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Group 4
Week 6
N. Texas- 77, Colorado- 67
Wisconsin- 62, UMBC- 59
Chattanooga- 66, Ohio- 43
Damaging loss for Colorado in a game they led at halftime, but just fell apart in the second half. How about UMBC taking Wisconsin to the wire, as UMBC got it down to 1 several times in the last 5 minutes, and had it tied a couple times, but never took the lead. Chattanooga had no problems with Ohio this time around.
Week 7
N. Texas- 60, UMBC- 54
Colorado- 69, Chattanooga- 59
Wisconsin- 72, Ohio- 65 (OT)
UMBC is going to keep messing around and upsetting somebody, they led N. Texas by 7 at the half in this one. Colorado gets back on the right track, and Wisconsin continues to just get by. After giving up a 12 point halftime lead, they had to rely on a buzzer beater by Frank Kaminsky just to get the game to overtime.
Week 8
Wisconsin- 89, N. Texas- 84 (OT)
Colorado- 74, Ohio- 67
Chattanooga- 72, UMBC- 50
Wisconsin continues to just get by. Once again it took a late bucket just to get the game to overtime. This time the basket came from Josh Gasser. Colorado and Chattanooga each win to keep a game behind a very shaky Wisconsin.
Week 9
Ohio- 73, UMBC- 40
Colorado- 66, Wisconsin- 62
Chattanooga- 83, N. Texas- 73
I knew it was going to happen sooner or later. Wisconsin gets beat by Colorado again in a game they led only twice. Colorado jumped out to a 21-8 lead early on and never let Wisconsin get past the hump. Meanwhile, UMBC has gotten blown out twice in a row, and Chattanooga takes care of business.
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Standings after 9 weeks, with point differential in parenthesis.
Wisconsin 7-2 (+82)
Colorado 7-2 (+52)
Chattanooga 7-2 (+39)
Ohio 3-6 (-21)
N. Texas 3-6 (-27)
UMBC 0-9 (-125)
Week 10 Schedule
Wisconsin @ Chattanooga
UMBC @ Colorado
Ohio @ N. Texas
Well 1 thing is for certain, Ohio, N. Texas, and UMBC are all eliminated from the tournament after their next game. UMBC will finish last in the group, and the Ohio/N. Texas winner will decide 4th and 5th place. Wisconsin, Colorado, and Chattanooga all have a very good chance to move on. The Wisconsin/Chattanooga loser will drop out of the running to win the group. Colorado is in the best position, matching up with UMBC. All they have to do is win. If they win and Wisconsin beats Chattanooga, then Colorado would still win the group due to tiebreakers. If Colorado wins and Chattanooga wins, it still goes to tiebreakers. If Colorado loses, then the Wisconsin/Chattanooga winner would win the group. The one thing we know is that Wisconsin is not assured of a spot in the next round yet.
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