Tuesday’s Conference Check-Ins…
Posted by rtmsf on December 16th, 2009
As we said in this post yesterday, we’re handling our conference check-ins a little differently now. We’ll be posting them on a daily schedule, as usual, but they won’t be posted in full on the main page. Rather, you’ll need to check the little box above to see what the latest conference check-ins are. To jog the memory, we’ll also be posting daily excerpts of the previous day’s check-ins, at least for a while to get everyone used to the change.
Yesterday, we had check-ins from the Big Ten and the SEC…
Big Ten – Jason Prziborowski (READ MORE)
Was Butler a fluke or is Ohio State on the verge of dropping out of the top 25? Butler is definitely on the way back up, but I am questioning whether OSU has enough in its tank to make up the difference. William Buford, who is averaging 12/4 on the year, stepped up for 20/7 for the Buckeyes. David Lighty, who is 12/5 on the year, went for 16/7 against the bulldogs. OSU is averaging 85.4 points per game this season, and scored just 66 against Butler. That’s about the gap of one Evan Turner. (…)
SEC – Paul Jordan (READ MORE)
It was a very slow week in the SEC as three teams did not see any action at all. Kentucky and Mississippi State represented the SEC well in the SEC/Big East Invitational while Florida and Georgia lost their matchups. Both Mississippi teams have been coming on strong and supplying some firepower to the West; Tennessee has only one setback and they should challenge UK all season. The big story for the rest of the year will be the race to 2000 wins between UK and North Carolina. Kentucky has pretty much assured themselves of being the first team to break the 2000-win plateau as they currently have 1998 wins to 1992 for UNC. (…)
