Also GO:
). 60-77 
, -5.5 
) > Iowa (14-10)
50-28 at the half, now you're just being mean. Top 10 coming?billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:33 pmI agree that one or two spots is meaningless - that’s why I said, “no complaints”
It’s simply another example of alabama getting another assist on their name.
Not nearly as big as their inclusion in the football playoffs - that was a real complaint, by many.
WDE
chickens going down tonight.
Pearl did put in the lowest off the bench, the guys who only play in the last two minutes in games we are comfortably winning, early, but they started scoring too. In the last few minutes I think SC was so demoralized that they couldn’t do anything right even against our never get to play guys. With 45 or so seconds left we completely quit shooting.Vrede too wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:26 pm50-28 at the half, now you're just being mean. Top 10 coming?billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:33 pmI agree that one or two spots is meaningless - that’s why I said, “no complaints”
It’s simply another example of alabama getting another assist on their name.
Not nearly as big as their inclusion in the football playoffs - that was a real complaint, by many.
WDE
chickens going down tonight.
Good thing they play real Conference and National tournaments with little beauty contest effect. The odds that an excluded bubble team could have won are adjacent to zero. The rankings are mostly for fun and every ranked team will see postseason play.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:07 amCollege basketball rarely makes sense.
Top tens demolish other top tens and then turn around and get demolished by unranked teams
Iowa's Caitlin Clark breaks NCAA women's hoops scoring record
Caitlin Clark had no specific plan for how she hoped to break the NCAA women's basketball scoring record Thursday. But after doing so while also setting the Iowa Hawkeyes' single-game scoring record, Clark had to grin.
"You all knew I was going to shoot a logo 3 for the record," said Clark, who now has 3,569 career points, 49 of them coming Thursday. And indeed, every aspect of the night seemed storybook perfect for the senior star.
Clark came into No. 4 Iowa's game against Michigan with 3,520 points, needing eight to break the mark previously set by Washington's Kelsey Plum (3,527) from 2013 to 2017. Clark did it about as quickly as she possibly could.
She got the ball off the opening tip and drove in for a layup. Then she hit a deep 3-pointer from her favorite spot on the court, the left side. An even deeper 3-pointer from the same side -- one of Clark's signature shots from the logo -- produced pandemonium from the packed house at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
It took Clark just 2 minutes and 12 seconds to become the NCAA record holder. By the end of Iowa's 106-89 victory over the Wolverines, she had also bested Megan Gustafson's school record of 48....
This was Clark's fourth career game scoring 45 points or more, and she had 13 assists. In total, she scored or assisted on 79 of Iowa's 106 points (74.5%).
... Clark went 8-of-10 from the field -- 5-of-7 from 3-point range -- in the first quarter, scoring 23 points. It was the most points she has scored in any first quarter in her Iowa career, and the second most of any quarter. She had 25 in the fourth quarter of a loss to Michigan on Feb. 6, 2022...... Clark is currently averaging 32.8 points for the 23-3 Hawkeyes, who have four regular-season games left.Not Done Yet
Iowa has four regular-season games remaining before an anticipated postseason run, giving Caitlin Clark more shots at history. She is:
• 81 points shy of passing Hall of Famer Lynette Woodard. Woodard (3,649) set the AIAW major-college record at Kansas from 1978 to 1981 before the NCAA began governing women's athletics.
• 99 points shy of passing Hall of Famer Pete Maravich (3,667) for the most points in Division I history (men's and women's).
• 316 points shy of passing Hall of Famer Pearl Moore. Moore (3,884) set the overall AIAW record at Francis Marion from 1975 to 1979.
• 258 points shy of passing Kelsey Plum (1,109 in 2016-17) for the most points in a season in Division I history.
• On pace to be the first player in Division I history to lead the nation in scoring in three different seasons (already done in 2020-21 and 2021-22).
Clark is already the first Division I women's player to reach 3,000 points and 1,000 assists. But records and milestones are just part of her story. She is a generational talent who is growing her sport's popularity....
Now, the "Caitlin Clark Show" is one of the most sought-after tickets in sports. Fans of all ages call out her name and wear her No. 22 jersey. Parents drive their children hundreds of miles to watch Clark. Police escort her to and from the arena on game days, and on and off the court.
