Who to root for today

[LloydsLegs]

Gonzaga over No. 12 North Carolina
Washington over No. 13 Va Tech
No. 14 Buffalo over Southern Illinois

If all 3 win, MU could be playing a number 12 team at home for the 3rd time in 3 weeks.

Least likely win is Washington at Va Tech (VT  is a 6.5 point favorite) - Washington is solid (lost by 2 to the Zags), but on the road vs the Buzzards is a tough ask. North Carolina also home and a 2 point favorite.

Of course root for the rest of the BE - Nova at KU could be ugly this morning. 

[LoudMouth]

This guy gets it

[real chili 83]

ND sucks

[brewcity77]

Other less likely ones to root for:

South Dakota State over #7 Nevada: This might be the only time all year Nevada doesn't have the best player on the court. Mike Daum is an excellent college player, but the Jackrabbits have struggled away from home at times. Unlikely upset, but if Daum & David Jenkins both go off, not impossible.

UAB over #8 Auburn: The Tigers travel to Birmingham to play a UAB team they should handle comfortably, but it could be a hostile crowd in the Blazers' backyard, even though it's technically a neutral site game.

Abilene Christian over #11 Texas Tech: The Wildcats bring a 9-1 record to Lubbock to play a Texas Tech team that could be caught looking ahead to a trip to NYC to play Duke in 5 days. I think this is probably the least likely of the three.

[Marquette4life]

Bucknell over OSU
Georgia over ASU

[brewcity77]

Bucknell over OSU
Georgia over ASU

Go Fightin' Tommys!

[brewcity77]

So far today...

• Auburn tied with UAB in the first half.
• TexasTech up 25 in the second half on Abilene Christian.
• North Carolina up 12 in the second half on Gonzaga.
• Va Tech up 18 in the second half on Washington.
• Buffalo beat SIU.
• Ohio State beat Bucknell (barely).
• Arizona State beat Georgia.*

* Georgia choked against ASU. They were up 70-64 and gave up a 9-0 run. Then trailing by 1 with 9 seconds to play, Georgia had about the worst inbound play I've ever seen, throwing the ball right to ASU freshman star Luegentz Dort. They got a look to tie but missed it at the buzzer.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Not too often I see energy in the building or even people for an Georgia basketball non-league game. They were in control. Nice comeback win for ASU and the Pac-12.

[brewcity77]

Not too often I see energy in the building or even people for an Georgia basketball non-league game. They were in control. Nice comeback win for ASU and the Pac-12.

It felt so much like that Butler/Indiana game. Butler and Georgia both led until after the under-4 timeout in the second half, gave up big runs to lose the lead, then battled back in only to lose the game in the last few seconds.

My biggest disappointment was that there was a chance the AP #25 team could lose 3 times in the same day. #25 Syracuse lost to Old Dominion, #25 Indiana almost lost to Butler, #25 Kansas State is playing upset-minded Georgia State right now. All 3 are tied in the polls, would've made for an interesting day.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Not a huge surprise to me if you understand how that state goes. (Iron Bowl and Paul Finebaum and such)  85% of the Birmingham crowd are Auburn fans. Good game with UAB on CBSSN.

[brewcity77]

UAB drills three 3s in the final minute to send it to overtime with Auburn. Heck of a competitive game. UAB looked dead in the water after leading 47-40 before giving up a 10-2 & 8-0 runs to let Auburn stake a lead. Good day of hoops.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Bell, who hit the 2 three's is a transfer from Milwaukee. Not sure how he was declared eligible on 11/6/18 to play this season without sitting out.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Speaking of good hoops day. We might have another one brewing. South Dakota State leads 40-33 @ Nevada.

[brewcity77]

Speaking of good hoops day. We might have another one brewing. South Dakota State leads 40-33 @ Nevada.

Nevada rallies in the second half to escape 72-68. Mike Daum went 1/10 from the field. Woof.

[LoudMouth]

Think this would be pretty cool to keep up with as the year goes on (much like the TV guide thread). That being said there is no way I keep up with it so everyone feel free to add what you think is "important". I will put the teams we want to win in bold then edit to show if they won or lost. Paint touches does something very similar for "bubble watch" which will not happen this year (knocks on wood)

 

[LoudMouth]

Today is relatively boring:

(18)ASU @ Vanderbilt

[LloydsLegs]

Nevada rallies in the second half to escape 72-68. Mike Daum went 1/10 from the field. Woof.

Brew throwing down the Gen Z speak.  jks 

[LoudMouth]

Today is relatively boring:

(18)ASU @ Vanderbilt

[LoudMouth]

12/18 games:

App State @ GTOWN
YOUNGSTOWN STATE @ (15) Ohio State
Albany @ PROVIDENCE
XAVIER @ Missouri
(14) BUFFALO @ Syracuse
Presbyterian @ BUTLER
WCU @ (23) Iowa
CREIGHTON @ Oklahoma
As always
BINGHAMTON @ ND Sucks

[LoudMouth]

12/18 games:

App State @ GTOWN
YOUNGSTOWN STATE @ (15) Ohio State
Albany @ PROVIDENCE
XAVIER @ Missouri
(14) BUFFALO @ Syracuse
Presbyterian @ BUTLER
WCU @ (23) Iowa
CREIGHTON @ Oklahoma
As always
BINGHAMTON @ ND Sucks

[LoudMouth]

12/19 games:

Sacred Heart @ SH
St. Francis (BKN) @ SJU
(7) Auburn @ NC State….?
NORTH FLORIDA @ (11) FSU
NCA&T @ Buzz Tech
CENTRAL ARK @ (21) Crean University
WOFFORD @ Miss State
Southern Miss @ K-STATE
Incarnate Word @ DEPAUL
UCLA @ Cinci….?

[LloydsLegs]

12/19 games:

Sacred Heart @ SH
St. Francis (BKN) @ SJU
(7) Auburn @ NC State….?
NORTH FLORIDA @ (11) FSU
NCA&T @ Buzz Tech
CENTRAL ARK @ (21) Crean University
WOFFORD @ Miss State
Southern Miss @ K-STATE
Incarnate Word @ DEPAUL
UCLA @ Cinci….?

Well done

[LoudMouth]

12/19 games:

Sacred Heart @ SH
St. Francis (BKN) @ SJU
(7) Auburn @ NC State….?
NORTH FLORIDA @ (11) FSU
NCA&T @ Buzz Tech
CENTRAL ARK @ (21) Crean University
WOFFORD @ Miss State
Southern Miss @ K-STATE
Incarnate Word @ DEPAUL
UCLA @ Cinci….?  Lol the Pac-12 is a joke

[LoudMouth]

12/20 games:

(11) Texas Tech Vs. (2) DUKE
UTAH STATE @ (21) Houston
DIII Coe @ CREIGHTON
As always
JACKSONVILLE @ ND Sucks

[LoudMouth]

12/20 games:

(11) Texas Tech Vs. (2) DUKE
UTAH STATE @ (21) Houston
DIII Coe @ CREIGHTON
As always
JACKSONVILLE @ ND Sucks