FBCB/FBPB Interactive Player Dynasty- Season 7 (2020-2021)

[collegesportsfanms]

With no recruits again this year, let's get right to the depth charts. We have 11 players that have already used their redshirt, so let's start with them.

SF Chester Smith (Maryland)- Finally, finally, Chester is getting his chance. He is listed as the starting SF for the upcoming season. After all the battles he had with Coach Turgeon, he's finally getting his shot.

PG Al Mighty (Houston)- No surprise here, Al has been a starter for the last couple seasons, and he'll start at PG again this season.

SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV)- Ricardo is again slotted to be the starting SG for the Rebels.

SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse)- Jack is listed as the starting SF for the Orange.

C Ralph King (Duke)- Ralph is listed 6th on the depth chart. He'll get his minutes easily.

PG Benton Gale (High Point)- Benton will get his shot this year it looks like, he's projected as the starting PG for the Panthers.

PF Bam Jamison (Grambling)- Originally, Bam was down on the depth chart, but thanks to a couple academic suspension, Bam is now projected as the starting PF!

SG Qwikshot Collins (Pittsburgh)- Pitt is stacked, so Qwikshot is listed 7th on the depth chart. He's still projected to get lots of minutes though.

PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State)- Mike could get some minutes this season, he's listed 7th on the depth chart.

PF Path Twelve (Oregon)- It's 50/50 whether Path will be a starter or not. Right now he's listed 6th on the depth chart, but it's changed twice already since I've tested it. Either way, he'll play a lot.

PF Erik Flamebeard (North Carolina)- Erik may regret his decision to transfer to UNC. He's listed 9th on the depth chart. Unfortunately, he's already used his redshirt.

Now we have 8 players that still have their redshirt. Let's look at them.

C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State)- Rudy will be the starting C for the 49ers. As he is one of my players, he'll get his senior season over with.

C Ariel Ginsberg (Georgetown)- Ariel is listed 6th on the depth chart. Probably no reason to redshirt him, but it's not my call. DavidCorperial? What do you say?

SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall)- Thomas has been slotted as the starting SF, so no reason to redshirt him. But it's your call StLee.

SG Jaybard Riley (Michigan State)- Jaybard has to have a chip on his shoulder for not getting any national awards last season. Of course he's projected as the starting SG. So Neuqua, I assume he's playing?

PG Cameron Blodgett (Duke)- Projected as the starting PG, no reason to redshirt him, but it's up to Grover.

PG Jackson Pace (Purdue)- Jackson is listed as the starting SG, so I doubt he's going to redshirt. What do you think cmp?

PF Jawouk Bafou (Georgetown)- Jawouk is listed 8th on the depth chart, only because Georgetown is deep in the post this season. Odds are he'll still see decent minutes, but I'd at least consider a redshirt for Jawouk if I were you britrock88. It's your call though. Either way it would be a good decision.

C Tim Sheppard (Mississippi State)- Tim is slotted as the starting PF so no reason to redshirt him, but it's up to you rjolley.

Being it's the holidays still, with new years coming up, I'll give everybody until sometime next week to make a decision, then I'll get going.

[rjolley]

I'm tempted to redshirt to see if he develops more, but let him play.

[thealmighty]

Hopefully, Al doesn't totally suck like he did the last half of last season.

[DavidCorperial]

Ariel will play

[Neuqua]

Jaybard will play.

[collegesportsfanms]

Still waiting for StLee, Grover, cmp, and britrock88 to make a decision on their players. I'd like to get this started as soon as possible, hopefully tomorrow or Wednesday. If I don't hear from you guys, I'll just assume you are ok with your players playing. Thanks.

[collegesportsfanms]

I am going to try and get through this season a little quicker, because I've got 6 new recruits waiting to get in next season. So here's the situation.

I have sent a pm to britrock88 regarding his player. As for cmp, Grover, and StLee, it's been a while since any of them have been on the boards, so I'm going to play their players.

If I haven't heard from britrock88 by tomorrow night, I'll play his player too, because I want to get this started tomorrow night and bust out a few weeks of it this weekend. My plan is to try and get through December by the end of the weekend.

For those that haven't been on in a while, I'm still going to keep their players in it, but that does bring up an interesting dilemma.. how long should I wait in between seasons for a poster to get back on the boards? For instance, we've got some in both my interactive player dynasty and coaches dynasty that haven't been on the boards in weeks, maybe even months. Do I cut their player or coach out assuming they won't be back on anytime soon? Or do I go ahead and keep them in, even though they are nowhere to be found to see updates on their players? What say you guys?

[britrock88]

Bafou got 18mpg as the #8 player last season... but he benefited from Ginsberg being suspended for the second half of the season. Eh, I'll roll the dice and hope he gets rotation-type minutes again.

[collegesportsfanms]

Since I've heard from britrock88, I'm going to get this one started tonight and start the coaches dynasty tomorrow, so look for some more preseason stuff to begin season 7 tonight, plus an update on our 2 pro players!

[collegesportsfanms]

No redshirts this season, so let's take a look at the tournaments our players are playing in:

Georgetown (Ariel Ginsberg and Jawouk Bafou) is the top seed in the 2020 Anaheim Invitational.

Michigan State (Jaybard Riley) is the top seed in the 2020 Coaches Invitational.

North Carolina (Erik Flamebeard) is the 2nd seed in the 2020 Coaches Invitational.

Oregon (Path Twelve) is the 5th seed in the 2020 GDS Classic.

Marshall (Thomas Magnum) is the 6th seed in the 2020 GDS Classic.

Grambling (Bam Jamison) is the 16th seed in the 2020 Las Vegas Shootout.

Duke (Ralph King and Cameron Blodgett) is the top seed in the 2020 Maui Shootout.

Pittsburgh (Qwikshot Collins) is the 2nd seed in the 2020 Maui Shootout.

Houston (Al Mighty) is the top seed in the 2020 Orlando Classic.

Kansas State (Mike Schaplowsky) is the 6th seed in the 2020 Paradise Shootout.

Maryland (Chester Smith) is the top seed in the 2020 Philadelphia Invitational.

Syracuse (Jack Dawkins) is the top seed in the 2020 Preseason NIT.

Purdue (Jackson Pace) is the top seed in the 2020 Rainbow Invitational.

UNLV (Ricardo Tubbs) is the top seed in the 2020 Top of the Globe Invitational.

Mississippi State (Tim Sheppard) is the 2nd seed in the 2020 Youth Invitational.

[collegesportsfanms]

Preseason Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Duke (72) 0-0 1800 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Villanova 0-0 1677 NR Big East Conference
3. Kentucky 0-0 1554 NR Southeastern Conference
4. Michigan State 0-0 1548 1 Big Ten Conference
5. Illinois 0-0 1454 15 Big Ten Conference
6. Boston College 0-0 1365 7 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Mississippi State 0-0 1354 NR Southeastern Conference
8. California 0-0 1273 25 Pacific-10 Conference
9. West Virginia 0-0 1152 NR Big East Conference
10. Texas 0-0 1144 11 Big 12 Conference
11. Wake Forest 0-0 1093 19 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Pittsburgh 0-0 1068 3 Big East Conference
13. Arizona 0-0 976 NR Pacific-10 Conference
14. Xavier 0-0 825 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
15. Georgia Tech 0-0 815 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
16. North Carolina 0-0 632 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
17. Marquette 0-0 623 NR Big East Conference
18. Tennessee 0-0 561 6 Southeastern Conference
19. Creighton 0-0 467 NR Missouri Valley Conference
20. Syracuse 0-0 403 10 Big East Conference
21. Maryland 0-0 280 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
22. Stanford 0-0 196 24 Pacific-10 Conference
23. Wisconsin 0-0 192 NR Big Ten Conference
24. Notre Dame 0-0 174 NR Big East Conference
25. UCLA 0-0 153 NR Pacific-10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Vanderbilt 0-0 142 Southeastern Conference
Florida 0-0 88 Southeastern Conference
Ohio State 0-0 84 Big Ten Conference
Georgetown 0-0 70 Big East Conference
Connecticut 0-0 65 Big East Conference
Oklahoma State 0-0 37 Big 12 Conference
Temple 0-0 28 Atlantic 10 Conference
Oklahoma 0-0 24 Big 12 Conference
Mississippi 0-0 23 Southeastern Conference
Louisville 0-0 17 Big East Conference
Utah State 0-0 16 Western Athletic Conference
Kansas 0-0 12 Big 12 Conference
Memphis 0-0 5 Big East Conference
San Diego State 0-0 5 Mountain West Conference
Michigan 0-0 4 Big Ten Conference
Brigham Young 0-0 1 Pacific-10 Conference

[collegesportsfanms]

Preseason Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Xavier (71) 0-0 1799 1 Atlantic 10 Conference
2. Creighton 0-0 1725 13 Missouri Valley Conference
3. Temple (1) 0-0 1613 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. Utah State 0-0 1554 6 Western Athletic Conference
5. San Diego State 0-0 1419 10 Mountain West Conference
6. Butler 0-0 1320 3 Horizon League
7. Northern Iowa 0-0 1227 4 Missouri Valley Conference
8. Nevada 0-0 1091 8 Western Athletic Conference
9. Davidson 0-0 1005 25 Southern Conference
10. Houston 0-0 626 NR Conference USA
11. Gonzaga 0-0 610 NR Western Athletic Conference
12. Charlotte 0-0 438 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
13. Dayton 0-0 320 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
14. Richmond 0-0 298 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
15. Utah 0-0 272 17 Mountain West Conference
16. George Washington 0-0 259 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. Kent State 0-0 250 NR Conference USA
18. Fresno State 0-0 240 NR Western Athletic Conference
19. UAB 0-0 239 23 Conference USA
20. UNLV 0-0 218 18 Mountain West Conference
21. Wright State 0-0 201 NR Horizon League
22. Santa Clara 0-0 199 NR West Coast Conference
23. Siena 0-0 199 12 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
24. Northeastern 0-0 197 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
25. Hofstra 0-0 176 9 Colonial Athletic Association

Others Receiving Votes:
New Mexico 0-0 176 Mountain West Conference
Central Florida 0-0 171 Conference USA
Missouri State 0-0 155 Missouri Valley Conference
New Mexico State 0-0 154 Western Athletic Conference
George Mason 0-0 153 Colonial Athletic Association
Marshall 0-0 145 Conference USA
Saint Joseph's 0-0 145 Atlantic 10 Conference
Tulsa 0-0 141 Conference USA
South Florida 0-0 140 Conference USA
Saint Mary's 0-0 139 West Coast Conference
Massachusetts 0-0 136 Atlantic 10 Conference
Western Kentucky 0-0 135 Sun Belt Conference
Southern Illinois 0-0 134 Missouri Valley Conference
Boise State 0-0 116 Western Athletic Conference
South Alabama 0-0 114 Sun Belt Conference
Milwaukee 0-0 114 Horizon League
Bradley 0-0 107 Missouri Valley Conference
San Diego 0-0 104 West Coast Conference
Oregon State 0-0 100 Mountain West Conference
San Jose State 0-0 100 Western Athletic Conference
Detroit 0-0 97 Horizon League
Southern Mississippi 0-0 93 Conference USA
Niagara 0-0 92 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Drexel 0-0 91 Colonial Athletic Association
UC Santa Barbara 0-0 91 Big West Conference
Rider 0-0 87 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
UL-Lafayette 0-0 83 Sun Belt Conference
Fairfield 0-0 80 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
VCU 0-0 69 Colonial Athletic Association
Saint Louis 0-0 68 Atlantic 10 Conference
UTEP 0-0 68 Conference USA
Pepperdine 0-0 66 West Coast Conference
Colorado State 0-0 61 Mountain West Conference
Boston University 0-0 59 America East Conference
Loyola Marymount 0-0 58 West Coast Conference
Cal State Northridge 0-0 57 Big West Conference
St. Bonaventure 0-0 55 Atlantic 10 Conference
Cleveland State 0-0 54 Horizon League
San Francisco 0-0 51 West Coast Conference
La Salle 0-0 50 Atlantic 10 Conference
Rhode Island 0-0 50 Atlantic 10 Conference
Wyoming 0-0 48 Mountain West Conference
College of Charleston 0-0 47 Southern Conference
Akron 0-0 45 Mid-American Conference
Drake 0-0 44 Missouri Valley Conference
Louisiana Tech 0-0 43 Western Athletic Conference
Middle Tennessee 0-0 41 Sun Belt Conference
Pacific 0-0 41 Big West Conference
Arkansas-Little Rock 0-0 39 Sun Belt Conference
Troy 0-0 39 Sun Belt Conference
Yale 0-0 35 Ivy League
Buffalo 0-0 34 Mid-American Conference
UC Irvine 0-0 34 Big West Conference
Hartford 0-0 33 America East Conference
Hawaii 0-0 33 Western Athletic Conference
Arkansas State 0-0 32 Sun Belt Conference
Quinnipiac 0-0 30 Northeast Conference
Holy Cross 0-0 29 Patriot League
Central Connecticut State 0-0 28 Northeast Conference
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0-0 27 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Cal State Fullerton 0-0 27 Big West Conference
Loyola-IL 0-0 27 Horizon League
Manhattan 0-0 27 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Sacred Heart 0-0 26 Northeast Conference
Marist 0-0 25 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Fordham 0-0 23 Colonial Athletic Association
Towson 0-0 22 Colonial Athletic Association
Iona 0-0 21 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Duquesne 0-0 20 Atlantic 10 Conference
Central Arkansas 0-0 20 Southland Conference
Canisius 0-0 19 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
UMBC 0-0 19 America East Conference
Loyola-Maryland 0-0 18 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Montana 0-0 18 Big Sky Conference
Sacramento State 0-0 18 Big Sky Conference
East Carolina 0-0 17 Conference USA
Harvard 0-0 17 Ivy League
Miami-Ohio 0-0 17 Mid-American Conference
Montana State 0-0 17 Big Sky Conference
Stony Brook 0-0 17 America East Conference
Maine 0-0 16 America East Conference
Winthrop 0-0 16 Atlantic Sun Conference
Columbia 0-0 15 Ivy League
Pennsylvania 0-0 15 Ivy League
Jacksonville 0-0 14 Atlantic Sun Conference
Oakland 0-0 14 Summit League
South Carolina State 0-0 14 Atlantic Sun Conference
Air Force 0-0 13 Mountain West Conference
Binghamton 0-0 13 America East Conference
Cal Poly 0-0 13 Big West Conference
Georgia State 0-0 13 Colonial Athletic Association
Jacksonville State 0-0 13 Ohio Valley Conference
Lafayette 0-0 13 America East Conference
Ohio 0-0 13 Mid-American Conference
Citadel 0-0 13 Southern Conference
Green Bay 0-0 13 Horizon League
Mercer 0-0 12 Atlantic Sun Conference
Princeton 0-0 12 Ivy League
Robert Morris 0-0 12 Northeast Conference
Samford 0-0 12 Southern Conference
Western Michigan 0-0 12 Mid-American Conference
Alabama State 0-0 11 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Bucknell 0-0 11 Patriot League
Central Michigan 0-0 11 Mid-American Conference
Cornell 0-0 11 Ivy League
Florida International 0-0 11 Sun Belt Conference
Morgan State 0-0 11 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Wofford 0-0 11 Southern Conference
Kennesaw State 0-0 11 Atlantic Sun Conference
Alabama A&M 0-0 10 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Bowling Green 0-0 10 Mid-American Conference
Coppin State 0-0 10 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Eastern Michigan 0-0 10 Mid-American Conference
Florida Atlantic 0-0 10 Sun Belt Conference
Furman 0-0 10 Southern Conference
Murray State 0-0 10 Ohio Valley Conference
Mount St. Mary's 0-0 9 Northeast Conference
Stetson 0-0 9 Atlantic Sun Conference
Albany 0-0 8 America East Conference
Charleston Southern 0-0 8 Big South Conference
Florida A&M 0-0 8 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Lehigh 0-0 8 Patriot League
Long Beach State 0-0 8 Big West Conference
Maryland-East Shore 0-0 8 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Southern Methodist 0-0 8 Conference USA
Youngstown State 0-0 8 Horizon League
Bethune-Cookman 0-0 7 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Navy 0-0 7 Patriot League
St. Francis-PA 0-0 7 Northeast Conference
Toledo 0-0 7 Mid-American Conference
USC Upstate 0-0 7 Big South Conference
Coastal Carolina 0-0 6 Big South Conference
Florida Gulf Coast 0-0 6 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Austin Peay 0-0 5 Ohio Valley Conference
Georgia Southern 0-0 5 Southern Conference
St. Francis-NY 0-0 5 Northeast Conference
Texas Christian 0-0 5 Mountain West Conference
IUPUI 0-0 4 Summit League
UC Riverside 0-0 4 Big West Conference
Wagner 0-0 4 Northeast Conference
Presbyterian 0-0 4 Big South Conference
North Florida 0-0 4 Big South Conference
Colgate 0-0 3 Patriot League
Old Dominion 0-0 3 Colonial Athletic Association
Tulane 0-0 3 Conference USA
UC Davis 0-0 3 Big West Conference
Army 0-0 2 Patriot League
Vermont 0-0 2 America East Conference
Wichita State 0-0 2 Missouri Valley Conference
Cal State Bakersfield 0-0 2 Independent
Long Island 0-0 1 Northeast Conference

[collegesportsfanms]

Nov. 8-15, 2020

To make things go quicker, since a handful of our teams didn't play this week, I'm only going to cover the ones that did.

RS SR SF Chester Smith (#21 Maryland) -- 1-0, 0-0 ACC.

11/15/20- Philadelphia Invitational First Round vs. (8) Ohio (W 85-72), started game, 15 mins played, 1 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, (Fouled Out.)

Not a good starting debut for Chester, who fouled out playing just 15 minutes. He'll have to do better.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 1-0, 0-0 Mountain West.

11/15/20- Top of the Globe Invitational First Round vs. (8) Lipscomb (W 73-56), started game, 25 mins played, 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

Nice start to the senior season for Ricardo, who had a nice shooting game.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (#20 Syracuse) -- 2-0, 0-0 Big East.

11/12/20- Preseason NIT First Round vs. (16) Robert Morris (W 67-49), started game, 35 mins played, 22 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, (Double-double), (POTG).
11/14/20- Preseason NIT Quarterfinals vs. (9) Hofstra (W 79-74), started game, 37 mins played, 23 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals.

What a week for Jack, who is making a strong case for some national awards right off the bat.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 0-1, 0-0 Conference USA.

11/10/20- GDS Classic First Round vs. (11) Vermont (L 66-65, OT), started game, 39 mins played, 20 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal.

Thomas did his part in this one, but the rest of his team didn't. Could be a long season for Marshall.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#4 Michigan State) -- 3-0, 0-0 Big Ten.

11/8/20- Coaches Invitational First Round vs. (16) Samford (W 87-43), started game, 36 mins played, 18 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 block.
11/9/20- Coaches Invitational Quarterfinals vs. (9) Detroit (W 81-75), started game, 36 mins played, 16 points, 1 rebound, 9 assists, 2 blocks, 2 steals.
11/15/20- Coaches Invitational Semifinals vs. (13) Murray State (W 79-67), started game, 36 mins played, 28 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, 3 steals, (POTG).

Jaybard is filling a different role right now, as he's been shifted to the starting PG. In the first 2 games, he filled that role well with 9 assists a game. In his third game, he went back to his scoring, earning a POTG.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 0-1, 0-0 Big 12.

11/15/20- Paradise Shootout First Round vs. (3) #11 Wake Forest (L 93-81), came off bench, 6 mins played, 4 points, 1 block, 1 steal.

Just 1 game this week for the Cats, and Mike took advantage of his short time. He's just biding his time right now.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 2-0, 0-0 Pac Ten.

11/10/20- GDS Classic First Round vs. (12) Indiana State (W 73-72, OT), came off bench, 22 mins played, 5 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.
11/12/20- GDS Classic Quarterfinals vs. (13) Montana (W 59-53), came off bench, 17 mins played, 4 points, 2 rebounds, (Fouled Out).

Not the best week for Path off the bench, who fouled out in 1 of his 2 games.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#7 Mississippi State) -- 1-0, 0-0 SEC.

11/15/20- Youth Invitational First Round vs. (3) Florida State (W 94-58), started game, 19 mins played, 4 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block, 1 steal.

Good game for Tim to begin his sophomore campaign. While the numbers aren't overwhelming, 11 boards is an encouraging start.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#16 North Carolina) -- 3-0, 0-0 ACC.

11/8/20- Coaches Invitational First Round vs. (15) UC Irvine (W 89-59), came off bench, 4 mins played, 1 rebound.
11/9/20- Coaches Invitational Quarterfinals vs. (7) Iowa State (W 89-46), came off bench, 2 mins played, 1 rebound.
11/15/20- Coaches Invitational Semifinals vs. (3) UConn (W 74-66), came off bench, 1 min played.

It's not a good sign when in your first 3 games, your minutes are cut in half from 1st to 2nd game, then cut in half again from 2nd to 3rd game. Erik may be wasting a season here.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Duke (70) 0-0 1798 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Michigan State (2) 3-0 1714 4 Big Ten Conference
3. Villanova 1-0 1629 2 Big East Conference
4. Boston College 2-0 1525 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
5. Illinois 1-0 1432 5 Big Ten Conference
6. Kentucky 0-0 1392 3 Southeastern Conference
7. Mississippi State 1-0 1360 7 Southeastern Conference
8. Wake Forest 1-0 1202 11 Atlantic Coast Conference
9. North Carolina 3-0 1154 16 Atlantic Coast Conference
10. California 0-0 1128 8 Pacific-10 Conference
11. Arizona 1-0 1090 13 Pacific-10 Conference
12. Georgia Tech 2-0 1006 15 Atlantic Coast Conference
13. West Virginia 0-0 1001 9 Big East Conference
14. Pittsburgh 0-0 949 12 Big East Conference
15. Tennessee 2-0 821 18 Southeastern Conference
16. Syracuse 2-0 687 20 Big East Conference
17. Marquette 0-0 640 17 Big East Conference
18. Ohio State 2-0 543 NR Big Ten Conference
19. Florida 2-0 472 NR Southeastern Conference
20. Maryland 1-0 452 21 Atlantic Coast Conference
21. Stanford 1-0 393 22 Pacific-10 Conference
22. Wisconsin 0-0 250 23 Big Ten Conference
23. Notre Dame 0-0 226 24 Big East Conference
24. Vanderbilt 0-0 204 NR Southeastern Conference
25. Georgetown 0-0 106 NR Big East Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Memphis 2-0 56 Big East Conference
Oklahoma State 0-0 45 Big 12 Conference
Utah State 1-0 40 Western Athletic Conference
Mississippi 0-0 27 Southeastern Conference
Oklahoma 0-0 25 Big 12 Conference
Kansas 0-0 13 Big 12 Conference
Nevada 2-0 12 Western Athletic Conference
Miami 1-0 3 Atlantic Coast Conference
Gonzaga 1-0 2 Western Athletic Conference
Iowa 1-0 2 Big Ten Conference
Northern Iowa 1-0 1 Missouri Valley Conference

[collegesportsfanms]

Here is the mid-major top 25 for the week ending Nov. 15:

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Utah State (60) 1-0 1771 4 Western Athletic Conference
2. Nevada 2-0 1597 8 Western Athletic Conference
3. Northern Iowa (5) 1-0 1509 7 Missouri Valley Conference
4. Butler 0-0 1433 6 Horizon League
5. Davidson (1) 0-0 1150 9 Southern Conference
6. Xavier (5) 0-1 1094 1 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. Creighton 1-1 920 2 Missouri Valley Conference
8. Gonzaga 1-0 872 11 Western Athletic Conference
9. Houston 0-0 730 10 Conference USA
10. South Florida (1) 2-0 529 NR Conference USA
11. UC Santa Barbara 2-0 503 NR Big West Conference
12. Valparaiso 2-0 491 NR Horizon League
13. Charlotte 0-0 481 12 Atlantic 10 Conference
14. Kent State 1-0 418 17 Conference USA
15. UAB 1-0 411 19 Conference USA
16. UNLV 1-0 404 20 Mountain West Conference
17. Temple 1-1 340 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
18. Wright State 1-0 324 21 Horizon League
19. Bradley 1-0 292 NR Missouri Valley Conference
20. George Mason 1-0 275 NR Colonial Athletic Association
21. San Diego 1-0 274 NR West Coast Conference
22. New Mexico State 1-0 256 NR Western Athletic Conference
23. George Washington 0-0 240 16 Atlantic 10 Conference
24. Santa Clara 0-0 231 22 West Coast Conference
25. South Alabama 1-0 229 NR Sun Belt Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Pacific 1-0 204 Big West Conference
Princeton 1-0 184 Ivy League
Middle Tennessee 1-0 183 Sun Belt Conference
Saint Joseph's 0-0 179 Atlantic 10 Conference
Saint Louis 1-0 170 Atlantic 10 Conference
Troy 1-0 165 Sun Belt Conference
Saint Mary's 0-0 163 West Coast Conference
UMBC 1-0 149 America East Conference
Fairfield 0-0 148 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
St. Peter's 1-0 148 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Air Force 1-0 138 Mountain West Conference
San Jose State 0-0 133 Western Athletic Conference
Boise State 0-0 131 Western Athletic Conference
Binghamton 1-0 128 America East Conference
Boston University 0-0 127 America East Conference
Southern Illinois 0-0 127 Missouri Valley Conference
Illinois-Chicago 1-0 126 Horizon League
Central Florida 0-0 123 Conference USA
East Carolina 1-0 123 Conference USA
Stony Brook 1-0 119 America East Conference
St. Bonaventure 0-0 117 Atlantic 10 Conference
Oregon State 0-0 113 Mountain West Conference
Youngstown State 1-0 111 Horizon League
Rhode Island 0-0 110 Atlantic 10 Conference
La Salle 0-0 109 Atlantic 10 Conference
Pepperdine 0-0 103 West Coast Conference
Akron 0-0 101 Mid-American Conference
Winthrop 1-0 100 Atlantic Sun Conference
Cal State Northridge 0-0 98 Big West Conference
Buffalo 0-0 94 Mid-American Conference
Central Michigan 1-0 93 Mid-American Conference
Loyola Marymount 0-0 87 West Coast Conference
Tulane 1-0 87 Conference USA
Drake 0-0 83 Missouri Valley Conference
VCU 0-0 77 Colonial Athletic Association
Southern Mississippi 0-0 75 Conference USA
College of Charleston 0-0 73 Southern Conference
Wyoming 0-0 72 Mountain West Conference
Eastern Michigan 1-0 67 Mid-American Conference
Portland State 1-0 66 Big Sky Conference
Duquesne 0-0 64 Atlantic 10 Conference
Marist 0-0 64 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
South Carolina State 1-0 64 Atlantic Sun Conference
Denver 1-0 63 Sun Belt Conference
Rice 1-0 62 Mid-American Conference
Wichita State 0-0 61 Missouri Valley Conference
Hawaii 0-0 57 Western Athletic Conference
Sacramento State 0-0 56 Big Sky Conference
Fordham 0-0 53 Colonial Athletic Association
Bowling Green 0-0 50 Mid-American Conference
Cal Poly 0-0 49 Big West Conference
Arkansas-Little Rock 0-0 46 Sun Belt Conference
Quinnipiac 1-0 43 Northeast Conference
Long Beach State 0-0 42 Big West Conference
Army 1-0 41 Patriot League
Iona 0-0 41 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Western Michigan 0-0 40 Mid-American Conference
Texas Christian 0-0 39 Mountain West Conference
Hartford 0-0 38 America East Conference
Central Connecticut State 0-0 36 Northeast Conference
Arkansas State 0-0 34 Sun Belt Conference
UC Riverside 0-0 34 Big West Conference
Eastern Illinois 1-0 33 Ohio Valley Conference
Sacred Heart 0-0 33 Northeast Conference
Old Dominion 0-0 31 Colonial Athletic Association
Canisius 0-0 30 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
UC Davis 0-0 27 Big West Conference
Cal State Bakersfield 0-0 26 Independent
Arkansas-Pine Bluff 0-0 25 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Columbia 0-0 25 Ivy League
Montana State 0-0 25 Big Sky Conference
Austin Peay 0-0 24 Ohio Valley Conference
Cornell 0-0 21 Ivy League
Harvard 0-0 20 Ivy League
Savannah State 1-0 20 Independent
Sam Houston State 1-0 20 Southland Conference
Lehigh 1-0 19 Patriot League
St. Francis-NY 0-0 19 Northeast Conference
UNC Wilmington 0-0 19 Colonial Athletic Association
North Dakota State 0-0 18 Summit League
Bucknell 0-0 17 Patriot League
Jacksonville State 0-0 17 Ohio Valley Conference
Alabama A&M 0-0 16 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Furman 0-0 16 Southern Conference
Wagner 0-0 16 Northeast Conference
Weber State 0-0 16 Big Sky Conference
Central Arkansas 0-0 16 Southland Conference
American 1-0 14 Patriot League
Colgate 0-0 13 Patriot League
Florida International 0-0 13 Sun Belt Conference
Morgan State 0-0 13 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Toledo 0-0 13 Mid-American Conference
Charleston Southern 0-0 12 Big South Conference
Coppin State 0-0 12 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Stetson 0-0 12 Atlantic Sun Conference
Florida A&M 0-0 11 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Navy 0-0 11 Patriot League
USC Upstate 0-0 11 Big South Conference
Ball State 0-0 10 Mid-American Conference
Bethune-Cookman 0-0 10 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Georgia State 0-0 8 Colonial Athletic Association
Delaware 0-0 7 Colonial Athletic Association
Idaho 0-0 6 West Coast Conference
Mercer 0-0 6 Atlantic Sun Conference
North Texas 0-0 5 Sun Belt Conference
Kennesaw State 0-0 5 Atlantic Sun Conference
Alcorn State 1-0 2 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Appalachian State 0-0 2 Southern Conference

[rjolley]

We debut at #7 after not being ranked to end last season? Did Miss State pull in a great class?

[collegesportsfanms]

We debut at #7 after not being ranked to end last season? Did Miss State pull in a great class?

Actually, Miss State didn't even pull in a recruit last season, as crazy as that sounds. I have no idea why they were ranked so high. The rankings on this game leave a lot to be desired sometimes.

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Nov. 16-22, 2020

1 feature game to tell you about, and it was a tournament championship.

11/16/20- Coaches Invitational Championship- (2) #9 North Carolina (Erik Flamebeard) vs. (1) #2 Michigan State (Jaybard Riley) -- A classic if ever there was one. Neither team led by more than 7, and neither team shot especially well. 1 point separated the 2 teams.

