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**Udog** · 01-02-2021, 08:39 AM

Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack

NFL leaders in receiving yardage:
1,459— Stefon Diggs, Buff
1,416— Travis Kelce, KC
1,372— DeAndre Hopkins, Ariz
1,328— Davante Adams, GB
1,322— Calvin Ridley, Atl
1,282— DK Metcalf, Sea

Americans who have died from COVID-19: 344,399
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

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Armadillo: Saturday's Den: Wrapping up the first day of 2021

13) Ohio State 49, Clemson 28
— Buckeyes racked up 639 yards, led 35-14 at halftime.
— Fields threw for 385 yards, six touchdowns.
— Buckeyes will play Alabama for the national title.

12) Alabama 31, Notre Dame 14:
— Game was 14-0 after 11:00, wasn’t very interesting.
— Harris ran for 125 yards, Smith caught seven balls for 135 yards.
— Alabama averaged 9.9 yards/pass attempt.

11) Georgia 24, Cincinnati 21:
— Horrendous, awful time management by Cincinnati in last 2:00, when they were supposed to be trying to run out the clock.
— Dawgs kicked GW 53-yard FG with 0:03 left, then got a safety on last play.
— Georgia threw for 404 yards, outgained Cincy 449-305.

10) Northwestern 35, Auburn 19:
— Wildcats ran for 166 yards, outgained Auburn 457-361.
— Northwestern converted 7-17 on third down, Auburn 2-13.
— Auburn has now lost four of its last five bowl games.

9) Dallas 93, Miami 83— Luka Doncic had 27 points, 15 rebounds, as Mavericks won for only second time in five games.

8) Atlanta 114, Brooklyn 96— 4-1 Hawks appear to be a much improved team; they haven’t made the playoffs since 2017, went 73-158 the last three years.

7) Washington 130, Minnesota 109— Wizards win for first time in six tries; Russell Westbrook didn’t play. Go figure.

6) Western Kentucky 67, Charlotte 63— Hilltoppers were down 8 at halftime, they rallied and won for sixth consecutive time. Only two Hilltoppers shot a foul shot in this game, which is very unusual.

5) Cleveland State 65, IUPUI 62— Vikings are 5-0 in Horizon; previous five years, Cleveland State went 27-53 in conference games.

4) Marist 63, Niagara 61— Red Foxes are 6-1; their last winning season was 2008, when they went 18-14 under Matt Brady.

3) Mike Krzyzewski won’t coach Duke in their game at Florida State Saturday, due to contact tracing. Jon Scheyer will be the acting head coach. Krzyzewski will be 74 next month; he can’t be messing around with COVID.

Update: Duke-Florida State game was postponed.

2) New Mexico’s basketball team is playing “home” games at Lubbock Christian University in Texas this season; Lobos have a very young team (#246 experience, #300 continuity), not having their own gym to practice in isn’t an ideal situation.

New Mexico scored 53 ppg in losing its first three Mountain West games.

1) Long time ago, 1955, there was a Caribbean baseball team called the Santurce Cangrejeros who had a pretty good outfield— Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente and a guy named Bob Thurman, who played four years with the Cincinnati Reds. I’m guessing not a lot of teams in the Caribbean League had two Hall of Famers.

**Udog** · 01-02-2021, 08:53 AM

NCAAB
Long Sheet

Saturday, January 2

**Udog** · 01-02-2021, 08:55 AM

NCAAB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, January 2

Missouri @ Arkansas
Missouri (6-1, 0-1)
— ranked #50 by KenPom
— Tempo: #201
— Experience: #9
— Continuity: #5
— Mizzou lost its SEC opener by 20 at home to Tennessee.
— Tigers have top 100 wins over Oregon, Illinois, Wichita State.
— Mizzou has #38 eFG% defense in country.

Arkansas (9-0, 1-0)
— ranked #28 by KenPom
— Tempo: #47
— Experience: #204
— Continuity: #320
— Arkansas won its SEC opener by 12 at Auburn.
— To this point, Razorbacks have played schedule #284.
— Arkansas has #21 eFG% defense in country.

— Teams split last eight series games.
— Tigers lost their last six visits to Arkansas.

Texas @ Kansas
Texas (7-1, 1-0)
— ranked #9 by KenPom
— Tempo: #238
— Experience: #109
— Continuity: #6
— Texas won its Big X opener 77-74 over Oklahoma State.
— Longhorns’ only loss was 68-64 at home to Villanova.
— Texas has top 100 wins: Indiana, Davidson, UNC, Oklahoma St.

