2022-23 Men's Games of Interest

[Jdrums#3]

In the top game yesterday, Gonzaga at home barely beats Michigan State 64-63.

Jersey, I believe that game was a Veterans Day special played outdoors on an aircraft carrier.

Disregard, I missed Adam’s post where he already explained it.

[Jersey77]

In the top game yesterday, Gonzaga at home barely beats Michigan State 64-63.

Jersey, I believe that game was a Veterans Day special played outdoors on an aircraft carrier.

Yes it was, Gonzaga was listed as the home team though, my bad on the location.

[Jdrums#3]

I wonder if the players played the wind when shooting jump shots?

Now, if they play this game with the ship moving, I’d be impressed.

[Jersey77]

Monday November 14th
South Carolina State @ Duquesne- 7 PM (CBS Sports)
Lafayette @ Saint Joseph's- 7 PM (ESPN+)
Richmond @ Charleston- 7 PM
George Washington @ Hofstra- 7 PM

[Jersey77]

Monday November 14th
South Carolina State @ Duquesne- 7 PM (CBS Sports)
Lafayette @ Saint Joseph's- 7 PM (ESPN+)
Richmond @ Charleston- 7 PM
George Washington @ Hofstra- 7 PM

Both Duquesne and St. Joe's won at home.

Richmond lost at Charleston in OT 92-90.
GW lost at Hofstra 85-80.

[RhowdyRam02]

Providence vs Stonehill at 5 on FS2
Rhode Island vs Stony Brook at 7 on ESPN+
Fordham vs New Hampshire at 7 on ESPN+
La Salle vs Queens College at 7 on ESPN+
Quinnipiac vs Dartmouth at 7 on ESPN+
Georgia State vs Mercer at 7 on ESPN+
St. Bonaventure vs South Dakota St at 8 on ESPN+
St. Louis vs Memphis at 9 on CBS Sports Network
#21 Dayton at UNLV at 11 on CBS Sports Network

[reef]

Dayton Unlv good one

[STC]

Louisville 0-3 with one point losses to Bellarmine, Wright State and App State.

[PeterRamTime]

SLU is reaaaal good

[Jdrums#3]

SLU is reaaaal good

Should be quite a test for us when we play them. Fortunately, we have time to improve some before we take them on. Hopefully, we are healthy, too.

Great measuring stick game.

[reef]

Very solid win by STL hot hairy @ the end

Watching Unlv Dayton great game , unlv has a solid team this year lead 54-47. 405 to go

[PeterRamTime]

Very solid win by STL hot hairy @ the end

Watching Unlv Dayton great game , unlv has a solid team this year lead 54-47. 405 to go

Dayton was controlling it most of the way but, UNLV started playing bully ball and Dayton couldn't recover.

[reef]

That won’t be a bad loss for Dayton , Unlv will be near the top of their league looks like

[Jdrums#3]

Dayton really missed their point guard last night.

[Jersey77]

Dayton really missed their point guard last night.

Yes I agree, they are a much better team with Malachi Smith on the floor for them.

Also Camara got injured, and only played 12 minutes.

Holmes was not as effective after rolling his ankle early in the game.

[RhowdyRam02]

UMass Lowell vs Sacred Heart at 4 on ESPN+
Army at Sienna at 7 on ESPN+
VCU vs Arizona State at the Barclays Center at 8:30 on ESPN+

[Jersey77]

UMass Lowell vs Sacred Heart at 4 on ESPN+
Army at Sienna at 7 on ESPN+
VCU vs Arizona State at the Barclays Center at 8:30 on ESPN+

Curious to see how Arizona State responds after losing their last game to Texas Southern in OT.

[Jdrums#3]

Agreed, Jersey. Should be a good game. Will have to check in on-line for updates tonight.

[McRam]

Thurs night Kansas State on ESPN Plus.

[Jersey77]

VCU loses to ASU 59-63 after being up 11 pts in the 2nd half.

Tough loss without Ace Baldwin in the line-up.
He is one of the top PG in the A10 and was averaging 12 pts (43% 3pt)/ 7 assists over the first 2 games.
He broke his wrist earlier in the week and had a screw inserted.

VCU is probably a bubble team and will need some of these bigger OOC wins.

