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Old 06-20-2017, 08:22 AM   #501
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2022 Season Tournaments

UConn will be the 5th seed in the 2022 Battle 4 Atlantis and open up the tournament against 4th seeded Buffalo.

Duke will be the 2nd seed in the 2022 Diamond Head Classic and open up against 7th seed Tulsa.

Stanford will be the 3rd seed in the 2022 Diamond Head Classic and will open up against 6th seed Butler.

Michigan State will be the top seed in the 2022 Great Alaska Shootout and will open up against 8th seed Cal State Northridge.

Alabama will be the 2nd seed in the 2022 Great Alaska Shootout and will open up against 7th seed ECU, which is recently removed as an active human coached team.

UCLA will be the top seed in the 2022 Hall of Fame Tip-Off and will open up against 8th seed Ohio.

TCU will be the 3rd seed in the 2022 Hall of Fame Tip-Off and will open up against 6th seed San Diego.

FIU will be the 10th seed in the 16 team 2022 Las Vegas Classic and will open up against 7th seed South Florida.

Northwestern will be the top seed in the 4 team 2022 Las Vegas Holiday Classic and will open up against 4th seed Western Carolina.

Rice will be the 3rd seed in the 4 team 2022 Little Rock Regional and will open up against 2nd seed Ball State.

Colorado will be the top seed in the 2022 Maui Invitational and will open up against 8th seed American.

Hawaii will be the 2nd seed in the 4 team 2022 Meadowlands Regional and will open up against 3rd seed Sam Houston State.

Washington State will be the top seed in the 4 team 2022 Michigan Tournament and will open up against 4th seed UNC Greensboro.

Hartford will be the 3rd seed in the 4 team 2022 Sun Bowl Classic and will open up against 2nd seed VMI.
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Old 06-20-2017, 09:23 AM   #502
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Old 06-26-2017, 03:19 PM   #504
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2022-2023 Preseason Top 25 # Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Georgetown (50) 0-0 1766 12 Big East Conference 2. Notre Dame (8) 0-0 1687 13 Atlantic Coast Conference 3. Wisconsin (1) 0-0 1657 1 Big Ten Conference 4. North Carolina (9) 0-0 1565 NR Atlantic Coast Conference 5. Syracuse (3) 0-0 1562 7 Atlantic Coast Conference 6. Ohio State 0-0 1417 NR Big Ten Conference 7. Iowa State 0-0 1368 NR Big 12 Conference 8. Texas A&M 0-0 1249 NR Southeastern Conference 9. VCU 0-0 1153 NR Southeastern Conference 10. Iowa 0-0 1152 NR Big Ten Conference 11. Arkansas 0-0 1031 11 Southeastern Conference 12. Louisville 0-0 977 20 Atlantic Coast Conference 13. Arizona (1) 0-0 855 14 Pacific-12 Conference 14. Providence 0-0 742 NR Big East Conference 15. Oklahoma 0-0 657 5 Big 12 Conference 16. Virginia 0-0 624 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 17. Alabama 0-0 502 NR Southeastern Conference 18. California 0-0 440 NR Pacific-12 Conference 19. Florida State 0-0 424 15 Atlantic Coast Conference 20. Miami 0-0 315 NR Atlantic Coast Conference 21. Xavier 0-0 215 NR Big East Conference 22. Vanderbilt 0-0 206 NR Southeastern Conference 23. Kentucky 0-0 193 23 Southeastern Conference 24. LSU 0-0 186 NR Southeastern Conference 25. West Virginia 0-0 132 NR Big 12 Conference Others Receiving Votes: Creighton 0-0 110 Big East Conference St. John's 0-0 110 Big East Conference BYU 0-0 107 West Coast Conference Boise State 0-0 106 Mountain West Conference Villanova 0-0 79 Big East Conference Gonzaga 0-0 78 Pacific-12 Conference Indiana 0-0 66 Big Ten Conference Davidson 0-0 64 Atlantic 10 Conference San Diego State 0-0 64 Mountain West Conference Buffalo 0-0 54 Mid-American Conference Maryland 0-0 53 Big Ten Conference Purdue 0-0 47 Big Ten Conference UCLA 0-0 21 Pacific-12 Conference Illinois 0-0 19 Big Ten Conference Wake Forest 0-0 19 Atlantic Coast Conference Washington 0-0 19 Pacific-12 Conference St. Bonaventure 0-0 18 Atlantic 10 Conference Pittsburgh 0-0 17 Atlantic Coast Conference Connecticut 0-0 12 American Athletic Conference Northwestern 0-0 12 Big Ten Conference Stanford 0-0 12 Pacific-12 Conference Illinois State 0-0 11 Missouri Valley Conference Marquette 0-0 11 Big East Conference Oregon 0-0 11 Pacific-12 Conference Seton Hall 0-0 11 Big East Conference Colorado 0-0 10 Pacific-12 Conference Columbia 0-0 10 Ivy League DePaul 0-0 10 Big East Conference Baylor 0-0 9 Big 12 Conference Oklahoma State 0-0 9 Big 12 Conference Fordham 0-0 8 Atlantic 10 Conference Green Bay 0-0 8 Horizon League Loyola Chicago 0-0 8 Missouri Valley Conference Manhattan 0-0 8 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Duke 0-0 7 Atlantic Coast Conference George Washington 0-0 7 Atlantic 10 Conference Hofstra 0-0 7 Colonial Athletic Association Southern Illinois 0-0 7 Missouri Valley Conference Harvard 0-0 6 Ivy League Northern Illinois 0-0 6 Mid-American Conference Tulsa 0-0 6 American Athletic Conference Arizona State 0-0 5 Pacific-12 Conference Bradley 0-0 5 Missouri Valley Conference Michigan State 0-0 5 Big Ten Conference Niagara 0-0 5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Oregon State 0-0 5 Pacific-12 Conference Rhode Island 0-0 5 Atlantic 10 Conference Illinois Chicago 0-0 4 Horizon League Oral Roberts 0-0 4 Summit League Wichita State 0-0 4 Missouri Valley Conference Eastern Illinois 0-0 3 Ohio Valley Conference Kansas 0-0 3 Big 12 Conference Milwaukee 0-0 3 Horizon League New Mexico 0-0 3 Mountain West Conference North Carolina State 0-0 2 Atlantic Coast Conference Penn State 0-0 2 Big Ten Conference Texas 0-0 2 Big 12 Conference Utah 0-0 2 Pacific-12 Conference Canisius 0-0 1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Florida 0-0 1 Southeastern Conference Fresno State 0-0 1 Mountain West Conference Memphis 0-0 1 American Athletic Conference Minnesota 0-0 1 Big Ten Conference SIU Edwardsville 0-0 1 Ohio Valley Conference
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Old 06-26-2017, 03:42 PM   #505
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2022-2023 Preseason Mid Major Top 25

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Davidson (27) 0-0 1469 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
2. BYU (19) 0-0 1427 5 West Coast Conference
3. Boise State (9) 0-0 1371 25 Mountain West Conference
4. San Diego State (2) 0-0 1117 2 Mountain West Conference
5. Wichita State (2) 0-0 698 1 Missouri Valley Conference
6. Buffalo (9) 0-0 659 7 Mid-American Conference
7. Memphis 0-0 610 3 American Athletic Conference
8. SMU 0-0 599 11 American Athletic Conference
9. Cincinnati 0-0 556 NR American Athletic Conference
10. Richmond 0-0 498 13 Atlantic 10 Conference
11. Illinois State (1) 0-0 487 NR Missouri Valley Conference
12. Connecticut 0-0 458 NR American Athletic Conference
13. Fresno State 0-0 412 9 Mountain West Conference
14. New Mexico 0-0 410 NR Mountain West Conference
15. Kent State 0-0 390 NR Mid-American Conference
16. George Washington 0-0 373 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
17. Rhode Island 0-0 343 23 Atlantic 10 Conference
18. Saint Mary's 0-0 340 NR West Coast Conference
19. Akron 0-0 338 NR Mid-American Conference
20. Evansville 0-0 308 NR Missouri Valley Conference
21. Indiana State 0-0 280 NR Missouri Valley Conference
22. Pepperdine 0-0 275 NR West Coast Conference
23. St. Bonaventure 0-0 251 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
24. Harvard 0-0 247 NR Ivy League
25. Eastern Michigan 0-0 224 NR Mid-American Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
UAB 0-0 211 Conference USA
South Florida 0-0 205 American Athletic Conference
Saint Joseph's 0-0 199 Atlantic 10 Conference
Western Michigan 0-0 196 Mid-American Conference
San Diego 0-0 194 West Coast Conference
Portland 0-0 192 West Coast Conference
Georgia State 0-0 191 Horizon League
UC Irvine 0-0 189 Big West Conference
La Salle 0-0 185 Atlantic 10 Conference
Louisiana Tech 0-0 184 Conference USA
Massachusetts 0-0 180 Atlantic 10 Conference
Utah State 0-0 179 Mountain West Conference
Santa Clara 0-0 177 West Coast Conference
Middle Tennessee 0-0 176 Conference USA
Dayton 0-0 170 Atlantic 10 Conference
William & Mary 0-0 168 Colonial Athletic Association
East Carolina 0-0 160 American Athletic Conference
Temple 0-0 156 American Athletic Conference
Northern Iowa 0-0 153 Missouri Valley Conference
Columbia 0-0 151 Ivy League
UNLV 0-0 150 Mountain West Conference
UC Santa Barbara 0-0 148 Big West Conference
Toledo 0-0 142 Mid-American Conference
Fordham 0-0 141 Atlantic 10 Conference
Colorado State 0-0 138 Mountain West Conference
Old Dominion 0-0 133 Conference USA
USC 0-0 132 West Coast Conference
Duquesne 0-0 125 Atlantic 10 Conference
Hofstra 0-0 124 Colonial Athletic Association
Northeastern 0-0 123 Colonial Athletic Association
Tulsa 0-0 121 American Athletic Conference
Manhattan 0-0 112 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Mississippi State 0-0 109 Atlantic 10 Conference
Mercer 0-0 107 Southern Conference
Tulane 0-0 103 American Athletic Conference
Yale 0-0 103 Ivy League
Belmont 0-0 101 Ohio Valley Conference
Oakland 0-0 101 Horizon League
Pacific 0-0 99 West Coast Conference
Green Bay 0-0 96 Horizon League
Princeton 0-0 96 Ivy League
Wyoming 0-0 95 Mountain West Conference
Long Beach State 0-0 91 Big West Conference
Bowling Green 0-0 89 Mid-American Conference
Lehigh 0-0 89 Patriot League
Loyola Chicago 0-0 85 Missouri Valley Conference
San Francisco 0-0 85 West Coast Conference
FIU 0-0 79 Conference USA
Elon 0-0 74 Colonial Athletic Association
Air Force 0-0 73 Mountain West Conference
Niagara 0-0 73 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
UTEP 0-0 73 Conference USA
UCF 0-0 64 American Athletic Conference
Canisius 0-0 63 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
George Mason 0-0 63 Atlantic 10 Conference
Cornell 0-0 61 Ivy League
Loyola Marymount 0-0 58 West Coast Conference
Iona 0-0 57 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Drexel 0-0 53 Colonial Athletic Association
Albany 0-0 51 America East Conference
Colgate 0-0 51 Patriot League
UNC Wilmington 0-0 48 Colonial Athletic Association
Army 0-0 47 Patriot League
Murray State 0-0 42 Ohio Valley Conference
Siena 0-0 41 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Southern Illinois 0-0 40 Missouri Valley Conference
American 0-0 38 Patriot League
Louisiana Lafayette 0-0 38 Sun Belt Conference
Southern Miss 0-0 37 Conference USA
Stony Brook 0-0 37 America East Conference
Charlotte 0-0 36 Conference USA
Cal State Fullerton 0-0 35 Big West Conference
Quinnipiac 0-0 33 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
San Jose State 0-0 30 Mountain West Conference
Marist 0-0 29 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Cal State Northridge 0-0 28 Big West Conference
Saint Louis 0-0 27 Atlantic 10 Conference
St. Francis NY 0-0 27 Northeast Conference
Dartmouth 0-0 26 Ivy League
Milwaukee 0-0 24 Horizon League
Northern Illinois 0-0 24 Mid-American Conference
Oral Roberts 0-0 24 Summit League
Penn 0-0 24 Ivy League
Montana 0-0 22 Big Sky Conference
Austin Peay 0-0 21 Ohio Valley Conference
Binghamton 0-0 21 America East Conference
Bradley 0-0 21 Missouri Valley Conference
Bucknell 0-0 21 Patriot League
Montana State 0-0 21 Big Sky Conference
North Carolina Central 0-0 21 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Seattle 0-0 21 Western Athletic Conference
East Tennessee State 0-0 20 Southern Conference
Eastern Washington 0-0 20 Big Sky Conference
Illinois Chicago 0-0 20 Horizon League
Portland State 0-0 20 Big Sky Conference
Appalachian State 0-0 19 Sun Belt Conference
Eastern Illinois 0-0 19 Ohio Valley Conference
Lafayette 0-0 19 Patriot League
Tennessee Martin 0-0 19 Ohio Valley Conference
Chattanooga 0-0 18 Southern Conference
Hawaii 0-0 18 Big West Conference
Sacred Heart 0-0 18 Northeast Conference
SIU Edwardsville 0-0 18 Ohio Valley Conference
UC Riverside 0-0 18 Big West Conference
UNC Greensboro 0-0 18 Southern Conference
Fairfield 0-0 17 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
James Madison 0-0 17 Colonial Athletic Association
Nevada 0-0 17 Mountain West Conference
Tennessee Tech 0-0 17 Ohio Valley Conference
Wagner 0-0 17 Northeast Conference
Western Carolina 0-0 17 Southern Conference
Western Illinois 0-0 17 Southland Conference
Chicago State 0-0 16 Western Athletic Conference
Hartford 0-0 16 America East Conference
High Point 0-0 16 Big South Conference
Radford 0-0 16 Big South Conference
Robert Morris 0-0 16 Northeast Conference
Tennessee State 0-0 16 Ohio Valley Conference
Cal Poly 0-0 15 Big West Conference
Campbell 0-0 15 Big South Conference
Central Connecticut 0-0 15 Northeast Conference
VMI 0-0 15 Southern Conference
Florida Atlantic 0-0 14 Conference USA
Hampton 0-0 14 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Lipscomb 0-0 14 Atlantic Sun Conference
LIU Brooklyn 0-0 14 Northeast Conference
Stephen F. Austin 0-0 14 Horizon League
Towson 0-0 14 Colonial Athletic Association
Gardner Webb 0-0 13 Big South Conference
Norfolk State 0-0 13 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Cleveland State 0-0 12 Horizon League
Liberty 0-0 12 Big South Conference
UC Davis 0-0 12 Big West Conference
UNC Asheville 0-0 12 Big South Conference
Longwood 0-0 11 Big South Conference
North Carolina A&T 0-0 11 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
St. Francis PA 0-0 11 Northeast Conference
McNeese State 0-0 10 Southland Conference
Florida Gulf Coast 0-0 9 Atlantic Sun Conference
Louisiana Monroe 0-0 9 Sun Belt Conference
Sacramento State 0-0 9 Big Sky Conference
Drake 0-0 8 Missouri Valley Conference
Houston 0-0 7 American Athletic Conference
Miami OH 0-0 7 Mid-American Conference
Cal State Bakersfield 0-0 6 Western Athletic Conference
Ball State 0-0 5 Mid-American Conference
Northwestern State 0-0 3 Southland Conference
Ohio 0-0 3 Mid-American Conference
College of Charleston 0-0 2 Colonial Athletic Association
Eastern Kentucky 0-0 1 Ohio Valley Conference
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Old 06-30-2017, 05:44 PM   #506
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Milestone Win Watch for 2022-2023 Season

Coaches Within 25 Wins of 100 Career Wins

Will Brown (Tulsa)- 19 away
DeShawn St. John (Washington State)- 11 away
Brett Hawkins (FIU)- 1 away
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Old 06-30-2017, 05:50 PM   #507
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With opening weekend always having a lack of games, there are only 6 games to cover, and I will just focus on the teams that had games.

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 0-2, 0-0 America East.

11/11/22- Sun Bowl Classic First Round vs. (2) VMI (L 72-39).
11/12/22- Sun Bowl Classic 3rd Place Game vs. (1) Youngstown State (L 70-66).

Another 4th place finish in a season tournament for Coach Ginsberg and the Hawks, as they were obliterated by VMI, but had a better showing against Youngstown.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 0-1, 0-0 American.

11/13/22 at Villanova (L 69-67).

Tough one for the Huskies, as Villanova is considered a rival in some ways. A good effort on the road, but these are the type games Coach Childress needs to find a way to win.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 0-1, 0-0 Big Ten.

11/13/22 at Illinois State (L 92-84).

The Spartans don't start off this season in a good way, falling on the road. Take nothing away from Illinois State, they should be solid this year, but Coach Mighty wants better from his squad.

FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 1-0, 0-0 Conference USA.

11/13/22 at Florida (W 97-75).

It didn't take Coach Hawkins long in this season to get his 100th career win. First game of the season, and he got it done, going on the road and beating an in-state rival.

#17 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 1-0, 0-0 SEC.

11/13/22 vs. High Point (W 70-58).

A win is a win, but I know Coach Rogers wanted it to be a little more convincing. Still though, getting on the right track with a season opening win is always important.

Here's a look at the national top 25 heading into the week of Nov. 14-20:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Syracuse (33) 2-0 1748 5 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Georgetown (21) 0-0 1718 1 Big East Conference 3. Notre Dame (8) 0-0 1639 2 Atlantic Coast Conference 4. Wisconsin (1) 0-0 1608 3 Big Ten Conference 5. North Carolina (8) 0-0 1535 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 6. Iowa State 1-0 1426 7 Big 12 Conference 7. Ohio State 0-0 1359 6 Big Ten Conference 8. Texas A&M 0-0 1238 8 Southeastern Conference 9. VCU 0-0 1128 9 Southeastern Conference 10. Iowa 0-0 1125 10 Big Ten Conference 11. Louisville 1-0 1088 12 Atlantic Coast Conference 12. Arkansas 0-0 950 11 Southeastern Conference 13. Arizona (1) 1-0 910 13 Pacific-12 Conference 14. Oklahoma 1-0 760 15 Big 12 Conference 15. Alabama 1-0 669 17 Southeastern Conference 16. Virginia 0-0 599 16 Atlantic Coast Conference 17. Vanderbilt 1-0 439 22 Southeastern Conference 18. Florida State 0-0 393 19 Atlantic Coast Conference 19. LSU 1-0 385 24 Southeastern Conference 20. Xavier 1-0 350 21 Big East Conference 21. Miami 0-0 262 20 Atlantic Coast Conference 22. BYU 1-0 247 NR West Coast Conference 23. Kentucky 0-0 181 23 Southeastern Conference 24. Gonzaga 1-0 141 NR Pacific-12 Conference 25. West Virginia 0-0 141 25 Big 12 Conference Others Receiving Votes: Villanova 1-0 114 Big East Conference Creighton 0-0 113 Big East Conference St. John's 0-0 107 Big East Conference Boise State 0-0 95 Mountain West Conference Purdue 1-0 81 Big Ten Conference San Diego State 0-0 74 Mountain West Conference Davidson 0-0 70 Atlantic 10 Conference Indiana 0-0 60 Big Ten Conference Maryland 0-0 50 Big Ten Conference Buffalo 0-0 49 Mid-American Conference Oklahoma State 2-0 41 Big 12 Conference Minnesota 2-0 40 Big Ten Conference Boston College 2-0 37 Atlantic Coast Conference North Carolina State 2-0 34 Atlantic Coast Conference UC Irvine 2-0 29 Big West Conference Akron 2-0 23 Mid-American Conference Washington 0-0 22 Pacific-12 Conference UCLA 0-0 19 Pacific-12 Conference Baylor 1-0 18 Big 12 Conference St. Bonaventure 0-0 16 Atlantic 10 Conference Illinois State 1-0 15 Missouri Valley Conference Auburn 2-0 14 Southeastern Conference Pittsburgh 0-0 14 Atlantic Coast Conference Arizona State 1-0 12 Pacific-12 Conference Illinois 0-0 11 Big Ten Conference Marquette 0-0 10 Big East Conference Northwestern 0-0 10 Big Ten Conference Wake Forest 0-0 10 Atlantic Coast Conference DePaul 0-0 9 Big East Conference Northern Colorado 2-0 9 Big Sky Conference Colorado 0-0 8 Pacific-12 Conference Fordham 0-0 8 Atlantic 10 Conference Loyola Chicago 0-0 8 Missouri Valley Conference Manhattan 0-0 8 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Oregon 0-0 8 Pacific-12 Conference Seton Hall 0-0 8 Big East Conference Stanford 0-0 8 Pacific-12 Conference Hofstra 0-0 7 Colonial Athletic Association Oral Roberts 1-0 7 Summit League Southern Illinois 0-0 7 Missouri Valley Conference UNLV 1-0 7 Mountain West Conference Harvard 0-0 6 Ivy League USC 1-0 6 West Coast Conference George Washington 0-0 5 Atlantic 10 Conference Illinois Chicago 0-0 5 Horizon League Niagara 0-0 5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rider 2-0 5 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference SMU 1-0 5 American Athletic Conference Eastern Illinois 0-0 4 Ohio Valley Conference Rhode Island 0-0 4 Atlantic 10 Conference Pacific 1-0 3 West Coast Conference Penn State 0-0 3 Big Ten Conference SIU Edwardsville 0-0 3 Ohio Valley Conference Tulsa 0-0 3 American Athletic Conference Canisius 0-0 2 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Duke 0-0 2 Atlantic Coast Conference Mississippi 1-0 2 Southeastern Conference Western Illinois 0-0 2 Southland Conference Cal Poly 1-0 1 Big West Conference Chicago State 0-0 1 Western Athletic Conference Oakland 1-0 1 Horizon League Oregon State 0-0 1 Pacific-12 Conference Richmond 1-0 1 Atlantic 10 Conference Rutgers 0-0 1 Big Ten Conference


With their losses, Michigan State and UConn lose their votes.
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Old 06-30-2017, 05:53 PM   #508
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And the mid-major top 25 for the week of Nov. 14-20:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. BYU (45) 1-0 1595 2 West Coast Conference 2. Davidson (11) 0-0 1430 1 Atlantic 10 Conference 3. Boise State 0-0 1348 3 Mountain West Conference 4. San Diego State (2) 0-0 1113 4 Mountain West Conference 5. Akron (5) 2-0 883 19 Mid-American Conference 6. UC Irvine 2-0 779 NR Big West Conference 7. SMU 1-0 656 8 American Athletic Conference 8. Illinois State (1) 1-0 611 11 Missouri Valley Conference 9. Richmond 1-0 537 10 Atlantic 10 Conference 10. Buffalo (5) 0-0 500 6 Mid-American Conference 11. Oakland 1-0 499 NR Horizon League 12. Rider (2) 2-0 466 NR Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference 13. UNLV 1-0 422 NR Mountain West Conference 14. VMI 2-0 415 NR Southern Conference 15. Northern Colorado 2-0 399 NR Big Sky Conference 16. Cincinnati 0-0 373 9 American Athletic Conference 17. USC 1-0 337 NR West Coast Conference 18. FIU 1-0 298 NR Conference USA 19. Fresno State 0-0 298 13 Mountain West Conference 20. Kent State 0-0 296 15 Mid-American Conference 21. George Washington 0-0 285 16 Atlantic 10 Conference 22. Pacific 1-0 279 NR West Coast Conference 23. Mississippi State 1-0 272 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 24. Saint Mary's 0-0 268 18 West Coast Conference 25. Rhode Island 0-0 265 17 Atlantic 10 Conference Others Receiving Votes: Harvard 0-0 258 Ivy League St. Bonaventure 0-0 253 Atlantic 10 Conference Indiana State 0-0 252 Missouri Valley Conference Eastern Michigan 0-0 214 Mid-American Conference Cal Poly 1-0 206 Big West Conference American 1-0 203 Patriot League Western Michigan 0-0 194 Mid-American Conference UAB 0-0 188 Conference USA Saint Joseph's 0-0 181 Atlantic 10 Conference South Florida 0-0 177 American Athletic Conference Dayton 0-0 176 Atlantic 10 Conference Massachusetts 0-0 176 Atlantic 10 Conference Austin Peay 1-0 169 Ohio Valley Conference San Diego 0-0 169 West Coast Conference Portland 0-0 167 West Coast Conference UC Santa Barbara 0-0 162 Big West Conference Louisiana Tech 0-0 155 Conference USA Utah State 0-0 155 Mountain West Conference Wofford 1-0 155 Southern Conference Fordham 0-0 151 Atlantic 10 Conference William & Mary 0-0 151 Colonial Athletic Association Northern Iowa 0-0 148 Missouri Valley Conference Toledo 0-0 148 Mid-American Conference UT Arlington 1-0 145 Sun Belt Conference Temple 0-0 144 American Athletic Conference Hofstra 0-0 141 Colonial Athletic Association Tulsa 0-0 134 American Athletic Conference Manhattan 0-0 132 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference East Carolina 0-0 130 American Athletic Conference Northeastern 0-0 126 Colonial Athletic Association Colorado State 0-0 123 Mountain West Conference Duquesne 0-0 123 Atlantic 10 Conference Long Beach State 0-0 118 Big West Conference San Francisco 0-0 116 West Coast Conference Western Carolina 1-0 112 Southern Conference Old Dominion 0-0 111 Conference USA Tennessee Martin 1-0 105 Ohio Valley Conference Yale 0-0 103 Ivy League Bowling Green 0-0 98 Mid-American Conference UTEP 0-0 96 Conference USA Loyola Chicago 0-0 95 Missouri Valley Conference Princeton 0-0 95 Ivy League Tulane 0-0 91 American Athletic Conference Niagara 0-0 90 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Mercer 0-0 87 Southern Conference Cal State Fullerton 0-0 72 Big West Conference Oral Roberts 1-0 71 Summit League Canisius 0-0 66 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Cornell 0-0 66 Ivy League Drexel 0-0 66 Colonial Athletic Association Charleston Southern 1-0 64 Big South Conference Iona 0-0 60 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Cal State Northridge 0-0 58 Big West Conference Southern Illinois 0-0 58 Missouri Valley Conference Colgate 0-0 54 Patriot League Nevada 0-0 54 Mountain West Conference Hawaii 0-0 51 Big West Conference UCF 0-0 51 American Athletic Conference Army 0-0 50 Patriot League Quinnipiac 0-0 50 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Montana 1-0 48 Big Sky Conference Saint Louis 0-0 48 Atlantic 10 Conference George Mason 0-0 47 Atlantic 10 Conference Louisiana Lafayette 0-0 45 Sun Belt Conference Murray State 0-0 44 Ohio Valley Conference Siena 0-0 44 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Stony Brook 0-0 42 America East Conference UC Riverside 0-0 36 Big West Conference Marist 0-0 35 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference St. Francis NY 0-0 33 Northeast Conference Towson 0-0 32 Colonial Athletic Association Gardner Webb 1-0 29 Big South Conference North Carolina Central 0-0 29 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Florida A&M 1-0 28 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Binghamton 0-0 25 America East Conference Milwaukee 0-0 24 Horizon League St. Francis PA 1-0 24 Northeast Conference Sacramento State 0-0 23 Big Sky Conference Illinois Chicago 0-0 22 Horizon League Bucknell 0-0 21 Patriot League Eastern Illinois 0-0 21 Ohio Valley Conference Montana State 0-0 21 Big Sky Conference Wagner 0-0 21 Northeast Conference Cal State Bakersfield 0-0 20 Western Athletic Conference Eastern Washington 0-0 20 Big Sky Conference SIU Edwardsville 0-0 20 Ohio Valley Conference UNC Greensboro 0-0 19 Southern Conference Western Illinois 0-0 19 Southland Conference Campbell 0-0 18 Big South Conference Chicago State 0-0 18 Western Athletic Conference Fairfield 0-0 18 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Central Connecticut 0-0 17 Northeast Conference Chattanooga 0-0 17 Southern Conference Drake 0-0 17 Missouri Valley Conference Florida Atlantic 0-0 17 Conference USA Penn 0-0 17 Ivy League UNC Asheville 0-0 17 Big South Conference Cleveland State 0-0 16 Horizon League Houston 0-0 16 American Athletic Conference North Carolina A&T 0-0 16 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference James Madison 0-0 15 Colonial Athletic Association Lipscomb 0-0 15 Atlantic Sun Conference LIU Brooklyn 0-0 15 Northeast Conference Hampton 0-0 13 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Delaware 0-0 10 Colonial Athletic Association Eastern Kentucky 0-0 10 Ohio Valley Conference Ohio 0-0 6 Mid-American Conference Ball State 0-0 5 Mid-American Conference NJIT 1-0 5 Atlantic Sun Conference Northwestern State 0-0 5 Southland Conference Stetson 1-0 5 Atlantic Sun Conference Denver 0-0 4 Summit League Marshall 0-0 3 Conference USA Central Michigan 0-0 2 Mid-American Conference Brown 0-0 1 Ivy League North Florida 0-0 1 Atlantic Sun Conference North Texas 0-0 1 Conference USA Southeastern Louisiana 0-0 1 Southland Conference Wright State 0-0 1 Horizon League
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Old 06-30-2017, 06:38 PM   #509
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No feature games this week, and 23 games on the docket. Let's get into it:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 3-2, 0-0 America East.

