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January College Games
January 31
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Texas 76 (16-5 overall) (6-1 Big-12)
Texas 6-foot-9 freshman Kevin Durant had a double-double by halftime, 13 points and 11 rebounds and in the second half his rebounding total continued to match his points. Halfway through the second half, he had 21 points and 20 rebounds. But in the final five minutes his scoring abilities took over as he hit his fifth 3-pointer, hit a low post shot in the lane, banked in a 14-footer, swished a 19-footer and slammed on in for his 37th and final point to go with his 23 rebounds .
Durant has been at his best in Big-12 games. He has scored no fewer than 26 points and has hit 37 three times. He is averaging 33.3 points and 14 rebounds in conference games and he has been in single digits in rebounding just once, when he collected but nine against Colorado.
His coach Rick Barnes is running out of ways to praise his rookie phenom. This is what he said in the Dallas Morning News about his performance in Lubbock,
“You saw the best player in college basketball give what I think was the best performance of the year. That's why we won in this building."
What did Durant say? They sounded like the words of a perfectionist,
"It wasn't a perfect game. I could have played better."
Yes, he did miss 14 shots (15-29 FG) and four 3-balls (5-9) and three free throws (2-5) and he did have three turnovers. Box Score |
Texas Tech 64 (15-7 overall) (4-3 Big-12)
The match-up was never Bob Knight versus Kevin Durant. Instead it was 6-foot-9 Darryl Dora and 6-foot-5 Martin Zeno who tried to hold Durant below his season averages of 24 points and 11 rebounds. Unfortunately, for the Raiders, he had passed both of those numbers with 7:35 remaining in the game. Durant appears to be one of those players, who when he is hot, can’t be guarded. One possession he is shooting a left baseline 3-pointer and then the next he is working on you in the lane. Who is long enough and quick enough to deal with him? If you try to beat him up down low, he takes his game outside. You put a little quick guy on him and he takes you down low. How many players have scored 37 on a Bob Knight team and on Knight's home floor? Does anybody know? I have been searching for the answer. Perhaps only Knight knows the answer to this one. Unless you do and if you do please email me.
This is what Knight said about Durant in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal,
“He's really good. The guy is 6-9. He's mobile. He's quick. He's fast. I mean, what more does he have to do? There's no secret. There's no secret thing that he drinks before the game or that they rub on his (tail) before the game that makes him that good. The guy is a great athlete that can really play basketball." |
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Indiana 71, Wisconsin 66 Stats
Ohio State 78, Purdue 60 Stats
Minnesota 62, Northwestern 55 Stats
West Virginia 89, Rutgers 83 Stats
DePaul 66, UConn 58 Stats
Louisville 69, Cincinnati 53 Stats
Duquesne 93, Xavier 91 Stats
Butler 71, Younstown State 58 Stats
Southern Illinois 61, Indiana State 48 Stats |
North Carolina 105, Miami 64 Stats
N.C. State 70, Virginia Tech 59 Stats
Boston College 94, Hartford 60 Stats
Auburn 80, South Carolina 75 Stats
Alabama 73, LSU 70 Stats
Tennessee 82, Georgia 71 Stats
Florida 74, Vandy 64 Stats
Nevada 79, Louisiana Tech 71 Stats
Southern Miss 87, UTEP 78 Stats |
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College Basketball Fun Facts |
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North Carolina in its last 3 games vs. Miami, Arizona and Wake Forest has shot 58% FG in the 2nd half |
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Indiana’s A.J. Ratliff scored 20 against Wisconsin, 18 in the second half and 9 in the last 5 minutes and hit 7-9 FG, 4-6 3-pters and 2-2 FT |
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Wisconsin’s 17-game winning streak, the longest in the nation, came to an end at Indiana |
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Boston College set a school record with 14 (of 26) 3-pters in a rout of Hartford |
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Indiana State scored only 16 hoops and had just five assists in loss at Southern Illinois |
