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Tommie Talk and the NET/Torvik Gospel
St. Thomas (11-4, 6-6 ATS)
NET: UST moves up one spot to #114.
Torvik (T-Rank): UST drops three spots to #112.
(all rankings are NET)
#226 Denver (8-8, 1-0 Summit) @ #114 St. Thomas (11-4, 0-0)
Time: Noon
Place: Lee & Penny Anderson Arena
Series since UST move to Division I: Tommies lead 6-3
The Spread: UST favored by 10.5
What's at Stake: UST league opener & the Tommies nation-best 25-game home winning streak
Saturday Summit League Results
@ #148 North Dakota State 79, #284 Oral Roberts 77 (OT)
@ #300 North Dakota 90, #176 South Dakota State 97 (2 OT)
#318 Kansas City 73, @ #272 Omaha 66
Sunday Summit League Slate
#226 Denver @ #114 St. Thomas, noon (SLN)
Sunday Reach the Summit Selections (4-3, 57.1%)
St. Thomas over Denver by 7
Summit League Leader (North Dakota State) NCAA Tournament Resume
Record vs. DI Opponents: 9-5, 2-0 Summit
NET: #148
Torvik (T-Rank): #132
Strength of Record: #162
Wins Above Bubble: #188
True Road Record: 3-4
Overall SOS: #356
Non-Conference SOS: #350
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 0-0
Record/Winning % vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 3-4 (42.9%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (@ #293 UTEP)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-1
Lost to #140 Arkansas State, 80-85 (A)
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- Saturday was pure craziness in the Summit League. Upstart North Dakota over perennial league power South Dakota State. Kansas City picks up its first Division I win at injury-depleted defending Summit champion Omaha. Co-league favorite North Dakota State needs two overtimes in Fargo to hold off Oral Roberts. What's up is down & what's down is up. More proof that every single night in college basketball is survive and advance.
-- Somehow the Minnesota Gophers are 2-1 in the Big Ten after last night's road win vs. Northwestern. They’re short-handed (three guys played 40 minutes) with two starters out for the season (PG Chansey Willis Jr., F Robert Vaihola), but every player is improving under new head coach Niko Medved. Case in point redshirt freshman Grayson Grove, who went full Beast Mode with 12 points on 6-of-6 FG shooting (all dunks), most on cuts to the basket. What a refreshing change watching the Gophers move and share the ball & cut to the basket (like the school across the river has been doing for years) after years of watching Gopher guards pound the ball into the ground before taking a terrible shot at the end of the shot clock. Medved for governor of Minnesota!
-- Defending national champion Florida, 76-74 losers to a pedestrian Missouri squad, is finding out elite guards are difficult to replace. Walter Clayton Jr. and Alijah Martin aren't walking through that door.
-- I decided to go to bed with San Diego State routing Boise State 50-29 at halftime in a "Mountain West After Dark' snoozer. Bad decision. The Broncos came storming back to force overtime, eventually succumbing to the host Aztecs in the third OT, 110-107.
-- Biggest single win Saturday in terms of improving a team's chances to make the NCAA Tournament? SMU handling North Carolina in Dallas. The ACC is leaps and bounds better than it's been the last two seasons.
Saturday Bubble Impact Results
#17 Villanova 85, @ #46 Butler 67
@ #21 Georgia 104, #35 Auburn 100
@ Alabama 89, #31 Kentucky 74
Virginia 76, @ #38 NC State 61
@ #55 Texas A&M 75, #39 LSU 72
@ #47 TCU 69, #43 Baylor 63
@ #69 San Diego State 110, #45 Boise State 107 (3 OT)
@ #61 Wake Forest 81, #57 Virginia Tech 78
Purdue 89, @ #63 Wisconsin 73
BYU 83, @ #64 Kansas State 73
Daily Bubble Snapshots (#41, #50, #52, #68)
A daily look at the bubble, with the purpose of watching it evolve up to Selection Sunday.
