Nov. 21-27, 2016
No feature games this week, so to the weekly recap we go:
Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 2-2, 0-0 America East.
11/21/16- Toledo Regional First Round vs. (1) Wagner (W 64-61).
11/22/16- Toledo Regional Championship vs. (3) Loyola (MD) (W 84-58).
11/27/16 at Princeton (L 59-51).
A big congrats to Hartford and Coach Ginsberg for winning their season tournament, even if it was only a 4 team tournament. Hopefully they can shake off the loss at Princeton and start winning again.
ECU (Al Hutt) -- 1-3, 0-0 American.
No games this week for ECU and Coach Hutt.
Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 2-2, 0-0 Atlantic 10.
11/21/16- Hall of Fame Classic Semifinal vs. (4) #11 Oregon (L 79-64).
11/27/16 vs. St. John's (L 78-65).
2 losses for the Wildcats this week, but let's look at them for what they are: 2 losses against great competition.
TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 1-2, 0-0 Big 12.
11/22/16- Cancun Challenge Semifinal vs. (3) Memphis (L 74-70).
11/23/16- Cancun Challenge 3rd Place Game vs. (1) #13 North Carolina (L 84-55).
Tough week for the Horned Frogs who let one slip away against Memphis. Apparently TCU finished 2nd in an 8 team tourney last season, I'll have to go back and look. They've got some very winnable games coming up though.
Michigan (Cillian Tribble) -- 2-1, 0-0 Big Ten.
11/21/16- Legends Classic Consolation vs. (8) UAB (W 92-55).
11/22/16- Legends Classic 5th Place Game vs. (7) Toledo (W 82-49).
Nice bounce back for the Wolverines with a couple blowout wins, even if they were against the bottom 2 seeds in the tourney.
#1 Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 4-0, 0-0 Big Ten.
11/21/16- Hall of Fame Classic Semifinal vs. (3) #6 Georgetown (W 53-45).
11/22/16- Hall of Fame Classic Championship vs. (4) #11 Oregon (W 86-64).
Congrats to the Spartans and Coach Mighty, who become the first team and FOFC coach to win a 16 team tournament.
Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 1-2, 0-0 Big West.
No games this week for the Warriors and Coach Gunn.
Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 2-1, 0-0 Conference USA.
11/25/16- New Orleans Classic First Round vs. (4) Ball State (W 57-46).
11/27/16- New Orleans Classic Championship vs. (3) Youngstown State (W 53-43).
Congrats to the 49ers and Coach Tribble. By my count they are the 4th FOFC team to win a season tournament so far. Not bad.
Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 1-2, 0-0 Conference USA.
11/24/16- South Carolina Showcase First Round vs. (3) Seattle (L 86-78).
11/26/16- South Carolina Showcase 3rd Place Game vs. (1) Illinois Chicago (W 74-64).
An improvement over last year for the Owls, who finished 4th in a 4 team tournament. Getting their first win over a tough team is nice.
Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- 2-3, 0-0 MAAC.
11/26/16 vs. Cornell (W 46-38).
A low scoring battle for the Hawks in their only game of the week, but they survived it.
Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 2-1, 0-0 MEAC.
11/21/16- Paradise Jam 5th Place Game vs. (1) Gardner Webb (W 59-40).
The Spartans will be happy with a 5th place finish considering the way they started. Now they have a chance to build on that.
Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 2-2, 0-0 Pac 12.
11/22/16- Brooklyn Classic First Round vs. (6) Vermont (W 74-46).
11/25/16- Brooklyn Classic Semifinal vs. (2) #12 Miami (W 80-77).
11/26/16- Brooklyn Classic Championship vs. (1) #4 Kansas (L 73-62).
Only fitting that it would be a former Big 12 foe that stood in the way of a tournament title for the Buffaloes. They may be 2-2 but it's a very, very good 2-2.
Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 2-2, 0-0 Pac 12.
11/21/16- Legends Classic Semifinal vs. (5) Tennessee (W 70-62).