NCAA rule changes regarding name, image and likeness have allowed Clark to appear in national advertising campaigns. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes complimented her game while talking to media in the lead-up to the Super Bowl. Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, widely considered the best shooter in NBA history, has praised Clark's shooting form and poise.
"Caitlin's special," said Curry, one of the players -- along with the WNBA's Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Plum and Sabrina Ionescu -- after whom Clark has modeled her game. "The record speaks for itself, and it's cool. From a scoring perspective, from a shooting perspective, just doing what she's doing -- she could pick anybody that she talks about in terms of being an inspiration. If she models something of her game after me, I don't take that for granted."
ESPN analyst, 1995 UConn national champion and 1996 Olympian Rebecca Lobo said Clark and Curry have similar qualities that make them both successful and appeal to a wide range of fans.
"Caitlin is the whole package," Lobo said. "She's playing the game a way we haven't seen before by a woman. We've not seen someone take that many shots from quite that distance and hit them at such [a high percentage].
"And she's like Steph Curry -- he's charismatic and he's not a physical giant. So every kid can visualize themselves as Caitlin Clark. It's not like, 'Well, to play like her I'd have to be 6-4 or 6-5.' Caitlin is 6-0, but you actually don't have to be that tall to try to do the things she does."
The West Des Moines, Iowa, native opted to stay in her home state for college, leading Iowa to the past two Big Ten tournament titles and the 2023 women's Final Four. Last season, she broke the record for scoring in an NCAA tournament (191 points), had the first 40-point triple-double in NCAA postseason history and led Iowa to an upset of undefeated No. 1 overall seed and defending champion South Carolina in the national semifinals.
Iowa fell to LSU in the championship game, which drew a record 9.9 million viewers on ABC. The 2023 NCAA tournament catapulted Clark to another level of popularity. That has continued to build since the Hawkeyes' preseason game in October at Iowa's football stadium, which drew 55,646 fans, a single-game attendance record for women's basketball.
x 3,569 
Clark could stay another season at Iowa, because of the COVID-19 waiver from 2020-21, or she could declare for the 2024 WNBA draft, where she is certain to be the No. 1 pick. Clark said she will wait to make that decision until after this season.
The Carver-Hawkeye crowd chanted, "One more year!" at the conclusion of Thursday's game.
"I paid them," (Iowa coach Lisa) Bluder joked. "I thought it was a pretty good chant." ...
Caitlin could set women and men's records that would never ever be beaten, a helluva thing.Francis Marion's Lauryn Taylor grabs NCAA-record 44 rebounds
Francis Marion center Lauryn Taylor set the NCAA record for all divisions with 44 rebounds in the Patriots' 85-62 win over North Greenville on Thursday night.
Taylor is a 5-foot-11 senior who pulled down 30 defensive rebounds and 14 on the offensive boards in the Division II game for the most ever in an NCAA contest. Taylor surpassed the Division II mark of 36 set by Christine DeSaine of West Virginia Tech against Ohio Valley in 1995.
The old NCAA mark was 40 by Deborah Temple of Delta State versus Alabama-Birmingham in a Division I contest on Feb. 14, 1983.
The Division III mark is 38.
Taylor, from Blythewood, South Carolina, broke the Francis Marion mark of 32 set by LaRue Fields in a win over South Carolina in 1976. Taylor grabbed 16 boards in the first quarter, nine in the second, eight in the third and 11 in the fourth.
She also set a career high with 34 points and had her 18th double-double of the season. Taylor more than doubled her previous rebounding best this season of 21, set against Lees-McRae last month.
x 44 70-81, congrats! I'm still 4-3 this week
) 61-82 ) > Virginia Tech (14-10) GoO ReallyGo! 20+ wins x 27 years!!! 
Did you miss #6 vs #25?Vrede too wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:51 amPretty exciting that Iowa's Caitlin Clark breaks the NCAA women's hoops scoring record AND Stanford women's coach Tara VanDerveer passed Duke men's coach Mike Krzyzewski for the most college coaching wins in NCAA history in the same winter.70-81, congrats! I'm still 4-3 this week
GO:
12:00 PM ESPN
Texas A&M (15-9) > @15 Alabama (17-7, -8.5)
Ugh, 75-100.
1:00 PM CBS
Texas (16-8) > @3 Houston (21-3, -10.5
2:00 PM
ACCN
@7 North Carolina (19-6, -10.5
96-81
ESPN
9 Duke (19-5, -5.5) > @Florida State (13-1)
Why schedule them at the same time??? Anyhow, stifle that obnoxious chant early.
