2014-15 Games of Interest

[shocker3]

EKU ended up beating #18 Miami 72-44.

[WuDrWu]

EKU ended up beating #18 Miami 72-44.

Is Miami elite?

[WSUwatcher]

Is Miami elite?

Not tonight, they weren't. They weren't even lite, much less elite. In front of a no-doubt impassioned home crowd of less than 4500, they were outscored 45-19 in the second half.

Wow and double wow.

[Downtown Shocker Brown]

Watching Higgins and crew ref this Arizona v. UTEP game.

These teams have battled it out and it is being settled on the court, not FT line.

[WSUwatcher]

...I like your post precisely because it does pick on Creighton!

Hey, Mad -- If Warren Nolan's predictions are close, you should have plenty of Crieghton-mocking posts to enjoy this season. I just looked at his conference predictions, and he currently guesses that Creighton will live down to their ninth-place preseason forecast and head into their conference tournament at 14-17, 5-13 in league play. Gee, that might even drive their fans to drink.

By the way, Nolan also currently guesses that K-State will bring up the bottom (!) of the Big 12-2, wrapping up at 9-22 (seriously) and 2-16 (even more seriously) in conference play. That's hard to imagine, but it would be quite a sight, wouldn't it? Imagine the EMAW reaction if anything close to that occurs. (He also has WSU finishing the Valley at 17-1, presumably with a loss to the UNIs, whom he predicts to go 15-3 for a second place Valley finish.)

[jocoshock]

Is Miami elite?

@MattNorlander: That’s astounding. 6-4 Fla, which the U won at, is 17 MT @Sam_Vecenie Miami just dropped from 23 to 70 in KenPom after losing @ home to EKU.

[Dave Stalwart]

Oh, look! Louisville is playing at Western Kentucky and Indiana plays at Bulter on the same day Iowa and Iowa St are playing at UNI and Drake.

Sure would be fun to live in a state where people weren't chicken.

UNM and NMSU are finishing a non-con home and home with each other in the same season today.

[WuDrWu]

Anyone watching Louisville - Western Kentucky? Playing at WKU the Cards lead but the last 4 minutes it got interesting. There was a loose ball scrum and it ended with Montrez Harrell getting tossed for throwing a punch and both coaches getting T'd up AFTER the meeting for serious jawing at each other, not the R who by the way was also hurt in the fight.

WKU has a couple of scrappy freshman and the 2nd half, while probably still a likely blowout, could get interesting.

[AndShock]

I was looking for info on the Louisville/WKU series and came across this article.

http://www.kentucky.com/2014/12/20/3603183/wku-set-for-packed-house-against.html

Western Kentucky coach Ray Harper watched this week as Wichita State labored at home against Alabama.Wichita State wasn't supposed to lose the game, and the crowd wasn't going to settle for defeat. Those in attendance erupted in the final minutes as the Shockers completed the comeback effort.

Harper felt the crowd was one of the biggest factors in the end result, and he hopes fans at E.A. Diddle Arena can play a similar role at noon today when the Hilltoppers (5-4) welcome No. 4 Louisville.
"There's no question that Wichita State is a terrific team, but they have one of those programs where their fans will them to wins," Harper said. "They should've lost that basketball game. If that would've been 99 percent of the teams in college basketball, they would've lost. But not Wichita State at Wichita State. ... Those fans will them to wins. They're going to have to will us on (today). We'll need their help. It's going to have to be continuous.

"That's what good crowds and good programs have, are fans that care."

[wusphlash]

I was looking for info on the Louisville/WKU series and came across this article.

http://www.kentucky.com/2014/12/20/3...e-against.html

Could that possibly be the crowd that disappointed some ShockerNetters?

[Play Angry]

A little late but there's some really good stuff today. We're gonna move up a little on Monday.


ISUb vs. Eastern Illinois, 1 PM
Memphis vs. ORU, 2 PM on CBS Sports
Missouri State vs. Eastern Michigan, 2 PM
Illinois State @ Murray State, 3 PM
Detroit @ Rhode Island, 3 PM
Drake vs. #13 Iowa State, 4 PM
UNI vs. Iowa, 6:30 PM in Des Moines (neutral) on Big Ten Network
NMSU vs. New Mexico, 8 PM
#14 Utah @ UNLV, 10:30 PM on ESPN2

#4 Louisville @ Western Kentucky (UL leading 49-44 w/10 remaining) on FS1
#7 Villanova vs. Syracuse (Cuse up 36-25 w/2:34 left in the half) on FOX
#12 Ohio State vs #24 UNC, neutral in Chicago (Heels up 43-31 at halftime) on CBS
#10 KU vs. Lafayette, 2 PM on ESPN3
#9 Texas vs LBSU, 7 PM on Longhorn Network/WatchESPN

[1979Shocker]

Anyone watching Louisville - Western Kentucky? Playing at WKU the Cards lead but the last 4 minutes it got interesting. There was a loose ball scrum and it ended with Montrez Harrell getting tossed for throwing a punch and both coaches getting T'd up AFTER the meeting for serious jawing at each other, not the R who by the way was also hurt in the fight.

WKU has a couple of scrappy freshman and the 2nd half, while probably still a likely blowout, could get interesting.

I wonder if Harrell will miss any other games.

[wufan]

UNC destroying Ohio State.

Syracuse up 3 on Nova in Philly with 8 to play.

[ky-mike]

I wonder if Harrell will miss any other games.

He will miss the next game, but will be back for the Kentucky game next Saturday.

[AndShock]

I wonder if Harrell will miss any other games.

He's out for the game against Cal State Northridge but will be back for their game against Kentucky.

edit: beaten to the punch