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Six of Arizona Diamondbacks’ top prospects:
1) Corbin Carroll, OF
2) Daulton Varsho, C/OF
3) Geraldo Perdomo, SS
6) Slade Cecconi, P
9) Pavin Smith, 1B/OF
10) Corbin Martin, P

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

13) Something to consider when filling out your brackets next month:

There have been only six national champions who didn’t win either:
a) the regular season title in their league, or
b) the conference tournament in their league. One or the other.

Last two teams to do it: UConn in 2014, Duke 2015.

12) North Carolina 99, Louisville 54:
— Louisville has had two COVID pauses; they lost by 37-45 points in their return games.
— Apparently Louisville requested this game be moved to Sunday, so they could have a couple more players eligible to play. North Carolina declined; will there be hard feelings?

11) West Virginia 84, Texas 82:
— Texas led 62-43 with 18:18 left in the game.
— Two Longhorn players had to be separated from each other during a timeout with 15:52 left to play. West Virginia outscored Texas 34-18 the rest of the game.
— Texas is 3-5 in its last eight games.
— West Virginia was 26-37 on the foul line, Longhorns 4-10.

10) Arizona 81, USC 72:
— Loss snaps Trojans’ 7-game win streak.
— Arizona has five starters, from five different countries.

9) South Alabama 56, Appalachian State 54:
— Jaguars have won 8 in a row, the last seven by 6 or fewer points.
— South Alabama played 6 guys in this game; that almost never happens.
— Kayo Goncalves was 6-16 from floor; all 3-pointers. No foul shots.

8) Michigan State 78, Indiana 71:
— Spartans are 11-9 overall, 5-9 in the Big 14.
— Michigan State hasn’t missed the NCAA’s since 1997.

7) Upsets of the Day (it was an upsetting day):
— George Mason (+11.5) 79, VCU 76 OT
— DePaul (+11.5) 88, St John’s 83
— Cal-Fullerton (+9.5) 67, Cal-Irvine 64
— Eastern Illinois (+8.5) 76, Austin Peay 69
— Cal-San Diego (+7.5) 83, Cal-Riverside 82
— Marist (+7.5) 51, Saint Peter’s 50
— Arizona (+7.5) 81, USC 72
— Kentucky (+7.5) 70, Tennessee 55

6) Washington State 85, Stanford 76, 3OT:
— Stanford didn’t score in the third OT.
— Wazzu trailed by 8 in 2nd half; they were 13-40 on the arc, 14-35 inside arc.
— Costly loss for Stanford, which is squarely on the bubble.

5) Syracuse 75, Notre Dame 67:
— Notre Dame was up 59-39 with 16:49 left in the game.
— Buddy Boeheim (yes, his son) scored 29 points.

4) Hornets 102, Warriors 100— Draymond Green got two technicals with 0:09 left, and Golden State up two; this is not ideal. Charlotte made the two foul shots, tied the game, then won it on a jumper from the corner as time expired.

Golden State isn’t a great team anymore; they’re 16-15, a marginal playoff team. Giving away games like this one is damaging.

3) LSU 104, Auburn 80— Auburn is #346 in experience, #34 in tempo. They’re fun to watch, but they’ve been getting pounded, giving up 80+ points in seven of their last eight games.

This game had a total of 166, the biggest total in a college game this season, and it went over, by 18 points. ESPN’s Dalen Cuff was openly talking about the total on air during the game, which is unusual. Seems like ESPN is trying very hard to promote their show Daily Wager.

2) Baylor is 17-0 and is heavily favored to make the Final Four, but they haven’t played in three weeks; how many games will Baylor need to play before the tournament, to get their legs back, if they’re going to make the Final Four?

NCAA Tournament starts March 18-19, that’s 25 days from now.

1) Selection Sunday is three weeks away; I have no idea what’s going to happen between now and then, and neither do you. This is unchartered territory; games will be added to schedules on the fly, some teams won’t want to add games, because they’re secure in the Field of 68.

One thing to remember going forward; every player can come back and play next season; no one loses any eligibility. If you think this regular season has been weird, wait until the transfer season begins this spring.

**Udog** · 02-21-2021, 09:06 AM

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Sunday, February 21

Rhode Island @ George Washington
Rhode Island (10-12, 7-8)
— ranked #81 by KenPom
— Tempo: #132
— Experience: #117
— Continuity: #306
— URI lost four of their last five games.
— Rams lost four of their last five road tilts.
— URI won last game in double OT, after trailing by 18 with 9:44 left.

George Washington (3-9, 2-3)
— ranked #208 by KenPom
— Tempo: #120
— Experience: #280
— Continuity: #258
— This is GW’s first game in five weeks.
— Colonials are turning ball over 20.8% of time (#265)
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— GW is 0-2 vs top 100 teams, losing by 7-13 points.

