2022 NCAA Basketball Discussion Thread

[GeorgiaModerate]

We had a trio of upsets today, two of them small, and one much bigger.

The two small ones were, Texas State defeating Rhode Island 70-66, and Alcorn State defeating Wichita State 66-57.

The big one is Wright State defeating Louisville 73-72.

For Wright State, this is their first win over a power five school in almost a year, their last one being a victory against NC State in Raleigh.

That's two consecutive one-point upsets against Louisville.  They next play Appalachian State, so perhaps they can go for the hat trick.

[NewYorkExpress]

We had a pretty healthy surprise today, as Colorado took down #11 Tennessee 78-66.

The Buffalo were sixteen point underdogs entering the game, and this win is their second win in a row against a ranked opponent in the regular season, having last beaten then #2 Arizona, 79-63, last February 22.

[Orwell]

A friend of mine from High school, Brandin Podziemski is #2 in scoring in points per game right now averaging 32 ppg, he had 34/10/3 and 4 steals against Georgia Southern the other night. He played at Illinois last year but transferred to Santa Clara.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Here's one for the transitive property:

Tennessee beat Gonzaga 99-80 in a preseason exhibition.

Colorado beat Tennessee 78-66 yesterday.

Grambling beat Colorado 83-74 last Friday night.

Grambling must be really good.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Wonder why Houston won't be good enough to win it all?

They're among the favorites IMO.

[GeorgiaModerate]

A couple of power conference teams upset at home tonight, with Florida losing to Florida Atlantic and Boston College losing to Maine.

[NewYorkExpress]

In addition to the already mentioned upsets of Florida by Florida Atlantic (76-74), and Boston College by Maine (69-64), we have a couple more upsets to talk about tonight.

First, Troy defeated Florida State, 79-72. This is the Trojans's first victory over a Power Five school in four years, their last one coming on November 12, 2018 against Pittsburgh as part of the Barclays Center Classic.

The other one is Northwestern State's 64-63 victory over #15 TCU. This is Northwestern State's first victory over a Power Five opponent in nine years, their last win coming on November 16, 2013 against LSU.

[GeorgiaModerate]

In addition to the already mentioned upsets of Florida by Florida Atlantic (76-74), and Boston College by Maine (69-64), we have a couple more upsets to talk about tonight.

First, Troy defeated Florida State, 79-72. This is the Trojans's first victory over a Power Five school in four years, their last one coming on November 12, 2018 against Pittsburgh as part of the Barclays Center Classic.

The other one is Northwestern State's 64-63 victory over #15 TCU. This is Northwestern State's first victory over a Power Five opponent in nine years, their last win coming on November 16, 2013 against LSU.

The last one follows TCU barely escaping Arkansas-Pine Bluff (a 35-point underdog) last week.  TCU was clearly overrated coming into this season.

[GeorgiaModerate]

We had a trio of upsets today, two of them small, and one much bigger.

The two small ones were, Texas State defeating Rhode Island 70-66, and Alcorn State defeating Wichita State 66-57.

The big one is Wright State defeating Louisville 73-72.

For Wright State, this is their first win over a power five school in almost a year, their last one being a victory against NC State in Raleigh.

That's two consecutive one-point upsets against Louisville.  They next play Appalachian State, so perhaps they can go for the hat trick.

Called it!  App State won 61-60.

[NewYorkExpress]

We had a trio of upsets today, two of them small, and one much bigger.

The two small ones were, Texas State defeating Rhode Island 70-66, and Alcorn State defeating Wichita State 66-57.

The big one is Wright State defeating Louisville 73-72.

For Wright State, this is their first win over a power five school in almost a year, their last one being a victory against NC State in Raleigh.

That's two consecutive one-point upsets against Louisville.  They next play Appalachian State, so perhaps they can go for the hat trick.

Called it!  App State won 61-60.

When was the last time Louisville started 0-3?

[NewYorkExpress]

In terms of upsets tonight, in addition to Appalachian State's victory over Louisville, We had one other big upset so far this evening.

Colgate stunned Syracuse, 80-68.

The Raiders also beat Syracuse last season, which was their most recent victory over a Power Five team.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

The SWAC (31st ranked conference out of 32, their best showing in decades thanks to the watered down NEC) has defeated the Pac-12 in the PAC-SWAC Challenge 3 games to 2.

The conference is 4-25 on the year in all games with the wins coming against Arizona State, Colorado, Washington State, and Wichita State. Cal is looking to take an equally bad loss against D1 transitioning member UC-San Diego, and it's already ugly in the first half.



