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Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel
St. Thomas (9-4, 5-6 ATS)
NET: Tommies move up one spot to #115
Torvik: Tommies move up three spots to #116
All rankings to follow are NET
Tuesday Reach the Summit Results
@ Omaha 105, York College (non-D1) 58
@ Denver 129, Colorado-Colorado Springs (non-D1) 93
@ Missouri State 63, Oral Roberts 62
@ Oklahoma 89, Kansas City 67
Wednesday Reach the Summit Slate
Dakota State (non-D1) @ #270 South Dakota, 7
Tuesday Eye-Openers
@ Dayton 97, Florida State 69
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- With Denver leaving the Summit League next season for the West Coast Conference, non-conference scheduling becomes even more of a nightmare for Summit coaches. Unless the Summit unexpectedly adds a new member this summer, coaches now will have 18 non-conference schedule slots to fill instead of 15. Starting in 2026-27 schools can schedule 32 games instead of 31.
Most Summit teams already are playing three non-Division I opponents, way too many. Would like to see that number get down to one or two at most. Better yet, somehow find two schools to make the Summit a 10-team league. That's a perfect number for basketball scheduling, but the question is, who? There doesn't appear to be any interest. Just spit-balling, how about Lindenwood and/or SEMO (Southeast Missouri State) from the Ohio Valley Conference?
-- The American has a pair of significant resume opportunities tonight, with Memphis hosting undefeated Vanderbilt and USF traveling to Tuscaloosa to take on Alabama. The conference is staring straight in the face a second consecutive season without an at-large bid.
"Rando" Summit League NCAA Tournament Resume (South Dakota State)
Record vs. D1 Opponents: 4-6
NET: #165
Torvik (T-Rank): #163
SOR (Strength of Record): 229
WAB (Wins Above Bubble): 261
Overall SOS: 222
Non-Conference SOS: 220
True Road Record: 2-2
Record vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record vs. Quad 2: 0-4
Record vs. Quad 3: 0-2
Record vs. Quad 4: 4-0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-1 (lost vs. Utah Valley)
Mid- & Low-Major Conferences vs. Power 5/Gonzaga (through Dec. 16)
1. WCC (8-14): (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 (5-11): (1) Bowling Green over Kansas State, (2) Buffalo over DePaul, (3) Eastern Michigan over Cincinnati, (4) UMass over Boston College
3. Atlantic 10 (5-15): (1) Davidson over Boston College, (2) Dayton over Florida State, (3) Dayton over Georgetown, (4) Dayton over Marquette, (5) 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 (1-9): (1) Drake over Georgia Tech
7. Coastal (2-19): (1) Hofstra over Pitt, (2) Hofstra over Syracuse
8. Big West (1-10): (1) Cal Poly over Utah
9. NEC (2-27): (1) Central Connecticut over BC, (2) Central Connecticut over Rutgers
10. MAAC (1-23): (1) Quinnipiac over Pitt
11. Southland (1-22): (1) New Orleans over TCU
Ivy (0-7)
Summit (0-11)
Conference USA (0-12)
WAC (0-13)
America East (0-14)
Big Sky (0-15)
SoCon (0-15)
Sun Belt (0-16)
Big South (0-17)
Patriot (0-19)
OVC (0-20)
Horizon (0-21)
MEAC (0-22)
ASUN (0-27)
SWAC (0-41)
Record: 33-452 (6.8%)
Wednesday Mid- & Low-Major vs. Power 5/Gonzaga Slate
America East
Binghamton @ Pitt
American
Vanderbilt @ Memphis
USF @ Alabama
UTSA @ USC
Big Sky
Portland State @ Colorado
Big South
Longwood @ Wake Forest
Coastal
Campbell @ Gonzaga
NEC
Mercyhurst @ Syracuse
Saint Francis @ Florida
SoCon
Mercer @ UCF
SWAC
Alabama A&M @ Ole Miss
Alabama State @ Cincinnati
Texas Southern @ NC State
WCC
Portland @ Oregon
WAC
UT-Arlington @ Stanford
Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head (through Dec. 16)
1 Gonzaga (7-1, 87.5%)
2 Big XII (43-27, 61.4%)
3 B1G (29-28, 50.9%)
4 ACC (31-36, 46.3%)
5 SEC (33-43, 43.4%)
6 Big East (20-28, 41.7%)
Wednesday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Matchups
Arizona State @ UCLA, 9:30 (S1)
Other Games to Eyeball
Creighton @ Xavier, 5:30 (FS1)
UCSB @ Green Bay, 6 (ESPN+)
Siena @ Vermont, 6 (ESPN+)
Georgetown @ Marquette, 7:30 (FS1)
North Texas @ Santa Clara, 8
Air Force @ San Diego State, 9 (CBSSN)
Wednesday Pick to Click (25-19, 56.8%, W1 streak)
@ San Francisco -12.5 over Loyola-Chicago
Wednesday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (9-35, 20.5%, L4 streak)
@ Memphis (+9.5) outright over Vanderbilt
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
Any chance veteran Kansas City head coach Marvin Menzies is mostly just cashing a paycheck? The Roos are on a serious downward trend the last couple seasons and showing no signs of snapping out of it.