— Rhode Island won last four series games.
— URI lost three of last four visits to GW.

Michigan @ Ohio State
Michigan (15-1, 10-1)
— ranked #4 by KenPom
— Tempo: #223
— Experience: #60
— Continuity: #154
— Michigan is 2-0 since its pause, winning by 8-7 points.
— Wolverines’ only loss: 75-57 at Minnesota January 16
— Michigan has #2 eFG% defense in country.

Ohio State (18-4, 12-4)
— ranked #6 by KenPom
— Tempo: #243
— Experience: #89
— Continuity: #176
— Ohio State won seven in row, 10 of last 11 games.
— Buckeyes won last three home tilts, by 4-17-19 points.
— In their last six games, Ohio State scored 82.7 ppg.

— Buckeyes won five of last seven series games.
— Michigan lost its last 13 visits to Columbus.

Cincinnati @ Houston
Cincinnati (7-7, 5-4)
— ranked #96 by KenPom
— Tempo: #85
— Experience: #229
— Continuity: #215
— Bearcats won last four games, all by 3 or fewer points.
— Cincinnati is shooting 28.6% on arc (#329)
— Bearcats have #246 eFG% in country (turn ball over 20.9% of time, #268)

Houston (17-3, 11-3)
— ranked #7 by KenPom
— Tempo: #311
— Experience: #165
— Continuity: #127
— Houston lost two of last three AAC games, after a 10-1 start.
— Cougars are 5-1 ATS as an AAC home favorite.
— Houston has the #1 eFG% defense in the country.

— Teams split last eight series games.
— Bearcats lost last three visits here, by 5-7-13 points.

South Florida @ Temple
South Florida (7-8, 3-6)
— ranked #131 by KenPom
— Tempo: #259
— Experience: #129
— Continuity: #70
— Bulls lost three in row, six of last eight games.
— USF haas #310 eFG% in country (#322 inside arc)
— Bulls split their four AAC road games SU.

Temple (4-9, 3-9)
— ranked #139 by KenPom
— Tempo: #160
— Experience: #237
— Continuity: #296
— Temple lost its last five games, scoring 65.2 ppg.
— Owls lost three of their last four home games.
— Temple is shooting only 44.4% inside arc (#324)

— Temple won last dozen series games (2 of last 3 in OT)
— Bulls lost last five visits to Temple, last two by 2-6 points.

Maryland @ Rutgers
Maryland (13-10, 7-9)
— ranked #33 by KenPom
— Tempo: #317
— Experience: #139
— Continuity: #91
— Maryland won its last three games, by 13-14-8 points.
— Terrapins split their last six road games.
— Maryland is getting 35.3% of its points on arc (#67)

Rutgers (12-8, 8-8)
— ranked #26 by KenPom
— Tempo: #231
— Experience: #85
— Continuity: #8
— Rutgers won its last three home games, giving up 53 ppg.
— Rutgers is getting 59.5% of its points inside arc (#14)
— Knights are shooting 32.3% on arc (#244), 61.6% on foul line (#344)

— Rutgers won 74-60 at Maryland December 14.
— Scarlet Knights won last two series games, after losing previous eight.
— Terps won three of last four visits to Rutgers.

Davidson @ St Bonaventure
Davidson (11-5, 6-2)
— ranked #66 by KenPom
— Tempo: #347
— Experience: #181
— Continuity: #41
— This is Davidson’s first D-I game in four weeks.
— Wildcats are 4-0 in true road games, giving up 54.8 ppg.
— Davidson is shooting 57.8% inside arc (#7)

St Bonaventure (10-3, 8-3)
— ranked #49 by KenPom
— Tempo: #299
— Experience: #111
— Continuity: #27
— This is the Bonnies’ first game in nine days.
— Bonnies have #21 eFG% defense in country.
— St Bonaventure won all five of its A-14 home games.

— Davidson won last seven series games.
— Teams split last two series games played here.

UNLV @ San Jose State
UNLV (9-11, 6-7)
— ranked #59 by KenPom
— Tempo: #34
— Experience: #346
— Continuity: #315
— UNLV lost five of its last eight games.
— Opponents are shooting 38.5% on arc this year (#329)
— UNLV is getting 39.4% of its points on arc (#18)

San Jose State (5-14, 3-12)
— ranked #323 by KenPom
— Tempo: #32
— Experience: #221
— Continuity: #48
— San Jose lost its last three games, by 31-22-16 points.
— San Jose has #336 eFG% in country (#338 inside arc)
— Friday was Spartans’ first game this season in San Jose.

— Rebels won 76-60 here Friday night.
— UNLV won last seven series games.
— Rebels won last four visits here, by 6-7-23-16 points.