Final Score: #2 Michigan State- 70, #9 North Carolina- 69

Erik Flamebeard (North Carolina)- came off bench, 3 mins played, 1 point.
Jaybard Riley (Michigan State)- started game, 33 mins played, 11 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.

Now to the rest of the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (#20 Maryland) -- 2-1, 0-0 ACC.

11/17/20- Philadelphia Invitational Semifinal vs. (4) Gonzaga (L 76-74), started game, 31 mins played, 3 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal.
11/19/20- Philadelphia Invitational 3rd Place Game vs. (7) South Alabama (W 84-64), started game, 31 mins played, 15 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist.

Chester is getting better every game, and with more playing time, he'll have a heck of a senior season.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 1-0, 0-0 Conference USA.

11/22/20- Orlando Classic First Round vs. (8) James Madison (W 68-52), started game, 33 mins played, 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.

Decent game for Al to begin the season. Fouls were an issue though, he had 4.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 1-2, 0-0 Mountain West.

11/17/20- Top of the Globe Invitational Semifinal vs. (5) San Diego (L 73-64), started game, 27 mins played, 9 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.
11/19/20- Top of the Globe Invitational 3rd Place Game vs. (3) Nebraska (L 79-74), started game, 29 mins played, 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist.

Offensively, Ricardo is doing ok, but he's not getting the steals defensively that he's used to getting. Shooting wise, he's struggling a bit.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 1-2, 0-0 Big West.

11/16/20 vs. Washington (L 62-52), started game, 30 mins played, 15 points, 9 rebounds, (Fouled Out).
11/19/20 at Cal State Bakersfield (W 70-64), started game, 35 mins played, 8 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists.
11/22/20 vs. San Jose State (L 71-52), started game, 28 mins played, 17 points, 3 rebounds.

A little inconsistency for Rudy, some games he rebounds well, other games he scores well. He can't seem to put both together.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (#16 Syracuse) -- 2-1, 0-0 Big East.

11/21/20- Preseason NIT Semifinal vs. (5) #12 Georgia Tech (L 65-56), started game, 36 mins played, 21 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block.

Jack was the only double figure scorer in the semifinal loss, a sign that he may be asked to do more than he's capable of this season.

RS JR C Ralph King (#1 Duke) -- 3-0, 0-0 ACC.

11/19/20- Maui Shootout First Round vs. (8) College of Charleston (W 76-65), came off bench, 15 mins played, 7 points, 1 assist.
11/20/20- Maui Shootout Semifinal vs. (4) Ole Miss (W 86-77), came off bench, 24 mins played, 2 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.
11/21/20- Maui Shootout Championship vs. (3) Oklahoma (W 77-76), came off bench, 8 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.

Ralph finally had a decent game in the Maui championship against Oklahoma, now he needs to build on that.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point) -- 0-2, 0-0 Big South.

11/18/20 at Canisius (L 94-76), started game, 32 mins played, 9 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal.
11/21/20 at Virginia Tech (L 69-61), started game, 33 mins played, 16 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist.

Benton is filling the starting PG role nicely so far, but it's his rebounding that has his coach in awe right now. He had 7 boards in both games. Nice!

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 0-2, 0-0 SWAC.

11/18/20 vs. New Orleans (L 79-75), started game, 21 mins played, 5 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal, (Fouled Out).
11/20/20 at #6 Kentucky (L 74-64), started game, 30 mins played, 8 points, 1 rebound.

Bam is back to doing what he does best, fouling. He had 8 in the 2 games this week. If he wants to produce, he's got to learn how to play without fouling.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#25 Georgetown) -- 2-0, 0-0 Big East.

11/18/20 vs. Valparaiso (W 80-74), came off bench, 26 mins played, 15 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal.
11/22/20- Anaheim Invitational First Round vs. (8) Pacific (W 77-70), came off bench, 23 mins played, 4 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist.

Good to see Ariel back in the rotation, he wasn't punished for his suspension last season, and he's already producing with 11 boards against Pacific.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 0-1, 0-0 Conference USA.

No games this week for Thomas and the Thundering Herd.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#2 Michigan State) -- 4-0, 0-0 Big Ten.

11/16/20- Coaches Invitational Championship vs. (2) #9 North Carolina- feature game, highlighted above.

Jaybard had a decent game against Carolina this week, but he can do better.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (#14 Pittsburgh) -- 1-2, 0-0 Big East.

11/19/20- Maui Shootout First Round vs. (7) Santa Clara (W 79-75), came off bench, 19 mins played, 15 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 blocks.
11/20/20- Maui Shootout Semifinal vs. (3) Oklahoma (L 88-86), came off bench,22 mins played, 11 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal.
11/21/20- Maui Shootout 3rd Place Game vs. (4) Ole Miss (L 92-71), came off bench, 19 mins played, 15 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals.

Great, great week off the bench for Qwikshot. If he puts up those kind of numbers off the bench every game, he'll be starting soon.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 1-2, 0-0 Big 12.

11/17/20- Paradise Shootout Consolation vs. (7) Arkansas (L 62-36), came off bench, 7 mins played, 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist.
11/19/20- Paradise Shootout 7th Place Game vs. (8) UL Lafayette (W 81-77), came off bench, 6 mins played, no other stats.

Mike is shooting terribly to start the season, but in limited minutes it's understandable. Hopefully he'll get it together.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 2-2, 0-0 Pac 10.

11/19/20- GDS Classic Semifinal vs. (1) #4 Boston College (L 82-58), came off bench, 16 mins played, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist.
11/22/20 at Gonzaga (L 90-85), came off bench, 28 mins played, 7 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, 1 steal, (Fouled Out).

Not a good week for Path who fouled out at Gonzaga and had 4 fouls against BC.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#1 Duke) -- 3-0, 0-0 ACC.

11/19/20- Maui Shootout First Round vs. (8) College of Charleston (W 76-65), started game, 20 mins played, 7 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.
11/20/20- Maui Shootout Semifinal vs. (4) Ole Miss (W 86-77), started game, 33 mins played, 19 points, 1 rebound, 8 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).
11/21/20- Maui Shootout Championship vs. (3) Oklahoma (W 77-76), started game, 32 mins played, 12 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal.

Nice game for Cameron against Ole Miss, but he struggled a bit in the other 2 games.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 3-0, 0-0 Big Ten.

11/17/20 at Illinois-Chicago (W 74-69), started game, 30 mins played, 8 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, (Fouled Out.)
11/20/20 vs. Kent State (W 90-87), started game, 37 mins played, 35 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).
11/22/20 at SE Missouri State (W 78-64), started game, 36 mins played, 18 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists.

Jackson went off in his last 2 games of the week, the 35 point game against Kent State being a career high. Expect more of that.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#25 Georgetown) -- 2-0, 0-0 Big East.

11/18/20 vs. Valparaiso (W 80-74), came off bench, 3 mins played, 1 rebound.
11/22/20- Anaheim Invitational First Round vs. (8) Pacific (W 77-70), came off bench, 7 mins played, 2 points.

Ouch! If this is any indication of how it's gonna be all season, Jawouk may have wished he'd redshirted. Right now, his only hope seems to be that 1 or even 2 of the bigs in front of him gets hurt or suspended.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#7 Mississippi State) -- 2-0, 0-0 SEC.

11/17/20- Youth Invitational Championship vs. (4) Rutgers (W 89-82), started game, 25 mins played, 5 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals.

Not the greatest game for Tim, but he's a solid player and he'll bounce back. The 8 rebounds was nice.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#9 North Carolina) -- 3-1, 0-0 ACC.

11/16/20- Coaches Invitational Championship vs. (1) #2 Michigan State- feature game, highlighted above.

Pretty uneventful game for Erik, who seems like he's going to struggle to find time at UNC.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Duke (72) 3-0 1800 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Michigan State 4-0 1709 2 Big Ten Conference
3. Boston College 5-0 1670 4 Atlantic Coast Conference
4. Mississippi State 2-0 1542 7 Southeastern Conference
5. California 2-0 1452 10 Pacific-10 Conference
6. Kentucky 1-0 1448 6 Southeastern Conference
7. West Virginia 2-0 1392 13 Big East Conference
8. Georgia Tech 3-0 1314 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
9. Tennessee 3-0 1246 15 Southeastern Conference
10. Stanford 3-0 1143 21 Pacific-10 Conference
11. Georgetown 2-0 1009 25 Big East Conference
12. Villanova 2-1 864 3 Big East Conference
13. Oklahoma State 1-0 809 NR Big 12 Conference
14. Utah State 3-0 782 NR Western Athletic Conference
15. Illinois 3-1 774 5 Big Ten Conference
16. Memphis 2-0 684 NR Big East Conference
17. Kansas 1-0 575 NR Big 12 Conference
18. Wake Forest 3-1 563 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
19. Butler 2-0 360 NR Horizon League
20. Texas 2-1 340 NR Big 12 Conference
21. North Carolina 3-1 333 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
22. Gonzaga 4-0 256 NR Western Athletic Conference
23. Iowa 1-0 207 NR Big Ten Conference
24. Clemson 2-0 201 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
25. Auburn 3-0 111 NR Southeastern Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Marquette 2-1 109 Big East Conference
San Diego 4-0 88 West Coast Conference
Davidson 2-0 83 Southern Conference
Xavier 0-1 55 Atlantic 10 Conference
Alabama 2-0 48 Southeastern Conference
Purdue 3-0 44 Big Ten Conference
Syracuse 2-1 39 Big East Conference
Washington 1-0 32 Pacific-10 Conference
Wright State 3-0 32 Horizon League
Louisiana State 3-0 29 Southeastern Conference
Arizona State 2-0 27 Pacific-10 Conference
Cincinnati 2-0 24 Big East Conference
Stony Brook 3-0 22 America East Conference
Maryland 2-1 19 Atlantic Coast Conference
Cal State Northridge 2-0 18 Big West Conference
Creighton 2-1 17 Missouri Valley Conference
North Carolina State 3-0 15 Atlantic Coast Conference
Bradley 3-0 14 Missouri Valley Conference
Indiana 2-0 12 Big Ten Conference
Florida 3-1 11 Southeastern Conference
Houston 1-0 10 Conference USA
Hartford 1-0 8 America East Conference
Connecticut 2-1 7 Big East Conference
Iona 1-0 7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Air Force 2-0 6 Mountain West Conference
Quinnipiac 1-0 6 Northeast Conference
Fordham 1-0 4 Colonial Athletic Association
UC Riverside 2-0 4 Big West Conference
Columbia 1-0 3 Ivy League
Ohio State 2-1 3 Big Ten Conference
South Carolina State 3-0 3 Atlantic Sun Conference
South Florida 2-0 3 Conference USA
Southern Illinois 2-0 3 Missouri Valley Conference
St. Peter's 2-0 3 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Canisius 1-0 2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Charlotte 1-0 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
Austin Peay 2-0 1 Ohio Valley Conference
Portland State 2-0 1 Big Sky Conference
Sacramento State 1-0 1 Big Sky Conference
Saint Louis 2-0 1 Atlantic 10 Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Utah State (63) 3-0 1790 1 Western Athletic Conference
2. Butler (6) 2-0 1644 4 Horizon League
3. Gonzaga 4-0 1579 8 Western Athletic Conference
4. Davidson (1) 2-0 1440 5 Southern Conference
5. Xavier (2) 0-1 1167 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. Creighton 2-1 1095 7 Missouri Valley Conference
7. San Diego 4-0 1080 21 West Coast Conference
8. Wright State 3-0 1031 18 Horizon League
9. Houston 1-0 1024 9 Conference USA
10. Bradley 3-0 802 19 Missouri Valley Conference
11. Charlotte 1-0 680 13 Atlantic 10 Conference
12. South Florida 2-0 674 10 Conference USA
13. South Carolina State 3-0 654 NR Atlantic Sun Conference
14. Saint Louis 2-0 584 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
15. Stony Brook 3-0 540 NR America East Conference
16. Temple 1-1 515 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. Austin Peay 2-0 496 NR Ohio Valley Conference
18. Cal State Northridge 2-0 454 NR Big West Conference
19. Southern Illinois 2-0 440 NR Missouri Valley Conference
20. East Carolina 2-0 358 NR Conference USA
21. Youngstown State 2-0 347 NR Horizon League
22. Air Force 2-0 306 NR Mountain West Conference
23. UC Riverside 2-0 265 NR Big West Conference
24. Sacramento State 1-0 221 NR Big Sky Conference
25. IPFW 2-0 219 NR Summit League

Others Receiving Votes:
Jacksonville State 2-0 213 Ohio Valley Conference
Portland State 2-0 213 Big Sky Conference
Monmouth 2-0 194 Northeast Conference
Eastern Washington 2-0 193 Big Sky Conference
Iona 1-0 191 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
St. Peter's 2-0 183 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Coppin State 2-0 174 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Florida International 1-0 165 Sun Belt Conference
Columbia 1-0 161 Ivy League
Cal Poly 0-0 156 Big West Conference
Fordham 1-0 151 Colonial Athletic Association
USC Upstate 2-0 144 Big South Conference
Sam Houston State 2-0 135 Southland Conference
Eastern Michigan 1-0 131 Mid-American Conference
Georgia State 1-0 131 Colonial Athletic Association
Hawaii 0-0 128 Western Athletic Conference
Canisius 1-0 127 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Hartford 1-0 123 America East Conference
Brown 2-0 109 Ivy League
Longwood 2-0 104 Independent
Kennesaw State 1-0 103 Atlantic Sun Conference
Quinnipiac 1-0 100 Northeast Conference
Northern Colorado 1-0 100 Big Sky Conference
Prairie View A&M 1-0 94 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Northwestern State 1-0 85 Southland Conference
Alabama A&M 1-0 65 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Jackson State 1-0 65 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Bucknell 1-0 55 Patriot League
Dartmouth 1-0 51 Ivy League
Northern Iowa 2-1 45 Missouri Valley Conference
Delaware 0-0 41 Colonial Athletic Association
Elon 0-0 28 Southern Conference
Fairleigh Dickinson 0-0 21 Northeast Conference
Nevada 2-1 16 Western Athletic Conference

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Nov. 23-29, 2020

2 feature games to tell you about this week:

11/26/20- Long Beach State (Rudy Arellano) @ Purdue (Jackson Pace) -- A tightly contested game in the first half, but Purdue blew it open a bit in the second half, holding LBSU to just 32.7% shooting.

Final Score: Purdue- 57, Long Beach State- 47

Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State)- started game, 34 mins played, 5 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks.
Jackson Pace (Purdue)- started game, 37 mins played, 14 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists.

11/28/20- #21 North Carolina (Erik Flamebeard) @ High Point (Benton Gale) -- Give High Point credit in this one, they didn't play bad at all, but Carolina hit just a few more shots while attempting a few less.

Final Score: #21 North Carolina- 82, High Point- 71

Erik Flamebeard (North Carolina)- came off bench, 5 mins played, 1 rebound.
Benton Gale (High Point)- came off bench, 32 mins played, 3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Now on to the rest of the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 3-1, 0-0 ACC.

11/27/20 at St. Francis-PA (W 87-40), started game, 30 mins played, 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals.

1 game this week, and it was a nice one for Chester who continues to improve.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 3-0, 0-0 Conference USA.

11/24/20- Orlando Classic Semifinal vs. (5) Davidson (W 93-91, OT), started game, 38 mins played, 21 points, 5 rebounds, 14 assists, (Fouled Out).
11/25/20- Orlando Classic Championship vs. (6) Illinois-Chicago (W 84-65), started game, 24 mins played, 11 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists, 1 block.

Tough week foul wise for Al, who had 9 of a possible 10 fouls. The 14 assists is a career high.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 3-2, 0-0 Mountain West.

11/23/20 vs. Presbyterian (W 77-51), started game, 25 mins played, 21 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal.
11/27/20 vs. Bryant (W 59-51), started game, 32 mins played, 10 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block.

Nice scoring game for Ricardo against Presbyterian, but he didn't really have it against Bryant.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 1-4, 0-0 Big West.

11/26/20 at Purdue- feature game, highlighted above.
11/29/20 at #5 California (L 71-49), started game, 31 mins played, 3 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.

Not the greatest week for Rudy, who like many of our guys, battled foul trouble.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 3-1, 0-0 Big East.

11/29/20 vs. Holy Cross (W 75-47), started game, 33 mins played, 8 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals.

Tough one for Jack scoring wise, but he led the team in boards this week.

RS JR C Ralph King (#1 Duke) -- 4-1, 0-0 ACC.

11/24/20 at UCLA (L 76-68), came off bench, 25 mins played, 7 points, 13 rebounds, 3 steals.
11/27/20 vs. Fairfield (W 80-68), came off bench, 22 mins played, 9 points, 6 rebounds, 1 steal.

Good week for Ralph, as the 13 rebounds at UCLA are a season high.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point) -- 1-3, 0-0 Big South.

11/25/20 at Winthrop (W 86-79), started game, 33 mins played, 21 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists.
11/28/20 vs. #21 North Carolina- feature game, highlighted above.

No luck for Benton against North Carolina, as he was just 1-16 from the field, but a heck of a game at Winthrop.

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 1-4, 0-0 SWAC.

11/23/20 at Louisiana Tech (L 75-72, OT), started game, 35 mins played, 20 points, 10 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals, (Double-double), (POTG).
11/26/20 at #17 Kansas (W 85-77), started game, 29 mins played, 1 point, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block, 2 steals.
11/28/20 at #15 Illinois (L 77-54), started game, 26 mins played, 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

What a game for Bam at LA Tech. It's not often a player from the losing team gets POTG, but well deserved. And how about his team going to Lawrence and knocking off the Jayhawks? Not a bad week overall, sans the Illinois game.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#11 Georgetown) -- 4-0, 0-0 Big East.

11/24/20- Anaheim Invitational Semifinal vs. (4) #24 Clemson (W 82-70), came off bench, 28 mins played, 4 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal.
11/25/20- Anaheim Invitational Championship vs. (6) East Tennessee State (W 72-50), came off bench, 21 mins played, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block.

A decent week off the bench for Ariel, but he still needs to find his shot. No reason not to score at least a point against East Tennessee.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 1-2, 0-0 Conference USA.

11/25/20 at Western Illinois (W 93-68), started game, 18 mins played, 12 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.
11/27/20 at Bethune Cookman (L 75-67), started game, 31 mins played, 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals.

Foul trouble hampered Thomas at Western Illinois but he picked it up against Bethune Cookman. Terrible loss for the team though.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#2 Michigan State) -- 7-0, 0-0 Big Ten.

11/24/20 vs. Baylor (W 68-59), started game, 36 mins played, 14 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists.
11/26/20 vs. #16 Memphis (W 86-60), started game, 29 mins played, 6 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.
11/29/20 at Navy (W 80-55), started game, 35 mins played, 16 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists.

We haven't seen the best of Jaybard yet in his senior season. Not even close. His numbers aren't bad, but not what we expect.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (Pittsburgh) -- 2-2, 0-0 Big East.

11/26/20 vs. Buffalo (W 108-103), came off bench, 10 mins played, 8 points, 3 rebounds.

The positive for Qwikshot is he had 8 points in 10 mins. The negative: 4 fouls in 10 minutes. That is going to be an issue.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 1-4, 0-0 Big 12.

11/24/20 vs. #23 Iowa (L 66-56), came off bench, 5 mins played, 1 rebound, 1 steal.
11/27/20 at Creighton (L 78-71), came off bench, 19 mins played, 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist.

We may see more of Mike if he can stay on the floor, but again, 4 fouls in 19 minutes is not gonna cut it.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 2-3, 0-0 Pac 10.

11/26/20 at #13 Oklahoma State (L 81-80), came off bench, 19 mins played, 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block.

Again, it comes down to foul trouble for one of our players. Another who had 4 fouls in 19 minutes. A couple more minutes on the court might have been the difference.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#1 Duke) -- 4-1, 0-0 ACC.

11/24/20 at UCLA (L 76-68), started game, 30 mins played, 7 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists.
11/27/20 vs. Fairfield (W 80-68), started game, 33 mins played, 5 points, 7 rebounds, 12 assists.

Nice game for Cameron against Fairfield, he did a little bit of everything. Tough game at UCLA for him and the team.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 4-0, 0-0 Big Ten.

11/26/20 vs. Long Beach State- feature game, highlighted above.

Good week, good game for Jackson, who was 2 rebounds short of a double-double.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#11 Georgetown) -- 4-0, 0-0 Big East.

11/24/20- Anaheim Invitational Semifinal vs. (4) Clemson (W 82-70), came off bench, 16 mins played, 4 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.
11/25/20- Anaheim Invitational Championship vs. (6) East Tennessee State (W 72-50), came off bench, 5 mins played, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block.

Jawouk benefited from foul trouble on the front line against Clemson, but was back to short minutes against East Tennessee State. He did play well when he was out there though.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#4 Mississippi State) -- 3-0, 0-0 SEC.

11/23/20 vs. South Alabama (W 82-57), started game, 17 mins played, 2 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal.

Short minutes for Tim who battled foul trouble, a recurring theme. Not a bad game on the boards, but he was just 1-7 shooting.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#21 North Carolina) -- 5-1, 0-0 ACC.

11/24/20 vs. Manhattan (W 79-36), came off bench, 2 mins played.
11/28/20 at High Point- feature game, highlighted above.

Unbelievable that in a blowout game, Erik couldn't log more than 2 mins. Gonna be a long season for the Flame man.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Michigan State (72) 7-0 1800 2 Big Ten Conference
2. California 4-0 1655 5 Pacific-10 Conference
3. Kentucky 3-0 1630 6 Southeastern Conference
4. Mississippi State 3-0 1587 4 Southeastern Conference
5. Duke 4-1 1555 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
6. Tennessee 4-0 1474 9 Southeastern Conference
7. Georgetown 4-0 1342 11 Big East Conference
8. Villanova 3-1 1232 12 Big East Conference
9. Oklahoma State 3-0 1221 13 Big 12 Conference
10. North Carolina 5-1 998 21 Atlantic Coast Conference
11. Wake Forest 4-1 962 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Iowa 3-0 869 23 Big Ten Conference
13. Texas 3-1 861 20 Big 12 Conference
14. West Virginia 2-1 682 7 Big East Conference
15. Georgia Tech 3-1 579 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
16. Gonzaga 6-0 546 22 Western Athletic Conference
17. Alabama 3-0 390 NR Southeastern Conference
18. Maryland 3-1 383 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
19. Louisiana State 5-0 367 NR Southeastern Conference
20. Creighton 3-1 348 NR Missouri Valley Conference
21. Houston 3-0 317 NR Conference USA
22. Marquette 2-1 289 NR Big East Conference
23. Indiana 4-0 251 NR Big Ten Conference
24. Syracuse 3-1 228 NR Big East Conference
25. Purdue 4-0 185 NR Big Ten Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Florida 4-1 183 Southeastern Conference
Washington 3-0 182 Pacific-10 Conference
Connecticut 4-1 164 Big East Conference
Stanford 3-1 138 Pacific-10 Conference
Auburn 3-0 119 Southeastern Conference
Saint Louis 4-0 111 Atlantic 10 Conference
UC Riverside 4-0 90 Big West Conference
Notre Dame 2-1 79 Big East Conference
Bradley 4-0 78 Missouri Valley Conference
Charlotte 3-0 66 Atlantic 10 Conference
Ohio State 2-1 59 Big Ten Conference
St. Peter's 4-0 56 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Vanderbilt 2-1 52 Southeastern Conference
Air Force 3-0 43 Mountain West Conference
Youngstown State 4-0 42 Horizon League
Iona 3-0 39 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
IPFW 4-0 35 Summit League
Austin Peay 3-0 31 Ohio Valley Conference
Hawaii 2-0 22 Western Athletic Conference
Columbia 2-0 14 Ivy League
Sam Houston State 3-0 14 Southland Conference
Utah State 4-1 13 Western Athletic Conference
Jacksonville State 3-0 12 Ohio Valley Conference
Louisville 4-1 5 Big East Conference
Boston College 5-2 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
Coppin State 3-0 1 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Gonzaga (31) 6-0 1687 3 Western Athletic Conference
2. Houston (6) 3-0 1644 9 Conference USA
3. Creighton (31) 3-1 1551 6 Missouri Valley Conference
4. Saint Louis 4-0 1453 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Charlotte (2) 3-0 1374 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. Utah State 4-1 1314 1 Western Athletic Conference
7. Bradley 4-0 1268 10 Missouri Valley Conference
8. Youngstown State 4-0 1229 21 Horizon League
9. Austin Peay 3-0 1226 17 Ohio Valley Conference
10. IPFW 4-0 1072 25 Summit League
11. St. Peter's 4-0 1001 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
12. Iona (1) 3-0 997 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
13. UC Riverside (1) 4-0 964 23 Big West Conference
14. Temple 1-1 846 16 Atlantic 10 Conference
15. Air Force 3-0 840 22 Mountain West Conference
16. Jacksonville State 3-0 789 NR Ohio Valley Conference
17. Sam Houston State 3-0 647 NR Southland Conference
18. Butler 3-1 634 2 Horizon League
19. Hawaii 2-0 630 NR Western Athletic Conference
20. Columbia 2-0 598 NR Ivy League
21. Coppin State 3-0 579 NR Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
22. Davidson 3-1 338 4 Southern Conference
23. Xavier 1-2 206 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
24. San Diego 5-1 131 7 West Coast Conference
25. Wright State 4-1 80 8 Horizon League

Others Receiving Votes:
South Florida 4-1 42 Conference USA
IUPUI 3-1 32 Summit League
Vermont 4-1 27 America East Conference
Pepperdine 3-1 24 West Coast Conference
Wyoming 3-1 21 Mountain West Conference
Stony Brook 4-1 18 America East Conference
Appalachian State 3-1 17 Southern Conference
Utah 2-1 14 Mountain West Conference
Boston University 2-1 13 America East Conference
Western Michigan 4-1 12 Mid-American Conference
Kent State 2-1 10 Conference USA
Valparaiso 3-1 10 Horizon League
Cleveland State 3-1 7 Horizon League
Binghamton 3-1 6 America East Conference
George Mason 2-1 6 Colonial Athletic Association
Quinnipiac 2-1 6 Northeast Conference
Saint Joseph's 2-1 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
Colgate 4-1 5 Patriot League
South Carolina State 3-1 5 Atlantic Sun Conference
Hartford 2-1 4 America East Conference
San Jose State 2-1 4 Western Athletic Conference
Portland State 4-1 3 Big Sky Conference
Drexel 1-1 2 Colonial Athletic Association
Samford 1-1 2 Southern Conference
Citadel 3-1 2 Southern Conference
Bucknell 2-1 1 Patriot League
Fordham 2-1 1 Colonial Athletic Association
Jacksonville 1-1 1 Atlantic Sun Conference
Yale 2-1 1 Ivy League

[collegesportsfanms]

Pro Update through Nov. 30th, 2020

We've got 2 guys in the NBA to keep an eye on.

NBA Rookie PF Jace Hunter (Detroit Pistons)

The Pistons jumped out to an 8-6 record to end the month of November, leading the Central Division. Jace was a big part of that, averaging 33.4 minuted, 17.5 points, and 8.6 rebounds a game. He had a career high 31 points against Memphis on November 4th and a career high 13 rebounds against Portland on November 19th. He already has 3 POTG awards in his rookie season. His pro career is off to a great start.

NBA Rookie PF Ivan Carrillo (Portland Trailblazers)

The Trailblazers have limped to a 4-9 start, last in the Northwest Division. So far Ivan has played in just 2 games, averaging 9 minutes and 4 points as well as 3.5 rebounds a game. The reason he's only played in 2 games you ask? He's also played 5 games in the D-League, averaging 30 minutes a game, 19.2 points and 8.8 rebounds a game. Unfortunately, he just hasn't translated those numbers to the NBA yet, as he's been back and forth 3 times already in his rookie season. Expect him to see some more time in the D-League before it's over.

[collegesportsfanms]

Nov. 30-Dec. 6, 2020

No feature games this week, so let's jump into the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (#18 Maryland) -- 6-1, 0-0 ACC.

11/30/20 at UCLA (W 92-74), started game, 22 mins played, 7 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.
12/3/20 at UConn (W 85-75), started game, 24 mins played, 16 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks, 1 steal, (POTG).
12/6/20 vs. Arkansas (W 63-53), started game, 34 mins played, 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals.

Solid week for Chester, who earned his first POTG award this week.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (#21 Houston) -- 4-0, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/3/20 vs. South Alabama (W 69-50), started game, 25 mins played, 20 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, (POTG).

2 was the number for Al this week, as he had 2 of pretty much everything, including fouls. His 20 points was good enough for a POTG though.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 3-4, 0-0 Mountain West.

11/30/20 at UC Davis (L 64-53), started game, 32 mins played, 8 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists.
12/6/20 at Maine (L 69-67), started game, 31 mins played, 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.

Ricardo has had better weeks, and so have the Rebels. 2 embarrassing losses to lower level teams. Ugh!

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 1-4, 0-0 Big West.

No games this week for Rudy and the 49ers.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (#24 Syracuse) -- 4-2, 0-0 Big East.

12/4/20 vs. #23 Indiana (W 54-52), started game, 35 mins played, 11 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals.
12/6/20 vs. Stanford (L 71-69), started game, 32 mins played, 12 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, (Double-double).

Nice double-double for Jack in the loss to Stanford.

RS JR C Ralph King (#5 Duke) -- 6-1, 0-0 ACC.

12/1/20 vs. Campbell (W 87-75), came off bench, 23 mins played, 5 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 block.
12/3/20 vs. Austin Peay (W 94-84), came off bench, 22 mins played, 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.

Nice week off the bench for Ralph, as he got a lot of his points from the free throw line.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point) -- 3-4, 0-0 Big South.

11/30/20 at William @ Mary (W 86-73, started game, 34 mins played, 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.
12/4/20 vs. Hampton (L 100-90), started game, 26 mins played, 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, (Fouled Out).
12/6/20 vs. Morgan State (W 77-73), started game, 32 mins played, 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, (POTG).

Not a bad week for Benton who kept improving his scoring and picked up a POTG award.

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 2-5, 0-0 SWAC.

11/30/20 at Southern Illinois (W 75-67), came off bench, 14 mins played, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.
12/5/20 at Florida (L 73-61), came off bench, 16 mins played, 6 points, 7 rebounds.

Bam was relegated to bench duty this week, not sure why as he's not playing bad. He had a nice game at Florida. Perhaps he'll continue to put up good numbers in short minutes and earn that starting spot back.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#7 Georgetown) -- 5-0, 0-0 Big East.