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Minnesota had 14 2nd half field goals, 8 were 3-pointers. The Gophers have made 20 3’2 in their past two games, both wins. In their first 6 Big Ten games, they made 27 3-balls |
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The Gophers’ road win was just their 3rd in their last 20 games |
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In the first 16 minutes of a win at Rutgers, West Virginia made 13-of-15 shots and was 7-for-7 on 3-pointers. WVU made 11 straight shots. WVU’s final numbers 30-46 (65%) FG 14-21 (67%) 3-pointers |
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With win over Cincinnati, Louisville joined Pittsburgh and Marquette as the only teams to have won at least 3 Big East road games |
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Duquesne has scored 90 or more points in its last 3 games, all wins vs. Xavier 93-91, Temple 96-92 and Dayton 93-89 and all were regulation games. Prior to this run the Dukes had scored 90 or more just once in an OT win over Boston College |
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Bama’s Jermario Davidson scored 31in win at LSU, while Glen Davis had 15 for the Tigers |
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Georgia was 6-of-26 on 3-pointers and missed 13 straight, Tennessee’s JuJuan Smith scored 22 and made 5-of-8 3 -pointers in win |
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Florida wins 20th game prior to February for the first time in school history |
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"Quick Quotes" |
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A.J. Ratliff and the Indiana Hoosiers were swarmed by their fans after upsetting Wisconsin. Ratliff told the Indianapolis Star, “I'm claustrophobic. I was trying to get to the locker room. It's cool, you know, but this dude with a wig just came and tackled me. It's OK to party, but it was kind of scary at the same time.'' |
January 30
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Notre Dame 103, Syracuse 91 Stats
Ole Miss 85, Miss. State 73 Stats
Florida State 96, Maryland 79 Stats
Wake Forest 85, Georgia Tech 75 Stats
Oklahoma 81, Longwood 40 Stats |
Wichita State 67, Northern Iowa 61 Stats
Baylor 97, Colorado 83 Stats
Illinois 57, Michigan State 50 Stats
Illinois State 65, Evansville 61 Stats
UNLV 76, Colorado State 59 Stats |
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College Basketball Fun Facts |
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Notre Dame won its first conference game since March 1, 2006 by opening up a 28-point lead at Syracuse. Irish shot 56% FG 1st half and made 10-17 3-pointers |
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Notre Dame freshman guard Tory Jackson scored a career-high 19 points on his 19th birthday |
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Ole Miss hit 9-19 3-pointers, connected on 18-21 FT’s and outrebounded Miss State 34-28 |
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First half FSU shot 64% and Maryland 63%, FSU outrebounded Terps 33-19 in the game |
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FSU’s Al Thornton scored 27 points by hitting 12-17 FG, 2-2 3-pointers and 1-1 FT’s |
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Wake Forest was 31-41 at the line and outrebounded Georgia Tech 37-26 in home win |
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Baylor ended a four-game Big 12 losing streak by hitting 14-25 3-pointers including 10-15 in the first half |
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Michigan State’s Drew Neitzel scored only 10 points at Illinois and was 2-12 FG and 1-7 3-pointers |
January 29
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Pittsburgh 65, Villanova 59 Stats
UNC-Wilmington 65, George Mason 58 Stats
Butler 71, Illinois-Chicago 45 Stats
Gonzaga 91, San Diego 82 Stats
Murray State 57, Samford 51 Stats |
Kansas 76, Nebraska 56 Stats
Seton Hall 79, Princeton 41 Stats
Western Carolina 77, Wofford 74 OT Stats
App. State 67, College of Charleston 56 Stats
Houston 59, St. Louis 58 Stats |
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College Basketball Fun Facts |
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Butler hit its first five field goals, all 3-pointers by five different players and beat Illinois-Chicago, the only team that has beaten the Bulldogs (73-67 in OT on Jan. 10) |
