Every so often I think I will post this. Thursday 11/21 had a full slate of college games. I found a number of games of interest. Obviously, RU opponents, Big Ten teams are of the most interest, but there are always other interesting games.
Big Ten Teams:
1) Indiana beat UNC Greensboro - by 11 points.
2) Michigan on easily and big over Tarleton St - by 23 (Tarleton w/i 13 with 7 minutes left)
3) Oregon rallied, on the road, to beat Oregon St., after being down 10 at the half.
4) On Wednesday, FYI: Penn State did beat Purdue-Fort Worth, 102-89 .. trailed by 11 late in the 1st half, trailed at half, and trailed with 13 minutes left, before pulling away.
Major Conference Games:
1) Baylor beat St. Johns with a 3 at the buzzer, in 2 OT - heartbreaker after St. Johns missed 2 FT's. Note: Top 5 projected pick Edgecombe, who is starting for Baylor and having a decent start to the season (10 ppg?), was 4-15 FG, 10 points.
2) On a neutral court, Syracuse lost to Texas - a quality loss.
3) In a neutral court game, U of Miami LOST, to a currently undefeated Drake team, 80-69 ... Drake won while going 4-19 from 3 ... but it was not even that close: After going down 7-3, Syracuse NEVER had the ball with a chance to even tie the game - they trailed by 7-10 points essentially the entire game, though got to within 5 points after just 2 made baskets in the 2nd half, and to within 4 points one time.
4) Nobody but me probably cares, but my best friend is a huge Virginia fan: UVA got crushed 68-42 by Tennessee ... looks like UVA will continue to have trouble scoring this year.
5) Oklahoma St lost to Florida Atlantic.
6) St. Josephs BEAT Texas Tech, 78-77 ... As pointed out elsewhere, Simpson played 36 minutes, 0-6 FG, 0-2 3-point, 0 points ... he did have 5 assists and just 1 turnover. St. Joes, it looks like, basically goes just 6 deep ... with maybe a 7th player getting 8-12 minutes per game.
7) Vandy squeaked by a potentially good Nevada team.
RU Opponents:
1) SHU beat VCU - important win for them ... 69-66. Strange early season for SHU. They have just 1 player averaging mor than 9 ppg: Chaunce Jenkins (16/g), and just 2 players even averaging 8 ppg or better (Wusu averages 8 ppg) ... 2 other players average 7.5 ppg.
2) On Tuesday, Wagner beat BU, 60-58
3) St. Peter's has won 2 games since the RU game (though 1 was entirely meaningless, and the other was against a weak team).
4) Monmouth has struggled since the RU game, losing to Youngstown St and Wichita St.
5) Kennesaw St won Wednesday night, vs Abilene Christian, 84-78. They score a lot, and shoot a fair amount of 3's. Their leading scorer, Cottle, averages almost 19 per game - and have 3 other double digit scorers, shoot 38% from 3 as a team with their top 2 volume 3-point shooters each shooting 48% or better from 3.
6) Notre Dame is 4-0, winning easily Tuesday over North Dakota. Beat Georgetown, Stonehill easily, and won by 9 over Buffalo (after trailing at half time). They have a star scorer, in Burton, averaging 20 ppg, plus 2 other double-digit scorers, including the coach's son.
7) Princeton lost Thursday night to a 4-2 Wright St team - and now sits at 4-2 themselves (they had previously lost to what may be a good Loyola-Chicago team, beating Iona, Duquesne, Northeastern and Merrimack (Clark scored 24 against Princeton, FYI).
8) COLUMBIA, FYI, is currently 6-0, if you can believe it. They beat Long Island U on Wednesday on the road. Columbia has beaten Villanova (on the road, Loyola-MD (on the road), Mercy, Delaware St and Lehigh ... the jewel being Villanova (even with Villanove being obviously weak this year, that is a very good win for Columbia)
Big Ten Teams:
1) Indiana beat UNC Greensboro - by 11 points.
2) Michigan on easily and big over Tarleton St - by 23 (Tarleton w/i 13 with 7 minutes left)
3) Oregon rallied, on the road, to beat Oregon St., after being down 10 at the half.
4) On Wednesday, FYI: Penn State did beat Purdue-Fort Worth, 102-89 .. trailed by 11 late in the 1st half, trailed at half, and trailed with 13 minutes left, before pulling away.
Major Conference Games:
1) Baylor beat St. Johns with a 3 at the buzzer, in 2 OT - heartbreaker after St. Johns missed 2 FT's. Note: Top 5 projected pick Edgecombe, who is starting for Baylor and having a decent start to the season (10 ppg?), was 4-15 FG, 10 points.
2) On a neutral court, Syracuse lost to Texas - a quality loss.
3) In a neutral court game, U of Miami LOST, to a currently undefeated Drake team, 80-69 ... Drake won while going 4-19 from 3 ... but it was not even that close: After going down 7-3, Syracuse NEVER had the ball with a chance to even tie the game - they trailed by 7-10 points essentially the entire game, though got to within 5 points after just 2 made baskets in the 2nd half, and to within 4 points one time.
4) Nobody but me probably cares, but my best friend is a huge Virginia fan: UVA got crushed 68-42 by Tennessee ... looks like UVA will continue to have trouble scoring this year.
5) Oklahoma St lost to Florida Atlantic.
6) St. Josephs BEAT Texas Tech, 78-77 ... As pointed out elsewhere, Simpson played 36 minutes, 0-6 FG, 0-2 3-point, 0 points ... he did have 5 assists and just 1 turnover. St. Joes, it looks like, basically goes just 6 deep ... with maybe a 7th player getting 8-12 minutes per game.
7) Vandy squeaked by a potentially good Nevada team.
RU Opponents:
1) SHU beat VCU - important win for them ... 69-66. Strange early season for SHU. They have just 1 player averaging mor than 9 ppg: Chaunce Jenkins (16/g), and just 2 players even averaging 8 ppg or better (Wusu averages 8 ppg) ... 2 other players average 7.5 ppg.
2) On Tuesday, Wagner beat BU, 60-58
3) St. Peter's has won 2 games since the RU game (though 1 was entirely meaningless, and the other was against a weak team).
4) Monmouth has struggled since the RU game, losing to Youngstown St and Wichita St.
5) Kennesaw St won Wednesday night, vs Abilene Christian, 84-78. They score a lot, and shoot a fair amount of 3's. Their leading scorer, Cottle, averages almost 19 per game - and have 3 other double digit scorers, shoot 38% from 3 as a team with their top 2 volume 3-point shooters each shooting 48% or better from 3.
6) Notre Dame is 4-0, winning easily Tuesday over North Dakota. Beat Georgetown, Stonehill easily, and won by 9 over Buffalo (after trailing at half time). They have a star scorer, in Burton, averaging 20 ppg, plus 2 other double-digit scorers, including the coach's son.
7) Princeton lost Thursday night to a 4-2 Wright St team - and now sits at 4-2 themselves (they had previously lost to what may be a good Loyola-Chicago team, beating Iona, Duquesne, Northeastern and Merrimack (Clark scored 24 against Princeton, FYI).
8) COLUMBIA, FYI, is currently 6-0, if you can believe it. They beat Long Island U on Wednesday on the road. Columbia has beaten Villanova (on the road, Loyola-MD (on the road), Mercy, Delaware St and Lehigh ... the jewel being Villanova (even with Villanove being obviously weak this year, that is a very good win for Columbia)
