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**Udog** · 01-17-2021, 09:46 AM

Armadillo: Sunday's six-pack

— Alabama 90, Arkansas 59— Crimson Tide is 6-0 in SEC
— Auburn 66, Kentucky 59— Wildcats slip to 4-8 this year.
— Baylor 68, Texas Tech 60— Gonzaga-Baylor is what people want to see.
— Virginia 85, Clemson 50— Game was 18-2 after the first 10:00.
— Utah St 64, San Diego St 59— Aggies are now 8-0 in Mountain West.
— Minnesota 75, Michigan 57— Wolverines’ first loss this season.

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Armadillo: Sunday's Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday

13) Apparently someone in the NCAA has gotten a copyright on the phrase ”Mask Madness” for this year’s NCAA tournament, which will be held entirely in Indiana. Sounds like there will be t-shirts sold.

12) Jets hired Robert Saleh as their new head coach; he is expected to bring Mike LaFleur with him from San Francisco to be the Jets’ new offensive coordinator.

Because Saleh is a minority, 49ers get a 3rd round draft pick this year, and one next year. That is part of the NFL’s new minority hiring initiative.

11) UCLA swept their Arizona road trip this season; last seven times UCLA swept their Arizona trip, here is how they made out in the NCAA tournament that year:

— won NCAA tournament once
— lost in championship game once
— made two other Final Fours
— made two other Elite 8’s
— made Sweet 16 the other year

So they’ve won 2+ NCAA tournament games the last seven times they swept in Arizona.

By the way, this is the first time since 1994 that UCLA started out 6-0 in Pac-12 play.

10) Florida State 82, North Carolina 75:
— Tar Heels are 8-5, 3-3 in ACC games.
— Carolina is turning ball over 21.5% of time (#265).
— UNC is #284 in eFG%; they were #309 last year; in the five years before that, their average ranking in that category was 88.8.

9) It is January 17 and Saint Louis hasn’t played a conference game yet, and they’re an NCAA-level team. Billikens are 7-1, with wins over LSU/NC State, but they haven’t played since two days before Christmas. They may wind up playing a lot of games in a short period of time.

8) Auburn has a 6-1 freshman G Sharife Cooper who became eligible three games ago; Auburn won two of the three games he’s played, scoring 83.7 ppg. Much more dynamic team with him in there; even when he went 3-13 from floor like he did Saturday, he also had eight assists.

7) There were 1,039 transfers in college basketball last year; there are 357 Division I hoop teams, so that works out to 2.91 transfers for EVERY team last year. College hoop is turning into baseball, with big $$$ schools pillaging the schools with fewer resources.

6) The founder of Jersey Mike’s sub shops is a guy named Peter; go figure.

5) Steph Curry is a very famous alumnus of Davidson College, but because he never graduated from the school, they’ve never retired his number. Wonder if that affects how much of a donation he gives them every year?

4) Portland Trailblazers’ C Jusuf Nurkic broke his wrist, is out eight weeks.

3) We posted these blind resumes yesterday:
One of these QB’s is in the Hall of Fame, one is not.

Player A: 62-63-4 career regular season record, 2-1 in playoffs. 173 TD passes, 220 INT’s
Player B: 72-72 career regular season record, 8-2 in playoffs. 164 TD passes, 198 INT’s.

Player A is Joe Namath, who is in the Hall of Fame; Player B is Jim Plunkett, who is not.

2) Green Bay 32, LA Rams 18:
— Packers scored the first five times they had the ball.
— Green Bay outgained LA, 484-244, converting 8-12 third down plays.
— Packers host NFC title game in first game next Sunday

1) Buffalo 17, Baltimore 3:
— Taron Jackson had a 101-yard pick-6 for the Bills.
— Lamar Jackson was KO’d from this game with a concussion.
— Buffalo hosts next week if Cleveland wins Sunday; otherwise, they go to Arrowhead.

**Udog** · 01-17-2021, 10:07 AM

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Sunday, January 17

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**Udog** · 01-17-2021, 10:12 AM

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Sunday, January 17

Iowa @ Northwestern
Iowa (11-2, 5-1)
— ranked #3 by KenPom
— Tempo: #68
— Experience: #210
— Continuity: #49
— Iowa won its last four games, scoring 84.8 ppg.
— Hawkeyes gave up 102-99 points in only two losses.
— Four of their five Big 14 wins are by 15+ points.

Northwestern (6-5, 3-4)
— ranked #61 by KenPom
— Tempo: #124
— Experience: #260
— Continuity: #51
— Northwestern lost its last four games, after a 6-1 start.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Wildcats gave up 83.5 ppg in their last four games.
— Northwestern is 6-0 when it allows 70 or fewer points.

— Iowa made 11-26 on arc, beat Northwestern 87-72 at home Dec 29th.
— Hawkeyes won last five series games.
— Iowa won last two visits to Evanston, by 10-13 points.