11/14/22 at St. Peter's (W 66-57).
11/17/22 at Delaware State (W 64-57).
11/19/22 vs. Iona (W 65-62).

A much better week for the Hawks, who got 3 single digit wins this week, 2 on the road.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 0-2, 0-0 American.

11/15/22 vs. VMI (L 72-70).

The Huskies drop another heartbreaker to fall to 0-2 on the season. Starting to think this VMI team might be better than advertised.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 1-1, 0-0 American.

11/14/22 at UTEP (W 96-87).
11/18/22 at Texas Tech (L 92-67).

A split for the Golden Hurricane to start the season, as both were on the road, but would have liked a better effort at Texas Tech.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 0-1, 0-0 ACC.

11/18/22 vs. Buffalo (L 71-66).

Yet another FOFC human coached team that opened the season with a loss. Gonna be an interesting game next week when they take on FIU.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 2-1, 0-0 Big 12.

11/15/22- Hall of Fame Tip-Off First Round vs. (6) San Diego (L 69-59).
11/19/22- Hall of Fame Tip-Off Consolation Round vs. (7) Southern Illinois (L 71-70).
11/20/22- Hall of Fame Tip-Off 5th Place Game vs. (5) St. Bonaventure (W 91-72).

The Horned Frogs will settle for 5th place in this tournament, and quite honestly have a lot of momentum going into their next few games which should all be wins. Key word: should.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 2-1, 0-0 Big Ten.

11/15/22 vs. Georgia Tech (W 96-85).
11/17/22 vs. Georgia State (W 89-81).

A good recovery week for the Spartans, who took care of business against 2 teams from Georgia, both at home. They have their season tournament next week.

Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 1-0, 0-0 Big Ten.

11/17/22 at Cincinnati (W 63-46).

A big time win for Coach Vee and the Wildcats, and might put a few teams on notice. It's too early to tell, but things look promising for another solid non-conference record.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 1-0, 0-0 Big West.

11/19/22 vs. Houston (W 69-61).

A nice season opening win for the Warriors as they get ready for their season tournament next week.

FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 1-0, 0-0 Conference USA.

No games this week for Coach Hawkins and the Golden Panthers, as they look forward to a big showdown against Duke next week.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 1-1, 0-0 Conference USA.

11/19/22- Little Rock Regional First Round vs. (2) Ball State (W 80-61).
11/20/22- Little Rock Regional Championship vs. (4) Marist (L 74-59).

Another 2nd place finish in a 4 team tournament for the Owls, as the entire field was absolutely shocked by what Marist did. Many people expected that championship to be the consolation game.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 1-0, 0-0 Pac 12.

11/17/22 vs. St. Louis (W 68-58).

Good season opening victory for the Buffaloes as they head into their season tournament next week.

Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 1-0, 0-0 Pac 12.

11/19/22 vs. Manhattan (W 83-57).

Total dominance in the Cardinal's first game of the season, as they continue their creampuff non-conference schedule. Their first real test might not come until mid-December.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 1-2, 0-0 Pac 12.

11/15/22- Hall of Fame Tip-Off First Round vs. (8) Ohio (W 67-66).
11/19/22- Hall of Fame Tip-Off Semifinal vs. (4) UAB (L 68-64).
11/20/22- Hall of Fame Tip-Off 3rd Place Game vs. (6) San Diego (L 77-75).

Hard to get an early read on this Bruins team, as they haven't had a margin of victory or defeat higher than 4 points yet. Unfortunately, they ended up taking 4th in their season tournament.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 1-1, 0-0 Pac 12.

11/18/22- Michigan Tournament First Round vs. (4) UNC Greensboro (W 56-31).
11/20/22- Michigan Tournament Championship vs. (3) Texas Southern (L 81-78).

The Cougars have been consistent in 4 team tournaments. They've played in 2 of them and finished 2nd both times. This time around, it was a tight game, but they couldn't get over the hump.

#15 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 1-0, 0-0 SEC.

No games this week for the Crimson Tide and Coach Rogers, as they get ready for their season tournament next week.

Here's a look at the national top 25 going into the week of Nov. 21-27:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Notre Dame (56) 3-0 1784 3 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Georgetown (10) 1-0 1699 2 Big East Conference 3. Wisconsin (1) 2-0 1670 4 Big Ten Conference 4. North Carolina (5) 1-0 1591 5 Atlantic Coast Conference 5. Iowa State 2-0 1519 6 Big 12 Conference 6. Texas A&M 0-0 1364 8 Southeastern Conference 7. Arizona 2-0 1291 13 Pacific-12 Conference 8. Arkansas 1-0 1269 12 Southeastern Conference 9. Oklahoma 2-0 1134 14 Big 12 Conference 10. Syracuse 3-1 1006 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 11. LSU 2-0 932 19 Southeastern Conference 12. Alabama 1-0 871 15 Southeastern Conference 13. Florida State 1-0 775 18 Atlantic Coast Conference 14. BYU 2-0 733 22 West Coast Conference 15. Miami 1-0 639 21 Atlantic Coast Conference 16. Villanova 3-0 570 NR Big East Conference 17. Gonzaga 2-0 555 24 Pacific-12 Conference 18. Boise State 1-0 391 NR Mountain West Conference 19. Ohio State 2-1 391 7 Big Ten Conference 20. Oklahoma State 4-0 346 NR Big 12 Conference 21. Indiana 1-0 257 NR Big Ten Conference 22. Creighton 0-0 254 NR Big East Conference 23. UC Irvine 4-0 215 NR Big West Conference 24. San Diego State 1-0 190 NR Mountain West Conference 25. Purdue 1-0 160 NR Big Ten Conference Others Receiving Votes: UAB 3-0 118 Conference USA Buffalo 1-0 109 Mid-American Conference Cornell 3-0 99 Ivy League Illinois 2-0 90 Big Ten Conference Penn State 2-0 85 Big Ten Conference VMI 4-0 73 Southern Conference Mississippi 2-0 69 Southeastern Conference Richmond 2-0 68 Atlantic 10 Conference Illinois State 2-0 67 Missouri Valley Conference Drake 3-0 66 Missouri Valley Conference Washington 1-0 62 Pacific-12 Conference Yale 2-0 57 Ivy League Mississippi State 3-0 51 Atlantic 10 Conference South Carolina 2-0 48 Southeastern Conference Harvard 1-0 46 Ivy League Colorado 1-0 42 Pacific-12 Conference Colgate 2-0 41 Patriot League VCU 1-1 38 Southeastern Conference Saint Mary's 2-0 36 West Coast Conference Stanford 1-0 35 Pacific-12 Conference American 2-0 30 Patriot League Baylor 1-0 29 Big 12 Conference Arizona State 2-0 28 Pacific-12 Conference Fordham 1-0 26 Atlantic 10 Conference Western Michigan 2-0 26 Mid-American Conference Western Carolina 2-0 25 Southern Conference Utah State 2-0 24 Mountain West Conference Marist 2-0 20 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Siena 2-0 20 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Dayton 2-0 19 Atlantic 10 Conference Jacksonville State 2-0 18 Ohio Valley Conference Milwaukee 2-0 17 Horizon League Northwestern 1-0 17 Big Ten Conference Marquette 1-0 16 Big East Conference NJIT 3-0 15 Atlantic Sun Conference Oral Roberts 2-0 15 Summit League Cal State Northridge 2-0 14 Big West Conference Oregon State 1-0 14 Pacific-12 Conference Colorado State 2-0 11 Mountain West Conference Tennessee Martin 2-0 11 Ohio Valley Conference Western Illinois 0-0 11 Southland Conference Bowling Green 2-0 10 Mid-American Conference Gardner Webb 2-0 9 Big South Conference Louisville 1-1 8 Atlantic Coast Conference Louisiana Tech 1-0 7 Conference USA Pacific 1-0 7 West Coast Conference Drexel 1-0 6 Colonial Athletic Association Long Beach State 1-0 6 Big West Conference Montana 1-0 6 Big Sky Conference William & Mary 1-0 6 Colonial Athletic Association Butler 1-0 5 Big East Conference North Texas 2-0 5 Conference USA Troy 2-0 4 Sun Belt Conference Iowa 0-1 2 Big Ten Conference LIU Brooklyn 1-0 2 Northeast Conference Nevada 1-0 2 Mountain West Conference Coastal Carolina 2-0 1 Big South Conference Hawaii 1-0 1 Big West Conference Montana State 0-0 1 Big Sky Conference


Duke and Tulsa lost games this week, and all their votes. Hawaii garnered a single vote, and Coach Gunn has once again been reprimanded for vote tampering. He keeps claiming his innocence, but I dunno! And kudos to Alabama for jumping up 3 spots in the top 25 without even stepping on the floor this week.
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Old 06-30-2017, 06:42 PM   #510
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Here's a look at the mid-major top 25 going into the week of Nov. 21-27:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. BYU (46) 2-0 1694 1 West Coast Conference 2. Boise State 1-0 1458 3 Mountain West Conference 3. UC Irvine (3) 4-0 1366 6 Big West Conference 4. San Diego State (1) 1-0 1201 4 Mountain West Conference 5. UAB (7) 3-0 1176 NR Conference USA 6. Illinois State (1) 2-0 1021 8 Missouri Valley Conference 7. Drake (4) 3-0 901 NR Missouri Valley Conference 8. Richmond 2-0 796 9 Atlantic 10 Conference 9. Utah State 2-0 789 NR Mountain West Conference 10. VMI 4-0 780 14 Southern Conference 11. Saint Mary's 2-0 751 24 West Coast Conference 12. Western Michigan 2-0 701 NR Mid-American Conference 13. Cornell (3) 3-0 643 NR Ivy League 14. Dayton 2-0 585 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 15. Colorado State 2-0 542 NR Mountain West Conference 16. Bowling Green 2-0 498 NR Mid-American Conference 17. Yale 2-0 480 NR Ivy League 18. Buffalo (4) 1-0 470 10 Mid-American Conference 19. Mississippi State 3-0 435 23 Atlantic 10 Conference 20. Harvard 1-0 324 NR Ivy League 21. Milwaukee (1) 2-0 305 NR Horizon League 22. North Texas 2-0 291 NR Conference USA 23. NJIT 3-0 266 NR Atlantic Sun Conference 24. Colgate 2-0 252 NR Patriot League 25. Cal State Northridge 2-0 251 NR Big West Conference Others Receiving Votes: Western Carolina 2-0 237 Southern Conference Northern Iowa 1-0 221 Missouri Valley Conference Pacific 1-0 218 West Coast Conference American 2-0 217 Patriot League Jacksonville State 2-0 215 Ohio Valley Conference Marist 2-0 208 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Long Beach State 1-0 204 Big West Conference Toledo 1-0 202 Mid-American Conference Oral Roberts 2-0 200 Summit League William & Mary 1-0 193 Colonial Athletic Association Fordham 1-0 188 Atlantic 10 Conference UT Arlington 2-0 158 Sun Belt Conference Drexel 1-0 157 Colonial Athletic Association Siena 2-0 157 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Louisiana Tech 1-0 154 Conference USA Hawaii 1-0 153 Big West Conference Tennessee Martin 2-0 147 Ohio Valley Conference Texas Southern 2-0 139 Southwestern Athletic Conference Troy 2-0 136 Sun Belt Conference Nevada 1-0 131 Mountain West Conference Tulane 1-0 127 American Athletic Conference Montana 1-0 119 Big Sky Conference Cal State Bakersfield 1-0 117 Western Athletic Conference Coastal Carolina 2-0 117 Big South Conference Holy Cross 2-0 108 Patriot League LIU Brooklyn 1-0 99 Northeast Conference FIU 1-0 96 Conference USA Kennesaw State 2-0 89 Atlantic Sun Conference Mercer 1-0 87 Southern Conference Louisiana Lafayette 1-0 85 Sun Belt Conference IUPUI 1-0 84 Summit League Eastern Kentucky 1-0 83 Ohio Valley Conference Gardner Webb 2-0 83 Big South Conference Montana State 0-0 78 Big Sky Conference South Dakota 1-0 66 Summit League Incarnate Word 1-0 55 Southland Conference Presbyterian 2-0 55 Big South Conference Old Dominion 0-0 47 Conference USA UMass Lowell 1-0 47 America East Conference Western Illinois 0-0 45 Southland Conference St. Francis PA 1-0 36 Northeast Conference Nebraska Omaha 0-0 28 Summit League Arkansas State 1-0 26 Sun Belt Conference Southern 1-0 11 Southwestern Athletic Conference Central Arkansas 0-0 1 Southland Conference


Tulsa lost their votes after a loss this week, and FIU dropped out of the mid-major top 25 after not playing this week.
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Hawaii's still undefeated! Gotta like that. :

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We have 2 feature games on the schedule this week, and 22 games total. Let's start with the feature games.

11/21/22- FIU (Brett Hawkins) @ Duke (Dean Hoo) -- A back and forth game that saw FIU make just a few more shots and have a pretty big rebounding edge, 45-37. A huge road win for Coach Hawkins.

Final Score: FIU- 88, Duke- 86

11/26/22- Great Alaska Shootout Championship - (2) #12 Alabama (Roy Rogers) vs. (1) Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- Good to see the top 2 seeds, both human coached teams, make it to the finals of this tourney. The Spartans had an 8 point halftime lead, but in the second half it became a foul fest. Michigan State committed 29 fouls and Bama shot 41 free throws, making 29 of them compared to just 14 for Sparty. This was more than enough for the Crimson Tide to walk away with the title.

Final Score: (2) #12 Alabama- 79, (1) Michigan State- 73

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 4-2, 0-0 America East.

11/27/22 at Brown (W 56-48).

While it isn't the greatest competition, the Hawks are on a 4 game winning streak, and anytime you can get 3 road wins in a row, it's a good thing.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 1-4, 0-0 American.

11/23/22- Battle 4 Atlantis First Round vs. (4) Buffalo (W 68-61).
11/24/22- Battle 4 Atlantis Semifinal vs. (1) Baylor (L 68-53).
11/25/22- Battle 4 Atlantis 3rd Place Game vs. (7) Utah State (L 83-82).

The struggles continue to be real for Coach Childress and the Huskies, as they lose their 4th out of 5 to start the season. To be fair, the combined record of 4 teams that have beat them is 18-2, and the average margin of victory is 5 points.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 2-3, 0-0 American.

11/21/22 at Nebraska Omaha (L 83-60).
11/23/22 vs. Northwestern State (W 66-50).
11/27/22 vs. Incarnate Word (L 90-87).

The Golden Hurricane lose 2 out of 3 this week, and quite honestly, the 2 losses are inexplicable. Coach Brown has to get some consistency figured out for this group.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 1-2, 0-0 ACC.

11/21/22 vs. FIU- feature game, highlighted above.
11/25/22 at South Carolina State (W 86-80).

The Blue Devils split this week, finally getting their first win of the season, but they have another tough game coming up next week.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 2-1, 0-0 Big 12.

No games this week for Coach Mighty and the Horned Frogs, as they get back to business next week.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 4-2, 0-0 Big Ten.

11/23/22- Great Alaska Shootout First Round vs. (8) Cal State Northridge (W 71-60).
11/25/22- Great Alaska Shootout Semifinal vs. (5) Kansas State (W 65-50).
11/26/22- Great Alaska Shootout Championship vs. (2) #12 Alabama- feature game, highlighted above.

All in all a good tournament for the Spartans, who fell just short against Alabama. 2nd place is good, but it might not be good enough for the board, who has high expectations.

Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 1-0, 0-0 Big Ten.

No games this week for Coach Vee and the Wildcats who have a tough one next week before the schedule lightens up.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 2-1, 0-0 Big West.

11/25/22- Meadowlands Regional First Round vs. (3) Sam Houston State (W 72-55).
11/26/22- Meadowlands Regional Championship vs. (1) USC (L 71-61).

The Warriors are still searching for their first season tournament win, as they've finished 2nd in 4 team tournaments 3 times now. It was a good effort, but not good enough.

FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 3-0, 0-0 Conference USA.

11/21/22 at Duke- feature game, highlighted above.
11/25/22 vs. Tennessee Martin (W 77-53).

Couldn't ask for a better start for Coach Hawkins in his first season at FIU. The Golden Panthers have gotten road wins at both Florida and Duke. Another road test next week.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 1-1, 0-0 Conference USA.

No games this week for Coach Shocker and the Owls, who have a couple huge tests coming up in the next few days.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 4-0, 0-0 Pac 12.

11/21/22- Maui Invitational First Round vs. (8) American (W 60-48).
11/22/22- Maui Invitational Semifinal vs. (5) Michigan (W 76-75).
11/23/22- Maui Invitational Championship vs. (2) #6 Texas A&M (W 54-45).

The Buffaloes have just won their first season tournament, and it couldn't come in a better way, as they defeated an old Big 12 foe in Texas A&M. Coach Nielsen has these guys rolling, but it doesn't get any easier.

Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 2-0, 0-0 Pac 12.

11/21/22 at UC Davis (W 72-64).

It wasn't the prettiest, but the Cardinal won their only game this week as they continue a creampuff schedule until mid-December.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 1-3, 0-0 Pac 12.

11/27/22 vs. #2 Georgetown (L 82-73).

3 losses in a row for the Bruins, who are going to have to pick it up if they want to make the NCAA Tournament, let alone the Final Four. An interesting game next week as they face Fresno State, the team that walloped them in the national championship a couple seasons ago.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 1-1, 0-0 Pac 12.

No games this week for Coach St. John and the Cougars, who have some winnable games coming up.

#12 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 4-0, 0-0 SEC.

11/23/22- Great Alaska Shootout First Round vs. (7) ECU (W 70-64).
11/25/22- Great Alaska Shootout Semifinal vs. (6) Georgia Tech (W 66-52).
11/26/22- Great Alaska Shootout Championship vs. (1) Michigan State- feature game, highlighted above.

Another season tournament win for the Crimson Tide, this makes 3 of them. A couple big showdowns coming up in a couple weeks, but next week, they should be able to take it easy with a couple subpar opponents.

Here's a look at the national top 25 going into the week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. North Carolina (71) 4-0 1799 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Arkansas 5-0 1682 8 Southeastern Conference 3. Iowa State (1) 2-0 1663 5 Big 12 Conference 4. Syracuse 5-1 1491 10 Atlantic Coast Conference 5. LSU 5-0 1413 11 Southeastern Conference 6. Alabama 4-0 1355 12 Southeastern Conference 7. Notre Dame 4-1 1198 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 8. Georgetown 3-1 1150 2 Big East Conference 9. Villanova 5-0 1109 16 Big East Conference 10. Indiana 4-0 1087 21 Big Ten Conference 11. San Diego State 4-0 1059 24 Mountain West Conference 12. Wisconsin 3-1 948 3 Big Ten Conference 13. Oklahoma State 6-0 887 20 Big 12 Conference 14. UC Irvine 6-0 785 23 Big West Conference 15. Colorado 4-0 779 NR Pacific-12 Conference 16. Dayton 5-0 582 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 17. Ohio State 2-1 555 19 Big Ten Conference 18. Yale 5-0 497 NR Ivy League 19. Texas A&M 2-1 426 6 Southeastern Conference 20. UAB 4-0 401 NR Conference USA 21. Northern Iowa 4-0 382 NR Missouri Valley Conference 22. VMI 6-0 375 NR Southern Conference 23. North Texas 4-0 201 NR Conference USA 24. Stanford 2-0 200 NR Pacific-12 Conference 25. Jacksonville State 4-0 156 NR Ohio Valley Conference Others Receiving Votes: Louisville 2-1 144 Atlantic Coast Conference Cornell 3-0 130 Ivy League Tulane 3-0 130 American Athletic Conference Pacific 3-0 126 West Coast Conference FIU 3-0 106 Conference USA Drexel 3-0 93 Colonial Athletic Association Holy Cross 4-0 92 Patriot League Presbyterian 4-0 55 Big South Conference Oklahoma 3-1 52 Big 12 Conference Texas Southern 3-0 48 Southwestern Athletic Conference Old Dominion 2-0 40 Conference USA Milwaukee 2-0 39 Horizon League Northwestern 1-0 39 Big Ten Conference Arizona 2-1 34 Pacific-12 Conference Central Arkansas 3-0 33 Southland Conference Western Illinois 2-0 24 Southland Conference Nebraska Omaha 2-0 17 Summit League Troy 2-0 11 Sun Belt Conference Arkansas State 2-0 5 Sun Belt Conference Providence 1-1 1 Big East Conference Southern 2-0 1 Southwestern Athletic Conference


Great to see so many of our human coached teams represented in the national top 25. Alabama moves up 6 spots with their season tournament win, while Colorado jumps in with their season tournament win. Stanford also sneaks in, while FIU and Northwestern continue to climb the ladder.
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And a look at the mid-major top 25 for the week of Nov. 28-Dec. 4:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. San Diego State (50) 4-0 1754 4 Mountain West Conference 2. UC Irvine 6-0 1614 3 Big West Conference 3. Yale (7) 5-0 1521 17 Ivy League 4. Dayton (5) 5-0 1503 14 Atlantic 10 Conference 5. UAB (3) 4-0 1402 5 Conference USA 6. VMI (4) 6-0 1381 10 Southern Conference 7. Northern Iowa 4-0 1359 NR Missouri Valley Conference 8. North Texas 4-0 1178 22 Conference USA 9. Jacksonville State 4-0 1149 NR Ohio Valley Conference 10. Tulane 3-0 1125 NR American Athletic Conference 11. FIU 3-0 1071 NR Conference USA 12. Cornell (2) 3-0 928 13 Ivy League 13. Pacific 3-0 920 NR West Coast Conference 14. Holy Cross 4-0 863 NR Patriot League 15. Drexel 3-0 797 NR Colonial Athletic Association 16. Presbyterian 4-0 692 NR Big South Conference 17. Texas Southern 3-0 641 NR Southwestern Athletic Conference 18. Old Dominion 2-0 627 NR Conference USA 19. Central Arkansas 3-0 611 NR Southland Conference 20. Milwaukee 2-0 571 21 Horizon League 21. Nebraska Omaha 2-0 430 NR Summit League 22. Troy 2-0 368 NR Sun Belt Conference 23. Western Illinois (1) 2-0 305 NR Southland Conference 24. Arkansas State 2-0 258 NR Sun Belt Conference 25. Southern 2-0 156 NR Southwestern Athletic Conference Others Receiving Votes: Boise State 2-1 91 Mountain West Conference Utah State 4-1 31 Mountain West Conference Green Bay 4-1 22 Horizon League Fresno State 3-1 15 Mountain West Conference Memphis 2-1 7 American Athletic Conference Bowling Green 5-1 6 Mid-American Conference Dartmouth 2-1 1 Ivy League Loyola Chicago 4-1 1 Missouri Valley Conference Stony Brook 3-1 1 America East Conference Western Michigan 4-1 1 Mid-American Conference


FIU jumps back in the mid-major top 25 after a solid win at Duke. Unfortunately Hawaii loses their votes.
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Well that's a tough start to the season for Duke.
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FIU jumps back in the mid-major top 25 after a solid win at Duke. Unfortunately Hawaii loses their votes.
I knew I forgot to do something this week.
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25 games to cover this week, but no feature games, so we'll get right into the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 5-3, 0-0 America East.

11/30/22 at Northeastern (L 76-55).
12/2/22 vs. San Jose State (W 62-60).

A split this week for the Hawks, with a statement game coming next week against another strong mid-major. At least strong this season.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 3-4, 0-0 American.

11/30/22 at Providence (W 75-60).
12/2/22 vs. Washington (W 78-67).

Much better week for the Huskies, who get 2 wins over what should end up being strong competition. Still have a tough schedule coming up though.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 3-3, 0-0 American.

12/4/22 at Oral Roberts (W 90-74).

A dominant win for the Golden Hurricane in their only game of the week. Strong on the road, and they get next week off.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 2-2, 0-0 ACC.