12/2/20 at Illinois (W 77-57), came off bench, 23 mins played, 8 points, 4 rebounds.

Just 1 game this week for Ariel and the Hoyas. Foul trouble is still an issue though, he had 3 in this one.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 1-3, 0-0 Conference USA.

11/30/20 at Akron (L 71-41), started game, 9 mins played, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal.

Just the 1 game for Thomas this week, and it was a game he'd like to forget. Held scoreless, missed all 3 of his shots, had 4 fouls, just not a good effort.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#1 Michigan State) -- 8-0, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/4/20 vs. Illinois State (W 112-87), started game, 33 mins played, 19 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 blocks.

Another team that just had 1 game this week, but what a game it was for Jaybard. Just a couple rebounds and assists away from a triple-double.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (Pittsburgh) -- 4-2, 0-0 Big East.

11/30/20 vs. Mercer (W 85-58), came off bench, 19 mins played, 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
12/2/20 at UT Martin (W 82-74), came off bench, 15 mins played, 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist.

Qwikshot has had better weeks coming off the bench, his shot just wasn't there this week.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 2-5, 0-0 Big 12.

12/2/20 vs. Drake (W 67-59), came off bench, 9 mins played, 1 rebound.
12/4/20 vs. Delaware State (L 90-80), came off bench, 23 mins played, 13 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal.

A little bit of a bittersweet game for Mike against Delaware State. First, the team lost, and second, even though the 13 points is a career high, it took him 14 shots to do it. He was just 4-14 from the field and a dismal 1-9 from three point land.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 3-4, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/1/20 vs. Seattle (W 81-61), came off bench, 27 mins played, 11 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks, 2 steals.
12/5/20 at Oklahoma (L 76-54), came off bench, 21 mins played, 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 2 steals.

The defense was there for Path, but so were the fouls: 4 fouls in each game. He'll have to learn how to play that pressure defense without being too aggressive.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#5 Duke) -- 6-1, 0-0 ACC.

12/1/20 vs. Campbell (W 87-75), started game, 33 mins played, 19 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, (POTG).
12/3/20 vs. Austin Peay (W 94-84), started game, 33 mins played, 14 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals, (POTG).

Great week for Cameron, who takes home 2 POTG awards and just a little shy of either a double-double or even a triple-double.

SO PG Jackson Pace (#25 Purdue) -- 6-0, 0-0 Big Ten.

11/30/20 vs. Fairfield (W 105-87), started game, 35 mins played, 32 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, 1 steal, (POTG).
12/3/20 at #8 Villanova (W 60-57), started game, 37 mins played, 23 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, (POTG).

What a week for Jackson, who picks up 2 POTG awards and averaged 29 points a game this week. His 35 points against Fairfield is a career high.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#7 Georgetown) -- 5-0, 0-0 Big East.

12/2/20 at Illinois (W 77-57), came off bench, 7 mins played, 1 rebound.

Nothing doing for Jawouk this week, who did nothing to prove he deserved more minutes consistently. Look for his minutes to go up and down all season.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#4 Mississippi State) -- 4-2, 0-0 SEC.

11/30/20 vs. UL Monroe (W 78-63), started game, 29 mins played, 8 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal.
12/4/20 at Southeast Missouri State (L 87-83), started game, 21 mins played, 7 points, 5 rebounds, 4 steals.
12/6/20 vs. Murray State (L 68-57), started game, 29 mins played, 7 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists.

Horrible week for the Bulldogs who lost 2 games to inferior competition. Tim had a decent week, almost pulling a double-double against Murray State and UL Monroe.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#10 North Carolina) -- 6-1, 0-0 ACC.

11/30/20 vs. Morgan State (W 92-76), came off bench, 10 mins played, 3 points, 1 assist.

Better minutes for Erik, who logged 10, but he didn't do much with those minutes.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Michigan State (72) 8-0 1800 1 Big Ten Conference
2. Duke 6-1 1697 5 Atlantic Coast Conference
3. California 5-0 1683 2 Pacific-10 Conference
4. Kentucky 4-0 1535 3 Southeastern Conference
5. Georgetown 5-0 1531 7 Big East Conference
6. Wake Forest 6-1 1348 11 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Texas 5-1 1249 13 Big 12 Conference
8. North Carolina 6-1 1248 10 Atlantic Coast Conference
9. Oklahoma State 6-0 1123 9 Big 12 Conference
10. West Virginia 4-1 1050 14 Big East Conference
11. Georgia Tech 5-1 1013 15 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Tennessee 5-1 1010 6 Southeastern Conference
13. Maryland 6-1 914 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
14. Alabama 5-0 777 17 Southeastern Conference
15. Stanford 6-1 753 NR Pacific-10 Conference
16. Louisiana State 7-0 658 19 Southeastern Conference
17. Creighton 4-1 593 20 Missouri Valley Conference
18. Purdue 6-0 524 25 Big Ten Conference
19. Florida 5-1 464 NR Southeastern Conference
20. Houston 4-0 422 21 Conference USA
21. Villanova 4-2 331 8 Big East Conference
22. Bradley 6-0 310 NR Missouri Valley Conference
23. Notre Dame 4-1 305 NR Big East Conference
24. Vanderbilt 4-1 302 NR Southeastern Conference
25. Utah State 6-1 177 NR Western Athletic Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Iona 5-0 160 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
IPFW 5-0 131 Summit League
Boston College 6-2 122 Atlantic Coast Conference
Louisville 5-1 61 Big East Conference
Columbia 3-0 40 Ivy League
Temple 3-1 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
Mississippi State 4-2 16 Southeastern Conference
Butler 5-1 13 Horizon League
Michigan 4-1 11 Big Ten Conference
Gonzaga 6-1 9 Western Athletic Conference
Iowa 4-1 2 Big Ten Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (45) 4-1 1727 3 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Houston (17) 4-0 1693 2 Conference USA
3. Utah State (5) 6-1 1628 6 Western Athletic Conference
4. Bradley 6-0 1570 7 Missouri Valley Conference
5. Iona (5) 5-0 1450 12 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
6. Temple 3-1 1447 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. IPFW 5-0 1394 10 Summit League
8. Butler 5-1 1332 18 Horizon League
9. Columbia 3-0 1208 20 Ivy League
10. Gonzaga 6-1 1038 1 Western Athletic Conference
11. IUPUI 6-1 939 NR Summit League
12. Xavier 2-2 684 23 Atlantic 10 Conference
13. Charlotte 4-1 676 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
14. Saint Louis 5-1 561 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
15. Austin Peay 4-1 541 9 Ohio Valley Conference
16. Kent State 4-1 531 NR Conference USA
17. San Diego 5-1 529 24 West Coast Conference
18. Portland State 6-1 521 NR Big Sky Conference
19. Stony Brook 7-1 510 NR America East Conference
20. Tulsa 4-1 373 NR Conference USA
21. Pepperdine 4-1 295 NR West Coast Conference
22. Boston University 4-1 242 NR America East Conference
23. Detroit 3-1 211 NR Horizon League
24. George Mason 4-1 207 NR Colonial Athletic Association
25. Wyoming 4-1 199 NR Mountain West Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
USC Upstate 5-1 143 Big South Conference
Jacksonville State 4-1 134 Ohio Valley Conference
Niagara 4-1 126 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Rhode Island 4-1 117 Atlantic 10 Conference
Hawaii 4-1 104 Western Athletic Conference
UTEP 3-1 102 Conference USA
Colgate 4-1 98 Patriot League
New Mexico 2-1 98 Mountain West Conference
Dayton 5-2 95 Atlantic 10 Conference
Eastern Michigan 4-1 93 Mid-American Conference
Western Kentucky 2-1 92 Sun Belt Conference
Western Michigan 4-1 88 Mid-American Conference
Air Force 4-1 85 Mountain West Conference
Hampton 3-1 82 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
UC Riverside 4-1 78 Big West Conference
UC Irvine 2-1 70 Big West Conference
Sam Houston State 4-1 61 Southland Conference
Jacksonville 2-1 60 Atlantic Sun Conference
Delaware 3-1 58 Colonial Athletic Association
Texas-Arlington 3-1 44 Southland Conference
Coppin State 3-1 41 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Delaware State 3-1 24 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Davidson 3-2 1 Southern Conference

[bbgunn]

Grambling needs to start Bam more. Give him time, and he'll lead the Tigers to the NCAAs!

[collegesportsfanms]

Apologies for the lack of updates this week, I've been battling an illness that caused me to spend some time in the hospital, but I'm back home now and ready to resume this dynasty and all the others.

Dec. 7-13, 2020

No feature games this week, so let's get to the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (#13 Maryland) -- 6-2, 0-0 ACC.

12/12/20 vs. Illinois-Chicago (L 99-91), started game, 32 mins played, 17 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist.

Another nice scoring game for Chester, and he did well on the boards too.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (#20 Houston) -- 5-2, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/7/20 vs. Missouri (L 77-64), started game, 36 mins played, 10 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal.
12/10/20 at #14 Alabama (L 73-60), started game, 31 mins played, 12 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal.
12/13/20 vs. Rice (W 90-83), started game, 38 mins played, 23 points, 3 rebounds, 14 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).

What a finish to the week for Al, and they need that kind of performance from him every game. The 14 assists is a career high.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 5-4, 0-0 Mountain West.

12/8/20 at Bethune Cookman (W 75-61), started game, 28 mins played, 17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals.
12/11/20 vs. Southern Utah (W 72-57), started game, 26 mins played, 13 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.

An ok week for Ricardo. We've seen better, but at least his team won both games this week.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 3-4, 0-0 Big West.

12/8/20 vs. New Mexico (W 65-62), started game, 23 mins played, 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.
12/13/20 at San Francisco (W 71-59), DNP (Injury).

Tough break for Rudy, who tore a ligament against New Mexico, he's out for a good 5 weeks, which means he should return for the thick of conference play.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 5-2, 0-0 Big East.

12/12/20 at Dartmouth (W 87-49), started game, 32 mins played, 7 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists.

Just the one game for Jack and the Orange this week. Jack didn't have a great shooting night, but was just 3 points and 3 assists away from a triple-double.

RS JR C Ralph King (#2 Duke) -- 6-2, 0-0 ACC.

12/7/20 vs. Air Force (L 83-73), came off bench, 17 mins played, 8 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

Nice game off the bench for Ralph in the lone game of the week, even if the Blue Devils did get upset.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point) -- 3-6, 0-0 Big South.

12/11/20 at South Alabama (L 81-73), started game, 34 mins played, 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal.
12/13/20 vs. North Carolina A&T (L 92-89), started game, 27 mins played, 4 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 block.

Benton didn't do much this week, but he did have a block in each game, pretty rare for a PG. He's still struggling to find his shot, but at least he's taking care of the ball: just 1 turnover this week.

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 2-7, 0-0 SWAC.

12/8/20 vs. Rice (L 61-38), came off bench, 26 mins played, 4 points, 4 rebounds.
12/11/20 vs. Centenary (L 76-66), came off bench, 24 mins played, 6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist.

No blocks for Bam this week, but still decent minutes off the bench.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#5 Georgetown) -- 7-0, 0-0 Big East.

12/8/20 vs. Delaware (W 80-74), came off bench, 20 mins played, 16 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, (POTG).
12/11/20 vs. Washington State (W 58-43), came off bench, 18 mins played, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

Nice game against Delaware for Ariel, coming off the bench to get POTG, but he pretty much did nothing against Wazzou.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 4-3, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/7/20 vs. Northwestern (W 62-55), started game, 35 mins played, 27 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).
12/9/20 vs. Eastern Illinois (W 75-60), started game, 33 mins played, 11 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, 1 steal, (Double-double).
12/13/20 at Robert Morris (W 72-64), started game, 36 mins played, 13 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists.

Heck of a week for Thomas, who had a season high 27 points, against Northwestern and a double-double against Eastern Illinois. They need him to keep putting up those kind of numbers.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#1 Michigan State) -- 10-0, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/7/20 vs. Illinois-Chicago (W 90-63), started game, 22 mins played, 11 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, (Fouled Out).
12/12/20 at Wagner (W 88-67), started game, 35 mins played, 24 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, (Double-Double).

Jaybard struggled against Illinois-Chicago, but got it together for a nice double-double at Wagner.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (Pittsburgh) -- 6-2, 0-0 Big East.

12/8/20 vs. Loyola-IL (W 93-61), came off bench, 22 mins played, 8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals.
12/11/20 vs. James Madison (W 93-66), came off bench, 7 mins played, 5 points, 2 rebounds.

Not sure why the limited minutes for Qwikshot against James Madison, he seems to be producing nicely whenever he's in the game. He'll keep working hard to get his minutes though.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 4-6, 0-0 Big 12.

12/8/20 vs. UMKC (L 77-71), came off bench, 10 mins played, 6 points, 1 rebound.
12/10/20 at Stephen F. Austin (W 81-72), came off bench, 12 mins played, 7 points.
12/13/20 vs. Nevada (W 72-57), came off bench, 12 mins played, 5 points, 2 rebounds.

Nice to see Mike getting increased minutes now, and he seems to get his share of points when he's in.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 4-5, 0-0 Pac 10.

12/9/20 at Georgia State (L 79-64), came off bench, 23 mins played, 12 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals.
12/12/20 vs. Hartford (W 75-63), came off bench, 26 mins played, 10 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.

Nice week off the bench for Path, 3 boards shy of a double-double against Hartford.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#2 Duke) -- 6-2, 0-0 ACC.

12/7/20 vs. Air Force (L 83-73), started game, 33 mins played, 10 points, 3 rebound, 6 assists, 3 steals.

Cameron had 4 turnovers against Air Force, kind of a high number for a starting PG. Coach K is demanding he take better care of the ball.

SO PG Jackson Pace (#18 Purdue) -- 6-2, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/9/20 at Xavier (L 68-44), started game, 34 mins played, 8 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists.
12/11/20 at #7 Texas (L 91-68), started game, 33 mins played, 18 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Not a bad week for Jackson, but he's also gotta work on the turnovers, he had 9 this week.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#5 Georgetown) -- 7-0, 0-0 Big East.

12/8/20 vs. Delaware (W 80-74), came off bench, 11 mins played, 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.
12/11/20 vs. Washington State (W 58-43), came off bench, 7 points, played, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

Jawouk isn't seeing the minutes he saw last season, no doubt due to the return of Ariel.

SO C Tim Sheppard (Mississippi State) -- 6-2, 0-0 SEC.

12/8/20 vs. Rider (W 70-61), started game, 29 mins played, 7 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, 1 steal.
12/12/20 vs. New Orleans (W 70-44), started game, 14 mins played, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

While Tim didn't foul out this week, he did have 4 fouls against New Orleans, but still pulled down 9 boards. He'll be huge on the boards if he can stay on the floor.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#8 North Carolina) -- 7-1, 0-0 ACC.

12/9/20 vs. James Madison (W 65-41), came off bench, 2 mins played.

Erik might as well not even played this week, as he logged just 2 minutes in UNC's only game.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Michigan State (72) 10-0 1800 1 Big Ten Conference
2. Georgetown 7-0 1673 5 Big East Conference
3. Kentucky 6-0 1651 4 Southeastern Conference
4. Texas 6-1 1541 7 Big 12 Conference
5. Wake Forest 8-1 1500 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
6. California 6-1 1385 3 Pacific-10 Conference
7. Oklahoma State 7-0 1343 9 Big 12 Conference
8. West Virginia 6-1 1275 10 Big East Conference
9. Duke 6-2 1158 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
10. Tennessee 7-1 1133 12 Southeastern Conference
11. North Carolina 7-1 1125 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Creighton 7-1 988 17 Missouri Valley Conference
13. Stanford 7-1 944 15 Pacific-10 Conference
14. Utah State 8-1 733 25 Western Athletic Conference
15. Vanderbilt 6-1 727 24 Southeastern Conference
16. Florida 6-1 672 19 Southeastern Conference
17. Louisiana State 7-0 626 16 Southeastern Conference
18. Villanova 6-2 546 21 Big East Conference
19. Notre Dame 5-1 491 23 Big East Conference
20. Louisville 7-1 462 NR Big East Conference
21. Iona 8-0 435 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
22. Boston College 6-2 228 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
23. Mississippi State 6-2 187 NR Southeastern Conference
24. Columbia 6-0 185 NR Ivy League
25. Butler 7-1 148 NR Horizon League

Others Receiving Votes:
Pittsburgh 6-2 101 Big East Conference
Iowa 6-1 93 Big Ten Conference
Georgia Tech 6-2 88 Atlantic Coast Conference
Gonzaga 7-1 35 Western Athletic Conference
Michigan 5-1 34 Big Ten Conference
Alabama 6-1 29 Southeastern Conference
IUPUI 7-1 28 Summit League
Cincinnati 6-1 11 Big East Conference
San Diego 7-1 10 West Coast Conference
Charlotte 6-1 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
George Mason 6-1 3 Colonial Athletic Association
Colgate 6-1 1 Patriot League
Connecticut 6-2 1 Big East Conference
Marquette 6-2 1 Big East Conference
Maryland 6-2 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
Minnesota 7-1 1 Big Ten Conference
Pepperdine 6-1 1 West Coast Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (60) 7-1 1786 1 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Utah State (5) 8-1 1703 3 Western Athletic Conference
3. Iona (7) 8-0 1647 5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
4. Butler 7-1 1559 8 Horizon League
5. Columbia 6-0 1445 9 Ivy League
6. Gonzaga 7-1 1376 10 Western Athletic Conference
7. IUPUI 7-1 1287 11 Summit League
8. Xavier 3-2 1170 12 Atlantic 10 Conference
9. San Diego 7-1 1138 17 West Coast Conference
10. Charlotte 6-1 1107 13 Atlantic 10 Conference
11. Bradley 7-1 1053 4 Missouri Valley Conference
12. Pepperdine 6-1 957 21 West Coast Conference
13. George Mason 6-1 860 24 Colonial Athletic Association
14. Wyoming 6-1 835 25 Mountain West Conference
15. Dayton 7-2 828 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
16. UTEP 5-1 751 NR Conference USA
17. Temple 4-2 672 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
18. IPFW 6-1 649 7 Summit League
19. Colgate 6-1 614 NR Patriot League
20. Hawaii 5-1 543 NR Western Athletic Conference
21. Sam Houston State 6-1 462 NR Southland Conference
22. Coppin State 5-1 356 NR Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
23. UC Riverside 4-1 293 NR Big West Conference
24. Houston 5-2 126 2 Conference USA
25. Santa Clara 6-2 50 NR West Coast Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
VCU 6-2 29 Colonial Athletic Association
Boston University 6-2 26 America East Conference
Tulsa 6-2 22 Conference USA
Utah 5-2 12 Mountain West Conference
Cleveland State 7-2 11 Horizon League
Saint Joseph's 5-2 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
UC Santa Barbara 7-2 7 Big West Conference
Detroit 4-2 3 Horizon League
Hofstra 5-2 3 Colonial Athletic Association
USC Upstate 6-2 3 Big South Conference
Northeastern 4-2 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
South Florida 5-2 2 Conference USA
Jacksonville State 5-2 1 Ohio Valley Conference
Niagara 4-2 1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Citadel 6-2 1 Southern Conference

[collegesportsfanms]

Dec. 14-20, 2020

Again, no feature games this week, so on to the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 7-2, 0-0 ACC.

12/16/20 vs. James Madison (W 84-80), started game, 32 mins played, 17 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal.

Horrible shooting in the lone game of the week for Chester. It took him 16 shots to get 17 points. 26 shots, actually, if you count the 10 free throws he also had. He'll have to do better.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 7-2, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/16/20 vs. Centenary (W 81-54), started game, 36 mins played, 14 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 block.
12/20/20 at St. Joseph's (W 74-63), started game, 24 mins played, 7 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 block.

Al continues to impress with his assist totals as he's up over 7 a game now. He's taking care of the ball too.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 6-5, 0-0 Mountain West.

12/16/20 vs. Alabama (L 71-38), started game, 28 mins played, 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.
12/19/20 vs. Brown (W 68-60), started game, 29 mins played, 21 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal, (POTG).

Ricardo got it going scoring wise against Brown, earning the POTG. He needs more performances like that if he's going to get drafted.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State)- injured -- 4-5, 0-0 Big West.

12/16/20 at USC (L 68-57).
12/20/20 at Pepperdine (W 50-43).

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 7-2, 0-0 Big East.

12/16/20 vs. Akron (W 80-49), started game, 33 mins played, 9 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 1 steal.
12/19/20 vs. Davidson (W 83-80), started game, 26 mins played, 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.

Nice week for Jack, who had a season high in rebounds with his 13 against Akron.

RS JR C Ralph King (#9 Duke) -- 7-2, 0-0 ACC.

12/14/20 vs. Davidson (W 91-75), came off bench, 13 mins played, 4 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 2 steals.

Not much happening for Ralph this game, he did hit 2 of his shots and didn't foul at all, so that's good. Light on the minutes though, 13 isn't much.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point) -- 4-6, 0-0 Big South.

12/16/20 at UNC Greensboro (W 82-80), started game, 34 mins played, 4 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal.

Horrible game for Benton, who made just 1-9 shots and turned it over 4 times. He's got to get better, he's struggling a bit right now.

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 2-8, 0-0 SWAC.

12/17/20- Las Vegas Shootout First Round vs. (1) #7 Oklahoma State (L 73-65), started game, 28 mins played, 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 1 steal.

Bam has been in and out of the starting lineup all season, and this week he was back starting. He rewarded his coach by not committing a foul all game. Big news for him.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#2 Georgetown) -- 8-1, 0-0 Big East.

12/14/20 vs. Detroit (W 87-59), came off bench, 8 mins played, 2 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist.
12/17/20 vs. Western Illinois (L 87-83), came off bench, 26 mins played, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 1 steal.

Offense hasn't been Ariel's strong suit right now, and his minutes were way limited against Detroit as he had 4 fouls. At least he stayed on the floor more against Western Illinois.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 5-4, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/17/20 at George Mason (L 83-59), started game, 20 mins played, 8 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.
12/20/20 at Furman (W 90-65), started game, 27 mins played, 16 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

Thomas had a much better game at Furman. Foul trouble limited him at George Mason.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#1 Michigan State) -- 12-0, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/17/20 vs. Manhattan (W 87-63), started game, 32 mins played, 17 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 block.
12/20/20 at #20 Louisville (W 96-68), started game, 34 mins played, 15 points, 7 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 block, 1 steal, (Double-double).

Can't believe Jaybard didn't get POTG at Louisville, but there was another guy that had a double-double. However, 3 rebounds short of a triple-double is hard to ignore.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (Pittsburgh)- injured -- 8-2, 0-0 Big East.

12/15/20 at Duquesne (W 84-71)
12/20/20 vs. Albany (W 85-64)

Qwikshot actually broke his finger during the 12/11 game against James Madison, but I just noticed until now. As of the end of this week, he's day to day, so I expect him to play next week.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 5-6, 0-0 Big 12.

12/19/20 vs. #25 Butler (W 63-60), came off bench, 6 mins played, 3 points, 2 steals.

Mike was a huge spark plug in this one. Even though he only played 6 minutes, he had a big three pointer and a couple big steals leading the Wildcats to the upset win.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 5-6, 0-0 Pac 10.

12/14/20 at Southern Utah (L 74-71), came off bench, 22 mins played, 9 points, 5 rebounds, (Fouled Out.)
12/18/20 vs. Idaho (W 90-72), came off bench, 25 mins played, 7 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks.

Path needed to be on the floor longer at Southern Utah. He was having a heck of a game, and a few more minutes from him might have resulted in a win.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#9 Duke) -- 7-2, 0-0 ACC.

12/14/20 vs. Davidson (W 91-75), started game, 31 mins played, 2 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals.

Not the best of games for Cameron either this week. He had 5 turnovers to go with his 5 assists. a 1:1 ratio isn't that great.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 8-2, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/19/20- Rainbow Invitational First Round vs. (8) Monmouth (W 70-61), started game, 37 mins played, 7 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.
12/20/20- Rainbow Invitational Semifinals vs. (4) Virginia Tech (W 83-80), started game, 23 mins played, 9 points, 1 rebound, 7 assists.

Foul trouble hurt Jackson against VA Tech, hopefully he can stay on the floor longer in the Rainbow Invitational Championship next week.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#2 Georgetown) -- 8-1, 0-0 Big East.

12/14/20 vs. Detroit (W 87-59), came off bench, 26 mins played, 11 points, 8 rebounds, 1 block.
12/17/20 vs. Western Illinois (L 87-83), came off bench, 8 mins played, 2 points, 1 rebound.

Jawouk took advantage of the Ariel foul trouble and had a great game against Detroit, but it's clear that he is still lower on the depth chart. He's biding his time until next season.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#23 Mississippi State) -- 8-2, 0-0 SEC.

12/15/20 vs. Michigan (W 74-65), started game, 17 mins played, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
12/19/20 vs. UL Lafayette (W 84-71), started game, 29 mins played, 8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals.

Fouls hurt Tim against Michigan as he went scoreless, but he came close to a double-double against UL Lafayette.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#11 North Carolina) -- 9-1, 0-0 ACC.

12/14/20 vs. UNC Greensboro (W 98-57), came off bench, 3 mins played, 3 points, 1 rebound.
12/20/20 at Howard (W 64-53), DNP (Coaches Decision)

So Erik hit his only shot against Greensboro, a three pointer no less, and doesn't even see the floor at Howard? Tough times for the Flame man.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Michigan State (72) 12-0 1800 1 Big Ten Conference
2. Texas 8-1 1698 4 Big 12 Conference
3. Tennessee 10-1 1593 10 Southeastern Conference
4. Oklahoma State 10-0 1554 7 Big 12 Conference
5. West Virginia 8-1 1490 8 Big East Conference
6. Duke 7-2 1454 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. North Carolina 9-1 1412 11 Atlantic Coast Conference
8. Creighton 9-1 1283 12 Missouri Valley Conference
9. Vanderbilt 9-1 1233 15 Southeastern Conference
10. Georgetown 8-1 1100 2 Big East Conference
11. Florida 8-1 1058 16 Southeastern Conference
12. Villanova 8-2 963 18 Big East Conference
13. Notre Dame 8-1 947 19 Big East Conference
14. California 7-2 798 6 Pacific-10 Conference
15. Kentucky 6-1 793 3 Southeastern Conference
16. Utah State 10-1 726 14 Western Athletic Conference
17. Mississippi State 8-2 653 23 Southeastern Conference
18. Wake Forest 8-2 526 5 Atlantic Coast Conference
19. Pittsburgh 8-2 460 NR Big East Conference
20. Xavier 5-2 344 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
21. Alabama 8-1 300 NR Southeastern Conference
22. Stanford 8-2 277 13 Pacific-10 Conference
23. Gonzaga 8-1 217 NR Western Athletic Conference
24. Connecticut 8-2 216 NR Big East Conference
25. Cincinnati 7-1 96 NR Big East Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Minnesota 9-1 96 Big Ten Conference
Iona 10-1 84 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Louisville 8-2 55 Big East Conference
Nebraska 8-1 35 Big 12 Conference
Texas Tech 7-1 31 Big 12 Conference
Maryland 7-2 22 Atlantic Coast Conference
Syracuse 7-2 22 Big East Conference
Wyoming 7-1 19 Mountain West Conference
UTEP 7-1 13 Conference USA
Hawaii 7-1 7 Western Athletic Conference
IPFW 8-1 7 Summit League
Boston College 8-3 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
Illinois 6-2 6 Big Ten Conference
Georgia Tech 7-3 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
Mississippi 8-2 2 Southeastern Conference
Columbia 6-1 1 Ivy League
Kansas 7-2 1 Big 12 Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (68) 9-1 1796 1 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Utah State (4) 10-1 1726 2 Western Athletic Conference
3. Gonzaga 8-1 1601 6 Western Athletic Conference
4. Xavier 5-2 1586 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Iona 10-1 1452 3 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
6. UTEP 7-1 1365 16 Conference USA
7. Wyoming 7-1 1289 14 Mountain West Conference
8. Temple 5-2 1252 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
9. IPFW 8-1 1215 18 Summit League
10. Butler 8-2 1150 4 Horizon League
11. Hawaii 7-1 1135 20 Western Athletic Conference
12. Sam Houston State 7-1 1000 21 Southland Conference
13. Columbia 6-1 899 5 Ivy League
14. Houston 7-2 822 24 Conference USA
15. UC Riverside 6-1 818 23 Big West Conference
16. IUPUI 8-2 755 7 Summit League
17. San Diego 8-2 559 9 West Coast Conference
18. Charlotte 7-2 493 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. Utah 7-2 463 NR Mountain West Conference
20. Bradley 8-2 444 11 Missouri Valley Conference
21. Boston University 8-2 293 NR America East Conference
22. George Mason 7-2 291 13 Colonial Athletic Association
23. UC Santa Barbara 8-2 242 NR Big West Conference
24. Hofstra 6-2 160 NR Colonial Athletic Association
25. Dayton 7-3 105 15 Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
San Jose State 6-2 89 Western Athletic Conference
McNeese State 7-2 79 Southland Conference
Saint Louis 6-2 78 Atlantic 10 Conference
Northeastern 5-2 70 Atlantic 10 Conference
Jacksonville 6-2 57 Atlantic Sun Conference
Western Michigan 6-2 47 Mid-American Conference
Niagara 6-2 40 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
New Mexico 4-2 22 Mountain West Conference
Coppin State 5-2 7 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference

[bbgunn]

Ugh... spending time in the hospital is never fun. Hope you're feeling much better, collegesportsfanms!

[collegesportsfanms]

Dec. 21-27, 2020

1 feature game this week, so let's get to it.

12/27/20- #10 Georgetown (Ariel Ginsberg, Jawouk Bafou) @ Maryland (Chester Smith) -- This one was a shootout as both teams shot 50% or better from three point land. Maryland held a huge 41-29 rebounding edge that led to the difference.

Final Score: Maryland- 99, #10 Georgetown- 81

Ariel Ginsberg (Georgetown)- came off bench, 6 mins played, 2 rebounds, 2 blocks.
Jawouk Bafou (Georgetown)- came off bench, 19 mins played, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist.
Chester Smith (Maryland)- started game, 32 mins played, 27 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, (POTG).

Now to the rest of the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 9-3, 0-0 ACC.

12/22/20 vs. DePaul (L 90-87), started game, 33 mins played, 25 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.
12/24/20 vs. Hofstra (W 99-90), started game, 26 mins played, 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist.
12/27/20 vs. #10 Georgetown- feature game, highlighted above.

