2021-22 College Basketball Thread

[NewYorkExpress]

Closing in on the end of the first half and Indiana leads #4 Purdue 32-24.

[NewYorkExpress]

Week Thirteen Schedule

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Villanova @ Marquette TBD

Purdue @ Minnesota 7:00 PM

Vanderbilt @ Kentucky 7:00 PM SEC

Notre Dame @ Miami (FL) 7:00 PM ACCNX

Wisconsin @ Illinois 9:00 PM

Dayton @ VCU 9:00 PM

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Memphis @ Cincinnati 7:00 PM ESPN2

UCLA @ Arizona 8:00 PM ESPN

Iowa @ Ohio State 8:00 PM FS1

Oregon @ Colorado 10:00 PM

Friday, February 4, 2022

Creighton @ Seton Hall 7:00 PM

St. Bonaventure @ Richmond 7:00 PM ESPN2

San Diego State @ Colorado State 9:00 PM

Saturday, February 5, 2022

Michigan State @ Rutgers TBD

Texas Tech @ West Virginia TBD

Oklahoma @ Oklahoma State TBD

UConn @ Villanova 12:00 PM

Illinois @ Indiana 12:00 PM

Wake Forest @ Florida State 12:00 PM ACCNX

Tennessee @ South Carolina 1:00 PM

Iowa State @ Texas 2:00 PM Longhorn Network

Louisville @ Syracuse 2:00 PM

Dayton @ Saint Louis 2:00 PM

Michigan @ Purdue 2:30 PM

Baylor @ Kansas 4:00 PM ESPN

USC @ Arizona 5:00 PM

Miami (FL) @ Virginia 5:00 PM ACC

Duke @ North Carolina 6:00 PM ESPN

Kentucky @ Alabama 8:00 PM

Kansas State @ TCU 8:00 PM

Gonzaga @ BYU 10:00 PM

Sunday, February 6, 2022

Loyola Chicago @ Missouri State 2:00 PM ESPNU

Houston @ Cincinnati 6:00 PM ESPN2

[GeorgiaModerate]

Illinois (without Kofi) lost at Maryland, 81-65, so the winner of tonight's Michigan State-Wisconsin game will be in sole first place in the Big Ten.

[I’m not Stu]

Is the Longhorn Network a joke?

[GeorgiaModerate]

Auburn cements its status as the top team in the SEC (and IMO the country) with an 80-71 win over Kentucky.

[GeorgiaModerate]

UT-Arlington, which had been mentioned as a possible candidate for the Missouri Valley, will move to the WAC instead.

[NewYorkExpress]

I'm tempted to say the WAC should figure out a way to jettison the non-Texas schools and become a Texas-only conference, but I'm not sure where the other schools would end up.

[I’m not Stu]

Long Beach State extends its winning streak to four and defeats UC Irvine 73-67.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

The conference is six western schools and seven Texas schools. There isn't any reason to break-up a finally decent arrangement. There's a chance Seattle ends up in the WCC replacing BYU if Gonzaga doesn't veto it and then the conference can evaluate two other southwestern teams

Southern Utah and Utah Tech are needed for the football conference to have enough teams, so might as well keep them and UVU...no reason to get rid of Grand Canyon to appease them as well considering they have the biggest fanbase in the conference.

California Baptist is a weird fit, but there aren't really other options for them and they usually are a competitive squad.

[NewYorkExpress]

Coming out of halftime in Tuscaloosa, Missouri is on track for their second straight win against Alabama, leading 40-36.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Boise State beat San Diego State 42-37 last night, which might be the lowest-scoring D1 game of the season so far.

[I’m not Stu]

Would you like to go a Gonzaga game without a mask?

[NewYorkExpress]

Tulsa running away with things against Memphis, 46-33 with under a minute to go in the first half.

