Category Archives: Men’s Basketball

NCAA Men’s & Women’s College Basketball Polls – Week 1

Here is a look at the NCAA Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Polls after one week of action. The men’s is up first and the women’s poll is after the jump. The UConn Huskies men’s team is ranked second in both polls and the UConn Huskies women are ranked first in both polls.

Men’s AP Top 25 Men’s ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll
RANK TEAM REC PTS PVS RANK TEAM REC PTS PVS
1. North Carolina (72) 1-0 1,800 1 1. North Carolina (30) 1-0 774 1
2. Connecticut 1-0 1,674 2 2. Connecticut (1) 1-0 722 2
3. Louisville 0-0 1,635 3 3. Louisville 0-0 702 3
4. UCLA 2-0 1,475 4 4. UCLA 2-0 652 4
5. Michigan State 1-0 1,362 6 5. Duke 3-0 587 5
6. Pittsburgh 1-0 1,355 5 6. Pittsburgh 1-0 585 6
7. Texas 1-0 1,304 7 7. Michigan State 1-0 581 7
8. Notre Dame 1-0 1,243 9 8. Texas 1-0 571 8
9. Gonzaga 1-0 1,185 10 9. Notre Dame 1-0 530 9
10. Duke 3-0 1,176 8 10. Purdue 1-0 484 10
11. Purdue 1-0 1,116 11 11. Gonzaga 1-0 462 11
12. Oklahoma 1-0 1,028 12 12. Memphis 1-0 430 12
13. Memphis 1-0 968 13 13. Tennessee 1-0 402 13
14. Tennessee 1-0 941 14 14. Oklahoma 1-0 357 14
15. Arizona State 1-0 653 15 15. Arizona State 1-0 329 15
15. Marquette 1-0 653 16 16. Miami (FL) 1-0 238 16
17. Miami (FL) 1-0 591 17 17. Marquette 1-0 236 17
18. Florida 2-0 460 19 18. Georgetown 0-0 234 18
19. USC 1-0 398 18 19. Florida 2-0 192 19
20. Wake Forest 1-0 349 21 20. USC 1-0 173 21
21. Davidson 1-0 339 20 21. Davidson 1-0 160 20
22. Georgetown 0-0 265 22 22. Wisconsin 1-0 140 21
23. Villanova 1-0 261 23 23. Villanova 1-0 104 25
24. Kansas 1-0 207 24 24. Kansas 1-0 103 23
25. Wisconsin 1-0 187 25 25. Wake Forest 1-0 99 24
Others receiving votes: Others Receiving Votes:
Baylor 125, UNLV 116, Saint Mary’s 108, Xavier 102, Syracuse 97, Ohio State 49, Clemson 33, Texas A&M 32, LSU 23, Brigham Young 17, Washington State 13, West Virginia 10, Virginia Commonwealth 8, Virginia Tech 8, Siena 7, Vanderbilt 6, Rhode Island 5, Alabama 3, Mercer 3, Creighton 2, UAB 2, Southern Illinois 1, Holy Cross 1, Arizona 1, Cal State Northridge 1, Washington 1, Virginia Military 1. UNLV 48, Saint Mary’s 40, Ohio State 27, Xavier 27, Baylor 15, Syracuse 15, West Virginia 15, Virginia Tech 10, Texas A&M 8, Washington 4, Arizona 4, Brigham Young 4, Washington State 3, Clemson 2, Siena 2, Oklahoma State 1, Creighton 1, Tulsa 1, Vanderbilt 1.

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Musings From The College Hardwood – 1/15

Musings From the College Hardwood @ SOX & Dawgs

As the teams work their way towards March Madness, you will hear from the national pundits and scribes about a particular school’s RPI rating. For those who don’t know what the RPI rating means, here is the definition and formula used to compute it:

RPI or Ratings Percentage Index means a measure of strength of schedule and how a team does against that schedule. The basic RPI formula is 1/4*(Winning Percentage) + 1/2*(Opponents’ Average Winning Percentage) + 1/4*(Opponents’ Opponents’ Winning Percentage).

