NEWS AND NOTES
-Texas Tech hosted Kansas in a defensive affair between two really good teams that actually appeared to have Big 12 title implications even though it’s still only December. It was close all throughout with multiple lead changes in the final minute. Texas Tech had what would have been a game winning shot blocked and Kansas held on to pick up yet another notable win against a ranked team. Texas Tech has still pretty much only won buy games, but based on what they showed last night they’re good enough to build a strong resume between now and the end.
-Marquette has been more up than down this year, but they were a little down yesterday. After winning on the road at Creighton, which was their second top ten win of the season, they turned around and lost at home to a Seton Hall team that’s good, but not top ten good like some of the teams that Marquette has played and beaten.
-Saint Louis picked up another notable win by knocking off NC State 80-69. It was a very close game until the latter part of the second half when SLU began to pull away.
HIGHLIGHTED GAMES
-BYU AT SAN DIEGO STATE. San Diego State is unbeaten, in the rankings, and has some good wins on their resume already. BYU is another probable tournament team looking to add a nice win to their resume tonight.
-DRAKE AT SOUTH DAKOTA. Drake looking to remain unbeaten.
-RICHMOND AT LOYOLA CHICAGO. Loyola Chicago is coming off a very impressive showing against Wisconsin and will most likely be a front runner in the Missouri Valley and even push for a spot inside the bubble. A win today against a Richmond team that’s a probable NCAA Tournament team would certainly help.
-DAVIDSON AT RHODE ISLAND (Atlantic Ten). You kinda get the sense that both of these teams are in desperation mode. Davidson has played well at times, but lacks any real notable wins and is coming off a damaging loss to Charlotte. Rhody has also played well at times, but also needs more notable wins on their resume.
-IOWA STATE AT WEST VIRGINIA (Big 12). It’s a conference mismatch. West Virginia looks like a probable protected seed and Iowa State looks like a sub-NIT team.
-SANTA CLARA AT SAN JOSE STATE. Santa Clara hasn’t really been tested, but they are unbeaten and can pick up another road win tonight.
BUY GAMES (or games that might as well be)
-Carver College (nondiv1) @ Georgia State
-North Dakota @ Southern Illinois
-Tennessee Tech @ Tennessee
-Florida A&M @ Georgia Tech
-Montana State @ Washington State