Kansas (8-1, 2-0)
— ranked #7 by KenPom
— Tempo: #210
— Experience: #264
— Continuity: #118
— Kansas allowed 61 ppg in winning first two Big X games.
— Jayhawks’ one loss was 102-90 to Gonzaga.
— Kansas has top 100 wins: Kentucky, Creighton, West Virginia, Texas Tech.

— Kansas won 18 of last 20 series games.
— Longhorns lost their last nine visits to Lawrence.

Creighton @ Providence
Creighton (7-2, 3-1)
— ranked #16 by KenPom
— Tempo: #75
— Experience: #53
— Continuity: #17
— Creighton won its last three games, scoring 78.7 ppg.
— Bluejays’ losses are to Kansas/Marquette, by 1-5 points.
— Creighton hasn’t played in ten days.

Providence (7-3, 3-1)
— ranked #59 by KenPom
— Tempo: #322
— Experience: #136
— Continuity: #206
— Friars won five of their last six games.
— Two of their last three wins were in overtime.
— Providence is shooting 27.3% on arc (#297).

— Creighton is 6-4 in last ten series games.
— Teams split last four meetings played here.

Iowa @ Rutgers
Iowa (8-2, 2-1)
— ranked #5 by KenPom
— Tempo: #89
— Experience: #205
— Continuity: #42
— Iowa split its last four games, after a 6-0 start.
— Hawkeyes lost only true road game, in OT at Minnesota.
— Iowa has #32 eFG% in country.

Rutgers (7-1, 3-1)
— ranked #19 by KenPom
— Tempo: #139
— Experience: #157
— Continuity: #36
— Rutgers’ only loss was 80-68 at Ohio State.
— Scarlet Knights already have four top 50 wins.
— Rutgers is shooting 39.3% on arc (#23).

— Iowa won six of eight conference matchups.
— Hawkeyes won three of four visits to the Garden State.

Davidson @ VCU
Davidson (5-4, 1-1)
— ranked #81 by KenPom
— Tempo: #163
— Experience: #49
— Continuity: #99
— Davidson won its only true road game, 67-58 at URI.
— Wildcats lost three of their four top 100 games.
— Davidson has #38 eFG% in country.

VCU (8-2, 1-0)
— ranked #56 by KenPom
— Tempo: #95
— Experience: #293
— Continuity: #263
— VCU won its last six games, scoring 81.2 oog.
— Rams are forcing turnovers 25.8% of time (#14).
— VCU won its A-14 opener 80-64 at St Joe’s.

— Davidson won three of last four series games.
— Wildcats lost three of last four visits to VCU.
— Home side won eight of last ten series games.

Tulsa @ Cincinnati
Tulsa (5-3, 2-1)
— ranked #84 by KenPom
— Tempo: #312
— Experience: #36
— Continuity: #179
— Tulsa won its last four games, after a 1-3 start.
— Tulsa won its only true road game, 56-49 at Memphis.
— Golden Hurricane is forcing turnovers 23.5% of time (#37)

Cincinnati (2-5, 0-2)
— ranked #78 by KenPom
— Tempo: #108
— Experience: #192
— Continuity: #203
— Cincinnati lost its last four games.
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— Bearcats lost first two AAC games, by total of nine points.
— Cincinnati hasn’t played in 11 days.

— Cincinnati won last seven series games.
— Tulsa lost last five visits here, by 19-20-8-24-31 points.

West Virginia @ Oklahoma
West Virginia (8-2, 1-1)
— ranked #13 by KenPom
— Tempo: #266
— Experience: #149
— Continuity: #22
— West Virginia’s two losses are to Gonzaga/Kansas.
— WVU split two road tilts, losing at Kansas, winning at Georgetown.
— West Virginia is rebounding 39.4% of its own missed shots (#9).

Oklahoma (5-2, 1-1)
— ranked #42 by KenPom
— Tempo: #146
— Experience: #69
— Continuity: #43
— Oklahoma lost two of three top 100 games, beating TCU.
— Sooners haven’t played in 11 days.
— Four of Oklahoma’s five wins are over teams ranked #183 or lower.
— West Virginia is 6-4 in last ten series games.

— Mountaineers lost last two visits to Norman, 92-80/69-59.

Colorado State @ San Diego State
Colorado State (5-1, 2-0)
— ranked #95 by KenPom
— Tempo: #71
— Experience: #306
— Continuity: #47
— Rams won first two MW games, 75-53/81-59 over Fresno.
— Colorado State’s one loss was 53-33 at #64 Saint Mary’s.
— Rams have #6 eFG% defense in country.

