As predicted, there is a lot of movement in this week's AP top 25 poll, due to massive upsets over the past week:
1. South Carolina
2. Connecticut
3. Baylor
4. Louisville
5. Texas
6. Tennessee
7. Notre Dame
8. Maryland
9. Oregon State
10. Kentucky
11. Texas A&M
12. North Carolina
13. Stanford
14. Arizona State
15. Mississippi State
16. Duke
17. Nebraska
18. Georgia
19. Princeton
20. Florida State
21. Oklahoma State
22. Iowa
23. Minnesota
24. Rutgers
25. Syracuse
Monday, January 12, 2015
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Taya Reimer update
Taya Reimer has rejoined Notre Dame and will not transfer. She will return to practice tomorrow.
Reimer is back, but is the Irish?
This reminds me of a situation right now at another school.
Reimer is back, but is the Irish?
This reminds me of a situation right now at another school.
Kentucky's Janee Thompson's catastrophic injury; Mississippi State's first loss
What a wild, emotional day in women's basketball.
#1 South Carolina rallied to beat #10 Kentucky, 68-60. But the win was marred by Kentucky guard Janee Thompson's catastrophic injury: she broke her fibula and dislocated her ankle. Reactions of her teammates can be seen in this video.
Wildcat coach Matthew Mitchell was also ejected from the game after his second technical for complaining about the officiating.
It hurts to see that kind of injury. Prayers going up for Thompson.
Also in the SEC, Vanderbilt handed #14 Mississippi State their first loss, 78-62. The Commodores snapped a three-game losing streak with the victory. The only undefeated Division I teams left now are South Carolina and Princeton.
Florida State upset #13 Duke, 74-58, with a strong finish.
Near-upsets:
#12 Maryland squeaked by #23 Minnesota, 77-73.
It took #15 Stanford an overtime, but they held off Washington State, 86-76.
#19 Nebraska got past Illinois, 58-53.
#20 Georgia came back to down Auburn, 57-52.
#9 Texas A&M defeated LSU, 55-48.
More results:
Washington edged Cal, 79-77.
Michigan got by Ohio State in overtime, 100-94.
#7 Tennessee ran past Arkansas, 60-51.
#6 Louisville topped Wake Forest, 79-68.
USC nipped Utah, 46-43.
Northwestern took down Michigan State, 77-70.
UCLA outgunned Colorado, 90-84.
Full scoreboard.
#1 South Carolina rallied to beat #10 Kentucky, 68-60. But the win was marred by Kentucky guard Janee Thompson's catastrophic injury: she broke her fibula and dislocated her ankle. Reactions of her teammates can be seen in this video.
Wildcat coach Matthew Mitchell was also ejected from the game after his second technical for complaining about the officiating.
It hurts to see that kind of injury. Prayers going up for Thompson.
Also in the SEC, Vanderbilt handed #14 Mississippi State their first loss, 78-62. The Commodores snapped a three-game losing streak with the victory. The only undefeated Division I teams left now are South Carolina and Princeton.
Florida State upset #13 Duke, 74-58, with a strong finish.
Near-upsets:
#12 Maryland squeaked by #23 Minnesota, 77-73.
It took #15 Stanford an overtime, but they held off Washington State, 86-76.
#19 Nebraska got past Illinois, 58-53.
#20 Georgia came back to down Auburn, 57-52.
#9 Texas A&M defeated LSU, 55-48.
More results:
Washington edged Cal, 79-77.
Michigan got by Ohio State in overtime, 100-94.
#7 Tennessee ran past Arkansas, 60-51.
#6 Louisville topped Wake Forest, 79-68.
USC nipped Utah, 46-43.
Northwestern took down Michigan State, 77-70.
UCLA outgunned Colorado, 90-84.
Full scoreboard.
Saturday, January 10, 2015
#3 Texas goes down, leaving three unbeatens
Stunning comeback, stunning result:
Iowa State rallied from 18 down to beat #3 Texas, 59-57, handing them their first loss of the year.
Texas led by as much as 37-19 late in the first half. But Iowa State answered with a 38-13 run and the Longhorns went cold in the second half, hitting just 8 of 38 shots.
Brady Sanders had 16 points for Texas (13-1, 2-1), which held Iowa State to just Johnson's basket in the final 8:10 and still lost.
