Games of Interest - November 11 through 18, 2019

[njhoya78]

Kentucky moved up two slots into the #1 spot in the Associated Press Top 25 after victories over last week’s #1, Michigan State (69-62) in New York City, and over Eastern Kentucky (91-49), followed by Duke, which also advanced two slots into #2 after wins over former #3 Kansas (68-66) in New York City and over Colorado State (89-55). North Carolina was the biggest gainer among last week’s ranked teams, moving up three slots to #6 after victories over Notre Dame (76-65) and at North Carolina Wilmington (78-62). Florida fell nine slots to #15 after losing at home to Florida State (63-51).

There are still three Big East Conference teams ranked in the AP Top 25: Villanova remains at #10 after a 97-54 win over Army West Point; Seton Hall remains at #12 after a 105-71 win over Wagner and a 74-57 win over New York Stony Brook; and Xavier, which fell two slots to #21 after a 76-57 win over Jacksonville and an 81-63 win over Siena. Marquette, Providence, Georgetown and Creighton also received votes this week.

Newly ranked teams this week are Washington at #20, after the aforementioned win over then-ranked #15 Baylor, and Colorado at #25, after an 81-71 victory over Arizona State in a non-Pac 12 game played in Shanghai, China. The Huskies and Buffaloes replace Purdue and Virginia Commonwealth in the AP Top 25; the Boilermakers fell from #23 after losing at home to Texas (70-66), and the Rams fell from #25 despite wins against St. Francis (Pennsylvania), 72-58, and North Texas, 59-56.

All times listed are Eastern Standard Time. As before, game results will be updated sporadically.  NOTE:  Updated as of 9:58 pm on November 17, 2019.

Monday, November 11

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
DePaul 93 at Iowa 78.

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Averett 51 at North Carolina Greensboro 109.
Samford 63 at Belmont 95.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Winthrop 61 at #18 Saint Mary’s 59.

Tuesday, November 12

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Creighton 79 at Michigan 79.
Missouri 58 at #21 Xavier 63, overtime.
New Hampshire 61 at St. John’s 74.
Minnesota 56 at Butler 64.

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
American 67 at George Washington 65.
Central Arkansas 54 at #2 Duke 105.
California Baptist 54 at Texas 67.
New Orleans 64 at Southern Methodist 77.
Mount St. Mary’s 46 at #20 Washington 56.
Nevada Las Vegas 75 at California 79.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Evansville 67 at #1 Kentucky 64.
#22 Auburn 70 at South Alabama 69.
Denver 56 at #17 Utah State 97.
#13 Memphis 74 vs. #14 Oregon 82.
North Dakota 66 at #8 Gonzaga 97.

Wednesday, November 13

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
#10 Villanova 51 at #16 Ohio State 76.
Providence 63 at Northwestern 72.
Purdue 55 at Marquette 65.

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
St. Mary’s (Maryland) 57 at Maryland Baltimore County 79.
Colgate 54 at Syracuse 70.
Virginia-Wise 64 at Samford 102.
Oklahoma State 73 at College of Charleston 54.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#23 Louisiana State 82 at Virginia Commonwealth 84.
Indiana State 62 at #4 Louisville 91.
Houston Baptist 74 at #11 Texas Tech 103.

Thursday, November 14

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Pennsylvania State 81 at Georgetown 66.
#3 Michigan State 76 at #12 Seton Hall 73.

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Towson 60 at #15 Florida 66.
California State San José 39 at #19 Arizona 87.
California State Long Beach 63 at #18 Saint Mary’s 81.

Friday, November 15

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Missouri State 56 at #21 Xavier 59.

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Georgia State 63 at #2 Duke 74.
Tennessee Tech 30 at North Carolina Greensboro 64.
Mount St. Mary’s 61 at Lamar 76.
Prairie View A&M 56 at Texas 70.
California Baptist 62 at California 82.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
California State Northridge 70 at #22 Auburn 116.
Monmouth 57 at #5 Kansas 112.
Gardner-Webb 61 at #6 North Carolina 77.
#8 Gonzaga 79 at Texas A&M 49.
North Carolina A&T 54 at #17 Utah State 81.
Texas State 63 at #24 Baylor 72.

Saturday, November 16

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Ohio 54 at #10 Villanova 78.
Cornell 54 at DePaul 75.
Saint Peter’s 47 at Providence 68.
Vermont 70 at St. John’s 68.
Louisiana Tech 72 at Creighton 82.
Wofford 61 at Butler 80.