What a week for Chester, as he set a career high for points against DePaul, then broke it 2 games later against Georgetown, and also earned his 2nd POTG of his career. If he keeps it up, his draft stock is going to be much better at years end.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 9-2, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/24/20 vs. Minnesota (W 85-76), started game, 36 mins played, 23 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, (POTG).
12/27/20 vs. Stephen F. Austin (W 86-58), started game, 31 mins played, 20 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals, (Double-double), (POTG).

2 games, 2 POTG awards for Al and another double-double. And he did all that while picking up 4 fouls in each game. Incredible!

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 8-5, 0-0 Mountain West.

12/22/20 vs. NJIT (W 64-51), started game, 20 mins played, 15 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
12/24/20 vs. Cal State Bakersfield (W 79-49), came off bench, 9 mins played, 5 points, 4 rebounds.

Ricardo broke his finger against NJIT, but came off the bench to tough out 5 minutes against Bakersfield. He's listed as DTD, so he should be back in the starting lineup sometime next week.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State)- injured -- 5-5, 0-0 Big West.

12/24/20 at San Diego (W 61-47).

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 7-3, 0-0 Big East.

12/26/20 vs. Hofstra (L 67-63), started game, 26 mins played, 15 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block.

Jack had an ok game in the Cuse's only game of the week, but they were still upset.

RS JR C Ralph King (#6 Duke) -- 9-2, 0-0 ACC.

12/22/20 vs. Arizona State (W 80-52), came off bench, 20 mins played, 6 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
12/24/20 vs. Arizona (W 95-62), came off bench, 25 mins played, 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals.

Great week off the bench for Ralph, who shows quick hands as a big man, picking up 3 steals against Zona.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point) -- 6-6, 1-0 Big South.

12/23/20 vs. Samford (W 73-50), started game, 30 mins played, 18 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.
12/26/20 vs. Radford (W 96-84), started game, 32 mins played, 33 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, (Double-double), (POTG).

Talk about breaking out of a slump in a big way! The 33 points against Radford is a season and career high, and how about a PG pulling down 10 rebounds? Not the kind of double-double you'd expect.

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 2-8, 0-0 SWAC.

No games this week for Bam or Grambling, who get to enjoy the holidays.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#10 Georgetown) -- 9-2, 0-0 Big East.

12/21/20 vs. Portland (W 75-53), came off bench, 25 mins played, 6 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.
12/27/20 at Maryland- feature game, highlighted above.

Ariel pulled a hamstring at Maryland, hence the reason he only played 6 minutes. He may not play next week, as he's projected to be out for 12 more days.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 5-4, 0-0 Conference USA.

No games this week for Thomas or the Thundering Herd.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#1 Michigan State) -- 13-0, 1-0 Big Ten.

12/26/20 vs. Northwestern (W 82-61), started game, 32 mins played, 15 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals.

Just 1 game this week for the Spartans and Jaybard, and despite the foul trouble, he still produced. Not as good of scoring as he'd like, but he did have 8 dimes.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (#19 Pittsburgh) -- 8-3, 0-0 Big East.

12/24/20 at Ohio State (L 87-86), came off bench, 5 mins played, 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.

Qwikshot left his mark in Columbus this week, playing just 5 minutes but doing a lot in those 5 minutes.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 5-6, 0-0 Big 12.

No games this week for Mike or the Wildcats.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 6-6, 0-0 Pac 10.

12/25/20 vs. Portland State (W 57-52), came off bench, 24 mins played, 3 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal.

Not the best game for Path, who really struggled against a lowly Portland State team. Free throws were an Achilles, just 1-4 in the game.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#6 Duke) -- 9-2, 0-0 ACC.

12/22/20 vs. Arizona State (W 80-52), started game, 16 mins played, 6 points, 1 rebounds, 2 assists.
12/25/20 vs. Arizona (W 95-62), started game, 18 mins played, 8 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal.

Major struggles for Cameron this week, as he just never got going thanks to fouls. 4 each game.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 9-2, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/21/20- Rainbow Invitational Championship vs. (3) Washington State (W 97-70), started game, 29 mins played, 26 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, (POTG).

Great week for Jackson in leading his team to the Rainbow Invitational Title.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#10 Georgetown) -- 9-2, 0-0 Big East.

12/21/20 vs. Portland (W 75-53), came off bench, 9 mins played, 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 block, 2 steals.
12/27/20 vs. Maryland- feature game, highlighted above.

Decent week for Jawouk off the bench. I'd expect a major increase in minutes next week, especially of Ariel doesn't play.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#17 Mississippi State) -- 10-2, 0-0 SEC.

12/24/20 vs. Portland (W 68-55), started game, 20 mins played, 6 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal.
12/26/20 at Mississippi Valley State (W 94-85), started game, 26 mins played, 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals.

Tim isn't a big load on the offensive side of the ball, but he does contribute when he gets a chance. His defense is still solid as ever.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#7 North Carolina) -- 10-1, 0-0 ACC.

12/26/20 vs. UNC Wilmington (W 76-68), came off bench, 1 min played.

Not much to talk about with Erik, he played the last minute of the game and that's it.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Michigan State (72) 13-0 1800 1 Big Ten Conference
2. Texas 10-1 1705 2 Big 12 Conference
3. Tennessee 11-1 1607 3 Southeastern Conference
4. Duke 9-2 1575 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
5. Oklahoma State 11-0 1503 4 Big 12 Conference
6. North Carolina 10-1 1485 7 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Creighton 11-1 1378 8 Missouri Valley Conference
8. Villanova 9-2 1224 12 Big East Conference
9. Florida 9-1 1173 11 Southeastern Conference
10. Notre Dame 10-1 1120 13 Big East Conference
11. Mississippi State 10-2 1082 17 Southeastern Conference
12. California 9-2 1038 14 Pacific-10 Conference
13. Utah State 10-1 1030 16 Western Athletic Conference
14. Kentucky 6-1 830 15 Southeastern Conference
15. Gonzaga 10-1 683 23 Western Athletic Conference
16. Georgetown 9-2 642 10 Big East Conference
17. Illinois 9-2 541 NR Big Ten Conference
18. Alabama 8-1 538 21 Southeastern Conference
19. Vanderbilt 9-2 502 9 Southeastern Conference
20. Stanford 8-2 476 22 Pacific-10 Conference
21. Boston College 10-3 307 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
22. Louisville 9-2 302 NR Big East Conference
23. Texas Tech 9-1 280 NR Big 12 Conference
24. Mississippi 9-2 161 NR Southeastern Conference
25. UTEP 8-1 72 NR Conference USA

Others Receiving Votes:
Connecticut 9-2 63 Big East Conference
Wyoming 8-1 49 Mountain West Conference
Wisconsin 8-2 48 Big Ten Conference
Butler 10-2 38 Horizon League
Miami 11-2 35 Atlantic Coast Conference
Hawaii 8-1 30 Western Athletic Conference
Wake Forest 8-3 29 Atlantic Coast Conference
Maryland 9-3 16 Atlantic Coast Conference
Columbia 8-1 15 Ivy League
IUPUI 10-2 8 Summit League
Purdue 9-2 6 Big Ten Conference
Xavier 6-3 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
Houston 9-2 2 Conference USA
West Virginia 9-3 2 Big East Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (69) 11-1 1796 1 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Utah State (3) 10-1 1731 2 Western Athletic Conference
3. Gonzaga 10-1 1656 3 Western Athletic Conference
4. Butler 10-2 1540 10 Horizon League
5. UTEP 8-1 1470 6 Conference USA
6. Wyoming 8-1 1370 7 Mountain West Conference
7. Houston 9-2 1328 14 Conference USA
8. Hawaii 8-1 1243 11 Western Athletic Conference
9. Xavier 6-3 1187 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. IUPUI 10-2 1172 16 Summit League
11. Columbia 8-1 1122 13 Ivy League
12. Boston University 10-2 971 21 America East Conference
13. Temple 7-3 903 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
14. Charlotte 8-2 877 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
15. Iona 10-2 867 5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
16. San Jose State 8-2 772 NR Western Athletic Conference
17. Saint Louis 8-2 685 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
18. Western Michigan 8-2 567 NR Mid-American Conference
19. Niagara 8-2 554 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
20. San Diego 9-3 313 17 West Coast Conference
21. Hofstra 8-3 188 24 Colonial Athletic Association
22. Bradley 9-3 183 20 Missouri Valley Conference
23. Pepperdine 9-3 153 NR West Coast Conference
24. Richmond 9-3 153 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
25. Wright State 8-3 103 NR Horizon League

Others Receiving Votes:
Fresno State 8-3 75 Western Athletic Conference
George Mason 8-3 71 Colonial Athletic Association
Utah 7-3 63 Mountain West Conference
Saint Joseph's 9-3 60 Atlantic 10 Conference
Tulsa 8-3 42 Conference USA
UC Santa Barbara 8-3 39 Big West Conference
Georgia State 8-3 38 Colonial Athletic Association
Jacksonville State 8-3 28 Ohio Valley Conference
IPFW 8-3 19 Summit League
Northeastern 6-3 19 Atlantic 10 Conference
Duquesne 6-3 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
USC Upstate 9-3 13 Big South Conference
Dayton 7-4 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
Sam Houston State 7-3 3 Southland Conference
McNeese State 7-3 1 Southland Conference

[bbgunn]

No games this week for Bam or Grambling, who get to enjoy the holidays.

N'awlins*, baby!

* aka New Orleans

[collegesportsfanms]

Dec. 28, 2020-Jan. 3, 2021

1 feature game this week, still a non-conference game.

1/3/21- Kansas State (Mike Schaplowsky) @ Houston (Al Mighty) -- A much closer one than expected, but it was the turnover margin that did the Wildcats in. They had 15 while Houston only had 8.

Final Score: Houston- 75, Kansas State- 67

Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State)- came off bench, 7 mins played, 6 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist.
Al Mighty (Houston)- started game, 37 mins played, 19 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).

Now to the rest of the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 10-4, 0-0 ACC.

1/1/21 at Campbell (L 84-73), started game, 14 mins played, 3 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.
1/3/21 vs. Brown (W 89-52), started game, 25 mins played, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.

A week to forget for Chester, who didn't play nearly as much as he'd have liked due to foul trouble.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 11-2, 0-0 Conference USA.

1/1/21 vs. Sam Houston State (W 70-46), started game, 29 mins played, 19 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal.
1/3/21 vs. Kansas State- feature game, highlighted above.

Solid week for Al, averaging 19 points a game despite battling foul trouble himself.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 9-5, 0-0 Mountain West.

1/1/21 at Lamar (W 79-72), started game, 29 mins played, 18 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block.

Ricardo had a nice game in the Rebels' lone game of the week, and he really found his way to the line as he shot 11 free throws in this one.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State)- injured -- 5-7, 0-0 Big West.

12/2/20 at St. Mary's (L 80-65).
12/31/20 vs. San Diego State (L 58-45).

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 8-4, 0-0 Big East.

12/29/20 vs. Albany (W 58-44), started game, 37 mins played, 4 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists.
12/31/20 at #2 Texas (L 71-66), started game, 36 mins played, 21 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, (Double-double).

Nice bounce back game for Jack at Texas, as he scored a double-double against the nations 2nd best team. His game vs. Albany wasn't bad, he just didn't score a lot.

RS JR C Ralph King (#4 Duke) -- 11-2, 0-0 ACC.

12/30/20 at North Carolina Central (W 80-62), started game, 26 mins played, 6 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists.
1/1/21 vs. American (W 95-93, OT), started game, 34 mins played, 27 points, 15 rebounds, 2 steals, (Double-double), (POTG).

Ralph earned his first 2 starts of the season this week and made the most of them with a couple explosive games. The 27 points against American is a career high, while the 15 rebounds is a season high.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point) -- 7-7, 2-1 Big South.

12/31/20 vs. Presbyterian (W 79-70), started game, 32 mins played, 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, (POTG).
1/2/21 vs. USC Upstate (L 69-58), started game, 31 mins played, 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals.

Not a bad week for Benton, as he had consistent scoring, but they'd still like to see more assists out of him.

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 4-8, 2-0 SWAC.

12/31/20 vs. Mississippi Valley State (W 72-52), came off bench, 16 mins played, 5 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
1/2/21 vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (W 84-48), came off bench, 12 mins played, 4 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist.

Not the best week for Bam but actually stayed out of foul trouble in both games. The more notable thing is that Grambling boatraced their first 2 conference opponents.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#16 Georgetown) -- 10-2, 0-0 Big East.

1/2/21 at Virginia (W 93-59), came off bench, 1 min played, 1 rebound.

Ariel isn't healing as fasted as the team would have hoped, but he did play a mop-up minute late in the game.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 6-4, 0-0 Conference USA.

1/2/21 vs. Ball State (W 77-60), started game, 15 mins played, 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Foul trouble limited Thomas in Marshall's only game of the week, but he still managed to put up 10 points.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#1 Michigan State) -- 15-0, 3-0 Big Ten.

12/30/20 at Minnesota (W 82-75), started game, 27 mins played, 14 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.
1/2/21 at Penn State (W 80-50), started game, 29 mins played, 30 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, (POTG).

Big game for Jaybard at Penn State, despite battling foul trouble all week. The 30 points at Penn State is a season high.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (Pittsburgh) -- 9-3, 0-0 Big East.

12/29/20 vs. Baylor (W 90-75), came off bench, 12 mins played, 14 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.

Nice game for Qwikshot off the bench, he didn't take many shots but he hit them all.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 5-8, 0-0 Big 12.

12/28/20 at #14 Kentucky (L 85-67), came off bench, 6 mins played, 1 rebound, 1 assist.
1/3/21 at Houston- feature game, highlighted above.

Mike had a decent game at Houston for the minutes he played. 6 points for him isn't bad, but he's still trying to find his way.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 8-6, 2-0 Pac 10.

12/31/20 at UCLA (W 88-79), came off bench, 9 mins played, 2 rebounds, 1 assist.
1/2/21 at USC (W 80-75), came off bench, 29 mins played, 14 points, 5 rebounds.

The game at USC is the kind of game Path can have every time if he stays out of foul trouble. A much better game off the bench.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#4 Duke) -- 11-2, 0-0 ACC.

12/30/20 at North Carolina Central (W 80-62), started game, 13 mins played, 4 points, 3 assists, (Fouled Out).
1/1/21 vs. American (W 95-93, OT), started game, 38 mins played, 20 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal.

If not for Ralph's incredible performance against American, Cameron probably would have gotten POTG. He could have used it, especially after that pitiful game at NC Central where he fouled out.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 9-4, 0-1 Big Ten.

12/31/20 vs. Illinois State (L 89-76), started game, 36 mins played, 17 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.
1/2/21 vs. Iowa (L 65-57), started game, 35 mins played, 10 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.

Not a bad week for Jackson. He struggled with fouls a little but still held his own out there. Not much on the defensive side though, and still need more assists.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#16 Georgetown) -- 10-2, 0-0 Big East.

1/2/21 at Virginia (W 93-59), came off bench, 19 mins played, 12 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.

Nice game off the bench for Jawouk, who got to the line 9 times in his 19 mins. That's pretty impressive.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#11 Mississippi State) -- 10-2, 0-0 SEC.

No games this week for Tim and the Bulldogs.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#6 North Carolina) -- 10-3, 0-0 ACC.

12/28/20 at #8 Villanova (L 81-64), came off bench, 4 mins played, 4 points, 5 rebounds.
1/1/21 at Columbia (L 75-65), came off bench, 6 mins played, 3 rebounds, 1 assist.

Erik doesn't play a lot of minutes, but he sure makes the most out of them. It's pretty impressive when you come into a game and end up with more rebounds than minutes played, as he did at Villanova.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Michigan State (72) 15-0 1800 1 Big Ten Conference
2. Duke 11-2 1660 4 Atlantic Coast Conference
3. Texas 11-1 1658 2 Big 12 Conference
4. Oklahoma State 13-0 1639 5 Big 12 Conference
5. California 11-2 1461 12 Pacific-10 Conference
6. Florida 11-1 1431 9 Southeastern Conference
7. Villanova 10-2 1347 8 Big East Conference
8. Notre Dame 11-1 1268 10 Big East Conference
9. Utah State 11-1 1229 13 Western Athletic Conference
10. Mississippi State 10-2 1219 11 Southeastern Conference
11. Illinois 11-2 1063 17 Big Ten Conference
12. Creighton 12-2 1025 7 Missouri Valley Conference
13. Tennessee 11-3 858 3 Southeastern Conference
14. Louisville 10-2 811 22 Big East Conference
15. Vanderbilt 10-2 765 19 Southeastern Conference
16. Georgetown 10-2 655 16 Big East Conference
17. Texas Tech 11-1 553 23 Big 12 Conference
18. Mississippi 10-2 446 24 Southeastern Conference
19. Kentucky 8-2 438 14 Southeastern Conference
20. Connecticut 10-2 410 NR Big East Conference
21. Wake Forest 10-3 372 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
22. North Carolina 10-3 272 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
23. West Virginia 9-3 251 NR Big East Conference
24. Pittsburgh 9-3 186 NR Big East Conference
25. Stanford 9-3 144 20 Pacific-10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Houston 11-2 128 Conference USA
Alabama 9-2 97 Southeastern Conference
Gonzaga 11-2 94 Western Athletic Conference
IUPUI 12-2 74 Summit League
Xavier 8-3 12 Atlantic 10 Conference
Marquette 9-3 11 Big East Conference
Clemson 10-2 10 Atlantic Coast Conference
Miami 11-2 10 Atlantic Coast Conference
Western Michigan 10-2 2 Mid-American Conference
Charlotte 10-2 1 Atlantic 10 Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Utah State (58) 11-1 1786 2 Western Athletic Conference
2. Creighton (14) 12-2 1741 1 Missouri Valley Conference
3. Houston 11-2 1588 7 Conference USA
4. Gonzaga 11-2 1572 3 Western Athletic Conference
5. Xavier 8-3 1524 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. IUPUI 12-2 1476 10 Summit League
7. Charlotte 10-2 1370 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
8. San Jose State 10-2 1284 16 Western Athletic Conference
9. Wyoming 9-2 1168 6 Mountain West Conference
10. Western Michigan 10-2 1147 18 Mid-American Conference
11. Columbia 9-2 1028 11 Ivy League
12. Hawaii 9-2 959 8 Western Athletic Conference
13. Fresno State 9-3 817 NR Western Athletic Conference
14. Saint Joseph's 11-3 791 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
15. Tulsa 10-3 770 NR Conference USA
16. Temple 8-4 758 13 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. Richmond 10-3 690 24 Atlantic 10 Conference
18. Saint Louis 10-3 600 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. Utah 8-3 563 NR Mountain West Conference
20. UTEP 8-3 449 5 Conference USA
21. Butler 10-4 423 4 Horizon League
22. Niagara 9-3 365 19 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
23. Illinois State 10-4 155 NR Missouri Valley Conference
24. Kent State 9-4 111 NR Conference USA
25. San Diego 10-4 86 20 West Coast Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
UC Riverside 8-3 45 Big West Conference
George Mason 9-4 37 Colonial Athletic Association
Wright State 9-4 26 Horizon League
Boston University 10-4 20 America East Conference
Iona 10-4 12 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Massachusetts 8-4 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
Davidson 9-5 8 Southern Conference
Georgia State 9-4 7 Colonial Athletic Association
Pepperdine 9-4 6 West Coast Conference
Bradley 10-4 3 Missouri Valley Conference
Air Force 8-4 2 Mountain West Conference
Fordham 8-4 2 Colonial Athletic Association
Cleveland State 10-4 1 Horizon League

[collegesportsfanms]

Here is a look at our FOFC Player Season Stats through Jan. 3, 2021:

[collegesportsfanms]

Pro Update through Dec. 2020

NBA Rookie PF Jace Hunter (Detroit Pistons)

The Pistons currently have a 15-16 record, but the Central Division is so bad that they are current 2nd in the division, 2.5 games behind division leader Chicago, and 3.5 games ahead of 3rd place Indiana. Jace continues to be a big part of that, as he has started every game and is now averaging 18.3 points and 8.2 rebounds a game. He did suffer a sprained knee early in the month of December, but it only slowed him down a little bit. He had 3 more POTG this month, and actually hit a career high of 35 on December 20th against Portland.

NBA Rookie PF Ivan Carrillo (Portland Trailblazers)

The Trailblazers are struggling this season, having a 6-23 record, last in the Northwest Division by a large margin. Only 3 teams in the NBA have worse records than they do. Ivan, to his credit, managed to stay a Trailblazer the entire month of December, seeing action in 13 games. He played a career high 20 minutes on the 22nd against Atlanta, and the next night set a career high in points with 8. In his 15 NBA appearances so far, he's averaging 10.2 minutes, 4 points, and 2.5 rebounds a game.

ok guys, that wraps up this recap of our 2 NBA players, so what do you think? Would you like to see more? I'm obviously not going to do a game by game stat recap with an NBA season being 2-3 times longer than an NCAA season, but if there is something specific you guys want to see, let me know. Thanks and hope everyone is still enjoying.

[Neuqua]

I enjoyed the NBA recap and think if this is easy enough for you to do, I'd like you to keep up with it.

[rjolley]

I enjoy the monthly updates and look forward to seeing if Tim can make that list.

[collegesportsfanms]

Jan. 4-10, 2021

1 feature game this week, and it took place in the Big East.

1/9/21- Syracuse (Jack Dawkins) @ #16 Georgetown (Ariel Ginsberg, Jawouk Bafou) -- judging by the final score, you would have never expected this one would have went to overtime. The Hoyas completely dominated the extra 5 minutes.

Final Score: #16 Georgetown- 91, Syracuse- 77 (OT)

Jack Dawkins (Syracuse)- started game, 35 mins played, 13 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists.
Ariel Ginsberg (Georgetown)- came off bench, 8 mins played, 3 rebounds.
Jawouk Bafou (Georgetown)- came off bench, 18 mins played, 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 10-4, 0-0 ACC.

No games this week for Chester and the Terps.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 12-2, 0-0 Conference USA.

1/7/21 at Baylor (W 75-59), started game, 36 mins played, 11 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, (Double-double).

Only 1 game this week for Al and the Cougars, but it was a big one. Al posted a nice double-double and only turned it over 3 times.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 10-6, 1-1 Mountain West.

1/6/21 at TCU (W 56-45), started game, 29 mins played, 13 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals.
1/9/21 vs. Wyoming (L 73-58), started game, 29 mins played, 16 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist.

Decent week for Ricardo, but he's had better. The big thing for him is that he's staying out of foul trouble.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State)- injured -- 6-8, 1-1 Big West.

1/7/21 vs. Cal State Northridge (W 71-61).
1/9/21 vs. Pacific (L 49-34).

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 9-5, 1-1 Big East.

1/6/21 at DePaul (W 67-60), started game, 34 mins played, 6 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block.
1//9/21 at #16 Georgetown- feature game, highlighted above.

Decent week for Jack who tried to get it going at Georgetown as he almost posted a double-double, but not quite.

RS JR C Ralph King (#2 Duke) -- 12-2, 0-0 ACC.

1/4/21 vs. Charlotte (W 102-83), started game, 26 mins played, 5 points, 9 rebounds.

Foul trouble hampered Ralph in Duke's only game of the week, but even then he still pulled down 9 boards. Not bad.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point) -- 7-9, 2-3 Big South.

1/7/21 at UNC Asheville (L 75-71), started game, 32 mins played, 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 2 steals, (Fouled Out), (POTG).
1/9/21 at Gardner Webb (L 89-84), started game, 21 mins played, 17 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, (Fouled Out).

Weird, weird week for Benton, who fouled out of both games, was the POTG in one game, with both being losses. Not often a player from the losing team gets POTG, but consider the stats he could have had if he wouldn't have fouled out.

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 4-10, 2-2 SWAC.

1/7/21 at Prairie View A&M (L 71-53), came off bench, 16 mins played, 2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist.
1/9/21 at Texas Southern (L 71-51), came off bench, 14 mins played, 4 points, 1 rebound, 1 block.

The best stat for Bam this week was that he didn't commit 1 foul, in either game. It appears he is finally learning to play without fouling, now if he could continue to produce consistently in other ways.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#16 Georgetown) -- 11-3, 1-1 Big East.

1/6/21 at Cincinnati (L 66-56), came off bench, 9 mins played, 1 rebound.
1/9/21 vs. Syracuse- feature game, highlighted above.

Ariel was really gutsy this week, playing through injury. However, he didn't have much to show for it. The good news is he has fully recovered and should see an increase in minutes next week.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 7-5, 0-0 Conference USA.

1/5/21 vs. Duquesne (W 76-67), started game, 29 mins played, 7 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assist.
1/9/21 vs. Miami (OH) (L 91-82), started game, 26 mins played, 22 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals.

Tough game for Thomas against Duquesne, but he recovered nicely against Miami of OH.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#1 Michigan State) -- 16-1, 3-1 Big Ten.

1/4/21 vs. Cal Poly (W 85-50), started game, 25 mins played, 11 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, (Fouled Out).
1/9/21 vs. #11 Illinois (L 103-102, OT), started game, 39 mins played, 20 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 block, 1 steal, (Double-double).

Jaybard continues to put up his regular numbers, and although his scoring is down a little bit, he's still contributing in other ways. 5 was his favorite number against Cal Poly though, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 fouls.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (#24 Pittsburgh) -- 11-3, 2-0 Big East.

1/6/21 vs. #7 Villanova (W 81-70), came off bench, 15 mins played, 4 assists.
1/9/21 vs. DePaul (W 84-77), came off bench, 10 mins played, 4 points, 4 rebounds.

Fouls continue to be a problem for Qwikshot, as he had 3 against Nova and 4 against DePaul. He'd probably be playing more if he could quit fouling.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 6-8, 1-0 Big 12.

1/9/21 at #4 Oklahoma State (W 70-67), came off bench, 10 mins played, 11 points, 1 rebound.

Huge upset for the Wildcats in their only game of the week, and a great game for Mike too, as he was a perfect 4-4 from the field, and 2-2 from the line.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 9-6, 3-0 Pac 10.

1/9/21 at BYU (W 91-83), came off bench, 24 mins played, 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.

Nice game for Path in his only game of the week. I can't remember if I mentioned or not, but BYU is a member of the Pac Ten now. I'd still like to find a way to differentiate between non-conference and conference games.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#2 Duke) -- 12-2, 0-0 ACC.

1/4/21 vs. Charlotte (W 102-83), started game, 33 mins played, 19 points, 2 rebound, 9 assists, 1 steal.

Huge game for Cameron as he was 1 assist shy of a double-double this week.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 9-6, 0-3 Big Ten.

1/6/21 at #11 Illinois (L 72-55), came off bench, 34 mins played, 16 points, 4 assists.
1/9/21 vs. Northwestern (L 82-79), came off bench, 26 mins played, 12 points, 5 rebounds, 10 assists, 1 steal, (Double-double).

Nice game for Jackson against Northwestern, a double-double in a loss. A well played week for Mr. Pace though.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#16 Georgetown) -- 11-3, 1-1 Big East.

1/6/21 at Cincinnati (L 66-56), came off bench, 14 mins played, 3 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.
1/9/21 vs. Syracuse- feature game, highlighted above.

While Jawouk didn't have overwhelming stats this week, he's still making his case for more PT by contributing when he is in the game. He was a big part of the huge OT run against Syracuse.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#10 Mississippi State) -- 12-2, 1-0 SEC.

1/4/21 at Northwestern State (W 84-68), started game, 27 mins played, 10 points, 10 rebounds, (Double-double).
1/9/21 at Alabama (W 86-84, OT), started game, 30 mins played, 3 points, 4 rebounds.

This is what is hampering Tim, the inconsistency. He goes from having a double-double in one game to not doing much at all in another game. He's still young though, he'll figure it out.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#22 North Carolina) -- 12-3, 0-0 ACC.

1/4/21 at Toledo (W 80-73), DNP (Coaches Decision).
1/6/21 vs. Colorado (W 91-54), came off bench, 2 mins played, 1 rebound.

Nice of Coach Williams to find Erik some good PT in a blowout win. I say that with total sarcasm. I mean come on, 3 mins in a 37 point win? Really? It's going to be a long year for Erik.

Let's look at the polls going into next week:

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Michigan State (66) 16-1 1794 1 Big Ten Conference
2. Duke (6) 12-2 1722 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
3. Texas 13-1 1663 3 Big 12 Conference
4. Florida 12-1 1550 6 Southeastern Conference
5. Illinois 13-2 1515 11 Big Ten Conference
6. Oklahoma State 14-1 1362 4 Big 12 Conference
7. Notre Dame 13-1 1336 8 Big East Conference
8. Mississippi State 12-2 1335 10 Southeastern Conference
9. Utah State 13-1 1314 9 Western Athletic Conference
10. Creighton 14-2 1149 12 Missouri Valley Conference
11. Connecticut 12-2 1003 20 Big East Conference
12. Villanova 11-3 951 7 Big East Conference
13. North Carolina 12-3 933 22 Atlantic Coast Conference
14. California 12-3 823 5 Pacific-10 Conference
15. Wake Forest 11-3 764 21 Atlantic Coast Conference
16. Texas Tech 13-1 681 17 Big 12 Conference
17. West Virginia 11-3 645 23 Big East Conference
18. Kentucky 10-2 597 19 Southeastern Conference
19. Pittsburgh 11-3 593 24 Big East Conference
20. Arizona 12-4 422 NR Pacific-10 Conference
21. Georgetown 11-3 312 16 Big East Conference
22. Boston College 11-4 217 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
23. Houston 12-2 206 NR Conference USA
24. Xavier 9-3 132 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
25. IUPUI 13-2 122 NR Summit League

Others Receiving Votes:
Mississippi 11-3 109 Southeastern Conference
Georgia Tech 11-4 55 Atlantic Coast Conference
Clemson 12-2 42 Atlantic Coast Conference
Miami 12-2 22 Atlantic Coast Conference
Louisville 11-3 14 Big East Conference
North Carolina State 11-2 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
Tennessee 11-4 6 Southeastern Conference
Gonzaga 12-3 1 Western Athletic Conference
Stanford 10-4 1 Pacific-10 Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Utah State (42) 13-1 1770 1 Western Athletic Conference
2. Creighton (30) 14-2 1758 2 Missouri Valley Conference
3. Houston 12-2 1617 3 Conference USA
4. Xavier 9-3 1587 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. IUPUI 13-2 1538 6 Summit League
6. Gonzaga 12-3 1422 4 Western Athletic Conference
7. Fresno State 11-3 1281 13 Western Athletic Conference
8. Temple 9-4 1280 16 Atlantic 10 Conference
9. Butler 12-4 1206 21 Horizon League
10. Richmond 11-3 1084 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
11. Saint Joseph's 11-3 1007 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
12. San Jose State 11-3 973 8 Western Athletic Conference
13. Tulsa 10-3 889 15 Conference USA
14. Saint Louis 10-3 856 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
15. Wyoming 10-3 837 9 Mountain West Conference
16. UTEP 9-3 706 20 Conference USA
17. Wright State 11-4 580 NR Horizon League
18. Hawaii 10-3 561 12 Western Athletic Conference
19. Kent State 10-4 488 24 Conference USA
20. Columbia 9-3 440 11 Ivy League
21. Charlotte 10-4 406 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
22. Cleveland State 12-4 305 NR Horizon League
23. Air Force 10-4 207 NR Mountain West Conference
24. Davidson 11-5 201 NR Southern Conference
25. Massachusetts 9-4 121 NR Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Fordham 10-4 66 Colonial Athletic Association
Northeastern 9-4 66 Atlantic 10 Conference
Dayton 8-5 51 Atlantic 10 Conference
Western Michigan 11-4 30 Mid-American Conference
USC Upstate 11-4 20 Big South Conference
Illinois State 11-5 11 Missouri Valley Conference
Princeton 10-4 11 Ivy League
VCU 11-5 11 Colonial Athletic Association
San Diego State 8-5 10 Mountain West Conference
San Diego 11-5 3 West Coast Conference
UNC Asheville 12-4 1 Big South Conference

[bbgunn]

It's nice to see Hawaii in the mid-major poll in this dynasty.

