Georgetown is hosting UMBC right now on FS2, Georgetown trails 27-19 midway through the first half, UMBC has already hit 5 or 6 uncontested 3 pointers 

San Diego topped Longwood yesterday in a battle of former GW assistants (Coach Devlin and Coach Bousley). The Toreros won 71-68 at the buzzer in a crazy sequence to end the game:
https://twitter.com/NCAABuzzerBters/status/1597440419737919488

Former Player Update
Jameer Nelson Jr. (Delaware) - Averaging 19 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3 apg, 1.8 spg which leads the team. He had 30 on Sunday against Penn.
Brayon Freeman (Rhode Island) - Averaging 12.5 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 1.3 apg, shooting below 40% from the field. He started 0-17 to begin his career at URI but has since shot 46% which is closer to what was expected of him. Interesting that he isn't playing the primary passer role on the Rams this year.
Jamison Battle (Minnesota) - Averaging 11.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.3 apg, shooting under 30% from the field. He is just getting back from injury so probably working his way back to being 100%.
Shawn Walker Jr. (Mercer) - Averaging 11 ppg, 3 rpg, and 2 apg, shooting 43% from 3. He starts for the Bears.
Mezie Offurum (James Madison) - Averaging 10.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 1.4 apg shooting 68% from the field.

Others:
Tyler Brelsford did not play in Bryant's upset against Syracuse, but is usually in the rotation averaging 4.8 ppg and shooting 46% from 3. Joe Bamisile comes off the bench for Oklahoma but barely played in the ESPN Invitational tournament. He averaged 7.3 ppg in their first four contests but against 3 P6 opponents in the tournament he had 1 FG attempt per game - perhaps foreshadowing his role during conference play. I still think that was the wrong school for him. Chase Paar appears to be a deeper bench option at Towson averaging 3.3 ppg in the games he has played in. Lincoln Ball is averaging 2.2 ppg at American. He started in Saturday's contest against St. Francis (PA) but otherwise usually comes off the bench. We will of course see him later in the year.

Shandon Brown (Franklin Pierce) and Marcus Littles (West Chester) are both in the D2 ranks now but barely play for their respective schools. Sloan Seymour had committed to D2 St. Rose in the offseason but only his brother is listed on the roster so I'm assuming he's moved on from college at this point.
 

In very short order Hurley has UCONN #6 in the nation in KenPom

 Tafara Gapare drilled a 3-pointer with just over a minute left to give UMass the lead and RJ Luis added two free throws with a second left to seal a 71-68 win at Harvard on Friday night.


UMASS is 6-1

I think its good to have a Coach of Frank Martin resume/stature at UMASS and I think he's going to turn that program around

in 25 years they've made just 1 NCAA tourney 

 

Last edited by The Dude (12/03/2022 10:30 am)

Oklahoma is playing at Villanova right now on CBS, the game is at the half, OU is up by 2

VCU is playing at Temple right now on ESPNU 

St. Bonaventure at Buffalo      2:30
Davidson at Delaware            2 - DMV Piranha mentioned that Jameer Jr leads Delaware in scoring 
DePaul at Loyola-Chicago     4  ESPN +  - I'm shocked that DePaul would play them on the road when you see how good Loyola has been in recent years 
Providence at Rhode Island   5  ESPNU

Last edited by Thomas (12/03/2022 1:37 pm)

Not a good day for the conference so far. VCU trails at Temple by 12, late in the game;  St. Joes trails at home vs Fairleigh Dickerson  by 11 late in the game; Davidson down by 11 at halftime to a 3-4 Delaware; Duquesne down 4 at home vs. Ball State at halftime; Dayton trails at home vs. SE Louisiana by 1 at the half; Lasalle trails Penn by 3 at the half; and the Bonnies are down 2 early vs. a 3-4 Buffalo.

Bamisille plays 6 minutes today, puts up 0 points and 0 assists.  For the season, averages 9.6 minutes and 3.6 ppg but he does have 1 assist for the season.  How is that tranfer working out for you Joe?

Oklahoma plays at a slow, methodical pace, which is the complete opposite of Bamisile's game. He definitely made the wrong choice, I wouldn't be surprised if he transferred again. The last few minutes of regulation and overtime of the Georgetown-South Carolina game was just a comedy of errors (missed free throws, errant passes, lazy rebounding,etc.) from both teams, Georgetown just wanted to lose a little bit more. Both teams have a chance to go winless in their conference.  

The Dude, GG Jackson went scoreless in the 1st half when I posted my comment and South Carolina slept walked through most of that 1st half (like they did at Smith Center 2 days ago), but GG dominated in the 2nd half, he had at least 25. When his name gets called in the first round of the NBA draft, they'll be several clips from this Georgetown game in his highlight package. During the GW game the announcers mentioned that there were 16 NBA scouts at the Smith Center to see GG, and the way he struggled against GW, and the 1st half against Georgetown made me think his stock could be dropping, but you're right, as long as he can put up decent numbers and show the athleticism/all-around skill, the losses won't matter. Anthony Edwards was another highly touted player whose college team was terrible, and he still went #1 or 2. 

Rutgers blows out top 10 Indiana   63-48

HUGE win for The GW Troika, who lost Geo Baker and also Ron Harper Jr to the NBA but roll right on.

Saint Louis beat Southern Illinois (top 100 win) but Loyola lost in OT to DePaul