Around The Blogosphere: The Big Ten Reigns Supreme
Posted by nvr1983 on December 2nd, 2010
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Top 25 Games
- #18 Purdue 58, Virginia Tech 55 (OT): “Purdue relied on JaJuan Johnson to score 50% of their points as the otherwise icy-cold shooting Boilermakers clawed out an OT win in Blacksburg. The win clinched the Big Ten/ACC Challenge for the Big Ten for the second straight year.” (Boiled Sports)
- #20 Texas 76, Lamar 55: “Texas’ 76-55 win over Lamar didn’t exactly go according to script, but the Longhorns were good enough in spurts to pull away for the comfortable final margin. Texas enjoyed a pair of 9-point runs in the first half to take a 9 point lead at intermission, then opened up the second half on a 14-4 run to put the game out of reach.” (Burnt Orange Nation)
- #21 BYU 77, Creighton 65: “It is foolish to think that we just sort of zombie through the non-conference season and expect to be able to hit the reboot button once conference season comes around. These early games are where you define your teams. They were what defined the Bluejays last season. With the disasterous non-conference performance, that bled into conference season. Nothing really changed. Don’t think that adding one player will erase all of that.” (White & Blue Review)
Other Games of Interest
- Wisconsin 87, NC State 48: “The Wisconsin Badgers gave us our worst loss in 11 years last night. Final score read 87-to-48. We shouldn’t feel too bad, right? Wisconsin has still not lost back-to-back games since January of 2009. And they’re 70-and-5 at home against non-conference opponents in the Bo Ryan era. But really, we should be disgusted. We allowed UW to turn what was a tight contest early on into a halftime blow-out. They held us scoreless in the last 6:36 of the first half and extended a ten-point lead into a 44-21 absolute laugher at the intermission. They continued that run to start the 2nd half and mounted a 23-0 run holding the Pack scoreless for over 10 minutes.” (State Fans Nation)
- Boston College 88, Indiana 76: “That’s a veteran team closing out the ballgame right there. IU tried to stay in it with some late threes, but two turnovers over that same stretch costed them a few chances to try and keep this thing close. If this was last season, the Hoosiers would have continued to get steamrolled in the second half. But this team is older, wiser and more confident. It was nice to see them get after it in the second half. They’re just not all the way there yet.” (Inside the Hall or Part 2)
- Maryland 62, Penn State 39: “Winning ugly is always better than losing pretty. Maryland knew the latter pretty well after their two close, impressive losses in New York City. They got well-acquainted with the former against Penn State, defeating the Nittany Lions 62-39 in a nearly-unwatchable game.” (Testudo Times)
- Arkansas 84, Okalahoma 74: “To be honest with you, I really like Jeff Capel. I like his passion for the game and I like the way he treats fans. However, I don’t like to see losing basketball and its clear to me that we’re heading for a second consecutive season of just that at Oklahoma. I’m not in any way saying that I hope this season is Capel’s last at Oklahoma but what I am saying is that I hope he’s able to turn it around quickly before he gets the, “Good Guy/Bad Coach” label and is sent off looking for employment elsewhere.” (Crimson and Cream Machine)
Pre-Game Analysis
- UCLA at #4 Kansas: “The Big 12/Pac 10 Hardwood Series comes to Lawrence tonight as the Jayhawks welcome a fellow “blue blood” program, the UCLA Bruins. The schools have a combined 16 national championships, 30 final four appearances and 3,698 wins between them. That’s a lot of history. History that in most seasons would inspire a tremendous amount of buzz across the country. Unfortunately it’s a little different time and UCLA basketball is in year two of a rebuilding project” (Rock Chalk Talk or Bruins Nation)
- Oregon vs #10 Missouri: Breaking down tonight’s match-up in the Tigers first game since their tough loss to Georgetown. (Rock M Nation)
News/Analysis
- Kentucky Basketball: Does The Cam Newton Decision Give Hope To Kanter?: Comparing the Cam Newton case to that of Enes Kanter. (A Sea of Blue)
- The 2 keys to Purdue forcing OT: Breaking down the end of regulation sequence that led to Purdue forcing overtime where they eventually beat Virginia Tech. (The Mikan Drill)
- Pressing, Consistency and DePaul: Taking a look at how Oliver Purnell intends to use the full-court press at DePaul. (Chicago Now)
- Is Great Defense the Only Way CBH & UCLA Basketball Can Win?: Taking a deeper look at what UCLA needs to do to turn things around. (Bruins Nation)
- Recruiting Classes Throughout The Years (1986-2010): Reviewing the recruiting classes at Syracuse over the past 15 years. (Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician)
- Inside Edition: Former Hoya Analyzes the Missouri Win: “Former John Thompson Jr. player “Bashful” strikes again with expert analysis on Tuesday’s Missouri game” (Casual Hoya)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Taking a look at Michigan in the early season. (UM Hoops)
