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Saturday, January 11, 2025
A quick look at key results and/or top stories from the night before, as well as a look ahead to key games during the season, to lead a reader into the new day
It was time for a wild college basketball Saturday, and we sure got one yesterday. A busy and varied schedule was filled with surprises, upsets that maybe weren’t really that big of upsets, as well as near-upsets. There was something for just about everyone, and it had all the feeling of one of those Saturdays in the midst of conference schedules where also rans rise up to topple powers, but at least a month earlier than we usually get them.
Colorado almost got to see a little too much of one of college basketball’s hidden gems. Plus a former coach will have a harder time working again, an investigation closes and a big day is ahead of us.
It’s been a long time-way too long-since UNC Charlotte made some noise on the national college basketball scene. Pretty much everyone would’ve rather the 49ers made their return in a different way than they did Thursday, though.
A Big Ten team squeaked one out to avoid another blemish to a non-conference resume that still needs some improving. Plus a light night featured a few close ones, and a school takes its own legal action to counter that of a former coach.
Road wins are gold in college basketball, and Mississippi State and Michigan both had chances for major non-conference road wins Tuesday night. One of the two capitalized.
How does one put this politely? When it comes to exciting nights this college basketball season…one will find better just about every single day of this season than last night. A schedule of 11 games was exceeded in lightness by only how little there was noteworthy about the games. With […]
Another Hurley is winning at a big school, and a bit unexpectedly. Plus one possibility to be the new number one team in the polls, a recently lopsided in-state rivalry, and one team’s tough luck continued on Sunday.
Boston College’s 89-84 win over Duke on Saturday was a stunner, rocking the college hoops world in early December as if it was NJIT against Michigan. And yet, in a number of ways, maybe it shouldn’t have been that hard to see coming after all. For one thing, the Blue […]
A freshman continues to lead a pleasant surprise from the Big 12 on a light night. Plus one Pac-12 team stays undefeated, another double-double for a Valley star, and a big day is ahead of us.
Of the 68 teams that competed in the NCAA Tournament back in March, it’s possible none of them got off to a worse start this following season than Iowa State. With four starters to replace from last year’s 24-win, Big 12 tourney championship team, the Cyclones opened with a 0-2 […]
