Last big Saturday of the season; lots of regular season conference titles decided
B1G
#8 Maryland 71 Illinois 62 – Terps clinch B10 regular crown
Nebraska 79 Penn State 74 – Nittany Lions finish 12th; Big Red is smack in the middle of the logjam from 6th to 11th
Other RU opponents
Sacred Heart 77 St. Francis (PA) 51 – never really in doubt
Stony Brook 58 Vermont 48 – Seawolves end up 3rd in NEC
Central Connecticut 72 LIU Brooklyn 59 – Blue Devils break 6-game skid
Hartford 68 Albany 56 – close until the 4th quarter
East Tennessee State 72 North Carolina Greensboro 67 – not as close as it looks
#16 Gonzaga 68 Loyola Marymount 58 – Bulldogs trailed by 7 at the half, then turned it on
Princeton 61 Harvard 58 – 8 in a row for the Tigers
Cornell 66 Brown 48 – Big Red still has a chance to make the Ivy mini-tourney; the Bears do not
Other ranked teams
#1 Baylor 76 Oklahoma State 44 – 19 in a row the Bears
#2 Connecticut 83 Houston 61 – Collier had 29 and 9 to lead the Huskies
#20 Iowa State 82 #18 Texas 73 – not as close as it looks
#24 Rice 78 Louisiana Tech 42 – Ogwumike had 18 and 14 for the Owls
Also
Campbell 76 Winthrop 67 – only one reason to report this score
Maine 67 Binghamton 60 – Black Bears earn top seed in America East tourney
Wisconsin Green Bay 77 Illinois Chicago 53 – 20 wins for the Phoenix, but they finish 2nd in Horizon
Robert Morris 77 Wagner 57 – Colonials clinch top seed in NEC tourney
Virginia Commonwealth 61 Davidson 54 – Rams clinch top seed in A-10 tourney
New Mexico State 77 Chicago State 54 – with a 13 game win streak, the Aggies are your WAC champions*
Quinnipiac 67 Siena 38 – Bobcats complete undefeated MAAC season
Northwestern State 60 Southeast Louisiana 56 2OT – if a double OT game could be boring, this one would be a candidate
North Carolina A&T 77 Florida A&M 53 – Aggies clinch MEAC crown
High Point 104 Hampton 98 – not a lot of defense in this one
*Actually, they clinched one game ago, but I didn’t realize it.
Today:
B1G: 0-0
Other RU opponents: 4-4
Year to date:
B1G: 109-37
RU opponents: 159-120
There was one palindromic score in 129 games today. There have been 41 palindromic scores in 4,820 games so far this year.
B1G
#8 Maryland 71 Illinois 62 – Terps clinch B10 regular crown
Nebraska 79 Penn State 74 – Nittany Lions finish 12th; Big Red is smack in the middle of the logjam from 6th to 11th
Other RU opponents
Sacred Heart 77 St. Francis (PA) 51 – never really in doubt
Stony Brook 58 Vermont 48 – Seawolves end up 3rd in NEC
Central Connecticut 72 LIU Brooklyn 59 – Blue Devils break 6-game skid
Hartford 68 Albany 56 – close until the 4th quarter
East Tennessee State 72 North Carolina Greensboro 67 – not as close as it looks
#16 Gonzaga 68 Loyola Marymount 58 – Bulldogs trailed by 7 at the half, then turned it on
Princeton 61 Harvard 58 – 8 in a row for the Tigers
Cornell 66 Brown 48 – Big Red still has a chance to make the Ivy mini-tourney; the Bears do not
Other ranked teams
#1 Baylor 76 Oklahoma State 44 – 19 in a row the Bears
#2 Connecticut 83 Houston 61 – Collier had 29 and 9 to lead the Huskies
#20 Iowa State 82 #18 Texas 73 – not as close as it looks
#24 Rice 78 Louisiana Tech 42 – Ogwumike had 18 and 14 for the Owls
Also
Campbell 76 Winthrop 67 – only one reason to report this score
Maine 67 Binghamton 60 – Black Bears earn top seed in America East tourney
Wisconsin Green Bay 77 Illinois Chicago 53 – 20 wins for the Phoenix, but they finish 2nd in Horizon
Robert Morris 77 Wagner 57 – Colonials clinch top seed in NEC tourney
Virginia Commonwealth 61 Davidson 54 – Rams clinch top seed in A-10 tourney
New Mexico State 77 Chicago State 54 – with a 13 game win streak, the Aggies are your WAC champions*
Quinnipiac 67 Siena 38 – Bobcats complete undefeated MAAC season
Northwestern State 60 Southeast Louisiana 56 2OT – if a double OT game could be boring, this one would be a candidate
North Carolina A&T 77 Florida A&M 53 – Aggies clinch MEAC crown
High Point 104 Hampton 98 – not a lot of defense in this one
*Actually, they clinched one game ago, but I didn’t realize it.
Today:
B1G: 0-0
Other RU opponents: 4-4
Year to date:
B1G: 109-37
RU opponents: 159-120
There was one palindromic score in 129 games today. There have been 41 palindromic scores in 4,820 games so far this year.