11/28/22 at #3 Iowa State (W 64-63, OT).

A very important win in OT for the Blue Devils, as they hand Iowa State their first loss of the season, and have what should be 2 easy games next week.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 4-1, 0-0 Big 12.

11/29/22 at Central Connecticut (W 59-55).
12/4/22 vs. Stephen F. Austin (W 73-53).

2 wins for the Horned Frogs this week, but a bit of a reversal of what was expected, as they struggled against the team they should have dominated, and dominated the team I figured they'd struggle against. Oh well, a win is a win, no matter how you get it.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 5-3, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/1/22 at Miami (L 78-68).
12/4/22 vs. James Madison (W 70-52).

A split for the Spartans, who still aren't dominating like Coach Mighty hoped. They are improved, but still a ways to go to get back to Sparty ball.

Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 3-1, 0-0 Big Ten.

11/28/22 at Texas (W 88-74).
12/2/22 vs. Valparaiso (W 93-66).
12/4/22 vs. South Dakota State (L 74-64).

Good week for the Wildcats, winning 2 of 3, but it could have been even better. No excuse for losing by double digits to South Dakota State.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 4-1, 0-0 Big West.

11/30/22 vs. Montana (W 72-63).
12/4/22 at Santa Clara (W 67-48).

Nice week for the Warriors, who rolled at Santa Clara in what might be their best win of the season so far.

FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 5-0, 0-0 Conference USA.

11/30/22 at Illinois (W 94-86).
12/2/22 vs. Sam Houston State (W 57-45).

An absolutely incredible start to the season for the Golden Panthers, who are thriving under Coach Hawkins so far. It's still too early to tell, but it looks like the decision to move to FIU might have been the right one.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 2-2, 0-0 Conference USA.

11/30/22 at #19 Texas A&M (W 77-75).
12/2/22 vs. North Dakota State (L 77-74).

A split for the Owls, but a weird one. After pulling the upset at A&M, they fall to North Dakota State, which is the game everyone had them winning. Another huge road test next week.

#15 Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 4-2, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/1/22 at #12 Wisconsin (L 69-64).
12/3/22 at Iowa (L 83-75).

The honeymoon is over for the Buffaloes, who couldn't handle a road trip through the Big Ten. It doesn't get any easier with a trip to Syracuse coming up.

#24 Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 3-0, 0-0 Pac 12.

11/28/22 vs. McNeese State (W 83-70).

A subpar effort for the Cardinal this week, as their only game was against a winless team and they had to play a perfect 2nd half as they found themselves down 13 at halftime. Still, they pulled it out, but will have to get better.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 2-3, 0-0 Pac 12.

11/30/22 vs. Fresno State (W 63-62).

Revenge is sweet for the Bruins, who avenge that national championship loss 2 seasons ago, and stay home for 2 more next week.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 1-2, 0-0 Pac 12.

11/28/22 at Sacramento State (L 55-47).

More struggles for the Cougars, who drop a tough one in a very winnable game. Still a chance to get a few wins in the next coming games, gonna have to do better though.

#6 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 5-0, 0-0 SEC.

12/2/22 vs. Alabama State (W 74-51).

A solid win against a winless team for the Crimson Tide this week. They needed the confidence boost, because the rest of their schedule (non-conference and conference) is brutal.

Here's a look at the national top 25 going into the week of Dec. 5-11:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. North Carolina (72) 6-0 1800 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Arkansas 6-0 1700 2 Southeastern Conference 3. Syracuse 7-1 1622 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 4. LSU 7-0 1551 5 Southeastern Conference 5. Notre Dame 6-1 1490 7 Atlantic Coast Conference 6. Alabama 5-0 1396 6 Southeastern Conference 7. Villanova 7-0 1359 9 Big East Conference 8. Wisconsin 4-1 1326 12 Big Ten Conference 9. Ohio State 4-1 1063 17 Big Ten Conference 10. Yale 7-0 1057 18 Ivy League 11. Oklahoma State 6-0 995 13 Big 12 Conference 12. Iowa State 4-1 940 3 Big 12 Conference 13. VMI 7-0 856 22 Southern Conference 14. Georgetown 5-1 847 8 Big East Conference 15. FIU 5-0 719 NR Conference USA 16. Pacific 5-0 681 NR West Coast Conference 17. Louisville 4-1 671 NR Atlantic Coast Conference 18. Stanford 3-0 664 24 Pacific-12 Conference 19. Jacksonville State 5-0 522 25 Ohio Valley Conference 20. North Texas 4-0 443 23 Conference USA 21. Arizona 4-1 412 NR Pacific-12 Conference 22. Old Dominion 3-0 321 NR Conference USA 23. Florida State 6-1 276 NR Atlantic Coast Conference 24. Central Arkansas 4-0 242 NR Southland Conference 25. Western Illinois 3-0 158 NR Southland Conference Others Receiving Votes: San Diego State 5-1 102 Mountain West Conference UC Irvine 7-1 63 Big West Conference Indiana 5-1 52 Big Ten Conference Boise State 4-1 35 Mountain West Conference Western Michigan 7-1 16 Mid-American Conference Stony Brook 6-1 5 America East Conference Purdue 5-1 4 Big Ten Conference UAB 5-1 4 Conference USA UC Riverside 6-1 4 Big West Conference Bowling Green 6-1 2 Mid-American Conference Loyola Chicago 5-1 2 Missouri Valley Conference


So Alabama stays put after their win over easy competition this week. By the same token, Stanford struggled against their easy competition and moved up 6 spots. FIU jumps all the way into the national top 25 after 2 more solid wins this week. Meanwhile, Colorado, to nobodies surprise, loses their votes, and Northwestern loses theirs too, in a bit of a surprise.
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Here's a look at the mid-major top 25 heading into the week of Dec. 5-11:
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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Yale (48) 7-0 1748 3 Ivy League 2. VMI (10) 7-0 1692 6 Southern Conference 3. FIU (1) 5-0 1631 11 Conference USA 4. Pacific (9) 5-0 1553 13 West Coast Conference 5. Jacksonville State 5-0 1457 9 Ohio Valley Conference 6. North Texas (3) 4-0 1411 8 Conference USA 7. Old Dominion 3-0 1339 18 Conference USA 8. Central Arkansas 4-0 1269 19 Southland Conference 9. San Diego State 5-1 1203 1 Mountain West Conference 10. Western Illinois (1) 3-0 1195 23 Southland Conference 11. Boise State 4-1 1074 NR Mountain West Conference 12. UC Irvine 7-1 987 2 Big West Conference 13. Western Michigan 7-1 953 NR Mid-American Conference 14. UAB 5-1 692 5 Conference USA 15. Bowling Green 6-1 662 NR Mid-American Conference 16. Tulane 5-1 651 10 American Athletic Conference 17. Dayton 5-1 501 4 Atlantic 10 Conference 18. UC Riverside 6-1 450 NR Big West Conference 19. Oakland 3-1 330 NR Horizon League 20. Stony Brook 6-1 290 NR America East Conference 21. Loyola Chicago 5-1 281 NR Missouri Valley Conference 22. Northern Iowa 4-1 260 7 Missouri Valley Conference 23. Middle Tennessee 4-1 177 NR Conference USA 24. UNLV 3-1 163 NR Mountain West Conference 25. Holy Cross 5-1 152 14 Patriot League Others Receiving Votes: Cornell 4-1 130 Ivy League Kent State 4-1 129 Mid-American Conference Louisiana Tech 3-1 128 Conference USA Drexel 4-1 117 Colonial Athletic Association Hawaii 4-1 95 Big West Conference Tennessee Martin 6-1 88 Ohio Valley Conference Colgate 4-1 85 Patriot League Western Carolina 4-1 84 Southern Conference Milwaukee 3-1 70 Horizon League Northern Colorado 4-1 69 Big Sky Conference Air Force 3-1 67 Mountain West Conference Mississippi State 4-1 63 Atlantic 10 Conference Nicholls State 5-1 43 Southland Conference Coastal Carolina 4-1 34 Big South Conference Incarnate Word 3-1 24 Southland Conference Presbyterian 4-1 16 Big South Conference Texas Southern 3-1 14 Southwestern Athletic Conference Florida Gulf Coast 2-1 12 Atlantic Sun Conference Evansville 2-1 7 Missouri Valley Conference UT Arlington 3-1 3 Sun Belt Conference Nebraska Omaha 2-1 1 Summit League


Hello FIU! They received 1 first place vote in the mid-major top 25, which has a lot of unexpected teams at the top. Meanwhile, Hawaii keeps getting more votes and with a good week next week, should break into the mid-major top 25.
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Old 07-04-2017, 09:25 PM   #519
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22 games to cover this week, and 1 feature game, so we'll jump right to that.

12/5/22- UConn (Randolph Childress) @ UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- A game between 2 storied franchises that have fallen on a bit of hard times needed extra time to decide. Unfortunately, it wouldn't have needed extra time, but the home cookin was definitely on display in this one. UCLA shot 41 free throws to just 19 for UConn. Without that, it's a completely different game.

Final Score: UCLA- 96, UConn- 84 (OT)

Now to the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 5-5, 0-0 America East.

12/8/22 at #10 Yale (L 79-54).
12/10/22 vs. Rhode Island (L 81-78).

2 losses for the Hawks this week against pretty solid competition. Yale is just 1 of a number of mid-major teams that are having incredible starts. As for the Hawks, they are back to .500.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 3-5, 0-0 American.

12/5/22 at UCLA- feature game, highlighted above.

Just the 1 game for the Huskies this week, who got some tough officiating in the loss. 2 more on the road next week.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 3-3, 0-0 American.

No games this week for Coach Brown and the Golden Hurricane, who will try to put together a winning streak starting next week.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 4-2, 0-0 ACC.

12/7/22 vs. ECU (W 71-61).
12/9/22 vs. Cleveland State (W 75-67).

2 more wins for the Blue Devils as they go into a test next week against an always good Arizona team.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 5-1, 0-0 Big 12.

12/6/22 vs. Southern Illinois (W 87-74).

The Horned Frogs win their only game this week against a pretty decent Southern Illinois team. A good chance to get a couple more next week and try to build their win total before conference play starts.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 5-3, 0-0 Big Ten.

No games this week for Coach Mighty and the Spartans, who got in some hard practice this week in an attempt to get the team back to their glory days.

Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 5-1, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/7/22 vs. Western Michigan (W 87-83).
12/11/22 at Toledo (W 83-58).

The Wildcats took care of business this week against MAC teams, including a really tough one against Western Michigan, who has an RPI of 20 right now. Good week for the Cats.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 6-1, 0-0 Big West.

12/7/22 vs. Bowling Green (W 70-51).
12/9/22 vs. Boston College (W 71-61).

2 more wins for the Warriors, who are playing their best, most consistent basketball in a long time. Not gonna jinx it, but....

#15 FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 7-0, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/5/22 at Florida Gulf Coast (W 63-61).
12/9/22 at Miami (W 93-81).

While both games were technically on the road, the Golden Panthers stayed in Florida this week, getting 2 more wins. Can't say enough about the start Coach Hawkins is having at FIU. Next week, their season tournament.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 2-3, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/9/22 at #4 LSU (L 92-80).

Not a bad effort from the Owls in their only game of the week. They fell short to undefeated LSU, but fought back valiantly from a 22 point halftime deficit.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 6-3, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/6/22 at #3 Syracuse (L 79-50).
12/9/22 vs. Texas (W 81-47).
12/11/22 vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi (W 81-66).

2 out of 3 this week for the Buffaloes, and none of the games were close. They dominated the Texas teams but got dominated by Syracuse. Just not a good showing in that one.

#18 Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 5-0, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/5/22 at Abilene Christian (W 76-71).
12/7/22 vs. Miami (OH) (W 76-65).

Despite not playing their best, the Cardinal get 2 more wins this week to stay undefeated. Next week a road test at St. Mary's.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 3-4, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/5/22 vs. UConn- feature game, highlighted above.
12/8/22 vs. Clemson (L 76-74).

Quite honestly, the Bruins probably should have lost both games this week. If not for some favorable officiating against UConn, Coach Shepard could be staring at a 2-5 record instead of 3-4. This just isn't a very good team right now.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 3-2, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/5/22 vs. Utah Valley (W 66-64).
12/10/22 vs. William & Mary (W 84-83).

2 wins by about the slimmest of margins this week for the Cougars. They are over .500 now, but they've got a tough 3 game stretch against solid mid-majors.

#6 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 6-0, 0-0 SEC.

12/7/22 vs. Loyola Chicago (W 76-47).

The Crimson Tide needed a blowout victory in their only game this week, because they are about to get tested hardcore. Their next 3 games are on the road against 2 ACC teams and a Big Ten team with a combined record of 18-2 so far.

Here's a look at the national top 25 going into the week of Dec. 12-18:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. North Carolina (72) 7-0 1800 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Arkansas 8-0 1720 2 Southeastern Conference 3. Syracuse 8-1 1607 3 Atlantic Coast Conference 4. LSU 9-0 1577 4 Southeastern Conference 5. Notre Dame 7-1 1507 5 Atlantic Coast Conference 6. Alabama 6-0 1413 6 Southeastern Conference 7. Ohio State 6-1 1306 9 Big Ten Conference 8. Iowa State 6-1 1221 12 Big 12 Conference 9. Oklahoma State 8-0 1197 11 Big 12 Conference 10. Yale 9-0 1180 10 Ivy League 11. FIU 7-0 1032 15 Conference USA 12. Stanford 5-0 939 18 Pacific-12 Conference 13. Louisville 5-1 929 17 Atlantic Coast Conference 14. Pacific 7-0 918 16 West Coast Conference 15. Jacksonville State 7-0 776 19 Ohio Valley Conference 16. Florida State 7-1 724 23 Atlantic Coast Conference 17. Old Dominion 5-0 721 22 Conference USA 18. Wisconsin 6-2 658 8 Big Ten Conference 19. Villanova 8-1 569 7 Big East Conference 20. Tulane 8-1 333 NR American Athletic Conference 21. Northern Iowa 7-1 263 NR Missouri Valley Conference 22. Northwestern 5-1 149 NR Big Ten Conference 23. Georgetown 6-2 144 14 Big East Conference 24. UC Riverside 7-1 128 NR Big West Conference 25. Iowa 5-2 107 NR Big Ten Conference Others Receiving Votes: Stony Brook 7-1 91 America East Conference Florida 4-1 85 Southeastern Conference Dayton 6-1 74 Atlantic 10 Conference TCU 5-1 55 Big 12 Conference Hawaii 6-1 44 Big West Conference Nicholls State 7-1 31 Southland Conference Middle Tennessee 5-1 30 Conference USA Arizona 5-2 24 Pacific-12 Conference Western Carolina 5-1 18 Southern Conference Oakland 5-1 15 Horizon League Central Arkansas 5-1 4 Southland Conference North Texas 6-1 4 Conference USA San Diego State 6-2 4 Mountain West Conference St. John's 7-2 2 Big East Conference Missouri 4-1 1 Southeastern Conference


I'm absolutely ecstatic to see so much human representation in the national top 25. Granted, things can and probably will change, but this might be the best start to a season we've had from human coaches. Alabama stays putt, but so did every team in front of them. FIU moves up 4 spots with 2 solid wins, while Stanford didn't play their best but moves up 6 spots. Northwestern jumps into the top 25, and TCU and Hawaii both receiving votes. Good stuff!

Now a look at the mid-major top 25 going into the week of Dec. 12-18:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Yale (53) 9-0 1773 1 Ivy League 2. FIU (10) 7-0 1726 3 Conference USA 3. Pacific (9) 7-0 1635 4 West Coast Conference 4. Old Dominion 5-0 1612 7 Conference USA 5. Jacksonville State 7-0 1525 5 Ohio Valley Conference 6. Tulane 8-1 1397 16 American Athletic Conference 7. Northern Iowa 7-1 1315 22 Missouri Valley Conference 8. Oakland 5-1 1220 19 Horizon League 9. UC Riverside 7-1 1141 18 Big West Conference 10. Dayton 6-1 1123 17 Atlantic 10 Conference 11. Hawaii 6-1 1021 NR Big West Conference 12. Stony Brook 7-1 942 20 America East Conference 13. North Texas 6-1 920 6 Conference USA 14. Middle Tennessee 5-1 863 23 Conference USA 15. Western Carolina 5-1 737 NR Southern Conference 16. Incarnate Word 5-1 710 NR Southland Conference 17. Nicholls State 7-1 689 NR Southland Conference 18. Central Arkansas 5-1 616 8 Southland Conference 19. Nebraska Omaha 4-1 527 NR Summit League 20. San Diego State 6-2 488 9 Mountain West Conference 21. UT Arlington 4-1 406 NR Sun Belt Conference 22. Boise State 5-2 326 11 Mountain West Conference 23. Davidson 6-2 172 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 24. Western Michigan 7-2 133 13 Mid-American Conference 25. Saint Mary's 6-2 64 NR West Coast Conference Others Receiving Votes: Mercer 7-2 50 Southern Conference Saint Joseph's 5-2 49 Atlantic 10 Conference UAB 6-2 45 Conference USA Wichita State 5-2 37 Missouri Valley Conference Utah State 5-2 25 Mountain West Conference Bowling Green 6-2 22 Mid-American Conference VMI 7-2 19 Southern Conference Cornell 5-2 18 Ivy League Long Beach State 6-2 18 Big West Conference Holy Cross 7-2 14 Patriot League Loyola Chicago 6-2 7 Missouri Valley Conference Portland 5-2 5 West Coast Conference UTEP 4-2 4 Conference USA Colgate 5-2 3 Patriot League Western Illinois 3-2 3 Southland Conference

It's still just FIU and Hawaii for human representation in the mid-major poll, but FIU is now receiving 10 FPV. If it wasn't for Yale, then FIU would probably be at the top. Hawaii jumps into the mid-major top 25 after 2 solid wins this week.
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Old 07-04-2017, 10:25 PM   #520
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Unfortunately, Coach Sheppard didn't have enough to pay both groups of refs...I mean, his team didn't play well enough...to win both games.
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29 games on the schedule this week, and 1 feature game. Let's take a look:

12/16/22- Tulsa (Will Brown) @ TCU (Bee Mighty) -- A tale of 2 halves, as Tulsa lead at halftime but couldn't maintain it. Despite a huge turnover differential (TCU committed 17, Tulsa only 5), TCU shot over 53% to just 37% for Tulsa, and that was enough to get a home victory.

Final Score: TCU- 68, Tulsa- 60

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 5-6, 0-0 America East.

12/13/22 at Sacred Heart (L 66-61).

1 game this week for the Hawks, and it was a road loss. A couple more tough non-conference games before America East play begins.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 3-7, 0-0 American.

12/12/22 at Texas A&M (L 73-68).
12/18/22 at St. John's (L 81-67).

The downward spiral continues for the Huskies, who go into conference play with a very dismal record, but a solid RPI.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 3-5, 0-0 American.

12/14/22 vs. New Mexico State (L 79-70).
12/16/22 at TCU- feature game, highlighted above.

Tough week for the Golden Hurricane, who also drop 2 games. They kick off their season tournament next week in a feature game against Duke.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 5-3, 0-0 ACC.

12/13/22 at Arizona (L 76-54).
12/16/22 vs. Columbia (W 56-43).

A split for the Blue Devils, who just didn't have anything to bring to Arizona in an old fashioned slaughtering. Even their win over Columbia was a half hearted effort.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 7-1, 0-0 Big 12.

12/12/22 vs. Incarnate Word (W 77-52).
12/16/22 vs. Tulsa- feature game, highlighted above.

7 in a row for the Horned Frogs, although the schedule hasn't been majorly tough, all but 2 of their opponents so far have a current RPI better than 100. It gets tougher starting next week though.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 6-3, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/17/22 at Boise State (W 79-78).

It took a buzzer beater to get it done, but the Spartans win their only game of the week. They have a couple non-conference games next week that shouldn't be too challenging.

#22 Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 7-1, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/16/22 at Milwaukee (W 63-55).
12/18/22- Las Vegas Holiday Classic First Round vs. (4) Western Carolina (W 76-63).

2 more wins for the Wildcats, who have won 4 in a row against pretty good mid-major competition. Next week, they've face Drexel in their season tournament championship game.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 9-1, 0-0 Big West.

12/12/22 at Portland (W 64-62).
12/15/22 vs. Stephen F. Austin (W 64-54).
12/18/22 at Penn (W 79-68).

3 wins this week for the Warriors, who have won 7 in a row. A little bit tougher non-conference slate to end the year 2022, then on to the Big West, where they haven't fared well.

#11 FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 8-1, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/14/22- Las Vegas Classic First Round vs. (7) South Florida (W 84-60).
12/16-22- Las Vegas Classic Quarterfinal vs. (2) Gonzaga (L 95-75).

A split for the Golden Panthers, who see their undefeated run come to an end. No shame in losing to Gonzaga though. They'll get next week off then try to start a new winning streak.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 3-5, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/13/22 vs. Northwestern State (L 77-71).
12/16/22 at Texas Southern (L 79-70).
12/18/22 at #9 Oklahoma State (W 81-70).

Crazy week for the Owls, who lose the 2 games they were expected to win, but break a 4 game losing streak by winning at a ranked Oklahoma State team. Hopefully they can keep it going, as more winnable games are upcoming.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 7-3, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/14/22 vs. Seattle (W 65-57).

Just the 1 game this week for the Buffaloes, but they've won 3 in a row. Next week they have 2 more non-conference games, both against former Big 12 foes, then they jump into conference play.

#12 Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 5-2, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/13/22 at Central Connecticut (L 61-58).
12/17/22 at St. Mary's (L 63-62).

2 agonizing losses this week for the Cardinal by a combined 4 points. Both on the road. The loss to Central Connecticut is tough to forgive. Next week they start their season tournament.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 5-4, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/13/22 at UC Irvine (W 72-60).
12/18/22 vs. Brown (W 86-53).

The Bruins move back over .500 with 2 easy victories over subpar opponents, although UC Irvine is proving to be fairly solid to start the season. It continue with a few more winnable non-conference games next week.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 4-3, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/15/22 vs. Portland (L 62-45).
12/17/22 at Nevada (W 61-52).

A split for the Cougars this week against decent competition. Another road-home split next week as both games seem winnable.

#6 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 7-2, 0-0 SEC.

12/13/22 at #1 North Carolina (W 73-68).
12/16/22 at Nebraska (L 85-73).
12/18/22 at #16 Florida State (L 77-66).

A brutal week for the Crimson Tide, losing 2 of 3. It started out promising with a win over #1, but went downhill from there.

Here's a look at the national top 25 going into the week of Dec. 19-25:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Arkansas (59) 10-0 1787 2 Southeastern Conference 2. Syracuse (12) 10-1 1711 3 Atlantic Coast Conference 3. Notre Dame (1) 9-1 1619 5 Atlantic Coast Conference 4. LSU 10-0 1576 4 Southeastern Conference 5. North Carolina 8-1 1544 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 6. Ohio State 8-1 1430 7 Big Ten Conference 7. Yale 12-0 1369 10 Ivy League 8. Louisville 7-1 1313 13 Atlantic Coast Conference 9. Florida State 9-1 1196 16 Atlantic Coast Conference 10. Old Dominion 7-0 1099 17 Conference USA 11. Villanova 10-1 1059 19 Big East Conference 12. Wisconsin 7-2 1000 18 Big Ten Conference 13. Iowa 8-2 757 25 Big Ten Conference 14. Tulane 9-1 744 20 American Athletic Conference 15. Northern Iowa 8-1 639 21 Missouri Valley Conference 16. Hawaii 9-1 623 NR Big West Conference 17. Dayton 8-1 570 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 18. TCU 7-1 517 NR Big 12 Conference 19. FIU 8-1 509 11 Conference USA 20. Northwestern 7-1 475 22 Big Ten Conference 21. Alabama 7-2 429 6 Southeastern Conference 22. Arizona 7-2 327 NR Pacific-12 Conference 23. Oakland 7-1 304 NR Horizon League 24. Jacksonville State 9-1 279 15 Ohio Valley Conference 25. Pacific 7-1 199 14 West Coast Conference Others Receiving Votes: UC Riverside 7-1 111 Big West Conference Middle Tennessee 6-1 67 Conference USA North Texas 7-1 55 Conference USA Nebraska 5-1 32 Big Ten Conference St. John's 8-2 27 Big East Conference Davidson 8-2 16 Atlantic 10 Conference Missouri 5-1 16 Southeastern Conference Baylor 8-2 1 Big 12 Conference


Tough week for a couple of our teams, as Alabama drops 15 spots after going 1-2 this week, seems tough to me considering all the games were on the road. What's even more ludicrous is Stanford going from #12 in the nation to losing all their votes after 2 losses by a combined 4 points. FIU also drops 8 spots after their first loss of the season to an always good Gonzaga team. On the other hand, Hawaii and TCU jump into the top 25, while Northwestern rises 2 spots.

And now a look at the mid-major top 25 going into the week of Dec. 19-25:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Yale (69) 12-0 1797 1 Ivy League 2. Old Dominion (3) 7-0 1724 4 Conference USA 3. Tulane 9-1 1580 6 American Athletic Conference 4. Oakland 7-1 1500 8 Horizon League 5. FIU 8-1 1493 2 Conference USA 6. Hawaii 9-1 1436 11 Big West Conference 7. Northern Iowa 8-1 1388 7 Missouri Valley Conference 8. Dayton 8-1 1300 10 Atlantic 10 Conference 9. Jacksonville State 9-1 1235 5 Ohio Valley Conference 10. Pacific 7-1 1172 3 West Coast Conference 11. UC Riverside 7-1 1073 9 Big West Conference 12. North Texas 7-1 1039 13 Conference USA 13. Middle Tennessee 6-1 995 14 Conference USA 14. Davidson 8-2 812 23 Atlantic 10 Conference 15. Western Michigan 8-2 789 24 Mid-American Conference 16. Wichita State 7-2 646 NR Missouri Valley Conference 17. Utah State 7-2 612 NR Mountain West Conference 18. Saint Joseph's 7-2 542 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 19. UTEP 6-2 487 NR Conference USA 20. Bowling Green 7-2 397 NR Mid-American Conference 21. VMI 7-2 362 NR Southern Conference 22. Stony Brook 8-2 283 12 America East Conference 23. Mississippi State 6-2 231 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 24. Florida A&M 6-2 109 NR Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 25. BYU 8-3 108 NR West Coast Conference Others Receiving Votes: Western Carolina 6-2 93 Southern Conference Richmond 6-2 91 Atlantic 10 Conference Loyola MD 6-2 39 Patriot League Nicholls State 7-2 29 Southland Conference Green Bay 8-3 20 Horizon League Illinois State 8-3 9 Missouri Valley Conference San Diego State 7-3 9 Mountain West Conference

FIU and Hawaii are still representing our mid-major teams. FIU drops 3 spots, and Hawaii rises 5.
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27 games on the schedule this week, with 2 feature games. Let's get to the feature games, which both involve Duke in their season tournament.

