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Who won that Maryland game T?

Another loss for Duke! we are looking at a very likely NCAA Tourney that has neither Duke nor Kentucky.  Duke is 7-7.  Kentucky also loses again, they an incredible, 5-12. 

 

Last edited by The Dude (2/06/2021 10:17 pm)

The Dude,  Maryland lost a close game to Penn State, I'm assuming Maryland still has a decent chance at the NCAA tournament because the Big 10 is just loaded, and they've beaten 3 or 4 upper-tier teams in the conference. Michigan State is also struggling, in addition to Duke and Kentucky. Duke played North Carolina last night, and neither team was ranked, I believe they said it was the first time since 1960 that this has happened. 

BC,  Terry Porter was fired? That's news to me. DMVPiranha wrote that his own son transferred from the team so this is to be expected!

Georgetown at #3 Villanova  2:30   Fox   - Georgetown has won both games since returning from their 3 week COVID shut down. They had lost 5 or 6 in a row prior to the shut down. 

Kentucky, loses at home, to Arkansas, a team they had not lost to in nearly a decade.

They are....5-13.   Maybe Cal, can try to pull A Coach K and see if he can have the record put onto an Assistant Coach for the year

Speaking of Duke, they ALSO lost again, at home, to a bad Notre Dame team.  both teams are under .500 late in the season, incredible stuff


 

Last edited by The Dude (2/09/2021 9:32 pm)

The Dude,  I think the NCAA should have just let every school in the tournament. With all of the cancelled games and COVID pauses, how can you accurately use metric numbers for most schools? Teams like Maryland, Richmond and St.Louis may have been safely in the NCAA tournament at this point if it weren't for the cancellations. 

St.Louis at Fordham                 3:30   CBS SportsNetwork

Auburn at Kentucky                   1       CBS 
Butler at Georgetown                1:30  CBS SportsNetwork
Northwestern at #25 Rutgers    5       Big 10 Network       

I'm not sure if they've made any adjustments to the metric numbers, but St.Louis seemed to be on pace for a big-time season before their COVID pause, now they are on the bubble. St.Louis and GW have both played just 5 conference games. I thought the A10 would add in some conference games for St.Louis to boost their tournament resume.

The COVID break seems to have helped Georgetown, they may be the only team who came back stronger after being off. Georgetown looked to be in store for one of their worst seasons in school history prior to their shut down. 

Rutgers beat Indiana tonight, and still look NCAA bound.

4 years into the Archie Miller at Indiana tenure, things are looking pretty dicey:
 
 Indiana:67–54 (.558)33–41 (.452)
 

Last edited by The Dude (2/24/2021 11:00 pm)

Indiana still views themselves as a blue blood, so Archie Miller finishing in the middle or bottom half of the Big 10 every year can't be good for him. Duke star freshman left the team a couple of weeks ago to prepare for the NBA draft and they appeared to get better without him, until the loss to Louisville over the weekend. J.Johnson leaving Duke late in the season seemed to spark the 'Colleges Are Using Players/Players Should Be Paid' debate. 

Dayton at St.Bonaventure   5   ESPNU
UMass at St.Louis               6   CBS Sports Network
St.Joe's at Richmond          6   NBC Sports Washington 

Butler lost by 20 again today, they are 9-14. Jair was 2 for 11 with zero assists

I get Kethan Savage....but Jair Bolden at Butler? how far has Butler fallen?
Never passes, plays zero defense, just floats around looking to hoist long jumpers, and not at all at a good clip.  

Shame is that he's got some real physical talent, and nice touch, but that's not a guy who is going to help you win. Was comically mismatched last year with Frank Martin. 

 

Lunardi has St Bona now a 9 seed, so very safely IN. VCU in his first 4 byes, so we for sure want VCU to win this Finale.

What's with spreading apart the Semis and Finals so long??