And yet somehow, it is the ACC who is the worst power conference. After today's performance, it has fallen behind the Sun Belt as the 10th best overall conference. Surely it cannot fall behind the A10 due to the strength up top? Still, you've got to think there are 5-6 tournament teams in here, although it might just be the five competent ACC Coastal basketball programs making up for their football lulz plus Notre Dame.

College Basketball appears to have a Power Three (B10, B12, SEC) with the potential for the Big East to make it a Power Four, although early Big East performance is more closely aligned with definitive mid-majors in the WCC and MW.

[Orwell]

Haha get rekt Kentucky, Izzo betta.

[I’m not Stu]

USC came back to win 59-57 against Vermont.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Cincinnati led Northern Kentucky 40-36 at the half but managed to score a grand total of 11 points in the second half, losing 64-51.

[I’m not Stu]

BYU narrowly defeats Missouri State 66-64.

[NewYorkExpress]

Still time left, but with about nine minutes left, #11 Texas is demolishing #2 Gonzaga 78-60.

[GeorgiaModerate]

#24 Texas A&M just lost to Murray State 88-79.

[NewYorkExpress]

In addition to Texas A&M's loss to Murray State today, three other Power Five teams have lost so far today, with one upset, one modest surprise, and one being a loss to a Big East team that was clearly better.

UMass defeated Colorado, 66-63, also at the Myrtle Beach Invitational.

Meanwhile, at the Shriner's Children's Charleston Classic, Colorado State flattened South Carolina, 85-53.

And St. John's improved to 4-0 by obliterating Nebraska, 70-50. The Red Storm have yet to get a quality win, with their next opponent being Temple, and likely won't have a chance to do so until either December 4 at Iowa State, or a four game stretch that sees them play Florida State at home, then play Villanova and Xavier back-to-back.

[NewYorkExpress]

Over in the Legends Classic, Arizona State steamrolled #20 Michigan, 87-62.

[GeorgiaModerate]

In addition to Texas A&M's loss to Murray State today, three other Power Five teams have lost so far today, with one upset, one modest surprise, and one being a loss to a Big East team that was clearly better.

UMass defeated Colorado, 66-63, also at the Myrtle Beach Invitational.

Meanwhile, at the Shriner's Children's Charleston Classic, Colorado State flattened South Carolina, 85-53.

And St. John's improved to 4-0 by obliterating Nebraska, 70-50. The Red Storm have yet to get a quality win, with their next opponent being Temple, and likely won't have a chance to do so until either December 4 at Iowa State, or a four game stretch that sees them play Florida State at home, then play Villanova and Xavier back-to-back.

The Myrtle Beach tournament had a strange night as the favorites lost in all four of the first-round games.  In addition to the Texas A&M and Colorado losses, Boise State fell to Charlotte while Loyola-Chicago lost to Tulsa.

[NewYorkExpress]

Some big matchups ahead tonight in Vegas, with #16 Virginia taking on #5 Baylor and #19 Illinois facing #8 UCLA in what could be a future conference matchup, pending a final decision from the board of Governors at UCLA.

Also today, two of the more surprising unbeaten teams go at it in the Charleston Classic, as Penn State and Virginia Tech put their 4-0 records on the line. Right now the Nittany Lions currently have the better NCAA Tournament resume at this very early juncture, with a home win against Butler, and another home win against Furman that could look good later in the season, while the Hokies's most resume-building matchups are ahead of them, as in addition to the tough ACC schedule, they have a home game with Minnesota as part of the ACC/Big Ten challenge (Penn State gets Clemson), a home game against Dayton (immediately after their conference opener against North Carolina), and a home game against Oklahoma State.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Louisville is now 0-4 for the first time since the 1940-41 season after being flattened by Arkansas 80-54 in the Maui Invitational.

[NewYorkExpress]

Louisville is now 0-4 for the first time since the 1940-41 season after being flattened by Arkansas 80-54 in the Maui Invitational.

How quickly do think it'll take for Kenny Payne to get the axe??

I mean, the schedule doesn't get easier for Louisville, they still have the rest of the Maui Invitational (which means Texas Tech and then one of Ohio State, San Diego State or Arizona), a home game against Maryland, and a road game with Kentucky left in their non-conference schedule (not including home games against Western Kentucky, Florida A&M and Lipscomb). The Cardinals could easily be 3-10 or worse by New Year's Day.

[Orwell]

Louisville should get some ACC wins since it's such a terrible conference usually, I"d like to know NYE's take on Michigan State.