- NC State beats Duke and the students rush the court. So, Duke is playing this game without Ryan Kelly and NC State was the pre-season favorite to win the conference. Weak rush the court. Wolfpack, little brother indeed.
- I'm not sure what to make of Marquette. They went 5-8 from 3 in the 1st half and then got shutout the rest of the way behind the arc. KenPom gave them a 9% chance to win today and they had the lead the entire second half until they decided to not defend Pitt's only real outside threat. Despite this, they dominated overtime and start the Big East season with wins over Georgetown, UConn & Pitt. They have no natural scorer but move the ball well enough to get plenty of open looks and attack the rim and get to the line. They defend very well for the most part but have moments of colossal mistakes. They're actually more efficient with Derrick Wilson at PG but Junior Cadougan can break down a defender. I'm not sure what the rest of this year holds, but they'll be Top 15 in 2013-14.
- Lon Kruger will get oklahoma to a Final Four while at Oklahoma. Won't be this year but if he stays, he'll get them their.
- One of Kruger's former teams, Illinois, got whitewashed by Wisconsin today and their offensive deficiencies are getting exposed now. Wouldn't be surprised to see them fall precipitously. Wisconsin was lights out. Stil, bet on John Groce long-term.
- North Carolina got a much needed win at Florida State today but still look disjointed. Does Roy's team improve or does it idle? Has his non-super teams improved through the course of a season? Good thing to watch this year. As for FSU, so much for building on last year.
- Indiana held off Minnesota at home. Indiana dominated for 35 minutes and then quit playing. Not concerned about IU but kudos to Minnesota for making it a game. This Gopher team is really good. Shades of 1996-97.
- And finally, Syracuse suspended 2nd-leading scorer James Southerland for academic reasons. Now we can officially start Big East play with that.
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