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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
After Saturday’s loss, what do we make of Kentucky at this point given that they have lost to their toughest opponents while beating up on worse teams? Plus lots of rivalry games were on tap, while one school couldn’t travel for their game and saw it canceled.
College basketball’s national polls may not mean much in the grand scheme, but don’t tell a school like Furman that getting into the poll isn’t a big deal.
The defending Big South champions are grabbing the spotlight at a different time of the year than might usually happen, and doing so with defense. Plus Big Ten play gets underway with road wins, while a Big Ten team playing out of conference gets another double-double from its big man.
After a bad night to be on the road in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, they’re knotted at four wins apiece with one night to go. Plus a few key injuries include a couple of SEC teams and a suspension won’t help one Big Ten team’s depth.
Road teams ruled the games on tap in the Gavitt Tipoff Games, which has quietly become a nice early season event. Plus no surprise with a couple of SEC home wins, a close call with another SEC team’s flight, and one Blackbird had a really nice night to continue a good start.
November is here, and we start the new month with a look at a few more conferences, a Badger who will be out for a while, and a key Hokie suspended with no apparent guarantee of a return.
The quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament seemed to have a little bit of everything, both on and off the court. We look at the action on the court, with four teams moving on.
The second round of the Big Ten Tournament started with one team’s remote NCAA hopes being dashed, and ended with the closest team to the tournament site getting a nice win to advance.
For those who couldn’t resist all the curling and skiing at the Winter Olympics and watched hoops, it was yet another evening of highly ranked teams going down and streaks getting busted, something that has become the norm this year. The TV window of games that started at 7 p.m. Eastern time alone was enough to wear out the remote control as they came to an end.
You just never know where you’ll find a college basketball game that you can’t take your eyes off of. Maybe even whether you want to or not. St. Peter’s and Siena provided such a game Monday, going triple overtime-and with both teams still unable to top 60 points.
