What have WE Learned This WEEK?
The Weekly Write up in What have WE Learned This WEEK?
By CollegeOverUnder.
Hello everyone, another wonderful week in the college basketball world. Lots of excitement going on once again! Gotta love betting the kids on a nightly basis! This weeks section will be longer then usual as I have more to write about this week and hope to keep building up each week all the way to March Madness. Once conference tourneys hit I will have insane deep reviews on all squads and specialize in the mid major action. Ill let TPOWELL run the show at the POWER CONFERENCES hahaha. Well let’s start off with the headline game of the week that everyone anxiously awaited to see a result from. So let’s head on out to the Mountain West Conference and see what’s goings on!
Before I get started though I would like to give a big thanks to TPOWELL and IMAWINNER both are great contributors to the forum.
San Diego State opened up as underdogs @ BYU on WED night in a sold out crowd. Jimmer put on a show for the first time @ home posting 43 whopping points. What does this say about BYU though? I did not get a chance to watch the game as I was in class during this game but I took a look at the box score and see that DJ GAY of SDSU only posted 2 points? Am I a believer in both programs? Yes I will happily back both teams as of right now but we still need to see whom they draw in the NCAA during March.
BYU went into the PITT Saturday and lost to New Mexico. Where does this put BYU now and San Diego State beat the holy ******* hell outta Wyoming. SDSU can still pull a #2 seed off IMO as long as they beat BYU in the second meeting. But BYU hurt themselves and are looking at a #3 or #4 seed Im pretty sure.
But lets keep an eye on Colorado State still shall we? UNLV is good but not as good as they should be.
Will BUTLER make the tourney this year? They were swept by Milwaukee this year. Who are 10-11 right now and 5-5 in conference? Cleveland State leads the way but im a fan of the VALPARAISO team and im penciling them into the NCAAs currently.
(NOTE this was wrote on WED night before VALPO beat BUTLER)
Notre Dame visited Pittsburgh Monday night and that was a show. ND ran their famous BURN offense running the clock down to an average of 8 seconds on the shot clock every possession. That was the signature win for ND and ND is easily being penciled into the NCAAs.
Lets head to the MEAC for a short visit.
I think its time for MORGAN STATE to be dethroned. I could be wrong but I like Hampton in this conference. But Hampton has a very questionable loss against Florida A@M. And Morgan State lost to Norfolk St by 2 points.
CAA action
VCU, George Mason, Hofstra, Old Dominion, James Madison who the hell knows! This Conference deserves 2 bids and I will be highly surprised if 2 teams aren’t giving bids to the tourney. This is ridiculous how competitive everything is right now. There is simply too much happening in this league for me to break it down evenly with out taking up a few pages.
Saturday Action in the CAA
Old Dominion hosted Towson and got a W
VCU hosted NCW and got a W
George Mason went into W@M and got a W
Drexel went into Hofstra and got a W ( Key Win )
JMU went into Delaware and got a W
Ohio State rolled Purdue to prove they were the #1 team in the country, and pulled a huge squeaker off against Northwestern I will be watching the replay of this game as I was not around for most of the day.
UCONN beats down on Marquette
Syracuse gets handed its 4th loss of the season getting rocked by HAZELL and the HALL and then went into Marquette where they trailed for most of the game letting Quette get a much needed victory for their NCAA hopes.
How good is Kansas? Squeaking by Colorado though. A win is a win
Is there any point in trying to figure out teams like Florida and Georgia?
Richmond visited Dayton and pulled off a huge A-10 victory knocking Dayton off at Dayton. That doesn’t happen often, BUT then hosted XAVIER and lost to them. Gotta love the A-10 battles.
In the Atlantic Sun conference Belmont got handed their first loss of the season in conference play. Losing to Lipscomb. I’m still riding Belmont though.
Belmont posted an impressive win Friday night against Florida Gulf Coast. Belmont plays fast and hard. Their bench is just as good as there starting 5. Lets remember this…
In the Missouri Valley Conference Missouri State headed to Drake and pulled off a squeaker moving to 9-1 in conference. While Wichita State rolled Bradley Saturday.
Providence is running on a heater right now knocking Louisville and Villanova off in the same week. I look forward to seeing providence entering the top 25 rankings this coming Monday. They have earned it.
#20 Georgetown went into #7 Villanova and stole a huge win for the program. Im not a fan of the Hoyas I honestly don’t think they are that good of a team but I could be wrong in this.
CENTRAL FLORIDA has completely fallen off the face of the planet. Losing 6 in a row now just losing another game to UAB as the favorites.
Conference USA is a pittyful joke right now and will only receive 1 vote to the NCAA.
