Games of Interest - January 30 through February 6, 2017

[njhoya78]

A complete shuffle in the Associated Press Top 25, after a week filled with upsets. GU is now #1 in the rankings…Gonzaga, that is, and for the first time in school history. Three Big East teams are ranked this week, as Xavier fell out of the polls, down from #24 last week. Villanova dropped three slots to #4, Butler fell five slots to #16, and Creighton dropped six positions to #22. Northwestern is the only new school in the AP Top 25, coming in at #25.

All times listed are Eastern Standard Time.

Monday, January 30

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Coppin State at Hampton, 7:00 pm
Lipscomb at South Carolina Upstate, 7:00 pm
South Carolina State at Howard, 7:00 pm (ESPN-U)
Arkansas State at Louisiana Lafayette, 8:00 pm
Oklahoma State at Oklahoma, 9:00 pm (ESPN)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Indiana at #25 Northwestern, 6:30 pm (Big Ten Network)
#21 Duke at #20 Notre Dame, 7:00 pm (ESPN)

Tuesday, January 31

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
#22 Creighton at #16 Butler, 7:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Georgetown at DePaul, 9:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
#17 Maryland at Ohio State, 7:00 pm (ESPN)
#10 Wisconsin at Illinois, 9:00 pm (Big Ten Network)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Pittsburgh at #12 North Carolina, 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Georgia at #8 Kentucky, 9:00 pm (ESPN)
#7 West Virginia at Iowa State, 9:00 pm (ESPN 2)

Wednesday, February 1

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Marquette at St. John’s, 7:00 pm (Fox Sports 2)
#4 Villanova at Providence, 7:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Seton Hall at Xavier, 9:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Massachusetts at La Salle, 7:00 pm
Syracuse at North Carolina State, 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Virginia Polytechnic Institute at #9 Virginia, 6:30 pm (ESPN-U)
#15 Florida State at Miami, 8:00 pm
#25 Northwestern at #23 Purdue, 8:30 pm (Big Ten Network)
#2 Baylor at #3 Kansas, 9:00 pm (ESPN 2)
#14 Cincinnati at Tulsa, 9:00 pm (CBS Sports Network)
#19 South Carolina at Louisiana State, 9:00 pm (SEC Network)
#11 UCLA at Washington State, 9:00 pm (Pacific 12 Network)

Thursday, February 2

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
James Madison at Elon, 7:00 pm
North Carolina Greensboro at Chattanooga, 7:30 pm
Arizona State at #13 Oregon, 11:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Missouri at #24 Florida, 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)
#5 Arizona at Oregon State, 9:00 pm (ESPN 2)
#1 Gonzaga at Brigham Young, 11:00 pm (ESPN 2)
#18 Saint Mary’s at Pacific, 11:00 pm (ESPN-U)

Friday, February 3

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
No games scheduled

Saturday, February 4

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Seton Hall at Georgetown, 12:00 noon (Fox Sports 1)
Marquette at DePaul, 2:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)
Xavier at #22 Creighton, 3:00 pm (FOX)
St. John’s at #4 Villanova, 8:00 pm (CBS Sports Network)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
#23 Purdue at #17 Maryland, 12:00 noon
#9 Virginia at Syracuse, 12:00 noon
South Carolina Upstate at Kennesaw State, 2:00 pm
#5 Arizona at #13 Oregon, 4:00 pm (ESPN)
Connecticut at #14 Cincinnati, 4:00 pm
Coppin State at Maryland-Eastern Shore, 4:00 pm
North Carolina Greensboro at Samford, 4:00 pm
Elon at Charleston, 5:00 pm
Oklahoma State at #7 West Virginia, 5:00 pm (ESPN-U)
Howard at Florida A&M, 6:00 pm
La Salle at George Mason, 7:00 pm
Appalachian State at Arkansas State, 8:00 pm (ESPN 3)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Pittsburgh at #21 Duke, 1:00 pm (CBS)
Georgia at #19 South Carolina, 2:00 pm
Iowa State at #3 Kansas, 2:00 pm (ESPN)
Kansas State at #2 Baylor, 3:00 pm (ESPN News)
#6 Louisville at Boston College, 3:00 pm
#20 Notre Dame at #12 North Carolina, 6:00 pm (ESPN) GAME POSTPONED TO SUNDAY
#18 Saint Mary’s at San Diego, 7:00 pm
#8 Kentucky at #24 Florida, 8:15 pm (ESPN)
#11 UCLA at Washington, 10:30 pm (Pacific 12 Network)
Santa Clara at #1 Gonzaga, 11:00 pm (ESPN-U)