11/22/16- Legends Classic Championship vs. (2) Xavier (L 70-61).
11/27/16 at UNLV (L 75-67).
Tough way to end the week for the Cardinal with 2 straight losses, but they can certainly recover.
#20 UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 4-1, 0-0 Pac 12.
11/23/16 at UC Davis (W 79-47).
11/27/16 vs. Loyola Marymount (W 90-63).
A couple easy wins for the Bruins against inferior west coast competition.
Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 1-3, 0-0 Pac 12.
11/21/16- Las Vegas Invitational First Round vs. (1) #15 Iowa (L 87-68).
11/24/16- Las Vegas Invitational Consolation Round vs. (5) #17 Seton Hall (L 75-60).
11/25/16- Las Vegas Invitational 7th Place Game vs. (7) Rider (L 83-68).
Ugh! On the flip side of things, the Cougars and coach St. John become the first FOFC coached team to finish 8th in an 8 team tournament, and they weren't competitive in any of the 3 games.
Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 0-3, 0-0 SEC.
11/21/16- Maui Invitational First Round vs. (7) Western Michigan (L 66-55).
11/22/16- Maui Invitational Consolation Round vs. (6) Utah State (L 78-77).
11/23/16- Maui Invitational 7th Place Game vs. (4) Illinois (L 74-61).
And that makes the 2nd team to finish 8th in an 8 team tournament, but at least the Crimson Tide were competitive. They actually led at halftime in 2 of the 3 games.
#14 Florida (Noah Oppenheimer) -- 4-0, 0-0 SEC.
11/27/16 at Furman (W 83-50).
Easy pickings in the lone game of the week for the Gators, but it'll get tougher next week.
#25 Kentucky (Patrick Hutt) -- 2-2, 0-0 SEC.
11/22/16 at #21 Oklahoma State (L 78-71).
Could be a bit of a rough season for the Wildcats, at least by their standards. Never did they expect to have 2 losses before December.
Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 0-4, 0-0 Sun Belt.
11/24/16- Wooden Legacy First Round vs. (8) IUPUI (L 65-63).
11/25/16- Wooden Legacy Consolation Round vs. (4) St. Francis PA (L 58-55).
11/27/16- Wooden Legacy 7th Place Game vs. (6) Cal State Bakersfield (L 67-59).
What an agonizing week and tournament for Coach Hawkins and the Trojans. They came in the #1 seed and lost 3 games by a total of 13 points. And it's not like it was the toughest of competition either, at least it shouldn't have been.
Here is a look at the national top 25 going into next week:
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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Michigan State (72) 4-0 1800 1 Big Ten Conference
2. Kansas 5-0 1728 4 Big 12 Conference
3. Cincinnati 5-0 1656 3 American Athletic Conference
4. Baylor 5-0 1582 5 Big 12 Conference
5. Wichita State 6-0 1510 8 Missouri Valley Conference
6. La Salle 6-0 1413 16 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. Florida 4-0 1319 14 Southeastern Conference
8. UCLA 4-1 1292 20 Pacific-12 Conference
9. Oklahoma State 2-0 1223 21 Big 12 Conference
10. VCU 2-0 1083 22 Atlantic 10 Conference
11. Villanova 3-0 1032 24 Big East Conference
12. Marquette 4-0 1018 10 Big East Conference
13. Iowa State 5-1 945 7 Big 12 Conference
14. Wisconsin 4-1 868 NR Big Ten Conference
15. Georgetown 3-1 629 6 Big East Conference
16. Virginia 3-1 588 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
17. Oregon 4-1 504 11 Pacific-12 Conference
18. Maryland 5-0 479 NR Big Ten Conference
19. Syracuse 4-1 427 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
20. Florida State 7-0 398 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
21. Miami 4-1 379 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