Penn State @ Purdue
Penn State (3-4, 0-3)
— ranked #45 by KenPom
— Tempo: #229
— Experience: #45
— Continuity: #45
— Penn State hasn’t played since December 30
— 3 of their 4 losses were by 4 or fewer points, or in OT.
— Penn State lost first three league games, giving up 82.3 ppg.

Purdue (9-5, 4-3)
— ranked #27 by KenPom
— Tempo: #293
— Experience: #328
— Continuity: #131
— Purdue won both its Big 14 home games, by 7-3 points (0-1-1 ATS)
— Boilers beat Michigan State, Indiana in last two games.
— Purdue is shooting 37.4% on arc (#47)

— Purdue won nine of last ten series games.
— Penn State won 88-76 here LY, snapping a 12-game skid at Mackey.

Northeastern @ Charleston
Northeastern (6-5, 5-0)
— ranked #150 by KenPom
— Tempo: #262
— Experience: #323
— Continuity: #220
— Huskies won last five games, after a 1-5 start.
— Northeastern has CAA road wins, by 3-5 points.
— Huskies outscored Charleston 10-2 over final 2:34 of yesterday’s 67-62 win.

Charleston (5-7, 3-2)
— ranked #210 by KenPom
— Tempo: #343
— Experience: #95
— Continuity: #245
— Charleston won three of its last four games.
— All five of their CAA games were decided by 7 or fewer points.
— Charleston is 2-6 vs teams ranked in top 200.

— Northeastern won five of last six series games.
— Teams split last four meetings played here.

Hofstra @ Delaware
Hofstra (6-6, 2-3)
— ranked #175 by KenPom
— Tempo: #157
— Experience: #194
— Continuity: #85
— Hofstra lost last three games, scoring 56-56 in last two.
— Pride is 2-4 in true road games, winning at Richmond/Monmouth.
— Hofstra played 4 starters 36:00+ in Friday’s 74-56 loss here (#340 bench minutes)

Delaware (4-5, 2-2)
— ranked #249 by KenPom
— Tempo: #275
— Experience: #195
— Continuity: #189
— Delaware scored 62 or fewer points in losses, 68+ points in wins.
— Blue Hens lost two of three games to top 200 teams.
— Delaware is shooting 29.4% on the arc (#294).

— Hofstra won 7 of last 9 series games, but lost by 18 here Friday.
— Hofstra won six of its last seven games here.

Western Kentucky @ Marshall
Western Kentucky (10-4, 3-2)
— ranked #87 by KenPom
— Tempo: #168
— Experience: #57
— Continuity: #88
— WKU split its last four games, after an 8-2 start.
— WKU outscored Marshall 19-2 on foul line in Friday’s 81-73 home win.
— Hilltoppers won four of their six top 100 games.

Marshall (7-3, 1-2)
— ranked #82 by KenPom
— Tempo: #26
— Experience: #91
— Continuity: #4
— Marshall is shooting 55.4% inside arc (#33)
— This is their first home game since December 22.
— Marshall is 1-2 in top 100 games, beating #85 Wright State.

— WKU won last four series games, by 9-9-7-8 points.
— Teams split last four meetings played here.

Central Florida @ Houston
Central Florida (3-4, 1-3)
— ranked #96 by KenPom
— Tempo: #274
— Experience: #257
— Continuity: #271
— UCF is 1-3 on the road, but they won at Florida State.
— Knights lost last three games, scoring 56.7 ppg.
— UCF is shooting only 43% inside arc (#326)

Houston (10-1, 5-1)
— ranked #11 by KenPom
— Tempo: #313
— Experience: #174
— Continuity: #117
— Houston hasn’t played in eight days.
— Cougars’ only loss was by a point at Tulsa.
— Houston is grabbing 40.4% of its own missed shots (#3).

— Houston won 63-54 at UCF December 26 (25-25 at half)
— Cougars won five of last six series games.
— UCF won two of its last three visits here.

Memphis @ Tulsa
Memphis (6-4, 2-1)
— ranked #68 by KenPom
— Tempo: #35
— Experience: #329
— Continuity: #56
— Memphis hasn’t played in 19 days.
— Tigers have #282 eFG% in country (#254 inside arc, #271 on arc)
— Memphis is forcing turnovers 22.8% of time (#32).

Tulsa (7-4, 4-2)
— ranked #73 by KenPom
— Tempo: #78
— Experience: #345
— Continuity: #312
— Tulsa won six of last seven games, after a 1-3 start.
— Tulsa is 4-2 in AAC, with both losses to Wichita State.
— Golden Hurricane has #18 eFG% defense in country.

— Tulsa won 56-49 at Memphis December 21, forcing 20 turnovers (+9).
— Golden Hurricane won four of last six series games.
— Memphis lost last four visits here, by 10-13-16-40 points.

