Games of Interest (2015-16 Edition)

[Play Angry]

Healthy slate of games today but not a lot of contests featuring our opponents. All times CST.

UNI 70, Stephen F. Austin 60, Final
Evansville vs. Marian, 7 PM on ESPN3

Alabama @ Dayton, 12 PM on ESPN
Xavier vs. Mizzou, 5:30 PM
#18 Notre Dame vs. Milwaukee, 6 PM on ESPN3

Other games for teams ranked near us which could have an impact:

#8 Oklahoma @ Memphis, 4 PM on ESPN
#2 Kentucky vs. #5 Duke (in Chicago), 6:30 PM on ESPN
#3 Maryland vs. Georgetown, 8 PM on ESPN2
#4 Kansas vs. #13 Michigan State (in Chicago), 9 PM on ESPN

[ShockdaWorld]

This may be the first time I've ever forced myself to root for Dook. And rooting for Dook and Michigan State in the same day, unheard of. Add Georgetown to that mess, and we're nearing DEFCON 5.

[Stickboy46]

Healthy slate of games today but not a lot of contests featuring our opponents. All times CST.

UNI 70, Stephen F. Austin 60, Final
Evansville vs. Marian, 7 PM on ESPN3

Alabama @ Dayton, 12 PM on ESPN
Xavier vs. Mizzou, 5:30 PM
#18 Notre Dame vs. Milwaukee, 6 PM on ESPN3

Other games for teams ranked near us which could have an impact:

#8 Oklahoma @ Memphis, 4 PM on ESPN
#2 Kentucky vs. #5 Duke (in Chicago), 6:30 PM on ESPN
#3 Maryland vs. Georgetown, 8 PM on ESPN2
#4 Kansas vs. #13 Michigan State (in Chicago), 9 PM on ESPN

The only possible scenario with those 2 games bolded is that MSU jumps us. UK vs Duke will result in both moving up due to Quality win and a Quality Loss.
If KU wins, they move up, if they lose, they stay the same and MSU jumps to top 5.

[Dave Stalwart]

The only possible scenario with those 2 games bolded is that MSU jumps us. UK vs Duke will result in both moving up due to Quality win and a Quality Loss.
If KU wins, they move up, if they lose, they stay the same and MSU jumps to top 5.

That's right. As we know, KU is a fixed object every season. When they lose, other teams become top ten teams but it never means KU is not in the right spot. It takes a lot of quality losses for name brand teams to ever drop much.

However, I still want all of these teams to lose as much as possible so we can see another year of 10+ loss teams debating how they belong as a 1 or 2 seed because their games were so hard.

I will obviously root for Michigan state here because they will lose a ton of games this season, be ranked number 25 and then reach the elite 8 as usual. It almost doesn't even matter what they do in the regular season.

And you've gotta go Duke here because someone somewhere already has a "UK, undefeated 2015-16" tattoo to spoil

I definitely want Maryland to win all their games this year so it can be WSU and them at some version of #1 and #2. We will face them for the title long after KU falls to Evansville in the first round, and FVV will own what's his name in front of 80K people and collect a title.

[ShockerPrez]

The only possible scenario with those 2 games bolded is that MSU jumps us. UK vs Duke will result in both moving up due to Quality win and a Quality Loss.
If KU wins, they move up, if they lose, they stay the same and MSU jumps to top 5.

Another wrinkle to add to a KU ranking quotient.

--Any losses within the first 10 games mean nothing, as KU is still getting their awesome newcomers to buy into playing as a team.

[ShockdaWorld]

Another wrinkle to add to a KU ranking quotient.

--Any losses within the first 10 games mean nothing, as KU is still getting their awesome newcomers to buy into playing as a team.

Do they have newcomer(s) this year? Only one I've seen is Bragg.

[ShockerEngr]

or getting their newcomers eligible still...

[ShockdaWorld]

or getting their newcomers eligible still...

Or not..

[Cdizzle]

Alabama (remember Alabama? they tried to hire out coach this summer) is down 27 to Dayton with 10 to go.

Good call, coach.

[ShockdaWorld]

Alabama (remember Alabama? they tried to hire out coach this summer) is down 27 to Dayton with 10 to go.

Good call, coach.

You mean the mighty Alabama team that hired NBA coach of the year Avery Johnson to restore them to the SEC powerhouse they were under Nolan Richardson? How can it be??

[Shoxthemonkey]

Wimp Sanderson, not Nolan R.

[The Mad Hatter]

Alabama (remember Alabama? they tried to hire out coach this summer) is down 27 to Dayton with 10 to go.

Good call, coach.

And in several months, there might even be an Alabama fan who notices that this (or any other basketball game) happened.

[RoyalShock]

The saw some of the ETSU vs UW-GB game featuring former Wichita State Assistant and current ETSU Head Coach Steve Forbes. Very nice turnout of fans and the Bucs didn't disappoint, winning 103-90. Forbes has some players!

GB is 0-2 now but their other lose was at Stanford 93-89. Stanford that crushed Charleston Southern by about 40. ETSU has scored 100+ in each of their 2 game so far. Looking forward to seeing how they perform against Nova next. Maybe Coach Forbes will finish higher than the predicted 4th place in the preseason poll.

Henry Uwadiae sighting for Green Bay. He played one minute, and he's a junior. I think we dodged a wasted scholarship with that one.

Abednego Lufile plays for Forbes and scored 10 points.

[LandStander]

Henry Uwadiae sighting for Green Bay. He played one minute, and he's a junior. I think we dodged a wasted scholarship with that one.

Abednego Lufile plays for Forbes and scored 10 points.

Glass xfered over there too? Any minutes yet?

[Cdizzle]

Glass xfered over there too? Any minutes yet?

Transfer. Has to sit out a year.