St. Thomas (9-4, 5-6 ATS)
NET: Tommies move up one spot to #115
Torvik: Tommies move up three spots to #116
All rankings to follow are NET
Tuesday Reach the Summit Results
@ Omaha 105, York College (non-D1) 58
@ Denver 129, Colorado-Colorado Springs (non-D1) 93
@ Missouri State 63, Oral Roberts 62
@ Oklahoma 89, Kansas City 67
Wednesday Reach the Summit Slate
Dakota State (non-D1) @ #270 South Dakota, 7
Tuesday Eye-Openers
@ Dayton 97, Florida State 69
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- With Denver leaving the Summit League next season for the West Coast Conference, non-conference scheduling becomes even more of a nightmare for Summit coaches. Unless the Summit unexpectedly adds a new member this summer, coaches now will have 18 non-conference schedule slots to fill instead of 15. Starting in 2026-27 schools can schedule 32 games instead of 31.
Most Summit teams already are playing three non-Division I opponents, way too many. Would like to see that number get down to one or two at most. Better yet, somehow find two schools to make the Summit a 10-team league. That's a perfect number for basketball scheduling, but the question is, who? There doesn't appear to be any interest. Just spit-balling, how about Lindenwood and/or SEMO (Southeast Missouri State) from the Ohio Valley Conference?
-- The American has a pair of significant resume opportunities tonight, with Memphis hosting undefeated Vanderbilt and USF traveling to Tuscaloosa to take on Alabama. The conference is staring straight in the face a second consecutive season without an at-large bid.
"Rando" Summit League NCAA Tournament Resume (South Dakota State)
Record vs. D1 Opponents: 4-6
NET: #165
Torvik (T-Rank): #163
SOR (Strength of Record): 229
WAB (Wins Above Bubble): 261
Overall SOS: 222
Non-Conference SOS: 220
True Road Record: 2-2
Record vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record vs. Quad 2: 0-4
Record vs. Quad 3: 0-2
Record vs. Quad 4: 4-0
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-1 (lost vs. Utah Valley)
Mid- & Low-Major Conferences vs. Power 5/Gonzaga (through Dec. 16)
1. WCC (8-14): (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 (5-11): (1) Bowling Green over Kansas State, (2) Buffalo over DePaul, (3) Eastern Michigan over Cincinnati, (4) UMass over Boston College
3. Atlantic 10 (5-15): (1) Davidson over Boston College, (2) Dayton over Florida State, (3) Dayton over Georgetown, (4) Dayton over Marquette, (5) 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 (1-9): (1) Drake over Georgia Tech
7. Coastal (2-19): (1) Hofstra over Pitt, (2) Hofstra over Syracuse
8. Big West (1-10): (1) Cal Poly over Utah
9. NEC (2-27): (1) Central Connecticut over BC, (2) Central Connecticut over Rutgers
10. MAAC (1-23): (1) Quinnipiac over Pitt
11. Southland (1-22): (1) New Orleans over TCU
Ivy (0-7)
Summit (0-11)
Conference USA (0-12)
WAC (0-13)
America East (0-14)
Big Sky (0-15)
SoCon (0-15)
Sun Belt (0-16)
Big South (0-17)
Patriot (0-19)
OVC (0-20)
Horizon (0-21)
MEAC (0-22)
ASUN (0-27)
SWAC (0-41)
Record: 33-452 (6.8%)
Wednesday Mid- & Low-Major vs. Power 5/Gonzaga Slate
America East
Binghamton @ Pitt
American
Vanderbilt @ Memphis
USF @ Alabama
UTSA @ USC
Big Sky
Portland State @ Colorado
Big South
Longwood @ Wake Forest
Coastal
Campbell @ Gonzaga
NEC
Mercyhurst @ Syracuse
Saint Francis @ Florida
SoCon
Mercer @ UCF
SWAC
Alabama A&M @ Ole Miss
Alabama State @ Cincinnati
Texas Southern @ NC State
WCC
Portland @ Oregon
WAC
UT-Arlington @ Stanford
Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head (through Dec. 16)
1 Gonzaga (7-1, 87.5%)
2 Big XII (43-27, 61.4%)
3 B1G (29-28, 50.9%)
4 ACC (31-36, 46.3%)
5 SEC (33-43, 43.4%)
6 Big East (20-28, 41.7%)
Wednesday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Matchups
Arizona State @ UCLA, 9:30 (S1)
Other Games to Eyeball
Creighton @ Xavier, 5:30 (FS1)
UCSB @ Green Bay, 6 (ESPN+)
Siena @ Vermont, 6 (ESPN+)
Georgetown @ Marquette, 7:30 (FS1)
North Texas @ Santa Clara, 8
Air Force @ San Diego State, 9 (CBSSN)
Wednesday Pick to Click (25-19, 56.8%, W1 streak)
@ San Francisco -12.5 over Loyola-Chicago
Wednesday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (9-35, 20.5%, L4 streak)
@ Memphis (+9.5) outright over Vanderbilt
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
Any chance veteran Kansas City head coach Marvin Menzies is mostly just cashing a paycheck? The Roos are on a serious downward trend the last couple seasons and showing no signs of snapping out of it.