Dec. 12-18, 2016
No feature games this week, so to the weekly recap we go:
Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 5-5, 0-0 America East.
12/13/16 vs. Penn State (L 73-61).
12/17/16 vs. Holy Cross (W 57-48).
A split this week for the Hawks, with both games being at home.
ECU (Al Hutt) -- 2-7, 0-0 American.
12/12/16 at Xavier (L 65-53).
12/17/16 at Western Carolina (W 77-63).
For 3 of their 4 halves this week, the Pirates looked like a good basketball team. They led at halftime at Xavier, then fell apart from there. But.. the losing streak is over at least!
Davidson (Randolph Childress) -- 3-6, 0-0 Atlantic 10.
12/14/16 at #13 North Carolina (L 60-56).
12/16/16 at Princeton (W 84-82, OT).
12/18/16 at Duke (L 83-67).
A grueling week for the Wildcats who battled hard at North Carolina, but fell short. They also had to go to OT to beat Princeton. Another brutal week awaits next week.
TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 6-3, 0-0 Big 12.
12/16/16 at Loyola Marymount (W 69-46).
12/18/16 vs. Green Bay (W 96-87).
Nice week for the Horned Frogs, who have already won just as many games this season as they did all of last season.
Michigan (Cillian Tribble) -- 6-4, 0-0 Big Ten.
12/13/16 vs. Miami (OH) (W 83-54).
12/15/16 at #12 Oregon (W 60-54).
Good week for the Wolverines who had to come from behind to beat Oregon, but got 2 big wins this week, including an upset over a top 15 Oregon team.
#1 Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 8-1, 0-0 Big Ten.
12/12/16 at #11 Miami (L 85-82).
12/16/16 at Radford (W 100-51).
The Spartans suffer their first loss of the season against a top 15 team, then take it out on a poor, defenseless, Radford team. We'll see how long it is before Coach Mighty is tested again.
Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 4-6, 0-0 Big West.
12/12/16 at San Francisco (L 54-29).
12/14/16 at Missouri (L 68-65).
12/18/16 vs. Akron (L 67-53).
Not a good week for the Warriors who post an 0 fer in 3 games. That 29 point game at San Fran can't make any coach happy. At least they competed at Mizzou, but still fell short.
Charlotte (Timmy Tribble) -- 3-4, 0-0 Conference USA.
12/17/16 at Wisconsin (L 90-58).
A week to forget for the 49ers, who just got hammered at Wisconsin.
Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 5-5, 0-0 Conference USA.
12/15/16 vs. McNeese State (L 77-72).
12/18/16 at Texas Southern (W 71-46).
An embarrassing loss this week for the Owls, who can't be losing at home to teams like McNeese State.
Monmouth (Thomas Carrano) -- 5-7, 3-2 MAAC.
12/16/16 at Iona (L 77-48).
12/18/16 vs. Iona (W 65-57).
3 straight weeks of splits for the Hawks, but this one was a little different in that they played the same team back to back. Weird scheduling.
Norfolk State (Payten Carrano) -- 5-6, 0-0 MEAC.
12/12/16 at Radford (L 65-50).
12/14/16 vs. NJIT (W 83-66).
12/16/16 vs. Nicholls State (W 63-55).
12/18/16 at Old Dominion (L 84-63).
My goodness, the Spartans have to be exhausted after playing 4 games this week. Why any team would want to schedule that way is beyond me, but they came out of the week with a split at least.
Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 4-6, 0-0 Pac 12.
12/12/16 vs. UNC Wilmington (L 74-72, OT).
12/16/16 vs. Utah Valley (W 70-52).
So the Buffaloes split their home games this week, but that OT loss to Wilmington will sting. Wilmington may have a decent RPI right now, but Colorado was easily their best win. Hopefully Coach Nielsen can regroup his team.
Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 5-3, 0-0 Pac 12.
No games this week for Coach Sanchez or the Cardinal.
#7 UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 7-1, 0-0 Pac 12.
12/12/16 vs. Northern Arizona (W 64-50).
Just the 1 game this week for the Bruins, who pretty much handled Northern Arizona with ease.
Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 4-6, 0-0 Pac 12.
12/12/16 vs. Albany (W 77-41).
12/15/16 at South Dakota State (L 93-60).
12/18/16 vs. Idaho State (W 66-35).
2 out of 3 ain't bad for the Cougars, but a 33 point loss to South Dakota State will sting for a while. No excuse for that.
Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 1-8, 0-0 SEC.
12/12/16 at Virginia (L 87-84, OT).
12/14/16 at #2 Kansas (L 84-71).
12/17/16 at Louisville (L 74-73).
Tough week for the Crimson Tide, who took 2 very good teams down to the wire. Problem is, taking them to the wire isn't good enough. They need to finish off some of these games, as they now have a 5 game losing streak.
#20 Florida (Noah Oppenheimer) -- 6-2, 0-0 SEC.
12/13/16 vs. #15 Duke (W 67-53).
12/15/16 vs. #14 Iowa (L 88-82).
The Gators are happy with a split against 2 teams that have lost just 3 times this season, but they can't be happy that they let the Iowa game slip away.
Patrick Hutt (Kentucky) -- 5-2, 0-0 SEC.