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Georgian Court 48 at Maryland Baltimore County 60.
Montana State 67 at North Carolina Greensboro 66.
American 76 at St. Francis (Pennsylvania) 79.
Jackson State 63 at Southern Methodist 80.
Seattle 67 at Syracuse 89.
Samford 55 at North Alabama 61.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Columbia 42 at #9 Virginia 60.
Oakland 50 at #7 Maryland 80.
Alcorn State 56 at #13 Memphis 102.
#20 Washington 62 vs. Tennessee 75.
Nicholls State 65 at #23 Louisiana State 75.
San Diego 53 at #25 Colorado 71.

Sunday, November 17

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Marquette 61 at Wisconsin 77.
#12 Seton Hall 83 at Saint Louis 66.
Georgia State 83 at Georgetown 91.

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Arkansas-Little Rock 76 at Central Arkansas 56.
Yale 57 at Oklahoma State 64.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
New Mexico State 53 at #19 Arizona 83.
#15 Florida 59 at Connecticu 62.
North Carolina Central 58 at #4 Louisville 87.
California Polytechnic State 48 at #18 Saint Mary’s 79.
Texas Arlington 47 at #14 Oregon 67.

Monday, November 18

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Appalachian State at North Carolina Greensboro, 7:00 pm (ESPN+)
Southern Methodist at Evansville, 7:00 pm (ESPN+)
Prairie View A&M at California, 10:00 pm

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Charleston Southern at #3 Michigan State, 6:30 pm (Big Ten Network)
Utah Valley at #1 Kentucky, 7:00 pm (ESPN 2)
Colgate at #22 Auburn, 8:00 pm (SEC Network)
Stetson at #16 Ohio State, 8:30 pm (Big Ten Network)
California Irvine at #25 Colorado, 9:00 pm (Pacific 12 Network)
Texas San Antonio at #17 Utah State, 9:00 pm

[Hoyas4Ever]

Really really really appreciate what you do every week in putting this together. Makes a lot of our weeks easier in planning our schedules. So thank you!

Only thing is the Marquette/Wisconsin isn't part of the Gavitt Tip-Off games. Just their annual rivalry game.

[LCPolo18]

They have fixed it, but this is the second straight week where the AP poll was initially released and their website confused Georgetown with Georgia.

[mapei]

Duke v. Central Arkansas tomorrow night could provide more information on where we stand relative to the top teams.

[njhoya78]

Nov 11, 2019 15:51:28 GMT -5 Hoyas4Ever said:

Really really really appreciate what you do every week in putting this together. Makes a lot of our weeks easier in planning our schedules. So thank you!

Only thing is the Marquette/Wisconsin isn't part of the Gavitt Tip-Off games. Just their annual rivalry game.

My bad. Thanks for catching my mistake. "First one this year!"

[prhoya]

Nov 11, 2019 16:49:05 GMT -5 mapei said:

Duke v. Central Arkansas tomorrow night could provide more information on where we stand relative to the top teams.

Ahhh! The transitive property of college basketball scores...

[HoyaSinceBirth]

DePaul kicking Iowa's butt in Iowa.

BE is going to be tough this year.

[BeantownHoya]

Evansville up on Kentucky at half. Not that I wouldn't love him to be a Hoya but Khalil Whitney might be the worst FT shooter in the country....

[FrazierFanatic]

St. John's up by 2 at half vs. New Hampshire

[madgesiq92]

Nov 11, 2019 16:49:05 GMT -5 mapei said:

Duke v. Central Arkansas tomorrow night could provide more information on where we stand relative to the top teams.

I hope not.

[hoyazeke]

My BE loyalty is torn with Xavier....I want a BE win but I hate Xavier more....smh

[tashoya]

Down goes Kentucky at home. Hilarious.

Johnnies really stepped it up in the second half.

[tashoya]

Which player(s) does Cal throw under the bus first?

[madgesiq92]

Congrats to Walter McCarty. Completely outcoached Cal. Came to Evansville from Celtics where he coached under Brad Stevens.

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Lol.

[BeantownHoya]

American over GW tonight

[seaweed]

MSM tied at the half w #20 UWash.

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And #24 Auburn beats 260ish RPI South Alabama by 1 ... could you even imagine this board ...

[MCIGuy]

Nov 12, 2019 21:53:03 GMT -5 seaweed said:

MSM tied at the half w #20 UWash.

We must have given them confidence.

[mapei]

Duke beat Central Arkansas by 51 tonight, even without playing star point guard Tre Jones at all in the second half (precaution after a collision with a CA player in the first). They play our other common opponent in the 2K Classic, Georgia State, on Friday night.