Games of Interest - February 25 through March 4, 2019

[njhoya78]

It’s the last week of the regular season for mid-major conferences, whose post-season tournaments will begin next week.

There is a Jesuit school atop the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time this season. Gonzaga moved into the #1 slot after extending their winning streak to eighteen games with wins over Pepperdine (92-64) and Brigham Young (102-68); Duke fell two slots to #3 after losing to then-ranked #8 North Carolina, 88-72, and winning at Syracuse, 75-65.

There are now as many schools from the Big East Conference ranked as there are from the Pacific 12 and Southern Conferences. Marquette moved up one spot to #10 with a 79-69 win against Butler and a 76-58 win at Providence. Villanova plummeted out of the AP Top 25, falling from #17 after extending their losing streak to three with losses at Georgetown (85-73) and at Xavier (66-54). No other Big East Conference schools received any consideration in the polls this week.

The largest gains in the polls this week were by Kansas State and Maryland, each of whom moved up seven slots. Kansas State is now ranked #16 after a 65-51 win at West Virginia and an 85-46 romp at Oklahoma State, and Maryland moved up to #17 after a 66-65 win at then-ranked #21 Iowa and a 72-62 win over Ohio State. The largest drop by a still-ranked team was by Nevada, which fell six slots to #12 after a 65-57 loss at San Diego State and a 74-68 win over California State Fresno.

There are three additions to the AP Top 25. Cincinnati returns at #23 after a 60-55 win over Central Florida and a 64-60 win at Connecticut; Wofford is ranked for the first time this season at #24 after extending their winning streak to fifteen with an 80-50 win over North Carolina Greensboro and a 72-64 win at Furman; Washington returns to the rankings at #25 after wins over Utah (62-45) and Colorado (64-55). They replace Villanova (formerly #17), as well as Louisville (formerly #18) and Iowa State (formerly #19). Louisville lost at Syracuse (69-49) and against then-ranked #3 Virginia (64-52), and Iowa State lost against Baylor (73-69) and at Texas Christian (75-72).

All times listed are Eastern Standard Time.

Monday, February 25

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Howard at Morgan State, 7:30 pm

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Notre Dame at #18 Florida State, 7:00 pm (ESPN)
#16 Kansas State at #15 Kansas, 9:00 pm (ESPN)

Tuesday, February 26

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Providence at Butler, 7:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Kennesaw State at Liberty, 7:00 pm (ESPN+)
Syracuse at #5 North Carolina, 9:00 pm (ACC Network)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Akron at #21 Buffalo, 7:00 pm (ESPN+)
#3 Duke at #20 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 7:00 pm (ESPN)
#22 Iowa at Ohio State, 7:00 pm (Big Ten Network)
Arkansas at #4 Kentucky, 9:00 pm (SEC Network)
Texas A&M at #13 Louisiana State, 9:00 pm (ESPN 2)
#19 Wisconsin at Indiana, 9:00 pm (ESPN)

Wednesday, February 27

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
DePaul at Georgetown, 7:00 pm (CBS Sports Network)
#10 Marquette at Villanova, 9:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Campbell at South Carolina Upstate, 7:00 pm (ESPN+)
Central Florida at South Florida, 7:00 pm (ESPN 3)
Richmond at George Mason, 7:00 pm (ESPN+)
Illinois at #14 Purdue, 8:30 pm (Big Ten Network)
#23 Cincinnati at Southern Methodist, 9:00 pm (CBS Sports Network)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#17 Maryland at Pennsylvania State, 6:30 pm (Big Ten Network)
Georgia Institute of Technology at #2 Virginia, 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)
#8 Houston at East Carolina, 7:00 pm (ESPN 3)
Oklahoma State at #11 Texas Tech, 7:00 pm (ESPN-U)
#7 Tennessee at Mississippi, 7:00 pm (SEC Network)
Nevada Las Vegas at #12 Nevada, 11:00 pm (CBS Sports Network)

Thursday, February 28

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Xavier at St. John’s (Carnesecca Arena), 6:30 pm (Fox Sports 1)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Arkansas-Little Rock at Georgia Southern, 7:00 pm (ESPN+)
Central Connecticut State at Long Island Brooklyn, 7:00 pm
Appalachian State at Louisiana Monroe, 8:00 pm (ESPN+)
Santa Clara at Loyola Marymount, 11:00 pm

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Nebraska at #9 Michigan, 7:00 pm (ESPN)
#24 Wofford at Tennessee Chattanooga, 7:00 pm (ESPN+)
#1 Gonzaga at Pacific, 11:00 pm (ESPN 2)
#25 Washington at California, 11:00 pm

Friday, March 1

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Liberty at New Jersey Institute of Technology, 7:00 pm (ESPN+)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#21 Buffalo at Miami (Ohio), 8:00 pm

Saturday, March 2

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Butler at Villanova (Wells Fargo Center), 2:00 pm (FOX)
Seton Hall at Georgetown, 6:30 pm (CBS Sports Network)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Syracuse at Wake Forest, 12:00 noon (ACC Network)
Arkansas-Little Rock at Georgia State, 1:00 pm (ESPN+)
Radford at Campbell, 2:00 pm (ESPN 3)
Appalachian State at Louisiana Lafayette, 2:30 pm
Loyola Marymount at San Francisco, 4:00 pm
Maryland Eastern Shore at Howard, 4:00 pm
Virginia Commonwealth at Richmond in Lumber Liquidators Capital City Classic, 4:00 pm (CBS Sports Network)
Howard at Savannah State, 6:00 pm