The NCAA Tournament committees look at a school’s RPI rating when making their selections to get into the NCAA Tournament. Your school’s RPI rating could make or break it’s chances of getting into the tournament if they have secured an automatic bid. So if you’re interested in seeing where your favorite men’s or women’s college basketball teams stand in the RPI, click here for the men’s RPI and here for the women’s RPI.

For those who have missed Dick Vitale calling games on ESPN, mark down February 6th on your calendars. He has been cleared by his doctor after surgery on his vocal cords to return to broadcasting. February 6th just happens to be the day the UNC Tarheels and Duke Blue Devils square off at the Dean Dome in Chapel Hill.

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Musings From The College Hardwood – 1/8

Musings From The Hardwood @ SOX & Dawgs

After a nice little vacation, Musings From the College Hardwood has returned.

The Rutgers women’s team has lost one of their freshman point guards, Khadijah Rushdan, to a torn ACL. She should be ready in time for the 2008-2009 season.

The North Carolina women got some bad news when Erlana Harkins broke a bone in her left hand. It is her non-shooting hand and it’s not known whether or not she will miss any time.

The LSU women have been without the services of their All-American center Sylvia Fowles for the past 10 days as she underwent knee surgery for a torn meniscus. She is expected back in the next week or two.

Central Arkansas fired women’s basketball coach Checola Seals-Horton New Years Eve after her team started the season 2-11. They rehired Ron Marvel as the interim coach. Seals-Horton had replaced Marvel two years ago.

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R.I.P. Skip Prosser, 1950-2007

Wake Forest head basketball coach Skip Prosser passed away today at the age of 56 due to an apparent heart attack. He was out jogging and collapsed. He was brought to the hospital where efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.

My condolences go out to the Prosser family and the Wake Forest community.

8th Grader Commits to USC

I wasn’t going to blog anymore today other than the Red Sox recap but this one caught my eye.

14-year old Ryan Boatwright, from Illinois, accepted a scholarship offer from USC coach Tim Floyd over the weekend to play basketball. This is actually the second commitment from a 14 year old that USC has gotten in the past two years.

The kicker. The kid hasn’t even decided what high school he is going to attend and yet has already made his college decision.

All I have to say is WTF!!! Next thing you know, parents are going to be having their kids recruited by colleges while the child is still in the womb.

Bracket Buster Sunday

One big upset so far and one minor one.

#7 UNLV upset #2 Wisconsin 74-68.

#5 Tennessee upset #4 Virginia 77-74.

#1 Florida was tested but got by #9 Purdue 74-67.

#3 Oregon had no problems with #11 Winthrop 75-61.

#4 Southern Illinois cruised to a 63-48 victory over #5 Virginia Tech.

NCAA Tournament Results 2nd Rd Style

There were almost two bracket busters this afternoon and there was one minor upset.

#5 Butler defeated #4 Maryland 72-69.

#1 Ohio State needed a last second 3 pt shot in regulation to tie the game and eventually won it in overtime against #9 seed Xavier 78-71.

#3 Texas A&M took advantage of #6 Louisville’s foul trouble and beat them 72-69.

NCAA Tournament Results from the 10:00 games

Here are your results from the last set of 1st round games.

#1 Florida had no problems with #16 Jackson State 112-69.

#4 Southern Illinois got by #13 Holy Cross 61-51.

#8 Kentucky took care of #9 Villanova 67-58.

#5 Southern Cal had little trouble with #12 Arkansas.

In my pool I was 14 of 16 today for a two day total of 26 of 32.

NCAA Tournament Results from the 7:00 games

Here are the results from the early evening games on Friday night.

#12 Illinois choked as #5 Virginia Tech came back to beat them 54-52.

#1 Kansas had no problems beating #16 Niagara 107-67.

#9 Purdue pulled a minor upset in defeating #8 Arizona 72-63.

#4 Texas survived against #13 New Mexico State 79-67.