12/13/16 at #12 Oregon (W 66-55).
12/16/16 vs. Evansville (W 76-74, OT).
Very surprised that the Wildcats went to OT with Evansville. Usually those are the type of teams that Kentucky rolls over, but this team is down a little bit. Still very good though.
Troy (Brett Hawkins) -- 4-4, 1-0 Sun Belt.
12/17/16 at Appalachian State (W 60-49).
A good start to Sun Belt play for the Trojans, as they win their conference opener which was their only game of the week.
Let's take a look at the national top 25 heading into next week:
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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Kansas (36) 9-0 1763 2 Big 12 Conference
2. Baylor (36) 11-0 1760 3 Big 12 Conference
3. Michigan State 8-1 1619 1 Big Ten Conference
4. Cincinnati 11-0 1609 4 American Athletic Conference
5. Marquette 9-0 1472 6 Big East Conference
6. La Salle 10-0 1391 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
7. UCLA 7-1 1304 7 Pacific-12 Conference
8. Georgetown 9-1 1299 10 Big East Conference
9. VCU 8-0 1264 8 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. Wichita State 10-1 1193 9 Missouri Valley Conference
11. Miami 9-1 1137 11 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Iowa 8-1 999 14 Big Ten Conference
13. North Carolina 8-1 948 13 Atlantic Coast Conference
14. Ohio State 8-1 807 18 Big Ten Conference
15. Washington 9-1 764 16 Pacific-12 Conference
16. Oklahoma State 6-1 624 21 Big 12 Conference
17. Florida State 10-0 592 17 Atlantic Coast Conference
18. Iowa State 9-2 521 24 Big 12 Conference
19. Villanova 7-1 498 23 Big East Conference
20. Virginia 7-2 338 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
21. Stephen F. Austin 9-1 276 NR Southland Conference
22. SMU 8-1 260 NR American Athletic Conference
23. Kentucky 5-2 198 NR Southeastern Conference
24. San Diego State 8-2 197 NR Mountain West Conference
25. New Mexico State 9-1 152 NR Western Athletic Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Richmond 8-1 134 Atlantic 10 Conference
Illinois State 8-1 94 Missouri Valley Conference
Xavier 8-1 60 Big East Conference
Duke 7-2 45 Atlantic Coast Conference
North Texas 7-0 28 Conference USA
Massachusetts 8-1 21 Atlantic 10 Conference
Arkansas 9-1 16 Southeastern Conference
Murray State 10-1 7 Ohio Valley Conference
Vanderbilt 7-1 7 Southeastern Conference
Portland 10-1 3 West Coast Conference
So Michigan State drops 2 spots after their first loss of the season. What a battle we have at the top, just 3 points separate conference foes Kansas and Baylor. Both teams had 36 FPV, which means Kansas must have had an extra second place vote or something, I honestly don't know how the points system works when it comes to the rankings. Anyways, back to our teams.. UCLA stays put after an easy win this week, and Kentucky gets back in the top 25 with 2 wins, including the win over #12 Oregon. Florida, with their loss, loses all their votes. Unbelievable.
Now for the Mid-Major top 25, although I don't know why I continue to show it with none of our teams in it, and probably won't be anytime soon.
Code:
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Cincinnati (71) 11-0 1799 1 American Athletic Conference
2. Wichita State 10-1 1676 4 Missouri Valley Conference
3. La Salle (1) 10-0 1647 2 Atlantic 10 Conference
4. VCU 8-0 1646 3 Atlantic 10 Conference
5. Stephen F. Austin 9-1 1432 6 Southland Conference
6. San Diego State 8-2 1428 7 Mountain West Conference
7. New Mexico State 9-1 1351 8 Western Athletic Conference
8. SMU 8-1 1303 9 American Athletic Conference
9. Richmond 8-1 1231 10 Atlantic 10 Conference
10. Illinois State 8-1 1193 12 Missouri Valley Conference
11. Massachusetts 8-1 1026 13 Atlantic 10 Conference
12. North Texas 7-0 916 14 Conference USA
13. Cleveland State 8-2 914 20 Horizon League
14. Murray State 10-1 851 16 Ohio Valley Conference
15. Gonzaga 9-2 806 5 West Coast Conference
16. Portland 10-1 639 18 West Coast Conference
17. Akron 8-2 610 NR Mid-American Conference
18. Colorado State 8-1 600 21 Mountain West Conference
19. Southern Miss 8-1 476 23 Conference USA
20. Saint Joseph's 7-1 387 11 Atlantic 10 Conference
21. Dayton 8-2 367 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
22. UTEP 6-1 346 NR Conference USA
23. Louisiana Tech 7-1 290 24 Conference USA
24. Boise State 7-2 188 15 Mountain West Conference
25. UC Riverside 6-1 126 NR Big West Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Memphis 9-2 112 American Athletic Conference
Middle Tennessee 8-2 14 Conference USA
San Francisco 9-2 14 West Coast Conference
Georgia State 6-3 6 Horizon League
Mercer 8-2 4 Southern Conference
Harvard 8-3 2 Ivy League
I wish I could say I'm shocked we have no FOFC teams represented here, but obviously I'm not. The majority of our FOFC teams are struggling and need to get better.