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Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel
St. Thomas (9-4, 5-6 ATS)
NET: Tommies move up 26 spots to #119
Torvik: Tommies move up 18 spots to #120
All rankings to follow are NET
St. Thomas Handles Tricky Road Spot
UST cruised past UNC-Asheville 80-59 to improve its record to 9-4. If they win their last two non-conference games, the Tommies will secure their best non-conference record since moving to Division I.
Saturday Reach the Summit Results
#119 St. Thomas 80 @ #240 UNC-Asheville 59
#131 North Dakota State 99, @ #155 Drake 94
#191 Cal State Fullerton 105 @ #258 Denver 86
@ #271 South Dakota 97, #301 Prairie View A&M 85
@ #282 Oral Roberts 97, Ecclesia (non-D1) 52
#354 Western Illinois 69, @ #325 North Dakota 66
@ #341 Kansas City 102, Spurgeon College (non-D1) 75
Sunday Reach the Summit Slate
No games
Saturday Eye-Openers (there were 4 fantastic, edge-of-your-seat thrillers)
Nebraska 83, @ Illinois 80
Kansas 77, @ NC State 76 (OT)
Butler 113, Providence 110 (2 OT)
Ohio State 89, West Virginia 88 (2 OT)
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- It was a productive day for the SEC on Saturday, winning 6 of 7 games vs. the Power 5/Gonzaga. Most notable were wins by Arizona over Alabama, Arkansas over Texas Tech, Oklahoma over previously undefeated Oklahoma State, and Kansas over NC State in Raleigh. It must have meant more yesterday.
-- Yesterday's road wins by St. Thomas (UNC-Asheville) and North Dakota State (Drake) solidify the Tommies and Bison as the favorites for the Summit League regular season crown. UST and NDSU meet Jan. 17 in Fargo and Feb. 26 in Saint Paul.
-- Miles Barnstable (Tulsa). Kendall Blue (Nebraska). Andrew Rohde (Wisconsin). Will these former standout St. Thomas guards all end up in the NCAA Tournament? And be joined in the dance by their former school? It's certainly seeming possible.
-- The fine print. ... State of Minnesota NET rankings through Dec. 13:
#119 St. Thomas
#143 Minnesota
-- Sunday's "bubble" impact matchup: #44 Boise State Broncos vs. #17 Saint Mary's Gaels in Idaho Falls, ID. The Broncos (6-2 vs. D1) have been playing good basketball since a stunning loss to non-D1 Hawaii Pacific in their season opener, but they really need this one to help cover the stench of that loss. Would be another nice "W" following a 77-68 win @ Butler.
Mid- & Low-Major Conferences vs. Power 5/Gonzaga (through Dec. 13)
1. WCC (8-12): (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 (5-9): (1) Bowling Green over Kansas State, (2) Buffalo over DePaul, (3) Eastern Michigan over Cincinnati, (4) UMass over Boston College
3. Atlantic 10 (4-15): (1) Davidson over Boston College, (2) Dayton over Georgetown, (3) Dayton over Marquette, (4) VCU over Virginia Tech
4. Mountain West (4-16): (1) Boise State over Butler, (2) Colorado State over Colorado, (3) New Mexico over Mississippi State, (4) UNLV over Stanford
5. American (3-16): (1) FAU over BC, (2) Memphis over Baylor, (3) Tulane over BC
6. Missouri Valley (1-8): (1) Drake over Georgia Tech
7. Coastal (2-18): (1) Hofstra over Pitt, (2) Hofstra over Syracuse
8. Big West (1-10): (1) Cal Poly over Utah
9. NEC (2-25): (1) Central Connecticut over BC, (2) Central Connecticut over Rutgers
10. Southland (1-21): (1) New Orleans over TCU
11. MAAC (1-22): (1) Quinnipiac over Pitt
Ivy (0-7)
Summit (0-10)
Conference USA (0-11)
WAC (0-12)
America East (0-14)
Big Sky (0-14)
SoCon (0-14)
Sun Belt (0-16)
Big South (0-17)
OVC (0-19)
Patriot (0-19)
Horizon (0-21)
MEAC (0-21)
ASUN (0-23)
SWAC (0-39)
Record: 32-429 (6.94%)
Sunday Mid- & Low-Major vs. Power 5/Gonzaga Slate
ASUN
Jacksonville @ Texas A&M
Queens @ Wake Forest
MAC
Western Michigan @ Iowa
MEAC
UMES @ Virginia Tech
OVC
Eastern Illinois @ Iowa State
SWAC
Bethune-Cookman @ Missouri
Texas Southern @ Minnesota
WCC
Washington State @ USC
Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head (through Dec. 13)
1 Gonzaga (7-1, 87.5%)
2 Big XII (43-27, 61.4%)
3 B1G (29-28, 50.9%)
4 ACC (30-35, 46.2%)
5 SEC (32-42, 43.2%)
6 Big East (20-28, 41.7%)
Sunday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Matchups
None
Keep Your Eyeballs On
Florida Gulf Coast @ New Mexico, 3
Detroit @ Purdue Fort Wayne, 4 (ESPN+)
Boise State vs. Saint Mary's, 5
Sunday Pick to Click (23-18, 56.1%, L3 streak)
@ East Carolina +1.5 vs. Buffalo
Sunday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (9-32, 22%, L1 streak)
Detroit (+8.5) outright @ Purdue Fort Wayne
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
Indiana football is 12-0.
Nebraska basketball is 11-0 and holds the nation's longest winning streak (15).
Which one’s the football school and which one’s the basketball school?
It’s a brave new world in the Wild Wild West of major college athletics.