Now if we can only get them in the poll in the other dynasty.

[collegesportsfanms]

Jan, 11-17, 2021

1 feature game to tell you about this week, we go to the Big East.

1/16/21- #21 Georgetown (Ariel Ginsberg, Jawouk Bafou) @ Syracuse (Jack Dawkins) -- A total reversal of fortune here, as Syracuse gets the home court advantage in this rematch from a week ago. Again, we go to overtime, and again the home team pulls it out.

Final Score: Syracuse- 91, #21 Georgetown- 82 (OT)

Ariel Ginsberg (Georgetown)- came off bench, 14 mins played, 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block.
Jawouk Bafou (Georgetown)- came off bench, 17 mins played, 12 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.
Jack Dawkins (Syracuse)- started game, 39 mins played, 14 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block (Double-double).

And now to the rest of the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 11-5, 1-1 ACC.

1/13/21 at #22 Boston College (L 99-61), started game, 27 mins played, 9 points, 3 assists, 1 block.
1/16/21 vs. N.C. State (W 78-46), started game, 30 mins played, 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.

Chester took a step back this week, as it wasn't the greatest week for him. Fouls weren't an issue at all, he just couldn't hit shots.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (#23 Houston) -- 13-3, 1-1 Conference USA.

1/13/21 vs. Kent State (L 68-62), started game, 34 mins played, 9 points, 2 rebounds, 8 assists.
1/16/21 vs. Southern Miss (W 77-75), started game, 36 mins played, 15 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists.

Al slowed down on the assists a bit this week, but he still did mighty fine in that department, as well as taking care of the ball.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 12-6, 3-1 Mountain West.

1/12/21 vs. Oregon State (W 61-52), started game, 31 mins played, 19 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).
1/16/21 at Air Force (W 104-55), started game, 22 mins played, 27 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Huge week for Ricardo, who was slowed by fouls a little at Air Force, but it doesn't matter as he still put up 27 and 7.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 7-9, 2-2 Big West.

1/14/21 vs. Cal State Fullerton (L 76-68), DNP (Injury).
1/16/21 at UC Irvine (W 72-56), started game, 29 mins played, 3 points, 4 rebounds.

Rudy made his long awaited returned at UC Irvine, but he probably would have been better served to sit this one out as well, as he was pretty ineffective. He's not 100% yet, but pretty close.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 10-6, 2-2 Big East.

1/13/21 vs. Louisville (L 70-60), started game, 36 mins played, 23 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.
1/16/21 vs. #21 Georgetown- feature game, highlighted above.

Good week for Jack as he finished with a nice double-double against Georgetown.

RS JR C Ralph King (#2 Duke) -- 13-3, 1-1 ACC.

1/13/21 at Florida State (W 73-65), came off bench, 14 mins played, 7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist.
1/16/21 at Georgia Tech (L 101-92), came off bench, 21 mins played, 13 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal.

Great game off the bench for Ralph in a losing effort at GA Tech. Actually a good week overall for him in limited minutes.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point) -- 7-11, 2-5 Big South.

1/14/21 vs. VMI (L 97-88), started game, 31 mins played, 17 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.
1/16/21 vs. North Florida (L 79-74), started game, 12 mins played (injured during game), 5 points, 3 rebounds.

Benton suffered a broken ankle during the North Florida game, and he is expected to be out about 10 weeks (71 days according to FBCB). This means his season is likely over unless High Point makes a deep run in March, which I'm not expecting.

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 4-11, 2-3 SWAC.

1/16/21 vs. Jackson State (L 84-63), came off bench, 13 mins played, 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

1 game this week for Grambling, and Bam did ok off the bench. At least he's really doing a better job of not fouling.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#21 Georgetown) -- 12-4, 2-2 Big East.

1/13/21 at Rutgers (W 92-80), came off bench, 14 mins played, 8 points, 3 rebounds.
1/16/21 at Syracuse- feature game, highlighted above.

Ariel is still struggling to get back to the form he was at before he pulled his hammy. He's doing alright for himself though, he made all 4 shots he attempted at Rutgers.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 9-5, 2-0 Conference USA.

1/13/21 vs. ECU (W 80-60), started game, 34 mins played, 24 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, (Double-double), (POTG).
1/16/21 vs. Kent State (W 88-80), started game, 31 mins played, 23 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal.

Great week for Thomas who had a double-double and POTG against ECU, and led his team in scoring both games.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#1 Michigan State) -- 17-2, 4-2 Big Ten.

1/13/21 vs. Iowa (L 75-71), started game, 29 mins played, 19 points, 1 rebound, 7 assists.
1/16/21 at Indiana (W 68-56), started game, 36 mins played, 10 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal.

The points aren't coming for Jaybard this season, at least not as easily as they have been. He was 4-13 against Indiana, but still, he was 3 assists shy of a double-double so he is still contributing in a big way.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (#19 Pittsburgh) -- 13-3, 4-0 Big East.

1/13/21 at St. John's (W 60-54), came off bench, 9 mins played, 8 points, 2 rebounds.
1/16/21 vs. Marquette (W 95-88), came off bench, 19 mins played, 18 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

I would say it's time to find more PT for Qwikshot, who had a season and career high of 18 points against Marquette. He's really starting to come into his own.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 7-9, 2-1 Big 12.

1/13/21 vs. Baylor (W 59-58), came off bench, 7 mins played.
1/16/21 vs. Colorado (L 84-81), came off bench, 15 mins played, 7 points, 1 rebound, 3 steals.

Mike shrugged off the Baylor game with a better effort against Colorado, leading the team in steals.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 10-7, 4-1 Pac 10.

1/14/21 vs. Washington (W 86-74), came off bench, 32 mins played, 8 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist.
1/16/21 vs. Washington State (L 78-71), came off bench, 36 mins played, 8 points, 11 rebounds.

Path struggled with fouls this week, but still came close to a double-double against Washington State. If he can limit his fouls, he'll be alright.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#2 Duke) -- 13-3, 1-1 ACC.

1/13/21 at Florida State (W 73-65), started game, 23 mins played, 4 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists.
1/16/21 at Georgia Tech (L 101-92), started game, 32 mins played, 16 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists.

Cameron had more turnovers than assists this week in the combined 2 games. That's not what you want from any PG, let alone your starting PG. Coach K won't put up with that for very much longer.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 9-8, 0-5 Big Ten.

1/13/21 vs. Indiana (L 68-57), started game, 37 mins played, 24 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists.
1/16/21 at Michigan (L 77-71), started game, 37 mins played, 16 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal.

It's been a struggle for Purdue since conference play began, but Jackson is doing his part. He had a couple good games, now if he could just get a little more help.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#21 Georgetown) -- 12-4, 2-2 Big East.

1/13/21 at Rutgers (W 92-80), came off bench, 14 mins played, 7 points, 3 rebounds.
1/16/21 at Syracuse- feature game, highlighted above.

Jawouk is putting up decent numbers off the bench, and you'd like to think that will continue even now that Ariel is back.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#8 Mississippi State) -- 13-3, 2-1 SEC.

1/11/21 vs. Arkansas (L 71-65), started game, 29 mins played, 2 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.
1/16/21 vs. #18 Kentucky (W 87-81), started game, 30 mins played, 17 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 2 steals, (POTG).

It was a tale of 2 games for Tim, who had a game to forget against Arkansas, but rebounded nicely to get POTG in a big win over Kentucky.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#13 North Carolina) -- 13-4, 1-1 ACC.

1/13/21 at Georgia Tech (L 102-100, OT), DNP (Coaches Decision).
1/16/21 vs. Miami (W 91-66), came off bench, 2 mins played.

Well, at least Erik logged 2 minutes against Miami. It feels like Chester Smith all over again. Ugh!

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Texas (64) 15-1 1792 3 Big 12 Conference
2. Michigan State 17-2 1710 1 Big Ten Conference
3. Duke (8) 13-3 1676 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
4. Illinois 14-3 1536 5 Big Ten Conference
5. Oklahoma State 15-2 1503 6 Big 12 Conference
6. Florida 13-2 1388 4 Southeastern Conference
7. Creighton 16-2 1375 10 Missouri Valley Conference
8. Villanova 13-3 1310 12 Big East Conference
9. Wake Forest 13-3 1173 15 Atlantic Coast Conference
10. Utah State 14-2 1120 9 Western Athletic Conference
11. West Virginia 13-3 1086 17 Big East Conference
12. Mississippi State 13-3 1051 8 Southeastern Conference
13. Pittsburgh 13-3 1014 19 Big East Conference
14. Georgia Tech 13-4 792 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
15. Arizona 13-4 775 20 Pacific-10 Conference
16. Tennessee 13-4 709 NR Southeastern Conference
17. California 13-4 616 14 Pacific-10 Conference
18. Connecticut 13-3 606 11 Big East Conference
19. North Carolina 13-4 547 13 Atlantic Coast Conference
20. Kentucky 11-3 375 18 Southeastern Conference
21. IUPUI 15-2 371 25 Summit League
22. Georgetown 12-4 194 21 Big East Conference
23. Boston College 12-5 164 22 Atlantic Coast Conference
24. Gonzaga 14-3 147 NR Western Athletic Conference
25. Notre Dame 13-3 133 7 Big East Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Louisville 12-4 60 Big East Conference
Xavier 10-4 55 Atlantic 10 Conference
Fresno State 13-3 51 Western Athletic Conference
Houston 13-3 27 Conference USA
Mississippi 12-4 24 Southeastern Conference
Texas Tech 13-3 10 Big 12 Conference
Temple 11-4 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
Clemson 13-3 3 Atlantic Coast Conference

It's been a long, long time since someone besides Michigan State was ranked #1 in this poll. What's even crazier is while the Spartans are ranked 2nd, they didn't get any FPV votes, while the 3rd ranked team, Duke, got 8. Interesting.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (69) 16-2 1797 2 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Utah State (3) 14-2 1727 1 Western Athletic Conference
3. IUPUI 15-2 1602 5 Summit League
4. Gonzaga 14-3 1549 6 Western Athletic Conference
5. Xavier 10-4 1465 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. Temple 11-4 1445 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. Houston 13-3 1434 3 Conference USA
8. Fresno State 13-3 1346 7 Western Athletic Conference
9. Saint Joseph's 13-3 1201 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. Wright State 13-4 1148 17 Horizon League
11. Butler 13-5 1041 9 Horizon League
12. UTEP 11-3 1037 16 Conference USA
13. Dayton 10-5 865 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
14. Tulsa 11-4 769 13 Conference USA
15. Fordham 12-4 765 NR Colonial Athletic Association
16. San Jose State 12-4 665 12 Western Athletic Conference
17. Austin Peay 13-5 522 NR Ohio Valley Conference
18. Kent State 11-5 498 19 Conference USA
19. UAB 11-5 453 NR Conference USA
20. Princeton 11-4 366 NR Ivy League
21. George Mason 12-5 321 NR Colonial Athletic Association
22. Davidson 12-6 240 24 Southern Conference
23. Cleveland State 13-5 199 22 Horizon League
24. UC Santa Barbara 12-5 167 NR Big West Conference
25. Air Force 11-5 159 23 Mountain West Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
UNC Asheville 14-4 91 Big South Conference
Boston University 13-5 74 America East Conference
Utah 10-5 72 Mountain West Conference
Columbia 9-4 67 Ivy League
Charlotte 11-5 58 Atlantic 10 Conference
Massachusetts 10-5 55 Atlantic 10 Conference
IPFW 12-5 37 Summit League
McNeese State 11-4 37 Southland Conference
Saint Louis 10-5 33 Atlantic 10 Conference
San Diego State 9-6 33 Mountain West Conference
Richmond 11-5 16 Atlantic 10 Conference
Northern Iowa 11-7 14 Missouri Valley Conference
Niagara 11-5 11 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Marshall 9-5 10 Conference USA
Western Michigan 12-5 10 Mid-American Conference
VCU 12-6 1 Colonial Athletic Association

Marshall's strong start in conference play has the mid-major pollsters giving them some love, which is nice to see.

[collegesportsfanms]

Sorry for the lack of updates guys, been out of town for the last few days, but I'm back so here we go.

Jan. 18-24, 2021

1 feature game this week, and it's in the ACC.

1/20/21- #19 North Carolina (Erik Flamebeard) @ Maryland (Chester Smith) -- This one was a tale of 2 halves, as Maryland led at halftime, but UNC completely dominated the second half. The Tarheels held the Terps to just 30% shooting for the game and won by double digits despite turning it over 21 times.

Final Score: #19 North Carolina- 76, Maryland- 62

Erik Flamebeard (North Carolina)- came off bench, 5 mins played, 2 rebounds, 1 assist.
Chester Smith (Maryland)- started game, 30 mins played, 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.

Now to the rest of the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 12-6, 2-2 ACC.

1/20/21 vs. #19 North Carolina- feature game, highlighted above.
1/23/21 vs. Virginia (W 72-55), started game, 30 mins played, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 3 steals.

Not a good week for Chester, who in the 2 games was a combined 5-23 shooting. That, my friends, is dismal.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 14-4, 2-2 Conference USA.

1/20/21 vs. ECU (W 75-66), started game, 36 mins played, 17 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal.
1/23/21 at Central Florida (L 73-71), started game, 24 mins played, 18 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, (Fouled Out).

Would Houston have won at Central Florida if not for Al fouling out? Probably, but who knows? Al really had a nice week other than that.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 14-6, 5-1 Mountain West.

1/19/21 at Colorado State (W 77-51), started game, 27 mins played, 19 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block.
1/23/21 vs. Utah (W 76-69), started game, 28 mins played, 13 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals.

Solid week for Ricardo, who didn't take a lot of shots, but the ones he did take were right on the money.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 8-10, 3-2 Big West.

1/19/21 at UC Santa Barbara (W 57-54), started game, 23 mins played, 9 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
1/21/21 vs. Northwestern State (L 69-63), started game, 22 mins played, 5 points, 5 rebounds.

Rudy struggled with foul trouble this week, picking up 4 fouls in each game. Some of that might have had to do with the fact he's not at full strength quite yet. But, by next weeks games, he will be.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 10-8, 2-4 Big East.

1/20/21 vs. #11 West Virginia (L 80-58), started game, 18 mins played, 6 points, 2 rebounds.
1/23/21 at #8 Villanova (L 71-54), started game, 30 mins played, 6 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal.

Jack had a better game at Villanova, but still not the type of performance he's capable of. Although the 10 rebounds is nice, he's also had some foul issues lately.

RS JR C Ralph King (#3 Duke) -- 15-3, 3-1 ACC.

1/20/21 vs. N.C. State (W 86-68), came off bench, 23 mins played, 3 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block.
1/23/21 vs. #9 Wake Forest (W 89-57), came off bench, 22 mins played, 11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals.

Nice game for Ralph against Wake, as the Blue Devils rolled in a battle of ranked teams. Wasn't even close.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point)- injured -- 8-12, 3-6 Big South.

1/21/21 at Coastal Carolina (W 51-49).
1/23/21 at Charleston Southern (L 61-45).

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 5-12, 3-4 SWAC.

1/21/21 vs. Alcorn State (L 66-56), came off bench, 10 mins played, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block.
1/23/21 vs. Southern (W 67-60), came off bench, 14 mins played, 5 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

Bam got a couple blocks this week, and continues to limit his fouls. Now, if he could just play consistently enough to earn more minutes.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#22 Georgetown) -- 14-4, 4-2 Big East.

1/20/21 at Seton Hall (W 82-50), came off bench, 23 mins played, 4 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.
1/23/21 vs. #18 UConn (W 77-65), came off bench, 14 mins played, 4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist.

Nice game for Ariel at Seton Hall, but most of his stats against UConn came late in the game.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 10-6, 3-1 Conference USA.

1/20/21 at Tulsa (W 78-75), started game, 35 mins played, 20 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.
1/23/21 vs. South Florida (L 87-77), started game, 29 mins played, 11 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, (Fouled Out).

Thomas will have to put that South Florida game behind him. Not his best effort, but how he recovers from it will go a long way in determining how Marshall as a team recovers.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#2 Michigan State) -- 19-2, 6-2 Big Ten.

1/20/21 at Michigan (W 90-82), started game, 23 mins played, 12 points, 4 rebounds, 9 assists.
1/23/21 at Iowa (W 86-64), started game, 34 mins played, 15 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block.

Jaybard is still struggling with his scoring, but he's still considered to be a lottery pick in the upcoming draft. He sure would like to get that scoring up to what it was last season though.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (#13 Pittsburgh) -- 14-4, 5-1 Big East.

1/20/21 vs. Rutgers (W 100-96), came off bench, 18 mins played, 14 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 2 steals.
1/23/21 at Memphis (L 88-87), came off bench, 20 mins played, 9 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist.

Qwikshot continues to give the Panthers great production off the bench, and he's starting to see an increase in minutes.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 7-11, 2-3 Big 12.

1/20/21 at Oklahoma (L 70-56), came off bench, 7 mins played, 3 points, 1 rebound.
1/23/21 at #1 Texas (L 71-56), came off bench, 6 mins played, 1 rebound.

Not much to talk about this week for Mike, but the Wildcats actually hung tough on the road this week, within 5 at halftime of both games.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 10-9, 4-3 Pac 10.

1/21/21 at Stanford (L 89-78), started game, 25 mins played, 9 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals.
1/23/21 at #17 California (L 103-89), started game, 33 mins played, 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals.

Much better game for Path at California. He seems to have a trend of really picking up his play against ranked teams.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#3 Duke) -- 15-3, 3-1 ACC.

1/20/21 vs. N.C. State (W 86-68), started game, 29 mins played, 16 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 steal, (Triple-double).
1/23/21 vs. #9 Wake Forest (W 89-57), started game, 30 mins played, 12 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals.

So Cameron becomes our first FOFC player to record a triple-double, but doesn't get POTG. Absolutely crazy. He struggled a bit against Wake, but I'm still shocked at how easily the team handled a top 10 opponent.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 9-10, 0-7 Big Ten.

1/20/21 at Wisconsin (L 64-58), started game, 37 mins played, 11 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.
1/23/21 vs. Minnesota (L 70-56), started game, 34 mins played, 7 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

Not the best week for Jackson, who put up decent numbers, but scoring was way down.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#22 Georgetown) -- 14-4, 4-2 Big East.

1/20/21 at Seton Hall (W 82-50), came off bench, 17 mins played, 14 points, 7 rebounds.
1/23/21 vs. #18 UConn (W 77-65), came off bench, 16 mins played, 2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal.

Jawouk had a much better game at Seton Hall. He struggled big time against UConn, and he's not quite the force inside that he needs to be.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#12 Mississippi State) -- 14-4, 3-2 SEC.

1/19/21 at Ole Miss (L 72-50), started game, 26 mins played, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal.
1/23/21 at LSU (W 85-77), started game, 29 mins played, 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, (Fouled Out).

Not a good week for Tim at all. He just couldn't get going in either game, and way too many fouls.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#19 North Carolina) -- 15-4, 3-1 ACC.

1/20/21 at Maryland- feature game, highlighted above.
1/23/21 vs. Florida State (W 102-53), came off bench, 1 min played.

Amazing. Erik plays more minutes in the closer game than he does in the blowout. I think Coach Williams is losing it.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Michigan State (46) 19-2 1774 2 Big Ten Conference
2. Duke (26) 15-3 1713 3 Atlantic Coast Conference
3. Texas 17-1 1693 1 Big 12 Conference
4. Illinois 16-3 1586 4 Big Ten Conference
5. Oklahoma State 17-2 1469 5 Big 12 Conference
6. Creighton 18-2 1463 7 Missouri Valley Conference
7. Georgia Tech 15-4 1356 14 Atlantic Coast Conference
8. Utah State 16-2 1261 10 Western Athletic Conference
9. West Virginia 14-4 1169 11 Big East Conference
10. Tennessee 15-4 1149 16 Southeastern Conference
11. Villanova 14-4 1104 8 Big East Conference
12. North Carolina 15-4 1067 19 Atlantic Coast Conference
13. Pittsburgh 14-4 894 13 Big East Conference
14. Mississippi State 14-4 890 12 Southeastern Conference
15. Georgetown 14-4 740 22 Big East Conference
16. Boston College 14-5 607 23 Atlantic Coast Conference
17. Arizona 14-5 601 15 Pacific-10 Conference
18. Florida 13-4 563 6 Southeastern Conference
19. Connecticut 14-4 462 18 Big East Conference
20. Xavier 12-4 428 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
21. California 14-5 412 17 Pacific-10 Conference
22. Mississippi 14-4 256 NR Southeastern Conference
23. Wake Forest 13-5 218 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
24. Kentucky 12-4 167 20 Southeastern Conference
25. Temple 13-4 129 NR Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Texas Tech 15-3 126 Big 12 Conference
Louisville 13-5 61 Big East Conference
Gonzaga 15-4 28 Western Athletic Conference
IUPUI 15-4 12 Summit League
Houston 14-4 2 Conference USA


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (69) 18-2 1797 1 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Utah State (3) 16-2 1731 2 Western Athletic Conference
3. Temple 13-4 1614 6 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. Xavier 12-4 1611 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Gonzaga 15-4 1503 4 Western Athletic Conference
6. Houston 14-4 1438 7 Conference USA
7. IUPUI 15-4 1339 3 Summit League
8. Fresno State 14-4 1312 8 Western Athletic Conference
9. Saint Joseph's 14-4 1131 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. Wright State 14-5 1086 10 Horizon League
11. San Jose State 14-4 1080 16 Western Athletic Conference
12. Davidson 14-6 945 22 Southern Conference
13. George Mason 14-5 923 21 Colonial Athletic Association
14. UTEP 12-4 829 12 Conference USA
15. Dayton 11-6 797 13 Atlantic 10 Conference
16. Air Force 12-5 681 25 Mountain West Conference
17. Northern Iowa 13-7 592 NR Missouri Valley Conference
18. Fordham 13-5 394 15 Colonial Athletic Association
19. San Diego 14-6 375 NR West Coast Conference
20. Tulsa 12-5 375 14 Conference USA
21. UNC Asheville 15-4 335 NR Big South Conference
22. UAB 12-6 320 19 Conference USA
23. Kent State 12-6 202 18 Conference USA
24. Butler 13-7 199 11 Horizon League
25. IPFW 14-5 128 NR Summit League

Others Receiving Votes:
Austin Peay 14-6 125 Ohio Valley Conference
UNLV 14-6 103 Mountain West Conference
UC Santa Barbara 13-6 79 Big West Conference
Boston University 14-6 64 America East Conference
Utah 11-6 51 Mountain West Conference
San Diego State 10-7 46 Mountain West Conference
Princeton 12-5 44 Ivy League
Charlotte 12-6 41 Atlantic 10 Conference
Illinois State 13-7 30 Missouri Valley Conference
Jacksonville 13-6 20 Atlantic Sun Conference
VCU 13-7 14 Colonial Athletic Association
Saint Louis 11-6 12 Atlantic 10 Conference
Niagara 12-6 11 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Richmond 12-6 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
Sam Houston State 12-5 7 Southland Conference
Hofstra 12-7 2 Colonial Athletic Association
Marshall 10-6 2 Conference USA
McNeese State 12-5 1 Southland Conference

[collegesportsfanms]

Jan. 25-31, 2021

1 feature game to tell you about this week, and it is in the ACC.

1/30/21- Maryland (Chester Smith) @ #12 North Carolina (Erik Flamebeard) -- Hot shooting from both teams was a theme in this one, as well as turnovers. The teams combined for 35 turnovers, but the difference was the shooting as UNC not only attempted 20 more shots, but made 9 more shots than Maryland.

Final Score: #12 North Carolina- 91, Maryland- 74

Chester Smith (Maryland)- started game, 28 mins played, 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist.
Erik Flamebeard (North Carolina)- came off bench, 3 mins played, 4 points.

And now to the rest of the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 12-8, 2-4 ACC.

1/27/21 at Miami (L 86-75), started game, 26 mins played, 15 points, 5 rebounds.
1/30/21 at #12 North Carolina- feature game, highlighted above.

Not the greatest week for Chester, as he didn't do a lot, but hey, at least he's playing this season, right?

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 15-5, 3-3 Conference USA.

1/27/21 vs. Central Florida (W 76-66), started game, 38 mins played, 18 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists.
1/30/21 vs. UTEP (L 89-80), started game, 36 mins played, 11 points, 1 rebound, 14 assists, 1 steal, (Double-double).

Al had a really nice week, especially the double-double against UTEP. He was only 4-15 from the field in that game. He hits a few more shots and who knows what could happen.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 14-8, 5-3 Mountain West.

1/26/21 vs. San Diego State (L 70-67), started game, 30 mins played, 21 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, (POTG).
1/30/21 at New Mexico (L 77-72), started game, 29 mins played, 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.

How about Ricardo getting POTG against SDSU in a losing effort. That's when you know you've had a really good game.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 9-11, 4-3 Big West.

1/28/21 at UC Davis (W 74-65), started game, 34 mins played, 10 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, (Double-double).
1/30/21 vs. Cal Poly (L 60-54), started game, 35 mins played, 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.

Excellent week for Rudy, as he is finally recovered from injury and played great ball this week, including a double-double.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 11-9, 3-5 Big East.

1/27/21 at St. John's (L 77-56), started game, 33 mins played, 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 steals.
1/30/21 vs. Marquette (W 70-68), started game, 23 mins played, 5 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.

Not the greatest of weeks for Jack, especially against Marquette as he missed all his shots from the field, and all his points came from the line. Foul trouble was an issue as well.

RS JR C Ralph King (#2 Duke) -- 17-3, 5-1 ACC.

1/27/21 vs. Virginia (W 72-63), came off bench, 23 mins played, 6 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.
1/30/21 at #23 Wake Forest (W 90-85), came off bench, 22 mins played, 4 points, 6 rebounds, 1 block.

Not a lot of defense for Ralph this week, but he did grab his fair share of boards in his minutes.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point)- injured -- 8-14, 3-8 Big South.

1/28/21 at USC Upstate (L 77-68).
1/30/21 at Presbyterian (L 86-77).

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 7-12, 5-4 SWAC.

1/28/21 at Alabama A&M (W 68-55), came off bench, 15 mins played, 4 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.
1/30/21 at Alabama State (W 80-54), came off bench, 15 mins played, 7 points, 1 rebound, 1 block, 1 steal.

Decent week for Bam, as he continues to keep himself out of foul trouble, but some of his aggressiveness has been taken away as he doesn't get the blocks he used to get.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#15 Georgetown) -- 15-5, 5-3 Big East.

1/27/21 vs. #11 Villanova (L 81-52), came off bench, 14 mins played, 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist.
1/30/21 vs. #9 West Virginia (W 71-67), came off bench, 11 mins played, 7 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist.

Holy cow. Did you see what Ariel did in 11 minutes against West Virginia. Imagine if he can put up that kind of performance every game, and get extended minutes. He barely played double digit minutes and almost recorded a double-double. Now THAT is impressive.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 11-7, 4-2 Conference USA.

1/27/21 at UAB (W 81-76), started game, 34 mins played, 20 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, (POTG).
1/30/21 at SMU (L 66-59), started game, 27 mins played, 12 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, (Fouled Out).

A tale of 2 games for Thomas, as he didn't have his best stuff at SMU, fouling out in the process. The game at UAB was good though.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#1 Michigan State) -- 20-2, 7-2 Big Ten.

1/27/21 vs. Ohio State (W 80-58), started game, 34 mins played, 23 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).

Much better game for Jaybard this week in his only game of the week. It's been a while since he's gotten a POTG award.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (#13 Pittsburgh) -- 16-4, 7-1 Big East.

1/27/21 at Cincinnati (W 60-56), came off bench, 22 mins played, 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block, 2 steals.
1/30/21 vs. Providence (W 89-86), came off bench, 21 mins played, 13 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 3 steals.

Quick hands by Qwikshot this week as he got 5 steals for the week. Still having trouble with his shot a little bit, although he was on target against Providence.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 7-13, 2-5 Big 12.

1/27/21 vs. Kansas (L 78-53), came off bench, 7 mins played, 2 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists.
1/30/21 at Iowa State (L 87-58), came off bench, 14 mins played, 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist.

Not much happening for Mike this week, and not much happening for the Wildcats either. They are bad.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 11-10, 5-4 Pac 10.

1/28/21 vs. Arizona State (W 86-75), started game, 32 mins played, 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 steal.
1/30/21 vs. #17 Arizona (L 89-81), started game, 23 mins played, 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, (Fouled Out).

I think Path would like to forget the Arizona game, as he just never got dialed in and couldn't keep his hands off the other team. The ASU game wasn't bad, he did have a nice scoring effort, but needs to attack the boards better.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#2 Duke) -- 17-3, 5-1 ACC.

1/27/21 vs. Virginia (W 72-63), started game, 34 mins played, 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal.
1/30/21 at #23 Wake Forest (W 90-85), started game, 30 mins played, 24 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals, (Fouled Out).

Overall a good week for Cameron. No triple-doubles this week, and he did foul out of a game, but his numbers are still up there amongst the best of the sophomore class.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 10-10, 1-7 Big Ten.

