College Basketball 2017-18

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6 threes for Villanova.
41-26 Villanova leads Gonzaga.
1:52 left remaining in the half.

 

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Halftime
Villanova 43
Gonzaga 30

 

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Final
Villanova 88
Gonzaga 72

 

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Texas Tech defeats Nevada 82-76
TCU defeats SMU 94-83
West Virginia defeats Virginia 68-61
Nebraska defeats Minnesota 78-68
Miami defeats Boston University 69-54
Ball State defeats Notre Dame 80-77
U of A defeats TAMU 67-64
Wichita State defeats South Dakota State 95-85
Michigan State defeats Rutgers 62-52
Duke defeats St. Francis (PA) 124-67

 

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Matt Norlander‏Verified account@MattNorlander 58s59 seconds ago
Source: Boston College’s Deontae Hawkins to miss the rest of the season due to a right knee injury. Happened at Nebraska. Grad transfer was third in ACC in rebounding. That’s a huge hit for BC.

 

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Brett McMurphy‏Verified account@Brett_McMurphy 58s59 seconds ago
Rice announces hiring of Stanford OC Mike Bloomgren to 5-year contract as Owls’ new coach

 

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Jeff Goodman
@GoodmanESPN

UCLA has canceled its game tonight against Montana due to concerns stemming from area wildfires.

 

[Russ Smith]

Didn't see a second of the game but how in the hell did UW beat Kansas at Kansas by double digits?

That's one of the bigger upsets in recent years unless KU had a key player(s) missing?

 

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UW defeats Kansas 74-65
Loyola-Chicago defeats Florida 65-59
North Carolina defeats Western Carolina 104-61
Xavier defeats Kent State 96-70

 

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ESPN Stats & Info
@ESPNStatsInfo

Loyola-Chicago took down No. 5 Florida. Loyola-Chicago entered the game having lost 29 of its last 31 games vs AP ranked teams; its last win over an AP top-5 team came Dec. 22, 1984 over (4) Illinois

 

[DWKB]

Didn't see a second of the game but how in the hell did UW beat Kansas at Kansas by double digits?

That's one of the bigger upsets in recent years unless KU had a key player(s) missing?

First, it was in KC, not Lawrence. Technically Missouri

We had played Syracuse the game before and destroyed them with lobs and 3PT when the zone collapsed. So this game UW gives us the high post WIDE OPEN all game basically playing 4-on-3 at the perimeter and 1-on-2 in the post. Vick played the high post and shot 12-23(!) for 28 points. Only other KU player in double figures was Doke at 10 (we're a team with 4 players avg 12 PPG).

Vick started each half dominating the offense, but eventually got the yips missing 8 footers because one man isn't supposed to ball hog. Well UW was forcing him to because he was the only one open all night. He should have scored 50.

By taking out the other 4 players in the offense, as young kids do, they checked out on defense. If we had played aggressive team defense and just let Vick dominate on offense as a one man team we would have won the game. Instead Self got out coached. I don't know what we learn from this outside of you lose when you play soft defense, but we'll not see a defense against us like this again. It was oddly unique, baffling, and very successful.

 

[Russ Smith]

First, it was in KC, not Lawrence. Technically Missouri

We had played Syracuse the game before and destroyed them with lobs and 3PT when the zone collapsed. So this game UW gives us the high post WIDE OPEN all game basically playing 4-on-3 at the perimeter and 1-on-2 in the post. Vick played the high post and shot 12-23(!) for 28 points. Only other KU player in double figures was Doke at 10 (we're a team with 4 players avg 12 PPG).

Vick started each half dominating the offense, but eventually got the yips missing 8 footers because one man isn't supposed to ball hog. Well UW was forcing him to because he was the only one open all night. He should have scored 50.

By taking out the other 4 players in the offense, as young kids do, they checked out on defense. If we had played aggressive team defense and just let Vick dominate on offense as a one man team we would have won the game. Instead Self got out coached. I don't know what we learn from this outside of you lose when you play soft defense, but we'll not see a defense against us like this again. It was oddly unique, baffling, and very successful.