22. Xavier 4-0 274 NR Big East Conference
23. Iowa 2-1 245 15 Big Ten Conference
24. Seton Hall 3-1 219 17 Big East Conference
25. North Carolina 2-1 201 13 Atlantic Coast Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Purdue 5-0 130 Big Ten Conference
Duke 2-1 103 Atlantic Coast Conference
Ohio State 4-1 75 Big Ten Conference
Portland 6-0 66 West Coast Conference
Arizona State 4-0 44 Pacific-12 Conference
Georgia Tech 4-0 41 Atlantic Coast Conference
UNC Wilmington 5-0 33 Colonial Athletic Association
Saint Joseph's 4-0 26 Atlantic 10 Conference
Washington 3-1 20 Pacific-12 Conference
Southern Miss 4-0 12 Conference USA
Milwaukee 3-0 9 Horizon League
Arkansas Little Rock 3-0 6 Sun Belt Conference
Texas Tech 2-0 6 Big 12 Conference
Grand Canyon 2-0 5 Western Athletic Conference
Kansas State 4-1 3 Big 12 Conference
Liberty 2-0 3 Big South Conference
UC Riverside 3-0 3 Big West Conference
North Texas 3-0 2 Conference USA
San Jose State 1-0 1 Mountain West Conference
Michigan State stays at #1, and they will until they are defeated most likely. Florida and UCLA both have major jumps after winning all their games this week. No surprise to see Kentucky out, and all the other FOFC teams that were receiving votes? Not anymore.
Now a look at the mid-major top 25:
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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Cincinnati (71) 5-0 1799 1 American Athletic Conference
2. Wichita State 6-0 1725 2 Missouri Valley Conference
3. La Salle (1) 6-0 1660 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. VCU 2-0 1584 4 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Portland 6-0 1318 13 West Coast Conference
6. UNC Wilmington 5-0 1169 18 Colonial Athletic Association
7. Cleveland State 3-1 1136 20 Horizon League
8. Stephen F. Austin 4-1 1128 6 Southland Conference
9. Southern Miss 4-0 1070 NR Conference USA
10. Saint Joseph's 4-0 1004 14 Atlantic 10 Conference
11. New Mexico State 4-1 911 24 Western Athletic Conference
12. Gonzaga 4-1 863 7 West Coast Conference
13. Arkansas Little Rock 3-0 851 NR Sun Belt Conference
14. Milwaukee 3-0 801 NR Horizon League
15. BYU 2-1 659 19 West Coast Conference
16. Texas A&M Corpus Christi 3-0 602 NR Southland Conference
17. North Texas 3-0 575 NR Conference USA
18. NJIT 3-0 532 NR Atlantic Sun Conference
19. SMU 2-1 518 NR American Athletic Conference
20. UC Riverside 3-0 473 NR Big West Conference
21. Richmond 2-1 462 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
22. San Diego State 2-2 429 10 Mountain West Conference
23. Liberty 2-0 394 NR Big South Conference
24. Dayton 3-1 345 12 Atlantic 10 Conference
25. Illinois State 1-1 266 NR Missouri Valley Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Grand Canyon 2-0 236 Western Athletic Conference
Stetson 0-0 223 Atlantic Sun Conference
San Jose State 1-0 214 Mountain West Conference
George Washington 2-1 138 Atlantic 10 Conference
Massachusetts 4-1 82 Atlantic 10 Conference
Akron 5-1 57 Mid-American Conference
Memphis 3-1 54 American Athletic Conference
St. Bonaventure 3-1 31 Atlantic 10 Conference
Murray State 5-1 22 Ohio Valley Conference
Boise State 1-1 19 Mountain West Conference
Quinnipiac 5-1 13 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
William & Mary 4-1 13 Colonial Athletic Association
Albany 4-1 12 America East Conference
Columbia 3-1 6 Ivy League
South Florida 4-1 5 American Athletic Conference
Fordham 3-1 1 Atlantic 10 Conference
Man, I figured Davidson would lose some votes, but I didn't think they'd lose ALL their votes. Tough polls.