[ramster]

#11 Texas, favored by 1, trounced #2 Gonzaga by 19

[ramster]

Colorado plays UMASS at 1:30pm ESPNU today
Buffalo's are favored by 5.5 (opened at 7.5 points)

Myrtle Beach

[Section104]

A10 is a guard oriented league that operates with razor thin margins in the OOC. The below three players could play just about anywhere in the country and are integral parts to our top tier teams.

Malachi Smith
Ace Baldwin
Yuri Collins

It seems like every year high hopes are dashed by way of injuries. This year is no exception with Malachi and Ace both out for an uncertain amount of time. In the Big East, SEC, etc. there's plenty of time to tread water in the OOC and make noise in conference play - our bubble teams don't have that luxury. Could be another highly disappointing year for the A10.

[RhowdyRam02]

UMass vs Colorado in Conway, SC at 1:30 on ESPNU
Kansas State vs Kansas City at 6:30 on ESPN+
Richmond vs Wichita State at 7 on ESPN+
St. Joe's vs Albany at 7 on ESPN+
Davidson at Charleston at 7 on ESPNU
VCU vs Pitt at the Barclays Center at 7 on ESPN2
Stony Brook at Brown at 7 on ESPN+
Texas State at UTSA at 8
Loyola Chicago vs Tulsa in Conway, SC at 9:30 on ESPNU

[Jersey77]

UMass vs Colorado in Conway, SC at 1:30 on ESPNU
Kansas State vs Kansas City at 6:30 on ESPN+
Richmond vs Wichita State at 7 on ESPN+
St. Joe's vs Albany at 7 on ESPN+
Davidson at Charleston at 7 on ESPNU
VCU vs Pitt at the Barclays Center at 7 on ESPN2
Stony Brook at Brown at 7 on ESPN+
Texas State at UTSA at 8
Loyola Chicago vs Tulsa in Conway, SC at 9:30 on ESPNU

Lots of good action today.

Davidson at Charleston should be interesting.
Charleston coming off a 2-point OT victory over Richmond.
Can Foster Loyer keep up his sizzling pace averaging 28 pts/6 rebs/6 assists?

VCU without Ace needs to beat Pitt.

[reef]

UMass going to beat Colorado who just beat ranked Vols

[Jdrums#3]

UMass going to beat Colorado who just beat ranked Vols

They just pulled it out by 3. Nice win for the A10.

[Jersey77]

UMass going to beat Colorado who just beat ranked Vols

UMass came close to blowing it but holds on to win 66-63.

Aside from Fernandes leading with 22 points, freshman Luis looked impressive with 18 points.

[PeterRamTime]

UMass going to beat Colorado who just beat ranked Vols

UMass came close to blowing it but holds on to win 66-63.

Aside from Fernandes leading with 22 points, freshman Luis looked impressive with 18 points.

They almost blew it like VCU.

Good win for them and the league.

[Jdrums#3]

A10 is a guard oriented league that operates with razor thin margins in the OOC. The below three players could play just about anywhere in the country and are integral parts to our top tier teams.

Malachi Smith
Ace Baldwin
Yuri Collins

Enjoyed the post. 104.

It seems like every year high hopes are dashed by way of injuries. This year is no exception with Malachi and Ace both out for an uncertain amount of time. In the Big East, SEC, etc. there's plenty of time to tread water in the OOC and make noise in conference play - our bubble teams don't have that luxury. Could be another highly disappointing year for the A10.

Enjoyed the post, 104.

It’s very frustrating for this Rhody fan and therefore, by extension, an A10 fan. These are the games the conference needs to win to make the argument for multiple tourney teams in March. Hopefully, things will break the A10’s way in the coming seasons with all the good coaches in the conference presently - assuming they stay with their schools.

Also, nice to be in a P6 when you can cherry pick from high mid-majors to supplement your starting 5 or build your depth and weakening high mid-majors at the same time. Maybe, in time the exodus to P6 will shift at some point in the future if the good high mid-major players realize it could be better to be a big fish in a small pond than a small fish in a big pond.

Hopefully, high mid-major programs, as the sample size gets larger and larger, are tracking the success (of the players short and long term basketball career success) of the player exodus to P6 schools to formulate a counter argument in favor of the good players stating put.

Sorry for the word salad. Having a tough time formulating and presenting my thoughts today.

[Obadiah]

Brown defeats Stony Brook, 64-53. Stony Brook had slim lead thru first half, but Brown took control by the 15 min mark in second half leading by as much as 13 points. Also yesterday Army upset Siena in OT in Albany.

