Games of Interest - December 22 through 28, 2014

[njhoya78]

One tournament this week, being played in Honolulu HI; the match ups for DePaul and #11 Wichita State will be updated and indicated in italics.

No games are scheduled this week for Creighton, #2 Duke, Florida, #12 Iowa State, North Carolina Charlotte and #5 Virginia.

Monday, December 22

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
DePaul vs. Colorado at Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu HI, 4:30 pm (ESPN U)
Tennessee-Martin at Butler, 7:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Long Beach State at # 17 St. John's, 7:30 pm (CBS Sports Network)
North Dakota at Marquette, 9:00 pm
Providence vs, Miami at Brooklyn NY, 9:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Miami (Ohio) at #21 Ohio State, 6:00 pm (Big Ten Network)
#10 Kansas at Temple, 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Northern Illinois at #16 Notre Dame, 7:00 pm
Wofford at #18 West Virginia, 7:30 pm
Charleston Southern at #24 Colorado State, 8:00 pm
Grambling State at #25 Texas Christian, 8:00 pm
Southern at #22 Baylor, 8:00 pm
Weber State at #19 Oklahoma, 8:00 pm
#6 Wisconsin at California, 9:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Tulane at #13 Washington, 11:00 pm (Pac 12 Network)
#11 Wichita State vs. Loyola Marymount at Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu HI, 11:00 pm (ESPN U)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Delaware at Robert Morris, 7:00 pm
New Orleans at Indiana, 7:00 pm
Towson at Navy, 7:00 pm
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at California State Fullerton, 10:00 pm

Tuesday, December 23

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
DePaul vs. Ohio at Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu HI, 2:30 pm (ESPN U)
New Jersey Institute of Technology at #7 Villanova, 7:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#11 Wichita State vs. Hawaii at Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu HI, 9:00 pm (ESPN 2)
California State Northridge at #4 Louisville, 7:00 pm (ESPN U)
Stanford at #9 Texas, 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)
South Dakota State at #14 Utah, 9:00 pm (Pac 12 Network)
#3 Arizona at Nevada Las Vegas, 10:00 pm (CBS Sports Network)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
St. Francis (New York) at Monmouth, 7:00 pm

Wednesday, December 24

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

Thursday, December 25

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
DePaul vs. Loyola Marymount at Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu HI, 1:30 pm, (ESPN 3)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#11 Wichita State vs. George Washington at Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Honolulu HI, 8:30 pm (ESPN 2)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

Friday, December 26

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

Saturday, December 27

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Maine at Seton Hall, 12:00 noon (Fox Sports 1)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#1 Kentucky at #4 Louisville, 2:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Oakland at #15 Maryland, 5:00 pm (Big Ten Network)
Wright State at #21 Ohio State, 7:00 pm (Big Ten Network)
Alabama-Birmingham at #20 North Carolina, 7:30 pm (ESPN 2)
New Mexico State at #24 Colorado State, 9:00 pm
#8 Gonzaga at Brigham Young, 9:30 pm (ESPN 2)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

Sunday, December 28

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
#17 St. John's vs. Tulane at Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival, Brooklyn NY, 12:00 noon (Fox Sports 1)
Morgan State at Marquette, 2:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Florida Gulf Coast at Xavier, 4:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Belmont at Butler, 6:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
South Dakota State at #23 Northern Iowa, 3:00 pm
Buffalo at #6 Wisconsin, 8:00 pm (Big Ten Network)
Stony Brook at #13 Washington, 8:00 pm (Pac 12 Network)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Central Pennsylvania College at Radford, 3:00 pm

As always, please let me know if you have any corrections/additions/amendments.

Finally, hope each and every one of you have a very Merry Christmas!

[njhoya78]

Ohio State defeated Miami (Ohio) 93-55 at Columbus OH.
At the half in Philadelphia, Temple leads Kansas 35-25. Could be a little home cooking here: Temple is 12-13 from the foul line, while Kansas is 0-3.
At the half in South Bend IN, Notre Dame leads Northern Illinois, 48-35.

