And I'm like, 'OK, thank you. ' From there, they play Washington, Wazzu, Oregon State, Cal, and Stanford, a bunch of win-column fodder that would make negligible meaningful impact on Oregon's chances of getting in the field. If you're a Duke fan, you absolutely take that trade, anyway. Men's college basketball rankings: Who's No. Outside and below, feathered showgirls walked "The Strip" amongst dazzling lights and people dressed as towering Transformers. They're 4-4 against Quadrant 2; their NCAA Tournament participation is far from guaranteed. Beating Indiana is nice; beating an Indiana team that goes on to upend arguably the best team in the country a few days later is even better. Maybe for some people, but not for most, " he reflected. That's how it works. Anyway, it's easy to forget that Ron Hunter kind of has the Green Wave going these days: 90th in adjusted efficiency, 91st in the NET, such that losing a home game to this team, while not ideal, is not the deep Quadrant 4 death sentence it used to be. Northwestern (16-7, 7-5; NET: 52, SOS: 61): Northwestern's win at Wisconsin Sunday night was a classic of the "we know you've watched an unhealthy amount of college basketball this weekend, but here's another random mid-table Big Ten game to help you fight off those Sunday scaries for a little while longer" genre. "So I always try to be the person that I wanted to look up to as a kid.
We'll see how it goes. Most of the rest of USC's regular season is going to be devoted to this sort of bad-loss avoidance. The Wolfpack have undoubtedly gone just slightly under the radar this season, for understandable reasons: They didn't do anything of note in the nonconference, up to and including playing a remotely challenging schedule (rank: 268), and they're playing in an aggressively mediocre edition of the ACC, where only Virginia can be regarded as a reliable quality win. Alas, we'll make an exception for Auburn, because Tennessee's defense is also really good. And then a bit more bad news: Duke got completely run at Miami Monday night, though, again, the impact on their eventual tournament status will be minimal, because losing at Miami is not a big deal for a currently solidly single-digit seed. There's no doubt taking the whole crew added a healthy dose of chaos and extra work to Amy's plate.
Hosted on the 23rd floor of the Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas, the superhero-themed party offered kids colorful masks and capes and featured life-sized cardboard cutouts of The Hulk, Spider-Man and Wonder Woman. As of January 2021, only one non-League team (division five and lower) has ever reached the quarter-finals, while no team below division two (EFL Championship) has ever reached the Final. Throw in a good schedule, the opportunities the SEC will continue throw up, and Castleton's productivity as a baseline for performance, and sure: Florida could get there. Then again, it hasn't exactly worked at Kentucky, and elite freshmen, whatever their learning curves, have become Duke's brand. A couple of commenters asked us to reconsider Virginia Tech last week, but upon reflection we feel like we were basically right: This resume leaves a lot to be desired, not least of which is just the sheer number of losses here. There were meltdowns and missed naps and chasing Drew around, well, everywhere. I think the guys were really having a good time. We all know how that ended. The last three games have been huge: A home win over TCU in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, a zero-nonsense road win over South Carolina, and then Saturday's 63-52 home win over Missouri in Starkville.
It was just really fun. "They always have events for the families, so we had a lot of fun at those. At the very least, Saturday's defeat was a bit of a national highlight for Colin Castleton, who has quietly been having another excellent season in an excellent career, and who was fantastic in Rupp: 25 points, eight rebounds, five assists, three blocks, one steal. Even the lone victory in that spell, 68-57 over Oregon State, was frighteningly unconvincing. A loss at Baylor Wednesday night would take them off the page. But instead, all five individuals slipped out of their shoes and uncomfortably into the van. Pittsburgh (16-7, 9-3; NET: 55, SOS: 69): One of the funnier things about Boeheim claiming Pittsburgh "bought" a team?
… You make some lasting friendships in this league, and I definitely did that this year with a number of guys on the team. "I went in, and there's a person you're assigned to, and they have this big bag, and you get products just thrown in, and you take a picture with the product for the company. Sure, there are fixtures like Thursday's game at Oregon, a challenging trip and an important game for the Ducks, but then there are games against Oregon State, Cal, Stanford, even and Colorado, which isn't terrible but has also lost to Washington (home), UMass, Grambling State, Oregon State and Cal. Should be in: Connecticut, Marquette, Creighton, Xavier, Providence. Man City is followed by Liverpool (+700), Tottenham (+800) and Manchester United and Chelsea (both +900). For 15 months after finishing his collegiate career at Rutgers, Andrew worked at his family's pub while pursuing his dream of making it to the NFL. But the family time will be forever cherished. The most recent sponsor that preceded them was Budweiser who held the sponsor title from 2011 until 2014. "That was just one of the wildest things I think I've ever really been a part of, " Andrew laughed when asked about it during an interview. The Mountaineers are playing really good basketball, and they'll have a ton of chances to get on the right side of the scoresheet between now and early March — including this week (Iowa State home, Texas away). A win at Kentucky would have added to the festivities, but the Wildcats held on. Tailspin averted, at least for now, and if the Bulldogs can turn this into five or six or seven wins in a row — and their next four are LSU (home), Arkansas (away), Kentucky (home) and Ole Miss (away), so it's doable — then we could be looking at this at-large situation very different in a couple weeks' time. Meanwhile, his defensive stats are also down, which dovetails with the general impression that he's looked pretty lost on that end at times, too.