12/19/22- Diamond Head Classic First Round - (7) Tulsa (Will Brown) vs. (2) Duke (Dean Hoo) -- After playing a subpar first half, the Blue Devils picked it up in the second half, running away with this one. Of course, it helps when you have a 47-33 rebounding advantage.

Final Score: (2) Duke- 80, (7) Tulsa- 58

12/20/22- Diamond Head Classic Semifinal - (3) Stanford (Benito Sanchez) vs. (2) Duke (Will Brown) -- A huge shooting advantage lifted the Blue Devils to the Diamond Head Championship, as they shot 44.1% to just 36.2% for Stanford.

Final Score: (2) Duke- 64, (3) Stanford- 52

Now we go to the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 6-8, 0-1 America East.

12/19/22 at St. Joseph's (L 69-39).
12/21/22 vs. Rutgers (W 80-61).
12/25/22 at UMBC (L 72-57).

An embarrassing loss for the Hawks in their conference opener, losing to a team with an RPI of 344. Not gonna cut it. At least losing to a 2 loss St. Joseph's team is respectable, even if it was by 30. A nice 19 point win over Rutgers though.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 4-7, 1-0 American.

12/21/22 vs. Houston (W 75-59).

Just the 1 game for the Huskies this week, but it was an important one as they get conference play started off on the right foot. In what looks to be a wide open American this season, hopefully they can feed off this win and get it going.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 4-8, 0-0 American.

12/19/22- Diamond Head Classic First Round vs. (2) Duke- feature game, highlighted above.
12/20/22- Diamond Head Classic Consolation Round vs. (6) Butler (L 73-53).
12/22/22- Diamond Head Classic 7th Place Game vs. (4) Florida (W 59-50).
12/25/22 at Eastern Washington (L 82-49).

Not a good week for the Golden Hurricane at all, losing 3 of 4. The win they got was unexpected for sure, which at least salvaged them 7th place in their season tournament. What was even more unexpected was losing by 33 to Eastern Washington. Jeez!

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 8-3, 0-0 ACC.

12/19/22- Diamond Head Classic First Round vs. (7) Tulsa- feature game, highlighted above.
12/20/22- Diamond Head Classic Semifinal vs. (3) Stanford- feature game, highlighted above.
12/22/22- Diamond Head Classic Championship vs. (5) Richmond (W 64-53).

Great week for the Blue Devils, as they get their first 8 team season tournament championship under Coach Hoo. Couldn't have come at a more important time as they can take some momentum into next week when conference play begins.

#18 TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 8-2, 0-0 Big 12.

12/21/22 at UTEP (W 73-65).
12/23/22 at #4 LSU (L 80-64).

A road split for the Horned Frogs, and it didn't come easy as they played teams with an RPI of 7 and 1, respectively. It won't get any easier, as it's Big 12 time for Coach Mighty and TCU.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 8-3, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/19/22 vs. Creighton (W 77-64).
12/22/22 vs. Illinois Chicago (W 92-60).

A couple of easy victories for the Spartans this week, who have a tough non-conference feature game next week before opening up Big Ten play against a ranked Iowa team.

#20 Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 8-1, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/19/22- Las Vegas Holiday Classic Championship vs. (2) Drexel (W 78-69).

The Wildcats just had the 1 game this week, but it was a good one. They win their 2nd 4 team tournament championship since this dynasty started, and are on a roll as they take a trip through California for a couple non-conference games next week.

#16 Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 9-2, 0-0 Big West.

12/20/22 at New Mexico (L 79-71).

Just 1 game this week for the Warriors, who see their 7 game winning streak snapped, and will look to recovery next week against a couple pretty tough opponents.

#19 FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 8-1, 0-0 Conference USA.

No games this week for Coach Hawkins and the Golden Panthers, as they have 2 more non-conference games next week.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 5-5, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/22/22 vs. Lamar (W 71-54).
12/24/22 at Nebraska Omaha (W 65-61).

The Owls get back to .500 on the season with 2 wins this week, and they get ready to start conference play against a pretty solid lineup.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 8-3, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/20/22 vs. Kansas (W 68-55).

1 game for the Buffaloes this week, as they take out a former Big 12 rival. Just wanna say, Kansas has fallen on very hard times in this dynasty, as they are just 3-8 this season. Wow!

Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 8-3, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/19/22- Diamond Head Classic First Round vs. (6) Butler (W 71-59).
12/20/22- Diamond Head Classic Semifinal vs. (2) Duke- feature game, highlighted above.
12/22/22- Diamond Head Classic 3rd Place Game vs. (1) Iowa State (W 62-56).
12/25/22 vs. Michigan (W 83-71).

Nice week for the Cardinal who win 3 of 4 and take 3rd place in the Diamond Head Classic. Next week a tough non-conference game before they start Pac 12 play.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 6-4, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/22/22 vs. George Mason (W 81-58).

Easy win for the Bruins in their only game of the week. Next week starts a 5 game road trip in which the first 2 are non-conference games against Big West teams.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 5-4, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/22/22 at New Mexico (W 78-71).
12/24/22 vs. Portland State (L 90-63).

A split this week for the Cougars, but not the expected split. Many had them pegged to lose to New Mexico and beat Portland State. I'd like to say they have 2 more very winnable non-conference games next week, but if they lose by 27 to a 2 win (at the time) Portland State team, who knows.

#21 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 9-2, 0-0 SEC.

12/20/22 vs. Mississippi State (W 95-55).
12/22/22 vs. Memphis (W 81-77).

2 more wins for the Crimson Tide, who absolutely thrashed former SEC foe Mississippi State. A huge non-conference game next week before jumping into SEC play.

Here is a look at the national top 25 heading into the week of Dec. 26-Jan. 1:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Arkansas (38) 10-0 1748 1 Southeastern Conference 2. Syracuse (31) 11-1 1746 2 Atlantic Coast Conference 3. North Carolina (3) 10-1 1684 5 Atlantic Coast Conference 4. Notre Dame 9-1 1532 3 Atlantic Coast Conference 5. LSU 11-1 1525 4 Southeastern Conference 6. Louisville 9-1 1379 8 Atlantic Coast Conference 7. Yale 12-0 1365 7 Ivy League 8. Florida State 10-1 1316 9 Atlantic Coast Conference 9. Wisconsin 9-2 1218 12 Big Ten Conference 10. Old Dominion 10-0 1209 10 Conference USA 11. Iowa 9-2 1003 13 Big Ten Conference 12. Ohio State 8-2 998 6 Big Ten Conference 13. Alabama 9-2 922 21 Southeastern Conference 14. Northwestern 8-1 826 20 Big Ten Conference 15. UC Riverside 10-1 693 NR Big West Conference 16. Arizona 8-2 684 22 Pacific-12 Conference 17. FIU 8-1 662 19 Conference USA 18. North Texas 9-1 542 NR Conference USA 19. Villanova 11-2 496 11 Big East Conference 20. Missouri 7-1 493 NR Southeastern Conference 21. St. John's 10-2 335 NR Big East Conference 22. Middle Tennessee 7-1 322 NR Conference USA 23. Baylor 9-2 235 NR Big 12 Conference 24. Davidson 9-2 119 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 25. Oklahoma State 11-2 108 NR Big 12 Conference Others Receiving Votes: Georgetown 9-3 70 Big East Conference Wichita State 9-2 44 Missouri Valley Conference Tulane 9-2 31 American Athletic Conference Utah State 8-2 22 Mountain West Conference Stony Brook 11-2 21 America East Conference Saint Joseph's 9-2 14 Atlantic 10 Conference TCU 8-2 14 Big 12 Conference Hawaii 9-2 10 Big West Conference Western Michigan 9-2 8 Mid-American Conference Pacific 8-2 3 West Coast Conference Northern Iowa 9-2 2 Missouri Valley Conference Oakland 8-2 1 Horizon League


All 5 FOFC teams that received votes last week are receiving votes this week. Alabama moves up 8 spots in the top 25, while Northwestern moves up 6 spots. FIU, which didn't play, moves up 2 spots. Hawaii and TCU drop out of the national top 25 but are still receiving votes.

Now for the mid-major top 25 for the week of Dec. 26-Jan. 1:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Yale (61) 12-0 1789 1 Ivy League 2. Old Dominion (11) 10-0 1739 2 Conference USA 3. FIU 8-1 1632 5 Conference USA 4. UC Riverside 10-1 1563 11 Big West Conference 5. North Texas 9-1 1506 12 Conference USA 6. Middle Tennessee 7-1 1409 13 Conference USA 7. Wichita State 9-2 1323 16 Missouri Valley Conference 8. Western Michigan 9-2 1225 15 Mid-American Conference 9. Davidson 9-2 1168 14 Atlantic 10 Conference 10. Oakland 8-2 1132 4 Horizon League 11. Northern Iowa 9-2 991 7 Missouri Valley Conference 12. Saint Joseph's 9-2 988 18 Atlantic 10 Conference 13. Tulane 9-2 974 3 American Athletic Conference 14. Hawaii 9-2 888 6 Big West Conference 15. Utah State 8-2 867 17 Mountain West Conference 16. Stony Brook 11-2 773 22 America East Conference 17. Dayton 8-2 715 8 Atlantic 10 Conference 18. Pacific 8-2 647 10 West Coast Conference 19. San Diego State 9-3 524 NR Mountain West Conference 20. Mercer 10-3 300 NR Southern Conference 21. Fresno State 8-3 288 NR Mountain West Conference 22. UAB 8-3 220 NR Conference USA 23. UTEP 7-3 164 19 Conference USA 24. Portland 8-3 132 NR West Coast Conference 25. Bowling Green 8-3 68 20 Mid-American Conference Others Receiving Votes: Long Beach State 8-3 66 Big West Conference Holy Cross 9-3 59 Patriot League Richmond 8-3 41 Atlantic 10 Conference Kent State 8-3 39 Mid-American Conference Rhode Island 7-3 36 Atlantic 10 Conference VMI 8-3 30 Southern Conference Jacksonville State 9-3 27 Ohio Valley Conference Loyola Chicago 8-3 25 Missouri Valley Conference Northern Colorado 8-3 10 Big Sky Conference Western Carolina 8-3 10 Southern Conference UC Davis 6-3 7 Big West Conference BYU 9-4 6 West Coast Conference Cal Poly 6-3 6 Big West Conference Massachusetts 7-3 6 Atlantic 10 Conference Illinois State 10-4 5 Missouri Valley Conference Eastern Michigan 8-3 2 Mid-American Conference


Still just FIU and Hawaii representing us in the mid-major top 25. FIU moves up 2 posts in this poll as well, without playing. Meanwhile, Hawaii has a bad drop of 8 spots after their loss to New Mexico.
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23 games to cover this week, including a huge feature game which we'll jump right into.

12/30/22- #13 Alabama (Roy Rogers) @ Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- Ugly shooting all around for the Crimson Tide in this one. While Michigan State didn't shoot great, they did shoot well enough to pull out a huge home victory going into conference play.

Final Score: Michigan State- 75, #13 Alabama- 67

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 6-10, 0-3 America East.

12/28/22 vs. UMass Lowell (L 76-70).
1/1/23 vs. Maine (L 75-63).

2 more losses for the Hawks, who have lost 7 of their last 8 and aren't showing too many signs of life lately.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 5-8, 2-1 American.

12/28/22 at Temple (L 73-69).
12/31/22 at ECU (W 62-42).

A split for the Huskies this week, as they drop a tough one at Temple. Still a wide open conference, but they have to find consistency.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 4-9, 0-1 American.

12/28/22 vs. UCF (L 68-56).

Just 1 game this week for the Golden Hurricane, and it was another loss. They have lost 6 of 7, with quite a few blowouts mixed in.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 9-4, 1-0 ACC.

12/26/22 vs. Vanderbilt (L 72-61).
12/31/22 vs. N.C. State (W 71-51).

The Blue Devils split this week at home, losing their final non-conference game, but getting a nice start to conference play. A couple winnable games next week before the schedule toughens up.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 9-3, 1-1 Big 12.

12/26/22 vs. Oklahoma (L 77-68).
12/31/22 vs. West Virginia (W 75-51).

A split for the Horned Frogs at home, and next week a tough road stretch as they face 2 of the top Big 12 teams.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 9-3, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/30/22 vs. #13 Alabama- feature game, highlighted above.

Big win for the Spartans in their final non-conference test. They start Big Ten play with a bang, facing a top 10 team.

#14 Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 9-2, 0-0 Big Ten.

12/26/22 at Cal State Northridge (L 86-73).
12/31/22 at #15 UC Riverside (W 86-77).

A west coast split for the Wildcats, who would have liked to have gotten both, but 9 wins in conference play is encouraging. Now to conference play which hasn't been so kind.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 10-3, 0-0 Big West.

12/26/22 at St. Louis (L 72-62).
12/31/22 vs. Mississippi State (W 66-53).

A split for the Warriors, who lost on the road but won at home. Conference play starts next week, and this is their chance to prove they can be a contender this season.

#17 FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 9-2, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/26/22 vs. Cal Poly (L 103-97).
12/29/22 vs. Mississippi State (W 80-70).

The Golden Panthers split 2 home games this week, losing a shootout to a good Cal Poly team. They open conference play with a top 25 battle next week.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 5-6, 0-0 Conference USA.

12/26/22 at UT Arlington (L 82-74).

Just 1 game for the Owls this week, and it was another loss to fall back under .500.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 8-4, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/26/22 vs. Texas A&M (L 69-62).

The Buffaloes lose their only game this week against another former Big 12 foe. Now they jump into conference play starting next week.

Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 8-4, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/27/22 at #5 LSU (L 55-47).

Just 1 game for the Cardinal this week, and they lose a low scoring battle. Tough one to lose, they had the lead at halftime. To top things off, they have to start conference play against Arizona next week. Yeck!

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 7-5, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/26/22 at UC Santa Barbara (L 72-70).
12/28/22 at Long Beach State (W 87-60).

A split for the Bruins in their 2 game swing through the Big West conference. A tough loss at UCSB, they needed to win both this week to build momentum going into Pac 12 play.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 7-4, 0-0 Pac 12.

12/28/22 vs. Chicago State (W 84-62).
12/31/22 at Troy (W 77-59).

A couple dominating performances this week for the Cougars, including a whomping of Coach Hawkins' former team, Troy. Now the grind of Pac 12 play begins.

#13 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 9-3, 0-0 SEC.

12/30/22 at Michigan State- feature game, highlighted above.

Just 1 game for the Crimson Tide, who lost a tough one at Michigan State. If they would have shot better, the result could have been different.

Here's a look at the national top 25 going into the week of Jan. 2-8:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Syracuse (72) 13-1 1800 2 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Notre Dame 11-1 1716 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 3. Arkansas 11-1 1645 1 Southeastern Conference 4. North Carolina 11-2 1560 3 Atlantic Coast Conference 5. LSU 12-1 1519 5 Southeastern Conference 6. Wisconsin 10-2 1468 9 Big Ten Conference 7. Louisville 10-2 1309 6 Atlantic Coast Conference 8. Iowa 10-2 1239 11 Big Ten Conference 9. Yale 13-1 1197 7 Ivy League 10. Arizona 10-2 1118 16 Pacific-12 Conference 11. Villanova 13-2 1079 19 Big East Conference 12. Georgetown 10-3 1059 NR Big East Conference 13. Florida State 10-2 917 8 Atlantic Coast Conference 14. Old Dominion 10-1 891 10 Conference USA 15. North Texas 10-1 805 18 Conference USA 16. Oklahoma State 12-2 665 25 Big 12 Conference 17. Ohio State 9-3 541 12 Big Ten Conference 18. Western Michigan 11-2 537 NR Mid-American Conference 19. Northwestern 9-2 413 14 Big Ten Conference 20. Alabama 9-3 361 13 Southeastern Conference 21. Dayton 10-2 284 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 22. Saint Joseph's 10-2 263 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 23. Stony Brook 13-2 262 NR America East Conference 24. San Diego State 11-3 227 NR Mountain West Conference 25. FIU 9-2 114 17 Conference USA Others Receiving Votes: Virginia 9-3 109 Atlantic Coast Conference UC Riverside 10-2 81 Big West Conference Nebraska 8-2 67 Big Ten Conference California 8-3 53 Pacific-12 Conference Pacific 9-2 46 West Coast Conference Missouri 8-2 25 Southeastern Conference Middle Tennessee 8-2 20 Conference USA Baylor 10-3 8 Big 12 Conference Wichita State 10-3 2 Missouri Valley Conference


These polls were not kind to our FOFC teams. Northwestern dropped 5 spots, Alabama dropped 7 spots, and FIU dropped 8 spots after losses this week. TCU and Hawaii are no longer receiving votes.

Now for the mid-major top 25 heading into the week of Jan. 2-8:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Yale (68) 13-1 1796 1 Ivy League 2. Old Dominion (3) 10-1 1699 2 Conference USA 3. North Texas (1) 10-1 1612 5 Conference USA 4. Western Michigan 11-2 1579 8 Mid-American Conference 5. Saint Joseph's 10-2 1438 12 Atlantic 10 Conference 6. FIU 9-2 1418 3 Conference USA 7. Dayton 10-2 1355 17 Atlantic 10 Conference 8. Stony Brook 13-2 1285 16 America East Conference 9. San Diego State 11-3 1206 19 Mountain West Conference 10. UC Riverside 10-2 1139 4 Big West Conference 11. Pacific 9-2 1099 18 West Coast Conference 12. Middle Tennessee 8-2 978 6 Conference USA 13. Wichita State 10-3 972 7 Missouri Valley Conference 14. Portland 10-3 790 24 West Coast Conference 15. Bowling Green 10-3 729 25 Mid-American Conference 16. Oakland 9-3 679 10 Horizon League 17. Northern Iowa 10-3 559 11 Missouri Valley Conference 18. Tulane 10-3 506 13 American Athletic Conference 19. Davidson 9-3 477 9 Atlantic 10 Conference 20. UAB 9-3 448 22 Conference USA 21. Hawaii 10-3 389 14 Big West Conference 22. Holy Cross 11-3 361 NR Patriot League 23. Richmond 9-3 268 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 24. Utah State 9-3 262 15 Mountain West Conference 25. Illinois State 12-4 218 NR Missouri Valley Conference Others Receiving Votes: Cal Poly 8-3 69 Big West Conference Western Carolina 10-3 52 Southern Conference Bradley 10-4 11 Missouri Valley Conference Northern Colorado 8-3 6 Big Sky Conference


It's still just FIU and Hawaii receiving votes for our FOFC mid-major teams. Both are losing ground, but still receiving a lot of votes.
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29 games on the schedule this week, and 1 feature game, so let's get to it.

1/7/23- Washington State (DeShawn St. John) @ Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- A tale of 2 halves in this one, as the Cougars led at halftime but couldn't hold on, as Stanford shot lights out in the 2nd half to roll to victory.

Final Score: Stanford- 81, Washington State- 66

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 8-10, 2-3 America East.

1/4/23 at #23 Stony Brook (W 69-60).
1/8/23 vs. Binghamton (W 74-67).

A couple much needed wins for the Hawks, including a huge road win over what was a ranked Stony Brook team that is 13-4 on the season. Next week they go on the road for 2 games.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 6-9, 3-2 American.

1/4/23 at UCF (W 64-44).
1/7/23 vs. South Florida (L 72-49).

A split for the Huskies this week and both games were blowouts. Winning on the road, losing at home.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 6-9, 2-1 American.

1/4/23 vs. SMU (W 83-69).
1/7/23 at Memphis (W 61-59).

2 solid wins for the Golden Hurricane over 2 teams that are usually at the top in the American.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 10-5, 2-1 ACC.

1/4/23 at Miami (W 70-65, OT).
1/7/23 at Georgia Tech (L 59-51).

A split for the Blue Devils, who go into a tough stretch now, facing 4 ranked opponents in their next 5 games.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 11-3, 3-1 Big 12.

1/2/23 at Baylor (W 55-51).
1/7/23 at #16 Oklahoma State (W 75-59).

Big week for the Horned Frogs, beating 2 very good teams. Things are a little easier for the next few games, or at least they should be.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 10-4, 1-1 Big Ten.

1/4/23 at #8 Iowa (W 93-72).
1/7/23 vs. Maryland (L 75-64).

A weird week for the Spartans, who blow out a top 10 Iowa on the road, but go back home and lose to a sub .500 Maryland team. Their next 4 games are against teams just at .500.

#19 Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 10-3, 1-1 Big Ten.

1/4/23 vs. Indiana (W 67-64).
1/7/23 at Illinois (L 69-47).

A split for the Wildcats, and a bad loss at Illinois. Their next 3 games should be pretty tough.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 10-5, 0-2 Big West.

1/5/23 at Cal State Northridge (L 91-70).
1/7/23 at UC Santa Barbara (L 79-78).

2 losses for the Warriors, as they are into conference play which has always been a tough spot for them. It won't get easier next week, as they play 2 more strong teams.

#25 FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 10-3, 1-1 Conference USA.

1/5/23 vs. #14 Old Dominion (W 87-84).
1/7/23 at South Dakota State (L 70-67).

A split to open conference play for the Golden Panthers. They got a nice win over a ranked Old Dominion team, but lost a tough one to new conference member SD State. 2 more winnable games next week.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 7-6, 2-0 Conference USA.

1/5/23 vs. Middle Tennessee (W 69-52).
1/7/23 at Marshall (W 65-59).

A promising start to conference play for the Owls, who are now over .500 overall, but a tough week coming up next week.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 10-4, 2-0 Pac 12.

1/5/23 at Washington (W 65-55).
1/7/23 vs. Gonzaga (W 76-62).

Good week for the Buffaloes, who start conference play on a good note and look to build on that next week against a .500 team and a sub-.500 team.

Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 9-5, 1-1 Pac 12.

1/5/23 vs. #10 Arizona (L 74-65).
1/7/23 vs. Washington State- feature game, highlighted above.

A split for the Cardinal, who had to go against a hot Arizona team, but broke a 2 game losing streak by beating Washington State.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 8-6, 1-1 Pac 12.

1/5/23 at Arizona State (W 69-61).
1/7/23 at Washington (L 90-67).

Another split for the Bruins, who are definitely underperforming this season. A tough week next week as they take on 2 of the top conference teams right now.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 7-6, 0-2 Pac 12.

1/5/23 vs. Oregon State (L 79-72).
1/7/23 at Stanford- feature game, highlighted above.

2 losses for the Cougars, who might have a tough time winning games now that they are in conference play, but they have a couple fair chances next week.

#20 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 10-4, 1-1 SEC.

1/4/23 at Texas A&M (W 78-63).
1/7/23 vs. Florida (L 55-53).

A split for the Crimson Tide, who lost a heartbreaker to Florida. Next week they have to take on a top 5 Arkansas team.

Here's a look at the national top 25 going into the week of Jan. 9-15:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Syracuse (71) 15-1 1799 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Notre Dame (1) 13-1 1729 2 Atlantic Coast Conference 3. Wisconsin 12-2 1656 6 Big Ten Conference 4. Arkansas 12-2 1514 3 Southeastern Conference 5. North Carolina 12-3 1457 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 6. Georgetown 12-3 1417 12 Big East Conference 7. Arizona 12-2 1416 10 Pacific-12 Conference 8. LSU 13-2 1365 5 Southeastern Conference 9. Florida State 12-2 1241 13 Atlantic Coast Conference 10. Louisville 11-3 1133 7 Atlantic Coast Conference 11. Western Michigan 13-2 1062 18 Mid-American Conference 12. Yale 14-2 998 9 Ivy League 13. Missouri 10-2 925 NR Southeastern Conference 14. UC Riverside 12-2 805 NR Big West Conference 15. Old Dominion 11-2 778 14 Conference USA 16. Ohio State 10-4 674 17 Big Ten Conference 17. North Texas 11-2 640 15 Conference USA 18. TCU 11-3 532 NR Big 12 Conference 19. Oakland 11-3 372 NR Horizon League 20. Iowa 10-4 365 8 Big Ten Conference 21. San Diego State 12-4 275 24 Mountain West Conference 22. Northwestern 10-3 248 19 Big Ten Conference 23. Saint Joseph's 11-3 242 22 Atlantic 10 Conference 24. Davidson 11-3 168 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 25. Alabama 10-4 151 20 Southeastern Conference Others Receiving Votes: Richmond 11-3 114 Atlantic 10 Conference Villanova 13-4 110 Big East Conference Dayton 11-3 63 Atlantic 10 Conference FIU 10-3 45 Conference USA California 9-4 42 Pacific-12 Conference Virginia 10-4 26 Atlantic Coast Conference Nebraska 9-3 19 Big Ten Conference Baylor 11-4 9 Big 12 Conference Colorado 10-4 5 Pacific-12 Conference Middle Tennessee 9-3 2 Conference USA Loyola Chicago 11-4 1 Missouri Valley Conference Oklahoma State 12-4 1 Big 12 Conference Vanderbilt 10-4 1 Southeastern Conference


Northwestern and Alabama both lose a few spots in the top 25, while TCU is back in with 2 big victories this week. FIU also falls out after their loss, and Colorado is receiving a few votes.

And now for the mid-major top 25 heading into the week of Jan. 9-15:


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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Western Michigan (37) 13-2 1762 4 Mid-American Conference 2. Yale (32) 14-2 1757 1 Ivy League 3. Old Dominion (1) 11-2 1601 2 Conference USA 4. UC Riverside (2) 12-2 1565 10 Big West Conference 5. North Texas 11-2 1483 3 Conference USA 6. Oakland 11-3 1409 16 Horizon League 7. Saint Joseph's 11-3 1342 5 Atlantic 10 Conference 8. FIU 10-3 1253 6 Conference USA 9. Richmond 11-3 1197 23 Atlantic 10 Conference 10. Dayton 11-3 1163 7 Atlantic 10 Conference 11. Davidson 11-3 1133 19 Atlantic 10 Conference 12. San Diego State 12-4 1104 9 Mountain West Conference 13. Wichita State 11-4 875 13 Missouri Valley Conference 14. Middle Tennessee 9-3 863 12 Conference USA 15. Portland 11-4 723 14 West Coast Conference 16. Bowling Green 11-4 607 15 Mid-American Conference 17. Illinois State 13-5 558 25 Missouri Valley Conference 18. Mercer 13-4 513 NR Southern Conference 19. Loyola Chicago 11-4 400 NR Missouri Valley Conference 20. Tulane 11-4 377 18 American Athletic Conference 21. UAB 10-4 349 20 Conference USA 22. Holy Cross 12-4 219 22 Patriot League 23. Utah State 10-4 171 24 Mountain West Conference 24. BYU 12-5 166 NR West Coast Conference 25. Milwaukee 10-4 159 NR Horizon League Others Receiving Votes: Stony Brook 13-4 113 America East Conference Green Bay 12-5 91 Horizon League Cal Poly 9-4 76 Big West Conference Northern Kentucky 12-4 74 Sun Belt Conference Akron 10-4 62 Mid-American Conference Western Kentucky 10-4 57 Conference USA VMI 11-4 49 Southern Conference UC Irvine 11-5 37 Big West Conference Pacific 9-4 35 West Coast Conference Western Carolina 11-4 28 Southern Conference Indiana State 11-5 13 Missouri Valley Conference Bradley 11-5 12 Missouri Valley Conference Cincinnati 11-5 2 American Athletic Conference Northern Arizona 8-4 2 Big Sky Conference

Just FIU remains in the mid-major top 25, Hawaii has lost all their votes after 2 losses this week.
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27 games on the schedule this week, and 2 feature games. We'll start in the American.

