Games of Interest - February 4

[BeKnighted]

Busy Saturday, one big upset.


Big Ten

#14 Ohio State 96 Wisconsin 68 - 32 for Mitchell
Minnesota 79 Nebraska 69 OT - Wagner had 28 to lead the Golden Gophers


Other RU opponents

Chattanooga 51 Samford 45 - Lady Mocs came back from 5 down after 3rd
Princeton 63 Harvard 58 OT - Crimson tied after being down 8, but Tigers controlled OT
Holy Cross 63 Bucknell 51 - 2 losses in a row for Bison
Sacred Heart 66 Bryant 59 - 7 wins in last 8 for Pioneers
Houston 73 East Carolina 62 - battle of AAC bottom feeders


Other ranked teams

#2 Baylor 79 Texas Tech 61 - sets up battle of B12 undefeateds on Monday
#12 Texas 63 Kansas State 58 - see above
#18 Oklahoma 66 Oklahoma State 60 - close all 2nd half
Iowa State 80 #22 West Virginia 55 - pretty big upset, and not close


Also

Vermont 76 Hartford 70 2OT - Hawks having some trouble without Rizzoti
Oral Roberts 54 IUPUI 45 - only one reason to list this score
Albany 75 Stony Brook 57 - ditto
Western Kentucky 79 Southern Mississippi 53 - [insert Bowling Green Massacre joke here]*

*Not really meaning to be political, but it *was* in Bowling Green and, hey, look at the score.


Today

Big Ten 0-0
Other RU opponents 3-2


Year to Date:

Big Ten 115-59
Other RU opponents 150-87

There were two palindromic scores in 123 games today. There have been 29 palindromic scores in 3,759 games this season. This is the second day in a row with a palindromic score.

 

[Knight Time Fan]

Agree that West Virginia was upset, but their Big12 record is pretty dismal after going undefeated (IIRC) out of conference. I think they will be exiting the polls.

 

[BeKnighted]

Agree that West Virginia was upset, but their Big12 record is pretty dismal after going undefeated (IIRC) out of conference. I think they will be exiting the polls.

I'd certainly drop them out of the polls at this point.