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Old 11-21-2015, 06:41 PM   #23
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1 feature game this week, a non-conference game of course. Let's take a look:

12/4/15- ECU (Al Hutt) @ #7 UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- This game went about like I figured it would, total domination for the Bruins. They led by 23 at halftime, only committed 5 turnovers, and put up 28 more shots than ECU! It's hard to lose games with those kind of stats.

Final Score: #7 UCLA- 104, ECU- 70

And now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg)

12/1/15 at Rider (L 71-66).
12/3/15 vs. UTEP (L 69-44).

The Hawks are still looking for their first win of the season, and almost got it at Rider but couldn't quite get over the hump.

ECU (Al Hutt)

12/4/15 at #7 UCLA- feature game, highlighted above.
12/6/15 at NC Central (W 67-58).

The Pirates will take a split this week, but you know they'd loved to have been more competitive against UCLA.

Davidson (Randolph Childress)

12/3/15 vs. Butler (W 74-65).

Just 1 game for the Wildcats this week, but it was a win over a struggling Butler team, that I expect to be a lot better as the season goes on.

TCU (Bee Mighty)

12/4/15 vs. Prairie View A&M (W 56-45).
12/6/15 vs. #3 Iowa (L 73-42).

Sad to say, but the Horned Frogs are proving they aren't ready to compete with the top level teams. Both of their blowout losses have come against top 5 Big 10 teams so far.

Michigan (Cillian Tribble)

12/2/15 vs. Evansville (W 74-65).
12/5/15 at Providence (L 86-71).

A split for the Wolverines this week, and nothing to be ashamed of by losing to Providence, since it was on the road and Providence has only lost once so far.

#5 Michigan State (Al Mighty)

11/30/15 at Xavier (W 84-83).
12/3/15 at Youngstown State (W 79-35).
12/6/15 vs. Butler (W 72-57).

Sparty has shown no mercy on opponents so far this season as they continue to stay undefeated.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn)

11/30/15 vs. Rhode Island (L 72-65).
12/4/15 vs. Auburn (L 80-70).

The Warriors are actually playing well, but just can't quite get that marquee win. Turnovers were their undoing this week.. 19 against Rhode Island, 14 against Auburn.

Charlotte (Timmy Tribble)

12/3/15 at #15 VCU (L 80-24).

Ay yi yi! The only game of the week for the 49ers is a game they'd like to forget, and quick. It was 49-10 at halftime, and Charlotte shot just 19.1% from the field! Wow.

Rice (Charlie Shocker)

12/3/15 at Memphis (L 78-61).

The lone game of the week for the Owls, a game in which they only trailed by 5 at halftime. They just ran out of steam in the 2nd half to suffer their first loss of the early season.

Monmouth (Thomas Carrano)

11/30/15 at Seton Hall (L 61-33).
12/4/15 at Stony Brook (L 69-44).
12/6/15 vs. Rider (L 67-58).

Weird that the Hawks started conference play in early December, not sure how that works when most teams don't start it until the end of December/start of January. In any case, they weren't really competitive in any of their 3 games this week. Don't let that Rider score fool you, they were down by 14 at halftime.

Norfolk State (Payten Carrano)

No games this week for Payten and the Spartans.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen)

12/3/15 vs. Western Kentucky (W 74-55).

Just 1 game this week for the Buffaloes, but it was a good one, as they beat up on Western Kentucky.

Stanford (Benito Sanchez)

11/30/15 at UNLV (L 69-55).
12/4/15 at Maryland Eastern Shore (W 81-41).

The Cardinal split this week, losing to a very good UNLV team that may not hurt them that bad in the long run.

#7 UCLA (Tim Shepard)

12/4/15 vs. ECU- feature game, highlighted above.

The Bruins had the lone game this week in which they dominated ECU.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John)

12/4/15 vs. Eastern Kentucky (L 75-57).

The lone game of the week for the Cougars was a loss, but I'm not sure how bad of a loss it was. Eastern Kentucky has already beaten Ole Miss and played Notre Dame down to the wire.

Alabama (Roy Rogers)

12/1/15 at #12 Baylor (L 57-46).

Just 1 game this week for the Crimson Tide, who loaded up the non-conference schedule. Trying for their 2nd win over a ranked Big 12 team, but they fell short.

Florida (Noah Oppenheimer)

12/1/15 at Jackson State (W 68-40).
12/3/15 vs. #13 Virginia (W 62-53).

Impressive week for the Gators, who got a big top 15 win over Virginia, a win that should put them in the top 25.

#1 Kentucky (Patrick Hutt)

12/2/15 at #6 Syracuse (W 78-66).
12/4/15 at West Virginia (L 63-58).
12/6/15 vs. Eastern Michigan (W 64-51).

So the Wildcats suffer their first loss of the season. This is not the dominant Kentucky team I was expecting, I think they'll take a few lumps this season.

Troy (Brett Hawkins)

12/2/15 at North Texas (L 52-50).
12/4/15 vs. USC (W 52-36).

Interesting week for the Trojans, who got their first win of the season against another Trojan team in USC. Coach Hawkins will probably tell you he would have expected the results to be reversed this week, but he'll take a win anyways.