[Jdrums#3]

Davidson down by 18 with four plus minutes left to C of C.

Figures.

[Jdrums#3]

Nice bounce back win for VCU…71 - 67 over Pitt.

[ramster]

Arizona State went in 7.5 underdogs to ranked Michigan in Legends Classic Championship in Brooklyn. Michigan had just dismantled Pittsburgh by 31.
ASU easily blasted Michigan by 25. Desmond Cambridge led Bobby Hurley’s squad with 20. Cambridge played for Brown 2 years, Nevada next 2 then teamed with his brother who transferred from Auburn to join up with ASU this season.

[ramster]

Loyola Chicago favored by 7.5 over Tulsa gets smoked by 19 in Myrtle Beach
Murray State upsets Nationally Ranked Texas A&M and will now face UMASS at 2:30 PM today in Myrtle Beach

Charlotte upset Boise State

So all 4 1st round games were upsets.

Semi-Finals are now:
UMASS vs Murray State ESPN2 @ 2:30pm today
Charlotte vs Tulsa

Texas A&M, Loyola Chicago, Boise State and Colorado all go to losers bracket

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[Jersey77]

The A10 split yesterday.

UMass, St. Joe's, and VCU all won.
Richmond, Davidson, and Loyola/Chicago all lost.

[ramster]

Davidson got smoked by 23 points losing @ College of Charleston. C of C was favored by 3.5.

[Jersey77]

Davidson got smoked by 23 points losing @ College of Charleston. C of C was favored by 3.5.

Foster Loyer was the nation's 2nd leading scorer averaging 28 points, only had 4 points last night.

All 3 A10 teams that lost yesterday were favored to win.

[ramster]

Murray State favored by 1 over UMASS
Charlotte favored by 1.5 over Tulsa

[ramster]

Davidson got smoked by 23 points losing @ College of Charleston. C of C was favored by 3.5.

Foster Loyer was the nation's 2nd leading scorer averaging 28 points, only had 4 points last night.

All 3 A10 teams that lost yesterday were favored to win.

Not true. Davidson was +3 playing at College of Charleston. C of C was favored by 3 points, some had it 3.5 points.

[Jersey77]

Davidson got smoked by 23 points losing @ College of Charleston. C of C was favored by 3.5.

Foster Loyer was the nation's 2nd leading scorer averaging 28 points, only had 4 points last night.

All 3 A10 teams that lost yesterday were favored to win.

Not true. Davidson was +3 playing at College of Charleston. C of C was favored by 3 points, some had it 3.5 points.

You are correct, my mistake.

I guess they gave Charleston the edge because they are playing in their home arena.

[ramster]

Foster Loyer was the nation's 2nd leading scorer averaging 28 points, only had 4 points last night.

All 3 A10 teams that lost yesterday were favored to win.

Not true. Davidson was +3 playing at College of Charleston. C of C was favored by 3 points, some had it 3.5 points.

You are correct, my mistake.

I guess they gave Charleston the edge because they are playing in their home arena.

Rightfully so as Charleston clobbered Davidson by 23 points. Not the kind of loss A10 teams want in Mid Major head to head OOC Games

[Jersey77]

Not true. Davidson was +3 playing at College of Charleston. C of C was favored by 3 points, some had it 3.5 points.

You are correct, my mistake.

I guess they gave Charleston the edge because they are playing in their home arena.

Rightfully so as Charleston clobbered Davidson by 23 points. Not the kind of loss A10 teams want in Mid Major head to head OOC Games

Yes, the upper tier A10 teams really need to step up their game if they expect to get more than 2 teams in the NCAAT.

[ramster]

You are correct, my mistake.

I guess they gave Charleston the edge because they are playing in their home arena.

Rightfully so as Charleston clobbered Davidson by 23 points. Not the kind of loss A10 teams want in Mid Major head to head OOC Games

Yes, the upper tier A10 teams really need to step up their game if they expect to get more than 2 teams in the NCAAT.

Loyola of Chicago got plundered by 19 to Tulsa - a bad loss as Tulsa is a bottom feeder in AAC:

American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll
1 Houston (10) 100
2 Memphis (1) 87
3 Cincinnati 82
4 Tulane 74
5 Temple 66
6 UCF 51
7 SMU 43
8 Wichita State 35
9 South Florida 33
10 Tulsa 21
11 East Carolina 13

[Jersey77]

Rightfully so as Charleston clobbered Davidson by 23 points. Not the kind of loss A10 teams want in Mid Major head to head OOC Games

Yes, the upper tier A10 teams really need to step up their game if they expect to get more than 2 teams in the NCAAT.

