Games of interest

[bunck]

Tennessee up 16-9 on Kenucky 12:30 1st. On CBS.

Surprised noboby posted this since its a big game for us.

[Play Angry]

Edit: beat to the punch by @bunck:

[1972Shocker]

there was a flagrant call that I didn't see and no replay was shown by the Bradley network. What was odd is that it was on an inbound play at mid court. No one was on the floor and the refs didn't do to the monitor for review, etc. the call gave Bradley two free throws and the ball. The result was negligible as BU was up 5 when it occurred and missed both throws but did get a Lemon dunk coming out of the rebound.

The announcers called it a flagrant-1 foul, but the signal the referee made was an intentional foul. It happened while Bradley was inbounding the ball. The foul was called before the ball was inbounded. The Bradley player (#22) missed both of the free throws and Bradley was back inbounding the ball. Bottom line the play had little, if any, impact on the outcome of the game. The score didn't change, possession didn't change and no time went off the clock. The only thing that changed is Bradley inbounded from the sideline at midcourt instead of at the far baseline.

[Rosewood]

Keep it up Tenn

[Aargh]

Tennessee is playing at Kentucky. Still holding on to a 3-point lead late in the first half.

[Shoxthemonkey]

Welp, fun while it lasted. 32-34 UK at the half.

[1972Shocker]

@Northern Iowa 39 - Missouri State 36 at the half.

@Kentucky 58 - Tennessee 50 with 6:50 remaining.

[Play Angry]

Tulsa leading Marshall 59-50 on the road at the under 4.

[1972Shocker]

Tulsa leading Marshall 59-50 on the road at the under 4.

Marshall doesn't appear to be very good this year. But just about any road win is a good win and it sure as hell beats a loss.

151 D-1 games today according to ESPN's scoreboard.

[1972Shocker]

Final: Kentucky 74 - Tennessee 66

[1972Shocker]

Colorado jumps out to a 20-2 lead over USC in Boulder.

[1972Shocker]

@Northern Iowa 59 - Missouri State 61. Northern Iowa has not been good to me in the Shocker Pick 'em Contest. Hope they don't screw me for the second straight game.

MSU's Ron Mvouika has 20 points on 7-9 FG's including 5-5 from 3. Mvouika is a 6-6 Jr guard from Paris, France via Sheridan College who averaged 5.8 PPG in his 1st 15 games as a Bear. How can you predict that kind of performance.

Update: OTOH Nate Buss now has 26 points for UNI on 10-13 FG's and UNI is now leading 79-69 with 3:30 remaining.

[1972Shocker]

Final: Northern Iowa 94 - Missouri State 89

I did not see the game but both teams shot lights out from the field.

UNI shot 67.4% from the field including 13-21 (61.9%) from 3.

MSU shot 59.3% from the field including 12-21 (57.1%) from 3.

UNI did miss 9 FT's (19-28) including 5 in the last 2:30 which kept MSU in the game at the end.

Not sure if this was a defense optional game or perhaps they just decided to play a game of H-O-R-S-E.

[Zardoz]

Final: Northern Iowa 94 - Missouri State 89

Not surprised by the result, but a little bit by the final score, that's a lot of points by those two teams.

[bunck]

19:37 2nd (22) Pittsburgh 21 - 25 (2) Syracuse
16:39 2nd DePaul 28 - 40 (6) Villanova
Missouri St. 89 - 94 Northern Iowa Final
Loyola Chicago 48 - 53 Evansville Final
Fordham 48 - 70 (24) Saint Louis Final