A Saturday of College BBall Upsets - Huge Monday Matchups

No.2 Villanova was dominated by No.8 Georgetown 90 to 103
      *This was the first conference loss for Villanova this year, and only 2nd overall loss


No.5 Michigan State loses to unranked Illinois 73 to 78
      *Michigan State 2nd straight loss in Big Ten play, first time since 2008(no Kalin Lucas however)

No.10 Texas falls to unranked Oklahoma 71 to 80
     *Since becoming No.1 two weeks ago, Texas has lost 4 of it's last 6 games

No.12 Brigham Young loses to unranked UNLV 88 to 74
     *BYU was down 22 at halftime and gave up an NBA like 56 points in the first half

No.17 Temple gets dominated by unranked Richmond 54 to 71
     *Although unranked, Richmond's win brings them to a 7-2 conference record tie with Temple

No.20 Vanderbilt gets ousted by unranked Georgia 58 to 72
     *Georgia has a losing overall record so far this year at 10-11, yet dominated the ranked Vandy squad by double digits....ouch Vandy!!

No.24 Baylor loses to unranked Texas A&M 71 to 78
      *Baylor led by 12 at one point, made almost double the three pointers that the Aggies made, shot a better field goal percentage from the floor, yet lost the game by 7

*Big Monday Matchups:  College Basketball fans, it doesn't get any better than this!

No.2 Villanova vs. No.6 West Virginia 7pm ET - ESPN

No.1 Kansas vs. No.10 Texas 9pm ET - ESPN

 

 

 

NCAA Mens Basketball Rankings as of Monday 12/28/2009

      For those Big East fans out there, you have to be pumped to see 4 Big East teams in the top 10 of the Associated Press rankings, and 5 Big East teams in the Top 13.  However, the concerning factor being that no other Big East teams are ranked at this time.  Earlier in the season, there were 8 Big East teams ranked in the Top 25.  We'll see how these numbers change as conference play gets under way, however, with the strength and talent across the board in the Big East, it's clear that a .500 or better record in conference play will mean that team is battle tested.  Syracuse University(12-0) opens up their Big East season against Seton Hall University(9-2) tomorrow at 9pm.  The Hall just came off a very tough fought overtime loss to now 6th ranked West Virginia.  SU vs. Seton Hall should be a battle...can't wait.



Associated Press Top 25


1 Kansas
2 Texas
3 Kentucky
4 Purdue
5 Syracuse
6 West Virginia
7 Duke
8 Villanova
9 North Carolina
10 Connecticut
11 Michigan State
12 Kansas State
13 Georgetown
14 Tennessee
15 Ohio State
16 Mississippi
17 Washington
18 Temple
19 New Mexico
20 Texas Tech
21 Clemson
22 Florida State
23 Wisconsin
24 UAB
25 Northwestern