#41 (Seton Hall) NCAA Tournament Resume (best NET at-large # left out of 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-2, 2-1 Big East
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #43
Strength of Record: #29
Wins Above Bubble: #26
True Road Record: 3-0
Overall SOS: #133
Non-Conference SOS: #221
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 2-2 (50%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 3-2 (60%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 5-2 (71.4%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: none
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-2
Lost to #17 Villanova, 56-64 (H)
Beat #38 NC State, 85-74 (N)
Lost to #40 USC, 81-83 (N)
#50 (VCU) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 11-4, 2-0 Atlantic 10
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #54
Strength of Record: #65
Wins Above Bubble: #53
True Road Record: 1-1
Overall SOS: #88
Non-Conference SOS: #76
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-3 (0%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-4 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 4-4 (50%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: none
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-4
Lost to #4 Vanderbilt, 74-89 (N)
Lost to #19 Utah State, 77-80 (N)
Lost to #38 NC State, 79-85 (A)
Lost to #54 New Mexico, 78-81 (H)
Beat #57 Virginia Tech, 86-68 (N)
#52 (Creighton) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst NET at-large # to make 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 9-5, 3-0 Big East
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #44
Strength of Record: #55
Wins Above Bubble: #61
True Road Record: 1-2
Overall SOS: #27
Non-Conference SOS: #25
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-4 (0%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 3-5 (37.5%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 3-5 (37.5%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: none
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-4
Lost to #3 Iowa State, 60-78 (N)
Lost to #6 Gonzaga, 63-90 (A)
Lost to #11 Nebraska, 50-71 (A)
Lost to #43 Baylor, 74-81 (N)
#68 (Notre Dame) NCAA Tournament Resume (if the field was best 68 NET)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 10-5, 1-1 ACC
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #67
Strength of Record: #66
Wins Above Bubble: #70
True Road Record: 2-2
Overall SOS: #59
Non-Conference SOS: #103
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-4 (20%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-4 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 5-4 (55.6%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (#249 Fort Wayne)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-3
Lost to #15 Houston, 56-66 (N)
Lost to #18 Kansas, 61-71 (N)
Lost to #44 Ohio State, 63-64 (A)
Beat #183 LIU, 89-67 (H)
Jan. 4 Games to Eyeball
Creighton @ Seton Hall, 11 (Peacock)
Manhattan @ Merrimack, 11 (ESPN+)
Denver @ St. Thomas, noon (SLN)
Jacksonville State @ Liberty, 1 (ESPN+)
Tulsa @ North Texas, 3 (ESPN+)
Bradley @ Murray State, 4 (ESPN2)
Seattle @ Saint Mary's, 7
Washington @ Indiana, 7 (BTN)
Jan. 4 Pick to Click (36-22, 62.1%, W-2 streak)
Creighton +2.5 @ Seton Hall
Jan. 4 Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (9-49, 15.5%, L-18 streak)
Washington +7.5 outright @ Indiana
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
I'm calling bull (poop) on Darryn Peterson and his family for what's going on at Kansas. You're either all in or you're not.
Peterson needs to move on and go prepare for his NBA career in an empty gym instead of stringing along his coaches and teammates. This "playing when you deem fit" nonsense is for the birds. The Jayhawks need to ride out the season with Melvin Council Jr. & company, guys that actually want to play ball. Looking over your shoulders to see if your "me" teammate wants to play ain't it.
St. Thomas (11-4, 6-6 ATS)
NET: UST moves up one spot to #114.
Torvik (T-Rank): UST drops three spots to #112.
(all rankings are NET)
#226 Denver (8-8, 1-0 Summit) @ #114 St. Thomas (11-4, 0-0)
Time: Noon
Place: Lee & Penny Anderson Arena
Series since UST move to Division I: Tommies lead 6-3
The Spread: UST favored by 10.5
What's at Stake: UST league opener & the Tommies nation-best 25-game home winning streak
Saturday Summit League Results
@ #148 North Dakota State 79, #284 Oral Roberts 77 (OT)
@ #300 North Dakota 90, #176 South Dakota State 97 (2 OT)
#318 Kansas City 73, @ #272 Omaha 66
Sunday Summit League Slate
#226 Denver @ #114 St. Thomas, noon (SLN)
Sunday Reach the Summit Selections (4-3, 57.1%)
St. Thomas over Denver by 7
Summit League Leader (North Dakota State) NCAA Tournament Resume
Record vs. DI Opponents: 9-5, 2-0 Summit
NET: #148
Torvik (T-Rank): #132
Strength of Record: #162
Wins Above Bubble: #188
True Road Record: 3-4
Overall SOS: #356
Non-Conference SOS: #350
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-0
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 0-0
Record/Winning % vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 3-4 (42.9%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (@ #293 UTEP)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-1
Lost to #140 Arkansas State, 80-85 (A)
Dribbles & Scribbles
-- Saturday was pure craziness in the Summit League. Upstart North Dakota over perennial league power South Dakota State. Kansas City picks up its first Division I win at injury-depleted defending Summit champion Omaha. Co-league favorite North Dakota State needs two overtimes in Fargo to hold off Oral Roberts. What's up is down & what's down is up. More proof that every single night in college basketball is survive and advance.
-- Somehow the Minnesota Gophers are 2-1 in the Big Ten after last night's road win vs. Northwestern. They’re short-handed (three guys played 40 minutes) with two starters out for the season (PG Chansey Willis Jr., F Robert Vaihola), but every player is improving under new head coach Niko Medved. Case in point redshirt freshman Grayson Grove, who went full Beast Mode with 12 points on 6-of-6 FG shooting (all dunks), most on cuts to the basket. What a refreshing change watching the Gophers move and share the ball & cut to the basket (like the school across the river has been doing for years) after years of watching Gopher guards pound the ball into the ground before taking a terrible shot at the end of the shot clock. Medved for governor of Minnesota!
-- Defending national champion Florida, 76-74 losers to a pedestrian Missouri squad, is finding out elite guards are difficult to replace. Walter Clayton Jr. and Alijah Martin aren't walking through that door.