Here's a look at the polls:

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Top 25 # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Villanova (58) 7-0 1780 2 Big East Conference 2. Michigan State (10) 8-0 1714 5 Big Ten Conference 3. Iowa 6-0 1644 3 Big Ten Conference 4. Louisville (4) 7-0 1609 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 5. Kansas 6-0 1524 8 Big 12 Conference 6. UCLA 6-0 1437 7 Pacific-12 Conference 7. Gonzaga 8-0 1360 9 West Coast Conference 8. North Carolina 8-0 1300 11 Atlantic Coast Conference 9. Baylor 4-0 1184 12 Big 12 Conference 10. Kentucky 7-1 1134 1 Southeastern Conference 11. Iowa State 7-0 1126 14 Big 12 Conference 12. Syracuse 4-1 1007 6 Atlantic Coast Conference 13. VCU 6-1 923 15 Atlantic 10 Conference 14. Ohio State 6-1 835 17 Big Ten Conference 15. Arizona 3-1 818 16 Pacific-12 Conference 16. Duke 5-1 724 19 Atlantic Coast Conference 17. Notre Dame 4-1 663 10 Atlantic Coast Conference 18. Texas 5-1 551 21 Big 12 Conference 19. Virginia 4-1 488 13 Atlantic Coast Conference 20. Wisconsin 4-1 389 20 Big Ten Conference 21. Oklahoma 5-1 264 24 Big 12 Conference 22. Florida 4-1 223 NR Southeastern Conference 23. Marquette 5-1 144 25 Big East Conference 24. Cincinnati 5-1 110 23 American Athletic Conference 25. Murray State 7-0 73 NR Ohio Valley Conference Others Receiving Votes: Vanderbilt 5-1 70 Southeastern Conference Tulsa 5-0 69 American Athletic Conference Stony Brook 7-0 58 America East Conference Miami 5-1 35 Atlantic Coast Conference Old Dominion 6-0 35 Conference USA San Diego State 6-2 29 Mountain West Conference Vermont 4-0 19 America East Conference Fordham 5-0 12 Atlantic 10 Conference La Salle 5-1 10 Atlantic 10 Conference Lafayette 5-0 8 Patriot League North Florida 5-0 8 Atlantic Sun Conference Nebraska 5-1 6 Big Ten Conference Washington 5-1 6 Pacific-12 Conference Northwestern 4-0 4 Big Ten Conference Tennessee Martin 5-0 3 Ohio Valley Conference Providence 5-1 2 Big East Conference Winthrop 5-0 2 Big South Conference


Nice jump for Michigan State, who got a few more FPV this week. UCLA is back on the rise, and Florida, as expected, is in the top 25. Kentucky got a little disrespected this week, IMO. After all, they only lost by 5, at a solid West Virginia team, but dropped 9 spots anyways. Harsh!

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Mid Major Top 25 # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gonzaga (72) 8-0 1800 1 West Coast Conference 2. VCU 6-1 1728 2 Atlantic 10 Conference 3. Cincinnati 5-1 1574 4 American Athletic Conference 4. Tulsa 5-0 1357 6 American Athletic Conference 5. La Salle 5-1 1348 7 Atlantic 10 Conference 6. Stony Brook 7-0 1311 8 America East Conference 7. Stephen F. Austin 5-1 1292 10 Southland Conference 8. Old Dominion 6-0 1280 9 Conference USA 9. Murray State 7-0 1226 12 Ohio Valley Conference 10. San Diego State 6-2 1156 3 Mountain West Conference 11. South Dakota State 3-1 1021 19 Summit League 12. North Florida 5-0 955 24 Atlantic Sun Conference 13. Fordham 5-0 919 11 Atlantic 10 Conference 14. Lafayette 5-0 875 18 Patriot League 15. Vermont 4-0 845 15 America East Conference 16. Tennessee Martin 5-0 806 20 Ohio Valley Conference 17. Winthrop 5-0 677 17 Big South Conference 18. St. Bonaventure 3-1 670 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 19. New Mexico 3-1 508 NR Mountain West Conference 20. Richmond 4-1 415 5 Atlantic 10 Conference 21. Illinois State 6-1 399 NR Missouri Valley Conference 22. UNLV 3-1 396 NR Mountain West Conference 23. Connecticut 4-2 242 NR American Athletic Conference 24. Iona 7-1 159 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 25. Valparaiso 6-1 124 NR Horizon League Others Receiving Votes: Harvard 3-2 80 Ivy League Eastern Kentucky 5-1 71 Ohio Valley Conference Colorado State 5-1 42 Mountain West Conference Louisiana Lafayette 5-1 42 Sun Belt Conference Loyola Chicago 5-1 35 Missouri Valley Conference Toledo 4-1 22 Mid-American Conference Eastern Washington 4-1 8 Big Sky Conference Hofstra 3-1 7 Colonial Athletic Association Florida Atlantic 3-1 4 Conference USA North Texas 4-1 2 Conference USA Samford 4-1 2 Southern Conference Utah State 4-1 2 Mountain West Conference


Not much to talk about in this one. All our human coached mid-major teams were left out of the mid-major poll.

Last edited by collegesportsfanms : 11-21-2015 at 07:50 PM. Reason: missed a couple games for the week
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