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Butler has won 20 or more in nine of the past 11 seasons. The 20-2 record is the school's best ever through 22 games |
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Gonzaga dominates on home court- won 49th straight at home and shot 67% FG and 8-11 (73%) on 3-pointers vs. San Diego |
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Freshman Gonzaga’s Matt Bouldin scored 18 points- 7-8 FG, 2-3 3-pointers and 2-2 at the line. Last 2 games- he has hit 13-15 FG and 6-8 3-pointers |
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Kansas went on a 27-0 run and led Nebraska 39-6 and 43-16 at half |
| Kansas has won its last 3 games by an average of 23 points per game, the average halftime score has been 44-22 |
| During this 3-game stretch, 6-6 sophomore Brandon Rush has averaged 20 points and has hit 61% FG and 8-15 (53%) 3-pointers |
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Princeton’s 38 point loss at Seton Hall was the Tigers’ worst since 1946 when they lost by 43 to Cornell |
| Houston shot just 34% from the field, but beat St. Louis because the Billikens had 19 turnovers, 13 in the 2nd half |
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"Quick Quotes" |
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Butler beat Illinois-Chicago for its 20th win and Bulldog guard Mike Green was stoked, "I haven't looked at things like that. It's definitely cool, yeah. Getting 20 wins before February is awesome." |
January 28
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Stanford 75 (14-5 overall) (6-3 in the Pac-10)
After shooting 30% from the field in the first half, The Stanford Cardinal trailed UCLA 37-25 at half. So what happened? This Cardinal got hot. Stanford hit 3-of-4 field goal attempts to start the second half. But the real push to victory didn’t begin until the 14:13 mark, when he Cardinal was down by 10.
Anthony Goods, who scored 17 of his 20 in the second half, hit a free throw and a jumper and it was show time. Lawrence Hill, who scored 22 was very hot hitting 8-of-10 from the field and 2-of-3 on 3-pointers. Hill nailed a jumper to tie the game and then banked in a 3-ball to put the Cardinal up for good. In eight minutes, against a tough defensive team, Stanford went from 10-down to eight up. In their last three wins, Stanford has had long runs in the second half in each. Against USC they went on a 12-0 run and at Oregon State they had an 18-1 run.
Hill, a 6-foot-8 sophomore, has become the Cardinal’s leading scorer. He is averaging 16 points and is shooting 55% from the field and 41% outside the arc. He has led the team in scoring in 10 of 19 games and he has hit 14 of his last 20 field goal attempts in the last two games. Hill said, in the San Francisco Chronicle, that he was in a zone,
"I made some shots I didn't think were going in." Box Score |
UCLA 68 (18-2 overall) (8-2 in the Pac-10)
The Bruins, under coach Ben Howland, have the reputation of being a top flight defensive team. This season they aren’t bad, however, they aren’t even the best Division I defensive club in their hometown. Tim Floyd’s USC Trojans hold opponents to 35% shooting, tops in the Pac-1O. Teams shot 43% against the Bruins. Both teams yield around 60 points. Last season the Bruins, in their run to the championship game, were a better defensive team, statistically, then they are this season. They yielded 59 points and allowed teams to shoot 41.5% in 2005-06.
Here is a strange coincidence in the Bruins two losses this season. Both winning teams, Oregon and Stanford, shot 70% from the field in one half against the Bruins. The Ducks did it in the first half hitting 14-of-20 shots and the Cardinal did it in the second half hitting, of course, 14-of-20 shots. And both teams missed just one 3-point shot. Oregon was 2-for-3 and Stanford 3-for-4. And the coincidences don’t end. Both opponents shot 30% in the other half and made three 3-pointers.
Arron Afflalo, who scored 17 of his 22 in the first half against Stanford, talked about the Bruins’ lack of a killer instinct in the Los Angeles Times,
“We have to be a little more mature in how we close teams out. You have to have a killer instinct. We recognize that every time we step on the floor, it's a big game for the opposing team and they're going to compete for 40 minutes. Not that we didn't compete tonight, but we didn't play at the level we needed to close them out when we had the chance."