Mission mostly accomplished, 76-67
Also
Navy 65, @Boston University 74
3:30 PM SECN
LSU (12-12) > @11 South Carolina (21-4, -6.5)
5:30 PM FOX
@Maryland (14-11) > 14 Illinois (18-6, -2.5)
Make the home fans proud vs a ranked team!
6:00 PM ESPN
@13 Auburn (20-5, -8.5) > 22 Kentucky (17-7)
Not favored over historic powerhouse KY most years, I'd guess.
Non-Top 25, GO:
4:00 PM
ACCN
Miami (15-10) vs @Boston College (14-10, -1.5)
Go basketball
ESPN+
@Western Carolina (18-8, -7.5) > East Tennessee State (13-13)
@Denver (14-13, -2.5) > North Dakota State (13-13)
4:30 PM
ESPN+
@UNC Asheville (18-9, -12.5) > Charleston Southern (8-16)
ESPN+
@Appalachian State (21-5, -7.5) > Louisiana (17-9)
5:00 PM ESPN+
@Eastern Washington (17-8, -4.5) > Weber State (17-9)
6:00 PM ESPN+
@Columbia (13-8, -1.5) > Harvard (12-9)
7:00 PM ESPN+
UNC Greensboro (18-8, -2.5) > @Wofford (15-11)
7:30 PM ESPN+
@Sam Houston (14-11) > Liberty (16-9, -4.5)
7:45 PM CW NETWORK
NC State (15-9) > @Clemson (17-7, -7.5)
8:00 PM
PAC12
@Washington (14-11, -7.5) > California (10-15)
North Dakota (16-11) > @Oral Roberts (11-14, -2.5)
9:00 PM
ESPN+
San Francisco (20-6, -8.5) > Loyola Marymount (10-15)
ESPN+
Seattle U (15-10, -5.5) > @Utah Tech (10-15)
ESPN+
@Montana (16-9, -6.5) > Montana State (11-14)
Griz say, "Here, kitty kitty kitty."
10:00 PM
ESPN
Colorado (16-9, -1.5) > @USC (10-15)
PAC12
Oregon (16-8, -7.5) > @Oregon State (11-14)
ESPN+
Portland (9-18) < @ Pepperdine (10-17, -5.5)
11:30 PM
@UNLV (14-9, -1.5) > Nevada (19-6)
6 Kansas (-3.5) vs @25 Oklahoma
Vrede too wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:51 amPretty exciting that Iowa's Caitlin Clark breaks the NCAA women's hoops scoring record AND Stanford women's coach Tara VanDerveer passed Duke men's coach Mike Krzyzewski for the most college coaching wins in NCAA history in the same winter.
I'm still 4-3 this week
GO:
12:00 PM ESPN
Texas A&M (15-9) > @15 Alabama (17-7, -8.5)
Ugh, 75-100.
1:00 PM CBS
Texas (16-8) > @3 Houston (21-3, -10.5
2:00 PM
ACCN
@7 North Carolina (19-6, -10.5
96-81
ESPN
9 Duke (19-5, -5.5) > @Florida State (13-1)
Why schedule them at the same time??? Anyhow, stifle that obnoxious chant early.
Mission mostly accomplished, 76-67
Also
Navy 65, @Boston University 74
20 Wisconsin 86, @Iowa (-1.5 exact!) 88 OT1, buh-bye ranking
3:30 PM SECN
LSU (12-12) > @11 South Carolina (21-4, -6.5)
Rallied from 16 down to win 64-63!!! Took the lead with 0:05 remaining. Great for Auburn, too.
4:00 PM ESPNN
@25 Oklahoma (18-7) > @6 Kansas (19-6, -3.5)
57-67. Thanks a lot, billy.pilgrim
5:30 PM FOX
@Maryland (14-11) > 14 Illinois (18-6, -2.5)
Make the home fans proud vs a ranked team!
Awww, Terps had a chance, 80-85
6:00 PM ESPN
@13 Auburn (20-5, -8.5) > 22 Kentucky (17-7)
Not favored over historic powerhouse KY most years, I'd guess.
That was ugly, WDE's first home loss, 59-70.
Non-Top 25, GO:
4:00 PM
ACCN
Miami (15-10) vs @Boston College (14-10, -1.5)
Go basketball 77-85, sorry.
