What’s Trending: Welcome to the Wild World of Conference Play
Posted by Matt Eisenberg on January 8th, 2018What’s Trending is a column examining the week that was in college basketball social media. Matthew Eisenberg (@matteise) is your weekly host.
Conference Play, where mayhem happens…
https://twitter.com/marchmadness/status/950205852434264064
Prior to last Tuesday night, Kansas had beaten Texas Tech 16 consecutive times and had never lost against the Red Raiders (20-0) in the Sunflower State. Only twice had Texas Tech managed to keep the final score within 10 points at Allen Fieldhouse, so naturally Chris Beard‘s squad methodically beat the Jayhawks by 12 points to send shockwaves throughout the conference.
For what it’s worth, according to KenPom, Texas Tech is now projected to win the Big 12 outright with a 13-5 league record. https://t.co/ul7LUQNE0E
— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) January 3, 2018
So many incredible match ups in @Big12Conference. Saturday KU goes to TCU. One team will have two losses & a Frogs’ loss would be second at home. This will go on for two months.
— Fran Fraschilla (@franfraschilla) January 3, 2018
In 2015, Vanderbilt head coach Kevin Stallings‘ on-court behavior led to headlines after an outburst at one of his own players. Late in last Tuesday’s loss to Louisville, Pittsburgh head coach Stallings was back with a headline-grabbing outburst, this time directed at a fan.
Pittsburgh's Kevin Stallings to heckler at Louisville: "At least we didn't pay our guys $100,000." https://t.co/myFr2J5PBx
— Jeff Eisenberg (@JeffEisenberg) January 3, 2018
Pitt’s Kevin Stallings on why he shouted to U of L fans “at least we don’t pay our players $100,000” pic.twitter.com/6wwgDTjGKK
— Tom Lane (@TomLaneWDRB) January 3, 2018
Wild endings were happening seemingly everywhere over the weekend. The SEC in particular had a pair of great finishes. First, Florida’s Chris Chiozza with this play for the Gators…
There's clutch.
And then there's Chris Chiozza. pic.twitter.com/dCF9IzNMfS
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) January 6, 2018
LSU’s Tremont Waters with a deep three-pointer to grab the Tigers a win at #11 Texas A&M…
TREMONT WATERS CALLED GAME!!!@LSUBasketball upsets No. 11 Texas A&M, 69-68. pic.twitter.com/O4tAAPKVbQ
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) January 6, 2018
Late Sunday night, Stanford went half-court to beat USC…
USC/Stanford with an INSANE ending to finish off the weekend pic.twitter.com/sRYfYNG5tJ
— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) January 8, 2018
Another week, another surprise scholarship being awarded…
https://twitter.com/theACCDN/status/949019004483465216
If Georgetown makes it into the Big East Tournament championship game this March, there might need to be a camera on Rob Dauster of NBCSports.com during the game.
They might end up being good enough to be one, but I'll let twitter name my second-born son if Georgetown actually gets into the NCAA tournament with that non-conference resume. https://t.co/MaUqdXpSVZ
— Rob Dauster (@RobDauster) January 3, 2018
