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Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel
St. Thomas (8-4, 4-6 ATS)
NET: Tommies move up one to #147
Torvik: Tommies stay at #138
Tommies Pull Away in 2nd Half to Beat Johnnies
St. Thomas wins it 80-56 after leading by only four at halftime. Nolan Minessale scored 30+ points for the second straight game. Playing in front of their second sellout crowd (5,325) at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena, the win extended the Tommies' nation-best home winning streak to 23
UST will have to play much better at UNC-Asheville on Saturday to continue its modest two-game winning streak. If the Toms (8-4) win their final three non-conference games, they'll surpass last season's 10-5 pre-Summit League record.
**All rankings below are NET
Thursday Reach the Summit Results
#136 North Dakota State 80, #311 Cal State Bakersfield 69
@ #147 St. Thomas 80, Saint John's (non-D1) 56
@ #208 Denver 97, Alaska-Anchorage (non-D1) 61
Friday Reach the Summit Slate
Dakota Wesleyan (non-D1) @ #164 South Dakota State, 7
Tuesday Eye-Openers
@ Iowa State 66, Iowa 62: The Cyclones remain undefeated behind 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 blocks from Joshua Jefferson. Another special season is brewing in Ames.
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- North Dakota State (8-3) quietly has won three straight (two on the road), perhaps establishing the Bison as a slight odds-on favorite over St. Thomas to win the Summit League regular season title. The Bison have two key non-conference tilts ahead, Saturday at #142 Drake and Dec. 21 vs. #138 UC-Irvine in the first round of the Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational in El Paso, TX.
Mid- & Low-Major Conferences vs. Power 5/Gonzaga (through Dec. 11)
1. WCC (8-11): (1) Grand Canyon over Utah, (2) Saint Mary's over Virginia Tech, (3) San Diego State over Oregon, (4) San Francisco over Minnesota, (5) San Francisco over Mississippi State, (6) Santa Clara over Minnesota, (7) Santa Clara over Xavier, (8) Seattle over Stanford
2. MAC (4-9): (1) Bowling Green over Kansas State, (2) Buffalo over DePaul, (3) Eastern Michigan over Cincinnati, (4) UMass over Boston College
3. Atlantic 10 (4-14): (1) Davidson over Boston College, (2) Dayton over Georgetown, (3) Dayton over Marquette, (4) VCU over Virginia Tech
4. Mountain West (4-15): (1) Boise State over Butler, (2) Colorado State over Colorado, (3) New Mexico over Mississippi State, (4) UNLV over Stanford
5. American (3-14): (1) FAU over BC, (2) Memphis over Baylor, (3) Tulane over BC
6. Missouri Valley (1-7): Drake over Georgia Tech
7. Big West (1-8): (1) Cal Poly over Utah
8. NEC (2-25): (1) Central Connecticut over BC, (2) Central Connecticut over Rutgers
9. Coastal (1-17): Hofstra over Pitt
10. Southland (1-19): (1) New Orleans over TCU
11. MAAC (1-20): (1) Quinnipiac over Pitt
Ivy (0-7)
Summit (0-10)
Conference USA (0-11)
SoCon (0-11)
WAC (0-11)
America East (0-14)
Big Sky (0-14)
Sun Belt (0-14)
Big South (0-16)
OVC (0-19)
Patriot (0-19)
Horizon (0-21)
MEAC (0-21)
ASUN (0-22)
SWAC (0-38)
Record: 30-407 (6.86%)
Friday Mid- & Low-Major vs. Power 5/Gonzaga Slate
Coastal
Missouri State @ Xavier
Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head (through Dec. 11)
1 Gonzaga (6-1, 85.7%)
2 Big XII (40-22, 645%)
3 B1G (27-25, 51.9%)
4 ACC (30-32, 48.4%)
5 Big East (17-26, 39.5%)
6 SEC (26-40, 39.4%)
Friday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Matchups
Texas @ UConn, 7 (FOX)
Other Games to Eye
East Tennessee State @ Austin Peay, 7 (ESPN+)
Friday Pick to Click (23-16, 59%, L1 streak)
@ UConn -14.5 over Texas
Friday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (8-31, 20.5%, L1 streak)
Army (+7.5) outright @ UMBC
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
Look for UConn to obliterate Texas tonight. The #72 Longhorns (6-3) have been one of the least impressive Power 5 teams (relative to expectations) this season.
