Games of Interest - February 18

[BeKnighted]

Big win on a slow day.


B1G

None

But let’s do the B1G standings up to the minute:

1t. Iowa (21-5, 12-3)
1t. Maryland (23-3, 12-3)
3. Rutgers (18-7, 10-4)
4. Michigan (18-9, 9-6)
5t. Purdue (17-11, 8-7)
5t. Minnesota (19-7, 8-7)
5t. Northwestern (15-11, 8-7)
5t. Ohio State (12-12, 8-7)
9. Michigan State (17-8, 7-7)
10. Nebraska (12-14, 7-8)
11. Indiana (17-10, 6-9)
12t. Wisconsin (12-14, 3-11)
12t. Penn State (10-15, 3-11)
14. Illinois (10-16, 2-13)

These are very strange standings, basically because there are 3 pretty bad teams and 6 teams that are so-so in conference play. As a result, at least in theory RU could finish as high as 1stin the conference and as low as 9th. But 2 wins in the last four games guarantees a top-4 finish, and if one of those wins is over Michigan, it guarantees a top-3 finish.


Other RU opponents

Robert Morris 66 St. Francis (PA) 60 – Colonials move to 12-1 in NEC
St. Francis (BKN) 70 Central Connecticut 58 – 15 wins for the Terriers


Other ranked teams

#5 Notre Dame 95 #9 North Carolina State 72 – Irish take ½ game lead in ACC
#9 Oregon State 50 #3 Oregon 48 8:42 4th - might not be a big upset, but would be Ducks’ 1st P12 loss

Also – MEAC plus one SEC game

Bethune-Cookman 68 Savannah State 47 – 4 in a row for the Wildcats
South Carolina State 61 Florida A&M 48 – 17-0 1st quarter according to ESPN
Howard 80 North Carolina Central 70 - huge 4th quarter comeback for the Bison
North Carolina A&T 49 Norfolk State 44 - Aggies nearly blew 20-point lead
Georgia 78 Mississippi 56 – Bulldogs get to .500 in SEC


Today:

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

Year to date:

B1G: 109-37
RU opponents: 140-105

There have been no palindromic scores in 17 games completed so far today. There have been 36 palindromic scores in 4,280 games so far this year. It’s been four days since the last palindromic score.

 

[BeKnighted]

Update:

Oregon State 67 Oregon 62 - Ionescu travel call with about 5 seconds left sealed the upset

Also, Kara Lawson was doing color, which is interesting because she's been doing color for the Washington Wizards. I guess she wanted something to do during the NBA All Star break.

Edit to add: Andy Landers, where did you get that sport coat?

 

[eso1989]

Update:

Oregon State 67 Oregon 62 - Ionescu travel call with about 5 seconds left sealed the upset

Also, Kara Lawson was doing color, which is interesting because she's been doing color for the Washington Wizards. I guess she wanted something to do during the NBA All Star break.

Kara's been doing select games for ESPN WBB, which is refreshing since she's one of the best.

Edit to add: Andy Landers, where did you get that sport coat?

LOL I thought the same thing!

 

[Knight Time Fan]

Update:

Oregon State 67 Oregon 62 - Ionescu travel call with about 5 seconds left sealed the upset

Also, Kara Lawson was doing color, which is interesting because she's been doing color for the Washington Wizards. I guess she wanted something to do during the NBA All Star break.

Edit to add: Andy Landers, where did you get that sport coat?

Lawson has done a number of women's games during the season; mostly the really big ones, and often with Rebecca Lobo as a trio. Definitely not as many as she used to do.

The jacked (sport coat) of interest was worn by Wes Moore of NC State. Pink doesn't even describe it. Well, actually, it does.