1/27/21 vs. Penn State (W 64-63), started game, 27 mins played, 3 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, (Fouled Out).

Jackson fouling out makes it the 3rd FOFCer to foul out this week. Gotta do better here, but on the bright side, Purdue got their first conference win!

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#15 Georgetown) -- 15-5, 5-3 Big East.

1/27/21 vs. #11 Villanova (L 81-52), came off bench, 15 mins played, 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks.
1/30/21 vs. #9 West Virginia (W 71-67), came off bench, 14 mins played, 10 points, 4 rebounds.

Good game for Jawouk against West Virginia, as he continues to take advantage of his limited minutes.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#14 Mississippi State) -- 16-4, 5-2 SEC.

1/26/21 vs. Georgia (W 80-63), started game, 25 mins played, 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal.
1/30/21 at South Carolina (W 76-74), started game, 29 mins played, 3 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.

Not the best of weeks for Tim, who stayed out of foul trouble but couldn't find his scoring. His rebounding was ok, not great. We've seen better from him.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#12 North Carolina) -- 17-4, 5-1 ACC.

1/27/21 vs. N.C. State (W 81-66), came off bench, 1 min played.
1/30/21 vs. Maryland- feature game, highlighted above.

Well I guess if you're going to do something of note, might as well do it big. Erik played 1 minute against N.C. State. In that 1 minute, he had 3 fouls. That's all he did in that minute is foul, foul, and foul some more. Crazy. Of course, all he did in the next game against Maryland is set his season and career high for points with 4. Yep, I said it. 4.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Duke (63) 17-3 1783 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Michigan State (9) 20-2 1737 1 Big Ten Conference
3. Texas 19-1 1662 3 Big 12 Conference
4. Illinois 17-3 1586 4 Big Ten Conference
5. North Carolina 17-4 1464 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
6. Boston College 16-5 1418 16 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Georgia Tech 16-5 1312 7 Atlantic Coast Conference
8. Oklahoma State 18-3 1145 5 Big 12 Conference
9. Mississippi State 16-4 1128 14 Southeastern Conference
10. Pittsburgh 16-4 1101 13 Big East Conference
11. Villanova 15-5 1084 11 Big East Conference
12. Arizona 16-5 1018 17 Pacific-10 Conference
13. Creighton 18-3 988 6 Missouri Valley Conference
14. Utah State 18-2 973 8 Western Athletic Conference
15. California 16-5 825 21 Pacific-10 Conference
16. Tennessee 16-5 803 10 Southeastern Conference
17. Connecticut 16-4 735 19 Big East Conference
18. Georgetown 15-5 606 15 Big East Conference
19. West Virginia 14-6 440 9 Big East Conference
20. Wake Forest 14-6 399 23 Atlantic Coast Conference
21. Kentucky 13-5 364 24 Southeastern Conference
22. Florida 14-5 286 18 Southeastern Conference
23. Mississippi 15-5 189 22 Southeastern Conference
24. Temple 14-5 120 25 Atlantic 10 Conference
25. Xavier 14-4 112 20 Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
IUPUI 17-4 36 Summit League
Louisville 14-6 32 Big East Conference
Gonzaga 16-5 26 Western Athletic Conference
Kansas 14-6 26 Big 12 Conference
Texas Tech 15-5 2 Big 12 Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (57) 18-3 1785 1 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Utah State (15) 18-2 1741 2 Western Athletic Conference
3. Temple 14-5 1638 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. Xavier 14-4 1587 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Gonzaga 16-5 1483 5 Western Athletic Conference
6. IUPUI 17-4 1426 7 Summit League
7. Houston 15-5 1341 6 Conference USA
8. Davidson 16-6 1242 12 Southern Conference
9. Wright State 16-5 1218 10 Horizon League
10. Fresno State 14-5 1081 8 Western Athletic Conference
11. George Mason 16-5 1046 13 Colonial Athletic Association
12. Air Force 14-5 884 16 Mountain West Conference
13. San Diego 16-6 808 19 West Coast Conference
14. Kent State 14-6 783 23 Conference USA
15. UTEP 14-4 751 14 Conference USA
16. Dayton 12-7 660 15 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. Butler 15-7 636 24 Horizon League
18. Saint Joseph's 15-5 636 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. San Diego State 12-7 583 NR Mountain West Conference
20. Illinois State 14-7 388 NR Missouri Valley Conference
21. Tulsa 14-5 365 20 Conference USA
22. UAB 13-7 245 22 Conference USA
23. Northern Iowa 14-8 214 17 Missouri Valley Conference
24. Boston University 15-6 144 NR America East Conference
25. San Jose State 14-6 117 11 Western Athletic Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
UNC Asheville 17-4 97 Big South Conference
Saint Louis 13-6 94 Atlantic 10 Conference
Austin Peay 15-7 92 Ohio Valley Conference
Drexel 13-7 77 Colonial Athletic Association
Utah 12-7 54 Mountain West Conference
UC Santa Barbara 14-7 35 Big West Conference
Cleveland State 14-7 31 Horizon League
Hofstra 13-8 29 Colonial Athletic Association
Fairfield 14-9 20 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Charlotte 13-7 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
Western Michigan 15-6 15 Mid-American Conference
Wyoming 13-6 9 Mountain West Conference
Bowling Green 14-6 8 Mid-American Conference
Richmond 13-7 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
Niagara 13-7 6 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Old Dominion 14-8 3 Colonial Athletic Association
Fordham 13-7 2 Colonial Athletic Association
Iona 14-8 1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

[collegesportsfanms]

Pro Update Through Jan. 2021

NBA Rookie PF Jace Hunter (Detroit Pistons)

The Pistons are 21-25 at the moment, good for 3rd place in the Central Division and 11th place in the Eastern Conference. They played pretty much the entire month without Jace, who played in just 1 game in January. The reason why? He dislocated his shoulder on Jan. 3rd and missed the entire month. Not much more to say about him this month.

NBA Rookie PF Ivan Carrillo (Portland Trailblazers)

The Trailblazers are awful, seriously awful. They are 8-36 and in last place not only in the Northwest Division but also the entire Western Conference. They are making a serious case for the #1 pick next year, and it's a great possibility a guy like Jaybard Riley could end up there. Just speculation right now though. As for Ivan, he again stayed on the main roster at Portland, and his minutes varied anywhere from 5 to 31 a game. He wasn't a double digit scorer in any game in January, and his best effort was a 9 point, 6 rebound effort against Utah on Jan. 21st. The next day against the Lakers he played 31 minutes and had 8 points, 5 rebounds. Inexplicably, he didn't play more than 17 minutes in a game the rest of the month. Weird.

[Travis]

More injuries, blech.

[collegesportsfanms]

Attached is a look at the season stats for all our FOFCers through Feb. 1 of the season:

[collegesportsfanms]

1 note before we jump into the next week, since we have a lot of recruits waiting to get in on this, I'm just going to speed through the month of February and not worry too much about the little sentence recap I've been giving for every player. You guys can make your own determination from the stats as to how your player did. Next season I'll go back to the sentence recaps, but we just have too many recruits waiting to get in. Thanks for understanding

Feb. 1-7, 2021

2 feature game this week, and we'll start in Conference USA:

2/3/21- Houston (Al Mighty) @ Marshall (Thomas Magnum) -- You'd have never guessed that Houston was down at halftime the way this one turned out. They trailed by 8 at the half but outscored the Thundering Herd 48-22 in the second half to get a runaway road victory.

Final Score: Houston- 83, Marshall- 65

Al Mighty (Houston)- started game, 36 mins played, 17 points, 1 rebounds, 12 assists, 3 steals, (Double-double), (POTG).
Thomas Magnum (Marshall)- started game, 31 mins played 11 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists.

Now we move to the ACC:

2/6/21- Maryland (Chester Smith) @ #1 Duke (Ralph King, Cameron Blodgett) -- The Terps gave the Blue Devils all they wanted in this one, but couldn't overcome 18 turnovers and 38.5% shooting as Duke survives at home.

Final Score: #1 Duke- 87, Maryland- 83

Chester Smith (Maryland)- started game, 29 mins played, 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.
Ralph King (Duke)- came off bench, 14 mins played, 6 points, 6 rebounds.
Cameron Blodgett (Duke)- started game, 9 mins played, 8 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists.

Now on to the rest of the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 13-9, 3-5 ACC.

2/3/21 vs. Clemson (W 100-65), started game, 25 mins played, 7 poinys, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.
2/6/21 at #1 Duke- feature game, highlighted above.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 16-6, 4-4 Conference USA.

2/3/21 at Marshall- feature game, highlighted above.
2/6/21 at Kent State (L 66-45), started game, 30 mins played, 8 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 15-8, 6-3 Mountain West.

2/6/21 vs. TCU (W 65-57), started game, 29 mins played, 20 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, (Double-double), (POTG).

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 9-13, 4-5 Big West.

2/7/21 at Pacific (L 65-51), started game, 34 mins played, 14 points, 5 rebounds, 2 blocks.
2/6/21 vs. UC Riverside (L 58-42), started game, 14 mins played, 2 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 13-9, 5-5 Big East.

2/3/21 vs. Cincinnati (W 70-61), started game, 36 mins played, 9 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks.
2/6/21 at Memphis (W 63-55), started game, 35 mins played, 14 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal, (POTG).

RS JR C Ralph King (#1 Duke) -- 19-3, 7-1 ACC.

2/3/21 vs. Florida State (W 78-50), came off bench, 23 mins played, 8 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
2/6/21 vs. Maryland- highlighted above.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point)- injured -- 9-15, 4-9 Big South.

2/4/21 vs. Gardner Webb (L 90-64).
2/11/21 at North Florida (W 76-68).

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 7-14, 5-6 SWAC.

2/4/21 vs. Texas Southern (L 65-62), came off bench, 9 mins played, 2 rebounds, 1 block.
2/6/21 vs. Prairie View A&M (L 66-54), came off bench, 11 mins played, 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 block, 1 steal.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#18 Georgetown) -- 17-5, 7-3 Big East.

2/3/21 vs. St. John's (W 68-57), came off bench, 9 mins played, 3 rebounds.
2/6/21 at Notre Dame (W 84-75), came off bench, 15 mins played, 8 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 12-8, 5-3 Conference USA.

2/3/21 vs. Houston- feature game, highlighted above.
2/6/21 at Tulane (W 79-52), started game, 34 mins played, 26 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, 4 steals, (Double-double), (POTG).

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#2 Michigan State) -- 22-2, 9-2 Big Ten.

2/3/21 vs. Michigan (W 73-55), started game, 36 mins played, 19 points, 6 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).
2/6/21 at Wisconsin (W 85-72), started game, 35 mins played, 38 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).

Ok, I know I said I wasn't going to make comments, but everybody note this game from Jaybard. THAT is why he is projected to be a top 5 pick in the NBA draft. Wow!

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (#10 Pittsburgh) -- 17-5, 8-2 Big East.

2/3/21 at Louisville (L 62-61), came off bench, 21 mins played, 9 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals.
2/6/21 vs. St. John's (W 85-81), came off bench, 15 mins played, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 8-14, 3-6 Big 12.

2/3/21 vs. Nebraska (W 66-57), came off bench, 10 mins played, 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal.
2/6/21 vs. Missouri (L 75-66), came off bench, 2 mins played.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 12-10, 6-4 Pac 10.

2/6/21 vs. BYU (W 79-71), started game, 35 mins played, 3 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 block, 3 steals.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#1 Duke) -- 19-3, 7-1 ACC.

2/3/21 vs. Florida State (W 78-50), started game, 32 mins played, 16 points, 1 rebound, 8 assists, 2 steals, (POTG).
2/6/21 vs. Maryland- feature game, highlighted above.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 10-12, 1-9 Big Ten.

2/3/21 at Northwestern (L 79-67), started game, 26 mins played, 8 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block.
2/6/21 vs. Ohio State (L 93-86, OT (at least 3, maybe more)), started game, 51 mins played, 11 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, 1 steal.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#18 Georgetown) -- 17-5, 7-3 Big East.

2/3/21 vs. St. John's (W 68-57), came off bench, 15 mins played, 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.
2/6/21 at Notre Dame (W 84-75), came off bench, 16 mins played, 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#9 Mississippi State) -- 16-5, 5-3 SEC.

2/6/21 vs. Auburn (L 84-80), started game, 18 mins played, 8 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, (Fouled Out).

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#5 North Carolina) -- 18-5, 6-2 ACC.

2/3/21 vs. Virginia (W 73-47), came off bench, 1 min played, 1 assist.
2/6/21 at Clemson (L 85-77), came off bench, 2 mins played, 1 rebound.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Michigan State (34) 22-2 1762 2 Big Ten Conference
2. Duke (38) 19-3 1759 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
3. Illinois 19-3 1661 4 Big Ten Conference
4. Texas 20-2 1586 3 Big 12 Conference
5. Villanova 17-5 1491 11 Big East Conference
6. Arizona 18-5 1410 12 Pacific-10 Conference
7. Creighton 20-3 1295 13 Missouri Valley Conference
8. North Carolina 18-5 1265 5 Atlantic Coast Conference
9. Georgia Tech 17-6 1172 7 Atlantic Coast Conference
10. Boston College 17-6 1111 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
11. Utah State 19-3 1002 14 Western Athletic Conference
12. Pittsburgh 17-5 998 10 Big East Conference
13. Oklahoma State 19-4 900 8 Big 12 Conference
14. California 17-6 887 15 Pacific-10 Conference
15. Georgetown 17-5 828 18 Big East Conference
16. Wake Forest 16-6 795 20 Atlantic Coast Conference
17. Connecticut 17-5 684 17 Big East Conference
18. Mississippi State 16-5 654 9 Southeastern Conference
19. Tennessee 17-6 567 16 Southeastern Conference
20. Florida 16-5 481 22 Southeastern Conference
21. Kansas 16-6 313 NR Big 12 Conference
22. Kentucky 14-6 290 21 Southeastern Conference
23. Temple 15-6 161 24 Atlantic 10 Conference
24. Louisville 15-7 121 NR Big East Conference
25. Oklahoma 15-7 76 NR Big 12 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
West Virginia 14-8 43 Big East Conference
IUPUI 18-5 32 Summit League
Xavier 15-5 28 Atlantic 10 Conference
Davidson 18-6 15 Southern Conference
Fresno State 16-5 11 Western Athletic Conference
Miami 16-6 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
Texas Tech 16-6 1 Big 12 Conference

That Michigan State-Duke war at the top is very entertaining. Duke actually had more FPV but Michigan State had 3 more overall points. That's all that is separating the teams. Amazing.

Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (66) 20-3 1794 1 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Utah State (6) 19-3 1734 2 Western Athletic Conference
3. Temple 15-6 1640 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. Xavier 15-5 1576 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Davidson 18-6 1408 8 Southern Conference
6. IUPUI 18-5 1405 6 Summit League
7. Houston 16-6 1394 7 Conference USA
8. Fresno State 16-5 1299 10 Western Athletic Conference
9. Gonzaga 16-7 1117 5 Western Athletic Conference
10. Kent State 16-6 1097 14 Conference USA
11. Saint Joseph's 17-5 1012 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
12. Dayton 14-7 1003 16 Atlantic 10 Conference
13. George Mason 17-6 859 11 Colonial Athletic Association
14. Tulsa 16-5 850 21 Conference USA
15. Illinois State 16-7 796 20 Missouri Valley Conference
16. San Diego 17-7 675 13 West Coast Conference
17. Wright State 16-7 577 9 Horizon League
18. San Diego State 13-8 572 19 Mountain West Conference
19. UAB 15-7 439 22 Conference USA
20. UTEP 15-5 424 15 Conference USA
21. Butler 16-8 286 17 Horizon League
22. Utah 14-7 243 NR Mountain West Conference
23. Wyoming 15-6 221 NR Mountain West Conference
24. Air Force 14-7 146 12 Mountain West Conference
25. Boston University 17-7 125 24 America East Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Richmond 15-7 120 Atlantic 10 Conference
Hofstra 15-8 104 Colonial Athletic Association
UC Santa Barbara 16-7 88 Big West Conference
Northern Iowa 14-10 73 Missouri Valley Conference
Illinois-Chicago 15-9 56 Horizon League
Niagara 15-7 49 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Fairfield 16-9 47 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Austin Peay 16-8 40 Ohio Valley Conference
Sam Houston State 16-5 39 Southland Conference
VCU 15-9 25 Colonial Athletic Association
Fordham 15-7 21 Colonial Athletic Association
Hawaii 15-6 16 Western Athletic Conference
IPFW 16-7 13 Summit League
Iona 16-8 7 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Hampton 15-6 3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Bowling Green 15-7 2 Mid-American Conference
Bradley 15-8 2 Missouri Valley Conference
Old Dominion 15-9 2 Colonial Athletic Association
Portland State 16-7 1 Big Sky Conference

[Neuqua]

Is Jaybard headed towards the NBA after this year? I believe he's a Junior, I wasn't sure if we set it towards having to stay all 4 years in college or not.

[collegesportsfanms]

Is Jaybard headed towards the NBA after this year? I believe he's a Junior, I wasn't sure if we set it towards having to stay all 4 years in college or not.

I've head it set up so guys can leave after their Junior season. I was going to change it to make it where guys could leave after Freshman season but I wanted it to be universal all the way through so it'll stay set up for junior year.

None of the juniors have declared yet, I think FBCB doesn't have them declare until after the season, but I'd be shocked if Jaybard doesn't go.

[collegesportsfanms]

Feb. 8-14, 2021

1 feature game this week, and it comes from the ACC.

2/10/21- #8 North Carolina (Erik Flamebeard) @ #2 Duke (Ralph King, Cameron Blodgett) -- This top 10 battle didn't disappoint, ad it was close throughout. Although neither team took care of the ball, as there were 39 combined turnovers, Carolina shot 51.9% from the field and doubled up Duke from the tree point line, and that was enough to escape with the victory.

Final Score: #8 North Carolina- 79, #2 Duke- 77

Erik Flamebeard (North Carolina)- came off bench, 2 mins played.
Ralph King (Duke)- came off bench, 18 mins played, 6 points, 10 rebounds.
Cameron Blodgett (Duke)- started game, 33 mins played, 9 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal.

Now to the rest of the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 14-10, 4-6 ACC.

2/10/21 vs. #9 Georgia Tech (W 77-71), started game, 24 mins played, 4 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, (Fouled Out).
2/13/21 at Virginia (L 74-71), started game, 27 mins played, 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 17-7, 5-5 Conference USA.

2/10/21 at Southern Miss (L 88-83), started game, 29 mins played, 5 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.
2/13/21 at ECU (W 90-83), started game, 36 mins played, 15 points, 3 rebounds, 12 assists, (Double-double).

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 16-9, 7-4 Mountain West.

2/10/21 at Wyoming (W 60-56), started game, 29 mins played, 15 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists.
2/13/21 at Oregon State (L 72-71), started game, 30 mins played, 24 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 11-13, 6-5 Big West.

2/11/21 vs. UC Irvine (W 71-53), started game, 32 mins played, 13 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block, 3 steals, (Double-double), (POTG).
2/13/21 at Cal State Northridge (W 76-62), started game, 32 mins played, 19 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, (POTG).

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 15-9, 7-5 Big East.

2/10/21 vs. Providence (W 86-61), started game, 17 mins played, 8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
2/13/21 at #24 Louisville (W 88-73), started game, 34 mins played, 23 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).

RS JR C Ralph King (#2 Duke) -- 20-4, 8-2 ACC.

2/10/21 vs. #8 North Carolina- feature game, highlighted above.
2/13/21 at #10 Boston College (W 67-66), came off bench, 17 mins played, 7 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point)- injured -- 11-15, 6-9 Big South.

2/11/21 at North Florida (W 74-59).
2/13/21 at VMI (W 71-64).

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 8-14, 6-6 SWAC.

2/13/21 at Jackson State (W 70-67), came off bench, 16 mins played, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#15 Georgetown) -- 18-6, 8-4 Big East.

2/10/21 at Memphis (L 77-67), came off bench, 25 mins played, 6 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.
2/13/21 vs. DePaul (W 76-48), started game, 24 mins played, 2 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

Just a note, as Ariel got the start against DePaul thanks to an injury to one of the regular starters.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 14-8, 7-3 Conference USA.

2/10/21 vs. Tulsa (W 85-69), started game, 33 mins played, 11 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals.
2/13/21 at Kent State (W 61-54), started game, 33 mins played, 15 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#1 Michigan State) -- 24-2, 11-2 Big Ten.

2/10/21 vs. Minnesota (W 78-53), started game, 22 mins played, 5 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal.
2/13/21 at #3 Illinois (W 75-72), started game, 34 mins played, 17 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (#12 Pittsburgh) -- 18-6, 9-3 Big East.

2/10/21 vs. #17 UConn (W 89-81), came off bench, 22 mins played, 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.
2/13/21 at Seton Hall (L 78-69), came off bench, 23 mins played, 6 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 9-15, 3-7 Big 12.

2/11/21 vs. Northern Iowa (W 76-74), came off bench, 10 mins played, 2 points, 3 rebounds.
2/13/21 at Colorado (L 85-70), came off bench, 5 mins played.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 14-10, 8-4 Pac 10.

2/11/21 at Washington State (W 65-50), started game, 36 mins played, 16 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists.
2/13/21 at Washington (W 68-56), started game, 25 mins played, 5 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#2 Duke) -- 20-4, 8-2 ACC.

2/10/21 vs. #8 North Carolina- feature game, highlighted above.
2/13/21 at #10 Boston College (W 67-66), started game, 33 mins played, 5 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists, 2 steals.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 11-13, 2-10 Big Ten.

2/10/21 at Indiana (L 65-51), started game, 36 mins played, 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.
2/13/21 at Minnesota (W 87-86), started game, 29 mins played, 20 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, (POTG).

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#15 Georgetown) -- 18-6, 8-4 Big East.

2/10/21 at Memphis (L 77-67), came off bench, 18 mins played, 9 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 blocks.
2/13/21 vs. DePaul (W 76-48), came off bench, 17 mins played, 5 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#18 Mississippi State) -- 16-7, 5-5 SEC.

2/9/21 vs. LSU (L 76-73), started game, 27 mins played, 12 points, 7 rebounds.
2/13/21 at Arkansas (L 77-61), started game, 25 mins played, 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#8 North Carolina) -- 20-5, 8-2 ACC.

2/10/21 at #2 Duke- feature game, highlighted above.
2/13/21 vs. #9 Georgia Tech (W 69-66, OT), came off bench, 4 mins played, 3 points.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Michigan State (64) 24-2 1792 1 Big Ten Conference
2. Duke (8) 20-4 1729 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
3. Texas 21-2 1661 4 Big 12 Conference
4. Illinois 20-4 1586 3 Big Ten Conference
5. North Carolina 20-5 1487 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
6. Villanova 19-5 1436 5 Big East Conference
7. Creighton 22-3 1375 7 Missouri Valley Conference
8. Utah State 21-3 1272 11 Western Athletic Conference
9. Arizona 18-6 1200 6 Pacific-10 Conference
10. Tennessee 19-6 1046 19 Southeastern Conference
11. Oklahoma State 20-5 1044 13 Big 12 Conference
12. Boston College 18-7 1015 10 Atlantic Coast Conference
13. Pittsburgh 18-6 1006 12 Big East Conference
14. California 18-7 813 14 Pacific-10 Conference
15. Georgetown 18-6 714 15 Big East Conference
16. Wake Forest 17-7 675 16 Atlantic Coast Conference
17. Kentucky 16-6 645 22 Southeastern Conference
18. Georgia Tech 17-8 612 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
19. Kansas 18-6 557 21 Big 12 Conference
20. Florida 17-6 548 20 Southeastern Conference
21. Connecticut 17-7 332 17 Big East Conference
22. Oklahoma 17-7 292 25 Big 12 Conference
23. Xavier 17-5 196 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
24. Mississippi State 16-7 176 18 Southeastern Conference
25. IUPUI 20-5 104 NR Summit League

Others Receiving Votes:
Davidson 20-6 38 Southern Conference
Fresno State 18-5 26 Western Athletic Conference
Syracuse 15-9 9 Big East Conference
Miami 18-6 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
Saint Joseph's 19-5 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
Cincinnati 17-7 2 Big East Conference
West Virginia 15-9 1 Big East Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (62) 22-3 1790 1 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Utah State (10) 21-3 1738 2 Western Athletic Conference
3. Xavier 17-5 1643 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. IUPUI 20-5 1476 6 Summit League
5. Temple 15-8 1464 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. Davidson 20-6 1460 5 Southern Conference
7. Fresno State 18-5 1442 8 Western Athletic Conference
8. Houston 17-7 1236 7 Conference USA
9. Saint Joseph's 19-5 1197 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. UAB 17-7 1057 19 Conference USA
11. San Diego State 16-8 1050 18 Mountain West Conference
12. Tulsa 17-6 983 14 Conference USA
13. Butler 18-8 884 21 Horizon League
14. Gonzaga 16-8 774 9 Western Athletic Conference
15. George Mason 18-7 736 13 Colonial Athletic Association
16. Boston University 19-7 581 25 America East Conference
17. Air Force 16-7 551 24 Mountain West Conference
18. Kent State 16-8 520 10 Conference USA
19. Richmond 17-7 516 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
20. San Diego 18-8 396 16 West Coast Conference
21. UTEP 16-6 272 20 Conference USA
22. Wright State 17-8 271 17 Horizon League
23. Dayton 14-9 213 12 Atlantic 10 Conference
24. UC Santa Barbara 18-7 189 NR Big West Conference
25. Sam Houston State 18-5 133 NR Southland Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Utah 15-8 133 Mountain West Conference
Austin Peay 18-8 121 Ohio Valley Conference
Hofstra 16-9 117 Colonial Athletic Association
Iona 18-8 88 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Old Dominion 17-9 79 Colonial Athletic Association
Illinois State 16-9 54 Missouri Valley Conference
Bowling Green 17-7 47 Mid-American Conference
Hawaii 16-7 39 Western Athletic Conference
Marshall 14-8 29 Conference USA
Portland State 18-7 25 Big Sky Conference
Bradley 17-8 24 Missouri Valley Conference
Northern Iowa 15-11 20 Missouri Valley Conference
Fordham 16-8 19 Colonial Athletic Association
UNC Asheville 19-6 13 Big South Conference
VCU 16-10 12 Colonial Athletic Association
Drexel 15-9 6 Colonial Athletic Association
Charlotte 15-9 1 Atlantic 10 Conference
Western Michigan 17-7 1 Mid-American Conference

[collegesportsfanms]

Feb. 15-21, 2021

No feature games this week, so we can jump right into the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 16-10, 6-6 ACC.

2/17/21 vs. Virginia Tech (W 88-66), started game, 28 mins played, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal.
2/20/21 at N.C. State (W 73-65), started game, 22 mins played, 2 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, (Fouled Out).

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 17-9, 5-7 Conference USA.

2/17/21 at UTEP (L 90-73), started game, 31 mins played, 6 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal.
2/20/21 at Tulsa (L 82-72), started game, 35 mins played, 17 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 17-10, 8-5 Mountain West.

2/17/21 vs. Air Force (W 75-70), started game, 28 mins played, 21 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block, 2 steals, (Double-Double), (POTG).
2/20/21 vs. Colorado State (L 76-73), started game, 23 mins played, 17 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, (Fouled Out).

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 11-15, 6-7 Big West.

2/18/21 vs. UC Santa Barbara (L 72-49), started game, 13 mins played, 7 points, 4 rebounds, Left with Injury.
2/20/21 at Cal State Fullerton (L 69-53), started game, 22 mins played, 4 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, (Fouled Out).

Rudy sprained his ankle against UCSB but is playing through it.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 17-9, 9-5 Big East.

2/17/21 vs. Notre Dame (W 96-79), started game, 34 mins played, 34 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, (POTG).
2/20/21 at Seton Hall (W 79-61), started game, 35 mins played, 15 points, 18 rebounds, 2 assists, (double-double).

What a week for Jack.

RS JR C Ralph King (#2 Duke) -- 22-4, 10-2 ACC.

2/17/21 at Miami (W 95-79), came off bench, 26 mins played, 15 points, 8 rebounds, 1 steal.
2/20/21 at Clemson (W 78-69), came off bench, 19 mins played, 10 points, 8 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point)- injured -- 12-16, 7-10 Big South.

2/18/21 vs. Charleston Southern (W 74-53).
2/20/21 vs. Coastal Carolina (L 79-69).

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 9-15, 7-7 SWAC.

2/18/21 at Southern (W 77-67), came off bench, 16 mins played, 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals.
2/20/21 at Alcorn State (L 75-71, OT), came off bench, 11 mins played, 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#15 Georgetown) -- 20-6, 10-4 Big East.

2/17/21 vs. Rutgers (W 89-62), came off bench, 22 mins played, 9 points, 6 rebounds.
2/20/21 vs. Cincinnati (W 54-37), came off bench, 30 mins played, 4 points, 7 rebounds.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 15-9, 8-4 Conference USA.

2/17/21 vs. Southern Miss (L 62-56), started game, 34 mins played, 18 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals.
2/20/21 at South Florida (W 73-64), started game, 36 mins played, 24 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, (POTG).

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#1 Michigan State) -- 24-3, 11-3 Big Ten.

2/17/21 vs. Indiana (L 60-55), started game, 12 mins played, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, (Fouled Out).

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (#13 Pittsburgh) -- 18-8, 9-5 Big East.

2/17/21 at West Virginia (L 89-81), came off bench, 21 mins played, 15 points, 3 rebounds.
2/20/21 at #6 Villanova (L 79-53), came off bench, 17 mins played, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 10-16, 4-8 Big 12.

2/17/21 vs. Texas A&M (W 63-62), came off bench, 7 mins played, 1 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist.
2/20/21 at Nebraska (L 81-55), came off bench, 11 mins played, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 block.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 15-11, 9-5 Pac 10.

2/18/21 vs. #14 California (L 99-89), started game, 25 mins played, 14 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.
2/20/21 vs. Stanford (W 85-68), started game, 31 mins played, 9 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#2 Duke) -- 22-4, 10-2 ACC.

2/17/21 at Miami (W 95-79), started game, 32 mins played, 12 points, 1 rebound, 9 assists, 3 steals.
2/20/21 at Clemson (W 78-69), started game, 32 mins played, 20 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, (POTG).

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 13-13, 4-10 Big Ten.

2/17/21 vs. Michigan (W 81-51), started game, 33 mins played, 11 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, (Double-double).
2/20/21 at Penn State (W 100-87), started game, 34 mins played, 26 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists, (Double-double), (POTG).

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#15 Georgetown) -- 20-6, 10-4 Big East.