[GeorgiaModerate]

WEEK 11 RESULTS

Illiniwek won the week at 27-10, a game ahead of NYE.  Two games were canceled, both due to Wichita State.  Full results:

27 Illiniwek
26 NYE
25 GeorgiaModerate
22 JGibson
19 Pessimistic Antineutrino (missed the Wednesday games)

The top of the standings continues to churn, with Illiniwek and now I tied for first.  Year to date (256 games):

172 GeorgiaModerate, Illiniwek
168 Pessimistic Antineutrino   
156 NYE   
109 JGibson   
21 Orwell   
10 Utah Neolib   

[GeorgiaModerate]

Tulsa running away with things against Memphis, 46-33 with under a minute to go in the first half.

I am so over Memphis.  Most disappointing team in years.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Tulsa running away with things against Memphis, 46-33 with under a minute to go in the first half.

I am so over Memphis.  Most disappointing team in years.

Naturally, after I dissed Memphis they came back to win, despite almost half their team being out with injuries.

[NewYorkExpress]

Week Thirteen Schedule

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Villanova @ Marquette TBD

Purdue @ Minnesota 7:00 PM

Vanderbilt @ Kentucky 7:00 PM SEC

Notre Dame @ Miami (FL) 7:00 PM ACCNX

Wisconsin @ Illinois 9:00 PM

Dayton @ VCU 9:00 PM

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Memphis @ Cincinnati 7:00 PM ESPN2

UCLA @ Arizona 8:00 PM ESPN

Iowa @ Ohio State 8:00 PM FS1

Oregon @ Colorado 10:00 PM

Friday, February 4, 2022

Creighton @ Seton Hall 7:00 PM

St. Bonaventure @ Richmond 7:00 PM ESPN2

San Diego State @ Colorado State 9:00 PM

Saturday, February 5, 2022

Michigan State @ Rutgers TBD

Texas Tech @ West Virginia TBD

Oklahoma @ Oklahoma State TBD

UConn @ Villanova 12:00 PM

Illinois @ Indiana 12:00 PM

Wake Forest @ Florida State 12:00 PM ACCNX

Tennessee @ South Carolina 1:00 PM

Iowa State @ Texas 2:00 PM Longhorn Network

Louisville @ Syracuse 2:00 PM

Dayton @ Saint Louis 2:00 PM

Michigan @ Purdue 2:30 PM

Baylor @ Kansas 4:00 PM ESPN

USC @ Arizona 5:00 PM

Miami (FL) @ Virginia 5:00 PM ACC

Duke @ North Carolina 6:00 PM ESPN

Kentucky @ Alabama 8:00 PM

Kansas State @ TCU 8:00 PM

Gonzaga @ BYU 10:00 PM

Sunday, February 6, 2022

Loyola Chicago @ Missouri State 2:00 PM ESPNU

Houston @ Cincinnati 6:00 PM ESPN2

[NewYorkExpress]

Marquette beats yet another ranked team, knocks off #20 Xavier 75-64.

If Shaka Smart's Golden Eagles aren't the Big East Tournament winner, I'll be very surprised. They've gotten very hot, and I honestly think they can beat Villanova at Madison Square Garden in March.

[JGibson]

Schedule for Week Twelve

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Florida @ Tennessee 6:00 PM ESPN2

Providence @ Xavier 6:30 PM CBSSN

Miami (FL) @ Virginia Tech 7:00 PM ACC

UCF @ Wichita State 8:00 PM ESPN+

Oklahoma @ West Virginia 8:00 PM ESPN2

VCU @ Davidson 8:30 PM CBSSN/ESPN+

Texas A&M @ LSU 9:00 PM SEC

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Ohio State @ Minnesota 7:00 PM ESPN2

