2021-22 College Basketball Thread

[NewYorkExpress]

#10 Illinois lost last night against Marquette 67-66.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Loyola-Chicago is leaving the Missouri Valley Conference for the Atlantic 10.  The MVC is reportedly pursuing Murray State, UT Arlington, and Kansas City (formerly UMKC).

Link

[GeorgiaModerate]

#4 Michigan lost at home to Seton Hall last night after leading by double digits in the second half.

[Illiniwek]

Schedule for Weeks Two/Three

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Boston College @ Rhode Island 6:00 PM CBSSN

George Mason @ Maryland 7:00 PM BTN

Michigan State @ Butler 7:00 PM FS1

Northern Iowa @ Arkansas 8:00 PM SECN+/ESPN+

VCU @ Vanderbilt 8:00 PM SECN/ESPN+

St. Johns @ Indiana 9:00 PM FS1

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Ohio State @ Xavier 6:30 PM FS1

Rutgers @ DePaul 8:30 PM FS1

Arizona State @ San Diego State 10:30 PM CBSSN

Wyoming @ Washington 11:00 PM PAC12

Friday, November 19, 2021

Auburn @ South Florida 7:00 PM ESPN+

Georgia Tech @ Georgia 9:00 PM SECN

Saturday, November 20, 2021

Stanford @ Baylor 1:00 PM ESPN+

Richmond @ Drake 1:00 PM ESPN+

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Princeton @ Oregon State 3:00 PM PAC12

Navy @ Furman 3:00 PM ESPN+

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Vanderbilt @ Pittsburgh 9:00 PM ACCN

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

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Big East is back, baby!

(Still cheering for Sparty tonight.)

[GeorgiaModerate]

The Big 10's rough week continues as Maryland loses at home to George Mason, 71-66.  (However, Michigan State is up big against Butler.)

[Хahar 🤔]

The Big 10's rough week continues as Maryland loses at home to George Mason, 71-66.  (However, Michigan State is up big against Butler.)

George Mason looks like a tournament team, but Maryland has looked very disappointing so far this year. The offense is brutal, and the issue hasn't been integrating transfers so much as it has been that the returning guys have taken a big step back. The inability to create good looks inside has led to really ugly shot selection, which has led to predictably poor results. There are only a few weeks left to turn things around before conference play, and right now it's hard to see this team being competitive in the Big Ten.

I'm planning to be in the building next month to watch Maryland play Virginia Tech and Florida. I haven't seen Virginia Tech at all, but against Florida State the Gators looked like they belong in a different league than Maryland right now. It's hard to be optimistic.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Another early non-conference loss for the Big 10, this time by Ohio State, although on the road at Xavier is not a terrible one.

[NewYorkExpress]

The Big Ten's Non-Conference season has gotten worse, as DePaul defeated Rutgers 73-70.

[I’m not Stu]

Cal is currently losing at home to Southern Utah but coming back. It looks like a narrow Cal win in double overtime.

[I’m not Stu]

San Diego State beats Arizona State by 2.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Don't count wins and losses. Big Ten is still 2nd best conference by a considerable margin and the SEC and ACC have had a much greater fall from preseason forecast.

ACC and Pac-12 are sitting fairly solidly behind WCC in 6th/7th though plenty of time for that to change.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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

[I’m not Stu]

The November 27 BYU-Utah game is relegated to the Pac 12 Mountain network.

[GeorgiaModerate]

#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.

[NewYorkExpress]

Outside of North Carolina/Duke having resurgent starts to the season, the ACC as a whole has been very down to this point.

Case in point:

Towson leads Pittsburgh 53-51 with four minutes to go.

[pikachu]

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

A low-key frustrating part about college sports is that I want to clown on Pac-12 schools having embarrassing losses, but in the long run this just hurts UCLA's seeding.

[GregTheGreat657]

Disrespect to Otto the Orange as always. Go Orange!

[Orwell]

Disrespect to Otto the Orange as always. Go Orange!

Bro I was so confused

[GregTheGreat657]

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

[GeorgiaModerate]

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.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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

[I’m not Stu]

San Diego State at home only leads UT Arlington 31-28 at the half.

[I’m not Stu]

San Diego State defeats UT Arlington by 6.

[GeorgiaModerate]

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