Special Editor's Note: This is Post #500 on the blog. Thanks to everyone who reads.
3 Most Important Results from Tonight
Cincinnati 68, Georgetown 64 – Just a huge win for Cincinnati after taking a bad loss against St. John's over the weekend. Now the Bearcats need to build on it. Meanwhile, the Hoyas, coming off it annual loss at West Virginia got beat the game after losing in Morgantown again. This happens every year.
Connecticut 64, West Virginia 57 – Speaking of the Mountaineers, they found out that UConn is a much better team at home than they showed on the road in losses to Seton Hall and Rutgers last week.
St. Mary's 87, San Francisco 72 – Another game, another win for St. Mary's as the Gaels attempt to wrap a bid up well before Championship Week this season.
Worst Loss from Tonight
Oklahoma St. 72, Oklahoma 65 – Ouch. Bedlam just confirmed that Lon Kruger has a long way to go at Oklahoma still and also confirmed that neither of these teams will be in the NCAA Tournament field.
3 Biggest Games of Tomorrow
Creighton vs Northern Iowa – This is a huge game for Northern Iowa. The Missouri Valley is likely to get two bids, but three is a stretch and four is really pushing it. Considering Northern Iowa is either 3rd of 4th in line right now, winning against the unquestioned top dog would be huge.
Illinois vs Ohio St. - Illinois continues to cruise along beating teams is should by closer than expected margins and losing to the better teams on the schedule. Ohio St. is one of the better teams, but Illinois has generally not played those better teams at home so far.
Kansas St. vs Baylor – Can Kansas St. knock off another undefeated team at home after crushing Missouri on Saturday? Possibly, but it will be more difficult. Baylor has better and bigger inside players than Missouri making them a more difficult matchup for Kansas St.
Final Thought on the night in College Basketball
As usual, the world forgot about college basketball while finishing up football season. I wish I hadn't considering how bad the LSU-Alabama game was. Evidently, we all missed a good game between Cincinnati and Georgetown during the football game.
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