1/11/23- Tulsa (Will Brown) @ UConn (Randolph Childress) -- A big game for both teams, but it was Tulsa who came out on top, taking advantage of 14 UConn turnovers and getting to the line more often to get a big road win.

Final Score: Tulsa- 62, UConn- 53

Now we move to the Pac 12:

1/12/23- UCLA (Tim Shepard) @ Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- The Cardinal were lights out from the three point line, hitting 14 treys and also going 20-31 from the line as they keep the UCLA tailspin going.

Final Score: Stanford- 84, UCLA- 75

Now to the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 9-11, 3-4 America East.

1/13/23 at New Hampshire (W 72-68).
1/15/23 at Albany (L 79-75).

A couple tight road games for the Hawks, as they split and both margins of victory were 4 points. The loss to Albany broke a 3 game winning streak.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 7-10, 4-3 American.

1/11/23 vs. Tulsa- feature game, highlighted above.
1/14/23 at Memphis (W 76-70).

A split this week for the Huskies, as they get an important road win at Memphis as they go into a tough 3 game stretch which involves at least 1 ranked team.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 8-9, 4-1 American.

1/11/23 at UConn- feature game, highlighted above.
1/14/23 vs. Temple (W 91-65).

2 more wins for the Golden Hurricane who are rolling to start conference play. A big showdown next week with a 12 win Cincinnati team.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 10-6, 2-2 ACC.

1/14/23 at #5 North Carolina (L 79-44).

1 game this week for the Blue Devils, and they get crushed in a rivalry game, still 2 more games that will be tough before they get back to the easier part of the schedule.

#18 TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 11-5, 3-2 Big 12.

1/9/23 at South Dakota (L 59-53).
1/14/23 vs. Iowa State (L 83-64).

A couple losses this week for the Horned Frogs, including an embarrassing non-conference loss on the road against a 5 win team. Definitely not the kind of momentum they wanted, but still a few winnable games coming up.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 11-5, 2-2 Big Ten.

1/11/23 vs. Michigan (W 81-74).
1/14/23 at Illinois (L 70-62).

A split this week for the Spartans, who are still trying to regain the glory and consistency they once had. They better figure it out soon, because another tough part of the schedule is upcoming.

#22 Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 11-4, 2-2 Big Ten.

1/11/23 at #20 Iowa (L 89-66).
1/14/23 at Purdue (W 85-78).

Another split for the Wildcats, who clearly weren't prepared to face Iowa. They'll need a better showing next time.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 11-6, 1-3 Big West.

1/10/23 vs. Long Beach State (W 77-58).
1/14/23 vs. #14 UC Riverside (L 93-91).

All in all, a good week for the Warriors, who come out with a split but could have easily won both this week if not for a late game collapse against Riverside. We'll see what next week brings with 2 winnable road games.

FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 12-3, 3-1 Conference USA.

1/12/23 vs. Southern Miss (W 80-72).
1/14/23 vs. Marshall (W 113-95).

2 more wins for the Golden Panthers, who continue their hot start, and man can they put up some points!

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 7-8, 2-2 Conference USA.

1/12/23 at #17 North Texas (L 80-73).
1/14/23 vs. South Dakota State (L 68-59).

The Owls fall back under .500 overall with 2 conference losses, but a good effort against North Texas. Unfortunately, 2 more ranked C-USA foes await them next week.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 12-4, 4-0 Pac 12.

1/12/23 vs. Oregon State (W 61-53).
1/14/23 vs. Utah (W 60-40).

2 more wins for the Buffaloes who have a great start to conference play, but we'll find out a lot more about them in the coming weeks as the schedule toughness really increases.

Stanford (Rob Nielsen) -- 11-5, 3-1 Pac 12.

1/12/23 vs. UCLA- feature game, highlighted above.
1/14/23 at Oregon (W 79-70).

2 more wins for the Cardinal, after a conference opening loss. They continue the road trip next week.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 8-8, 1-3 Pac 12.

1/12/23 at Stanford- feature game, highlighted above.
1/14/23 vs. #7 Arizona (L 92-74).

2 more losses for the Bruins, who are just shellshocked right now. They have chances to get their season back on track starting next week, and they'll need to pick it up.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 9-6, 2-2 Pac 12.

1/12/23 at Utah (W 63-60).
1/14/23 vs. Gonzaga (W 73-57).

Good week for the Cougars who get 2 wins, including a nice win over a tough Gonzaga team. In just 4 conference games, they already have almost as many conference wins as they did last season.

#25 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 11-5, 2-2 SEC.

1/11/23 vs. #4 Arkansas (W 66-58).
1/14/23 at Auburn (L 72-66).

A split for the Crimson Tide, who expended a lot of energy in an upset over Arkansas, and didn't have enough in the tank to go to Auburn and win too.

Here's a look at the national top 25 going into the week of Jan. 16-22:

# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Syracuse (72) 17-1 1800 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Notre Dame 15-1 1719 2 Atlantic Coast Conference
3. Wisconsin 14-2 1665 3 Big Ten Conference
4. North Carolina 14-3 1573 5 Atlantic Coast Conference
5. Florida State 14-2 1504 9 Atlantic Coast Conference
6. Arizona 14-2 1451 7 Pacific-12 Conference
7. Arkansas 13-3 1351 4 Southeastern Conference
8. Georgetown 13-4 1279 6 Big East Conference
9. LSU 14-3 1205 8 Southeastern Conference
10. Louisville 12-4 1153 10 Atlantic Coast Conference
11. Old Dominion 13-2 1035 15 Conference USA
12. UC Riverside 14-2 1023 14 Big West Conference
13. North Texas 13-2 916 17 Conference USA
14. Yale 15-3 802 12 Ivy League
15. Richmond 13-3 688 NR Atlantic 10 Conference
16. Villanova 14-4 634 NR Big East Conference
17. Baylor 13-4 587 NR Big 12 Conference
18. California 11-4 587 NR Pacific-12 Conference
19. Virginia 12-4 432 NR Atlantic Coast Conference
20. FIU 12-3 425 NR Conference USA
21. Ohio State 11-5 411 16 Big Ten Conference
22. Iowa 11-5 263 20 Big Ten Conference
23. BYU 14-5 231 NR West Coast Conference
24. Colorado 12-4 154 NR Pacific-12 Conference
25. Western Michigan 13-4 91 11 Mid-American Conference

Others Receiving Votes:
Oklahoma State 14-4 73 Big 12 Conference
Alabama 11-5 67 Southeastern Conference
Wichita State 13-4 55 Missouri Valley Conference
Davidson 12-4 49 Atlantic 10 Conference
San Diego State 13-5 43 Mountain West Conference
Tulane 13-4 33 American Athletic Conference
Mercer 15-4 29 Southern Conference
Saint Joseph's 12-4 28 Atlantic 10 Conference
Northwestern 11-4 15 Big Ten Conference
Oakland 12-4 15 Horizon League
St. John's 13-5 6 Big East Conference
UC Irvine 13-5 3 Big West Conference
Nebraska 10-4 2 Big Ten Conference
UAB 12-4 2 Conference USA
Western Carolina 13-4 1 Southern Conference

FIU and Colorado jump into the top 25, while Alabama and Northwestern fall out after losses this week. TCU, which lost twice, also lost all their votes.

Now here is a look at the mid-major top 25 going into the week of Jan. 16-22:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Old Dominion (35) 13-2 1758 3 Conference USA 2. UC Riverside (14) 14-2 1674 4 Big West Conference 3. Yale (12) 15-3 1656 2 Ivy League 4. North Texas (11) 13-2 1582 5 Conference USA 5. Richmond 13-3 1509 9 Atlantic 10 Conference 6. FIU 12-3 1476 8 Conference USA 7. Wichita State 13-4 1322 13 Missouri Valley Conference 8. Western Michigan 13-4 1203 1 Mid-American Conference 9. BYU 14-5 1098 24 West Coast Conference 10. Oakland 12-4 1087 6 Horizon League 11. Saint Joseph's 12-4 1041 7 Atlantic 10 Conference 12. Davidson 12-4 1035 11 Atlantic 10 Conference 13. Tulane 13-4 1023 20 American Athletic Conference 14. UAB 12-4 889 21 Conference USA 15. San Diego State 13-5 806 12 Mountain West Conference 16. Mercer 15-4 787 18 Southern Conference 17. Milwaukee 12-4 686 25 Horizon League 18. UC Irvine 13-5 594 NR Big West Conference 19. Portland 12-5 387 15 West Coast Conference 20. Illinois State 14-6 386 17 Missouri Valley Conference 21. Western Carolina 13-4 344 NR Southern Conference 22. Cincinnati 12-5 314 NR American Athletic Conference 23. Middle Tennessee 10-4 245 14 Conference USA 24. Kent State 12-5 133 NR Mid-American Conference 25. Loyola Chicago 12-5 131 19 Missouri Valley Conference Others Receiving Votes: Rhode Island 11-5 73 Atlantic 10 Conference Boise State 11-6 42 Mountain West Conference Utah State 11-5 33 Mountain West Conference Cal Poly 11-5 26 Big West Conference Green Bay 13-6 21 Horizon League Dayton 11-5 10 Atlantic 10 Conference VMI 12-5 9 Southern Conference Stony Brook 13-5 7 America East Conference Bradley 12-6 5 Missouri Valley Conference Indiana State 12-6 4 Missouri Valley Conference Towson 11-5 3 Colonial Athletic Association Akron 11-5 1 Mid-American Conference


FIU is the only team still represented in the mid-major top 25, and they've jumped up 2 spots.
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26 games on the schedule this week, with 3 feature games, 2 of them involving UCLA. So let's get to it, but we start in Conference USA.

1/19/23- #20 FIU (Brett Hawkins) @ Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- FIU took full advantage of Rice's 20 turnovers, despite being outshot, they were able to get a lot of fast breaks and three point plays to pull out the road victory.

Final Score: #20 FIU- 77, Rice- 65

Now we move to the Pac 12:

1/19/23- Washington State (DeShawn St. John) @ UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- UCLA may be on a down slide, but they were getting the Cougars at the right time. Washington State shot just 31.6% and trailed by 18 at the half. It was smooth sailing from there for the Bruins.

Final Score: UCLA- 79, Washington State- 51

1/21/23- #24 Colorado (Rob Nielsen) @ UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- A spirited game, with both teams badly needing a win. Unfortunately, 1 team shot lights out (Colorado) and the other team didn't (UCLA). Despite the Bruins hitting 13 three pointers, it wasn't enough to make up for the rest of their shooting struggles as Colorado picks up a marquee road win.

Final Score: #24 Colorado- 83, UCLA- 79

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 10-11, 4-4 America East.

1/22/23 at UMass Lowell (W 83-68).

Just 1 game this week for the Hawks, but it was a win, evening their conference record.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 7-12, 4-4 American.

1/17/23 at Seton Hall (L 56-48).
1/21/23 vs. Tulane (L 64-49).

Tough week for the Huskies, as they lose twice, 1 of them a key non-conference game. Coach Childress has just not had it easy since moving to Connecticut.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 8-11, 4-3 American.

1/18/23 vs. Cincinnati (L 93-82).
1/21/23 at ECU (L 87-83).

2 losses for the Golden Hurricane, who now look like just a regular team after a hot conference start.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 11-7, 3-3 ACC.

1/18/23 vs. #10 Louisville (W 86-77).
1/21/23 vs. #1 Syracuse (L 78-37).

Definitely a Jekyll and Hyde week for the Blue Devils, who picked up a big win against Louisville, then apparently got overconfident, because they didn't show up against Syracuse, scoring just 16 second half points.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 11-7, 3-4 Big 12.

1/16/23 vs. Texas (L 86-78).
1/21/23 vs. Kansas State (L 64-54).

2 more losses for the Horned Frogs, who have now lost 4 in a row since beating both Baylor and Okie State on the road.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 12-6, 3-3 Big Ten.

1/18/23 vs. Illinois (W 73-61).
1/21/23 at Penn State (L 88-78).

Another conference split for the Spartans, who are just struggling to find consistency. Coach Mighty might want to start building his resume, as his seat gets hotter by the minute.

Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 12-5, 3-3 Big Ten.

1/18/23 vs. Purdue (L 82-72).
1/21/23 vs. Minnesota (W 71-67).

A split for the Wildcats who have also split all 3 weeks in conference play so far. Unlike Michigan State, their expectations are much lower.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 12-7, 2-4 Big West.

1/19/23 at Cal Poly (W 66-58).
1/21/23 at UC Davis (L 87-74).

A split for the Warriors, and Coach Gunn's seat is also getting hotter by the minute. As well as firecoachgunn.com up and running full blast again.

#20 FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 14-3, 5-1 Conference USA.

1/19/23 at Rice- feature game, highlighted above.
1/21/23 vs. Middle Tennessee (W 82-78).

2 more wins for the Golden Panthers as they move into their big rematch next week with Old Dominion, a game that could very well go a long way in deciding the regular season champion.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 8-9, 3-3 Conference USA.

1/19/23 vs. #20 FIU- feature game, highlighted above.
1/21/23 vs. #11 Old Dominion (W 83-74).

A split for the Owls, and they certainly didn't help out FIU, as Old Dominion will be even more fired up for that game next week. Regardless, the Owls get a big wins but still have a brutal 4 game stretch coming up.

#24 Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 13-5, 5-1 Pac 12.

1/19/23 at #6 Arizona (L 78-64).
1/21/23 at UCLA- feature game, highlighted above.

A split for the Buffaloes, who have to be disappointed in the effort at Arizona. They had a chance to really make a statement there. Still, beating UCLA, even in their down year, is an accomplishment.

Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 13-5, 5-1 Pac 12.

1/19/23 at Arizona State (W 74-72).
1/21/23 at Utah (W 65-62).

2 tough, grind em out road victories this week for the Cardinal, with 2 tests coming up next week against Colorado and Gonzaga.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 9-9, 2-4 Pac 12.

1/19/23 vs. Washington State- feature game, highlighted above.
1/21/23 vs. Colorado- feature game, highlighted above.

The Bruins still have a lot of work to do this season. Beating Washington State, even though they are having a decent year, is nothing to brag about. Fortunately they have a good chance to pick up a couple wins next week as they face the Oregon teams.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 10-7, 3-3 Pac 12.

1/19/23 at UCLA- feature game, highlighted above.
1/21/23 vs. Arizona State (W 75-70).

A split for the Cougars, who have already won just as many conference games as they did all of last season. Don't expect any wins next week though as they go on the road to face Cal and Arizona.

Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 13-5, 4-2 SEC.

1/18/23 at Florida (W 66-61).
1/21/23 vs. South Carolina (W 75-57).

2 bounce back wins for the Crimson Tide after a loss last week. 2 much needed wins as they have it tough in their next few games.

Here's a look at the national top 25 heading into the week of Jan. 23-29:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Syracuse (71) 19-1 1799 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Notre Dame (1) 17-1 1729 2 Atlantic Coast Conference 3. Wisconsin 15-3 1646 3 Big Ten Conference 4. Florida State 16-2 1542 5 Atlantic Coast Conference 5. Arkansas 15-3 1515 7 Southeastern Conference 6. North Carolina 15-4 1459 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 7. Georgetown 15-4 1381 8 Big East Conference 8. Arizona 15-3 1311 6 Pacific-12 Conference 9. Ohio State 13-5 1117 21 Big Ten Conference 10. LSU 15-4 1113 9 Southeastern Conference 11. UC Riverside 16-2 1079 12 Big West Conference 12. Virginia 14-4 981 19 Atlantic Coast Conference 13. Louisville 13-5 957 10 Atlantic Coast Conference 14. Villanova 16-4 896 16 Big East Conference 15. Alabama 13-5 665 NR Southeastern Conference 16. FIU 14-3 639 20 Conference USA 17. Old Dominion 14-3 538 11 Conference USA 18. North Texas 14-3 489 13 Conference USA 19. Wichita State 15-4 479 NR Missouri Valley Conference 20. Oklahoma State 16-4 461 NR Big 12 Conference 21. Davidson 14-4 364 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 22. Yale 16-4 251 14 Ivy League 23. Oklahoma 13-5 247 NR Big 12 Conference 24. Western Michigan 15-4 222 25 Mid-American Conference 25. Richmond 14-4 123 15 Atlantic 10 Conference Others Receiving Votes: Saint Joseph's 14-4 93 Atlantic 10 Conference Colorado 13-5 59 Pacific-12 Conference Tulane 15-4 53 American Athletic Conference UAB 14-4 41 Conference USA BYU 15-6 38 West Coast Conference Baylor 14-5 34 Big 12 Conference St. John's 14-5 32 Big East Conference California 12-5 23 Pacific-12 Conference Stanford 13-5 19 Pacific-12 Conference Mississippi 13-5 2 Southeastern Conference Vanderbilt 13-5 2 Southeastern Conference San Diego State 14-6 1 Mountain West Conference


FIU moves up 4 spots in the top 25, while Alabama jumps all the way in after 2 wins. Colorado falls out of the top 25 with their loss to Arizona, and Northwestern loses their remaining votes. Taking their place in receiving votes is Stanford.

Now a look at the mid-major top 25 going into the week of Jan. 23-29:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. UC Riverside (37) 16-2 1729 2 Big West Conference 2. Wichita State (18) 15-4 1670 7 Missouri Valley Conference 3. FIU (10) 14-3 1665 6 Conference USA 4. Western Michigan 15-4 1509 8 Mid-American Conference 5. Saint Joseph's (6) 14-4 1407 11 Atlantic 10 Conference 6. Yale 16-4 1404 3 Ivy League 7. Davidson (1) 14-4 1396 12 Atlantic 10 Conference 8. Old Dominion 14-3 1351 1 Conference USA 9. Tulane 15-4 1230 13 American Athletic Conference 10. UAB 14-4 1187 14 Conference USA 11. North Texas 14-3 1117 4 Conference USA 12. Richmond 14-4 1055 5 Atlantic 10 Conference 13. BYU 15-6 963 9 West Coast Conference 14. Indiana State 14-6 798 NR Missouri Valley Conference 15. Kent State 14-5 794 24 Mid-American Conference 16. San Diego State 14-6 737 15 Mountain West Conference 17. Oakland 13-5 676 10 Horizon League 18. Mercer 16-5 581 16 Southern Conference 19. UC Irvine 14-6 511 18 Big West Conference 20. Bradley 13-6 409 NR Missouri Valley Conference 21. Portland 13-6 292 19 West Coast Conference 22. Cincinnati 13-6 203 22 American Athletic Conference 23. Western Carolina 14-5 167 21 Southern Conference 24. Loyola Chicago 13-6 119 25 Missouri Valley Conference 25. Boise State 12-7 90 NR Mountain West Conference Others Receiving Votes: Green Bay 14-7 83 Horizon League Middle Tennessee 11-5 70 Conference USA Holy Cross 14-6 65 Patriot League Utah State 12-6 35 Mountain West Conference Saint Mary's 13-7 17 West Coast Conference Massachusetts 12-6 16 Atlantic 10 Conference Cal Poly 12-6 15 Big West Conference Milwaukee 12-6 11 Horizon League Northern Kentucky 14-6 8 Sun Belt Conference Stony Brook 14-6 6 America East Conference Fresno State 12-7 4 Mountain West Conference Illinois State 14-8 4 Missouri Valley Conference Towson 12-6 3 Colonial Athletic Association VMI 13-6 2 Southern Conference Akron 12-6 1 Mid-American Conference


It appears that unless 1 of our other mid-major teams catches fire, it'll be FIU leading the way in these polls. They jumped 3 spots and are receiving 1st place votes again.
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28 games on tap this week, with 1 of those games being a feature game, so let's go to the Pac 12 for our lone feature game this week.

1/26/23- Stanford (Benito Sanchez) @ Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 2 of the teams that were in a tie for 1st place to start the week met up this week in Boulder, and it was not the type of game you'd expect from co-conference leaders. The teams combined for 28 turnovers, and Stanford shot just 31.5%. The only thing that kept this from being a total blowout was that Stanford hit 10 three pointers, while Colorado hit just 1. Otherwise, it was all Buffaloes.

Final Score: Colorado- 63, Stanford- 50

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 10-13, 4-6 America East.

1/27/23 vs. Vermont (L 61-51).
1/29/23 vs. Stony Brook (L 85-77).

It's 1 step forward, 2 steps back for the Hawks this season, as they lose 2 more games this week and are back under .500 in conference play. Probably not the worst losses, as Stony Brook is solid this season, and Vermont ran the conference for several years, but still, gotta get those wins.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 7-14, 4-5 American.

1/25/23 vs. #12 Virginia (L 69-68).
1/28/23 at SMU (L 74-71).

2 agonizing losses for the Huskies this week, and they now have a 4 game losing streak, but all 4 games could have easily gone the other way. That doesn't matter to the fans though, as they are starting to call for Coach Childress's head.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 9-12, 5-3 American.

1/23/23 vs. Air Force (L 64-54).
1/28/23 vs. South Florida (W 87-82, OT).

A split for the Golden Hurricane, as they lost a non-conference game, but get an important conference victory, fighting off a game South Florida team in OT.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 13-7, 5-3 ACC.

1/25/23 vs. Boston College (W 60-50).
1/28/23 vs. #6 North Carolina (W 68-59).

2 wins for the Blue Devils this week, including a sweet revenge victory over a top 10 UNC team that beat them by 35 points just 2 weeks ago. My how things can change when you're at home.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 12-8, 4-5 Big 12.

1/23/23 at Texas Tech (W 80-76).
1/28/23 at Kansas (L 82-74).

A split this week for the Horned Frogs, and they really needed to win both to get over .500 in conference play, as the Oklahoma State/Baylor tandem comes to town next week in critical games.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 13-7, 4-4 Big Ten.

1/25/23 vs. Iowa (L 80-66).
1/28/23 at Nebraska (W 79-69).

Another conference week, another conference split for the Spartans. Mediocrity at its best, as they just can't put a string of wins together since their 6 game winning streak earlier this season.

Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 12-7, 3-5 Big Ten.

1/25/23 at Minnesota (L 73-64).
1/28/23 vs. Illinois (L 80-57).

A setback for the Wildcats this week as they drop 2 games, 1 of them that wasn't competitive. It won't get easier, as that might have been their best chance to snag a victory for a couple weeks at least.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 13-7, 3-4 Big West.

1/26/23 vs. Cal State Fullerton (W 83-57).

Just 1 game this week for the Warriors, but they took care of business in a big way, hammering Fullerton. Hopefully that will get them the momentum they need to go on a run and get back in the Big West race. Even with this win, the hits on firecoachgunn.com have not subsided.

#16 FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 15-4, 6-2 Conference USA.

1/26/23 at #17 Old Dominion (W 85-76).
1/28/23 at Marshall (L 73-71).

A split this week for the Golden Panthers, who got a big win against Old Dominion, but then a heartbreaking loss to Marshall to break a 5 game winning streak.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 9-10, 4-4 Conference USA.

1/26/23 at Western Kentucky (W 66-65).
1/28/23 at UAB (L 87-81).

A split this week for the Owls, who played both teams tough on the road, but couldn't quite pull off the upset at UAB. Next week they have 2 more tough road games awaiting.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 14-6, 6-2 Pac 12.

1/26/23 vs. Stanford- feature game, highlighted above.
1/28/23 at California (L 87-65).

Well, 1 of 2 ain't bad for the Buffaloes I guess. But that 22 point loss at California is unacceptable. They have a chance to avenge it next week though.

Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 14-6, 6-2 Pac 12.

1/26/23 at Colorado- feature game, highlighted above.
1/28/23 vs. Gonzaga (W 80-69).

The Cardinal stay in a 4 way tie for 1st in the Pac 12 by splitting, getting a key win against Gonzaga. Next week they get another shot at Arizona.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 10-10, 3-5 Pac 12.

1/26/23 at Oregon State (L 80-60).
1/28/23 vs. Oregon (W 67-58).

A split for the Bruins, as they win the home game but lose the road game. Still no consistency from the once proud Bruins, who are having their worst season in years.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 10-9, 3-5 Pac 12.

1/26/23 at California (L 76-59).
1/28/23 at #8 Arizona (L 88-81).

Not an easy week for the Cougars who had to go up against 2 of the conference leaders, but a gallant effort at Arizona, and a much easier week coming next week.

#15 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 14-6, 5-3 SEC.

1/25/23 at Vanderbilt (W 70-54).
1/28/23 vs. Auburn (L 82-79).

A split this week for the Crimson Tide as it's never fun losing to your in-state rival, and next week a couple more tough games await.