BIG12|ESPN+
@UCF (13-10, -0.5) > Cincinnati (15-9) 74-76
ESPN+
@Western Carolina (18-8, -7.5) > East Tennessee State (13-13)
69-65
@Denver (14-13, -2.5) > North Dakota State (13-13) 77-71
4:30 PM
ESPN+
@UNC Asheville (18-9, -12.5) > Charleston Southern (8-16)
86-55, stomped 'em!
ESPN+
@Appalachian State (21-5, -7.5) > Louisiana (17-9)
85-73
5:00 PM ESPN+
@Eastern Washington (17-8, -4.5) > Weber State (17-9)
84-90
6:00 PM ESPN+
@Columbia (13-8, -1.5) > Harvard (12-9)
Another close one, 75-80
7:00 PM ESPN+
UNC Greensboro (18-8, -2.5) > @Wofford (15-11)
58-47
7:30 PM ESPN+
@Sam Houston (14-11) > Liberty (16-9, -4.5)
83-73. Hah, take that, RW TX god.
7:45 PM CW NETWORK
NC State (15-9) > @Clemson (17-7, -7.5)
78-77 on nearly a buzzer beater, first win at Clemson in 9 years!
8:00 PM
PAC12
@Washington (14-11, -7.5) > California (10-15)
80-82 on Cal 3-point buzzer beater.
North Dakota (16-11) > @Oral Roberts (11-14, -2.5)
78-65. Hah, take that, RW OK god.
9:00 PM
ESPN+
San Francisco (20-6, -8.5) > Loyola Marymount (10-15)
ESPN+
Seattle U (15-10, -5.5) > @Utah Tech (10-15)
ESPN+
@Montana (16-9, -6.5) > Montana State (11-14)
Griz say, "Here, kitty kitty kitty."
10:00 PM
ESPN
Colorado (16-9, -1.5) > @USC (10-15)
PAC12
Oregon (16-8, -7.5) > @Oregon State (11-14)
ESPN+
Portland (9-18) < @ Pepperdine (10-17, -5.5)
11:30 PM
@UNLV (14-9, -1.5) > Nevada (19-6)
Apparently the refs don’t like Oklahoma leaving for the sec. Ridiculous calls against Oklahoma.
IF that's the reason, serves the traitors rightbilly.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:40 pmApparently the refs don’t like Oklahoma leaving for the sec. Ridiculous calls against Oklahoma.
My game suckedVrede too wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:21 pmIF that's the reason, serves the traitors rightbilly.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:40 pmApparently the refs don’t like Oklahoma leaving for the sec. Ridiculous calls against Oklahoma.
I watched the last few minutes - ugly. MD flopped, too
MD?
GO Terps!billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 6:28 amMD?
It was looking very ugly for me, but I had a killer late surge.Vrede too wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:56 pmVrede too wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:51 am
I'm still 4-3 this week
GO:
12:00 PM ESPN
Texas A&M (15-9) > @15 Alabama (17-7, -8.5)
Ugh, 75-100.
1:00 PM CBS
Texas (16-8) > @3 Houston (21-3, -10.5
2:00 PM
ACCN
@7 North Carolina (19-6, -10.5
96-81
ESPN
9 Duke (19-5, -5.5) > @Florida State (13-1)
Why schedule them at the same time??? Anyhow, stifle that obnoxious chant early.
Mission mostly accomplished, 76-67
Also
Navy 65, @Boston University 74
20 Wisconsin 86, @Iowa (-1.5 exact!) 88 OT1, buh-bye ranking
3:30 PM SECN
LSU (12-12) > @11 South Carolina (21-4, -6.5)
Rallied from 16 down to win 64-63!!! Took the lead with 0:05 remaining. Great for Auburn, too.
4:00 PM ESPNN
@25 Oklahoma (18-7) > @6 Kansas (19-6, -3.5)
57-67. Thanks a lot, billy.pilgrim
5:30 PM FOX
@Maryland (14-11) > 14 Illinois (18-6, -2.5)
Make the home fans proud vs a ranked team!
Awww, Terps had a chance, 80-85
6:00 PM ESPN
@13 Auburn (20-5, -8.5) > 22 Kentucky (17-7)
Not favored over historic powerhouse KY most years, I'd guess.
That was ugly, WDE's first home loss, 59-70.