Fresno State @ Nevada
Fresno State (5-4, 3-4)
— ranked #172 by KenPom
— Tempo: #306
— Experience: #296
— Continuity: #306
— Fresno lost its three top 200 games, by 22-22-16 points.
— Bulldogs are shooting 28.7% on arc (#308), 60.6% on line (#336)
— The three top 200 losses are their only true road games.

Nevada (9-5, 4-3)
— ranked #109 by KenPom
— Tempo: #117
— Experience: #335
— Continuity: #297
— Nevada’s last three losses are by total of 9 points.
— Wolf Pack has #62 eFG% defense in country.
— Nevada made 10-23 3’s in Friday’s 73-57 win over Fresno here.

— Nevada won last seven series games.
— Bulldogs lost their last six visits to Reno.

Evansville @ Bradley
Evansville (6-7, 4-3)
— ranked #256 by KenPom
— Tempo: #356
— Experience: #44
— Continuity: #230
— Evansville is 3-0 ATS as a Valley road underdog this year.
— Purple Aces are shooting 37.9% on arc (#35)- they were 14-34 on arc in yesterday’s 69-60 loss here.
— 53.6% of Evansville’s shots come behind the arc (#2).

Bradley (8-4, 2-1)
— ranked #110 by KenPom
— Tempo: #300
— Experience: #204
— Continuity: #191
— Opponents are shooting 38.5% on arc (#312), 38.7% inside arc (#1).
— Braves are 4-0 vs teams ranked outside top 200.
— Bradley shot 72.7% inside arc in yesterday’s win.

— Bradley won last six series games.
— Purple Aces lost last five games in Peoria.

Indiana State @ Illinois State
Indiana State (5-7, 2-5)
— ranked #152 by KenPom
— Tempo: #139
— Experience: #149
— Continuity: #76
— Sycamores are 0-4 in Valley if they score fewer than 73 points.
— Indiana State has #265 eFG% in country, shooting 44.4% inside arc (#301)
— Yesterday’s 73-65 win here was their first win in five road games.

Illinois State (4-7, 1-4)
— ranked #258 by KenPom
— Tempo: #74
— Experience: #332
— Continuity: #264
— Redbirds scored only 57 ppg in their four Valley losses.
— You’re reading ***************.com
— Illinois State is 0-6 in top 200 games.
— Yesterday, Indiana State was 22-24 on line, Redbirds 10-17.

— Indiana State won three of last four series games.
— Sycamores lost five of their last six games in Normal.

Dayton @ George Washington
Dayton (7-3, 3-2)
— ranked #76 by KenPom
— Tempo: #312
— Experience: #68
— Continuity: #199
— Dayton split its two road games, losing at Fordham, winning at Davidson.
— Flyers have #14 eFG% in country.
— Dayton is turning ball over 23.1% of time (#317)

George Washington (3-8, 2-2)
— ranked #203 by KenPom
— Tempo: #85
— Experience: #281
— Continuity: #239
— Colonials lost two of their three A-14 home games.
— To this point, GW has played schedule #262.
— GW is turning ball over 21.1% of time (#257).

— Home side won seven of last eight series games.
— Dayton lost three of its last four visits here.

Northern Iowa @ Loyola, Chi
Northern Iowa (3-9, 2-5)
— ranked #132 by KenPom
— Tempo: #73
— Experience: #278
— Continuity: #171
— UNI is 0-3 on Valley road, losing by 4-6-15 points.
— Panthers lost nine of their 11 D-I games.
— UNI was outscored 44-28 in 2nd half of yesterday’s 72-57 loss here.

Loyola, Chi (9-3, 4-1)
— ranked #43 by KenPom
— Tempo: #325
— Experience: #41
— Continuity: #13
— Ramblers won five of their last six games.
— Loyola is 3-0 at home in Valley, winning by 30-31-15 points.
— Loyola trailed by 6 with 14:32 left yesterday, but won by 15.

— Loyola won seven of last eight series games.
— Panthers lost their last five games at Loyola.

Virginia Tech @ Wake Forest
Virginia Tech (10-2, 4-1)
— ranked #32 by KenPom
— Tempo: #266
— Experience: #223
— Continuity: #106
— Tech’s two losses are to top 50 teams (Penn St/Louisville).
— 73-71 loss at Louisville was their only true road game so far.
— Hokies are 5-0 vs teams ranked outside top 100.

Wake Forest (3-4, 0-4)
— ranked #128 by KenPom
— Tempo: #176
— Experience: #152
— Continuity: #274
— Wake lost its four ACC games, scoring 62 ppg.
— Deacons’ two D-I wins are over teams #352/#301
— Opponents are shooting 56.3% inside the arc (#326).

— Tech won four in row, seven of last eight series games.
— Hokies won last three visits to Winston Salem.

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