I reviewed some of the major polls and stories and added some comments. Football has most of my attention, but I'm slowly shifting into hoops gear.
AAC: Houston plays good D, which borders on mugging, and this may affect them this season depending on how closely the referees call the games. However, Bama went small ball and handed the Cougars their first loss. Memphis(8-3) Coach Penny recruits well.
MWC: San Diego State (8-3) New Mexico (10-0); Utah State( 9-0) UNLV 10-0. Conference play will change some of this attention
WCC: Gonzaga(8-3) Saint Mary's (9-3). I added Santa Clara(9-3) because they upgraded their OOC schedule.
CAA: College of Charleston (11-1) I guess they're got a mention because they beat Virginia Tech.
I peeked at the Atlantic Sun and was surprised to see Liberty and Jacksonville off to slow starts. Also, Queens University Royals(9-2), a small private school in Charlotte who moved up from DII, is off to a nice start but isn't eligible for post season play until the 2026-27 season.
Dec 18, 2022
Nice day for AAC members Houston who won at UVA(ACC) and Memphis who beat TAMU(SEC).
Gonzaga was in top form in a 100-90 win over Bama(SEC), and San Francisco handed UNLV (MWC) its first loss in a decent day for the WCC.
Dec 22, 2022
Kinyon Hodges scored 22 points and Caleb Donaldson added 16 for the Eastern Illinois Panthers in a 92-83 upset of Iowa(Big 10). EIU (Ohio Valley) is 4-9 in OOC play, which includes blowout losses to Ohio St and Illinois of the Big 10.
No. 11 Gonzaga beat Montana for its 72nd straight home win.
Dec 27, 2022
Coach Ladner has S.Miss (11-2) fans feeling good with the additions of Mercer big man Felipe Haase, and Ol Miss transfer, Austin Crowley, but one of those two losses was to NW St. The SunBelt season is about to get in gear so we'll see if the Golden Eagles' talk about Dancing has staying power.
Dec 30, 2022
WCC: Santa Clara beat San Fran last night and is on a nice roll which makes its Jan 7 matchup with Gonzaga interesting.
SunBelt: Marshall handled visiting Appy, and James Madison rolled Georgia St in Atlanta last night. Nothing like a VA/WV interstate battle tomorrow as #Herd host the JMU Dukes in Huntingdon,WV on.
Oops, I missed this one: Reggie Bass drilled a 3-pointer with 11 seconds left for Central Michigan(MAC) in a win over in-state rival Michigan 63-61. Coach Juwan Howard needs more than Anger MGT.
Jan 1, 2023
James Madison led 40-29 at halftime and hung on for a72-66 win over Marshall U. Edwards had 16 point and 6 rebounds for JMU, while Kinsey had 18 points, seven assists and two steals for the Herd.
New Mexico (14-0 2-0 MWC) nipped Wyoming 76-75 last night. Coach Pitino Jr is on a roll. Jamal Mashburn Jr, who followed his coach from Minnesota to UNM, scored 20 for the Lobos. His dad Jamal played at UK for Pitino Sr.
Jan 4, 2023
Mashburn scored 22 for the Lobos, but it was not enough to keep UNM from losing its first game this season and probably falling out of the top 25. Fresno St 71 UNM 67
Jan 6, 2023
AAC- Houston crushed SMU 87-53
WCC- Zags edged San Fran, an erratic team that beat Ariz St this season. Conference looks like it's stronger this season. Keep your eyes on Santa Clara!
ASUN: Liberty is off to a 3-0 start in conference play with 75-41 win over Jax St. Queens is 2-1with a 75-74 win over Bellamine last night.
Jan 8, 2023
Queens Royals are getting a taste of conference play. They lost to Kenesaw last night. EKU survived C. Arkansas.
ASUN players get quite an education in the geography of the South. Every school is located in a state that was in the Confederacy except for EKU and Bellamine. Kentucky was a border state.
