-We will be recording The Hoops HD Report and recapping what is always the busiest week of the regular season.
As for yesterday and tonight, thinks weren’t/aren’t so busy.
-Xavier had to hold on for dear life against South Carolina State and barely escaped 71-68. The one thing the Musketeers did well was hit freethrows down the stretch. That was the ONE THING they did well. This performance follows a blowout loss to Michigan, so there is reason to be skeptical about X right now.
-Middle Tennessee is off to a decent 6-2 start after their win at UAB. Their margin for error in terms of landing inside the bubble is small, but they’ve got a few decent opportunities at building up their resume. UAB, who was a preseason favorite of ours, has kind of crashed and burned so far.
TONIGHT’S ACTION:
-WASHINGTON STATE AT NEVADA. Wazzu is off to a decent 6-2 start, but this is their first true road game, and it’s not an easy one against a Nevada team that’s 6-1 and has a handful of decent wins already.
-UMBC @ Georgetown – Georgetown can get to 7-1
-Yale @ Rhode Island – Rhody can get to 8-0
-Jackson State @ Saint Louis
-Pacific @ Col0rado