Texas let Iowa State erase its large lead in less than 10 minutes -- and Kidd Blaskowsky's 3 gave the Cyclones a 50-47 lead with 10:57 left.
Iowa State soon went cold though, and it had to rely on its defense to finish the win.
Texas scored just six points in a stretch spanning nearly 10 minutes in the second half until Brooke McCarty's 3 got the Longhorns within 57-56 Iowa State with 3:30 left.
McCarty, Sanders and Nneka Enemkpali all missed shots just before the buzzer.
Wow.
So that leaves just three undefeated Division I teams: South Carolina, Mississippi State and Princeton (the Tigers won today).
A user on the rebkell message boards named Durantula posed an interesting question earlier today: which teams will remain undefeated in conference play. Here is a list he/she compiled of such teams, thus far, in the power conferences:
Arizona St
Baylor
California
Duke
Kentucky
Louisville
Maryland
Miami
Minnesota
Mississippi St
Oklahoma
Oregon St
South Carolina
Stanford
Tennessee
Virginia
It makes you think.
Another upset:
TCU edged #16 Oklahoma State, 70-66.
Almost upset:
#5 Baylor survived West Virginia, 66-62.
More results:
It took a buzzer-beater to get Long Beach State past UC Davis, 63-60.
#18 Arizona State's 71-54 win over Arizona gives them the best start in program history, at 15-1.
Oklahoma used balanced offense to wreck Texas Tech, 75-58.
A record performance from Makenzi Morrison pulled BYU over Pepperdine, 84-78.
Full scoreboard.
Iowa State rallied from 18 down to beat #3 Texas, 59-57, handing them their first loss of the year.
Texas led by as much as 37-19 late in the first half. But Iowa State answered with a 38-13 run and the Longhorns went cold in the second half, hitting just 8 of 38 shots.
Brady Sanders had 16 points for Texas (13-1, 2-1), which held Iowa State to just Johnson's basket in the final 8:10 and still lost.
Texas let Iowa State erase its large lead in less than 10 minutes -- and Kidd Blaskowsky's 3 gave the Cyclones a 50-47 lead with 10:57 left.
Iowa State soon went cold though, and it had to rely on its defense to finish the win.
Texas scored just six points in a stretch spanning nearly 10 minutes in the second half until Brooke McCarty's 3 got the Longhorns within 57-56 Iowa State with 3:30 left.
McCarty, Sanders and Nneka Enemkpali all missed shots just before the buzzer.
Wow.
So that leaves just three undefeated Division I teams: South Carolina, Mississippi State and Princeton (the Tigers won today).
A user on the rebkell message boards named Durantula posed an interesting question earlier today: which teams will remain undefeated in conference play. Here is a list he/she compiled of such teams, thus far, in the power conferences:
Arizona St
Baylor
California
Duke
Kentucky
Louisville
Maryland
Miami
Minnesota
Mississippi St
Oklahoma
Oregon St
South Carolina
Stanford
Tennessee
Virginia
It makes you think.
Another upset:
TCU edged #16 Oklahoma State, 70-66.
Almost upset:
#5 Baylor survived West Virginia, 66-62.
More results:
It took a buzzer-beater to get Long Beach State past UC Davis, 63-60.
#18 Arizona State's 71-54 win over Arizona gives them the best start in program history, at 15-1.
Oklahoma used balanced offense to wreck Texas Tech, 75-58.
A record performance from Makenzi Morrison pulled BYU over Pepperdine, 84-78.
Full scoreboard.
Dessert first
Today's game results and discussion momentarily, but first......
Player news:
Taya Reimer's status is uncertain, but Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw hopes to have her back.
The sacrifices of her teammates are helping South Carolina freshman A'ja Wilson find her niche.
Minnesota freshman Carlier Wagner is living the dream.
Team news:
Tennessee's offense is bracing for another squeeze play.
North Carolina State is battling through adversity as ACC play begins.
The freshmen are stepping up for Virginia.
Coaching news:
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has built a top-ranked program with local talent.
Coach Courtney Banghart has lead Princeton to its undefeated record.
Maryland coach Brenda Frese has learned to mix life and basketball.
Kim Perrot:
The University of Louisiana-Lafayette is honoring the former legend next weekend.
The city of Lafayette is considering naming a basketball court after Perrot.
High school news:
A Minnesota team lost their losing record this week.
In what may be the most lopsided win in high school hoops history, the final score between two California teams this past Monday was 161-2.
