
Georgia Tech 61 Virginia 51 – fairly close most of the way
Other ranked teams
#3 Oregon State 69 Cal State Bakersfield 50 – 34-14 at the half
#7 Louisville 62 Syracuse 58 – a lot closer than I would have guessed
#8 Florida State 86 Virginia Tech 62 – Seminoles move to 13-0
#9 North Carolina State 72 Boston College 54 – not quite as bad as it looks
#10 UCLA 83 Southern California 59 – Dean and Onyenwere led the Bruins with 21 each
#11 Texas A&M 85 Texas A&M Corpus Christi 48 – beating up on the little sister
#15 Mississippi State 89 Arkansas Little Rock 50 – not really close but 27-9 4th quarter made it even worse
#16 DePaul 89 Marquette 71 – Held had 22 for the Blue Demons
#17 Gonzaga 62 Portland 57 – surprisingly close
#18 Arizona 58 Arizona State 53 – 2-point game after 3rd
#20 Arkansas 96 Tennessee Martin 46 – ouch
#22 Tennessee 88 Howard 38 – ouch again
#24 Miami 59 Wake Forest 56 – took a 21-12 4th quarter for the Hurricanes to pull it out
#25 Texas 91 Northwestern State 49 – Longhorns celebrate pre-break upset with a blowout
Also – the rest of the BEast games plus all the OT games plus some more
St. John’s 75 Xavier 67 – Musketeers are pretty bad, so this was closer than I would expect
Seton Hall 67 Butler 62 – Lewis had 17 for the Pirates
Creighton 65 Georgetown 56 – two teams going in opposite directions
Villanova 51 Providence 49 - Princeton 77 New Hampshire 37 – 24-3 1st and 31-8 3rd, but otherwise even
Stony Brook 78 Bucknell 73 2OT – Pagan had 25 and 9 for the Seawolves
Jacksonville 87 Mercer 83 OT – Dolphins came back from 14 down after 3rd
Austin Peay 77 Illinois State 72 OT – close all the way
Massachusetts Lowell 61 Fairleigh Dickinson 56 OT – also close all the way
Florida Gulf Coast 78 Duke 56 – would have been shocking before this year
Clemson 71 Notre Dame 55 – actually still shocking, because Clemson isn’t any good
Washington 65 Washington State 56 – Miegoza had 17 for the Huskies
Oh, and there were 4 games with margins of 50+ today, including the Tennessee and Arkansas games. Here are the rest:
North Texas 114 Texas A&M Texarkana 54 – McDowell had 26 and 12 for North Texas
Texas Tech 115 Texas San Antonio 58 – Gordon had 31 and 11 for the Red Raiders
B1G
Today: 0-0
Year to date: 122-33
Other RU opponents
Today: 2-1
Year to date: 64-52
There have been two palindromic scores in 69 games completed so far today. There have been 22 palindromic scores in 2,074 games so far this season.