2/17/21 vs. Rutgers (W 89-62), came off bench, 7 mins played, 2 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists.
2/20/21 vs. Cincinnati (W 54-37), came off bench, 14 mins played, 3 points, 9 rebounds, 1 block.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#24 Mississippi State) -- 18-7, 7-7 SEC.

2/16/21 at #20 Florida (W 78-75), started game, 29 mins played, 13 points, 8 rebounds.
2/20/21 vs. #10 Tennessee (W 79-77), started game, 27 mins played, 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#5 North Carolina) -- 22-5, 10-2 ACC.

2/17/21 at N.C. State (W 64-35), came off bench, 3 mins played, 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist.
2/20/21 vs. #12 Boston College (W 84-62), came off bench, 8 mins played, 2 rebounds, 2 assists.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Duke (59) 22-4 1780 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Michigan State (13) 24-3 1741 1 Big Ten Conference
3. Texas 23-2 1661 3 Big 12 Conference
4. Illinois 22-4 1585 4 Big Ten Conference
5. Villanova 21-5 1482 6 Big East Conference
6. North Carolina 22-5 1471 5 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Arizona 20-6 1318 9 Pacific-10 Conference
8. Creighton 23-4 1316 7 Missouri Valley Conference
9. Georgia Tech 19-8 1147 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
10. Georgetown 20-6 1104 15 Big East Conference
11. Boston College 19-8 1053 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Utah State 21-5 948 8 Western Athletic Conference
13. Oklahoma State 21-6 941 11 Big 12 Conference
14. Kentucky 18-6 937 17 Southeastern Conference
15. Tennessee 20-7 837 10 Southeastern Conference
16. California 19-8 595 14 Pacific-10 Conference
17. Connecticut 19-7 584 21 Big East Conference
18. Mississippi State 18-7 541 24 Southeastern Conference
19. Xavier 18-6 449 23 Atlantic 10 Conference
20. Pittsburgh 18-8 422 13 Big East Conference
21. Wake Forest 18-8 414 16 Atlantic Coast Conference
22. Kansas 19-7 356 19 Big 12 Conference
23. Florida 18-7 296 20 Southeastern Conference
24. IUPUI 22-5 179 25 Summit League
25. Davidson 22-6 101 NR Southern Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Syracuse 17-9 63 Big East Conference
West Virginia 17-9 49 Big East Conference
Oklahoma 18-8 29 Big 12 Conference
Fresno State 19-6 1 Western Athletic Conference

So the see-saw between Michigan State and Duke continues, with the MSU loss, Duke is back on top.


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (69) 23-4 1797 1 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Utah State (3) 21-5 1717 2 Western Athletic Conference
3. Xavier 18-6 1668 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. Temple 17-8 1520 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Davidson 22-6 1487 6 Southern Conference
6. IUPUI 22-5 1482 4 Summit League
7. Fresno State 19-6 1386 7 Western Athletic Conference
8. UAB 19-7 1256 10 Conference USA
9. Gonzaga 18-8 1195 14 Western Athletic Conference
10. Tulsa 18-7 1040 12 Conference USA
11. Butler 19-9 1005 13 Horizon League
12. San Diego 20-8 894 20 West Coast Conference
13. Utah 17-8 815 NR Mountain West Conference
14. Houston 17-9 729 8 Conference USA
15. Saint Joseph's 19-7 729 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
16. George Mason 19-8 663 15 Colonial Athletic Association
17. Sam Houston State 20-5 506 25 Southland Conference
18. Air Force 17-8 449 17 Mountain West Conference
19. Kent State 17-9 444 18 Conference USA
20. Richmond 18-8 415 19 Atlantic 10 Conference
21. San Diego State 16-10 366 11 Mountain West Conference
22. Austin Peay 20-8 317 NR Ohio Valley Conference
23. Boston University 20-8 227 16 America East Conference
24. Iona 20-8 209 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
25. Hawaii 18-7 196 NR Western Athletic Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
UTEP 17-7 185 Conference USA
UC Santa Barbara 19-8 137 Big West Conference
Dayton 15-10 112 Atlantic 10 Conference
Bowling Green 19-7 108 Mid-American Conference
VCU 18-10 81 Colonial Athletic Association
Hofstra 17-10 60 Colonial Athletic Association
Illinois State 17-10 53 Missouri Valley Conference
Bradley 18-9 50 Missouri Valley Conference
Charlotte 17-9 35 Atlantic 10 Conference
Western Michigan 19-7 22 Mid-American Conference
Portland State 19-8 21 Big Sky Conference
Princeton 17-7 12 Ivy League
Marshall 15-9 5 Conference USA
Fordham 17-9 4 Colonial Athletic Association
UNC Asheville 20-7 2 Big South Conference
Wright State 17-10 1 Horizon League

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Feb. 22-28, 2021

1 feature game to talk about this week, and it's in the Big East.

2/27/21- Syracuse (Jack Dawkins) @ #20 Pittsburgh (Qwikshot Collins) -- This game wasn't close, at all. Pitt scored 56 first half points and shot 60% from the field in a complete laugher.

Final Score: #20 Pittsburgh- 110, Syracuse- 73

Jack Dawkins (Syracuse)- started game, 7 mins played, 3 points, 1 rebound, left with injury.
Qwikshot Collins (Pittsburgh)- came off bench, 26 mins played, 15 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals.

Now to the rest of the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 18-10, 8-6 ACC.

2/24/21 at Florida State (W 98-95, OT), started game, 20 mins played, 9 points, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 steal, (Fouled Out).
2/27/21 vs. Miami (W 91-66), started game, 30 mins played, 13 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 19-9, 7-7 Conference USA.

2/24/21 at SMU (W 74-62), started game, 38 mins played, 17 points, 2 rebounds, 11 assists, (double-double).
2/27/21 vs. Tulane (W 78-64), started game, 32 mins played, 10 points, 5 rebounds, 11 assists, 1 steal, (Double-double).

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 18-11, 9-6 Mountain West.

2/23/21 at Utah (W 78-75), started game, 28 mins played, 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals.
2/27/21 at San Diego State (L 71-59), started game, 31 mins played, 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 11-16, 6-8 Big West.

2/25/21 at Cal Poly (L 67-64), started game, 7 mins played, 9 points, 2 rebounds, (Fouled Out).

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 17-11, 9-7 Big East.

2/24/21 at #17 UConn (L 84-75), started game, 34 mins played, 9 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block.
2/27/21 at #20 Pittsburgh- feature game, highlighted above.

As mentioned above, Jack left the Pitt game with a sprained knee and will be out for a week. It is undecided whether he will try to play through it or not.

RS JR C Ralph King (#1 Duke) -- 24-4, 12-2 ACC.

2/24/21 at N.C. State (W 87-68), came off bench, 21 mins played, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist.
2/27/21 vs. Virginia Tech (W 64-55), came off bench, 25 mins played, 3 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point)- injured -- 12-17, 7-11 Big South.

2/27/21 at Radford (L 71-49).

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 10-16, 8-8 SWAC.

2/25/21 vs. Alabama State (L 73-67), came off bench, 15 mins played, 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist.
2/27/21 vs. Alabama A&M (W 79-71), came off bench, 14 mins played, 3 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#10 Georgetown) -- 21-7, 11-5 Big East.

2/24/21 at Providence (W 100-86), came off bench, 16 mins played, 6 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.
2/27/21 at Louisville (L 69-39), came off bench, 26 mins played, 5 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 17-9, 10-4 Conference USA.

2/24/21 at UTEP (W 77-75), started game, 25 mins played, 5 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.
2/27/21 at ECU (W 79-62), started game, 32 mins played, 15 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#2 Michigan State) -- 25-4, 12-4 Big Ten.

2/24/21 at Northwestern (L 75-68), started game, 35 mins played, 11 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals.
2/27/21 at Ohio State (W 91-78), started game, 35 mins played, 21 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (#20 Pittsburgh) -- 20-8, 11-5 Big East.

2/24/21 at DePaul (W 92-55), came off bench, 23 mins played, 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block, 3 steals.
2/27/21 at Syracuse- feature game, highlighted above.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 11-17, 5-9 Big 12.

2/24/21 at Missouri (L 63-54), came off bench, 5 mins played, 1 assist.
2/27/21 vs. Iowa State (W 67-64), came off bench, 11 mins played, 1 point, 1 rebound, 1 block.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 15-13, 9-7 Pac 10.

2/25/21 at #7 Arizona (L 104-83), started game, 31 mins played, 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists.
2/27/21 at Arizona State (L 90-81), started game, 27 mins played, 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#1 Duke) -- 24-4, 12-2 ACC.

2/24/21 at N.C. State (W 87-68), started game, 16 mins played, 9 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals.
2/27/21 vs. Virginia Tech (W 64-55), started game, 32 mins played, 13 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 14-14, 5-11 Big Ten.

2/24/21 vs. Wisconsin (L 74-72), started game, 36 mins played, 18 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists.
2/27/21 vs. #4 Illinois (W 93-78), started game, 35 mins played, 34 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).

Just a note on Jackson here, as he went off big time, setting a season and career high in points as he was a big reason why Purdue upset Illinois.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#10 Georgetown) -- 21-7, 11-5 Big East.

2/24/21 at Providence (W 100-86), came off bench, 8 mins played, 10 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.
2/27/21 at Louisville (L 69-39), came off bench, 9 mins played, 4 points, 3 rebounds.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#18 Mississippi State) -- 19-8, 8-6 SEC.

2/22/21 at Vanderbilt (L 67-55), started game, 28 mins played, 4 points, 5 rebounds, 1 block.
2/27/21 vs. Alabama (W 88-66), started game, 26 mins played, 5 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#6 North Carolina) -- 24-5, 12-2 ACC.

2/24/21 at Virginia Tech (W 80-61), came off bench, 8 mins played, 5 rebounds.
2/27/21 vs. #21 Wake Forest (W 82-70), came off bench, 4 mins played, 2 points, 1 rebound.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Duke (67) 24-4 1793 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Texas (5) 25-2 1732 3 Big 12 Conference
3. Michigan State 25-4 1658 2 Big Ten Conference
4. North Carolina 24-5 1573 6 Atlantic Coast Conference
5. Illinois 23-5 1515 4 Big Ten Conference
6. Villanova 22-6 1446 5 Big East Conference
7. Creighton 25-4 1348 8 Missouri Valley Conference
8. Georgia Tech 21-8 1268 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
9. Boston College 21-8 1195 11 Atlantic Coast Conference
10. Arizona 21-7 1144 7 Pacific-10 Conference
11. Tennessee 22-7 1077 15 Southeastern Conference
12. Georgetown 21-7 923 10 Big East Conference
13. Connecticut 21-7 894 17 Big East Conference
14. Kentucky 19-7 815 14 Southeastern Conference
15. Pittsburgh 20-8 739 20 Big East Conference
16. Oklahoma State 22-7 726 13 Big 12 Conference
17. California 21-8 709 16 Pacific-10 Conference
18. Xavier 20-6 634 19 Atlantic 10 Conference
19. Kansas 21-7 536 22 Big 12 Conference
20. Utah State 22-6 505 12 Western Athletic Conference
21. Wake Forest 19-9 373 21 Atlantic Coast Conference
22. Mississippi State 19-8 192 18 Southeastern Conference
23. Davidson 24-6 187 25 Southern Conference
24. Florida 19-8 178 23 Southeastern Conference
25. IUPUI 23-6 112 24 Summit League

Others Receiving Votes:
West Virginia 18-10 70 Big East Conference
Cincinnati 20-8 27 Big East Conference
Maryland 18-10 21 Atlantic Coast Conference
Oklahoma 19-9 9 Big 12 Conference
Wisconsin 19-9 1 Big Ten Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (72) 25-4 1800 1 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Xavier 20-6 1720 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
3. Utah State 22-6 1664 2 Western Athletic Conference
4. Davidson 24-6 1528 5 Southern Conference
5. Temple 18-9 1491 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. IUPUI 23-6 1437 6 Summit League
7. Gonzaga 20-8 1369 9 Western Athletic Conference
8. Fresno State 20-7 1284 7 Western Athletic Conference
9. Tulsa 20-7 1183 10 Conference USA
10. UAB 20-8 1132 8 Conference USA
11. Houston 19-9 909 14 Conference USA
12. San Diego State 18-10 828 21 Mountain West Conference
13. Butler 20-10 807 11 Horizon League
14. Sam Houston State 22-5 784 17 Southland Conference
15. Austin Peay 22-8 685 22 Ohio Valley Conference
16. Kent State 19-9 672 19 Conference USA
17. San Diego 21-9 655 12 West Coast Conference
18. Air Force 18-8 513 18 Mountain West Conference
19. Utah 18-9 465 13 Mountain West Conference
20. Saint Joseph's 20-8 452 15 Atlantic 10 Conference
21. George Mason 20-9 389 16 Colonial Athletic Association
22. Boston University 21-8 331 23 America East Conference
23. UC Santa Barbara 21-8 298 NR Big West Conference
24. Iona 21-8 290 24 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
25. Richmond 19-9 165 20 Atlantic 10 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
UTEP 18-8 112 Conference USA
Charlotte 19-9 99 Atlantic 10 Conference
Hawaii 19-8 75 Western Athletic Conference
Dayton 16-11 62 Atlantic 10 Conference
Portland State 21-8 51 Big Sky Conference
Marshall 17-9 40 Conference USA
Bradley 19-10 34 Missouri Valley Conference
Drexel 18-10 29 Colonial Athletic Association
VCU 19-11 23 Colonial Athletic Association
Illinois State 18-11 15 Missouri Valley Conference
Massachusetts 17-10 7 Atlantic 10 Conference
Fordham 18-10 1 Colonial Athletic Association
Western Michigan 20-8 1 Mid-American Conference

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Pro Update for Feb. 2021

NBA Rookie PF Jace Hunter (Detroit Pistons)

The Pistons are now 24-32, 3rd place in the Central Division and 11th place in the Eastern Conference. Jace returned from injury to start the month and not only did he play in the NBA Rookie Game, where he scored 13 points and had 10 boards to help the Rookies beat the Sophomores, but he was also named an Eastern Conference All-Star. He only played 6 minutes, but it's quite a treat to be named an all-star in your first season. He did have another injury in the middle of the month as he fractured his nose and missed a couple games, but he scored 20+ points in 5 games in February, including a 28 point, 10 rebound effort on the 12th against Toronto. Despite all that, he still has not earned a Rookie of the Month award yet. Amazing.

NBA Rookie PF Ivan Carrillo (Portland Trailblazers/Los Angeles D-League)

The Trailblazers are now 15-41, still well in last place in the Northwest Division, but the good news is they are no longer the worst team in the Western Conference. They are 1.5 games ahead of New Orleans in that department. As for Ivan, he played in just 2 games in February, and 1 of those games was in the D-League, as he was reassigned on the 9th. Unfortunately, he is the best player on the Los Angeles D-League team, but part of the reason he hasn't played since the 9th is because he has been injured. The day he was reassigned to the D-League is also the day he suffered a stress fracture, a double whammy. He's projected to be out for about 45 days, meaning he may not see the court again this season. Oh yea, and his D-League team? A dismal 4-31. Yikes!

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I am going to forego the player stats through February and just do one at the end of the season, because I'm ready to get the next college week going.

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March 1-7, 2021

2 feature games to tell you about this week, and we'll start in the Big East.

3/3/21- #15 Pittsburgh (Qwikshot Collins) @ #12 Georgetown (Ariel Ginsberg, Jawouk Bafou) -- This game certainly didn't live up to the hype, as the Hoyas raced to a 14 point lead, but the real difference was at the free throw line. Georgetown shot 46 free throws compared to 8 for Pittsburgh. I've heard of home court advantage but wow! Despite all that, Pitt didn't have 1 guy foul out, and they committed 31 fouls. Oh yea, as far as the game:

Final Score: #12 Georgetown- 88, #15 Pittsburgh- 68

Qwikshot Collins (Pittsburgh)- started game, 26 mins played, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal.
Ariel Ginsberg (Georgetown)- came off bench, 25 mins played, 9 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
Jawouk Bafou (Georgetown)- came off bench, 5 mins played, 2 points, 2 rebounds.

Now we move to the Big Ten:

3/3/21- Purdue (Jackson Pace) @ #3 Michigan State (Jaybard Riley) -- The Boilermakers fought hard and even led at halftime, but a 46-29 rebounding edge for Michigan State was enough for the Spartans to pull away in the second half.

Final Score: #3 Michigan State- 85, Purdue- 72

Jackson Pace (Purdue)- started game, 30 mins played, 22 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals.
Jaybard Riley (Michigan State)- started game, 20 mins played, 18 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists.


Now to the rest of the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 19-11, 9-7 ACC.

3/3/21 vs. #9 Boston College (W 83-58), started game, 13 mins played, 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.
3/6/21 at #21 Wake Forest (L 66-64), started game, 32 mins played, 2 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 20-10, 8-8 Conference USA.

3/3/21 vs. South Florida (W 88-66), started game, 31 mins played, 23 points, 1 rebound, 6 assists.
3/6/21 vs. UAB (L 80-64), started game, 34 mins played, 16 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 19-11, 10-6 Mountain West.

3/2/21 vs. New Mexico (W 77-76, OT), started game, 30 mins played, 17 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 12-17, 7-9 Big West.

3/4/21 at UC Riverside (W 59-40), started game, 34 mins played, 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist.
3/6/21 vs. UC Davis (L 51-43), started game, 25 mins played, 6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 steal.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 19-11, 11-7 Big East.

3/3/21 vs. DePaul (W 83-51), started game, 32 mins played, 21 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, (POTG).
3/6/21 vs. Rutgers (W 70-47), started game, 34 mins played, 13 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals.

RS JR C Ralph King (#1 Duke) -- 26-4, 14-2 ACC.

3/3/21 vs. #8 Georgia Tech (W 84-77), came off bench, 22 mins played, 6 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, (Fouled Out).
3/6/21 at Virginia (W 74-52), started game, 30 mins played, 4 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point)- injured -- 12-18, 7-11 Big South.

3/2/21- Big South First Round vs. (3) Gardner Webb (L 69-49).

So Benton will end his junior season still on the mend, and even if High Point would have made the postseason, he'd still be out 3 weeks. Better luck next season, as I'm sure he'll be back.

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 10-18, 8-10 SWAC.

3/4/21 at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (L 60-57), came off bench, 12 mins played, 4 points, 2 rebounds.
3/6/21 at Mississippi Valley State (L 70-56), came off bench, 11 mins played, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#12 Georgetown) -- 22-8, 12-6 Big East.

3/3/21 vs. #15 Pittsburgh- feature game, highlighted above.
3/6/21 at Marquette (L 83-80), came off bench, 28 mins played, 6 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 19-9, 12-4 Conference USA.

3/3/21 vs. SMU (W 58-43), started game, 35 mins played, 24 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, (POTG).
3/6/21 vs. Central Florida (W 70-62), started game, 22 mins played, 2 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#3 Michigan State) -- 27-4, 14-4 Big Ten.

3/3/21 vs. Purdue (W 85-72)- feature game, highlighted above.
3/6/21 vs. Penn State (W 91-90, OT), started game, 40 mins played, 6 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 steal.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (#15 Pittsburgh) -- 21-9, 12-6 Big East.

3/3/21 at #15 Georgetown- feature game, highlighted above.
3/6/21 vs. Notre Dame (W 75-74), came off bench, 19 mins played, 12 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 11-19, 5-11 Big 12.

3/3/21 at #19 Kansas (L 77-63), came off bench, 12 mins played, 12 points, 1 rebound.
3/6/21 vs. Texas Tech (L 70-62), came off bench, 1 min played.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 16-14, 10-8 Pac 10.

3/4/21 vs. UCLA (W 99-90), started game, 34 mins played, 19 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 2 steals.
3/6/21 vs. USC (L 80-77), started game, 24 mins played, 5 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#1 Duke) -- 26-4, 14-2 ACC.

3/3/21 vs. #8 Georgia Tech (W 84-77), started game, 35 mins played, 20 points, 1 rebound, 8 assists, 1 steal.
3/6/21 at Virginia (W 74-52), started game, 32 mins played, 12 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 14-16, 5-13 Big Ten.

3/3/21 at #3 Michigan State- feature game, highlighted above.
3/6/21 at Iowa (L 81-73), started game, 38 mins played, 11 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#12 Georgetown) -- 22-8, 12-6 Big East.

3/3/21 vs. #15 Pittsburgh- feature game, highlighted above.
3/6/21 at Marquette (L 83-80), came off bench, 14 mins played, 5 points, 2 rebounds.

SO C Tim Sheppard (#22 Mississippi State) -- 20-9, 9-7 SEC.

3/1/21 at Auburn (L 98-74), started game, 28 mins played, 8 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists.
3/6/21 vs. Ole Miss (W 79-77, OT), started game, 19 mins played, 4 points, 6 rebounds.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#4 North Carolina) -- 26-5, 14-2 ACC.

3/3/21 at Miami (W 89-75), DNP (Coaches Decision).
3/6/21 at Florida State (W 86-71), came off bench, 1 min played, 2 points.

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Duke (68) 26-4 1794 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Texas (4) 27-2 1731 2 Big 12 Conference
3. Michigan State 27-4 1658 3 Big Ten Conference
4. North Carolina 26-5 1562 4 Atlantic Coast Conference
5. Illinois 25-5 1535 5 Big Ten Conference
6. Creighton 28-4 1432 7 Missouri Valley Conference
7. Villanova 23-7 1348 6 Big East Conference
8. Tennessee 24-7 1310 11 Southeastern Conference
9. Georgia Tech 22-9 1204 8 Atlantic Coast Conference
10. Kentucky 21-7 1079 14 Southeastern Conference
11. Boston College 22-9 999 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Arizona 22-8 979 10 Pacific-10 Conference
13. Oklahoma State 24-7 973 16 Big 12 Conference
14. Kansas 23-7 847 19 Big 12 Conference
15. California 22-8 826 17 Pacific-10 Conference
16. Utah State 24-6 785 20 Western Athletic Conference
17. Georgetown 22-8 663 12 Big East Conference
18. Connecticut 22-8 591 13 Big East Conference
19. Davidson 26-6 495 23 Southern Conference
20. Pittsburgh 21-9 444 15 Big East Conference
21. IUPUI 24-6 307 25 Summit League
22. Florida 21-8 261 24 Southeastern Conference
23. Wake Forest 20-10 194 21 Atlantic Coast Conference
24. Xavier 20-8 184 18 Atlantic 10 Conference
25. Missouri 20-8 67 NR Big 12 Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Maryland 19-11 62 Atlantic Coast Conference
Mississippi State 20-9 21 Southeastern Conference
Temple 20-9 13 Atlantic 10 Conference
Cincinnati 21-9 12 Big East Conference
Fresno State 21-7 9 Western Athletic Conference
West Virginia 19-11 9 Big East Conference
Gonzaga 22-8 5 Western Athletic Conference
Syracuse 19-11 1 Big East Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (72) 28-4 1800 1 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Utah State 24-6 1721 3 Western Athletic Conference
3. Xavier 20-8 1620 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. Davidson 26-6 1569 4 Southern Conference
5. Temple 20-9 1533 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. IUPUI 24-6 1408 6 Summit League
7. Gonzaga 22-8 1399 7 Western Athletic Conference
8. Fresno State 21-7 1279 8 Western Athletic Conference
9. Kent State 21-9 1105 16 Conference USA
10. Austin Peay 25-8 1100 15 Ohio Valley Conference
11. UAB 21-9 1062 10 Conference USA
12. Butler 21-10 983 13 Horizon League
13. San Diego 22-9 844 17 West Coast Conference
14. Houston 20-10 842 11 Conference USA
15. George Mason 22-10 709 21 Colonial Athletic Association
16. San Diego State 19-11 645 12 Mountain West Conference
17. Saint Joseph's 21-9 540 20 Atlantic 10 Conference
18. Tulsa 20-9 539 9 Conference USA
19. Sam Houston State 23-6 419 14 Southland Conference
20. Boston University 23-9 415 22 America East Conference
21. Dayton 18-11 346 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
22. Marshall 19-9 269 NR Conference USA
23. UC Santa Barbara 22-9 227 23 Big West Conference
24. Drexel 20-10 187 NR Colonial Athletic Association
25. Iona 21-9 122 24 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Richmond 20-10 118 Atlantic 10 Conference
Charlotte 20-10 117 Atlantic 10 Conference
Portland State 21-8 79 Big Sky Conference
UTEP 19-9 78 Conference USA
Massachusetts 19-10 72 Atlantic 10 Conference
Hawaii 20-9 57 Western Athletic Conference
Illinois State 20-12 51 Missouri Valley Conference
Bowling Green 21-9 45 Mid-American Conference
Air Force 18-10 31 Mountain West Conference
Utah 18-11 22 Mountain West Conference
Wright State 19-11 18 Horizon League
VCU 20-12 15 Colonial Athletic Association
Holy Cross 21-9 8 Patriot League
Bradley 20-11 5 Missouri Valley Conference
Belmont 21-11 1 Atlantic Sun Conference

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March 8-14, 2021

2 feature games to tell you about during this conference tournament week, and we'll start in the Big East.

3/11/21- Big East Quarterfinals - (6) Syracuse (Jack Dawkins) vs. (3)#20 Pittsburgh (Qwikshot Collins) -- Not much to talk about in this one, as the Panthers blew open a close game in the second half by shooting lights out. Pitt shot 51.7% while Syracuse shot 32.7% and that was the difference as Pitt moves on to the semifinals.

Final Score: #20 Pittsburgh- 83, Syracuse- 58

Jack Dawkins (Syracuse)- started game, 25 mins played, 3 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists.
Qwikshot Collins (Pittsburgh)- came off bench, 23 mins played, 1 point, 10 rebounds, 4 assist, 1 steal.

Now we move to Conference USA:

3/13/21- Conference USA Championship- (6) Houston (Al Mighty) vs. (1) Marshall (Thomas Magnum) -- This one was tight early, as Houston led by 1 at halftime. The second half belonged to Marshall though as they really clamped down and hurt Houston's shot selection with tight defense. It was enough to give the Thundering Herd the win and the auto bid to the NCAA Tourney.

Final Score: Marshall- 77, Houston- 62

Al Mighty (Houston)- started game, 35 mins played, 22 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists.
Thomas Magnum (Marshall)- started game, 30 mins played, 20 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Now to the rest of the weekly recap:

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland) -- 20-12, 9-7 ACC.

3/11/21- ACC First Round vs. (11) Virginia Tech (W 90-60), started game, 31 mins played, 5 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals.
3/12/21- ACC Quarterfinals vs. (3) #11 Boston College (L 75-67), started game, 26 mins played, 3 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, (Fouled Out).

The Terps hung with BC in the second half but too big of a first half deficit cost them, and Chester didn't do much to help the cause. With the 20-12 record, Maryland will probably sneak into the NCAA Tournament, but this is a far cry from last seasons team.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston) -- 23-11, 8-8 Conference USA.

3/10/21- Conference USA vs. (11) Southern Miss (W 76-66), started game, 34 mins played, 16 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).
3/11/21- Conference USA Quarterfinals vs. (3) Kent State (W 80-62), started game, 34 mins played, 21 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, 1 block, 2 steals, (Double-double), (POTG).
3/12/21- Conference USA Semifinals vs. (7) Central Florida (W 77-76), started game, 32 mins played, 12 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal.
3/13/21- Conference USA Championship vs. (1) Marshall- feature game, highlighted above.

Al is a big part of the reason the Cougars made it all the way to the C-USA Championship. They had a tough conference season, but this is a very good team and I'll be shocked if they aren't in the NCAA Tournament.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV) -- 21-12, 10-6 Mountain West.

3/11/21- Mountain West Quarterfinals vs. (7) Colorado State (W 67-55), started game, 31 mins played, 20 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 5 steals, (POTG).
3/12/21- Mountain West Semifinals vs. (3) Air Force (W 85-73), started game, 28 mins played, 15 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals.
3/13/21- Mountain West Championship vs. (1) San Diego State (L 76-54), started game, 28 mins played, 15 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals.

Ricardo was solid this week, as always. As for the Rebels, they finished in a 3 way tie for first place in the Mountain West, but their RPI is bad enough that I don't think there's any way possible they can make the NCAA Tournament. I think they will be hosting a First Round game in the NIT.

SR C Rudy Arellano (Long Beach State) -- 14-18, 7-9 Big West.

3/10/21- Big West First Round vs. (8) UC Davis (W 62-55), started game, 34 mins played, 14 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, (Double-double), (POTG).
3/11/21- Big West Second Round vs. (4) Cal Poly (W 65-56), started game, 35 mins played, 16 points, 11 rebounds, (Double-double).
3/12/21- Big West Semifinals vs. (1) UC Santa Barbara (L 69-65), started game, 33 mins played, 17 points, 9 rebounds.

What a run for the 49ers, who fell just a couple games short. They needed to win to make the postseason, so they'll be done. Rudy's college career is over, but his last few games were enough to think he could actually get a chance in the D-League, if nothing else.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse) -- 20-12, 11-7 Big East.

3/10/21- Big East Second Round vs. (14) Rutgers (W 78-63), started game, 31 mins played, 14 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block, 2 steals.
3/11/21- Big East Quarterfinals vs. (3) #20 Pittsburgh- feature game, highlighted above.

Jack certainly ended the conference tournament on a dismal note, but he and the Orange will be playing more basketball this season. They had one of the toughest schedules in the nation, and because of that, they'll be in the NCAA Tournament.

RS JR C Ralph King (#1 Duke) -- 28-5, 14-2 ACC.

3/12/21- ACC Quarterfinals vs. (10) Clemson (W 77-60), came off bench, 15 mins played, 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal.
3/13/21- ACC Semifinals vs. (3) #11 Boston College (W 76-73), came off bench, 23 mins played, 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 steal.
3/14/21- ACC Championship vs. (4) #9 Georgia Tech (L 90-79), came off bench, 15 mins played, 18 points, 2 rebounds.

Ralph had a heck of a game in the ACC Championship, but the Blue Devils fall. No matter, they've been a lock for the NCAA Tournament for weeks, and they could be a #1 seed.

RS JR PG Benton Gale (High Point) -- 12-18, 7-11 Big South.

No games this week for Benton and the Panthers, who played their conference tournament last week. At 12-18, they are done for the season, and I'd be shocked if Benton doesn't return for his senior year.

RS JR PF Bam Jamison (Grambling) -- 12-19, 8-10 SWAC.