Illinois lost to Indiana
Utah State keeps on rolling teams in the weak WAC. Am not willing to back this team in the first round of the NCAAs. But depends on whom they draw. They play Hawaii tonight as the #25 team in the country.
St.Marys went into Gonzaga and stole a monster win, but then went to Portland as 6 point favorites along with 80% of the countries money riding on them and lost. I thought that was pretty funny to see 80% of the country backing them. Gonzaga then hosted the worst team in the WCC San Diego and hammered them.
San Francisco is on the rise in the WCC along with Santa Clara. The WCC conference tourney will be a very entertaining tourney with lots of pressure riding.
Santa Clara went on the road and controlling tempo against Loyola Marymount
Michigan went into Michigan State and stole an enormous win. I am still a believer in Michigan State though. I will not say MSU is a bad team like most of the guys on the forum. This team has what it takes
Florida Atlantic came off another victory in the Sun Belt beating Middle Tennessee moving to 8-0 in the EAST division. I look forward to a Florida Atlantic vs. North Texas Final for the NCAA bid. North Texas took a loss to Lafayette though.
The MAAC has turned into a race. SIENA is in the middle of the pack but to count SIENA out officially is the wrong thing to do. Fairfield was my preseason pick to win the MAAC and is currently leading the way but RIDER went into IONA and stole a huge win to even up the 2nd place standings in a 3-way tie.
In the Friday Night Action Fairfield hosted Manhattan and were posted as 20-point favorites but only won by 2 points. I was on the UNDER 118.5 but 120 points were posted. I started to think about that though and if the total is posted at 118.5 and the team is projected to win by 20 points then it’s expected to be a complete blowout but such a large spread for such a small TOTAL.
Siena went into Loyola MD and posted a convincing win
IONA has GLOVER and MACHADO/ Fairfield has NEEDHAM and OLANDER who wins in the end?
Missouri is still overrated and I got a huge laugh outta the guy who started the thread called WHY IS MISSOURI A BIG DOG TONIGHT AT TEXAS? Because Missouri blows and are not as good as people think they are.
Kansas St. @ Kansas and Kansas rolled K-State over with Robinson doing deadly work for his mother’s rememberance.
Wisconsin @ Penn State , Penn State pulled off the victory against the #15 Badgers and WILL be in the top 25 rankings this coming MONDAY. There is no reason they don’t get pushed into t he rankings. They have proven themselves.
Also a small shout out to Davidson for knocking off Charleston
By CollegeOverUnder.
Hello everyone, another wonderful week in the college basketball world. Lots of excitement going on once again! Gotta love betting the kids on a nightly basis! This weeks section will be longer then usual as I have more to write about this week and hope to keep building up each week all the way to March Madness. Once conference tourneys hit I will have insane deep reviews on all squads and specialize in the mid major action. Ill let TPOWELL run the show at the POWER CONFERENCES hahaha. Well let’s start off with the headline game of the week that everyone anxiously awaited to see a result from. So let’s head on out to the Mountain West Conference and see what’s goings on!
Before I get started though I would like to give a big thanks to TPOWELL and IMAWINNER both are great contributors to the forum.
San Diego State opened up as underdogs @ BYU on WED night in a sold out crowd. Jimmer put on a show for the first time @ home posting 43 whopping points. What does this say about BYU though? I did not get a chance to watch the game as I was in class during this game but I took a look at the box score and see that DJ GAY of SDSU only posted 2 points? Am I a believer in both programs? Yes I will happily back both teams as of right now but we still need to see whom they draw in the NCAA during March.
BYU went into the PITT Saturday and lost to New Mexico. Where does this put BYU now and San Diego State beat the holy ******* hell outta Wyoming. SDSU can still pull a #2 seed off IMO as long as they beat BYU in the second meeting. But BYU hurt themselves and are looking at a #3 or #4 seed Im pretty sure.
But lets keep an eye on Colorado State still shall we? UNLV is good but not as good as they should be.
Will BUTLER make the tourney this year? They were swept by Milwaukee this year. Who are 10-11 right now and 5-5 in conference? Cleveland State leads the way but im a fan of the VALPARAISO team and im penciling them into the NCAAs currently.
(NOTE this was wrote on WED night before VALPO beat BUTLER)
Notre Dame visited Pittsburgh Monday night and that was a show. ND ran their famous BURN offense running the clock down to an average of 8 seconds on the shot clock every possession. That was the signature win for ND and ND is easily being penciled into the NCAAs.
Lets head to the MEAC for a short visit.
I think its time for MORGAN STATE to be dethroned. I could be wrong but I like Hampton in this conference. But Hampton has a very questionable loss against Florida A@M. And Morgan State lost to Norfolk St by 2 points.