Purdue @ Iowa 9:00 PM FS1

East Carolina @ Memphis 9:00 PM ESPN2

Stanford @ USC 11:00 PM

BYU @ Santa Clara 11:00 PM ESPNU

Friday, January 28, 2022

Rhode Island @ Dayton 7:00 PM ESPN2

Saturday, January 29, 2022

Duke @ Louisville 12:00 PM

LSU @ TCU 12:00 PM ESPN2

Michigan @ Michigan State 12:30 PM CBS

Oklahoma @ Auburn 2:00 PM

Missouri @ Iowa State 2:00 PM ESPNU

Xavier @ Creighton 2:00 PM

NC State @ North Carolina 2:00 PM ACC

West Virginia @ Arkansas 2:00 PM

Arizona State @ Arizona 2:30 PM CBS

Indiana @ Maryland 2:30 PM FOX

Virginia Tech @ Florida State 3:00 PM ABC

Baylor @ Alabama 4:00 PM

Kansas State @ Ole Miss 4:00 PM ESPNU

VCU @ Richmond 4:00 PM CBSSN

St. John's @ Villanova 4:30 PM

Marquette @ Providence 4:30 PM

Illinois @ Northwestern 4:30 PM

Kentucky @ Kansas 6:00 PM ESPN

Mississippi State @ Texas Tech 6:00 PM ESPN2

Houston @ UCF 8:00 PM ESPN2

Tennessee @ Texas 8:00 PM ESPN

South Carolina @ Texas A&M 8:30 PM SEC

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Ohio State @ Purdue 12:00 PM CBS

Minnesota @ Wisconsin 1:00 PM

Loyola Chicago @ Drake 2:00 PM ESPN2

[DINGO Joe]

The conference is six western schools and seven Texas schools. There isn't any reason to break-up a finally decent arrangement. There's a chance Seattle ends up in the WCC replacing BYU if Gonzaga doesn't veto it and then the conference can evaluate two other southwestern teams

Southern Utah and Utah Tech are needed for the football conference to have enough teams, so might as well keep them and UVU...no reason to get rid of Grand Canyon to appease them as well considering they have the biggest fanbase in the conference.

California Baptist is a weird fit, but there aren't really other options for them and they usually are a competitive squad.

I always figured Dixie St. was some random Mississippi school I had never noticed (I was probably thinking of Delta St.).  Who knew.

I knew the retiring commissioner of the WAC, Jeff Hurd, when I was a kid and he worked for the Missouri Valley Conference.  The only two conferences he ever worked for.  Also, the two conferences that have had the most different members over their their respective lifetimes, with the WAC pulling ahead in the last decade or so.  Even in just his worktime at the two conferences there may have been close to 100  different schools he would have been involved with.


Actually, New Mexico St. would have been in the Valley when he was there and is still in the WAC as he left, so I guess he had one constant.

[DINGO Joe]

Why would Gonzaga care if Seattle were in the league?  Can't really see their worlds overlapping.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Why would Gonzaga care if Seattle were in the league?  Can't really see their worlds overlapping.

Mostly that it's two more wasted conference games against a subpar opponent, which they have no shortage of annually thanks to Portland/Pepperdine/Pacific, sometimes joined by 1-2 others. Lackluster replacement for marquee BYU games when they can just schedule strong OOC instead. Nothing to do with being in the same state - that didn't hit me until now.

I think Seattle could be ok long-term, but not much better than San Diego/Santa Clara likely. SMC and USF might not love the SOS impact either if they are ranked any worse than #130-170.

[NewYorkExpress]

BYU leaving probably means Gonzaga at least kicks the tires on joining the Big East. It's a cultural fit for Gonzaga, and the cross country travel isn't as bad as people think, given Creighton's presence in the conference.

[GeorgiaModerate]

BYU leaving probably means Gonzaga at least kicks the tires on joining the Big East. It's a cultural fit for Gonzaga, and the cross country travel isn't as bad as people think, given Creighton's presence in the conference.

If that should happen (which I think is unlikely) a possible mate to join them might be Wichita State, the only non-football school in the declining AAC.

[DINGO Joe]

BYU leaving probably means Gonzaga at least kicks the tires on joining the Big East. It's a cultural fit for Gonzaga, and the cross country travel isn't as bad as people think, given Creighton's presence in the conference.

If that should happen (which I think is unlikely) a possible mate to join them might be Wichita State, the only non-football school in the declining AAC.

I thought part of the reason for Wichita St. going to the AAC  was their desire to start a DIV 1 football program.  Cause ya know, Kansas can support three two maybe one division 1 program.