2021-22 College Basketball Thread

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Oregon State lost to Samford last night.  Not Stanford...Samford.

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#22 St. Bonaventure was down big in the second half to Clemson, but used a 16-0 run to take the lead and then hung on to win 68-65.

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Disrespect to Otto the Orange as always. Go Orange!

Bro I was so confused

If I knew how to cross out Spartans and Big Sparty, I would have just done that

Highlight the text you want to cross out and hit the S (strikethrough) button.

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#5 Villanova all over #17 Tennessee at the half, 35-15 in a neutral-site game.

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Purdue defeated Villanova today and looks very much like a national title contender.

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The Pac-12's rough start continues as Oregon State follows up their loss to Samford with a loss to Princeton.

We're now through the first week of this double-week pick'em.  I'm currently in the lead at 11-5, with Illiniwek at 9-7.

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Here are my remaining picks for this week:

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Vanderbilt @ Pittsburgh 9:00 PM ACCN  Neither of these teams is very good, so I'll go with the home team.

Friday, November 26, 2021

Lehigh @ Virginia 7:00 PM ACCN
Wichita State @ Missouri 9:00 PM SECN

Saturday, November 27, 2021

Oklahoma @ UCF 2:00 PM ESPN+
Rutgers @ UMass 2:00 PM
UCLA @ UNLV 5:00 PM
BYU @ Utah 9:30 PM PAC12

Sunday, November 28, 2021

Pennsylvania @ Arkansas 4:00 PM SEC
Stanford @ Colorado 7:00 PM PAC12
Fresno State @ California 9:00 PM PAC12

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New AP poll: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll

Gonzaga and UCLA remain 1-2.  Purdue jumps up to #3 after a very impressive week, while Michigan drops from #4 to #20 after a very unimpressive one.  Newcomers:

17. Arizona
18. BYU
21. Seton Hall
25. Xavier

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Tulane and Drexel are currently in a rain delay.

(The arena roof is leaking.)

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Tulane and Drexel are currently in a rain delay.

(The arena roof is leaking.)

After a delay of several hours, the game was moved to another arena and Tulane eventually won in overtime.

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We have a #1 vs #2 game tonight as Gonzaga and UCLA are meeting in Las Vegas at 10pm EST.  Gonzaga is a 6-point favorite.

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The Big Ten continues to lose high profile non-conference games, as Michigan lost the Roman Main Event final to Arizona 80-62 on Sunday, and Yesterday, Cincinnati defeated #14 Illinois at the Hall of Fame Classic 71-51, while Lafayette defeated Rutgers 53-51, and Providence defeated Northwestern at the Legends Classic 77-72.

I watched the Cincy-Illinois game for a while.  Illinois looked terrific in the first half (leading by 15 at one point) but just didn't show up in the second.

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Does anyone watch UMass basketball?

Not since the Marcus Camby era.

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Gonzaga is clearly head and shoulders above everyone else at this point.  Who's #2?  Purdue perhaps?

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#12 Houston beats up Oregon, 78-49, a day after a heartbreaking loss to Wisconsin.  In last night's game, Wisconsin came out on fire and led by 20 at the half.  In the second half, Houston gradually chipped away at the lead and scored to close the margin to 2 with about 35 seconds left.  Rather than fouling, they let the Badgers run the shot clock all the way down.  This looked like a good strategy as Wisconsin then missed a shot, and Houston got the rebound to a guard who raced up court.  But instead of taking a three (which he had a decent look at) he chose to pass to a teammate cutting toward the basket -- too late, as the clock expired before they got a shot off.

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A wild Top 25 battle just ended, with #22 UConn over #19 Auburn 115-109 in 2OT.

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Lipscomb @ Belmont 8:00 PM ESPN+

No pick.

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Earlier this evening at the ESPN events invitational, Iona shocked #10 Alabama 72-68.

It won’t be long before Rick Pitino is back at a high-major school.

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Kansas and Dayton are in a barnburner on ESPN.  Dayton leads 63-61 with 8+ minutes left.

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Kansas and Dayton are in a barnburner on ESPN.  Dayton leads 63-61 with 8+ minutes left.

....and Kansas (ranked #4) loses at home on a miracle bounce of a last-second shot to a team that was 2-3 coming in, with losses to Lipscomb, Austin Peay, and UMass-Lowell.  I love college basketball.

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Great game going between Gonzaga and Duke.

With just under two minutes to go, Duke leads 75-73.

Terrific game by Duke.  I expect them to be ranked #1 this week, followed by Purdue.

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Schedule for Week Four

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Virginia Tech@ Maryland 7:15 PM

Louisville @ Michigan State7:15 PM

Nebraska @ NC State 7:15 PM

UCF @ Auburn 8:00 PM SEC+/ESPN+

Florida @ Oklahoma 8:00 PM

Wichita State @ Oklahoma State 8:00 PM BIG12/ESPN+

Texas Tech @ Providence 8:30 PM FS1

Michigan @ North Carolina 9:15 PM ESPN

Wisconsin@ Georgia Tech 9:15 PM ESPN2

Colorado @ UCLA9:30 PM

Utah @ USC 11:30 PM

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Lipscomb @ Belmont 8:00 PM ESPN+

Saint Mary's @ Utah State 9:00 PM

Friday, December 3, 2021

Kansas[/bp @ St. John's 7:00 PM FS1

Rutgers @ Illinois 7:00 PM ESPN2

Iowa @ Purdue 9:00 PM

Saturday, December 4, 2021

Memphis @ Ole Miss 12:00 PM ESPN2

Clemson @ Miami(FL) 12:00 PM ACC

Marquette @ Wisconsin 12:30 PM

San Diego State @ Michigan 1:00 PM

Tennessee @ Colorado 2:00 PM

Louisville @ NC State 2:00 PM ESPN2

Wake Forest @ Virginia Tech 2:00 PM ACC

USC @ Washington State 6:00 PM

Alabama @ Gonzaga 8:00 PM ESPN2 (In Seattle)

Iowa State @ Creighton 9:00 PM FS1

Vanderbilt @ SMU 9:00 PM ESPN+

Sunday, December 5, 2021

Northwestern @ Maryland12:00 PM

Xavier @ Oklahoma State 5:00 PM ESPN2

Something went wrong with your bolding, and you've got both teams bolded in all the Friday and some of the Saturday games.

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Washington loses to Winthrop.

Wazzu also lost to Eastern Washington after leading by 12 at halftime.

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Thanks for catching that. It's now fixed.

Incidentally, I'm currently without a computer, so there may be delays in getting the schedule out.

One game is still wonky:

Wake Forest @ [/b]Virginia Tech 2:00 PM ACC

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Sigh...Georgia just lost at home to Wofford to fall to 2-5 this season.