Player news:
Taya Reimer's status is uncertain, but Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw hopes to have her back.
The sacrifices of her teammates are helping South Carolina freshman A'ja Wilson find her niche.
Minnesota freshman Carlier Wagner is living the dream.
Team news:
Tennessee's offense is bracing for another squeeze play.
North Carolina State is battling through adversity as ACC play begins.
The freshmen are stepping up for Virginia.
Coaching news:
South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has built a top-ranked program with local talent.
Coach Courtney Banghart has lead Princeton to its undefeated record.
Maryland coach Brenda Frese has learned to mix life and basketball.
Kim Perrot:
The University of Louisiana-Lafayette is honoring the former legend next weekend.
The city of Lafayette is considering naming a basketball court after Perrot.
High school news:
A Minnesota team lost their losing record this week.
In what may be the most lopsided win in high school hoops history, the final score between two California teams this past Monday was 161-2.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Community comes together to help Long Beach Poly girls basketball
What a heart-warming story:
After Christmas, the Poly girls went to Florida for a tournament. After landing in South Florida, they stopped to grab a bite to eat before making the estimated 90-minute drive to Naples.
While they were inside the restaurant one of the team's rental vans was broken into. Equipment and personal items were stolen.
A Poly parent, who was making the trip a day later, was able to bring some extra uniforms so that the players who had theirs stolen would be able to play in the tournament.
Then, enter Long Beach.
The community came together, upon hearing the news, and within 48 hours $5,000 was raised in order to replace the items.
Nike also stepped in to replace some of the gear that was stolen.
Earlier this week, the Long Beach Police Department came through with a check for $1,000.
After Christmas, the Poly girls went to Florida for a tournament. After landing in South Florida, they stopped to grab a bite to eat before making the estimated 90-minute drive to Naples.
While they were inside the restaurant one of the team's rental vans was broken into. Equipment and personal items were stolen.
A Poly parent, who was making the trip a day later, was able to bring some extra uniforms so that the players who had theirs stolen would be able to play in the tournament.
Then, enter Long Beach.
The community came together, upon hearing the news, and within 48 hours $5,000 was raised in order to replace the items.
Nike also stepped in to replace some of the gear that was stolen.
Earlier this week, the Long Beach Police Department came through with a check for $1,000.
A Pac-12 kind of night
A lot of Pac-12 in the results tonight:
#16 Stanford rallied past Washington, 60-56.
Reshanda Gray powered Cal to a 70-62 win over Washington State. She had 24 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.
#11 Oregon State pounded Oregon, 70-37.
UCLA edged Utah, 49-46.
USC routed Colorado, 81-61.
Butler beat St. John's, 55-50.
Seton Hall rolled by Xavier, 78-54.
Full scoreboard.
Player news:
Former Oregon standout Chrishae Rowe has transferred to Kentucky.
Iowa State's Jadda Buckley returns to the bench and will sit out at least the next two games with a right foot stress fracture.
Elisha Davis has emerged as a floor leader for Arizona State.
Peyton Little is finding her game at Oklahoma.
Colorado forward Jamee Swan is thriving in her new role as bench contributor.
Former Arkansas guard McKenzie Adams is now practicing with SMU.
Team news:
Mid-majors are making plenty of noise so far this season.
#16 Stanford rallied past Washington, 60-56.
Reshanda Gray powered Cal to a 70-62 win over Washington State. She had 24 points and a career-high 16 rebounds.
#11 Oregon State pounded Oregon, 70-37.
UCLA edged Utah, 49-46.
USC routed Colorado, 81-61.
Butler beat St. John's, 55-50.
Seton Hall rolled by Xavier, 78-54.
Full scoreboard.
Player news:
Former Oregon standout Chrishae Rowe has transferred to Kentucky.
Iowa State's Jadda Buckley returns to the bench and will sit out at least the next two games with a right foot stress fracture.
Elisha Davis has emerged as a floor leader for Arizona State.
Peyton Little is finding her game at Oklahoma.
Colorado forward Jamee Swan is thriving in her new role as bench contributor.
Former Arkansas guard McKenzie Adams is now practicing with SMU.
Team news:
Mid-majors are making plenty of noise so far this season.
Tiding fans over 'til game time
Player news:
Top Kentucky rebounder Linnae Harper patrols the backcourt with a frontcourt mentality.
