In Reply to: ‘Knew Luka Wasn’t Gonna Play’ — College Basketball Fans React as posted by mh on February 06, 2025 at 16:29:07
On Tuesday, we were happy that Michigan State, Vanderbilt, and Oklahoma lost.
St John's, Mississippi, Wisconsin, Arizona, Utah State, and Texas Tech won.
On Wednesday, as I wrote about below, we are happy Rutgers beat Illinois.
Michigan beating Oregon is probably a wash.
TODAY:
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We have one VERY STRONG rooting interest, and a couple of very mild ones.
We would love Ohio State to beat Maryland and give them a fifth loss. They have that tie-breaker over us in the B1G standins. OSU is a 1.5-point home favorite.
I have mixed feelings about LMU at Gonzaga, since the Zags are a minor challenge to us for seeding, but I think I would rather not see our win diminished further. However, the Zags are favored by 22.5, so I don't think there is much danger.
We have a mild preference for a St. Mary's loss at USF. The Gaels are favored by 4.5 in what should be a great game.
TOMORROW:
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USC is playing at Purdue. The Trojans are not too far from making the NCAA tournament, and I would rather they don't. Go Boilers!
St. John's is playing at UConn. They are both seed competitors with us, but I won't root for a Hurley.
Utah State is at Fresno State. We would like Fresno to win, but KenPom sees USU as a 14-point favorite.