St. Thomas (9-4, 5-6 ATS)
NET: Tommies move up 26 spots to #119
Torvik: Tommies move up 18 spots to #120
All rankings to follow are NET
St. Thomas Handles Tricky Road Spot
UST cruised past UNC-Asheville 80-59 to improve its record to 9-4. If they win their last two non-conference games, the Tommies will secure their best non-conference record since moving to Division I.
Saturday Reach the Summit Results
#119 St. Thomas 80 @ #240 UNC-Asheville 59
#131 North Dakota State 99, @ #155 Drake 94
#191 Cal State Fullerton 105 @ #258 Denver 86
@ #271 South Dakota 97, #301 Prairie View A&M 85
@ #282 Oral Roberts 97, Ecclesia (non-D1) 52
#354 Western Illinois 69, @ #325 North Dakota 66
@ #341 Kansas City 102, Spurgeon College (non-D1) 75
Sunday Reach the Summit Slate
No games
Saturday Eye-Openers (there were 4 fantastic, edge-of-your-seat thrillers)
Nebraska 83, @ Illinois 80
Kansas 77, @ NC State 76 (OT)
Butler 113, Providence 110 (2 OT)
Ohio State 89, West Virginia 88 (2 OT)
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- It was a productive day for the SEC on Saturday, winning 6 of 7 games vs. the Power 5/Gonzaga. Most notable were wins by Arizona over Alabama, Arkansas over Texas Tech, Oklahoma over previously undefeated Oklahoma State, and Kansas over NC State in Raleigh. It must have meant more yesterday.
-- Yesterday's road wins by St. Thomas (UNC-Asheville) and North Dakota State (Drake) solidify the Tommies and Bison as the favorites for the Summit League regular season crown. UST and NDSU meet Jan. 17 in Fargo and Feb. 26 in Saint Paul.
-- Miles Barnstable (Tulsa). Kendall Blue (Nebraska). Andrew Rohde (Wisconsin). Will these former standout St. Thomas guards all end up in the NCAA Tournament? And be joined in the dance by their former school? It's certainly seeming possible.
-- The fine print. ... State of Minnesota NET rankings through Dec. 13:
#119 St. Thomas
#143 Minnesota
-- Sunday's "bubble" impact matchup: #44 Boise State Broncos vs. #17 Saint Mary's Gaels in Idaho Falls, ID. The Broncos (6-2 vs. D1) have been playing good basketball since a stunning loss to non-D1 Hawaii Pacific in their season opener, but they really need this one to help cover the stench of that loss. Would be another nice "W" following a 77-68 win @ Butler.
Mid- & Low-Major Conferences vs. Power 5/Gonzaga (through Dec. 13)
1. WCC (8-12): (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 (5-9): (1) Bowling Green over Kansas State, (2) Buffalo over DePaul, (3) Eastern Michigan over Cincinnati, (4) UMass over Boston College
3. Atlantic 10 (4-15): (1) Davidson over Boston College, (2) Dayton over Georgetown, (3) Dayton over Marquette, (4) VCU over Virginia Tech
4. Mountain West (4-16): (1) Boise State over Butler, (2) Colorado State over Colorado, (3) New Mexico over Mississippi State, (4) UNLV over Stanford
5. American (3-16): (1) FAU over BC, (2) Memphis over Baylor, (3) Tulane over BC
6. Missouri Valley (1-8): (1) Drake over Georgia Tech
7. Coastal (2-18): (1) Hofstra over Pitt, (2) Hofstra over Syracuse
8. Big West (1-10): (1) Cal Poly over Utah
9. NEC (2-25): (1) Central Connecticut over BC, (2) Central Connecticut over Rutgers
10. Southland (1-21): (1) New Orleans over TCU
11. MAAC (1-22): (1) Quinnipiac over Pitt
Ivy (0-7)
Summit (0-10)
Conference USA (0-11)
WAC (0-12)
America East (0-14)
Big Sky (0-14)
SoCon (0-14)
Sun Belt (0-16)
Big South (0-17)
OVC (0-19)
Patriot (0-19)
Horizon (0-21)
MEAC (0-21)
ASUN (0-23)
SWAC (0-39)
Record: 32-429 (6.94%)
Sunday Mid- & Low-Major vs. Power 5/Gonzaga Slate
ASUN
Jacksonville @ Texas A&M
Queens @ Wake Forest
MAC
Western Michigan @ Iowa
MEAC
UMES @ Virginia Tech
OVC
Eastern Illinois @ Iowa State
SWAC
Bethune-Cookman @ Missouri
Texas Southern @ Minnesota
WCC
Washington State @ USC
Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head (through Dec. 13)
1 Gonzaga (7-1, 87.5%)
2 Big XII (43-27, 61.4%)
3 B1G (29-28, 50.9%)
4 ACC (30-35, 46.2%)
5 SEC (32-42, 43.2%)
6 Big East (20-28, 41.7%)
Sunday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Matchups
None
Keep Your Eyeballs On
Florida Gulf Coast @ New Mexico, 3
Detroit @ Purdue Fort Wayne, 4 (ESPN+)
Boise State vs. Saint Mary's, 5
Sunday Pick to Click (23-18, 56.1%, L3 streak)
@ East Carolina +1.5 vs. Buffalo
Sunday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (9-32, 22%, L1 streak)
Detroit (+8.5) outright @ Purdue Fort Wayne
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
Indiana football is 12-0.
Nebraska basketball is 11-0 and holds the nation's longest winning streak (15).
Which one’s the football school and which one’s the basketball school?
It’s a brave new world in the Wild Wild West of major college athletics.
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