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Tommie Talk and the Gospel of the NET & Torvik
St. Thomas (6-3, 3-5 ATS) opens at #138 in the initial NET rankings while dropping one spot to #148 in the Torvik rankings.
My Weekly Reach the Summit Power Rankings (record vs. D1 opponents only)
1. St. Thomas (5-3)
2. North Dakota State (3-3)
3. South Dakota State (2-4)
4. Denver (2-5)
5. South Dakota (4-3)
6. Omaha (1-6)
7. Oral Roberts (1-6)
8. North Dakota (2-6)
9. Kansas City (0-6)
Initial Summit League NET Rankings
138. St. Thomas
178. South Dakota State
179. North Dakota State
204. Denver
261. South Dakota
281. Oral Roberts
296. North Dakota
302. Omaha
338. Kansas City
Sunday Reach the Summit Results
No games
Monday Reach the Summit Slate
No games
Sunday Eye-Openers (upsets, importance, MOV, etc.)
Belmont 96, College of Charleston 73
Let the (Conference) Games Begin
League play begins in two conferences tonight. UAB @ Middle Tennessee (6:30/ESPN+) get things going in Conference USA, while conference favorite McNeese travels to San Antonio to take on Incarnate Word (also 6:30/ESPN+) in the Southland lid-lifter.
Mid- & Low-Major Conferences vs. Power 5/Gonzaga (through Nov. 30)
1. WCC (7-8): (1) Grand Canyon over Utah, (2) Saint Mary's over Virginia Tech, (3) San Diego State over Oregon, (4) San Francisco over Minnesota, (5) Santa Clara over Minnesota, (6) Santa Clara over Xavier, (7) Seattle over Stanford
2. Atlantic 10 (4-10): (1) Davidson over Boston College, (2) Dayton over Georgetown, (3) Dayton over Marquette, (4) VCU over Virginia Tech
3. MAC (2-8): (1) Buffalo over DePaul, (2) Eastern Michigan over Cincinnati
4. American (2-11): (1) FAU over BC, (2) Tulane over BC
5. Missouri Valley (1-6): Drake over Georgia Tech
6. Big West (1-8): (1) Cal Poly over Utah
7. NEC (2-20): (1) Central Connecticut over BC, (2) Central Connecticut over Rutgers
8. Mountain West (1-13): (1) New Mexico over Mississippi State
9. Southland (1-17): (1) New Orleans over TCU
10. MAAC (1-20): (1) Quinnipiac over Pitt
Ivy (0-5)
WAC (0-7)
Conference USA (0-9)
SoCon (0-10)
Summit (0-10)
Big Sky (0-11)
America East (0-13)
Sun Belt (0-13)
Coastal (0-14)
Big South (0-15)
MEAC (0-16)
OVC (0-18)
Patriot (0-19)
ASUN (0-20)
Horizon (0-21)
SWAC (0-32)
Record: 22-354 (5.85%)
Monday Mid- & Low-Major vs. Power 5/Gonzaga Slate
American
Temple @ Villanova
MAC
Bowling Green @ Kansas State
NEC
Saint Francis @ Xavier
WCC
Portland @ Stanford
WAC
Cal Baptist @ Colorado
Tarleton State @ Cincinnati
Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head (through Nov. 30)
1 Gonzaga (5-1, 83.3%)
2 Big XII (32-16, 66.7%)
3 B1G (23-21, 52.3%)
4 ACC (16-21, 43.2%)
5 SEC (17-24, 41.5%)
6 Big East (12-22, 35.3%)
Monday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Matchups
No games
Monday Pick to Click (18-10, L1 streak)
@ Kansas State -12.5 over Bowling Green
Monday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (5-23, L5 streak)
@ Incarnate Word (+9.5) outright over McNeese
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
A few initial NET rankings I checked first:
Minnesota vs. St. Thomas
#138 Tommies (top of the Summit)
#144 Gophers (15h in the B1G)
Tommies Closest Summit League Competitor
#178 South Dakota State
Directly Above/Below UST
#137 Portland State
#139 UT-Martin
Current Heavyweights at Top of the Big Ten
#1 Michigan
#3 Purdue
#10 Michigan State
St. Thomas (6-3, 3-5 ATS) opens at #138 in the initial NET rankings while dropping one spot to #148 in the Torvik rankings.