Jan 11, 2023
San Diego St is off to a 4-0 start in the MWC with a win over Nevada last night.
Life in the A10 has been rough for Loyola of Chicago who lost a home game to VCU last night.
Dayton 4-0 - 12-5
VCU 3-1 - 12-5
LoC 0-4 - 6-10
Jan 12, 2023
Houston(17-1 5-0 AAC) 83 USF(7-10 0-4 AAC) 77. Cougars stay at #1, and USF appears to be showing improvement.
Jan 13, 2023
BYU 's crowd was fired up but the Cougars fell short against the Zags . GONZ 75 BYU 74.
Nice team effort by Marshall in an 89-67 blowout of USM. Kinsey is a smooth member of the Herd.
Jan 14, 2023
Akron(11-6 3-1MAC) 104 Eastern Michigan(4-13 1-3MAC) 67. Coach Cooper keeps rolling in the MAC
VCU was down 33 -19 at halftime and looked ragged, but roared back to defeat Dayton 63-62 in an A10 matchup.
Kenan Blackshear scored 25 for Nevada in a big MWC win over Utah St.
San Diego State 4-0
Nevada 5-1
Jan 15, 2023
Riley Battin's 18 points and seven rebounds helped Cal Baptist(11-8, 3-3 WAC) defeat Grand Canyon(12-6, 3-2 WAC) 79-74 on Saturday. Seattle (5-0) sits atop the WAC.
Kinsey scored 24 for the #herd in a big win over ODU to remain in a six way tie(4-2) for first in the SunBelt.
Jan 17, 2023
MLK day was a busy with hoops, and I watched a little of Florida Atlantic(17-1, 7-0 CUSA) road win over WKU when I got home from work. Boyd led the Owls with 16 points. They've stuck with HC Dusty May, and it appears to be working.
Charleston (19-1,7-0 CAA) handled William & Mary easily.
Hawai'i (14-4, 5-1Big West) are off to a decent start. Bernardo da Silva had an interesting stat line (PTS11, REB 12, Blocks 3) in the Rainbows win over Cal St Northridge.
Jan 20, 2023
Cam Shelton banked in a go-ahead runner with 13 seconds left for Loyola Marymount in an upset 68-67 victory of # 6 Gonzaga which knocked the Zags out of first in the WCC.
Saint Mary's 6-0 17-4
Gonzaga 5-1 16-4
Santa Clara 4-2 16-5
Loyola Marymount 4-3 14-7
BYU 4-3 14-8
Sunbelt gets tighter. Marshall, USM, JMU, ULM, and ULL, won games that keep the standings tight at the top.
Jan 21, 2023
It doesn't take long to come back to reality in the MAC. Kent State(16-3 6-0MAC) 86 Ball State (13-6 4-2MAC) 65. I tuned into the game early but didn't stay. Toledo handled Buffalo in other MAC action.
Mashburn Jr scored 25 for the Lobos. New Mexico 81 Boise St 79 in OT in MWC action.
Jan 22, 2023
Some Horizon news: Detroit Mercy's Antoine Davis scored 42 in a win over UIPUI and is No. 2 on NCAA D-I scoring list with 3274 points, but he'll need a big finish this season to catch Pistol Pete(3667). They are 3.5 GB of Milwaukee and N. Kentucky in the conference.
Florida Atlantic(19-1, 9-0 CUSA) remains hot with a 67-59 win over UTEP. Their only loss this season is to Ole Miss (SEC).
Cal Baptist rolled Tarleton in WAC play, and Andrew Taylor led Marshall to a SunBelt win over Ark St.
Jan 23, 2023
Temple(12-9, 6-2 AAC) 56 Houston(18-2, 6-1 AAC) 55 Coach McKie's Owls get a huge W. Damian Dunn scored 16 points and made the go-ahead free throw then Kur Jongkuch blocked Houston’s go-ahead shot attempt in the final seconds.
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