-- I decided to go to bed with San Diego State routing Boise State 50-29 at halftime in a "Mountain West After Dark' snoozer. Bad decision. The Broncos came storming back to force overtime, eventually succumbing to the host Aztecs in the third OT, 110-107.
-- Biggest single win Saturday in terms of improving a team's chances to make the NCAA Tournament? SMU handling North Carolina in Dallas. The ACC is leaps and bounds better than it's been the last two seasons.
Saturday Bubble Impact Results
#17 Villanova 85, @ #46 Butler 67
@ #21 Georgia 104, #35 Auburn 100
@ Alabama 89, #31 Kentucky 74
Virginia 76, @ #38 NC State 61
@ #55 Texas A&M 75, #39 LSU 72
@ #47 TCU 69, #43 Baylor 63
@ #69 San Diego State 110, #45 Boise State 107 (3 OT)
@ #61 Wake Forest 81, #57 Virginia Tech 78
Purdue 89, @ #63 Wisconsin 73
BYU 83, @ #64 Kansas State 73
Daily Bubble Snapshots (#41, #50, #52, #68)
A daily look at the bubble, with the purpose of watching it evolve up to Selection Sunday.
#41 (Seton Hall) NCAA Tournament Resume (best NET at-large # left out of 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 12-2, 2-1 Big East
NET: #41
Torvik (T-Rank): #43
Strength of Record: #29
Wins Above Bubble: #26
True Road Record: 3-0
Overall SOS: #133
Non-Conference SOS: #221
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 2-2 (50%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 3-2 (60%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 5-2 (71.4%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: none
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-2
Lost to #17 Villanova, 56-64 (H)
Beat #38 NC State, 85-74 (N)
Lost to #40 USC, 81-83 (N)
#50 (VCU) NCAA Tournament Resume (mythical Bubble cutline)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 11-4, 2-0 Atlantic 10
NET: #50
Torvik (T-Rank): #54
Strength of Record: #65
Wins Above Bubble: #53
True Road Record: 1-1
Overall SOS: #88
Non-Conference SOS: #76
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-3 (0%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-4 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 4-4 (50%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: none
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-4
Lost to #4 Vanderbilt, 74-89 (N)
Lost to #19 Utah State, 77-80 (N)
Lost to #38 NC State, 79-85 (A)
Lost to #54 New Mexico, 78-81 (H)
Beat #57 Virginia Tech, 86-68 (N)
#52 (Creighton) NCAA Tournament Resume (worst NET at-large # to make 2025 field)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 9-5, 3-0 Big East
NET: #52
Torvik (T-Rank): #44
Strength of Record: #55
Wins Above Bubble: #61
True Road Record: 1-2
Overall SOS: #27
Non-Conference SOS: #25
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 0-4 (0%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 3-5 (37.5%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 3-5 (37.5%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: none
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 0-4
Lost to #3 Iowa State, 60-78 (N)
Lost to #6 Gonzaga, 63-90 (A)
Lost to #11 Nebraska, 50-71 (A)
Lost to #43 Baylor, 74-81 (N)
#68 (Notre Dame) NCAA Tournament Resume (if the field was best 68 NET)
Record vs. DI Opponents: 10-5, 1-1 ACC
NET: #68
Torvik (T-Rank): #67
Strength of Record: #66
Wins Above Bubble: #70
True Road Record: 2-2
Overall SOS: #59
Non-Conference SOS: #103
Record/Winning% vs. Quad 1: 1-4 (20%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1 & 2 Combined: 2-4 (33.3%)
Record/Winning% vs. Quads 1-3 Combined: 5-4 (55.6%)
Quad 4 (Awful) Losses: 1 (#249 Fort Wayne)
Record vs. Projected NCAA Qualifiers: 1-3
Lost to #15 Houston, 56-66 (N)
Lost to #18 Kansas, 61-71 (N)
Lost to #44 Ohio State, 63-64 (A)
Beat #183 LIU, 89-67 (H)
Jan. 4 Games to Eyeball
Creighton @ Seton Hall, 11 (Peacock)
Manhattan @ Merrimack, 11 (ESPN+)
Denver @ St. Thomas, noon (SLN)
Jacksonville State @ Liberty, 1 (ESPN+)
Tulsa @ North Texas, 3 (ESPN+)
Bradley @ Murray State, 4 (ESPN2)
Seattle @ Saint Mary's, 7
Washington @ Indiana, 7 (BTN)
Jan. 4 Pick to Click (36-22, 62.1%, W-2 streak)
Creighton +2.5 @ Seton Hall
Jan. 4 Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (9-49, 15.5%, L-18 streak)
Washington +7.5 outright @ Indiana
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
I'm calling bull (poop) on Darryn Peterson and his family for what's going on at Kansas. You're either all in or you're not.
Peterson needs to move on and go prepare for his NBA career in an empty gym instead of stringing along his coaches and teammates. This "playing when you deem fit" nonsense is for the birds. The Jayhawks need to ride out the season with Melvin Council Jr. & company, guys that actually want to play ball. Looking over your shoulders to see if your "me" teammate wants to play ain't it.