Washington's Kelsey Plum is the business.
Team news:
Michigan State is winless in the Big Ten.
Coaching news:
Coach Vic Schaefer has Mississippi State on the rise.
Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly has presided over two decades of excellence.
MTSU coach Rick Insell is always eying the NCAA RPI.
Top Kentucky rebounder Linnae Harper patrols the backcourt with a frontcourt mentality.
Washington's Kelsey Plum is the business.
Team news:
Michigan State is winless in the Big Ten.
Coaching news:
Coach Vic Schaefer has Mississippi State on the rise.
Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly has presided over two decades of excellence.
MTSU coach Rick Insell is always eying the NCAA RPI.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Down they go
Nutty upsets tonight:
Miami upended #4 Notre Dame, 78-63, snapping the Irish's 30-game road win streak.
Pitt didn't just upset #8 North Carolina: they thrashed them, 84-59.
Illinois took down #17 Iowa, 73-61.
Um, what?
Close ones:
#13 Duke survived #21 Syracuse, 74-72.
#19 Nebraska got by Michigan State, 71-67.
More results:
#14 Mississippi State rolled by Arkansas, 72-57, to remain undefeated.
#7 Tennessee pounded #9 Texas A&M, 81-58.
Ohio State trounced Indiana, 103-49.
LSU dropped Vanderbilt, 64-44.
Virginia squeaked by Wake Forest, 72-70.
Full scoreboard.
Player news:
Taya Reimer will transfer from Notre Dame.
LSU's Danielle Ballard has been reinstated.
Vicky McIntyre is back at Oklahoma State.
Shae Kelley's tapestry of schools leads to success at Minnesota.
Lawna Kennedy is emerging as an inside force for UTEP.
Team news:
Oregon State finally returns home after a long time on the road. They face Oregon twice this weekend.
The Oregon Ducks hope to stop a long Civil War skid.
Miami upended #4 Notre Dame, 78-63, snapping the Irish's 30-game road win streak.
Pitt didn't just upset #8 North Carolina: they thrashed them, 84-59.
Illinois took down #17 Iowa, 73-61.
Um, what?
Close ones:
#13 Duke survived #21 Syracuse, 74-72.
#19 Nebraska got by Michigan State, 71-67.
More results:
#14 Mississippi State rolled by Arkansas, 72-57, to remain undefeated.
#7 Tennessee pounded #9 Texas A&M, 81-58.
Ohio State trounced Indiana, 103-49.
LSU dropped Vanderbilt, 64-44.
Virginia squeaked by Wake Forest, 72-70.
Full scoreboard.
Player news:
Taya Reimer will transfer from Notre Dame.
LSU's Danielle Ballard has been reinstated.
Vicky McIntyre is back at Oklahoma State.
Shae Kelley's tapestry of schools leads to success at Minnesota.
Lawna Kennedy is emerging as an inside force for UTEP.
Team news:
Oregon State finally returns home after a long time on the road. They face Oregon twice this weekend.
The Oregon Ducks hope to stop a long Civil War skid.
ESPN high school top 25
ESPN high school rankings, week four:
1. Mater Dei
2. Neumann-Goretti
3. Blackman
4. St. Mary's
5. Hopkins
6. Eastview
7. Bedford North Lawrence
8. Heritage Christian
9. Paul VI
10. Country Day School
11. Whitney Young
12. Long Beach Polytechnic
13. Lawrence North
14. Long Island Lutheran
15. Gonzaga Prep School
16. Myers Park
17. Potter's House Christian
18. North Little Rock
19. Elizabethtown
20. St. Francis
21. Cypress Woods
22. Chaminade College Prep School
23. Parkview
24. New Hope Christian Academy
25. Mount Notre Dame
1. Mater Dei
2. Neumann-Goretti
3. Blackman
4. St. Mary's
5. Hopkins
6. Eastview
7. Bedford North Lawrence
8. Heritage Christian
9. Paul VI
10. Country Day School
11. Whitney Young
12. Long Beach Polytechnic
13. Lawrence North
14. Long Island Lutheran
15. Gonzaga Prep School
16. Myers Park
17. Potter's House Christian
18. North Little Rock
19. Elizabethtown
20. St. Francis
21. Cypress Woods
22. Chaminade College Prep School
23. Parkview
24. New Hope Christian Academy
25. Mount Notre Dame
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