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College Basketball Fun Facts |
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UK overcame a 1-point halftime deficit by going on a 20-2 run, hitting 64% FG and making 7-11 3-pointers |
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Virginia rallied from 16-down with 8:47 to play to nip Clemson on a tip-in by Jason Cain with 15.5 to play, Cavs scored the final 15 points |
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With 3 blocks Stephen Lasme passed Marcus Camby to set the UMass career record for blocked shots with 339 |
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Wisconsin’s Alando Tucker scored 27 (11-14 FG) in win over Iowa, Badgers have DI’s longest win streak at 17 |
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Georgia Tech took 29 more shots than Virginia Tech but only made one more than the Hokies, in the 2nd half the Jackets took twice as many shots. GT-18 off. rebounds, VT-5 |
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"Quick Quotes" |
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Nevada coach Mark Fox on his teams performance against Louisiana Tech. The Wolf Pack scored 37 points in the first half and 47 in the second, “First half, we weren't reacting to anything. We were just very lethargic and the second half we were much better. It's a long season. You've got nights when you've got to fight through it. Tonight, we fought through it.” |
January 27
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North Carolina 92, Arizona 64 Stats
Indiana 76, Michigan 61 Stats
Minnesota 65, Penn State 60 Stats
Georgetown 82, Cincinnati 67 Stats
Providence 84, UConn 72 Stats
Xavier 83, Dayton 67 Stats
Missouri 71, Texas Tech 58 Stats
Pittsburgh 72, St. John's 46 Stats
Florida 91, Auburn 66 Stats
South Carolina 66, Miss State 63 Stats
Kansas State 61, Nebraska 45
Texas 84, Baylor 79 Stats
UNLV 76, New Mexico 72 OT Stats |
Vanderbilt 85, Ole Miss 80 Stats
Memphis 67, So. Miss 64 Stats
Kansas 97, Colorado 74 Stats
Texas A&M 70, Oklahoma 61 Stats
Creighton 71, Indiana State 55 Stats
Purdue 64, Illinois 47 Stats
Florida State 74, Wake Forest 66 Stats
Notre Dame 66, Villanova 62 Stats
Louisville 76, Syracuse 71 Stats
Gonzaga 72, San Francisco 56 Stats
Oregon 77, Washington State 74 OT Stats
Nevada 79, Utah State 62 Stats
Ohio State 62, Iowa State 50 Stats |
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College Basketball Fun Facts |
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Arizona’s 92-64 loss to UNC was Lute Olson's worst home defeat in his Wildcat career |
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Arizona was 1-23 on 3-pointers, the only make came with 2:07 to play on the Cats' 20th attempt |
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The Hoosiers turned the ball over just nine times in the game, the fifth time (5-0) that IU has stayed under 10 turnovers this year |
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The Gophers 35 first half points were the most for the team since they had 36 against UCF on Dec. 12, 2006 |
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Missouri held Texas Tech to 27% FG in the 2nd half, Raiders didn’t score their first 2nd half field until the 10:23 mark after missing first 10 shots |
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Florida’s Lee Humphrey made all four of his 3-point attempts at Auburn to improve to 71.9% (23-32 3-pointers) in SEC games |
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Texas’s Kevin Durant scored 34 against Baylor, his fourth 30-point game in Big 12 play |
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Ohio State’s Greg Oden had 19 points, 11-14 FT’s and 3 blocks vs. Michigan St., now has 50 blocks for the season- OSU freshman record is 70 |
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Nevada’s Nick Fazekas had 24 points and a career-high 18 rebounds vs. Utah State |
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Vandy’s string of four games of 10 or more 3-pointers ended at Ole Miss, The Commodores were 7-for-18 on three’s |
January 25
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Duke 68, Clemson 66 Stats
UCLA 62, California 46 Stats
Washington 89, Oregon 77 Stats
Washington State 70, Oregon State 55 Stats
Stanford 65 California 50 Stats |
Butler 70, Loyola, Illinois 66 OT Stats
St. Louis 76, Charlotte 63 Stats
South Alabama 64, Louisiana-Monroe 57 Stats
Arkansas State 76, Western Kentucky 75 Stats
Nevada 84, Louisiana Tech 67 Stats |
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College Basketball Fun Facts |