Getting past an always-tough Friars team without Freemantle was a good sign, as was last weekend's blowout home win over St. John's, in which the Musketeers scored 1. They're just two wins clear of the next closest club, which is Manchester United who have won the tournament 12 times, most recently in 2016. Realistically, it never really was on his radar. Concerns that the Huskies have figured things out would be better assuaged against Marquette Tuesday night and at Creighton Saturday. If so, we haven't seen it, and UNM backed it up with a road win at San Diego State, too.
Texas A&M (16-7, 8-2; NET: 40, SOS: 83): After struggling in a road loss at Arkansas last Tuesday, the Aggies bounced back with an 82-57 home win over Georgia, one that felt more representative of the kind of performances they've been submitting for most of the past two months. Yes, we wrote the introduction last this week. Clemson (18-6, 10-3; NET: 64, SOS: 134): There are a lot of bubble teams with questionable nonconference schedules this season; practically the entire Mountain West bubble could have done itself a favor by adding a few more quality opponents — not that it's always easy for good teams in smaller conferences to do so. All are free for GMAT Club members. TCU needs Mike Miles Jr. to get healthy, obviously, but they're in good shape anyway. "If I was playing Little League baseball growing up or what have you, and a big leaguer came to one of my games or one of my tournaments or something like that, what kind of affect would that have on me? Not everything was entirely smooth sailing. I had a hat on, so I don't really know if the lady knows I was bald, but she's like, 'Hey, this is a great product; we love it. She just wanted to play with her friend, she wanted to have fun, and it kind of changed your outlook on things a little bit. The Longhorns, oozing maturity and toughness, won a brutal road test at Kansas State Saturday, before traveling to Kansas on Monday and playing relatively well but ultimately falling to the Jayhawks in arguably the toughest gym in college basketball. They got one against New Mexico last week; on Wednesday night they get a crack at San Diego State in Logan.
Georgetown is in Year 6 of the Ewing era, by comparison. Portsmouth, Doncaster, and Plymouth Argyle are among those in EFL League One sitting at +50000. That said, the basketball here has improved, there's a genuine edge about this team that has emerged in league play (and was visible early in the year when the Pirates got out of Rutgers with a 45-43 victory), and there are good opportunities for the Pirates to add actual quality to their resume, starting Wednesday at home against Creighton. Wisconsin (13-9, 5-7; NET: 77, SOS: 8): If you were going to pick a team most likely to eventually fall off this page, you would do worse than to pick the Badgers. Nor did the performance really affect what most people would have thought about the Zags coming in, either: This team is an All-America-level scoring big, Anton Watson doing dirty work, and a bunch of pretty good players who occasionally float a bit too much on the perimeter. "To be able to hang out with them and get to know them a little bit more on a personal level during the week was another really special thing, " he added. We're not ready to lock all of those obvious at-larges just yet, but we can get KU and UT out of the way, anyway.
We'll revisit if they knock off North Carolina Tuesday night (very possible! ) They could fade entirely very soon, the product of sheer Big 12 attrition. There is a decent chance. The replies are very funny. They are a combined 15-0 against Quadrants 2 and 3. It could happen, of course, and with a strong schedule and some quality wins on their resume — Marquette away continues to hold this entire team sheet down — the committee has other things it can point at to argue for Wisconsin's quality. "I don't think I could have done it if Julie wasn't here with her kids. Work to do: Seton Hall. There is still time for this to go awry, but right now Missouri's team sheet looks better than that NET number lets on.
He and Cox wrapped college in the same year and are the same age, but Andrew has looked up to him for years. These are the two main thoughts we took out of SMC's win over Gonzaga Saturday night, which we will discuss in more detail in power rankings (because Saint Mary's is going to be in that list for the foreseeable future), neither of which really impact them here. But they'll always have that blowout of 'Bama. UCLA bounced back from frustrating come-from-ahead losses at Arizona and USC with very expected but nonetheless mostly impressive home victories over Washington and Washington State, the latter of which featured a Jaime Jaquez Jr. masterclass (24 points, 15 rebounds) and the return of the Bruins' previously comprehensive defense (52 points allowed in 65 possessions).
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