[FrazierFanatic]

Temple thumping Kansas by 10 at the half, 35-25.

[njhoya78]

Out in Honolulu, DePaul loses to Colorado, 82-68. The Blue Demons only shot 33.3% from the field for the game. They will next play Ohio University, a 77-49 loser to George Washington.

[njhoya78]

At the half, Butler leads Tennessee-Martin, 31-23, in Indianapolis IN.

[FrazierFanatic]

Temple up 17 under 10 minutes.

[njhoya78]

St. John's leads Long Beach State, 24-20, at the half.
Notre Dame leads Northern Illinois, 70-51, with 11:11 left in the second half.
West Virginia leads Wofford, 35-15, with 1:45 left in the first half.
Colorado State leads Charleston Southern, 27-15, with 7:04 left in the first half.
Texas Christian leads Grambling State, 24-15, with 7:51 left in the first half.
Baylor leads Southern, 19-16, with 8:48 left in the first half.
Oklahoma leads Weber State, 25-4, with 9:31 left in the first half.
Robert Morris leads Delaware, 53-44, with 11:47 left in the second half.
Indiana leads New Orleans, 65-43, with 11:19 left in the second half.
Navy leads Towson, 43-37, with 11:59 left in the second half.

[mfk24]

Temple just blew the doors off the Jayhawks. Very good guard play for the Owls.

[njhoya78]

Temple 77, Kansas 52. Final in Philadelphia PA.
Notre Dame 91, Northern Illinois 66. Final in South Bend IN.
Indiana 79, New Orleans 59. Final in Bloomington IN.
St. John's 40, Long Beach State 33. 10:26 to play in the second half in New York NY.
West Virginia 44, Wofford 20. 15:25 to play in the second half in Morgantown WV.
Colorado State 38, Charleston Southern 21 at the half in Fort Collins CO.
Texas Christian 42, Grambling State 17 at the half in Houston TX.
Baylor 34, Southern 31 at the half in Waco TX.
Oklahoma 51, Weber State 12 at the half in Norman OK.
Robert Morris 72, Delaware 62 with 2:17 to play in the second half in Moon PA.
Navy 54, Towson 49. 1:22 to play in the second half in Annapolis MD.

[njhoya78]

St. John's 66, Long Beach State 49. Final in New York NY.
Butler 64, Tennessee-Martin 37. Final in Indianapolis IN.
West Virginia 77, Wofford 44. Final in Morgantown WV.
Robert Morris 84, Delaware 81. Final in Moon PA.
Navy 61, Towson 56. Final in Annapolis MD.
North Dakota 29, Marquette 24, at the half in Milwaukee WI. Golden Eagles are shooting 30% from the field, 16.7% from three-point range, and 40% from the foul line.
Providence 27, Miami 20, at the half in Brooklyn NY.
Colorado State 73, Charleston Southern 47 with 3:26 to play in the second half in Fort Collins CO.
Texas Christian 77, Grambling State 35 with 2:10 to play in the second half in Houston TX.
Baylor 62, Weber State 50 with 1:31 to play in the second half in Waco TX.
Wisconsin 27, California 18 with 1:30 to play in the first half in Berkeley CA.

[njhoya78]

Marquette left a wake-up call for the second half, and leads North Dakota 59-47 with 3:19 to play.
Providence 58, Miami 47 with 11:12 remaining in the second half.
Wisconsin 61, California 43 with 3:59 to play in the second half.
Cal State Fullerton leads Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 35-32, with 0:41 left in the first half in Fullerton CA.
Colorado State defeated Charleston Southern, 75-54.
Texas Christian defeated Grambling State, 80-39.
Baylor defeated Southern, 70-66.
Oklahoma defeated Weber State, 85-51.

[RusskyHoya]

Providence 76, Miami 62

I hope that, as he bathes in his pile of money, Jim Larranaga has at least some self-doubt as to whether he took the right job.

Also: ACC! ACC! ACC!

[njhoya78]

Henton scored 25 in the Friars' win. Gee, wasn't Miami ranked in the Top 25 recently?