CAA action
VCU, George Mason, Hofstra, Old Dominion, James Madison who the hell knows! This Conference deserves 2 bids and I will be highly surprised if 2 teams aren’t giving bids to the tourney. This is ridiculous how competitive everything is right now. There is simply too much happening in this league for me to break it down evenly with out taking up a few pages.
Saturday Action in the CAA
Old Dominion hosted Towson and got a W
VCU hosted NCW and got a W
George Mason went into W@M and got a W
Drexel went into Hofstra and got a W ( Key Win )
JMU went into Delaware and got a W
Ohio State rolled Purdue to prove they were the #1 team in the country, and pulled a huge squeaker off against Northwestern I will be watching the replay of this game as I was not around for most of the day.
UCONN beats down on Marquette
How good is Kansas? Squeaking by Colorado though. A win is a win
Is there any point in trying to figure out teams like Florida and Georgia?
Richmond visited Dayton and pulled off a huge A-10 victory knocking Dayton off at Dayton. That doesn’t happen often, BUT then hosted XAVIER and lost to them. Gotta love the A-10 battles.
In the Atlantic Sun conference Belmont got handed their first loss of the season in conference play. Losing to Lipscomb. I’m still riding Belmont though.
Belmont posted an impressive win Friday night against Florida Gulf Coast. Belmont plays fast and hard. Their bench is just as good as there starting 5. Lets remember this…
In the Missouri Valley Conference Missouri State headed to Drake and pulled off a squeaker moving to 9-1 in conference. While Wichita State rolled Bradley Saturday.
Providence is running on a heater right now knocking Louisville and Villanova off in the same week. I look forward to seeing providence entering the top 25 rankings this coming Monday. They have earned it.
#20 Georgetown went into #7 Villanova and stole a huge win for the program. Im not a fan of the Hoyas I honestly don’t think they are that good of a team but I could be wrong in this.
CENTRAL FLORIDA has completely fallen off the face of the planet. Losing 6 in a row now just losing another game to UAB as the favorites.
Conference USA is a pittyful joke right now and will only receive 1 vote to the NCAA.
Illinois lost to Indiana
Utah State keeps on rolling teams in the weak WAC. Am not willing to back this team in the first round of the NCAAs. But depends on whom they draw. They play Hawaii tonight as the #25 team in the country.
St.Marys went into Gonzaga and stole a monster win, but then went to Portland as 6 point favorites along with 80% of the countries money riding on them and lost. I thought that was pretty funny to see 80% of the country backing them. Gonzaga then hosted the worst team in the WCC San Diego and hammered them.
San Francisco is on the rise in the WCC along with Santa Clara. The WCC conference tourney will be a very entertaining tourney with lots of pressure riding.
Santa Clara went on the road and controlling tempo against Loyola Marymount
Michigan went into Michigan State and stole an enormous win. I am still a believer in Michigan State though. I will not say MSU is a bad team like most of the guys on the forum. This team has what it takes
Florida Atlantic came off another victory in the Sun Belt beating Middle Tennessee moving to 8-0 in the EAST division. I look forward to a Florida Atlantic vs. North Texas Final for the NCAA bid. North Texas took a loss to Lafayette though.
The MAAC has turned into a race. SIENA is in the middle of the pack but to count SIENA out officially is the wrong thing to do. Fairfield was my preseason pick to win the MAAC and is currently leading the way but RIDER went into IONA and stole a huge win to even up the 2nd place standings in a 3-way tie.
In the Friday Night Action Fairfield hosted Manhattan and were posted as 20-point favorites but only won by 2 points. I was on the UNDER 118.5 but 120 points were posted. I started to think about that though and if the total is posted at 118.5 and the team is projected to win by 20 points then it’s expected to be a complete blowout but such a large spread for such a small TOTAL.
Siena went into Loyola MD and posted a convincing win
IONA has GLOVER and MACHADO/ Fairfield has NEEDHAM and OLANDER who wins in the end?
Missouri is still overrated and I got a huge laugh outta the guy who started the thread called WHY IS MISSOURI A BIG DOG TONIGHT AT TEXAS? Because Missouri blows and are not as good as people think they are.
Kansas St. @ Kansas and Kansas rolled K-State over with Robinson doing deadly work for his mother’s rememberance.
Wisconsin @ Penn State , Penn State pulled off the victory against the #15 Badgers and WILL be in the top 25 rankings this coming MONDAY. There is no reason they don’t get pushed into t he rankings. They have proven themselves.
Also a small shout out to Davidson for knocking off Charleston