Here's a look at the national top 25 heading into the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Syracuse (72) 21-1 1800 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Wisconsin 17-3 1728 3 Big Ten Conference 3. Notre Dame 18-2 1652 2 Atlantic Coast Conference 4. North Carolina 16-5 1544 6 Atlantic Coast Conference 5. Arkansas 17-3 1534 5 Southeastern Conference 6. Georgetown 16-5 1418 7 Big East Conference 7. Florida State 17-3 1397 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 8. Arizona 16-4 1267 8 Pacific-12 Conference 9. LSU 17-4 1232 10 Southeastern Conference 10. Louisville 15-5 1168 13 Atlantic Coast Conference 11. Ohio State 14-6 1023 9 Big Ten Conference 12. Virginia 15-5 1002 12 Atlantic Coast Conference 13. Villanova 17-5 766 14 Big East Conference 14. Davidson 16-4 749 21 Atlantic 10 Conference 15. Alabama 14-6 730 15 Southeastern Conference 16. Baylor 16-5 689 NR Big 12 Conference 17. North Texas 16-3 598 18 Conference USA 18. UC Riverside 17-3 477 11 Big West Conference 19. St. John's 16-5 475 NR Big East Conference 20. Yale 18-4 406 22 Ivy League 21. Richmond 16-4 385 25 Atlantic 10 Conference 22. Iowa State 14-7 242 NR Big 12 Conference 23. Mississippi 15-5 222 NR Southeastern Conference 24. Oklahoma 14-6 214 23 Big 12 Conference 25. UAB 16-4 155 NR Conference USA Others Receiving Votes: California 14-5 114 Pacific-12 Conference Old Dominion 15-4 100 Conference USA UC Irvine 16-6 65 Big West Conference Kent State 16-5 46 Mid-American Conference Colorado 14-6 41 Pacific-12 Conference FIU 15-4 40 Conference USA Saint Joseph's 15-5 35 Atlantic 10 Conference Western Michigan 16-5 26 Mid-American Conference Duke 13-7 22 Atlantic Coast Conference Stanford 14-6 12 Pacific-12 Conference Gonzaga 13-7 11 Pacific-12 Conference BYU 16-7 5 West Coast Conference Bradley 15-6 4 Missouri Valley Conference Mercer 18-5 4 Southern Conference Tulane 16-5 2 American Athletic Conference


Alabama stays put at #15 even with their split, and FIU got shafted huge this week, as they fall all the way out of the top 25 after a 2 point loss. Ridiculous! They are still receiving votes though, as are Stanford and Colorado. Duke, by virtue of their win over what is now a top 5 North Carolina team (what? I guess I really don't understand rankings, at least not on FBCB) is also now receiving votes.

Now for the mid-major top 25 going into the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 5:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Davidson (37) 16-4 1710 7 Atlantic 10 Conference 2. Yale (13) 18-4 1596 6 Ivy League 3. Western Michigan (9) 16-5 1509 4 Mid-American Conference 4. UAB 16-4 1506 10 Conference USA 5. Richmond (2) 16-4 1429 12 Atlantic 10 Conference 6. FIU 15-4 1352 3 Conference USA 7. UC Riverside (10) 17-3 1342 1 Big West Conference 8. Kent State 16-5 1269 15 Mid-American Conference 9. Wichita State 15-6 1258 2 Missouri Valley Conference 10. Saint Joseph's 15-5 1204 5 Atlantic 10 Conference 11. North Texas 16-3 1110 11 Conference USA 12. UC Irvine 16-6 1068 19 Big West Conference 13. Tulane 16-5 965 9 American Athletic Conference 14. Bradley (1) 15-6 841 20 Missouri Valley Conference 15. Old Dominion 15-4 839 8 Conference USA 16. Indiana State 15-7 820 14 Missouri Valley Conference 17. BYU 16-7 711 13 West Coast Conference 18. Mercer 18-5 577 18 Southern Conference 19. San Diego State 14-7 470 16 Mountain West Conference 20. Oakland 14-6 464 17 Horizon League 21. Illinois State 15-9 379 NR Missouri Valley Conference 22. Green Bay 15-8 280 NR Horizon League 23. Portland 14-7 180 21 West Coast Conference 24. Massachusetts 14-6 151 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 25. Loyola Chicago 14-7 77 24 Missouri Valley Conference Others Receiving Votes: Cincinnati 14-7 75 American Athletic Conference Saint Mary's 14-8 50 West Coast Conference St. Bonaventure 12-8 46 Atlantic 10 Conference VMI 15-6 32 Southern Conference Holy Cross 15-7 27 Patriot League Long Beach State 13-8 20 Big West Conference Drexel 15-7 19 Colonial Athletic Association Stony Brook 16-6 7 America East Conference Boise State 12-9 5 Mountain West Conference Southern Illinois 13-9 5 Missouri Valley Conference Northern Iowa 13-8 3 Missouri Valley Conference Hawaii 13-7 2 Big West Conference Akron 13-7 1 Mid-American Conference Pepperdine 12-8 1 West Coast Conference


FIU drops 3 spots in the mid-major poll and loses their FPVs. At least the mid-major polls weren't nearly as harsh. And Coach Gunn is at it again, as Hawaii got 2 votes. I can guess where 1 of them came from, but who did he convince for the other vote??
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30 games on the docket this week, but no feature games, so we'll jump right into the weekly recap.

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 10-15, 4-8 T-6th America East.

2/3/23 vs. UMBC (L 75-73).
2/5/23 vs. New Hampshire (L 75-67).

2 more losses for the Hawks, who are currently in a 4 way tie for 6th in the conference. That is actually a tie for last place at the moment, not where Coach Ginsberg anticipated his team being.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 9-14, 6-5 T-5th American.

2/1/23 vs. UCF (W 85-69).
2/4/23 at Tulane (W 76-52).

2 dominating performances for the Huskies, who would like to have a lot more of those as the season goes on. They've got a chance. That win at Tulane was huge as Tulane is probably a bubble team right now.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 10-13, 6-4 T-3rd American.

2/1/23 vs. Houston (L 63-58).
2/4/23 at SMU (W 80-75).

A split for the Golden Hurricane, but it's a matter of what could have been against Houston, as they let it slip away late.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 15-7, 7-3 T-5th ACC.

2/1/23 vs. Virginia Tech (W 73-65).
2/4/23 at Clemson (W 63-52).

2 very important wins for the Blue Devils this week, important because they stay on the road next week to face 2 of the top 3 teams in the ACC currently. They really need to get at least 1 of those games, hopefully both.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 12-10, 4-7 T-7th Big 12.

1/30/23 vs. Oklahoma State (L 71-68).
2/4/23 vs. #16 Baylor (L 89-81).

2 losses for the Horned Frogs, which is what most people were expecting to happen both times they played these 2 teams, not just once. A feel good non-conference game next week as they start a stretch of 4 on the road.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 14-8, 5-5 T-6th Big Ten.

2/1/23 vs. Penn State (W 76-45).
2/4/23 at Maryland (L 87-80).

Another split for the Spartans, and does anybody want to hazard a guess on what their conference record might end up at? 9-9? Sounds about right to me, although they have more tough games coming up than they do easy games.

Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 14-7, 5-5 T-6th Big Ten.

2/1/23 vs. Nebraska (W 83-72).
2/4/23 vs. Iowa (W 79-62).

2 solid victories for the Wildcats this week to get back to .500 in conference play. They'll have to fight to stay there though, as they have 2 big tests next week.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 14-8, 4-5 T-4th Big West.

2/2/23 at UC Irvine (L 94-78).
2/4/23 vs. Cal State Northridge (W 74-63).

Another split for the Warriors, who might as well forget about that goal of winning the Big West this season. They are 5 games behind the leaders, with 7 to go. In fact, the best they might hope for is 3rd, because even 2nd might be tough, unless they go on a huge run. What does that mean for Coach Gunn? If they activity on firecoachgunn.com tells us anything, it'll be sayonara.

FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 17-4, 8-2 2nd Conference USA.

2/2/23 vs. South Dakota State (W 87-77).
2/4/23 at Southern Miss (W 105-85).

2 more wins for the Golden Panthers, as they get back on the right track after that upset loss at Marshall.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 9-12, 4-6 9th Conference USA.

2/2/23 at Old Dominion (L 81-64).
2/4/23 at Middle Tennessee (L 57-42).

2 more losses for the Owls, and they weren't very competitive this week, losing both by double digits. A chance to get back to .500 next week, as the schedule lightens up a little.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 15-7, 7-3 T-2nd Pac 12.

2/2/23 at Oregon State (L 71-64).
2/4/23 vs. California (W 82-68).

A split for the Buffaloes this week, and a wasted opportunity at Oregon State. The games against .500 or sub .500 teams are the games they have to win if they are going to win a conference championship.

Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 16-6, 8-2 1st Pac 12.

2/2/23 vs. Arizona State (W 65-55).
2/4/23 at #8 Arizona (W 73-71).

A big sweep through Arizona this week for the Cardinal, who now sit all alone at the top of the Pac 12. They control their own destiny now, and aside from a couple games that could be challenging, the schedule definitely falls in their favor.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 10-12, 3-7 T-9th Pac 12.

2/2/23 vs. Gonzaga (L 97-74).
2/4/23 vs. Washington (L 77-66).

2 more losses for the Bruins who are just having an epic meltdown this season and are in serious danger of missing the postseason for the first time in this dynasty. The natives of Westwood are getting very restless and don't be surprised if we see a firecoachshepard.com page starting up soon.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 12-9, 5-5 T-7th Pac 12.

2/2/23 vs. Oregon (W 76-67).
2/4/23 at Arizona State (W 78-54).

2 wins for the Cougars this week, and a monumental win against Oregon, as that was career win #100 for Coach St. John! Congrats to him, as many people had doubts he would get there this season. Unfortunately, they are now into the brutal part of their schedule, as they might only be favored in 1 of their remaining 8 games.

#15 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 15-7, 6-4 T-5th SEC.

2/1/23 vs. Texas A&M (L 92-88, OT).
2/4/23 vs. #23 Ole Miss (W 73-68).

A split for the Crimson Tide, who missed a golden opportunity themselves with a heartbreaking OT loss to Texas A&M.

Now a look at the national top 25 heading into the week of Feb. 6-12:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Syracuse (72) 22-1 1800 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Notre Dame 19-3 1683 3 Atlantic Coast Conference 3. Wisconsin 18-4 1674 2 Big Ten Conference 4. Arkansas 19-3 1610 5 Southeastern Conference 5. North Carolina 17-6 1492 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 6. Louisville 17-5 1401 10 Atlantic Coast Conference 7. Florida State 18-4 1385 7 Atlantic Coast Conference 8. Georgetown 17-6 1325 6 Big East Conference 9. Ohio State 16-6 1197 11 Big Ten Conference 10. Arizona 17-5 1095 8 Pacific-12 Conference 11. Virginia 17-5 1090 12 Atlantic Coast Conference 12. Villanova 19-5 1065 13 Big East Conference 13. LSU 17-6 900 9 Southeastern Conference 14. Yale 20-4 828 20 Ivy League 15. UAB 18-4 653 25 Conference USA 16. Old Dominion 17-4 538 NR Conference USA 17. Alabama 15-7 465 15 Southeastern Conference 18. Davidson 17-5 465 14 Atlantic 10 Conference 19. Baylor 17-6 449 16 Big 12 Conference 20. UC Irvine 18-6 429 NR Big West Conference 21. Stanford 16-6 414 NR Pacific-12 Conference 22. FIU 17-4 339 NR Conference USA 23. North Texas 17-4 185 17 Conference USA 24. St. John's 17-6 172 19 Big East Conference 25. UC Riverside 18-4 151 18 Big West Conference Others Receiving Votes: Saint Joseph's 17-5 147 Atlantic 10 Conference Texas A&M 15-7 93 Southeastern Conference Duke 15-7 83 Atlantic Coast Conference Mercer 20-5 61 Southern Conference Mississippi 16-6 44 Southeastern Conference Wichita State 17-6 42 Missouri Valley Conference Oklahoma State 18-6 34 Big 12 Conference Gonzaga 15-7 31 Pacific-12 Conference California 14-7 15 Pacific-12 Conference Colorado 15-7 12 Pacific-12 Conference Oklahoma 15-7 11 Big 12 Conference BYU 17-8 6 West Coast Conference Kent State 17-6 6 Mid-American Conference Western Michigan 17-6 4 Mid-American Conference Iowa State 15-8 3 Big 12 Conference Richmond 16-6 2 Atlantic 10 Conference Massachusetts 16-6 1 Atlantic 10 Conference


Alabama drops down 2 more spots after the split this week, while FIU is back in the top 25. Stanford is welcomed to the top 25 after a big win at Arizona, and Duke continues to gain ground while Colorado continues to lose ground.

Now for the mid-major top 25 going into the week of Feb. 6-12:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Yale (31) 20-4 1714 2 Ivy League 2. UAB (8) 18-4 1633 4 Conference USA 3. Wichita State (17) 17-6 1615 9 Missouri Valley Conference 4. Saint Joseph's 17-5 1531 10 Atlantic 10 Conference 5. Davidson (4) 17-5 1483 1 Atlantic 10 Conference 6. UC Irvine (11) 18-6 1435 12 Big West Conference 7. FIU 17-4 1429 6 Conference USA 8. Old Dominion 17-4 1236 15 Conference USA 9. Kent State 17-6 1179 8 Mid-American Conference 10. Western Michigan 17-6 1094 3 Mid-American Conference 11. UC Riverside 18-4 1075 7 Big West Conference 12. Mercer 20-5 953 18 Southern Conference 13. BYU 17-8 937 17 West Coast Conference 14. North Texas 17-4 845 11 Conference USA 15. Bradley (1) 16-7 837 14 Missouri Valley Conference 16. Indiana State 16-8 760 16 Missouri Valley Conference 17. Richmond 16-6 630 5 Atlantic 10 Conference 18. Tulane 17-6 613 13 American Athletic Conference 19. Oakland 16-6 504 20 Horizon League 20. Massachusetts 16-6 471 24 Atlantic 10 Conference 21. Cincinnati 16-7 396 NR American Athletic Conference 22. Illinois State 16-10 304 21 Missouri Valley Conference 23. Green Bay 16-9 141 22 Horizon League 24. St. Bonaventure 14-8 114 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 25. Portland 15-8 113 23 West Coast Conference Others Receiving Votes: Drexel 17-7 100 Colonial Athletic Association New Mexico 13-7 66 Mountain West Conference Loyola Chicago 15-8 49 Missouri Valley Conference San Diego State 14-9 45 Mountain West Conference VMI 17-6 44 Southern Conference Akron 15-7 17 Mid-American Conference Southern Illinois 15-9 12 Missouri Valley Conference Holy Cross 16-8 8 Patriot League Northern Kentucky 16-7 6 Sun Belt Conference Campbell 17-7 5 Big South Conference Saint Mary's 15-9 4 West Coast Conference Fresno State 14-9 2 Mountain West Conference


Despite 2 convincing wins this week, FIU drops 1 spot in the mid-major poll.

And now it's time for our first bubble watch of the 2022-2023 season. We'll start with the overall bubble watch, which sees 2 of our teams in.

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Team Record RPI vs. 1-50 vs. 51-100 vs. 101-200 vs. 200+ SOS Projected -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Illinois State 16-10 .593 (22) 6-5 3-1 5-3 2-1 6 In Loyola Chicago 15-8 .564 (46) 4-4 2-2 2-0 7-2 109 In California 14-7 .596 (19) 1-5 4-0 6-1 3-1 27 In Michigan State 14-8 .551 (62) 4-2 4-5 5-1 1-0 103 In Western Michigan 17-6 .581 (33) 0-2 1-1 11-3 5-0 99 In Tulane 17-6 .563 (48) 1-1 3-2 6-1 7-2 152 In Portland 15-8 .560 (52) 0-2 5-3 6-3 4-0 76 In Southern Illinois 15-9 .557 (57) 3-5 2-3 5-1 5-0 79 In Tennessee 14-8 .571 (43) 3-4 4-1 5-1 2-2 67 Out Richmond 16-6 .547 (68) 3-2 3-2 3-1 7-1 205 Out Holy Cross 16-8 .576 (38) 0-0 2-2 8-5 6-1 54 Out St. Bonaventure 14-8 .580 (35) 0-6 3-1 9-1 2-0 26 Out Massachusetts 16-6 .549 (65) 1-1 2-3 7-1 6-1 182 Out Baylor 17-6 .543 (75) 3-2 2-2 6-1 6-1 177 Out Hawaii 14-8 .548 (66) 1-1 4-3 6-3 3-1 139 Out

2 teams that we're surprised to see on here, for differing reasons. Michigan State has had a very inconsistent season, and to be honest, their last few seasons have been. They really need to go on a nice winning streak to get off the bubble and confirm themselves as a lock. Meanwhile, Hawaii is the last team on the list, a surprise to see them there as they look for their first NCAA Tournament berth, and that might be the only thing that saves Coach Gunn's job at this point. Again, it's going to take a nice winning streak though, as they probably need to get to that 20 win threshold.

Now for the rest of our FOFC teams, and remember, if a team isn't listed, that means they are projected out. I'm only mentioning locks and teams projected in. This is only for the NCAA tournament, not other tournaments.

Locks: Duke, Northwestern, FIU, Colorado, Stanford, Alabama.

Nice to see so many of our FOFC teams as locks, almost half of them. Let's hope that trend continues.
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Nice to see Coach Sanchez lead Stanford into the Top 25.
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27 games on the schedule this week, including 2 very critical feature games. We'll start in the Big Ten.

2/11/23- Northwestern (Ess Vee) @ Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- This game was not for the week of heart, as the teams combined for 52 fouls and 69 free throw attempts. What sealed the deal though was Michigan State hitting 9 three pointers. They led most of the game and picked up a big, big win.

Final Score: Michigan State- 89, Northwestern- 80

Now we move to the Pac 12:

2/11/23- UCLA (Tim Shepard) @ Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- Even in a down year, the Bruins are still good enough to beat Washington State, as both teams shot lights out, but the Bruins shot a little better, attempting and making more shots to get a much needed road victory.

Final Score: UCLA- 90, Washington State- 80

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 11-15, 5-8 T-6th America East.

2/8/23 at Maine (W 70-56).

1 game for the Hawks this week, and it was a much needed win, as they break a 4 game losing streak and still have a chance to finish .500 in conference if they can win their last 3 games, which is doable.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 9-16, 6-7 T-6th American.

2/8/23 vs. Temple (L 100-92)
2/11/23 at South Florida (L 66-50).

2 steps forward, 2 steps back for the Huskies as they fall back under .500 in conference play with 2 losses this week. Next week gives them a chance to go back over .500 with 2 winnable games, but the inconsistency is overwhelming.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 11-14, 7-5 T-4th American.

2/8/23 at Cincinnati (L 78-63).
2/11/23 at Temple (W 72-61).

A road split for the Golden Hurricane this week, and with their remaining schedule, they have the potential to really earn themselves a bye in the conference tournament and set themselves up nicely.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 15-9, 7-5 T-6th ACC.

2/8/23 at #2 Notre Dame (L 84-64).
2/11/23 at #11 Virginia (L 76-57).

No real surprise here to see the Blue Devils lose 2 games this week. Coach Hoo hasn't shown that he can beat the top teams consistently. The good news is that 4 of their remaining 6 games are against teams with losing records. Of the 2 that aren't, 1 is winnable, the other is a toss-up.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 13-11, 4-8 T-8th Big 12.

2/7/23 at Grand Canyon (W 71-48).
2/11/23 at Iowa State (L 65-61).

A road split for the Horned Frogs, as they hammer a hapless Grand Canyon team, but really the game they needed to win was the Iowa State game. Conference wins mean more at this point.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 16-8, 7-5 T-4th Big Ten.

2/8/23 vs. Rutgers (W 101-93).
2/11/23 vs. Northwestern- feature game, highlighted above.

Exactly what the Spartans needed as they break the curse of the split and win 2 games this week. Next week they have a nice test, but if they can win it, they'll be back in business.

Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 14-9, 5-7 T-8th Big Ten.

2/8/23 vs. #9 Ohio State (L 97-65).
2/11/23 at Michigan State- feature game, highlighted above.

A reality check for the Wildcats, who really weren't competitive this week. Ohio State beat them by 32, and even the Michigan State game wasn't as close as the score indicated.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 16-8, 6-5 T-3rd Big West.

2/7/23 vs. UC Santa Barbara (W 85-55).
2/11/23 at Long Beach State (W 98-94, OT).

It's too soon to call this a turnaround, but the Warriors won 2 games this week, are on a 3 game winning streak, and next week face the 2nd place team in the Big West. A win there, and 2nd place becomes much more of a reality. Regardless, Coach Gunn knows he is coaching for his job every single game at this point.

#22 FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 19-4, 10-2 2nd Conference USA.

2/9/23 at Western Kentucky (W 90-86).
2/11/23 vs. Charlotte (W 106-72).

2 more wins for the Golden Panthers, but a couple tests next week that they really need to win.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 9-14, 4-8 T-9th Conference USA.

2/9/23 vs. Charlotte (L 85-83).
2/11/23 vs. Marshall (L 75-59).

It's going downhill fast for the Owls, who have lost 5 in a row and 8 of their last 10. They still have some winnable games on the schedule, and the goal at this point might be to finish with double digit wins.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 15-9, 7-5 5th Pac 12.

2/9/23 vs. Washington (L 81-69).
2/11/23 vs. #10 Arizona (L 79-49).

Things aren't so rosy in Boulder anymore, as the Buffaloes have lost 4 of their last 5 and have all but fallen out of the hunt for a conference title. They could still get back in it, but they would almost have to win out and get some help. Now they might just be playing for a bye in the Pac 12 Tourney.

#21 Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 18-6, 10-2 1st Pac 12.

2/9/23 vs. Oregon (W 84-64).
2/11/23 at Gonzaga (W 95-80).

2 more wins for the Cardinal, who remain a game up in the conference race. Plus, they just beat Gonzaga, which many people feel was their toughest test the rest of the way, so now it's just a matter of taking care of business.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 12-12, 5-7 9th Pac 12.

2/9/23 vs. Arizona State (W 84-71).
2/11/23 at Washington State- feature game, highlighted above.

A much needed 2 wins for the Bruins this week, and I say much needed because their next 4 games are on the road, and 3 of them are against Colorado, Arizona, and Stanford. They definitely have a chance to play spoiler, if nothing else.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 13-10, 6-6 T-6th Pac 12.

2/9/23 at Oregon State (W 94-86, OT).
2/11/23 vs. UCLA- feature game, highlighted above.

A split for the Cougars this week, as the loss to UCLA breaks a mini 3 game winning streak. They have a chance to do some spoiling next week as well, with Arizona and Stanford on the schedule.

#17 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 17-7, 8-4 T-4th SEC.

2/8/23 at Georgia (W 60-52).
2/11/23 at Tennessee (W 88-85).

2 tough road wins this week for the Crimson Tide as they are still in position for a first round bye in the SEC tournament. Still a lot of games left though, and a lot of work to do.

Here's a look at the national top 25 going into the week of Feb. 13-19:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Syracuse (71) 23-2 1799 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Wisconsin 20-4 1695 3 Big Ten Conference 3. Notre Dame (1) 21-3 1690 2 Atlantic Coast Conference 4. Louisville 19-5 1539 6 Atlantic Coast Conference 5. North Carolina 18-6 1471 5 Atlantic Coast Conference 6. Arkansas 20-4 1450 4 Southeastern Conference 7. Georgetown 19-6 1381 8 Big East Conference 8. Florida State 19-5 1311 7 Atlantic Coast Conference 9. Ohio State 18-6 1221 9 Big Ten Conference 10. Arizona 19-5 1145 10 Pacific-12 Conference 11. Virginia 19-5 1121 11 Atlantic Coast Conference 12. Villanova 20-5 978 12 Big East Conference 13. Yale 22-4 851 14 Ivy League 14. UAB 20-4 839 15 Conference USA 15. Alabama 17-7 766 17 Southeastern Conference 16. Mississippi 18-6 683 NR Southeastern Conference 17. LSU 18-7 615 13 Southeastern Conference 18. Stanford 18-6 567 21 Pacific-12 Conference 19. Old Dominion 19-4 547 16 Conference USA 20. North Texas 19-4 447 23 Conference USA 21. FIU 19-4 362 22 Conference USA 22. Mercer 21-5 164 NR Southern Conference 23. Baylor 18-7 150 19 Big 12 Conference 24. UC Irvine 19-7 123 20 Big West Conference 25. Oklahoma 17-7 99 NR Big 12 Conference Others Receiving Votes: Davidson 18-6 54 Atlantic 10 Conference UC Riverside 19-5 50 Big West Conference Wichita State 18-6 44 Missouri Valley Conference BYU 19-8 40 West Coast Conference Kent State 19-6 36 Mid-American Conference Saint Joseph's 18-6 35 Atlantic 10 Conference St. John's 18-7 35 Big East Conference Iowa State 16-8 29 Big 12 Conference Richmond 18-6 26 Atlantic 10 Conference Western Michigan 19-6 10 Mid-American Conference Duke 15-9 8 Atlantic Coast Conference Massachusetts 18-6 8 Atlantic 10 Conference Vanderbilt 17-7 6 Southeastern Conference Gonzaga 16-8 5 Pacific-12 Conference


Alabama, Stanford, and FIU all move up after 2-0 weeks. Duke barely stays in the picture, receiving a few votes. Colorado isn't so lucky, as their slide has cost them all their votes.

Now for the mid-major top 25 going into the week of Feb. 13-19:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Yale (38) 22-4 1736 1 Ivy League 2. UAB (17) 20-4 1713 2 Conference USA 3. Wichita State (10) 18-6 1619 3 Missouri Valley Conference 4. FIU 19-4 1510 7 Conference USA 5. Kent State 19-6 1433 9 Mid-American Conference 6. Old Dominion 19-4 1317 8 Conference USA 7. BYU (4) 19-8 1291 13 West Coast Conference 8. UC Irvine (3) 19-7 1289 6 Big West Conference 9. Western Michigan 19-6 1226 10 Mid-American Conference 10. Saint Joseph's 18-6 1165 4 Atlantic 10 Conference 11. Davidson 18-6 1152 5 Atlantic 10 Conference 12. Richmond 18-6 1004 17 Atlantic 10 Conference 13. North Texas 19-4 955 14 Conference USA 14. Mercer 21-5 895 12 Southern Conference 15. Massachusetts 18-6 782 20 Atlantic 10 Conference 16. UC Riverside 19-5 776 11 Big West Conference 17. Bradley 17-8 658 15 Missouri Valley Conference 18. Tulane 18-7 562 18 American Athletic Conference 19. Portland 17-8 463 25 West Coast Conference 20. Oakland 17-7 402 19 Horizon League 21. Cincinnati 17-8 302 21 American Athletic Conference 22. St. Bonaventure 16-8 286 24 Atlantic 10 Conference 23. Drexel 19-7 256 NR Colonial Athletic Association 24. Illinois State 17-11 223 22 Missouri Valley Conference 25. Green Bay 17-9 103 23 Horizon League Others Receiving Votes: VMI 19-6 66 Southern Conference New Mexico 14-8 54 Mountain West Conference Indiana State 16-10 45 Missouri Valley Conference San Diego State 15-10 35 Mountain West Conference Hawaii 16-8 27 Big West Conference Northern Iowa 16-9 27 Missouri Valley Conference Loyola Chicago 16-9 12 Missouri Valley Conference Southern Illinois 16-10 7 Missouri Valley Conference UNLV 15-9 6 Mountain West Conference Florida Gulf Coast 17-7 2 Atlantic Sun Conference Harvard 15-9 1 Ivy League


FIU moves up 3 spots in the polls, back up to 4th. No FPV though. And Hawaii is back to receiving votes, a fair amount. Well deserved.