San Diego State (6-1)
— ranked #23 by KenPom
— Tempo: #325
— Experience: #10
— Continuity: #136
— San Diego State hasn’t played in 11 days.
— Aztecs are forcing turnovers 24.0% of time (#27)
— Aztecs have top 100 wins over UCLA, Arizona State, Saint Mary’s.

— San Diego State won last five series games.
— Rams lost 97-78/66-60 in last two visits to San Diego.

Utah @ USC
Utah (4-2, 1-1)
— ranked #60 by KenPom
— Tempo: #278
— Experience: #258
— Continuity: #13
— Utes lost both their road games, by 18 at BYU, 2 at UCLA.
— Utah’s best win was 76-62 over #122 Washington.
— Utah is forcing turnovers 24.7% of time (#19).

USC (5-2, 0-1)
— ranked #130 by KenPom
— Tempo: #37
— Experience: #190
— Continuity: #316
— Trojans split their last four games after a 3-0 start.
— USC lost its Pac-12 opener, 72-62 to Colorado.
— Opponents are shooting 39.3% inside arc (#5)

— Utah won eight of last 11 series games.
— Teams split last four meetings played here.

Kentucky @ Mississippi State
Kentucky (1-6)
— ranked #51 by KenPom
— Tempo: #191
— Experience: #331
— Continuity: #331
— Kentucky lost its last six games; this is their worst start since 1911.
— Wildcats are turning ball over 22.8% of time (#280)
— Kentucky’s only win was 81-45 over Morehead State Nov. 25th.

Mississippi State (6-3, 1-0)
— ranked #72 by KenPom
— Tempo: #346
— Experience: #294
— Continuity: #252
— Bulldogs won six of their last seven games.
— MSU won its SEC opener 83-73 at Georgia.
— Bulldogs are rebounding 39.6% of their own missed shots (#8).

— Kentucky won last 14 series games.
— Wildcats won last six visits to Starkville, by average of eight points.

Notre Dame @ North Carolina
Notre Dame (3-5, 0-2)
— ranked #92 by KenPom
— Tempo: #295
— Experience: #57
— Continuity: #117
— Notre Dame lost first two ACC games, by 10-9 points.
— Notre Dame is shooting 39.3% on the arc (#24).
— Notre Dame lost five of its six top 100 games (beat Kentucky by 1).

North Carolina (5-4, 0-2)
— ranked #27 by KenPom
— Tempo: #72
— Experience: #317
— Continuity: #141
— Carolina lost four of its last six games.
— UNC lost its first two ACC games, by 3-5 points.
— Tar Heels are turning ball over 22.4% of time (#266).

— North Carolina won six of last seven series games.
— Notre Dame lost last four games in Chapel Hill, by 7-17-6-11 points.

Colorado @ UCLA
Colorado (7-2, 1-1)
— ranked #22 by KenPom
— Tempo: #270
— Experience: #30
— Continuity: #107
— Colorado split their four road games, winning at K-State/USC.
— Buffs are shooting 38.5% on the arc (#29).
— Colorado is forcing turnovers 21.2% of time (#94).

UCLA (6-2, 2-0)
— ranked #33 by KenPom
— Tempo: #345
— Experience: #198
— Continuity: #3
— UCLA won first two Pac-12 games, by 20-2 points.
— Bruins split their four top 100 games.
— UCLA is shooting 37.0% on arc (#63).

— Teams split last ten series games.
— Buffs won two of last three games in Pauley Pavilion.

Stanford @ Oregon
Stanford (5-2, 1-0)
— ranked #35 by KenPom
— Tempo: #120
— Experience: #251
— Continuity: #38
— Stanford won its Pac-12 opener 78-75 over Arizona.
— Cardinal split four top 100 games, losing to UNC/Indiana.
— Stanford is forcing turnovers 23.2% of time (#42).

Oregon (7-1, 2-0)
— ranked #20 by KenPom
— Tempo: #161
— Experience: #44
— Continuity: #294
— Oregon won its last seven games since a loss to Missouri.
— Ducks won first two Pac-12 games, by 3-13 points.
— Oregon is shooting 56% inside arc (#39).

— Home side won seven of last eight series games.
— Stanford lost last four trips to Eugene, by 13-17-23-13 points.

**Udog** · 01-02-2021, 08:59 AM

NCAAB

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**Udog** · 01-02-2021, 10:21 AM

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