Loyola of Chicago got plundered by 19 to Tulsa - a bad loss as Tulsa is a bottom feeder in AAC:

American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll
1 Houston (10) 100
2 Memphis (1) 87
3 Cincinnati 82
4 Tulane 74
5 Temple 66
6 UCF 51
7 SMU 43
8 Wichita State 35
9 South Florida 33
10 Tulsa 21
11 East Carolina 13

I always felt the Loyola prediction in the A10 was too high.

Can't believe so many picked them 3rd or even 4th.

[bigappleram]

You are correct, my mistake.

I guess they gave Charleston the edge because they are playing in their home arena.

Rightfully so as Charleston clobbered Davidson by 23 points. Not the kind of loss A10 teams want in Mid Major head to head OOC Games

Yes, the upper tier A10 teams really need to step up their game if they expect to get more than 2 teams in the NCAAT.

Davidson is not an upper tier team tho. They lost way too much. No A10 team can lose what they lost and stay in upper tier. Same for Richmond. Recency bias has folks regarding them higher than they should be IMO. We’ll see

[ramster]

Rightfully so as Charleston clobbered Davidson by 23 points. Not the kind of loss A10 teams want in Mid Major head to head OOC Games

Yes, the upper tier A10 teams really need to step up their game if they expect to get more than 2 teams in the NCAAT.

Davidson is not an upper tier team tho. They lost way too much. No A10 team can lose what they lost and stay in upper tier. Same for Richmond. Recency bias has folks regarding them higher than they should be IMO. We’ll see

Plus they lost their HC to retirement.
Opens the door to other A10 teams to surprise.
Maybe either or both of the new $1.8 per year HC’s?

[Jersey77]

Rightfully so as Charleston clobbered Davidson by 23 points. Not the kind of loss A10 teams want in Mid Major head to head OOC Games

Yes, the upper tier A10 teams really need to step up their game if they expect to get more than 2 teams in the NCAAT.

Davidson is not an upper tier team tho. They lost way too much. No A10 team can lose what they lost and stay in upper tier. Same for Richmond. Recency bias has folks regarding them higher than they should be IMO. We’ll see

Still I want all the predicted top half A10 teams to have a good performance and avoid these ugly blow outs against not-so-great teams in the OOC.
Yes BAR, but I did think Richmond and Davidson about 5-6.
Right now, I like SLU, Dayton, VCU, and GM in that order.

[RhowdyRam02]

La Salle vs Wake Forest at Montego Bay, Jamaica at 2 on CBS Sports Network
UMass vs Murray State at Conway, SC at 2:30 on ESPN2
Quinnipiac vs Albertus Magnus at 4 on ESPN3
Duquesne vs Colgate at Akron, OH at 6
Georgia State vs Eastern Kentucky at 6 on ESPN+
George Washington vs Maryland-Eastern Shore at 7 on ESPN+
Davidson vs South Carolina at Charleston, SC at 7:30 on ESPN News
Boston College vs George Mason at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands at 8 on ESPN3
Loyola Chicago vs Boise State at Conway, SC at 9:30

[Blue Man]

Yes, the upper tier A10 teams really need to step up their game if they expect to get more than 2 teams in the NCAAT.

Loyola of Chicago got plundered by 19 to Tulsa - a bad loss as Tulsa is a bottom feeder in AAC:

American Athletic Conference Preseason Coaches Poll
1 Houston (10) 100
2 Memphis (1) 87
3 Cincinnati 82
4 Tulane 74
5 Temple 66
6 UCF 51
7 SMU 43
8 Wichita State 35
9 South Florida 33
10 Tulsa 21
11 East Carolina 13

I always felt the Loyola prediction in the A10 was too high.

Can't believe so many picked them 3rd or even 4th.

Thank you. As I said. The NCAA isn't a barometer of your team - it's luck of matchups/who gets hot. Getting there is all that matters. It's pretty easy to get there in a soft conference like the MVC.

That and Valentine isn't Moser. They're a middle pack A10 team. A good name brand and geographical add to the conference, but the people acting like they were coming in as worldbeaters don't know what they're talking about.