Now for this weeks edition of the Bubble Watch, and we'll start with the Overall Bubble Watch which again sees 2 of our FOFC teams in the mix:

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Team Record RPI vs. 1-50 vs. 51-100 vs. 101-200 vs. 200+ SOS Projected -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hawaii 16-8 .559 (50) 3-1 2-2 8-4 3-1 131 In Indiana 16-8 .557 (57) 3-2 4-1 4-4 5-1 106 In Indiana State 16-10 .583 (28) 5-5 2-3 4-2 5-0 20 In Colorado 15-9 .600 (15) 3-5 3-3 6-1 3-0 5 In Tulane 18-7 .569 (40) 2-2 3-1 5-2 8-2 121 In Portland 17-8 .572 (38) 0-3 5-1 6-4 6-0 67 In Green Bay 17-9 .580 (31) 2-1 4-1 10-5 1-2 42 In Southern Illinois 16-10 .566 (44) 4-5 2-4 5-1 5-0 56 In St. Bonaventure 16-8 .577 (34) 0-6 4-1 8-0 4-1 47 Out Oklahoma State 19-7 .547 (69) 1-2 3-3 9-1 6-1 188 Out New Mexico 14-8 .553 (61) 1-0 5-3 2-4 6-1 79 Out Davidson 18-6 .548 (67) 0-1 5-1 4-3 9-1 239 Out Holy Cross 16-10 .562 (46) 0-0 2-2 7-7 7-1 65 Out Baylor 18-7 .544 (75) 3-2 3-3 6-1 6-1 153 Out Vanderbilt 17-7 .541 (76) 2-3 1-3 8-0 6-1 176 Out

2 teams going in completely different directions, as Hawaii really helped their cause by winning 2 games this week. Their game against Big West 2nd place team UC Riverside just became a lot more critical, as they can't afford any setbacks at this point.

Colorado, meanwhile, with losses in 4 of their last 5 games, has moved from being a lock to being on the bubble. Fortunately, next week brings 2 winnable games, but also brings games against teams whose RPI aren't very good, so even with 2 wins, it may not help a lot.

Now for the rest of the Bubble Watch:

Locks: Michigan State, FIU, Stanford, Alabama
In: Duke

Some major changes here, as Michigan State moves from the bubble to being a lock, while Duke is no longer a lock, but still projected safely in. Meanwhile, Northwestern, who was a lock last week, is now projected out. And of course, we've already mentioned Colorado and Hawaii.
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We have 27 games on the schedule this week, and 3 of them are feature games. We'll start in the Pac 12, where all 4 of our FOFC teams are involved in a feature game.

2/16/23- UCLA (Tim Shepard) @ Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 2 teams who are seeing their season go in different ways all of a sudden, and it continued tonight. The Bruins made 30 free throws and shot 88.2% from the line, while Colorado made just 51.7% of their free throws. UCLA also made 6 more three pointers than the Buffs did. All that led to another road win for the Bruins, who are hot right now.

Final Score: UCLA- 92, Colorado- 83

2/18/23- #18 Stanford (Benito Sanchez) @ Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- The Cougars had a chance to play spoiler in this game, and they didn't disappointed. Of course, I've always said this game had a huge discrepancy toward the home team when it came to fouls and free throws, and this game might be the worst I've seen. Stanford: 38 fouls committed, 20 free throws attempted. Washington State: 17 fouls committed, a whopping 57 free throws attempted. This game might have been blowout status had they not missed more free throws than the Cardinal attempted, but the fact they got so many chances was enough as Coach Sanchez let his displeasure be known after the game and will probably be in for a hefty fine.

Final Score: Washington State- 78, #18 Stanford- 73

Now for a trip to the American, where we have 2 struggling teams:

2/18/23- UConn (Randolph Childress) @ Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 2 teams that will probably finish under .500 overall for the season, as UConn continues to play their hot week/cold week game. Tulsa didn't help themselves by shooting a dismal 33.3% from the field and just 9.1% from three point land. Both teams took care of the ball, but it came down to shooting here.

Final Score: UConn- 69, Tulsa- 59

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 12-16, 6-9 T-6th America East.

2/15/23 at Binghamton (L 62-59).
2/19/23 at Vermont (W 62-53).

A road split for the Hawks, as they dropped a tough one late at Binghamton. They finish off the regular season in a big way next week as they take on the conference leaders at home. A loss, and they could end up in the cellar.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 11-16, 8-7 5th American.

2/15/23 vs. SMU (W 90-81).
2/18/23 at Tulsa- feature game, highlighted above.

Again, it's a win/lose pattern for the Huskies. They win both games this week, and are still fighting for a first round bye in the conference tournament.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 12-15, 8-6 T-3rd American.

2/15/23 at South Florida (W 82-69).
2/18/23 vs. UConn- feature game, highlighted above.

A split for the Golden Hurricane, who are also fighting for a first round bye in the conference tournament. Still a few conference games to play though.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 17-9, 9-5 5th ACC.

2/15/23 at Pittsburgh (W 79-67).
2/18/23 vs. Wake Forest (W 88-56).

The Blue Devils had a big week with a couple double digit wins. They get a top 10 Florida State team on the road next week, then 3 games against what are currently sub .500 teams, so a top 4 finish in the conference is still doable, but they need to win out.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 14-12, 5-9 T-7th Big 12.

2/13/23 at Kansas State (W 59-43).
2/18/23 at Texas (L 84-60).

A road split for the Horned Frogs, who also go into a 3 game stretch against sub-.500 teams. They still have a slight chance to get to .500 in the conference if they can win out.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 18-8, 9-5 T-3rd Big Ten.

2/15/23 at Michigan (W 80-71).
2/18/23 at #9 Ohio State (W 67-61).

The Spartans stay hot, winners of 4 in a row and 5 of their last 6, and they are definitely working themselves off the bubble. Still some tough games coming up, but their momentum has them going in the right direction.

Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 16-9, 7-7 T-6th Big Ten.

2/15/23 vs. Penn State (W 72-71).
2/18/23 at Indiana (W 80-61).

A great bounce back week for the Wildcats, who are probably back into big dance consideration with those performances. They also need to stay hot as they have a tough road swing next week.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 17-9, 7-6 T-3rd Big West.

2/14/23 at UC Riverside (L 69-59).
2/18/23 vs. Cal Poly (W 69-61).

A split for the Warriors, who fell in their battle against Riverside. That eliminates them from conference title consideration, but still 3 more games. If they can get to 20 wins this season, that might be enough to save Coach Gunn.

#21 FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 19-6, 10-4 T-3rd Conference USA.

2/16/23 at #20 North Texas (L 84-62).
2/18/23 at Middle Tennessee (L 61-58).

Tough week for the Golden Panthers who have suffered their first 2 game losing streak since mid-December. Next week will be key, as they can't afford the type of late season slide that happened often when Coach Hawkins was at Troy.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 9-16, 4-10 T-11th Conference USA.

2/16/23 at Southern Miss (L 78-69).
2/18/23 at UTEP (L 91-80).

2 more losses for the Owls, 7 in a row now. They are just falling apart since late January. Next week doesn't look promising to break that streak.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 16-10, 8-6 T-4th Pac 12.

2/16/23 vs. UCLA- feature game, highlighted above.
2/18/23 at Arizona State (W 80-61).

A split for the Buffaloes, who break a 3 game losing streak but have still lost 5 of their last 8. More tough tests next week, with a trip through Gonzaga and Oregon.

#18 Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 19-7, 11-3 T-1st Pac 12.

2/16/23 vs. Oregon State (W 63-46).
2/18/23 at Washington State- feature game, highlighted above.

If Stanford misses out on the Pac 12 regular season title, they will definitely look back at the 3 officials who worked the game at Washington State. Just an ugly game that was definitely one sided in many ways. They can't afford any slip-ups now, if they can win out they'll guarantee a share, but any slip-ups may cost them.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 13-13, 6-8 9th Pac 12.

2/16/23 at Colorado- feature game, highlighted above.
2/18/23 at #10 Arizona (L 86-79).

The Bruins are a little hot right now, but Arizona cooled them off. That was the game they really wanted, but being at .500 right now after the way they started this season, Coach Shepard will take it. Next week is big, as they face the other Pac 12 co-leader in Stanford, and it'll be a feature game, of course.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 14-11, 7-7 T-6th Pac 12.

2/16/23 vs. #10 Arizona (L 83-48).
2/18/23 vs. #18 Stanford- feature game, highlighted above.

Considering how bad the Cougars played against Arizona, they'll be the first to tell you they didn't deserve the home cooking they got against Stanford, in a game that could be talked about for years to come. Don't get me wrong, Coach St. John will take the win and run with it, but it's one everybody knows they shouldn't have had.

#15 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 19-7, 10-4 T-3rd SEC.

2/15/23 vs. Missouri (W 84-78).
2/18/23 vs. #17 LSU (W 81-70).

A good week for the Crimson Tide as they got a nice win over LSU. Their schedule doesn't get any easier though, a rematch with Arkansas next week. Win that one, and an SEC title becomes a consideration.

Here's a look at the national top 25 going into the week of Feb. 20-26:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Syracuse (71) 25-2 1799 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Notre Dame (1) 23-3 1712 3 Atlantic Coast Conference 3. Wisconsin 22-4 1673 2 Big Ten Conference 4. Arkansas 22-4 1578 6 Southeastern Conference 5. Louisville 21-5 1503 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 6. Georgetown 21-6 1398 7 Big East Conference 7. North Carolina 19-7 1398 5 Atlantic Coast Conference 8. Arizona 21-5 1309 10 Pacific-12 Conference 9. Florida State 19-7 1182 8 Atlantic Coast Conference 10. Ohio State 19-7 1176 9 Big Ten Conference 11. Virginia 20-6 1105 11 Atlantic Coast Conference 12. North Texas 21-4 902 20 Conference USA 13. Yale 23-5 858 13 Ivy League 14. UAB 21-5 749 14 Conference USA 15. LSU 19-8 694 17 Southeastern Conference 16. Alabama 19-7 686 15 Southeastern Conference 17. Baylor 20-7 548 23 Big 12 Conference 18. Stanford 19-7 435 18 Pacific-12 Conference 19. Mercer 23-5 429 22 Southern Conference 20. Wichita State 20-6 392 NR Missouri Valley Conference 21. Villanova 20-7 351 12 Big East Conference 22. Davidson 20-6 329 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 23. Kent State 21-6 258 NR Mid-American Conference 24. BYU 21-8 203 NR West Coast Conference 25. Western Michigan 21-6 153 NR Mid-American Conference Others Receiving Votes: UC Riverside 21-5 146 Big West Conference Saint Joseph's 20-6 98 Atlantic 10 Conference Old Dominion 20-5 79 Conference USA Massachusetts 20-6 70 Atlantic 10 Conference UC Irvine 20-8 66 Big West Conference Duke 17-9 40 Atlantic Coast Conference Oklahoma State 21-7 28 Big 12 Conference Mississippi 18-8 22 Southeastern Conference Gonzaga 18-8 9 Pacific-12 Conference Vanderbilt 18-8 8 Southeastern Conference FIU 19-6 6 Conference USA Iowa State 17-9 4 Big 12 Conference Michigan State 18-8 4 Big Ten Conference


I'm a bit stunned by the polls this week (what a shock, I disagree with them). Alabama drops a spot, while LSU, who lost to the Crimson Tide this week, jumps 2 spots? No way. Stanford stays put at #18. Nothing against Washington State, but most see that win over the Cardinal as a fluke that was given to them. Duke retains and adds a few more votes, while FIU drops out of the national top 25 after 2 losses this week, but still receives a few votes. And Michigan State with their strong performance at Ohio State, receives a few votes.

Now for the mid-major top 25 going into the week of Feb. 20-26:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Wichita State (43) 20-6 1758 3 Missouri Valley Conference 2. Yale (12) 23-5 1648 1 Ivy League 3. UAB (9) 21-5 1584 2 Conference USA 4. Western Michigan 21-6 1453 9 Mid-American Conference 5. BYU (6) 21-8 1443 7 West Coast Conference 6. Saint Joseph's 20-6 1420 10 Atlantic 10 Conference 7. Kent State 21-6 1405 5 Mid-American Conference 8. Davidson (1) 20-6 1355 11 Atlantic 10 Conference 9. North Texas 21-4 1237 13 Conference USA 10. Mercer 23-5 1112 14 Southern Conference 11. UC Riverside (1) 21-5 1081 16 Big West Conference 12. Old Dominion 20-5 1007 6 Conference USA 13. Massachusetts 20-6 998 15 Atlantic 10 Conference 14. UC Irvine 20-8 923 8 Big West Conference 15. FIU 19-6 790 4 Conference USA 16. Portland 19-8 685 19 West Coast Conference 17. St. Bonaventure 18-8 669 22 Atlantic 10 Conference 18. Bradley 18-9 575 17 Missouri Valley Conference 19. Drexel 20-7 420 23 Colonial Athletic Association 20. Richmond 18-8 383 12 Atlantic 10 Conference 21. Tulane 18-8 319 18 American Athletic Conference 22. Loyola Chicago 18-9 316 NR Missouri Valley Conference 23. Oakland 18-8 176 20 Horizon League 24. San Diego State 17-10 154 NR Mountain West Conference 25. Cincinnati 18-9 146 21 American Athletic Conference Others Receiving Votes: New Mexico 16-8 118 Mountain West Conference Southern Illinois 18-10 93 Missouri Valley Conference Illinois State 18-12 55 Missouri Valley Conference VMI 20-7 31 Southern Conference Green Bay 18-10 21 Horizon League Hawaii 17-9 13 Big West Conference Northern Iowa 17-10 5 Missouri Valley Conference UNLV 16-10 4 Mountain West Conference Florida Gulf Coast 18-8 2 Atlantic Sun Conference Manhattan 19-10 1 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference


Huge drop for FIU after 2 losses this week, and Hawaii does lose some votes as expected, but stays in the mix with a few votes.

Time for this weeks edition of the Bubble Watch, and we'll start with the Overall Bubble Watch which sees 2 of our teams again mentioned.

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Team Record RPI vs. 1-50 vs. 51-100 vs. 101-200 vs. 200+ SOS Projected -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Richmond 18-8 .551 (64) 3-4 1-2 6-1 8-1 152 In Mississippi 18-8 .578 (31) 2-2 6-2 5-2 5-2 49 In Northern Iowa 17-10 .564 (46) 4-7 3-0 5-2 5-1 61 In Portland 19-8 .572 (37) 0-2 7-2 5-4 7-0 79 In Hawaii 17-9 .565 (44) 3-1 2-4 7-3 5-1 101 In UC Riverside 21-5 .550 (65) 4-2 2-1 6-1 9-1 255 In St. Bonaventure 18-8 .589 (23) 0-6 3-1 9-0 6-1 31 In Davidson 20-6 .555 (56) 0-1 5-1 4-2 11-2 235 In Green Bay 18-10 .577 (33) 2-1 5-3 9-4 2-2 40 Out Cleveland State 18-11 .559 (52) 4-2 2-2 6-6 6-1 112 Out Colorado 16-10 .579 (30) 2-4 4-4 6-2 4-0 11 Out Baylor 20-7 .547 (68) 3-2 5-3 6-1 6-1 169 Out Tulane 18-8 .564 (47) 1-1 3-1 10-3 4-3 102 Out San Diego State 17-10 .555 (58) 1-1 5-3 6-4 5-2 74 Out Indiana 17-9 .546 (70) 2-3 4-1 6-4 5-1 118 Out

Again it's Hawaii and Colorado, as both teams drop a little bit. Hawaii is now in the Last Four In, as that loss to UC Riverside really hurt them. They can solidify their spot in the tournament by finishing strong.

Colorado meanwhile, is now projected out. Still on the bubble but projected out, as their season as taken a bit of a turn for the worse. Would really be a shame to see a team with that good of an RPI shafted, but Coach Nielsen is already fearing the worst.

Now for the rest of the Bubble Watch:

Locks: Duke, Michigan State, FIU, Stanford, Alabama
In: Northwestern

A couple changes this week, as Northwestern is back to being projected in, and Duke is back to being a lock. Otherwise, everything looks to have stayed the same.
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Old 08-22-2017, 09:19 AM   #542
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28 games on the schedule this week, with 1 feature game. Let's take you out to the Pac 12 in a game that has just gotten a lot more meaningful.

2/25/23- #18 Stanford (Benito Sanchez) @ UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- A great one here, as both teams shot lights out. Despite being outrebounded and outscored at the line, Stanford made more shots, including three pointers, to escape with a big win that leaves them back on top of the conference.

Final Score: #18 Stanford- 80, UCLA- 78

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 12-17, 6-10 T-7th America East.

2/24/23 vs. Albany (L 79-71).

The Hawks finish the regular season with a whimper, finishing with their worst conference record in about 4 seasons. They'll limp into the America East tournament as the 7th seed after winning a tiebreaker and will open up in the first round against 2nd seed New Hampshire.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 13-16, 10-7 5th American.

2/22/23 vs. ECU (W 84-71).
2/25/23 at Houston (W 71-60).

2 more wins for the Huskies who are finishing strong. Their final conference game won't be easy as they take on a conference leading Cincinnati team that'll be going for their 20th win. If the Huskies can stay hot, they can still finish top 4. A loss all but locks them into the 5th seed.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 14-15, 10-6 T-3rd American.

2/22/23 vs. Memphis (W 81-66).
2/25/23 vs. ECU (W 72-64).

The Golden Hurricane also win 2 games this week, and have 2 crucial road games next week. Their final game is at Tulane, who is currently in 2nd place. Win both, and they could finish in 2nd place. Losing both could drop them down to 6th. If they can win both and get a lot of help, they could end up sharing a conference title, but that would take a LOT of luck.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 17-11, 9-7 7th ACC.

2/22/23 at #9 Florida State (L 75-73).
2/25/23 vs. Georgia Tech (L 72-57).

Tough week for the Blue Devils, who continue to be inconsistent. A tough loss at Florida State, then they fell apart against GA Tech. Their final 2 regular season games are winnable, but the best they can hope for is a 5th place finish which is unacceptable for Duke standards.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 16-12, 7-9 T-6th Big 12.

2/20/23 vs. Kansas (W 76-67).
2/25/23 vs. Texas Tech (W 72-67).

2 wins for the Horned Frogs this week, and those 2 wins will ensure they don't finish in the cellar. If they can win both next week, they'll finish .500 in the conference, but they can still finish anywhere between 5th and 9th.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 19-9, 10-6 T-3rd Big Ten.

2/22/23 at Minnesota (L 85-80).
2/25/23 at Indiana (W 91-90).

Just more inconsistency for the Spartans, with the loss to Minnesota breaking a 4 game losing streak. A good bounce back win at Indiana. They have 2 more games next week, with 1 of them against the conference leaders. If they can somehow win both, a share of the conference title is doable. Lose both, and they could fall all the way to 8th place.

Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 17-10, 8-8 T-7th Big Ten.

2/22/23 at Rutgers (L 74-59).
2/25/23 at #3 Wisconsin (W 77-65).

A huge win for the Wildcats over Wisconsin, it's just a shame they had to lose to Rutgers before that. 2 winnable games next week, as despite the conference record, they seem to be looking pretty good for a postseason berth.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 18-10, 8-7 T-3rd Big West.

2/23/23 vs. UC Davis (W 69-56).
2/25/23 at Cal State Fullerton (L 77-70).

Tough week for the Warriors who do split, but they needed that win against Fullerton as they finish off the regular season next week against the conference leaders UC Irvine. A conference title isn't going to happen, and depending on what does happen next week, Hawaii will finish somewhere between 3rd and 6th. firecoachgunn.com is still running wild.

FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 21-6, 12-4 T-2nd Conference USA.

2/23/23 at Florida Atlantic (W 66-58).
2/25/23 vs. UTEP (W 76-72).

2 more wins for the Golden Panthers, who are over 20 wins for the 3rd straight season. They can't finish any worse than 5th in the conference, and need to beat UAB next week. If they can win both, it's still possible for a 1st or 2nd place finish.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 9-18, 4-12 T-12th Conference USA.

2/23/23 vs. #12 North Texas (L 89-77).
2/25/23 vs. Louisiana Tech (L 97-65).

The nightmare season continues for the Owls, who lost twice more this week and are in the midst of their worst season since this dynasty started. Fortunately, they still have a chance to pick up double digit wins, as they have 2 teams in the bottom half of the conference next week. However, 1 of the games is against Fla Atlantic who is currently in last place. If the Owls lose that one, the cellar is theirs.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 16-12, 8-8 T-6th Pac 12.

2/23/23 at Gonzaga (L 77-65).
2/25/23 at Oregon (L 69-60).

The Buffaloes are quickly playing themselves out of the NCAA Tournament. It's amazing to think at 1 time they were 14-5 overall and 6-1 in Pac 12 play. Since then, they've lost 7 of their last 9, and haven't been competitive in a lot of those games. In fact, 4 of those 7 losses were by double digits, and 2 more were by 9 points. Not sure what has happened, but they need to right the ship next week as they finish off with the next to last place team in the conference, and then Washington State.

#18 Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 21-7, 13-3 1st Pac 12.

2/23/23 vs. Utah (W 77-76).
2/25/23 at UCLA- feature game, highlighted above.

It wasn't easy, but the Cardinal won both games this week, and thanks to Arizona beating Gonzaga this week, Stanford is back alone at the top of the Pac 12. It's not gonna be easy next week though, as they face 2 opponents that could knock them off. If they win just 1 of those games, they clinch a share of the conference title. Winning both clinches the title outright. Losing both.. well that could drop them all the way down to 3rd in the conference. Still a lot to play for.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 14-14, 7-9 T-8th Pac 12.

2/23/23 at Oregon (W 72-66).
2/25/23 vs. #18 Stanford- feature game, highlighted above.

A split for the Bruins, who need to win both games next week just to finish at .500 in the conference. It's been a long time since they've been that bad, and definitely the 1st time in this dynasty. Scary thing is, if they win both next week, and things go right otherwise, they could end up getting 4th place in the conference. Not likely, I would expect them to finish somewhere between 6th and 10th. Hopefully towards the high end of that.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 15-12, 8-8 T-6th Pac 12.

2/23/23 vs. Washington (L 69-59).
2/25/23 vs. Utah (W 59-56).

A split for the Cougars, who are having their best season in a while. They have yet to sniff the postseason in this dynasty, and if they can somehow win a couple games next week and a couple in the Pac 12 Tournament, they might get there. Unfortunately, they have to face a hot Gonzaga team next week, as well as a Colorado team trying to get back on track. Not how you want to finish off the regular season.

#16 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 21-7, 12-4 T-1st SEC.

2/22/23 at #4 Arkansas (W 83-74).
2/25/23 at South Carolina (W 92-89).

The Crimson Tide couldn't have asked for a better week. They went into Arkansas and shocked the Razorbacks, then held on against a tough South Carolina team. They are now in position to earn at least a split for the conference title, if they can continue to win both games next week. It won't be easy though, as they travel to VCU and return home to end the regular season against Kentucky. Although both teams are down a little, they are still going to be very tough games.

Here's a look at the national top 25 going into the week of Feb. 27-March 6:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Syracuse (72) 27-2 1800 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Notre Dame 24-4 1728 2 Atlantic Coast Conference 3. Wisconsin 22-6 1628 3 Big Ten Conference 4. North Carolina 21-7 1572 7 Atlantic Coast Conference 5. Louisville 21-6 1546 5 Atlantic Coast Conference 6. Arkansas 22-6 1426 4 Southeastern Conference 7. Georgetown 22-7 1334 6 Big East Conference 8. Ohio State 21-7 1241 10 Big Ten Conference 9. Florida State 21-7 1230 9 Atlantic Coast Conference 10. Arizona 22-6 1193 8 Pacific-12 Conference 11. Virginia 22-6 1135 11 Atlantic Coast Conference 12. Alabama 21-7 967 16 Southeastern Conference 13. UAB 23-5 871 14 Conference USA 14. Yale 24-5 766 13 Ivy League 15. Villanova 22-7 759 21 Big East Conference 16. Wichita State 22-6 724 20 Missouri Valley Conference 17. Stanford 21-7 660 18 Pacific-12 Conference 18. Mercer 25-5 635 19 Southern Conference 19. North Texas 22-5 486 12 Conference USA 20. Gonzaga 20-8 459 NR Pacific-12 Conference 21. Texas A&M 19-9 325 NR Southeastern Conference 22. Baylor 21-8 204 17 Big 12 Conference 23. Davidson 21-7 137 22 Atlantic 10 Conference 24. Iowa State 19-9 99 NR Big 12 Conference 25. FIU 21-6 79 NR Conference USA Others Receiving Votes: Western Michigan 22-7 76 Mid-American Conference LSU 20-9 63 Southeastern Conference UC Riverside 22-6 62 Big West Conference BYU 22-9 54 West Coast Conference Kent State 22-7 54 Mid-American Conference Massachusetts 21-7 38 Atlantic 10 Conference Old Dominion 21-6 33 Conference USA UC Irvine 20-9 8 Big West Conference Loyola Chicago 20-9 4 Missouri Valley Conference Portland 21-8 2 West Coast Conference Mississippi 19-9 1 Southeastern Conference Oklahoma State 22-8 1 Big 12 Conference


Alabama jumps 4 spots in the poll after a big win at Arkansas, while Stanford raises 1 spot after 2 narrow victories. FIU jumps back into the top 25, barely. Michigan State and Duke, 2 once proud programs that made a living in the top 25, are nowhere to be found after losing all their votes again.

