Geo Baker got hurt Wednesday evening and will likely be out tonight and maybe for an extended time. Not good news for Rutgers.

The A10 picked up some good wins in the past few days as VCU beat Memphis, 70-59 and St.Louis beat LSU, 85-81. The A10 has a huge game later today which I'll post down below. On a side note, Howard 5-star freshman Makur Maker will be shut down for the foreseeable future due to a groin injury. In addition to losing all 3 of their games by double digits, Howard has also been without 3 projected starters this year due to injury and pending NCAA eligibility for a transfer, so the Makur Maker era has gotten off to a rocky start. 

Richmond at #10 Kentucky         1PM   ESPN  - interesting matchup as you'll have Richmond's seniors battling Kentucky's 5-star freshmen 
San Francisco vs Rhode Island   5:30   ESPNU - this game is at the Mohegan Sun, San Francisco is coming off their stunning upset of #3 Virginia. I think they are now having 20 tournaments/OOC games at the Mohegan Sun

Mount St.Mary's at Maryland         2   Big 10 Network 
Hofstra at #24 Rutgers                  4   Big 10 Network  


 

Richmond dominated Kentucky during the 2nd half. Seems like yesterday Richmond fans were calling for Mooney's head.

Richmond shot below 30% in the 1st half and was only down by 4, I thought Kentucky would still win because of their length and athleticism, but Richmond's veterans spanked Kentucky's youngsters in the 2nd half. It was hilarious seeing Richmond move the ball on offense for open shots and layups, while Kentucky's 5-star, 1-and-done freshmen(Boston and Clarke) and their stud Wake Forest grad transfer kept playing hero-ball which led to bad shots and turnovers. In the final minute of the game and the outcome decided(Richmond was up by about 18), Calipari was actually calling time outs and using a full-court press, the announcers claimed this was to prepare them for future games??

Too bad for St.Joe's, they will pause activities for 2 weeks. What happens if this occurs during conference season? 14 days off could amount to 6 or 7 conference games, how would conferences handle that? 

Davidson is playing Texas right now on ESPN2
Davidson has jumped out to an early lead, the ageless McKillop vs Shaka, just like old times.

Nearing 600 wins for the 70 year old Queens NYC product, what a run:11 SoCon regular season (1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007–2009, 2012–2014)
7 SoCon Tournament (1998, 2002, 2006–2008, 2012, 2013)
13 SoCon division (1996–1998, 2001–2005, 2007–2009, 2012, 2013)
A-10 regular season (2015)
A-10 Tournament (2018)AwardsClair Bee Coach of the Year Award (2008)
NABC Coach of the Year (2008)
8× SoCon Coach of the Year (1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013)
A-10 Coach of the Year (2015) 

Between wearing a mask and growing some hair, it was very hard to tell that was Shaka out there.

Even with the loss yesterday at the Maui Invitational in North Carolina, Davidson still gets a chance to knock off a Big East team today. Duquesne lost by 10 to Arkansas Little Rock yesterday. Richmond is now ranked #19 after winning at Kentucky. Most outlets projected Richmond to finish 1st in the A10, so they could remain a top 15-20 team for the entire year. I just glanced at their schedule and it doesn't look like they are scheduled to participate in any big-time OOC tournaments(their highest profile game is at West Virginia later this month) so they may not be able to reach the heights that Dayton did last year. Remember, Dayton was able to get national attention after playing well against BCS teams in an early OOC tournament.

GWMayhem,  Shaka Smart was trending on twitter yesterday because he had hair! And if you think that was eye-opening, you need to see South Carolina coach/screamer Frank Martin, he now has a bald head!!

Eastern Illinois at Dayton  7  ESPN+
Davidson vs Providence   7  ESPN2

Navy at Georgetown         7  CBS SportsNetwork - Georgetown has a bunch of newcomers on its team like GW, we'll see if they have trouble guarding Navy too

Thomas, good move by Frank Martin because the one thing that guy needs is a more intimidating look. 

Navy now up 10 with less than 2 minutes left playing at McDonough. Feeling a little better about the loss right now

I'm not sure but we may need to start a new thread because NAVY BEAT GEORGETOWN BY THE EXACT SAME SCORE AS THEY BEAT GW, 78-71!! Navy's 2 guards(Cam Davis and Carter Jr.) abused Georgetown in a similar manner as they did against GW, both had over 20 today against Georgetown. Georgetown also made history today as this was their first loss ever against a Patriot League.