Nov. 16-18, 2018
Opening week, or opening weekend as I like to call it, sees an all-time low for this dynasty, as we only have 5 games to cover this week. 2 of them are feature games.
11/16/18- Hall of Fame Classic First Round-
(12) Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) vs.
(5) Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- Not much of a game in this one, as Hawaii shot just 26.4% to 51.1% for Alabama. The Crimson Tide led by 17 at halftime and rolled, advancing to the Quarterfinals of the Hall of Fame Classic.
Final Score: Alabama- 67, Hawaii- 38
11/18/18-
Clemson (Charles Johnson) @
#13 UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- The Bruins committed just 7 turnovers the entire game, and outrebounded Clemson 46-31. That was more than enough to take a 21 point halftime lead and coast from there.
Final Score: #13 UCLA- 89, Clemson- 61
Now let's cover the rest of the weekly recap, keeping in mind I'm only covering the teams that played games this week.
Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 0-2, 0-0 America East.
11/16/18- Los Angeles Classic First Round vs. (1) Santa Clara (L 83-65).
11/17/18- Los Angeles Classic 3rd Place Game vs. (3) Western Carolina (L 60-59).
Not a great debut for the Hawks, who have been all in or all out in season tournaments. In the 4 season tournaments they've played, they've won 2 and finished last in 2.
Clemson (Charles Johnson) -- 0-1, 0-0 ACC.
11/18/18 at #13 UCLA- feature game, highlighted above.
Not the start the Tigers wanted, they were hoping to be a little more competitive.
Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 1-0, 0-0 Big Ten.
11/16/18- Hall of Fame Classic First Round vs. (16) UNC Wilmington (W 76-56).
The Spartans roll in their opening game, but it'll get tougher.
Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 0-1, 0-0 Big West.
11/16/18- Hall of Fame Classic First Round vs. (5) Alabama- feature game, highlighted above.
Not the start the Warriors wanted, and a bit of a tough draw. That firecoachgunn.com website is up and running again already.
#13 UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 1-0, 0-0 Pac 12.
11/18/18 vs. Clemson- feature game, highlighted above.
An easier than expected win for the Bruins, as Clemson was expected to be much better competition.
Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 1-0, 0-0 SEC.
11/16/18- Hall of Fame Classic First Round vs. (12) Hawaii (W 67-38).
Good start for the Crimson Tide who take care of business, but their Quarterfinal opponent is a doozy. Louisville awaits.
As I apparently didn't get the preseason polls up, I will announce the polls heading into next week, starting with the national top 25:
Code:
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Virginia (65) 1-0 1780 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Iowa State (2) 0-0 1683 2 Big 12 Conference
3. Iowa (3) 0-0 1663 3 Big Ten Conference
4. Wisconsin (1) 0-0 1598 4 Big Ten Conference
5. Georgetown 0-0 1495 6 Big East Conference
6. Notre Dame 0-0 1375 7 Atlantic Coast Conference
7. San Diego State (1) 0-0 1314 8 Mountain West Conference
8. North Carolina 0-0 1255 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
9. Maryland 0-0 1205 10 Big Ten Conference
10. Villanova 0-0 1098 11 Big East Conference
11. Louisville 1-0 1032 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. UCLA 1-0 949 13 Pacific-12 Conference
13. Cincinnati 1-0 875 15 American Athletic Conference
14. Butler 0-0 701 16 Big East Conference
15. Creighton 0-0 622 17 Big East Conference
16. Arizona 1-0 612 22 Pacific-12 Conference
17. Vanderbilt 0-0 544 18 Southeastern Conference
18. Texas 0-0 386 20 Big 12 Conference
19. Kansas 0-0 370 19 Big 12 Conference
20. Syracuse 0-0 341 21 Atlantic Coast Conference
21. Illinois State 1-0 304 NR Missouri Valley Conference
22. Seton Hall 1-0 273 NR Big East Conference
23. Kentucky 0-0 199 24 Southeastern Conference
24. LSU 0-0 175 23 Southeastern Conference
25. Buffalo 2-0 135 NR Mid-American Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Gonzaga 0-0 132 West Coast Conference
Mississippi 1-0 128 Southeastern Conference
Oklahoma State 0-0 126 Big 12 Conference
Oregon 0-0 100 Pacific-12 Conference
North Carolina State 0-0 90 Atlantic Coast Conference
Providence 0-0 77 Big East Conference
Illinois 2-0 72 Big Ten Conference
VCU 0-0 63 Southeastern Conference
Virginia Tech 0-0 62 Atlantic Coast Conference
Colorado 0-0 59 Pacific-12 Conference
Connecticut 0-0 51 American Athletic Conference
Harvard 0-0 45 Ivy League
Northern Iowa 0-0 45 Missouri Valley Conference
Bowling Green 0-0 39 Mid-American Conference
California 0-0 38 Pacific-12 Conference
USC 0-0 22 Pacific-12 Conference
Baylor 2-0 19 Big 12 Conference
Saint Mary's 1-0 19 West Coast Conference
Duke 0-0 16 Atlantic Coast Conference
Florida 0-0 15 Southeastern Conference
Santa Clara 2-0 13 West Coast Conference
St. John's 1-0 13 Big East Conference
Texas A&M 0-0 11 Southeastern Conference
Washington 0-0 11 Pacific-12 Conference
Canisius 2-0 10 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Stony Brook 2-0 10 America East Conference
Washington State 0-0 10 Pacific-12 Conference
Arizona State 0-0 9 Pacific-12 Conference
Seattle 1-0 9 Western Athletic Conference
DePaul 1-0 8 Big East Conference
Eastern Washington 0-0 8 Big Sky Conference
Auburn 2-0 7 Southeastern Conference
New Mexico 1-0 7 Mountain West Conference
Alabama 1-0 6 Southeastern Conference
Iona 1-0 6 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Utah State 1-0 6 Mountain West Conference
Fresno State 1-0 5 Mountain West Conference
Green Bay 2-0 5 Horizon League
Northwestern 0-0 5 Big Ten Conference
Ohio State 0-1 5 Big Ten Conference
St. Bonaventure 0-0 5 Atlantic 10 Conference
Northern Arizona 0-0 4 Big Sky Conference
Stanford 0-0 4 Pacific-12 Conference
Arkansas 0-0 3 Southeastern Conference
Hofstra 0-0 3 Colonial Athletic Association
Grand Canyon 0-0 2 Western Athletic Conference
Loyola Chicago 0-0 2 Missouri Valley Conference
Manhattan 0-0 2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Oregon State 0-0 2 Pacific-12 Conference
SMU 2-0 2 American Athletic Conference
Oklahoma 1-0 1 Big 12 Conference
Pacific 1-0 1 West Coast Conference
South Carolina 1-0 1 Southeastern Conference
Southern Illinois 0-0 1 Missouri Valley Conference
Wichita State 1-0 1 Missouri Valley Conference
I am stunned that Michigan State is nowhere to be found.