Now for the mid-major top 25 going into the week of Feb. 27-March 6:

Mid Major Top 25

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Wichita State (58) 22-6 1784 1 Missouri Valley Conference 2. UAB (8) 23-5 1704 3 Conference USA 3. Yale (6) 24-5 1626 2 Ivy League 4. Kent State 22-7 1485 7 Mid-American Conference 5. Western Michigan 22-7 1404 4 Mid-American Conference 6. Mercer 25-5 1364 10 Southern Conference 7. Davidson 21-7 1363 8 Atlantic 10 Conference 8. BYU 22-9 1341 5 West Coast Conference 9. FIU 21-6 1179 15 Conference USA 10. Massachusetts 21-7 1113 13 Atlantic 10 Conference 11. North Texas 22-5 1105 9 Conference USA 12. UC Riverside 22-6 988 11 Big West Conference 13. Portland 21-8 907 16 West Coast Conference 14. Saint Joseph's 20-8 906 6 Atlantic 10 Conference 15. Old Dominion 21-6 892 12 Conference USA 16. UC Irvine 20-9 711 14 Big West Conference 17. St. Bonaventure 19-9 680 17 Atlantic 10 Conference 18. Loyola Chicago 20-9 595 22 Missouri Valley Conference 19. Tulane 20-8 551 21 American Athletic Conference 20. Bradley 19-10 403 18 Missouri Valley Conference 21. San Diego State 18-10 381 24 Mountain West Conference 22. Cincinnati 19-9 360 25 American Athletic Conference 23. Oakland 19-9 170 23 Horizon League 24. New Mexico 17-9 100 NR Mountain West Conference 25. Southern Illinois 19-11 84 NR Missouri Valley Conference Others Receiving Votes: Drexel 20-9 58 Colonial Athletic Association Richmond 18-10 39 Atlantic 10 Conference VMI 21-8 29 Southern Conference Green Bay 19-11 21 Horizon League Manhattan 20-10 20 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference UNLV 17-10 15 Mountain West Conference Illinois State 18-13 12 Missouri Valley Conference Pepperdine 17-11 5 West Coast Conference Hawaii 18-10 3 Big West Conference Northern Iowa 18-11 2 Missouri Valley Conference


FIU moves up 6 spots after a good week, while Hawaii just barely hangs in consideration, getting 3 votes. You can be assured that 1 of those votes came from Coach Gunn lol.

Now for this weeks edition of the Bubble Watch. As always we'll start with the Overall Bubble Watch, which once again features 2 of our teams.

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Team Record RPI vs. 1-50 vs. 51-100 vs. 101-200 vs. 200+ SOS Projected -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Michigan 22-7 .575 (32) 0-4 2-0 11-3 9-0 119 In Northern Iowa 18-11 .560 (51) 5-7 3-1 5-2 5-1 55 In Duke 17-11 .596 (16) 5-9 4-1 1-0 7-1 4 In Davidson 21-7 .556 (58) 1-2 5-2 6-1 9-2 216 In Hawaii 18-10 .560 (49) 2-1 4-4 8-4 4-1 110 In UC Riverside 22-6 .550 (65) 3-2 4-1 7-2 8-1 246 In Baylor 21-8 .548 (67) 4-2 4-3 8-2 5-1 144 In California 17-10 .558 (53) 2-6 4-0 7-2 4-2 77 In Tulane 20-8 .564 (45) 1-1 3-1 10-3 6-3 133 Out Green Bay 19-11 .561 (48) 2-1 4-3 9-4 4-3 69 Out San Diego State 18-10 .558 (54) 1-1 6-2 5-5 6-2 61 Out Oklahoma State 22-8 .549 (66) 2-2 6-2 10-4 4-0 183 Out Pepperdine 17-11 .554 (60) 3-3 0-4 6-4 8-0 67 Out Illinois State 18-13 .578 (28) 10-6 0-2 5-4 3-1 5 Out Richmond 18-10 .544 (72) 4-5 0-2 6-1 8-2 150 Out

With 2 losses this week, Duke now finds themselves on the Bubble. They are still projected in, but not nearly as safely in as they'd like. They definitely need to win probably both games next week to get off that bubble. Meanwhile, Hawaii remains in the last 4 in, but that could change next week. They face the conference leaders. A win could get them off the bubble, and a loss will probably see them in the First or Next Four Out.

Now for the rest of the FOFC Bubble Watch:

Locks: Michigan State, Northwestern, FIU, Stanford, Alabama

The big changes from last week are that Northwestern moves from Safely In to the Lock category, Colorado is off the bubble and is no longer on the radar, projected out with a lot of work to do, and Duke, who was a lock last week, is on the bubble, but still projected in. Just not safely in.

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Nice to see UCLA put up a fight and have a classic game with Stanford. What was the final score of the game?
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Old 08-22-2017, 04:41 PM   #544
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Nice to see UCLA put up a fight and have a classic game with Stanford. What was the final score of the game?

Oops, didn't realize I didn't put the final up. 80-78. I've edited the post to reflect that. Thanks!
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WAZZU PRESS CONFERENCE AFTER THE STANFORD UPSET:

REPORTER FROM LARGE SPORTS NETWORK: Some people are claiming that the referees did a little home cooking in order to give your Cougars the upset victory tonight. What are your thoughts on the matter?

WAZZU COACH ST. JOHN: What are they talking about? The win tonight was yuge! It was bigly. 57 free throws? We're the best team ever. You haven't seen a team as good as this one. We're so good we're tired from all this winning. To say otherwise is just fake news, and YOU'RE fake news. Next question!
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26 games on the schedule this week, including 1 feature game in the Pac 12, so let's start there.

3/4/23- Washington State (DeShawn St. John) @ Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- This one was close at halftime, but the Buffs used some tight defense in the 2nd half to blow it open. Colorado forced 17 turnovers total, but many of them came in the 2nd half and led to easy fast break points as the Buffs salvage a .500 record in the Pac 12.

Final Score: Colorado- 82, Washington State- 63

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 13-17, 6-10 America East.

3/2/23- America East Quarterfinals vs. (2) New Hampshire (W 66-55).

The Hawks extend their season for at least 1 more game as they try to start a Cinderella run into the NCAA Tournament. They'll need to win 2 more games to get there though.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 13-17, 10-8 T-4th American.

3/4/23 vs. Cincinnati (L 56-44).

Just 1 game for the Huskies this week, and it didn't go well as the 4 game winning streak is broken. They lost the tiebreaker for 4th place, but it really didn't matter, as they'll face the 4th place team in the American Quarterfinals next week.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 14-17, 10-8 T-4th American.

3/1/23 at UCF (L 72-69).
3/4/23 at Tulane (L 87-58).

2 road losses this week for the Golden Hurricane lock them in a tie for 4th place, which they've won. Again, it doesn't really matter, because they'll face the 5th seed UConn next week in the American Quarterfinals. That means 1 of our FOFC coaches in the American will end their season for sure next week, while the other will extend it for at least 1 game.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 18-12, 10-8 7th ACC.

3/1/23 at N.C. State (W 76-74, OT).
3/4/23 vs. Miami (L 67-55).

A split for the Blue Devils, as they win in OT on the road then lose at home. They'll get the 7th seed in the ACC Tournament and get a bye into the Second Round where they will take on the winner between 15th seed Boston College and 10th seed Miami.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 17-13, 8-10 T-6th Big 12.

2/27/23 at West Virginia (W 68-57).
3/4/23 at Oklahoma (L 70-58).

A road split for the Horned Frogs who fail to finish .500 in conference. They lost the tiebreaker for 6th place and will be the 7th seed in the Big 12 Tournament, they'll open up in the First Round against 10th seed Texas Tech.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 19-11, 10-8 T-5th Big Ten.

3/1/23 vs. Purdue (L 99-93).
3/4/23 vs. #3 Wisconsin (L 95-87).

A consistent week for the Spartans, but not the way they wanted it. They lost 2 this week but both were close. They do win the tiebreaker for 5th place though and will be the 5th seed in the Big Ten Tournament. They'll get a First Round bye and take on the (13) Nebraska/(12) Minnesota winner in the Second Round.

Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 18-11, 9-9 7th Big Ten.

3/1/23 vs. Maryland (W 81-66).
3/4/23 at Michigan (L 72-64).

A split for the Wildcats, winning at home and losing on the road. They'll be the 7th seed in the Big Ten Tournament and will open up in the Second Round against 10th seed Purdue.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 18-11, 8-8 T-4th Big West.

3/4/23 vs. UC Irvine (L 74-62).

A tough one for the Warriors who were looking to finish back over .500 in conference play but it wasn't meant to be. They do win the tiebreaker for 4th place and will be the 4th seed in the Big West Tournament. They'll open up in the Quarterfinals against 5th seed Cal Poly.

#25 FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 22-7, 13-5 T-2nd Conference USA.

3/2/23 vs. #13 UAB (L 98-90).
3/4/23 vs. Louisiana Tech (W 85-76).

A split for the Golden Panthers, who just couldn't get by UAB. They finished 2nd in a 3 way tie for 2nd place, so they'll get the 3rd seed in the Conference USA Tournament. They'll get a double bye into the Quarterfinals where they'll take on either (14) Florida Atlantic, (11) Western Kentucky, or (6) Middle Tennessee.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 10-19, 5-13 12th Conference USA.

3/2/23 at South Dakota State (L 68-62).
3/4/23 vs. Florida Atlantic (W 72-70).

Finally! The 10 game losing streak comes to an end in the final regular season game for the Owls, as they beat FAU. They'll be the 12th seed in the C-USA Tournament and open up in the First Round against 13th seed Charlotte, hoping to build a winning streak.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 17-13, 9-9 T-5th Pac 12.

3/2/23 at Utah (L 68-58).
3/4/23 vs. Washington State- feature game, highlighted above.

A split for the Buffaloes, who do break a 3 game losing streak with the win over Washington State. Just no consistency since late January, as they ended up losing 8 of their last 11 regular season games. They also lost the 5th place tiebreaker and will be the 6th seed in the Pac 12 Tournament. They'll open up against the 11th seed Utah team that just beat them earlier this week.

#17 Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 22-8, 14-4 T-1st Pac 12.

3/2/23 at Washington (L 55-50).
3/4/23 vs. California (W 87-75).

A split for the Cardinal, who will split the regular season Pac 12 title with Gonzaga, as that loss to Washington kept them from winning the title outright. They do get the tiebreaker for the top seed in the Pac 12 Tournament, and they'll get a bye into the Quarterfinals where they'll take on the winner of the First Round game between 9th seed Oregon and 8th seed Washington State.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 16-14, 9-9 T-5th Pac 12.

3/2/23 at California (W 103-94).
3/4/23 vs. Utah (W 69-61).

A good week for the Bruins, who won against teams that beat Colorado and Stanford, respectively. A good recovery for UCLA, as they finish the regular season winners of 6 of their last 8 games to hold out hope for a postseason berth. They won the 5th place tiebreaker and will be the 5th seed in the Pac 12 Tournament, opening up in the First Round against 12th seed Arizona State.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 15-14, 8-10 T-8th Pac 12.

3/2/23 at #20 Gonzaga (L 82-72).
3/4/23 at Colorado- feature game, highlighted above.

The Cougars had tough competition this week on the road, losing twice. They won the tiebreaker for the 8th seed, but we'll find out the real winner next week, as they face 9th seed Oregon in the First Round of the Pac 12 Tournament.

#12 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 22-8, 13-5 T-1st SEC.

3/1/23 at VCU (L 66-50).
3/4/23 vs. Kentucky (W 79-78, OT).

You can bet the Crimson Tide want back that game at VCU, as they didn't show up. That broke a 7 game winning streak and cost them the SEC Title outright, as they'll have to share it with Arkansas. They do win the tiebreaker for top seed in the SEC Tournament, and they'll get a double bye into the Quarterfinals where they await the winner of a Second Round game between 9th seed LSU and 8th seed Missouri.

Here's a look at the national top 25 heading into the week of March 7-13:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Syracuse (72) 29-2 1800 1 Atlantic Coast Conference 2. Notre Dame 26-4 1728 2 Atlantic Coast Conference 3. Louisville 23-6 1651 5 Atlantic Coast Conference 4. North Carolina 22-8 1529 4 Atlantic Coast Conference 5. Arkansas 24-6 1492 6 Southeastern Conference 6. Georgetown 23-7 1456 7 Big East Conference 7. Wisconsin 23-7 1404 3 Big Ten Conference 8. Virginia 23-7 1280 11 Atlantic Coast Conference 9. Ohio State 22-8 1185 8 Big Ten Conference 10. Florida State 22-8 1178 9 Atlantic Coast Conference 11. Arizona 23-7 1110 10 Pacific-12 Conference 12. Yale 26-5 954 14 Ivy League 13. Mercer 27-5 862 18 Southern Conference 14. Alabama 22-8 821 12 Southeastern Conference 15. Gonzaga 22-8 810 20 Pacific-12 Conference 16. Wichita State 24-7 688 16 Missouri Valley Conference 17. UAB 24-6 640 13 Conference USA 18. Villanova 23-8 625 15 Big East Conference 19. Stanford 22-8 533 17 Pacific-12 Conference 20. Old Dominion 23-6 388 NR Conference USA 21. North Texas 23-6 324 19 Conference USA 22. Kent State 23-7 251 NR Mid-American Conference 23. UC Riverside 24-6 206 NR Big West Conference 24. Western Michigan 23-7 155 NR Mid-American Conference 25. BYU 23-9 136 NR West Coast Conference Others Receiving Votes: St. John's 21-9 44 Big East Conference FIU 22-7 42 Conference USA Davidson 22-8 35 Atlantic 10 Conference Oklahoma State 23-8 30 Big 12 Conference Iowa State 20-10 25 Big 12 Conference Saint Joseph's 22-8 12 Atlantic 10 Conference Baylor 21-9 3 Big 12 Conference Massachusetts 22-8 3 Atlantic 10 Conference


Both Alabama and Stanford drop 2 spots in the polls after losing a game this week and a chance to win their respective conference titles outright. FIU also split this week and falls out of the top 25 but is still receiving a lot of votes.

Now for a look at the mid-major top 25 going into the week of March 7-13:

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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Wichita State (59) 24-7 1786 1 Missouri Valley Conference 2. Yale (8) 26-5 1697 3 Ivy League 3. UAB (5) 24-6 1628 2 Conference USA 4. Kent State 23-7 1528 4 Mid-American Conference 5. Mercer 27-5 1434 6 Southern Conference 6. BYU 23-9 1402 8 West Coast Conference 7. Western Michigan 23-7 1396 5 Mid-American Conference 8. Old Dominion 23-6 1238 15 Conference USA 9. Davidson 22-8 1202 7 Atlantic 10 Conference 10. Saint Joseph's 22-8 1166 14 Atlantic 10 Conference 11. UC Riverside 24-6 1120 12 Big West Conference 12. FIU 22-7 1013 9 Conference USA 13. Massachusetts 22-8 922 10 Atlantic 10 Conference 14. North Texas 23-6 916 11 Conference USA 15. Portland 22-9 782 13 West Coast Conference 16. San Diego State 20-10 682 21 Mountain West Conference 17. Cincinnati 21-9 658 22 American Athletic Conference 18. UC Irvine 21-10 578 16 Big West Conference 19. Tulane 21-9 471 19 American Athletic Conference 20. St. Bonaventure 20-10 465 17 Atlantic 10 Conference 21. Loyola Chicago 20-10 398 18 Missouri Valley Conference 22. Northern Iowa 21-12 282 NR Missouri Valley Conference 23. Bradley 19-11 180 20 Missouri Valley Conference 24. Richmond 20-10 152 NR Atlantic 10 Conference 25. Green Bay 21-11 75 NR Horizon League Others Receiving Votes: Manhattan 22-10 64 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference New Mexico 18-10 56 Mountain West Conference Illinois State 20-14 30 Missouri Valley Conference Drexel 21-10 24 Colonial Athletic Association Pepperdine 18-11 12 West Coast Conference Florida Gulf Coast 22-9 11 Atlantic Sun Conference UNLV 18-11 9 Mountain West Conference Southern Illinois 19-12 7 Missouri Valley Conference Akron 20-10 6 Mid-American Conference Oakland 20-10 6 Horizon League Western Carolina 22-9 3 Southern Conference Memphis 18-11 1 American Athletic Conference


FIU drops 3 spots in the mid-major top 25, while Hawaii loses what few votes they had.

Now for the final edition of the bubble watch for the 2022-2023 season. Starting with the Overall Bubble Watch which sees... you guessed it, 2 of our FOFC teams.

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Team Record RPI vs. 1-50 vs. 51-100 vs. 101-200 vs. 200+ SOS Projected -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Texas A&M 19-11 .550 (62) 5-4 2-3 6-4 6-0 74 In Davidson 22-8 .566 (40) 2-2 4-2 7-3 9-1 158 In Portland 22-9 .567 (38) 2-1 4-3 6-5 10-0 106 In St. Bonaventure 20-10 .575 (33) 2-6 2-1 13-2 3-1 28 In Duke 18-12 .582 (24) 5-9 4-2 3-0 6-1 4 In Seton Hall 18-12 .563 (45) 6-4 0-3 12-5 0-0 31 In Mississippi 19-11 .564 (42) 2-3 6-0 6-7 5-1 37 In Pepperdine 18-11 .554 (56) 3-5 0-2 7-4 8-0 76 In Hawaii 18-11 .552 (59) 1-2 5-4 8-4 4-1 102 Out Green Bay 21-11 .554 (57) 2-1 5-4 9-3 5-3 109 Out Tulane 21-9 .561 (48) 0-1 4-3 11-2 6-3 115 Out Iowa 18-12 .546 (67) 6-4 1-8 8-0 3-0 63 Out UNLV 18-11 .546 (68) 1-1 4-5 6-3 7-2 87 Out New Mexico 18-10 .547 (66) 0-0 5-5 4-3 9-2 111 Out Indiana State 19-14 .577 (29) 9-9 0-3 6-2 4-0 6 Out

Duke drops a little, down to the Last Four In. It's critical that they win their Second Round game of the ACC tournament, whoever they play, whether it be Miami and Boston College. A win there would probably seal their spot in the Big Dance, especially with a good effort in the Quarterfinals against Notre Dame. But if the Miami/BC winner beats the Blue Devils, that might be enough to knock them into NIT land.

Hawaii on the other hand, drops to the First Four Out. In fact, they are the first team out on the list. They MUST win their Quarterfinal game in the Big West Tournament against Cal Poly, and even then a semifinal win might be necessary, depending on what else happens. The Big West quarterfinal is a must win though, that we know for sure.

Now for the rest of the FOFC Bubble Watch:

Locks: Michigan State, Northwestern, FIU, Stanford, Alabama.

The only thing that changed this week was the Overall Bubble Watch in which Hawaii went from being projected In to being Projected Out. Everything else was the same.

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26 games this week, and only 1 of them is a feature game. We knew it was coming, and it takes place in the American Conference. We'll start there.

3/10/23- American Quarterfinals - (5) UConn (Randolph Childress) vs. (4) Tulsa (Will Brown) -- We figured this would be a hotly contested game, and it didn't disappoint. In fact, it was so hotly contested that it needed extra time, as the game went into overtime. In the end, it was a buzzer beater that sent Tulsa on, and ended another disappointing UConn season.

Final Score: (4) Tulsa- 72, (5) UConn- 70, OT

Now for the rest of the weekly recap:

Hartford (David Ginsberg) -- 15-17, 6-10 America East.

3/6/23- America East Semifinal vs. (3) Binghamton (W 67-57).
3/11/23- America East Championship vs. (1) Albany (W 83-64).

Not sure where this spurt came from for the Hawks, but congrats to them and Coach Ginsberg, who came out of nowhere to win the America East Tournament and steal a bid from someone. They are going dancing, and with that record, it's a very safe bet they'll be playing in the First Four. Still, they are dancing.

UConn (Randolph Childress) -- 13-18, 10-8 American.

3/10/23- American Quarterfinal vs. (4) Tulsa- feature game, highlighted above.

Another dismal finish to another dismal season for the Huskies and Coach Childress. They'll sit at home again during the postseason, and one has to wonder if he regrets leaving Davidson, as they will almost certainly be extended their season. He doesn't have to worry about losing his job yet, but another season like this and he might.

Tulsa (Will Brown) -- 15-18, 10-8 American.

3/10/23- American Quarterfinal vs. (5) UConn- feature game, highlighted above.
3/11/23- American Semifinal vs. (1) Cincinnati (L 63-60).

What could have been for the Golden Hurricane, who had a halftime lead over Cincy but couldn't hold it. Wouldn't have mattered though, they would have needed to win that game and another one to extend their season. They'll be sitting at home this postseason as well.

Duke (Dean Hoo) -- 18-13, 10-8 ACC.

3/8/23- ACC Second Round vs. (15) Boston College (L 61-48).

An embarrassing loss for the Blue Devils, who are struggling to regain the magic they once had. With that loss, they will now have to sweat out Selection Sunday, as they may have just lost their spot in the NCAA Tournament, especially with Hartford stealing a bid. Might be NIT for the Dukies.

TCU (Bee Mighty) -- 17-14, 8-10 Big 12.

3/8/23- Big 12 First Round vs. (10) Texas Tech (L 74-59).

Another dismal performance in their conference tournament for 1 of our FOFC teams. The NCAA won't happen for the Horned Frogs, and it's unlikely that the NIT will. If anything, I see them hosting a couple games in the CBI.

Michigan State (Al Mighty) -- 21-12, 10-8 Big Ten.

3/9/23- Big Ten Second Round vs. (13) Nebraska (W 75-65).
3/10/23- Big Ten Quarterfinal vs. (4) Indiana (W 55-53, OT).
3/11/23- Big Ten Semifinal vs. (1) #7 Wisconsin (L 80-72).

While they still haven't recovered the full Sparty magic, the Spartans have definitely done enough to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Now.. what kind of seed will they get? That's anybodys guess, but with the inconsistency they showed, a mid-range seed would be likely.

Northwestern (Ess Vee) -- 19-12, 9-9 Big Ten.

3/9/23- Big Ten Second Round vs. (10) Purdue (W 73-69).
3/10/23- Big Ten Quarterfinal vs. (2) #9 Ohio State (L 93-85).

The Wildcats can thank a couple big non-conference wins for their RPI of 19, as they will definitely be dancing, but should be a mid-range seed as well.

Hawaii (B.B. Gunn) -- 19-12, 8-8 Big West.

3/9/23- Big West Quarterfinal vs. (5) Cal Poly (W 67-52).
3/10/23- Big West Semifinal vs. (3) UC Santa Barbara (L 84-65).

The Big West reseeds their teams in the semifinals of the Big West Tournament, with the highest remaining seed playing the lowest remaining seed, and the other 2 seeds meeting. This really hurt the Warriors, as the #8 seed beat the #1 seed, and without the reseeding, they'd have played the #8 seed in the semifinals. That would have given them a better chance to win, as they really needed to make it to the championship to feel good about an NCAA bid. With their 63 RPI, I'd look for them to be hosting in the NIT.

FIU (Brett Hawkins) -- 23-8, 13-5 Conference USA.

3/9/23- C-USA Quarterfinal vs. (6) Middle Tennessee (W 90-70).
3/10/23- C-USA Semifinal vs. (10) Marshall (L 78-58).

Taking nothing away from the season the Golden Panthers have had, they were all set up for a tournament championship. Either way, the first season for Coach Hawkins at FIU has been nothing but successful. They'll be dancing and might be in position for a top 4 seed in their region. This will surely open up some more tempting job offers for Mr. Hawkins.

Rice (Charlie Shocker) -- 11-20, 5-13 Conference USA.

3/7/23- C-USA First Round vs. (13) Charlotte (W 76-52).
3/8/23- C-USA Second Round vs. (5) Louisiana Tech (L 85-68).

The Owls needed to win out to even sniff a postseason bid. It didn't happen, and Coach Shocker and the Owls will be sitting at home again this postseason.

Colorado (Rob Nielsen) -- 18-14, 9-9 Pac 12.

3/8/23- Pac 12 First Round vs. (11) Utah (W 77-71).
3/9/23- Pac 12 Quarterfinal vs. (3) #11 Arizona (L 81-72).

We can't say it enough, the meltdown that the Buffaloes suffered. They were on pace to be a high seed in the NCAA Tournament. Now, they'll be lucky to get a bid and if they do they could be looking at the First Four. It's more likely they'll be demoted to the NIT. If that's the case, they should host a First Round game.

#19 Stanford (Benito Sanchez) -- 24-9, 14-4 Pac 12.

3/9/23- Pac 12 Quarterfinal vs. (9) Oregon (W 80-75, OT).
3/10/23- Pac 12 Semifinal vs. (4) Washington (W 74-48).
3/11/23- Pac 12 Championship vs. (3) #11 Arizona (L 79-71).

That loss to Oregon in the Quarterfinals could have been damaging to the Cardinal, but they survived. Couldn't finish the deal in the Pac 12 championship though, as Arizona reigns supreme again. Still a remarkable season for Coach Sanchez, as Stanford should be a top 3 or 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

UCLA (Tim Shepard) -- 17-15, 9-9 Pac 12.

3/8/23- Pac 12 First Round vs. (12) Arizona State (W 79-61).
3/9/23- Pac 12 Quarterfinal vs. (4) Washington (L 87-79, OT).

A heartbreaking season for the Bruins, and a heartbreaking Pac 12 quarterfinal against Washington. They had it, but lost it in OT. Their dismal 128 RPI might not be enough to get them into a tournament based on name alone. I predict UCLA will be sitting at home during the postseason for the first time since this dynasty started.

Washington State (DeShawn St. John) -- 15-15, 8-10 Pac 12.

3/8/23- Pac 12 First Round vs. (9) Oregon (L 92-75).

It was the 2nd best season for the Cougars since this dynasty started, but a .500 record and a 122 RPI just isn't going to be enough to get them their first postseason berth. They are done for the season.

#14 Alabama (Roy Rogers) -- 22-9, 13-5 SEC.

3/10/23- SEC Quarterfinal vs. (8) Missouri (L 75-71).

Not what the Crimson Tide wanted going into the SEC Tournament. A tough quarterfinal loss that might knock them down a seed line or 2. They'll still be in the NCAA Tournament without a doubt, but look for a 5 or 6 seed for them.

And now that that's out of the way.. it's Selection Sunday time!!
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Michigan State got the 8th seed in the NCAA West Region and will open up against 9th seed Iowa State.

Stanford got the 4th seed in the NCAA Midwest Region and will open up against 13th seed Ohio.

Northwestern got the 9th seed in the NCAA South Region and will open up against 8th seed Southern Illinois.

FIU got the 4th seed in the NCAA South Region and will open up against 13th seed Kansas State.

Alabama got the 3rd seed in the NCAA South Region and will open up against 14th seed North Dakota State.

Hartford will play in the NCAA First Four, going up against Seattle. The winner will be the 16th seed in the NCAA East Region and take on top seed Syracuse.

Duke got the 4th seed in the NIT West Region. They'll open up by hosting 5th seed Missouri in the NIT West Region Quarterfinals.

Hawaii got the 2nd seed in the NIT Midwest Region and will host the winner of a First Round game between 10th seed Idaho and 7th seed Memphis.

Colorado got the 9th seed in the CBI. They'll will travel to 8th seed Utah State in the First Round. Coach Nielsen might feel they got snubbed a little bit, but when you lose 9 of 13 games since January 26th, getting a postseason demotion tends to happen. They'll definitely have a chip on their shoulder though.

9 of our 15 remaining FOFC teams made the postseason. Not bad.
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lol Rice can't seem to ever get its stuff together
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