Games of Interest - December 2 through 9, 2019

[njhoya78]

Big changes in the Associated Press Top 25 this week. Previously top ranked, Duke plummeted nine spots to #10 after losing to the unranked Lumberjacks of Stephen F. Austin in overtime, 85-83…and the Blue Devils were not even the biggest poll loser this week. That “honor” belongs to Texas Tech, which dropped from #12 to completely unranked, after losses to Iowa (72-61) and Creighton (83-76, in overtime) in the Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational. The biggest jump of the week was by previously unranked Michigan, which soared to #4 after moving to 7-0 with wins over Iowa State (83-76), then-#6 ranked North Carolina (73-64) and then-#8 ranked Gonzaga (82-64) in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas.

Louisville is now ranked #1, at an undefeated 7-0, after defeating Western Kentucky, 71-54, in Nashville. There are three ranked Big East Conference schools, with Seton Hall falling three slots to #16 after a 71-69 loss to then-#11 ranked Oregon and wins over Southern Mississippi (81-56) and Iowa State (84-76) in the Battle 4 Atlantis. Villanova dropped one slot to #23 after a Big Five win over La Salle, 83-72, and Butler made its first appearance as a ranked team at #24 after wins over Missouri (63-52) and Stanford (68-67) in the Hall of Fame Classic in Kansas City. Xavier, ranked #25 last week, fell out of the AP Top 25 after a 87-62 win over Lipscomb. DePaul and Xavier are the only other Big East Conference schools to have received votes in this week’s poll.

In addition to Texas Tech and Xavier, two other schools fell out of the rankings this week; Virginia Commonwealth, formerly #20, lost to unranked Purdue (59-56) and then-#17 ranked Tennessee (72-69) in the Emerald Coast Classic in Niceville FL, and Florida, formerly #24, fell to unranked status despite a 73-67 win over unranked Marshall. In addition to Michigan and Butler, newly ranked are Florida State, which moved to #17 after wins over unranked Chicago State (113-56) and then-#17 ranked Tennessee (60-57) and unranked Purdue (63-60, in overtime) in the Emerald Coast Classic, and Dayton, which moved to # 19 after wins over unranked Georgia (80-61) and unranked Virginia Polytechnic Institute (89-62) and a loss to then-#4 ranked Kansas (90-84, in overtime) in the Maui Jim Maui Invitational in Lahaina HI.

All times listed are Eastern Standard Time. Game results will be updated sporadically.  NOTE:  Updated as of 10:01 am on December 9.

Monday, December 2

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
South Dakota 55 at #22 Washington 75.

Tuesday, December 3

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Saint Peter’s 69 at St. John’s 79.
#25 Butler 67 at Mississippi 58.
Oral Roberts 60 at Creighton 72.

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Dartmouth 80 at Georgia State 83, overtime.
Iowa 68 at Syracuse 54.
Maryland Baltimore County 61 at American 85.
Auburn Montgomery 64 at Samford 97.
Alabama Birmingham 57 at Texas 67.
Northwestern State 51 at Southern Methodist 77.
Mount St. Mary’s 67 at Grand Canyon 75, overtime.
#10 Duke 87 at #11 Michigan State 75.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Houston Baptist 68 at #19 Dayton 99.
Maryland Eastern Shore 46 at #18 Baylor 78.
#4 Michigan 43 at #1 Louisville 58.
Bradley 56 at #15 Memphis 71.
#17 Florida State 64 at Indiana 80.

Wednesday, December 4

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Pennsylvania 69 at #23 Villanova 80.
Wisconsin Green Bay 71 at Xavier 84.
Georgetown 81 at Oklahoma State 74.
Texas Tech 60 at DePaul 65, overtime.
Jacksonville 56 at Marquette 75.

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Kennesaw State 54 at North Carolina Greensboro 72.
Wake Forest 54 at Pennsylvania State 76.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Florida A&M 43 at #21 Tennessee 72.
#5 Virginia 40 at Purdue 69.
Notre Dame 51 at #3 Maryland 72.
Texas Southern 62 at #9 Gonzaga 101.
#6 Ohio State 74 at #7 North Carolina 49.
Eastern Washington 80 at #22 Washington 90.
Loyola Marymount 64 at #20 Colorado 76.
#25 Utah State 71 at California State San José 59.

