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NEWS AND NOTES:
-Nebraska remains unbeaten and certainly looked like a team that was deserving of their top 25 ranking after blowing out Wiscnosin 90-60. I don’t think Wisky is a tournament team. At least they haven’t shown any signs of it yet. But it’s still a big win for Nebraska, and the crowd was electric!
-Miami OH remains unbeaten after a 90-87 overtime win at UNC Asheville. Miami appeared to be in control early in the second half, but then UNCA came all the way back and got the lead, and it was actually Miami that had to force overtime and then escaped with a win.
-Western Kentucky, a team I was praising, deserves no praise after yesterday. They went on the road and lost rather handily to Marshall 77-61. I know it’s hard to win at Marshall, but that’s the point. It’s hard to land inside the bubble and in order to do it a team must win games that are hard to win.
New Mexico DID win a game that was hard to win! They pulled off a huge 81-78 road win at VCU, which is clearly their best win of the year and now has us all looking at the Lobos again. When they lost to rival New Mexico State we sort of shrugged them off, but they’ve only lost one other game, they blew away Santa Clara in their previous game, and they picked up a big road win last night.
-What NC State did to Liberty is illegal in some states. It was a level of assault that I would not wish on anyone. It was an 85-45 blowout. It was by far the best I’ve seen NC State look this year and it makes me wonder why I ever thought Liberty had a chance to land inside the bubble.
-George Washington lost at home to Delaware 70-58 in one of the more pathetic showings of the season. I thought GW might be a tournament team coming into the year. Last night they looked like they may be CBI bound. \.
HIGHLIGHTED GAMES:
-IOWA AT IOWA STATE. This is a rivalry that is not for the weak at heart!! Iowa State is coming off one of the most impressive single game performances I can ever remember as they blew out top ranked Purdue on the road. Iowa is coming in with just one loss, but they were beaten handily on the road at Michigan State in that one loss, and Iowa State appears to be just as good, or even better, than the Spartans. Still, with this being a rivalry, sometimes you don’t know what’s going to happen.
-Saint Joseph’s @ Syracuse – The Orange have had times where they’ve looked like a tournament team and they’re sitting at a modest 5-3 on the year after coming off a big win against Tennessee. They should be able to hold serve at home in this one
-Western Carolina @ Virginia Tech
-Alabama State @ Missouri
