— Kansas 82, Arizona 78
Arizona led 45-42 at halftime.
Melvin Council scored 23 points (6-25 from floor) had six assists.
Kansas was 21-25 on foul line, Arizona 8-14.
Darryn Peterson didn’t play, 11th game he’s missed for 19-5 Jayhawks.
Miami OH is the last unbeaten team in the country.
— St John’s 87, Xavier 82 OT
Red Storm were 28-41 on foul line, Xavier 9-17
Zuby Ejiofor scored 25 points, had five assists.
Xavier led by 5 with 8:04 left in the game.
When Rick Pitino coaches against his son, who does Mrs Pitino root for?
— Dylan Darling is a key player for St John’s, their point guard off the bench; he had 16 points, four assists in this game. It strikes me as odd that one of St John’s key players is a transfer from freakin’ Idaho State, not exactly a basketball factory.
— Louisville 118, NC State 77
118 points in 80 possessions; not a stellar job by NC State
Louisville made 18 of 30 shots on the arc, scored 1.47 ppp.
Cardinals scored 118 points, had only two players in double figures.
Mikel Brown scored 45 points, Ryan Conwell 31.
Bracketology has Louisville as a 6-seed in NCAA’s; if they’re a 6-seed, I would NOT want to be the #3-seed in that region. Louisville needs to be better than a 6-seed.
— Bradley 96, Belmont 84 OT
Belmont led by 3 with 0:37 left in regulation.
Loss snaps Belmont’s nine-game winning streak.
Bradley shot 17-36 on the arc, only 38.7% inside arc.
Belmont shot 60% inside arc, only 10-33 on arc.
— Anthony Roy is a 6-5 senior F for Oklahoma State; he’s had an interesting career:
2021- San Francisco
2022- Wenatchee Valley CC, in state of Washington
2023- New Mexico State
2024- Langston U, an NAIA school in Oklahoma
2025- Green Bay
2026- Oklahoma State
Six years, six different teams. 43.9% career shooter behind the arc.
— Alabama big man Charles Bediako’s college career is over; NCAA declared him ineligible and a court upheld that Monday. Bediako scored 10 ppg in five games for Alabama, gave them some force in the paint. He had played 21.6 minutes/game.
— Famous birthdays, February 10th:
Robert Wagner, 96
Daryl Johnston, 60
Elizabeth Banks, 52
Lance Berkman, 50
Paul Millsap, 41
Liam Hendriks, 37
Travis d’Arnaud, 37
Brandon Woodruff, 33
Max Kepler, 33
Cal Quantrill, 31
These trends are for conference games
— ACC
Boston College is 8-1 ATS last nine games (5-0 HU)
Clemson is 5-1 ATS as a road favorite.
Florida State is 5-1 ATS last six games.
Georgia Tech is 5-1 ATS as a road underdog.
Miami is 0-5 ATS as a home favorite.
Underdogs are 8-2 ATS in North Carolina games.
Wake Forest is 0-6 ATS last six games.
— American
Underdogs are 8-2 ATS in UAB games.
East Carolina is 4-1 ATS as a road underdog.
North Texas is 1-4 ATS last five games
Rice is 4-1 ATS as a home underdog
South Florida is 2-4 ATS as a home favorite.
UTSA is 0-11 SU/3-8 ATS
Tulsa is 7-1 SU/5-3 ATS last eight games.
Wichita State is 4-1 ATS as a home favorite.
— Atlantic 14
Dayton is 0-6 ATS last six games.
LaSalle is 4-1 ATS as a home dog, 1-5 ATS as road dog.
Duquesne covered six of its last seven games.
George Washington is 2-5 ATS last seven games
LaSalle is 0-4 ATS last four games.
Loyola Chi is 1-6 ATS last seven games.
St Joe’s covered its last nine games.
Saint Louis is 5-1 ATS as a home favorite
VCU is 1-5 ATS as a home favorite.
— Big East
Butler is 2-8 ATS last ten games
Crieghton is 0-8 ATS last eight games
Georgetown is 6-2 ATS last eight games
St John’s is 7-3 ATS last ten games
Villanova is 5-1 ATS in Big East road games.
— Big 18
Maryland is 2-9 ATS last 11 games.
Nebraska is 6-1 ATS in Big 18 road tilts
Oregon is 2-7 ATS last nine games
Purdue is 1-8 ATS last nine games (1-5 home favorite)
Rutgers is 8-3 ATS in last 11 games
Washington is 6-1 ATS as a road dog.
Wisconsin is 4-1 ATS in Big 18 road games.
Big X
Arizona is 4-1 ATS as home favorite
BYU is 0-8 ATS last eight games
Cincinnati is 2-5 ATS last seven games
Colorado is 1-4 ATS last five games
Houston is 7-1 ATS last eight games
Iowa State is 5-1 ATS last six games
Kansas covered seven of last eight games.
Kansas State is 0-5 ATS in Big X home games.
TCU is 1-4 last five games.
Utah is 4-1 ATS as a road underdog.
SEC
Florida covered eight of last nine games
Georgia is 1-4 ATS as a home favorite
Arkansas is 6-2 ATS as a favorite
Auburn covered four of last five games
Mississippi State is 2-6 ATS last eight games
Missouri is 1-5 ATS last six games.
South Carolina is 1-4 ATS last five games.
Vanderbilt is 2-6 ATS last eight games.
Texas A&M covered eight of last nine games.