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Stanford’s Brook Lopez blocked a school record 12 shots and scored 18 points with11 rebounds. The Cardinal also had a team record 19 blocks and held USC to 28% FG |
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Butler’s A.J. Graves missed two free throws ending his streak of 63 straight, the 4th longest streak in NCAA Division I history, 22 shy of the record held by Butler's Darnell Archey |
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Pac 10 point guard duel- UCLA’s Arron Afflalo 25 points, 3 assists and 1 turnover vs. Cal’s Ayinde Ubaka 0 points , 2 assists and 2 turnovers on 0-for-8 shooting |
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Washington outrebounded Oregon in a win 33-22, the Huskies have outrebounded opponents in 18 of 19 games |
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Oregon lost its second game minus the conference’s leading scorer Aaron Brooks. He was suspended for the game for throwing a forearm at UW's Ryan Appleby in last years conference tourney. |
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For the first time since 1950, Washington State played a home game while ranked in The AP Top 25 |
"Quick Quotes"
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Nevada coach Mark Fox on his teams performance against Louisiana Tech. The Wolf Pack scored 37 points in the first half and 47 in the second, “First half, we weren't reacting to anything. We were just very lethargic and the second half we were much better. It's a long season. You've got nights when you've got to fight through it. Tonight, we fought through it.” |
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Dukes David McClure scored the game winning layup against Clemson, "It's a once-in-a-lifetime feeling. I've been on teams where people have hit those shots, Sean (Dockery) last year, and we actually won our state championship in high school on a putback layup. The biggest thing is just celebrating it and sharing it with your team. Everybody has fought all game and scrapped to the end, and to come out on the winning side is great." |
January 24
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Georgia 78, Kentucky 69 OT Stats
South Carolina 66, Arkansas 60 Stats
Florida 70, Miss State 67 Stats
Ole Miss 83, Tennessee 69 Stats
Vanderbilt 64, LSU 53 Stats
Michigan State 70. Minnesota 46 Stats
North Carolina 88, Wake Forest 60 Stats
Virginia 71, N.C. State 58 Stats
Maryland 80, Georgia Tech 65 Stats
Kansas 82, Baylor 56 Stats
Texas Tech 70, Texas A&M 68 Stats
Missouri 79, Colorado 65 Stats |
Georgetown 66, DePaul 52 Stats
George Washington 74, St. Joseph's 65 Stats
Creighton 66, Missouri State 62 Stats
Iowa 79, Penn State 63 Stats
Ohio State 59, Northwestern 50 Stats
Pittsburgh 67, Cincinnati 51 Stats
West Virginia 77, Marshall 63 Stats
Bradley 88, Illinois State 67 Stats
Memphis 72, Tulsa 59 Stats
Wisconsin 71, Michigan 48 Stats
Arizona 71, Arizona State 47 Stats
Penn 76, Temple 74 Stats |
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Vanderbilt has beaten four Top 25 teams in its last five games- Tenn, Bama, Kentucky and LSU |
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After trailing Kentucky by 13 at half, Georgia outscored the Wildcats 38-16 in the final 17 minutes |
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Virginia didn’t score for 7:20 and didn‘t have a field goal for 9:51 in the 1st half of a win over N.C. State |
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Michigan state recorded 25 assists on 29 made field goals and outrebounded the Gophers by 14 |
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Minnesota’s last 4 games- Gophers have averaged 47 points and shot just 34% from the field |
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Georgetown was averaging 14 turnovers a game, but had only 7 vs. DePaul |
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The Kansas Jayhawks' bench has outscored their opponents' bench in 11 of the last 12 games |
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For the first time in 5 years Bob Knight’s Red Raiders have beaten two Top 10 teams back-to-back, Kansas and Texas A&M |
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Pitt made 12-of-19 3-pointers vs. Cincinnati, Levance Fields hit 6-of-7 |
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Bradley’s 1st half vs. Illinois State- shot 22-31 (71%) FG and 8-12 (67%) 3-pointers and made 13 of its first 14 shots |
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Greg Oden vs. Northwestern, 17 points, 17 rebounds, 6-7 FG and 5-10 FT |
