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Tommie Talk & the Torvik (T-Rank)
St. Thomas (6-3, 3-5 ATS) remains at #147 in the Torvik rankings after Saturday's 87-52 cruise over Division III Lawrence University. Carter Bjerke paced UST with 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 4-of-9 marksmanship from three-point range. The Tommies now are tied with Duke for the longest home-court winning streak (21) in the country.
Also scoring in double-figures were Isaiah Johnson-Arigu (11) and Ben Oosterbaan, Ryan Dufault, and Nolan Minessale with 10 points apiece. Minessale had his streak of eight straight games with 20+ points snapped. Hayden Tibbits played a productive 19 minutes off the bench with 7 points and a team-high 7 assists.
Other Saturday Reach the Summit Results
#230 Omaha 84, (non-Division I) Mid-America Christian 62
#250 Weber State 82, #340 Kansas City 61
#259 South Dakota 80, #328 Air Force 63
Sunday Reach the Summit Slate
No games
Saturday Eye-Openers (upsets, importance, MOV, etc.)
Drake 84, Georgia Tech 74
Utah State 84, Montana State 74 -- The Tommies' next and first of two Big Sky/Summit Challenge opponents (Montana State) gave undefeated Mountain West power Utah State all it could handle, falling in overtime in Logan, UT. MSU senior guard Patrick McMahon played all 40 minutes and scored a game-high 26 points for the Bobcats (3-5).
The Feast (Week) is Over
There are still a couple bracketed tournaments to be completed/played in December (Big 5 Classic, Sun Bowl/Don Haskins Invitational), but here's a quick look at how the conferences have performed so far. The Big Ten leads with 5 tournament championships.
MTE Championships (23)
Big Ten (5): Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Purdue, USC
Big XII (3): BYU, Colorado, TCU
ACC (2): Clemson, Stanford
Big West (2): UC-San Diego, UCSB
Missouri Valley (2): Belmont, Illinois State
SEC (2): LSU, Vanderbilt
American (1): Tulsa (former UST guard Miles Barnstable Golden Hurricane's leading scorer)
Atlantic 10 (1): George Mason
Big South (1): High Point
Ivy (1): Yale
Mountain West (1): Utah State
Sun Belt (1): Southern Miss
WCC (1): Pacific
Mid- & Low-Major Conferences vs. Power 5/Gonzaga (through Nov. 29)
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 (2-19): (1) Central Connecticut over BC, (2) Central Connecticut over Rutgers
8. Mountain West (1-12): (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: 22-352 (5.88%)
Sunday Mid- & Low-Major vs. Power 5/Gonzaga Slate
Mountain West
Wyoming @ Texas Tech
NEC
Mercyhurst @ West Virginia
Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head (through Nov. 29)
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%)
Sunday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Matchups
No games
Sunday Pick to Click (18-9, W3 streak)
Yale -6.5 @ Vermont
Sunday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (5-22, L4 streak)
ODU (+7.5) outright @ William & Mary
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
Wrapping up my trip to Diamond Jo Casino in Northwood, IA, where I go annually to make futures bets for the NCAA Tournament. Here's who I'm riding with to cut down the nets in March/early April:
$25 on Indiana at 80-1
$30 on Michigan State at 30-1
$100 on Michigan at 25-1 (got mid-May)
$100 on Arizona at 16-1
$50 on Houston at 14 to 1
$100 on Purdue at 8.5-1
St. Thomas (6-3, 3-5 ATS) remains at #147 in the Torvik rankings after Saturday's 87-52 cruise over Division III Lawrence University. Carter Bjerke paced UST with 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 4-of-9 marksmanship from three-point range. The Tommies now are tied with Duke for the longest home-court winning streak (21) in the country.
Also scoring in double-figures were Isaiah Johnson-Arigu (11) and Ben Oosterbaan, Ryan Dufault, and Nolan Minessale with 10 points apiece. Minessale had his streak of eight straight games with 20+ points snapped. Hayden Tibbits played a productive 19 minutes off the bench with 7 points and a team-high 7 assists.
Other Saturday Reach the Summit Results
#230 Omaha 84, (non-Division I) Mid-America Christian 62
#250 Weber State 82, #340 Kansas City 61
#259 South Dakota 80, #328 Air Force 63
Sunday Reach the Summit Slate
No games
Saturday Eye-Openers (upsets, importance, MOV, etc.)
Drake 84, Georgia Tech 74
Utah State 84, Montana State 74 -- The Tommies' next and first of two Big Sky/Summit Challenge opponents (Montana State) gave undefeated Mountain West power Utah State all it could handle, falling in overtime in Logan, UT. MSU senior guard Patrick McMahon played all 40 minutes and scored a game-high 26 points for the Bobcats (3-5).
The Feast (Week) is Over
There are still a couple bracketed tournaments to be completed/played in December (Big 5 Classic, Sun Bowl/Don Haskins Invitational), but here's a quick look at how the conferences have performed so far. The Big Ten leads with 5 tournament championships.
MTE Championships (23)
Big Ten (5): Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, Purdue, USC
Big XII (3): BYU, Colorado, TCU
ACC (2): Clemson, Stanford
Big West (2): UC-San Diego, UCSB
Missouri Valley (2): Belmont, Illinois State
SEC (2): LSU, Vanderbilt
American (1): Tulsa (former UST guard Miles Barnstable Golden Hurricane's leading scorer)
Atlantic 10 (1): George Mason
Big South (1): High Point
Ivy (1): Yale
Mountain West (1): Utah State
Sun Belt (1): Southern Miss
WCC (1): Pacific
Mid- & Low-Major Conferences vs. Power 5/Gonzaga (through Nov. 29)
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 (2-19): (1) Central Connecticut over BC, (2) Central Connecticut over Rutgers
8. Mountain West (1-12): (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: 22-352 (5.88%)
Sunday Mid- & Low-Major vs. Power 5/Gonzaga Slate
Mountain West
Wyoming @ Texas Tech
NEC
Mercyhurst @ West Virginia
Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head (through Nov. 29)
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%)
Sunday Power 5/Gonzaga Head-to-Head Matchups
No games
Sunday Pick to Click (18-9, W3 streak)
Yale -6.5 @ Vermont
Sunday Outright +7 or More ‘Dog (5-22, L4 streak)
ODU (+7.5) outright @ William & Mary
Deep Thoughts, by Buzz Studley
Wrapping up my trip to Diamond Jo Casino in Northwood, IA, where I go annually to make futures bets for the NCAA Tournament. Here's who I'm riding with to cut down the nets in March/early April:
$25 on Indiana at 80-1
$30 on Michigan State at 30-1
$100 on Michigan at 25-1 (got mid-May)
$100 on Arizona at 16-1
$50 on Houston at 14 to 1
$100 on Purdue at 8.5-1
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