Non-Top 25, GO:
4:00 PM
ACCN
Miami (15-10) vs @Boston College (14-10, -1.5)
Go basketball 77-85, sorry.
BIG12|ESPN+
@UCF (13-10, -0.5) > Cincinnati (15-9) 74-76
ESPN+
@Western Carolina (18-8, -7.5) > East Tennessee State (13-13)
69-65
@Denver (14-13, -2.5) > North Dakota State (13-13) 77-71
4:30 PM
ESPN+
@UNC Asheville (18-9, -12.5) > Charleston Southern (8-16)
86-55, stomped 'em!
ESPN+
@Appalachian State (21-5, -7.5) > Louisiana (17-9)
85-73
5:00 PM ESPN+
@Eastern Washington (17-8, -4.5) > Weber State (17-9)
84-90
6:00 PM ESPN+
@Columbia (13-8, -1.5) > Harvard (12-9)
Another close one, 75-80
7:00 PM ESPN+
UNC Greensboro (18-8, -2.5) > @Wofford (15-11)
58-47
7:30 PM ESPN+
@Sam Houston (14-11) > Liberty (16-9, -4.5)
83-73. Hah, take that, RW TX god.
7:45 PM CW NETWORK
NC State (15-9) > @Clemson (17-7, -7.5)
78-77 on nearly a buzzer beater, first win at Clemson in 9 years!
8:00 PM
PAC12
@Washington (14-11, -7.5) > California (10-15)
North Dakota (16-11) > @Oral Roberts (11-14, -2.5)
78-65. Hah, take that, RW OK god.
9:00 PM
ESPN+
San Francisco (20-6, -8.5) > Loyola Marymount (10-15)
82-59, fish slapped 'em
ESPN+
Seattle U (15-10, -5.5) > @Utah Tech (10-15) 66-65, phew!
ESPN+
@Montana (16-9, -6.5) > Montana State (11-14)
Griz say, "Here, kitty kitty kitty."
88-69, pooooor kitties
10:00 PM
ESPN
Colorado (16-9, -1.5) > @USC (10-15) 92-89 2OT, phew!
PAC12
Oregon (16-8, -7.5) > @Oregon State (11-14) 60-58, phew!
ESPN+
Portland (9-18) < @ Pepperdine (10-17, -5.5)
70-91
11:30 PM
@UNLV (14-9, -1.5) > Nevada (19-6)
69-66, phew!
Buh-bye Top 5 Good day, 6-2, 25-15 for the week. I could make money off of my wishes.Vrede too wrote: ↑Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:53 amGO:
12:00 PM
ESPN2
@Charlotte (16-8, -6.5) > Wichita State (10-15)
Go(semi)HomeysGo! 72-61!
CBSSN
Loyola Chicago (18-7, -4.5) > @Rhode Island (11-13)
GOSister JeanGO! 104 years old! Does she travel with the team anymore? Would she travel to MM? 77-67, Jean rocks
You lurking, GoCubsGo?
1:00 PM CBS
@Unranked Ohio State (14-11) > 2 Purdue (23-2, -8.5)
Let's see that huge Top 10-wrecking neighbor-state UPSET! 35-30 at the half. I BELIEVE!
73-69
Not bad, coach.Ohio State stuns No. 2 Purdue in interim coach's debut
... Bruce Thornton scored 22 points and Jamison Battle added 19 to help Ohio State (15-11, 5-10 Big Ten) pull off the upset in Jake Diebler's first game at the helm.
Chris Holtmann was fired Wednesday after several disappointing seasons. The beleaguered Buckeyes had lost nine of their past 11 games.
Diebler became the second head coach since 1996-97 to beat an AP top-10 team in their Division I coaching debut, according to ESPN Stats & Information....
2:00 PM
ESPN+
@Temple (8-17, -5.5) > UTSA (8-17) 83-77
ESPN+
@East Carolina (13-12, -2.5) > Tulane (13-11)
81-67, a stomping!
3:00 PM FS1
Northwestern (17-8) > @Indiana (14-10, -1.5)
GOGoCubsGoGO! Northwestern up 34-26 at the half, nice!
76-72
4:00 PM ESPN
Memphis (18-7) > @SMU (18-7, -4.5) 79-106
7:00 PM FS1
@UCLA (14-11, -2.5) > Utah (15-10)
Bruins, maul dem Utes! 69-70, awww.
Auburn's Jaylin Williams (knee) expected to return this season