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Last two games Oden has averaged 23 points, 13.5 rebounds and made 18-of-20 shots |
"Quick Quotes"
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South Carolina coach Dave Odom on his Gamecocks winning their first SEC game, “It was not a party atmosphere. I think there was a sense of relief for sure. I don’t think there was a sense of relief (and) now it’s over. I think it was a sense of relief that we won our first one, and we’ve got a little bit of a shot of confidence back and now we have a chance to build on it.” |
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Kansas coach Bill Self says the Big 12 isn‘t getting its just due, “People don’t really get it nationally. Our league is really good. It’s by far the best it’s been since I’ve been here. When you look at the four teams that are tied and then throw Oklahoma State in there … how many leagues in America have five teams that good?” |
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Kentucky’s Joe Crawford scored a career-high 29, but the Wildcats blew a 14 point lead in the second half, “We had the game won. We just didn't finish the game strong. We made stupid plays at the end." |
January 23
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St. John's 71, Notre Dame 68 Stats
Boston College 85, Florida State 82 Stats
Villanova 82, Providence 73 Stats
Illinois 51, Indiana 43 Stats
UNLV 68, San Diego State 61 Stats |
Auburn 81, Alabama 57 Stats
Davidson 101, Georgia Southern 92 Stats
Air Force 72, TCU 39 Stats
Southern Illinois 56, Northern Iowa 54 Stats
Virginia Tech 92, Miami 85 Stats |
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College Basketball Fun Facts |
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Boston College’s Dudley, Rice and Marshall all scored more than 20 points against FSU, no other Eagle scored more than 4 |
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Notre Dame is 14-0 at home and 2-4 away, including double digit losses at Georgetown (18) and Villanova (15) |
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Virginia Tech’s Zabian McDowell (30 pts) and Deron Washington (23) scored 53 points against Miami and made 15-21 FG |
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Air Force precision vs. TCU- The Falcons shot 62% FG and 15 of their 26 field goals were layups |
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Southern Illinois took 64 shots and Northern Iowa just 34 thanks to 18 offensive rebounds |
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Free throws make the difference- Winning UNLV, at home, was 14-20, SD State 2-7 |
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Auburn outscored Alabama 46-21 in the second half, Tigers outshot the Tide 68% to 32% |
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Bama’s SEC road losses- by 27 at Arkansas, by 19 at Vandy and by 24 at Auburn. Those opponents shot 56% FG and 46% 3-pointers versus the Tide |
January 22
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College Basketball Fun Facts |
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UConn couldn't do anything right at Louisville- 36% FG, 3-20 3-pointers, 58% FT, only 8 assists and 20 turnovers |
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Louisville beats the Huskies despite shooting only 30% FG, but the Cardinals made 26-33 FT’s |
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Louisville has held 6 of its last 8 opponents to under 40% FG |
| Bobby Cremins and the C of C, have won 5 straight and 11 out of 12 |
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Visiting Oklahoma was 13-14 at the line in loss to Oklahoma St., the Cowboys were 27-38 |
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In a frenzied high scoring loss to VMI, UNC-Asheville’s bigs played just 16 minutes and had 4 points & 3 rebounds |
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UNC-Asheville vs. VMI had 25 assists, but also 29 turnovers |
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K-State 7-foot-3 freshman Jason Bennett had a career-high 8 blocks vs. Chicago State, in 7th grade, when he was 6-10, he had 31 blocks in a game |
January 21
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Virginia Tech 67, Maryland 64 OT Stats
Marquette 77, Pittsburgh 74 OT Stats
St. John's 64, Syracuse 60 Stats
Notre Dame 82, South Florida 58 Stats
Virginia 88, Wake Forest 76 Stats |
St. Joseph's 82, Xavier 74 Stats
UMass 101, Duquesne 87 Stats
Western Kentucky 73. New Orleans 70 Stats
Illinois State 80, Drake 65 Stats
Miami, Ohio 72, Ohio 69 OT Stats |