Sunday, February 5

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Indiana at #10 Wisconsin, 1:00 pm (CBS)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Clemson at #15 Florida State, 12:30 pm (ESPN-U)
#20 Notre Dame vs. #12 North Carolina at Greensboro NC, 1:00 pm (ESPN News)

Monday, February 6

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Howard at Bethune-Cookman, 7:30 pm
North Carolina Central at Coppin State, 7:30 pm
Coastal Carolina at Arkansas State, 8:00 pm (ESPN 3)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#6 Louisville at #9 Virginia, 7:00 pm (ESPN)
#3 Kansas at Kansas State, 9:00 pm (ESPN)

[95hoya]

Maryland has 3 stud freshmen. None were 5 stars but they play like it. Impressive to go 20-2 starting 3 freshmen. Also, the Big Ten looks down. No title contenders in that conference. Good to see Northwestern finally have a good team.

[95hoya]

Yante Maten is a monster. He's killing Kentucky.

[fellspoint]

Jan 31, 2017 21:43:52 GMT -5 95hoya said:

Maryland has 3 stud freshmen. None were 5 stars but they play like it. Impressive to go 20-2 starting 3 freshmen. Also, the Big Ten looks down. No title contenders in that conference. Good to see Northwestern finally have a good team.

#21, Justin Jackson, is the real deal.  Cowan, so far, has lived up to his billing coming out of the WCAC.  Looks like having Huerter out there with Trimble and Cowan gives Turgeon 3 point guards on the court.

[njhoya78]

The Saturday 6:00 pm game between #12 North Carolina and #20 Notre Dame, scheduled for Chapel Hill, may have to be postponed due to a water emergency that caused the UNC campus to cancel classes Friday afternoon.

www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/unc-now/article130581619.html

[hoyarooter]

Feb 3, 2017 17:04:09 GMT -5 njhoya78 said:

The Saturday 6:00 pm game between #12 North Carolina and #20 Notre Dame, scheduled for Chapel Hill, may have to be postponed due to a water emergency that caused the UNC campus to cancel classes Friday afternoon.

www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/unc-now/article130581619.html

Is this a plague visited upon UNC by the NCAA?

[professorhoya]

Feb 3, 2017 20:04:39 GMT -5 hoyarooter said:

Feb 3, 2017 17:04:09 GMT -5 njhoya78 said:

The Saturday 6:00 pm game between #12 North Carolina and #20 Notre Dame, scheduled for Chapel Hill, may have to be postponed due to a water emergency that caused the UNC campus to cancel classes Friday afternoon.

www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/unc/unc-now/article130581619.html

Is this a plague visited upon UNC by the NCAA?

Coincidently the basketball and football players had a big exam planned for Friday.

[FrazierFanatic]

Feb 4, 2017 8:13:24 GMT -5 professorhoya said:

Feb 3, 2017 20:04:39 GMT -5 hoyarooter said:

Is this a plague visited upon UNC by the NCAA?

Coincidently the basketball and football players had a big exam planned for Friday.

If you can call "Find the Popes in the Pizza" a big exam.

The old-timers will get that reference.

[njhoya78]

Feb 4, 2017 9:08:30 GMT -5 FrazierFanatic said:

Feb 4, 2017 8:13:24 GMT -5 professorhoya said:

Coincidently the basketball and football players had a big exam planned for Friday.

If you can call "Find the Popes in the Pizza" a big exam.

The old-timers will get that reference.

Ah, yes...exam to be given by Father Guido Sarducci.

[njhoya78]

Today's game between #12 North Carolina and #20 Norte Dame has been rescheduled, and will now be played in Greensboro NC on Sunday at 1:00 pm. I haven't seen confirmation yet, but assume that it will still be televised by ESPN.

EDIT: The game will be televised on ESPN News. For those who want a break from the Super Bowl pre-game festivities.

[FrazierFanatic]

Feb 4, 2017 9:14:12 GMT -5 njhoya78 said:

Feb 4, 2017 9:08:30 GMT -5 FrazierFanatic said:

If you can call "Find the Popes in the Pizza" a big exam.

The old-timers will get that reference.

Ah, yes...exam to be given by Father Guido Sarducci.

😎

[BeantownHoya]

Cuse wins. Big win for them for bubble purposes.

[hoyajinx]

Oregon is embarrassing Arizona by 35 with under 5 to play.

[mapei]

Purdue gave me a faint silver lining on an otherwise dark and abysmally cloudy day. Nice road win, Boilermakers.