MG14 wrote:

PKGW wrote:

Surprised to see Duquesne handling Rhode Island

Very surprising given how poorly Duquesne looked for most of the off-season. Max the only player to not score but he did add 4 rebounds. Looks like he was relegated to coming off the bench.

Off the bench is the understatement of the year. All of six minutes played tonight. Methinks not a coincidence that they started winning when he started sitting. What’s the over/under on him either being dismissed or quitting?

Last edited by Alum1 (12/31/2024 9:25 pm)

Providence over UConn would be great for the A10

Quite the night in the A10.

Dayton loses back-to-back games as they fall to UMass
St. Joes loses to Duquesne
Richmond loses to Mason by 6 
VCU beats Fordham by 12 (all without running water)

FQ - that off balance banked 3 was crazy.  Bonnie’s learn the hard way. It to leave it up to chance

Hoopsfan23 wrote:

I think we broke Dayton and URI

And fixed Richmond.

Some notable results over the past few days:

- Gonzaga lost two straight games in conference to Oregon State and Santa Clara last week. The last time they lost two games in a row during conference play was 11 years ago.

- Doug Gottlieb's Green Bay squad continues to trend further into "Nobody U" territory with their 15th straight loss. They last won on November 19th against SIU Edwardsville.

- DePaul won their first Big East game at Georgetown Friday 73-68. The Hoyas are improved but still not all the way there yet.

- Howard has lost two games in a row to D2 schools (Bowie State and Morehouse). The Bison have a player in Blake Harper who is almost certainly a transfer up candidate. As a freshman, the DC native is averaging nearly 19 ppg.

- West Virginia upset #2 Iowa State and Vanderbilt topped #6 Tennessee. Darian DeVries and Mark Byington are both proving their success at Drake and James Madison last year were no flukes. #7 Marquette also lost, meaning that three top ten teams lost on Saturday. Marquette's loss puts St. John's in first in the wide open Big East. SJU won by almost 30 on the road against a Seton Hall squad low on NIL funds. UConn is not great defensively this year (in fact GW is actually ahead of them on that end per KenPom) making the conference a true toss-up. The Huskies fell to Creighton at home.

- Miami (FL) may not go down as the worst power conference basketball team in history, but defensively they may take the title. They gave up 117 points to SMU at home and lost by 43. The Mustangs shot nearly 70% from the field. If that's not a sign of a team giving up I don't know what does. The Hurricanes are now 341st on defense according to KenPom.

- Calipari is off to a rough start at Arkansas. The Razorbacks are currently 0-5 in the SEC.

- Going to skip over most conference results, but it's getting clearer that GW just ran into a Duquesne program that's on a hot streak right now. They crushed the Bonnies by 18 at home. Max knocked down five threes in the contest.

- Rhody is 3-3 in conference, but they have certainly been lucky in close games. Sebastian Thomas helped them defeat Davidson on Saturday 92-90 with yet another late game winner. Funnily enough, I think the URI game was the one time GW actually closed a game well.

- Mississippi Valley State is back at it again, losing three straight SWAC games by 25+ points. It's crazy how they can't even be competitive against teams at the bottom of D1. Against the second worst team, Arkansas Pine Bluff, MVSU would be 14 point underdogs on a neutral site. Just crazy. Per KenPom, this year's Delta Devil squad is the third worst since 1997, only trailing 2013 Grambling State (which may never be topped) and 2021 Mississippi Valley State. The Athletic released a very sad article about the program situation a couple weeks back.
 

dmvpiranha wrote:

Some notable results over the past few days:


- Rhody is 3-3 in conference, but they have certainly been lucky in close games. Sebastian Thomas helped them defeat Davidson on Saturday 92-90 with yet another late game winner. Funnily enough, I think the URI game was the one time GW actually closed a game well.

 
Rhody’s luck ran out last night. Blown out of their own gym by 24 to VCU. A remarkable 6 assists vs. 27 turnovers. Yes, you read that correctly.

If you need a good laugh this morning here's Archie struggling with a bit of math...
https://x.com/MarkTitusShow/status/1884029548549079109

KingBrennan wrote:

Your former Revolutionary Lincoln Ball with the game-winning basket tonight for AU over Lehigh!

https://x.com/AU_MBasketball/status/1882249270155170264

Awesome! Happy to see him making big plays. Thanks for posting

Because Max lacks the skill and interest in team ball.  He can rebound, drive, and be a streaky shooter.
But he's a horrible passer and a poor defender which limits his effectiveness as a team player.

And with the win, UCONN remains firmly in 4th place in the Big East while Marquette falls 1 game out of first place.