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Friday, November 22, 2024
Watching Wisconsin this season, one gets the feeling that the Badgers could shut it down right now and cancel the rest of their regular season schedule, get some rest, get a good start on second semester homework, eat some brats on State Street, and then begin playing again in March and still be a favorite to make a Final Four run.
A busier Friday night than usual featured a head-scratcher in Miami. It was also a good night for the Pac-12 to close it out, while SEC teams got a couple of wins and SMU will get some much-needed help.
The MSG Holiday Festival came and went with one current and one former Big East team coming out on top. We have news and notes from both games in the doubleheader.
Penn State’s basketball team is having some success now, with a big win on Sunday. Plus, a career day for a Husky, a scare in Washington and an ACC upset in Raleigh lead the way.
The independents are dead. Long live the independents. NJIT’s 72-70 win at Michigan will go down as the biggest upset of this season and one of the biggest in a long time. This one is going to remembered for a long, long time.
St. John’s got to the championship game in the NIT Season Tip-Off and battled back to have a chance at the end, but came up short. It was nonetheless a positive experience for them.
Friday was a day packed with tournament action, and most of it was either a championship game or set the stage for one. Plus, potential over-achievers and news on some key injuries.
Happy Thanksgiving to all. One of college basketball’s true Thanksgiving traditions got underway once again last night, as the 37th annual Great Alaska Shootout got underway.
For all the of the bad TV ESPN has thrown at us in recent years (think ‘First Take’) it’s 24-hour college hoops marathon remains pure ESPN at its best.
Some of the names were the same, including that of the conference, and the tournament site was the same, too. But the Big East in 2013-14 was different.