Interesting. UW is improving they're getting that zone down and they have some length but this is not a good UW team by any stretch so seeing that score just stunned me.

I know Kansas lacks depth and size but I just assumed you had to be missing a key guy or something to lose to UW.

Basketball is a crazy sport sometimes, Cal lost to Central Arkansas last night, the same Cal team that damn near beat Wichita State earlier in the year.

And Florida lost a huge upset too.

 

[DWKB]

Interesting. UW is improving they're getting that zone down and they have some length but this is not a good UW team by any stretch so seeing that score just stunned me.

I know Kansas lacks depth and size but I just assumed you had to be missing a key guy or something to lose to UW.

Basketball is a crazy sport sometimes, Cal lost to Central Arkansas last night, the same Cal team that damn near beat Wichita State earlier in the year.

And Florida lost a huge upset too.

Well I mean, Preston is still out and having him step in so Vick wasn't the only guy in the high post position might have helped a bit, but we just beat ourselves. A Dec non-con loss isn't the end of the world. We also play much worse at Sprint than at Phog.

Hell, Thybulle went 5-8 from behind the arc (12-44 before this game) and KU went 5-20 as a team.

 

[Russ Smith]

Well I mean, Preston is still out and having him step in so Vick wasn't the only guy in the high post position might have helped a bit, but we just beat ourselves. A Dec non-con loss isn't the end of the world. We also play much worse at Sprint than at Phog.

Hell, Thybulle went 5-8 from behind the arc (12-44 before this game) and KU went 5-20 as a team.

Yeah I of course take no solace in pointing out that UW replaced Fultz with Jaylen Nowell, replaced Romar with Hopkins, and are now 6-2 with largely the same "no talent" roster (including missing 2 key bigs) that was so terrible last year.

Still stunned they beat Kansas but I guess any given night, and maybe they are better than the last time I saw them play.

The Pac 12 is nuts right now ASU is probably the best team in the conference. Arizona, USC and UCLA are all nowhere near as good as projected to be, Stanford is a huge flop so far, so I guess ASU and UW are the pleasant surprises.

 

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Jeff Goodman
@GoodmanESPN

New Orleans 7-foot-3 freshman Bol Reik has finally been certified by the NCAA and can play. Coach Mark Slessinger told ESPN he’s put on nearly 25 pounds since July. Riek is from South Sudan, went to high school at Mooseheart High in Illinois.

 

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ASU defeats St.Johns 82-70
Oklahoma defeats USC 85-83

 

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Andy Katz‏Verified account@TheAndyKatz 3m3 minutes ago

Tough injury news for [URL='https://twitter.com/BadgerMBB']@BadgerMBB searching for consistency: Lead guard D’Mitrik Trice and freshman Kobe King are out indefinitely with foot and knee injuries. Trice will have right foot surgery Monday, begin rehab in 2-3 weeks. King definitely out for today against Marquette.[/URL]

 

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Duke 67
BC 69
7:46 left in the half

 

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Duke 74
BC 71
5:02 left in the 2nd half

 

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Jeff Eisenberg‏@JeffEisenberg 2m2 minutes ago
Duke doesn't need an elite defense to be an elite team given its wealth of scoring talent, but the Blue Devils must be better than this. Too many missed rotations, too many breakdowns, too many uncontested shots.
Jeff Goodman‏Verified account@GoodmanESPN 3m3 minutes ago
Ky Bowman has been the best player on the court today. And it's not even close.

 

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Final
Duke 84
Boston College 89

 

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NCAA March Madness‏Verified account@marchmadness 3m3 minutes ago
Wildcats win at the Garden! No. 8 Kentucky downs Monmouth with ease, 93-76.

 

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Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein

Marquette beats Wisconsin by double-digits at the Kohl Center. Badgers are now 4-7 overall; worst start since the 1983-84 season.

 

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