2015 NCAA Basketball

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Nov 13, 2015 10:15 pm

Wisconsin just lost their season opener at home to Western Illinois, 67-69.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 1:34 pm

Marquette lost last night @ home vs Belmont. Today, Georgetown lost @ home vs Radford.

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 1:46 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:Marquette lost last night @ home vs Belmont. Today, Georgetown lost @ home vs Radford.

Big East losses like that put in jeopardy a 4 bid league...

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Sat Nov 14, 2015 5:53 pm

Looks like UCLA lost as well. Lots of name teams going down early. Condiment State almost lost to Colorado too.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:36 pm

Missouri 66
Xavier 78

Missouri is on the bottom of the SEC...

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:25 pm

(9) Wichita St. 67
Tulsa 77

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:16 pm

Georgetown 71
(3) Maryland 75

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:13 pm

Xavier. 86
(24) Michigan. 70

Big East and Big Ten end up in a 4-4 tie in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Fri Nov 20, 2015 11:51 pm

Coyote wrote:Xavier. 86
(24) Michigan. 70

Big East and Big Ten end up in a 4-4 tie in the Gavitt Tipoff Games.

Good to hear the 4-4 finish. After yesterday's blowout games, I was worried the Big East was going to struggle.

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:27 am

The top of the Big East looks strong, Villanova, Butler, Xavier and Georgetown, but the bottom will pull the conference down.

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 11:53 am

Villanova vs. Indiana would have been a great game. On the other hand, Creighton vs. Nebraska should be a decent one as well (wha, wha, whaaaa).

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 1:38 pm

I agree! I do not know how they chose these lineups but the announcers at the Georgetown vs Maryland matchup were wanting this to be a yearly rivalry like the CU vs NU game.

There could be some other natural rivalries
Ohio St. vs Xavier
Indiana vs Butler
Wisconsin vs Marquette
Northwestern vs DePaul
Rutgers vs St John's
Villanova vs Penn St. er...

Uffda · Post by **Uffda** » Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:33 pm

UNI upsets #1 North Carolina

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 1:00 am

Marquette beat #22 LSU after getting killed by Iowa the other night.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 7:47 am

skinzfan23 wrote:Marquette beat #22 LSU after getting killed by Iowa the other night.

I forgot to turn back to this game last night. Neither team looked good in the first half, in fact, a lot of teams really have not looked good at the beginning of this year...

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 3:01 pm

skinzfan23 wrote:Marquette beat #22 LSU after getting killed by Iowa the other night.

It looks like March Maddness has started early this year, judging by early results of games.

Post by **Coyote** » Tue Nov 24, 2015 9:20 pm

FanDuel Legends Classic Championship
Arizona St. 73
Marquette 78 (OT)

Just when I thought Marquette was toast for the year.
Their twin towers can be deadly...

Post by **Coyote** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:08 pm

Advocare Invitational
Bracket busted open for Xavier:

Alabama 45
(23) Xavier 64

(20) Wichita 69
USC 72

(17) Notre Dame 68
Monmouth 70

Iowa 77
Dayton 82

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:29 pm

Looks like the show's over for Wichita and their recent run.

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Nov 27, 2015 7:40 am

MadMartin8 wrote:Looks like the show's over for Wichita and their recent run.

It certainly will be an uphill battle for Wichita. They still have a decent RPI, but once they get into conference play it will get dragged down, but come judgement day, without a good pre-conference win, they could already be a bubble team.

Post by **Coyote** » Fri Nov 27, 2015 1:15 pm

Alabama 64
(20) Wichita 60

Iowa 77
Dayton 82

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:52 am

Wooden Legacy

Providence 69
(11) Arizona 65

Boise St 67
(3) Michigan St 77

Providence
(3) Michigan St

Great win for the Big East.

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Advocare Invitational

(23) Xavier 87
USC 77

Monmouth 70
Dayton 73

Xavier
Dayton

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Preseason NIT

Georgia Tech 52
(8) Villanova 69

'Nova wins the NIT

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Omaha 90
Minnesota 93

Stargazer · Post by **Stargazer** » Sat Nov 28, 2015 7:52 am

UNO is looking really good.

How about some love for the young Huskers as well, who just came up short against Cincy in New York, 61-65,

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:14 am

Wichita ends up losing the 7th place game in the AdvoCare Invitational

Wichita 61
Iowa 84

Just where is that This is Wichita video....

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:22 am

They look horrible so far this year. Granted 2 of their best 3 players didn't play today, but they are now 2-4 with wins only over Charleston Southern and Emporia State. They never should have been ranked in the first place and probably won't be the rest of the season. With the weak conference schedule they have, they won't have a chance to make the tournament unless they go nearly undefeated the rest of the way.

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 1:27 pm

AdvoCare Invitational 3rd Place

USC 73
Monmouth 83

Monmouth is fun to watch - especially their bench!

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 5:56 pm

AdvoCare Invitational 1st Place

Xavier 90
Dayton 61

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 6:14 pm

Xavier is definitely an interesting team to watch.

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:51 pm

Wooden Legacy Finals

Mich St 34
Providence 32 (Half)

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:06 pm

Providence played MSU toe for toe, leading by 7 late into the 2nd half, but a MSU run around 5:00 put them up by 5 and that was it...

MSU 77
Providence 64

Post by **Coyote** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 4:13 pm

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Post by **Coyote** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 5:55 pm

Coyote wrote:Monmouth is fun to watch - especially their bench!

Monmouth received some love in the polls today...

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skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Nov 30, 2015 8:40 pm

Not quite sure how Georgetown (2-3) or Iowa (4-2) are getting votes in the AP still. Georgetown's only good win is against a not very good Wisconsin team and Iowa lost 2 out of 3, their only win this weekend was against #20 Wichita who is 2-4.

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:19 pm

Butler gives the Big East another nice non-conference road win:

Butler 78
(17) Cincinnati 76

Post by **Coyote** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 8:39 pm

Big Ten - ACC Challenge

Tuesday 12/1

Michigan 66
N.C. State 59

Northwestern 81
Virginia Tech 79

(10) Virginia 64
Ohio St. 58

(21) Miami (FL) 77
Nebraska 72

(11) Purdue 72
Pittsburgh 59

(2) Maryland 81
(9) N. Carolina 89

Wednesday 12-2

Penn St. 67
Boston Coll. 58

(24) Louisville 67
(3) Michigan St. 71

Wisconsin 66
(14) Syracuse 58 (OT)

Indiana
(7) Duke

Notre Dame
Illinois

Florida St.
Iowa

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Dec 05, 2015 7:46 pm

Summit League SoDak beats Minnesota 85-81
and the Mo Valley gets a second big win with Mo St. beating Okie St 64-63

Post by **Coyote** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 7:30 pm

The Big East had some impressive victories this weekend, some have them the third strongest conference behind the Big XII and ACC, and ahead of the Big Ten and Pac 12

Syracuse 72 St John's 84
Marquette 57 Wisconsin 55
Tennessee 86 Butler 94
Cincinnati 55 Xavier 65

Post by **Coyote** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 6:07 pm

(18) Butler 74
(8) Purdue 68

(4) Kentucky 67
Ohio St. 74

Wichita St 76
Seton Hall 80 (OT)

Utah 77
(7) Duke 75 (OT)

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:52 pm

UNI also beat #5 Iowa State in Des Moines. UNI has two wins over top 5 teams this year already.

skinzfan23 · Post by **skinzfan23** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 1:42 pm

The Big East now has 3 teams in the AP top 10. More than any other conference.

6. Xavier
9. Butler
10. Providence