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#15 Kansas at Oklahoma State, 12:00 noon (CBS)
#13 Louisiana State at Alabama, 12:00 noon (ESPN)
#6 Michigan State at Indiana, 12:00 noon (FOX)
North Carolina State at #18 Florida State, 12:00 noon (ESPN 2)
Pennsylvania State at #19 Wisconsin, 1:00 pm (Big Ten Network)
#4 Kentucky at #7 Tennessee, 2:00 pm (CBS)
Ohio State at #14 Purdue, 2:00 pm (ESPN)
Pittsburgh at #2 Virginia, 2:00 pm (ACC Network)
#24 Wofford at Samford, 2:00 pm (ESPN 3)
Central Florida at #8 Houston, 4:00 pm (ESPN)
Miami (Florida) at #3 Duke, 4:00 pm (CBS)
#11 Texas Tech at Texas Christian, 4:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Rutgers at #22 Iowa, 5:00 pm (Big Ten Network)
#5 North Carolina at Clemson, 6:00 pm (ESPN)
Baylor at #16 Kansas State, 8:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Memphis at #23 Cincinnati, 8:00 pm (ESPN-U)
#12 Nevada at Utah State, 8:30 pm (CBS Sports Network)
#1 Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s, 10:00 pm (ESPN)

Sunday, March 3

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
St. John’s at DePaul, 12:00 noon (Fox Sports 1)
Creighton at #10 Marquette, 3:00 pm (Fox Sports 1)

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
South Florida at Connecticut, 12:00 noon (CBS Sports Network)
Fairleigh Dickinson at Central Connecticut State, 1:00 pm
Wichita State at Southern Methodist, 2:00 pm (CBS Sports Network)
Northwestern at Illinois, 6:30 pm (Big Ten Network)

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#9 Michigan at #17 Maryland, 3:45 pm (CBS)
#25 Washington at Stanford, 4:00 pm (ESPN 2)

Monday, March 4

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Jacksonville at Liberty in Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament, 7:00 pm (ESPN+)
#2 Virginia at Syracuse, 7:00 pm (ESPN)
Morgan State at Maryland Eastern Shore, 7:30 pm

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#17 Kansas State at Texas Christian, 9:00 pm
Texas at #11 Texas Tech, 9:00 pm

[HometownHoya]

Two CBS Sports Network games this week, ugh

[DFW HOYA]

Providence loses a seven point lead with 1:34 to play and gives up consecutive wide open threes for Butler to force OT. Did anyone listen to Ed Cooley on that bench?

EDIT: BIG Win for the Friars in OT. And big for Georgetown, too.

[RockawayHoya]

Feb 26, 2019 21:13:08 GMT -5 DFW HOYA said:

Providence loses a seven point lead with 1:34 to play and gives up consecutive wide open threes for Butler to force OT. Did anyone listen to Ed Cooley on that bench?

Isaiah Jackson did.

[augustusfinknottle]

Friars win 73-67

[DFW HOYA]

Feb 26, 2019 21:28:11 GMT -5 augustusfinknottle said:

Friars win 73-67

Exactly what was D. Duke thinking with a foul with 10.7 left?

[iheartdurenbros]

Providence wins by 7.

[njhoya78]

Bump, to keep this thread on the first page.

[njhoya78]

Villanova with 5 points over 7 minutes into the first half, trailing Butler by 7. They look lost out there.

[71hoya]

Nova up 33-30 at half. I think we need Nova to win.

[TrueHoyaBlue]

This St Johns-DePaul game is an interesting (and also ugly) one. The Johnnies got out to a fast double-digit lead, but DePaul has closed to 31-27 at the under-4 timeout.

Also, SJU is in crazy foul trouble. Heron has 3 and 5(!) other Johnnies have 2, with 24 more minutes to play.

Edit: now 7 Johnnies in foul trouble as Ponds picked his second on a charge with 3:00 to play in the first half.

Update: at 15:51 mark in the second, Johnnies lead 50-46 and Ponds has been heating up, but Simon and Heron both have their 4th fouls already.

[Ranch Dressing]

Mar 3, 2019 12:51:32 GMT -5 TrueHoyaBlue said:

This St Johns-DePaul game is an interesting (and also ugly) one. The Johnnies got out to a fast double-digit lead, but DePaul has closed to 31-27 at the under-4 timeout.

Also, SJU is in crazy foul trouble. Heron has 3 and 5(!) other Johnnies have 2, with 24 more minutes to play.

Edit: now 7 Johnnies in foul trouble as Ponds picked his second on a charge with 3:00 to play in the first half.

Let’s go DePaul!!

[71hoya]

DePaul hanging in. Up 68 -65 over Johns with 7min to go.

[71hoya]

All tied at 74. 4:29 to go

[Ranch Dressing]

This would be huge for our chances to finish solo third.

Of course, it also shows that DePaul on the road will be TOUGH.

[kettlehill]

Strus is locked in...impressive.

[Ranch Dressing]

Mar 3, 2019 14:03:26 GMT -5 kettlehill said:

Strus is locked in...impressive.

Strus is pulling an Akinjo, willing his team forward...

[Eurostar]

This St Johns vs DePaul game is one of the worst officiated games I’ve ever seen. Touch fouls being called on literally every possession. I hope we never get these officials

[JohnnyJones]

Mar 3, 2019 14:01:05 GMT -5 Ranch Dressing said:

This would be huge for our chances to finish solo third.

Of course, it also shows that DePaul on the road will be TOUGH.

My thoughts exactly as I have been watching this. Although I feel like Strus cant possibly do this two games in a row.

[Ranch Dressing]

My Lord. Strus doing literally everything.