Western Michigan @ Ball State
Western Michigan (4-13, 3-9)
— ranked #267 by KenPom
— Tempo: #308
— Experience: #208
— Continuity: #126
— Broncos lost nine of their last 11 games.
— WMU actually won two of its last three road games.
— Broncos are 1-12 vs teams ranked in top 200.

Ball State (7-11, 5-8)
— ranked #170 by KenPom
— Tempo: #73
— Experience: #119
— Continuity: #112
— Cardinals lost six of their last seven games.
— Ball State is 4-0 vs teams ranked outside top 200.
— Cardinals blew a 13-point lead in Friday’s 88-79 loss to Akron.

— Ball State beat WMU 76-68 in Kalamazoo December 22.
— Cardinals won four of last five series games.
— Broncos lost last two visits here, 79-59/71-61.

Penn State @ Iowa
Penn State (7-11, 4-10)
— ranked #35 by KenPom
— Tempo: #149
— Experience: #45
— Continuity: #48
— Penn State lost its last three games, by 2-1-10 points.
— Nittany Lions lost last seven road games (four by 4 or less points)
— Opponents are shooting 55.0% on the arc (#318)

Iowa (16-6, 10-5)
— ranked #3 by KenPom
— Tempo: #112
— Experience: #200
— Continuity: #152
— Iowa won its last three games, by 13-30-15 points.
— Hawkeyes are shooting 40.4% on arc (#4)
— Iowa split last four home games, losing to Indiana/Ohio State.

— Teams split last ten series games.
— Penn State lost six of last seven visits to Iowa City.

Wisconsin @ Northwestern
Wisconsin (15-8, 9-7)
— ranked #15 by KenPom
— Tempo: #324
— Experience: #19
— Continuity: #12
— Badgers lost five of their last eight games.
— Wisconsin is shooting 46.7% inside arc (#274)
— Last two games, Badgers scored 59-62 points.

Northwestern (6-13, 3-12)
— ranked #68 by KenPom
— Tempo: #131
— Experience: #250
— Continuity: #38
— Northwestern lost its last dozen games.
— Wildcats lost last four home tilts, giving up 80 ppg.
— Five of their last six losses were by 7 or fewer points.

— Wildcats lost 68-52 in Madison January 20.
— Wisconsin last five series games.
— Badgers won last two visits to Evanston, 70-64/69-64.

Butler @ Xavier
Butler (7-12, 6-10)
— ranked #10 by KenPom
— Tempo: #357
— Experience: #177
— Continuity: #231
— Butler lost five of their last seven games overall.
— Bulldogs lost last three road games, by 12-3-15 points.
— Butler has #272 eFG%, #289 eFG% defense.

Xavier (11-4, 4-4)
— ranked #59 by KenPom
— Tempo: #140
— Experience: #120
— Continuity: #184
— Xavier is 0-2 since its 2-week pause, giving up 80-93 points.
— Musketeers split their last four home games.
— Opponents are shooting 45% inside arc (#27).

— Xavier won 68-54 at Butler January 30, their last win.
— Bulldogs won three of last four series games.
— Teams split last four meetings played here.

Siena @ Niagara
Siena (8-3, 8-3)
— ranked #152 by KenPom
— Tempo: #291
— Experience: #156
— Continuity: #213
— Siena lost three of last five games, after a 6-0 start.
— Yesterday was Siena’s first game in 20 days- they played 4 starters 33:00+.
— Last five games, Siena scored 57.6 ppg.

Niagara (8-9, 7-8)
— ranked #239 by KenPom
— Tempo: #337
— Experience: #7
— Continuity: #31
— Niagara won three of its last four home games.
— Yesterday was Niagara’s first game in 20 days.
— Purple Eagles have #301 eFG% in country (#276 on arc, #288 inside arc)

— Siena was 1-14 on arc in yesterday’s 64-62 loss here.
— Teams split last eight series games.
— Saints lost three of last four games at Niagara.

Rider @ Quinnipiac
Rider (4-12, 4-9)
— ranked #309 by KenPom
— Tempo: #171
— Experience: #211
— Continuity: #321
— Rider lost five of their last six games.
— Broncs have #317 eFG% defense in country.
— Yesterday was Rider’s first game in four weeks.

Quinnipiac (7-9, 5-7)
— ranked #282 by KenPom
— Tempo: #44
— Experience: #316
— Continuity: #159
— Bobcats have #3 eFG% defense in country.
— Quinnipiac split their four MAAC home games.
— Bobcats are turning ball over 20.2% of time (#234)

— Quinnipiac shot 65.4% inside arc, beat Rider 80-64 yesterday.
— Home side won last five series games.
— Rider lost last three games at Quinnipiac, by 10-19-16 points.

**Udog** · 02-21-2021, 10:47 AM

NCAAB
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Sunday, February 21

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