3/11/21- SWAC Quarterfinals vs. (2) Alabama A&M (W 86-79), came off bench, 14 mins played, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal.
3/12/21- SWAC Semifinals vs. (6) Prairie View A&M (W 68-55), started game, 29 mins played, 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists.
3/13/21- SWAC Championship vs. (1) Mississippi Valley State (L 60-59), started game, 20 mins played, 4 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.

The Tigers were just 1 basket away from duplicating last years Cinderella run in the SWAC Tournament. It was not to be this season though, as they fell just short. With the 12-19 record, they are done for the season, but how about Bam making an impression and getting the start in both the semis and the championship. Because of that, I think he'll be back for his senior season.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (#17 Georgetown) -- 22-9, 12-6 Big East.

3/11/21- Big East Quarterfinals vs. (7) Marquette (L 77-74), came off bench, 22 mins played, 6 points, 9 rebounds, 1 block.

The Hoyas got one of those famous double byes into the Quarterfinals (Anybody else remember when the real Big East had 16 teams and really did it that way? I sure miss those days). Anyways, enough reminiscing, Georgetown was upset in this one, but Ariel had a nice effort off the bench. It doesn't matter though, the Hoyas will definitely be dancing in the NCAA Tournament.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall) -- 22-9, 12-4 Conference USA.

3/11/21- Conference USA Quarterfinals vs. (9) South Florida (W 82-73), started game, 33 mins played, 22 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, (POTG).
3/12/21- Conference USA Semifinals vs. (5) UTEP (W 86-38), started game, 31 mins played, 22 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, (POTG).
3/13/21- Conference USA Championship vs. (6) Houston- feature game, highlighted above.

What a tournament for Thomas, who took POTG in 2 of the 3 games, and the Thundering Herd become the first FOFC team to win a conference tournament this season. They probably would have been dancing anyways, but it's official now.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (#3 Michigan State) -- 28-5, 14-4 Big Ten.

3/12/21- Big Ten Quarterfinals vs. (7) Minnesota (W 94-80), started game, 36 mins played, 36 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, (POTG).
3/13/21- Big Ten Semifinals vs. (6) Northwestern (L 86-70), started game, 16 mins played, 5 points, 3 assists.

As Jaybard goes, so do the Spartans. Jaybard had one of his worst games of the season against Northwestern, and the Spartans played one of their worst games. They'll have a chance to redeem themselves though, as they'll be dancing, but that Big Ten Semifinal loss may have cost them a #1 seed.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (#20 Pittsburgh) -- 23-10, 12-6 Big East.

3/11/21- Big East Quarterfinals vs. (6) Syracuse- feature game, highlighted above.
3/12/21- Big East Semifinals vs. (7) Marquette (W 107-85), came off bench, 24 mins played, 10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals.
3/13/21- Big East Championship vs. (4) Cincinnati (L 82-74), came off bench, 28 mins played, 18 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals.

Qwikshot did pretty well this week, but the Panthers just ran into a really hot Cincinnati team. They'll still be dancing though.

RS SO PG Mike Schaplowsky (Kansas State) -- 11-20, 5-11 Big 12.

3/10/21- Big 12 First Round vs. (7) Texas Tech (L 64-51), came off bench, 7 mins played, 8 points, 1 rebound.

The Wildcats will end their season with an 11-20 record, but Mike really made strides throughout the course of the year. Obviously since sophomores can't declare, he'll be back next season, but the chances of him starting are slim as there is still a light of talent ahead of him coming back. His best hope is a few transfers or juniors that declare.

RS SO PF Path Twelve (Oregon) -- 16-15, 10-8 Pac 10.

3/11/21- Pac 10 Quarterfinals vs. (4) BYU (L 71-62), started game, 36 mins played, 5 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks, 1 steal.

An early exit for the Ducks, who really needed a couple wins to feel safe about a postseason bid. Their RPI of 75 isn't terrible, so if they sneak into the CBI, I won't be shocked.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (#1 Duke) -- 28-5, 14-2 ACC.

3/12/21- ACC Quarterfinals vs. (10) Clemson (W 77-60), started game, 26 mins played, 18 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, (Fouled Out), (POTG).
3/13/21- ACC Semifinals vs. (3) #11 Boston College (W 76-73), started game, 33 mins played, 13 points, 6 assists.
3/14/21- ACC Championship vs. (4) #9 Georgia Tech (L 90-79), started game, 34 mins played, 4 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists.

Cameron didn't play well at all in the ACC Championship, they needed more out of him, but as stated above, Duke will probably be a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

SO PG Jackson Pace (Purdue) -- 14-17, 5-13 Big Ten.

3/11/21- Big Ten First Round vs. (6) Northwestern (L 64-60), started game, 26 mins played, 6 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists.

Jackson didn't do much to help the Boilermakers, but they pretty much needed to win out to make a postseason tournament, so their season is over and Jackson will look to continue his improved play next season.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (#17 Georgetown) -- 22-9, 12-6 Big East.

3/11/21- Big East Quarterfinals vs. (7) Marquette (L 77-74), came off bench, 8 mins played, 4 points, 5 rebounds, 1 block.

Jawouk did ok in his limited minutes, and as stated above, the Hoyas will be dancing.

SO C Tim Sheppard (Mississippi State) -- 21-10, 9-7 SEC.

3/12/21- SEC Quarterfinals vs. (12) Ole Miss (W 81-71), started game, 21 mins played, 1 point, 7 rebounds.
3/13/21- SEC Semifinals vs. (1) #8 Tennessee (L 82-75), started game, 13 mins played, 2 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals, (Fouled Out).

An SEC Tournament to forget for Tim, but the Bulldogs had a nice effort against Tennessee. Their RPI is high enough (21) that they'll be dancing for sure.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (#4 North Carolina) -- 27-6, 14-2 ACC.

3/12/21- ACC Quarterfinals vs. (9) Miami (W 76-65), came off bench, 1 min played, 2 rebounds.
3/13/21- ACC Semifinals vs. (4) #9 Georgia Tech (L 75-48), came off bench, 4 mins played, 4 points.

Well, the Tarheels certainly blew it big against GA Tech. They'll be dancing, but they are right on the borderline for a #1 seed. I think the ACC will get one, but who do you give it to? Carolina, who won the regular season title, or Duke, who went farther in the ACC Tournament. GA Tech won't get one, they had 9 losses.

Here's a look at the final polls before we head into the postseason tournaments:

Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Duke (71) 28-5 1799 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Texas (1) 27-3 1729 2 Big 12 Conference
3. Illinois 28-5 1653 5 Big Ten Conference
4. Michigan State 28-5 1572 3 Big Ten Conference
5. North Carolina 27-6 1526 4 Atlantic Coast Conference
6. Georgia Tech 25-9 1429 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. Creighton 28-4 1349 6 Missouri Valley Conference
8. Tennessee 27-7 1316 8 Southeastern Conference
9. Oklahoma State 27-7 1188 13 Big 12 Conference
10. Arizona 25-8 1185 12 Pacific-10 Conference
11. Boston College 23-10 968 11 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Villanova 23-8 932 7 Big East Conference
13. California 24-9 925 15 Pacific-10 Conference
14. Kansas 25-8 902 14 Big 12 Conference
15. Kentucky 22-8 838 10 Southeastern Conference
16. Utah State 26-7 772 16 Western Athletic Conference
17. Davidson 27-6 587 19 Southern Conference
18. Pittsburgh 23-10 586 20 Big East Conference
19. Connecticut 23-9 576 18 Big East Conference
20. Georgetown 22-9 447 17 Big East Conference
21. IUPUI 25-7 293 21 Summit League
22. West Virginia 21-12 255 NR Big East Conference
23. Cincinnati 24-9 194 NR Big East Conference
24. Mississippi State 21-10 136 NR Southeastern Conference
25. Fresno State 24-7 100 NR Western Athletic Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Florida 21-9 52 Southeastern Conference
Missouri 21-9 32 Big 12 Conference
Wake Forest 21-11 20 Atlantic Coast Conference
Xavier 20-9 19 Atlantic 10 Conference
Sam Houston State 26-6 11 Southland Conference
Temple 21-10 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
Maryland 20-12 1 Atlantic Coast Conference


Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Creighton (72) 28-4 1800 1 Missouri Valley Conference
2. Utah State 26-7 1727 2 Western Athletic Conference
3. Davidson 27-6 1612 4 Southern Conference
4. Xavier 20-9 1536 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Temple 21-10 1518 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
6. Fresno State 24-7 1486 8 Western Athletic Conference
7. IUPUI 25-7 1380 6 Summit League
8. Gonzaga 22-9 1248 7 Western Athletic Conference
9. San Diego State 22-11 1133 16 Mountain West Conference
10. Houston 23-11 1098 14 Conference USA
11. Austin Peay 25-8 1067 10 Ohio Valley Conference
12. Marshall 22-9 992 22 Conference USA
13. Sam Houston State 26-6 852 19 Southland Conference
14. Kent State 21-10 827 9 Conference USA
15. UAB 21-10 733 11 Conference USA
16. Dayton 21-12 728 21 Atlantic 10 Conference
17. George Mason 22-10 604 15 Colonial Athletic Association
18. UC Santa Barbara 24-9 572 23 Big West Conference
19. Butler 21-11 529 12 Horizon League
20. San Diego 22-10 450 13 West Coast Conference
21. Boston University 23-9 366 20 America East Conference
22. Richmond 22-11 228 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
23. Saint Joseph's 21-10 190 17 Atlantic 10 Conference
24. Tulsa 20-10 183 18 Conference USA
25. Iona 21-9 122 25 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
UTEP 21-10 105 Conference USA
Wright State 20-11 64 Horizon League
Portland State 22-9 51 Big Sky Conference
Drexel 20-11 42 Colonial Athletic Association
Charlotte 20-11 37 Atlantic 10 Conference
Air Force 19-11 33 Mountain West Conference
Illinois State 20-12 25 Missouri Valley Conference
Bowling Green 22-10 15 Mid-American Conference
VCU 20-12 14 Colonial Athletic Association
Massachusetts 19-11 12 Atlantic 10 Conference
Holy Cross 22-9 10 Patriot League
UNLV 21-12 8 Mountain West Conference
Hawaii 20-10 2 Western Athletic Conference
Belmont 21-11 1 Atlantic Sun Conference

[collegesportsfanms]

Because, as I said in another dynasty report, I like to instill a little bit of drama in my reports, I'm going to wait until tomorrow to announce where all our FOFC players will be playing (or not playing) in the postseason.

The suspense will just have to haunt you guys for one more day. :)

[collegesportsfanms]

2021 Selection Sunday

Mississippi State (Tim Sheppard) gets the 5th seed in the NCAA West Region. They'll open up against 12th seed San Diego State.

Georgetown (Ariel Ginsberg, Jawouk Bafou) gets the 4th seed in the NCAA Midwest Region. They'll open up against 13th seed Sam Houston State.

Michigan State (Jaybard Riley) gets the 2nd seed in the NCAA Midwest Region. They'll open up against 15th seed Buffalo.

Houston (Al Mighty) gets the 10th seed in the NCAA Midwest Region. They'll open up against 7th seed Marquette.

Duke (Ralph King, Cameron Blodgett) gets the top seed in the NCAA South Region. They'll open up against the winner of a First Four game between Quinnipiac and Coastal Carolina.

Maryland (Chester Smith) gets the 7th seed in the NCAA South Region. They'll open up against 10th seed UAB.

Syracuse (Jack Dawkins) gets the 8th seed in the NCAA East Region. They'll open up against 9th seed George Mason.

Pittsburgh (Qwikshot Collins) gets the 5th seed in the NCAA East Region. They'll open up against 12th seed UC Santa Barbara.

North Carolina (Erik Flamebeard) gets the 2nd seed in the NCAA East Region. They'll open up against 15th seed North Carolina A&T.

Marshall (Thomas Magnum) gets the 10th seed in the NCAA East Region. They'll open up against 7th seed Davidson.

UNLV (Ricardo Tubbs) gets the top seed in the CBI. They'll open up against 16th seed St. Louis. Gotta say I'm shocked by this one. I figured for sure they'd be an NIT team.

That does it for the FOFC participant that will continue their season. I'm a little surprised that Oregon didn't get a crack at the CBI, but not totally shocked.

[collegesportsfanms]

FOFC Postseason Recap

We had 11 of our FOFC represented teams playing in postseason tournaments, and through all that we only had 1 feature game.

3/28/21- NCAA South Region Final- (7) Maryland (Chester Smith) vs. (1) Duke (Ralph King, Cameron Blodgett) -- Who would have ever guessed we'd have an ACC match in the Elite Eight, but that's what we've got. Unfortunately it didn't live up to the hype as the Terps broke open a 6 point halftime lead, outscoring Duke 50-30 in the second half to roll to victory in a game that saw 45 combined turnovers. Yikes! Fortunately, Maryland shot 51.7% from the field and knocked down 15 three pointers. In any case, the Terps advance to the Final Four.

Chester Smith (Maryland)- started game, 25 mins played, 4 rebounds, 3 assists.
Ralph King (Duke)- came off bench, 28 mins played, 5 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 2 steal.
Cameron Blodgett (Duke)- started game, 28 mins played, 2 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists.

And now to the rest of the postseason recap in which we'll only cover the teams and players that are still playing.

RS SR SF Chester Smith (Maryland)

3/18/21- NCAA South Region First Round vs. (10) UAB (W 75-64), started game, 33 mins played, 12 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal.
3/20/21- NCAA South Region Second Round vs. (15) Mississippi Valley State (W 86-59), started game, 30 mins played, 6 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals.
3/26/21- NCAA South Region Semifinal vs. (3) Cincinnati (W 73-69), started game, 32 mins played, 11 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.
3/28/21- NCAA South Region Final vs. (1) Duke- feature game, highlighted above.
4/3/21- NCAA Final Four vs. (7W) West Virginia (L 80-64), started game, 31 mins played, 2 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, (Fouled Out).

What a run for Chester and the Terps, as nobody expected them to make it to the Final Four. Not the ending Chester wanted as he fouled out in his last game, but now he will hopefully embark on a new chapter, although his draft stock isn't way high, so he may spend some time in the D-League.

RS SR PG Al Mighty (Houston)

3/19/21- NCAA Midwest Region First Round vs. (7) Marquette (L 82-72), started game, 30 mins played, 20 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, (Fouled Out).

Al did everything he could to get his team a win in the NCAA Tournament, but it just wasn't to be, as he ended up fouling out. As a senior, he'll also embark on a new journey, but he could also see some time in the D-League as believe it or not, his draft stock is even lower than Chester's is.

RS SR SG Ricardo Tubbs (UNLV)

3/16/21- CBI First Round vs. (16) St. Louis (W 76-65), started game, 25 mins played, 15 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 2 steals.
3/22/21- CBI Quarterfinals vs. (8) Western Michigan (W 63-51), started game, 25 mins played, 19 points, 10 rebounds, (Double-double), (POTG).
3/24/21- CBI Semifinals vs. (5) Appalachian State (W 67-54), started game, 33 mins played, 15 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
3/29/21- CBI Championship Series, Game 1 vs. (7) Princeton (W 95-90, OT), started game, 33 mins played, 15 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
3/31/21- CBI Championship Series, Game 2 at (7) Princeton (L 75-60), started game, 27 mins played, 22 pointa, 1 rebound, 1 steal.
4/2/21- CBI Championship Series, Game 3 vs. (7) Princeton (W 82-58), started game, 26 mins played, 12 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists.

While it wasn't the tournament they were hoping for, Ricardo and the Rebels are thrilled to end their season with a win. Ricardo was a big part of the CBI run, and as the other senior of our 4 seniors, he's also looking to continue his playing career. The problem is there is a recurring theme, as his draft stock is even less than both Chester and Al. Here's hoping all our 4 seniors get a chance to play pro ball of some kind.

RS JR SF Jack Dawkins (Syracuse)

3/18/21- NCAA East Region First Round vs. (9) George Mason (W 79-74), started game, 35 mins played, 14 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist.
3/20/21- NCAA East Region Second Round vs. (1) Tennessee (W 73-66), started game, 36 mins played, 11 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, (Double-double).
3/25/21- NCAA East Region Semifinal vs. (4) California (W 91-74), started game, 31 mins played, 15 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal.
3/27/21- NCAA East Region Final vs. (11) Oklahoma (W 62-51), started game, 35 mins played, 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist.
4/3/21- NCAA Final Four vs. (1MW) Texas (L 76-66), started game, 22 mins played, 5 points, 6 rebounds.

Nice Cinderella run for Syracuse as well. Jack will have a sour taste in his mouth the way the season ended, as he just didn't have a good effort. Despite that, he is a junior, so if he wants to he can declare for the draft. His draft stock is pretty high, so I think he will go pro.

RS JR C Ralph King (Duke)

3/18/21- NCAA South Region First Round vs. (16) Quinnipiac (W 108-65), came off bench, 23 mins played, 14 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist,1 block.
3/20/21- NCAA South Region Second Round vs. (8) Arkansas (W 84-81), came off bench, 19 mins played, 8 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block.
3/26/21- NCAA South Region Semifinal vs. (4) Kentucky (W 65-64), came off bench, 16 mins played, 4 points, 7 rebounds.
3/28/21- NCAA South Region Final vs. (7) Maryland- feature game, highlighted above.

Not the finish Duke wanted, they had Final Four aspirations all the way. With Ralph being able to declare, you have to wonder what he'll do. He put up decent numbers, but he wasn't even a starter. He and Cameron make a good team, and Cameron will for sure be back as he is only a sophomore, so I think Ralph will come back as well and try for that national championship next season.

JR C Ariel Ginsberg (Georgetown)

3/18/21- NCAA Midwest Region First Round vs. (13) Sam Houston State (L 79-66), came off bench, 29 mins played, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.

Whoa! Upset city here as Georgetown ends their season on a 2 game losing streak. Ariel saw some increased minutes this season, and while he is eligible for the draft, I just can't see him going. He's got unfinished business with the Hoyas.

JR SG Thomas Magnum (Marshall)

3/18/21- NCAA East Region First Round vs. (7) Davidson (L 62-59), started game, 34 mins played, 11 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 3 steals.

Great season for Thomas and the Thundering Herd. They'd have loved to have won an NCAA Tournament game, and Thomas was probably the best player on the team. He'd probably want to go to the draft now, as he is eligible. He's good enough, his draft stock is fairly high, so I think he goes.

JR SG Jaybard Riley (Michigan State)

3/19/21- NCAA Midwest Region First Round vs. (15) Buffalo (W 109-105), started game, 31 mins played, 30 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, 1 steal, (POTG).
3/21/21- NCAA Midwest Region Second Round vs. (7) Marquette (W 84-63), started game, 31 mins played, 14 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 block, 2 steals.
3/25/21- NCAA Midwest Region Semifinal vs. (6) Missouri (W 62-51), started game, 36 mins played, 10 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals.
3/27/21- NCAA Midwest Region Final vs. (1) Texas (L 82-74), started game, 28 mins played, 15 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal.

No three peat for the Spartans, but Jaybard has had a storied career with Michigan State. Sure he could come back next season and try again, but really, what's left for him to accomplish at the college level? I will be absolutely shocked if he doesn't declare.

RS SO SG Qwikshot Collins (Pittsburgh)

3/19/21- NCAA East Region First Round vs. (12) UC Santa Barbara (W 81-48), came off bench, 26 mins played, 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist.
3/21/21- NCAA East Region Second Round vs. (4) California (L 98-85), came off bench, 23 mins played, 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal.

The Panthers would have liked to stay around a bit longer, but still a nice season. Qwikshot will be back next season and he'll definitely be competing for a starting role.

SO SG Cameron Blodgett (Duke)

3/18/21- NCAA South Region First Round vs. (16) Quinnipiac (W 108-65), started game, 30 mins played, 28 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 block, 4 steals, (POTG).
3/20/21- NCAA South Region Second Round vs. (8) Arkansas (W 84-81), started game, 31 mins played, 7 points, 1 rebound, 9 assists, 1 steal.
3/26/21- NCAA South Region Semifinal vs. (4) Kentucky (W 65-64), started game, 34 mins played, 6 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists.
3/28/21- NCAA South Region Final vs. (7) Maryland- feature game, highlighted above.

Cameron has a highly touted draft stock, but he isn't eligible. Probably a good thing. While he put up some awesome numbers this season, he also had a lot of inconsistencies. I think another year in college will do him some good.

SO PF Jawouk Bafou (Georgetown)

3/18/21- NCAA Midwest Region vs. (13) Sam Houston State (L 79-66), came off bench, 13 mins played, 2 points, 2 rebounds.

Jawouk improved some in his sophomore campaign, but he's still got a lot of work to do. Hopefully he can log more minutes next season, and if not, perhaps a redshirt is in order.

SO C Tim Sheppard (Mississippi State)

3/18/21- NCAA West Region First Round vs. (12) San Diego State (L 88-79), started game, 29 mins played, 6 points, 6 rebounds.

Miss. State got a bum deal being sent out west, and you could definitely tell they ran out of gas in the second half. As for Tim, he'll be back next season and I see no reason why he won't be starting.

RS FR PF Erik Flamebeard (North Carolina)

3/18/21- NCAA East Region First Round vs. (15) North Carolina A&T (W 80-53), came off bench, 5 mins played, 5 points.
3/20/21- NCAA East Region Second Round vs. (7) Davidson (W 89-75), came off bench, 6 mins played, 7 points, 1 assist.
3/25/21- NCAA East Region Semifinal vs. (11) Oklahoma (L 83-82), came off bench, 4 mins played, 3 points, 2 rebounds.

Definitely didn't see the Tarheels ending their season quite so early. Wonder if Erik regrets his decision to transfer. He didn't get many minutes at all this season, but the thing is he usually took advantage of those minutes. Looking ahead to next season, it's hard to imagine much will change because there are a lot of upperclassmen ahead of him that play in the post. 5 to be exact. He's already used his redshirt, so he's definitely going the Chester Smith route in which he won't see the floor much in his first couple seasons. However, there's no guarantee he would have seen the floor any more often at UCLA had he stayed there.

[collegesportsfanms]

Sometime tomorrow I plan on giving the March recap for our 2 pro guys as well as posting the final season stats.

I'm also going to give a wrap-up of which of our 7 juniors are going pro, and I'm going to try and post career stats for the 4 seniors plus any juniors that declare.

All that tomorrow, then hopefully on Tuesday the season wrap-up, season awards, conference movement, coach movement, etc etc. My hope is to have the 2021-2022 season underway by Wednesday or Thursday, as we've got quite a few incoming recruits that are ready to see where they'll be playing in a couple seasons.

[Travis]

Awesome, thanks! Still really enjoying following along.

[collegesportsfanms]

Awesome, thanks! Still really enjoying following along.

Thanks, I enjoy doing this and the Coaches Dynasty. It's fun to see how our coaches and players develop. Obviously I wish I had even more time to devote to both dynasties, and the interaction and feedback could be a little more to my liking, especially when there are decisions to be made and I have to wait on people to respond. But such is the life of interactive dynasties.

I'll do them as long as I can, whether or not people respond, because I certainly enjoy them.

[Neuqua]

Thanks again for keeping up with this dynasty. It's become a part of my morning routine to see if there are any updates.

Here's hoping Jaybard makes the right decision for him.

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Pro Update for March 2021

NBA Rookie PF Jace Hunter (Detroit Pistons)

The Pistons currently sit at 30-41, good for 2nd place in the Central Division and 11th place in the Eastern Conference. They can still make the playoffs, but it's going to take a heck of a winning streak as well as losing streaks from all the teams in front of them to make it happen. In short, it'll take a miracle. Jace continued to shine, as he put up some really steady numbers in March, including 4 double-doubles as well as 5 other games where he fell 1 rebound short of a double-double. He set a career high in rebounds with 19 against Dallas on March 10th and only finished with single digit scoring in 1 game this month. Still no rookie of the month awards, but believe me, his performance is really top notch for a struggling team.

NBA Rookie PF Ivan Carrillo (Portland Trailblazers/Los Angeles D-Fenders

Ivan spent the entire month in the D-League, and to be honest, most of that month was on the IR. He did play in 2 games in March, on the 27th and the 31st, and he was sensational. He had 33 points, 15 rebounds on the 27th, then on the 31st he had 32 points, 21 rebounds. He may have found his calling in the D-League, but he hasn't found it in the NBA yet. As far as how his teams are doing, Portland is 19-51, last in the Northwest Division by a huge margin, but still 1.5 games ahead of New Orleans when it comes to last place in the Western Conference. His D-League team, the D-Fenders, are 6-38 in the Western Division and are easily the worst team in the D-League. Perhaps Ivan will get some help from someone like Jaybard Riley next season? Who knows?

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Here is a look at the final season stats for the 2020-2021 season:

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The following juniors have decided to declare for the NBA draft and end their college eligibility:

Jack Dawkins (Syracuse)
Ralph King (Duke)
Jaybard Riley (Michigan State)

Not surprised at all that Jack and Jaybard are going pro, but I'm shocked that Ralph is. I'm also a little surprised Thomas Magnum is coming back for his senior season. So we have 7 players that are departing us, and here is a look at their college career stats:

Player Pos GP GS Min Pts Orb Reb Ast Stl Blk To Fls +/-
Chester Smith SF 110 37 15.6 5.2 0.8 2.7 1.2 0.5 0.2 1.2 1.8 3.8
Al Mighty PG 115 61 25.5 12.1 0.8 2.3 4.4 0.5 0.1 2.0 2.5 4.3
Ricardo Tubbs SG 141 106 24.8 12.8 1.3 4.6 1.9 1.0 0.2 2.2 2.1 5.3
Rudy Arellano C 103 103 26.7 7.8 2.9 7.5 1.0 0.4 0.3 1.3 3.0 -2.8
Jack Dawkins SF 102 97 28.7 11.3 2.2 6.8 2.1 0.8 0.3 2.0 2.5 9.2
Ralph King C 105 20 16.7 5.5 1.5 4.9 0.8 0.5 0.2 0.9 1.8 2.9
Jaybard Riley PG 99 99 30.7 16.7 1.0 4.8 5.6 0.9 0.3 2.6 2.7 14.3

Next up, the NCAA season recap, then we'll finish off the pro season, and hopefully by Wednesday the 2021-2022 season will be underway.

[collegesportsfanms]

Well, since it's been so long since I've done it, it took a while but I finally got the 2020-2021 draft file imported into FBPB, so we've got 7 guys that may be getting drafted, or not. Now moving on:

2020-2021 Season Recap

Season Awards

SR Al Mighty- Al made the All-NCAA 2nd Team as well as being named Conference USA Player of the Year, and obviously he made the Conference USA 1st Team as well.

JR Jaybard Riley- Jaybard made the All-NCAA 3rd Team, an improvement over last years snub. The big snub this season is that he only made the Big Ten 2nd Team. Unbelievable.

SO Cameron Blodgett- Cameron was named to the ACC 2nd Team.

JR Thomas Magnum- Thomas was named to the Conference USA 1st Team.

SR Ricardo Tubbs- Ricardo was named to the Mountain West 1st Team.

A big disappointment this season, as only 5 of our 19 FOFC players got an award. Yuck!

Conference Movement

No conference movement to speak of, so all our returning FOFC players will face the same conference challenges as they did this season.

Coach Movement

2 of our FOFC returners will have new coaches this season, as Kansas State fired Bruce Weber and hired Dave Rice from UNLV. Coach Rice really did good things for Ricardo Tubbs in his career, and Mike Schaplowsky is hoping Coach Rice does the same thing for him.

Also, Dana Altman has been given the boot at Oregon. In his place, the Ducks have hired Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak.

This is where I stop for the day, at least for right now. Either later tonight or tomorrow I will finish off the NBA season, get the NBA draft done, update where our 7 departing players will end up playing pro ball, if anywhere, and set up the new recruits, of which I think there are 6 or 7.

Definitely on good pace to get the 2021-2022 season rolling by Wednesday.

[bbgunn]

Grambling is a beast in the SWAC tournament. No need to play the regular season; the REAL season is the postseason! So close to another title. And Bam got crucial starts, to boot!

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Pro Update Through April 24, 2021 (End of Regular Season)

NBA Rookie PF Jace Hunter (Detroit Pistons)

The Pistons finished the season 31-51, good for 3rd place in the Central Division and missed the playoffs by a wide margin. Jace continued to put up great numbers for a rookie, including a 35 points, 13 rebound effort against Utah on April 12th. Despite all that, he didn't even get any awards. Wasn't an any of the All-Rookie teams, nothing. I just don't believe it. He won't let that detour him though, as he looks for bigger and better things next season.

NBA Rookie PF Ivan Carrillo (Los Angeles D-Fenders, D-League)

Ivan spent all of April in the D-League, where he continued to put up spectacular numbers, including 4 double-doubles and a 45 point effort. That 45 point effort came against Bakersfield. For his efforts, Ivan was named not only the D-League Rookie of the Month, but also the D-League Player of the Month. A nice end to his season, although his teams were terrible. The D-Fenders finished the season 8-42, 9 games worse than any other team in the D-League.

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NBA Off-Season 2021

NBA Draft

We have 7 draft eligible players in this draft, so let's take a look at where they ended up:

Jaybard Riley was drafted with the 3rd pick by the Dallas Mavericks.
Jack Dawkins was drafted with the 12th pick by the Houston Rockets.
Al Mighty was drafted with the 18th pick by the Utah Jazz.
Ralph King was drafted with the 35th pick by the Indiana Pacers.

Chester Smith, Ricardo Tubbs, Rudy Arellano all went undrafted.

Free Agency

None of our 3 undrafted players were picked up in free agency by any of the NBA Teams, but they still had hope, as the D-League Draft was still to take place.

D-League Draft

Rudy Arellano was selected by Maine in the USDL (otherwise known as the D-League) draft. Chester Smith and Ricardo Tubbs were not drafted and will be free agents, but I'll still report on them as they could always get picked up.

That concludes the 2020-2021 season. There are 6 incoming recruits for the 2021-2022 season, as soon as I have them set up, the new season will begin.

[collegesportsfanms]

I'm going to pose a question for you guys, would you like to see the pro players in a different thread from the college guys? Or is it easier to just have it all on the same thread?

[Neuqua]

Again, I think it's whatever is easier for you since you're doing all the work. Ideally, sure, but again, at your discretion.

Glad to see Jaybard sign on with Izzo, my favorite college coach, and then get a chance to play for my favorite NBA owner Mark Cuban!

[Travis]

Holy smokes, how good was the crop of rookies in the NBA this season?

As far as posting, I'll agree with whatever works best for you.

[rjolley]

I like seeing them in here, but whichever is easier for you.

Still enjoying both dynasties.

[bbgunn]

Ditto.