Games of Interest 2/4/12

[Ta Town Shocker]

Non Conference Games

Charleston Southern 58 at Coastal Carolina 71
Oregon at Colorado
Mississippi at Alabama
Temple 73 at Rhode Island 56
UAB at UTEP
UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Fullerton
UNLV at Wyoming
Marshall at Tulsa
Utah State at Fresno State
NJIT at Chicago State
Chattanooga at Davidson

Conference Games
Evansville 52 at Southern Illinois 53
Creighton at Northern Iowa--Line is Creighton -2
Missouri State at Drake -- Line is Drake -2.5
Bradley at Illinois State -- Line is ISUR -12

[ShockerPhi]

Wow, Creighton's line is just 2?? I mean I know we only won there by 3, but I figured Dougie would be favored by more.

[capnkirk]

Wow, Creighton's line is just 2?? I mean I know we only won there by 3, but I figured Dougie would be favored by more.

Yep. I would say that is the easiest bet of the day. UNI is not the UNI of old.

[DwShock]

I'd love to see UNI upset creighton

[Aargh]

NJIT at Chicago State

Might ChiSt actually be favored in a game?
No. New Jersey Institute of Technology (isn't that an oxymoron?) has a kenpom power ranking of 309 compared to ChiSt's 338 ranking. The home court might be enough to swing this one to ChiSt.

The grudge match at UNI could get interesting. In addition to the billboards all over Iowa when McD left for ISU, and the stealing of Dougie Mac from UNI, there's another twist.

Grant Gibbs was recruited by Jacobsen out of high school. Gibbs grew up about a 45 minute drive from McLeod. When he transferred from Gonzaga, he got down to either UNI or CU. He says he thought Dougie was going to be a special player and that's why he chose CU over UNI. Bad blood between those schools seems to be building. The kitties could be angry snarling Panthers tonight. "Any given night" often become "tonight" when one team is playing with "attitude".

[shox1989]

The CU at UNI game is on TV today (I believe MVC-TV: Fox Sports KC, Midwest, Chicago Comcast, Fox College Sports and espn3). Game starts at 4:05 pm CST.

[JaminShock]

CSU lost to Coastal Carolina.

[JaminShock]

SIU wins 53-52, what an exciting game that must have been.

[RussDaBus]

SIU wins 53-52, what an exciting game that must have been.

Another moral victory for the Aces.

[ShockerPhi]

Ugh, ESPN3 is so frustrating. 9 times out of 10 I can't watch Creighton games on it. Freaking useless...

[ShockerFan87]

UNI up 31-30 at the half.

Student section was holding up the #1 finger. Not quite as effective when you're sitting in the middle of the standings.

[1972Shocker]

Another moral victory for the Aces.

Yes, it was. After all they trailed 23-34 at half.

[JaminShock]

UNLV gets upset by 87-RPI Wyoming on the road- not a bad loss, but one they probably should have won.

[KC Shox]

UNLV gets upset by 87-RPI Wyoming on the road- not a bad loss, but one they probably should have won.

Not a bad loss. Interesting though, all four of their losses were on the road to Top 100 teams.

[Anthroshock]

Not a bad loss. Interesting though, all four of their losses were on the road to Top 100 teams.

WYO is solid this year. Never easy to play in Wyoming, as the Shockers should know. I expect Shyatt to do good things there.