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College Basketball Fun Facts |
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Marquette made 14 straight free throws in the final 5:25 of an overtime win |
| St. John's won in the Carrier Dome despite shooting just 33%, Syracuse scored a season-low 60 points in the loss |
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Illinois State’s 6-11 Levi Dyer scored a career-high 27 & was 10-14 FG, 5-7 3-pointers |
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J.R. Reynolds and Sean Singletary combined for 37 of Virginia’s 40 1st half points |
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Reynolds scored a career-high 40 points, 20 in each half, he was 12-18 FG, 6-8 3-pointers, |
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Syracuse lost by 4 at St. John’s and the Orangemen were only 4-14 at the free throw line |
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UMass scored 100 points at the Mullins Center for the first time, Minutemen are 33-2 when they hit the century mark |
January 20
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Louisville 59, DePaul 50 Stats
Clemson 74, Boston College 54 Stats
Cincinnati 96, West Virginia 83 OT Stats
Wisconsin 71, Illinois 64 Stats
Michigan 71, Purdue 64 Stats
Florida 79, Ole Miss 70 Stats
Alabama 78, Georgia 76 Stats
Indiana 77, UConn 73 Stats
Michigan State 91, Penn State 64 Stats
Tennessee 64, South Carolina 61 Stats
Stanford 67, Oregon State 56 Stats
USC 58, Arizona State 49 Stats
Oregon 92, California 84 Stats |
Kansas State 69, Iowa State 60 Stats
Florida State 86, Miami 67 Stats
Vanderbilt 72, Kentucky 67 Stats
Arkansas 72, LSU 52 Stats
UCLA 73, Arizona 69 Stats
Texas Tech 69, Kansas 64 Stats
Duke 76, North Carolina State 52 Stats
Oklahoma 91, Baylor 57 Stats
Air Force 56, San Diego State 51 Stats
Ohio State 82, Iowa 63 Stats
Texas A&M 67, Oklahoma State 49 Stats
Southern Illinois 58, Creighton 57 Stats
Bradley 78, Wichita State 63 Stats |
Saturday's Games
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College Basketball Fun Facts |
| Bama rallied to beat UGA despite trailing 18-2, by as many as 19 and by 11 points with 4:05 to play |
| In first half against Duke, N.C. State had 16 turnovers and attempted just 19 shots |
| 2nd half Oklahoma St. vs. Texas A&M's defense- made only 5-15 FG, 1-7 3-pters and had 12 turnovers |
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Purdue has lost 21 straight Big Ten road games, the school record is 25 from 1952-55 |
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Cincinnati outrebounded West Virginia 44-32 and had only 6 turnovers against a team that forces an average of 19.6 per game |
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Ohio States Mike Conley has had 10 assists in each of his last 2 games and is averaging 6.8 |
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Ohio State’s Greg Oden had 29 points and 10 rebounds and hit 12-13 FG |
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BC shorthanded- The Eagles played just 7, the bench played 30 minutes and scored 1 point |
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Shamari Spears, a freshman starting in place of Sean Williams, had 14 points 6 rebounds for BC |
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West Virginia was 9-12 on 3-pters 1st half and against full court pressure 6-28 in the2nd half |
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Wisconsin shot less FT’s than Illinois, 1st time that has happened, Badgers have longest win streak at 15 games |
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Noah near perfect- Joakim had 24 pts & 12 rebounds- 9-10 FG & 6-6 FT |
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Iowa State only had 6 assists in a home loss to Kansas State |
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It took Vandy 28 tries to win at Rupp Arena and now the Commodores have done it in back-to-back games |
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Free throws decide game- winner Texas Tech 15-20 FT, loser Kansas just 2-4 FT |
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Duke held N.C. State to 34% shooting and forced 20 turnovers that led to 25 points |
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Indiana’s Roderick Wilmont, averaging 11 points, has scored 25 vs. Penn State and 23 against UConn in his last 2 games |
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Oklahoma made 17 more field goals than Baylor and outshot the Bears 58% to 31% |
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Michigan State shot 68% FG & the starting 5 was 33-45 good for 73.3% | |