Elsewhere, Marquette defeated North Daokta 67-54, led by JaJuan Johnson off of the bench with 19 points.
Wisconsin defeated California 68-56.
Cal State Fullerton leads Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 65-56 with 4:49 left in the second half.
Tulane leads Washington, 23-19, with 3:52 left in the first half in Seattle WA.
Wichita State leads Loyola Marymount, 24-18, with 6:58 left in the first half in Honolulu HI.

[beenaround]

Temple's easy win over Kansas confirms what many of us thought..this isn't the typical dominant Jayhawks team. Makes our close home loss even less a "moral victory" than some thought it was.

[mfk24]

Don't know if you watched the game or not but Temple was clicking on all cylinders for a full 40 minutes. Their guards were getting to the rim at will and that's something that although we tried, we couldn't do because our perimeter players kept turning it over. The Owls played probably their best game all year and Kansas looked like they'd already gone home for the holidays. The number of shots at the rim that they missed is astounding. If anything, I think this was a poor scheduling decision by Self.

This is the also same Temple team that got absolutely waxed by a Villanova team that struggled against an awful Syracuse team until the last 5 minutes of the game. All that to say, Temple is not a bad team, but already this year there have been some head scratching losses by top tier programs. No team aside from Kentucky has any prayer of going undefeated, I get the feeling that this year more than any is about avoiding bad losses.

[vv83]

Temple also has two mid-season transfers that just started playing this week (Jaylen Bond and Jesse Morgan). they are both starting, and combined for 25 points last night. the transfers played a combined 67 minutes and both started. So the Temple team that played last night is quite different (and better) than the Temple team that had played the first month of the season. That being said, this year's version of Kansas is clearly not as strong early on as Kansas teams usually are. They will still probably be quite good by the end of the season, as it is pretty reasonable to expect Alexander and Oubre to improve significantly as they gain experience. Oubre in particular is starting to play much better, and it is clear that he has a really high talent level, even though he has struggled early on.

[GUJook97]

Dec 23, 2014 10:11:24 GMT -5 beenaround said:

Temple's easy win over Kansas confirms what many of us thought..this isn't the typical dominant Jayhawks team. Makes our close home loss even less a "moral victory" than some thought it was.

As one of the people that was upset that we didnt beat Kansas for this reason, I agree to some extent. But, I think you have to point out that Bill Self makes a brutal schedule for Kansas. I think this was a case of them having to play a difficult road game right before Xmas and having played just a few days ago. I think our schedule is pretty tough but look what we've had lately. We play 3 games in 3 weeks. Kansas has played 5-6 games against teams that would make their OOC season successful with a win against them. For Kansas, those wins arent as meaningful.

[kchoya]

Dec 23, 2014 10:11:24 GMT -5 beenaround said:

Temple's easy win over Kansas confirms what many of us thought..this isn't the typical dominant Jayhawks team. Makes our close home loss even less a "moral victory" than some thought it was.

Yet they'll win the Big XI agin, have close to 30 wins, be high up in the RPI, and be a 2 or 3 seed.

[kchoya]

Dec 22, 2014 23:32:35 GMT -5 RusskyHoya said:

Providence 76, Miami 62

I hope that, as he bathes in his pile of money, Jim Larranaga has at least some self-doubt as to whether he took the right job.

Also: ACC! ACC! ACC!

Miami over GMU? Not a tough choice.

Getting paid a lot of money to coach in the ACC and live in Miami? I don't think there's any self-doubt.

[TBird41]

Dec 23, 2014 13:03:17 GMT -5 kchoya said:

Dec 22, 2014 23:32:35 GMT -5 RusskyHoya said:

Providence 76, Miami 62

I hope that, as he bathes in his pile of money, Jim Larranaga has at least some self-doubt as to whether he took the right job.

Also: ACC! ACC! ACC!

Miami over GMU? Not a tough choice.

Getting paid a lot of money to coach in the ACC and live in Miami? I don't think there's any self-doubt.

And it's not like he hasn't had success--they went to a Sweet 16 and won the ACC tournament two years ago. Is losing to the Big East Champions that dispiriting now?