Rough week here at Armadillo World HQ: the recent barrage of cold weather is screwing with our town’s infrastructure.
Some pipes broke under our street, had no water all day Tuesday, which wasn’t good. You take stuff for granted until you don’t have it, was freakin’ happy to hop in the shower Wednesday morning.
— Portland 87, Gonzaga 80
Portland shot 65.8% inside the arc.
Pilots were a 21-point underdog; they’re 4-8 in WCC.
Portland had lost 20 games in a row against Gonzaga.
Zags’ biggest lead the whole game was only two points.
— Minnesota 76, Michigan State 73
Gophers snap a seven-game losing streak.
Minnesota never trailed; they shot 10-21 on the arc.
Spartans out-rebounded Minnesota, 39-23
— Alabama 100, Texas A&M 97
Alabama was 16-48 on arc, 22-32 on foul line, scored 1.28 ppp.
Just second loss in last 12 games for Texas A&M
This season, 54% of Alabama’s shot have been 3’s; no team that has taken more 3’s than 2’s has ever won the national title.
— Oklahoma State 99, BYU 92
BYU is 1-4 in last five games, after a 16-1 start.
OSU was 22-34 on foul line, BYU 13-17.
Cowboys shot 65.1% inside the arc; game was 41-41 at halftime.
— East Tennessee State 75, Furman 71 OT
Furman led by 15 early in second half.
Paladins had 21 turnovers, ETSU had nine.
Buccaneers now lead SoCon with a 9-2 mark.
— Clemson 66, Stanford 64
Stanford led by six early in second half.
Clemson was 17-22 on foul line, Cardinal 7-9
Tigers improve to 19-4, 9-1 in ACC games.
— Tulsa 78, FAU 76
Florida Atlantic led 32-25 at halftime.
Tulsa has won seven in row, is 20-3, 8-2 in AAC
FAU has lost four in row, after starting 6-1 in AAC.
— Big night for underdogs in the Horizon League:
Youngstown State (+3.5) 90, Fort Wayne 61
Cleveland State (+7.5) 91, Oakland 78
Robert Morris (+2.5) 72, Wright State 66
Green Bay (+7.5) 87, Northern Kentucky 84 OT
Detroit (+6.5) 76, Milwaukee 63
— Utah State 86, New Mexico 66
Aggies shot 65.5% inside the arc.
Utah State shot 11-31 on the arc, Lobos 3-13
Utah State/San Diego State are tied for first in Mountain West, game ahead of New Mexico.
— Famous birthdays, February 5th:
Roger Staubach, 84
Michael Mann, 83
Craig Morton, 83
Vic Correll, 80
Barbara Hershey, 78
Mike Heath, 71
Laura Linney, 62
Roberto Alomar, 58
Terrence Ross, 35
Nick Lodolo, 28
Cam Schlittler, 25
Cam Skattebo, 24
The great Henry Aaron was born 92 years ago Thursday.
— Former Bears’ coach Matt Nagy is the Giants’ new offensive coordinator; Nagy was with the Chiefs the last four years. Nagy was 34-33 as an NFL head coach.
— Former Colts/Panthers’ coach Frank Reich is the Jets’ new offensive coordinator; Reich was interim coach at Stanford this past season. Reich was 42-45-1 as an NFL head coach.
— No team owners should get into a pro Hall of Fame, unless they also coached. Hall of Fames should be reserved for players, coaches, general managers, the people who help win/lose games.
— Movie of the Day: The Bodyguard (1992)- A former Secret Service agent becomes a bodyguard for a famous singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a politician’s.
Kevin Costner is the bodyguard, Whitney Houston is the singer. This is a very good movie.
— Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitching ace Paul Skenes had a 1.97 ERA last year, a 0.95 WHIP, but the Pirates were only 17-15 in his starts. Go figure.
— Arizona Diamondbacks signed 1B Carlos Santana for one year, $2M; Santana has played for eight years in his 16-year career. He only hit .219 last year, in 124 games for Guardians/Cubs.
— There was a 3-team trade in baseball the other day, with Brendan Donovan moving from the Cardinals to Seattle; last seven times there was a three-way trade in baseball, Tampa Bay Rays were involved six times. Not really sure why; may have something to do with the Rays being willing to give up an additional competitive balance pick in the deal.
— Cleveland Cavaliers traded Darius Garland and a 2nd-round draft pick for James Harden; Garland just turned 26; he was scoring 18 points/game for the Cavaliers, and over the next three years, he’ll make $42M/year. Good move for the future for the Clippers. Seeing how Harden is 36 years old.
— James Harden’s career path:
2009-12- Oklahoma City
2012-21- Houston
2021-22- Brooklyn
2022-23- Philadelphia
2023-26- LA Clippers
2026-??- Cleveland