St. Thomas (8-4, 4-6 ATS)
NET: Tommies move up one to #147
Torvik: Tommies stay at #138
Tommies Pull Away in 2nd Half to Beat Johnnies
St. Thomas wins it 80-56 after leading by only four at halftime. Nolan Minessale scored 30+ points for the second straight game. Playing in front of their second sellout crowd (5,325) at Lee & Penny Anderson Arena, the win extended the Tommies' nation-best home winning streak to 23
UST will have to play much better at UNC-Asheville on Saturday to continue its modest two-game winning streak. If the Toms (8-4) win their final three non-conference games, they'll surpass last season's 10-5 pre-Summit League record.
**All rankings below are NET
Thursday Reach the Summit Results
#136 North Dakota State 80, #311 Cal State Bakersfield 69
@ #147 St. Thomas 80, Saint John's (non-D1) 56
@ #208 Denver 97, Alaska-Anchorage (non-D1) 61
Friday Reach the Summit Slate
Dakota Wesleyan (non-D1) @ #164 South Dakota State, 7
Tuesday Eye-Openers
@ Iowa State 66, Iowa 62: The Cyclones remain undefeated behind 24 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 blocks from Joshua Jefferson. Another special season is brewing in Ames.
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- North Dakota State (8-3) quietly has won three straight (two on the road), perhaps establishing the Bison as a slight odds-on favorite over St. Thomas to win the Summit League regular season title. The Bison have two key non-conference tilts ahead, Saturday at #142 Drake and Dec. 21 vs. #138 UC-Irvine in the first round of the Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational in El Paso, TX.
Mid- & Low-Major Conferences vs. Power 5/Gonzaga (through Dec. 11)
1. WCC (8-11): (1) Grand Canyon over Utah, (2) Saint Mary's over Virginia Tech, (3) San Diego State over Oregon, (4) San Francisco over Minnesota, (5) San Francisco over Mississippi State, (6) Santa Clara over Minnesota, (7) Santa Clara over Xavier, (8) Seattle over Stanford
2. MAC (4-9): (1) Bowling Green over Kansas State, (2) Buffalo over DePaul, (3) Eastern Michigan over Cincinnati, (4) UMass over Boston College
3. Atlantic 10 (4-14): (1) Davidson over Boston College, (2) Dayton over Georgetown, (3) Dayton over Marquette, (4) VCU over Virginia Tech
4. Mountain West (4-15): (1) Boise State over Butler, (2) Colorado State over Colorado, (3) New Mexico over Mississippi State, (4) UNLV over Stanford
5. American (3-14): (1) FAU over BC, (2) Memphis over Baylor, (3) Tulane over BC
6. Missouri Valley (1-7): Drake over Georgia Tech
7. Big West (1-8): (1) Cal Poly over Utah
8. NEC (2-25): (1) Central Connecticut over BC, (2) Central Connecticut over Rutgers
9. Coastal (1-17): Hofstra over Pitt
10. Southland (1-19): (1) New Orleans over TCU
11. MAAC (1-20): (1) Quinnipiac over Pitt
Ivy (0-7)
Summit (0-10)
Conference USA (0-11)
SoCon (0-11)
WAC (0-11)
America East (0-14)
Big Sky (0-14)
Sun Belt (0-14)
Big South (0-16)
OVC (0-19)
Patriot (0-19)
Horizon (0-21)
MEAC (0-21)
ASUN (0-22)
SWAC (0-38)
Record: 30-407 (6.86%)
Friday Mid- & Low-Major vs. Power 5/Gonzaga Slate
Coastal
Missouri State @ Xavier
Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head (through Dec. 11)
1 Gonzaga (6-1, 85.7%)
2 Big XII (40-22, 645%)
3 B1G (27-25, 51.9%)
4 ACC (30-32, 48.4%)
5 Big East (17-26, 39.5%)
6 SEC (26-40, 39.4%)
Friday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Matchups
Texas @ UConn, 7 (FOX)
Other Games to Eye
East Tennessee State @ Austin Peay, 7 (ESPN+)
Friday Pick to Click (23-16, 59%, L1 streak)
@ UConn -14.5 over Texas
Friday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (8-31, 20.5%, L1 streak)
Army (+7.5) outright @ UMBC
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
Look for UConn to obliterate Texas tonight. The #72 Longhorns (6-3) have been one of the least impressive Power 5 teams (relative to expectations) this season.