My Weekly Reach the Summit Power Rankings (record vs. D1 opponents only)
1. St. Thomas (5-3)
2. North Dakota State (3-3)
3. South Dakota State (2-4)
4. Denver (2-5)
5. South Dakota (4-3)
6. Omaha (1-6)
7. Oral Roberts (1-6)
8. North Dakota (2-6)
9. Kansas City (0-6)
Initial Summit League NET Rankings
138. St. Thomas
178. South Dakota State
179. North Dakota State
204. Denver
261. South Dakota
281. Oral Roberts
296. North Dakota
302. Omaha
338. Kansas City
Sunday Reach the Summit Results
No games
Monday Reach the Summit Slate
No games
Sunday Eye-Openers (upsets, importance, MOV, etc.)
Belmont 96, College of Charleston 73
Let the (Conference) Games Begin
League play begins in two conferences tonight. UAB @ Middle Tennessee (6:30/ESPN+) get things going in Conference USA, while conference favorite McNeese travels to San Antonio to take on Incarnate Word (also 6:30/ESPN+) in the Southland lid-lifter.
Mid- & Low-Major Conferences vs. Power 5/Gonzaga (through Nov. 30)
1. WCC (7-8): (1) Grand Canyon over Utah, (2) Saint Mary's over Virginia Tech, (3) San Diego State over Oregon, (4) San Francisco over Minnesota, (5) Santa Clara over Minnesota, (6) Santa Clara over Xavier, (7) Seattle over Stanford
2. Atlantic 10 (4-10): (1) Davidson over Boston College, (2) Dayton over Georgetown, (3) Dayton over Marquette, (4) VCU over Virginia Tech
3. MAC (2-8): (1) Buffalo over DePaul, (2) Eastern Michigan over Cincinnati
4. American (2-11): (1) FAU over BC, (2) Tulane over BC
5. Missouri Valley (1-6): Drake over Georgia Tech
6. Big West (1-8): (1) Cal Poly over Utah
7. NEC (2-20): (1) Central Connecticut over BC, (2) Central Connecticut over Rutgers
8. Mountain West (1-13): (1) New Mexico over Mississippi State
9. Southland (1-17): (1) New Orleans over TCU
10. MAAC (1-20): (1) Quinnipiac over Pitt
Ivy (0-5)
WAC (0-7)
Conference USA (0-9)
SoCon (0-10)
Summit (0-10)
Big Sky (0-11)
America East (0-13)
Sun Belt (0-13)
Coastal (0-14)
Big South (0-15)
MEAC (0-16)
OVC (0-18)
Patriot (0-19)
ASUN (0-20)
Horizon (0-21)
SWAC (0-32)
Record: 22-354 (5.85%)
Monday Mid- & Low-Major vs. Power 5/Gonzaga Slate
American
Temple @ Villanova
MAC
Bowling Green @ Kansas State
NEC
Saint Francis @ Xavier
WCC
Portland @ Stanford
WAC
Cal Baptist @ Colorado
Tarleton State @ Cincinnati
Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head (through Nov. 30)
1 Gonzaga (5-1, 83.3%)
2 Big XII (32-16, 66.7%)
3 B1G (23-21, 52.3%)
4 ACC (16-21, 43.2%)
5 SEC (17-24, 41.5%)
6 Big East (12-22, 35.3%)
Monday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Matchups
No games
Monday Pick to Click (18-10, L1 streak)
@ Kansas State -12.5 over Bowling Green
Monday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (5-23, L5 streak)
@ Incarnate Word (+9.5) outright over McNeese
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
A few initial NET rankings I checked first:
Minnesota vs. St. Thomas
#138 Tommies (top of the Summit)
#144 Gophers (15h in the B1G)
Tommies Closest Summit League Competitor
#178 South Dakota State
Directly Above/Below UST
#137 Portland State
#139 UT-Martin
Current Heavyweights at Top of the Big Ten
#1 Michigan
#3 Purdue
#10 Michigan State