Thursday, December 5

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Howard 94 at Hampton 91, overtime.
Central Arkansas 69 at Wichita State 95.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Furman 78 at #14 Auburn 81, overtime.

Friday, December 6

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Providence 61 at Rhode Island 75.

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
#10 Duke 77 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute 63.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Iowa 91 at #4 Michigan 103.
Pittsburgh 46 at #1 Louisville 64.

Saturday, December 7

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Florida 62 at #24 Butler 76.
West Virginia 68 at St. John’s 70.
Nebraska 76 at Creighton 95.
#23 Villanova 78 at Saint Joseph’s 66.
Cincinnati 66 at Xavier 73.
Marquette 73 at Kansas State 65.
Georgetown 91 at Southern Methodist 74.

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Pennsylvania State 74 at #6 Ohio State 106.
Syracuse 97 at Georgia Institute of Technology 63.
St. Francis (Pennsylvania) 63 at Maryland Baltimore County 60.
Loyola (Maryland) 64 at Mount St. Mary’s 58.
North Carolina Greensboro 60 at Radford 58.
Georgia State 73 at Mercer 61.
Central Arkansas 67 at Utah 98.
American 53 at George Mason 68.
Samford 113 at Houston Baptist 90.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
#12 Arizona 58 at #18 Baylor 63.
Fairleigh Dickinson 52 at #8 Kentucky 83.
Illinois 58 at #3 Maryland 59.
#15 Memphis 65 at Alabama Birmingham 57.
California State Fresno 70 at #25 Utah State 77, overtime.
#20 Colorado 58 at #2 Kansas 72.
Hawai’i 64 at #13 Oregon 89.

Sunday, December 8

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
Buffalo 74 at DePaul 69.
#16 Seton Hall 66 at Iowa State 76.

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
Wichita State 80 at Oklahoma State 61.
Texas 60 vs. Texas A&M 50.

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
Clemson 53 at #17 Florida State 72.
#7 North Carolina 47 at #5 Virginia 56.
#19 Dayton 78 vs. Saint Mary’s 68.
#9 Gonzaga 83 at #22 Washington 76.
Rutgers 65 at #11 Michigan State 77.

Monday, December 9

BIG EAST CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

OUT-OF-CONFERENCE
No games scheduled

ASSOCIATED PRESS TOP 25
No games scheduled

[HometownHoya]

What a terrible week for Hoyas on TV.

[njhoya78]

Dec 2, 2019 17:16:06 GMT -5 HometownHoya said:

What a terrible week for Hoyas on TV.

How things can change so quickly. Sixteen hours ago, it was only a terrible week for the Hoyas with respect to television coverage of the games. Oh, to be that innocent again....

[njhoya78]

Bump, to keep on the front page.

[njhoya78]

Another bump.

[HometownHoya]

Now that I paid for ESPN+, any chance ESPNU will be streaming on it?

[hoyaduck]

God damn this DePaul team is impressive

[njhoya78]

Bump.

[njhoya78]

Bump, to return to the front page.

[JohnnyJones]

Saturday, December 7 was a really nice day for the Big East.

[hoyalove4ever]

What a day for Big East basketball!!! Undefeated against a score of good teams.

[Deleted]

The Big East goes 7-0 today with wins over West Virginia, Florida, Nebraska, Cincinnati, Kansas State, SMU and St. Joseph.

[hoyarooter]

Man, what a brutal loss for Illinois on the road against the Twerps after leading for about 39 minutes.

[SSHoya]

Oklahoma State was 5.5 point favorite over Wichita State but the Shockers lead early.

[EtomicB]

Dec 8, 2019 14:31:58 GMT -5 SSHoya said:

Oklahoma State was 5.5 point favorite over Wichita State but the Shockers lead early.

Wichita State is up by 22 with two minutes left in the game...

[kbones17]

Dec 8, 2019 16:06:19 GMT -5 EtomicB said:

Dec 8, 2019 14:31:58 GMT -5 SSHoya said:

Oklahoma State was 5.5 point favorite over Wichita State but the Shockers lead early.

Wichita State is up by 22 with two minutes left in the game...

Dang. We need to be big Texas, Okla St and SMU fans the rest of the way. Don’t want it to be like Illinois last year where it didn’t end up being much of a positive win.

[HoyaChris]

Texas holds serve with an as expected 10 point win against Texas A&M.

[hoyaboya]

Bad home loss for DePaul against Buffalo.