Now that December is upon us, I will be doing the usual top 25 matchups for college basketball for Saturday/Sunday and still keep up with College Football as well. Me and Mitch Pratt of Boom Business are going to be having a sports talk show on Friday or Saturday and I would hope the video is up by Monday, so look for that.
Two of the Big East's top 25 took a tumble on Saturday and Sunday as my Marquette Golden Eagles fell to a solid Dayton Flyers team. Granted, they are still in the A-10 and its a game MU should have had, MU needs more bench points to be successful and cannot rely on the three point shot to solve problems as they went 4/20. Hopefully this knocks Marquette down to earth a bit, and gears them up for the huge weekend against Wisconsin in the Bradley Center. Thankfully it wasnt as nasty as the 14 point beating Louisville suffered as they could not make a basket to save their soul and were beaten by Western Kentucky. Always need to show their mascot, Big Red. No way should the Cards have lost to this team and by that margin, the Hiltoppers are a usual NCAA team. But they are nowhere near the level of a no. 3 team in that nation.
Now a look ahead to this week games which include the ACC Big 10 Beatdown, er.. I mean Challenge.
Tonight: 22. Wisconsin at Virgina Tech- A game that worries me as a MU fan because I would hate for them to lose tonight then play MU on Saturday. The Hokies arent bad, losing two tourney games on a half-court buzzer-beater and a four-point defeat to Seton Hall. This is Wisconsin's first true road test of the season and they will need a big effort out of Marcus Landry or Trevon Hughes to be successful. I think the Badgers squeak it out, barley. UW 60-59
Tuesday: Ohio State at 23. Miami (FL)- Should be an interesting match-up with Jack McClinton and Jon Diebler going head-to-head, also our first look at B.J. Mullins who is the typical white big man with unnecessary tattoos. I think the U should get it done as this is the Buckeyes first real challenge of the season. MIA 72-61
4. Duke at 10. Purdue- A great matchup and one that is surprising as the Dukies usually never play at home arenas for the ACC/Big 10. This one could be a shootout on all accounts with both teams being top-tier 3 point shooters and Purdue is a lot better than I first though as they played Oklahoma to the wire. I think the Dukies prevail but its going to be close all the way through. DUKE 79-75
Wednesday: 1. North Carolina at 12. Michigan State- This game lost some luster as the Spartans lost to Maryland this past weekend but I think this is the true barometer to see how good Michigan State really is plus maybe if the Tar Heels wipe out the Spartans, how good are they? While, I think it will be close for most of the game, watch for Wayne Ellington to pull this one away for Carolina late. UNC 84-73
Thursday: USC at 6. Oklahoma- Part of the Big 12/Pac 10 Hardwood series and the Trojans are not off to the best start but they could reclaim that if they could win in Norman. I have said that Blake Griffin looks a bit like Brook Lopez and what do you know? He has a receding hair-line brother on the team. So a less goofy, less hairy Lopez combination! Anyways, I think Blake will be able to handle Taj Gibson and they will win going away. OKLA 68-54
9. UCLA at 8. Texas- Another game a part of this series as the Bruins look to rebound after their tough lost to Michigan last week. Both teams really dont have a big man and while one relies on their shooting, the other relies on their defense. It should be a battle but I will take defense over offense in most cases. UCLA 59-57
Enjoy the first real week of College Basketball.
-Charlie.
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