Tuesday’s Den: NFL divisional trends, and college hoop stuff

— Bills 23, Vikings 6
Buffalo is 7-1, leads AFC East by three games.
RB Cook ran ball 31 times for 107 yards and a TD.
Bills won last two games 36-10/23-6, both vs backup QB’s.
K Tyler Bass kicked 3 field goals, has made his last 24 FG attempts.

Vikings’ first five drives: 15 plays, 27 yards, 4 punts and a fumble.
Buffalo was 7-18 on third down, Minnesota 0-8.
Last three games, Vikings are 6-29 on third down.
Last seven Minnesota games stayed under the total.

Monday’s college basketball
— Indiana 83, Syracuse 80
Syracuse led by 5 with 6:09 left in the game.
Indiana scored 34 points in first half, 49 in second half.
6-5 junior Harris scored 20 points (10-10 on foul line)

— Minnesota 63, Cincinnati 61
Gophers outscored Cincinnati 7-0 over final 1:35.
Minnesota had 14 offensive boards, out-rebounded Bearcats 40-28.
6-2 senior Evans scored 26 points, had 8 rebounds, 5 assists.

— Oklahoma 81, North Alabama 72
Sooners led by only 37-36 at halftime.
Oklahoma lost to East Texas; they’re off to shaky start.
North Alabama shot 64.3% inside the arc. 

— Auburn 75, Appalachian State 53
Auburn led at halftime, 38-36.
6-1 junior Pettiford (26 points) was their only double figure scorer.
App State shot only 32.1% from the floor. 

— Seton Hall 68, Charlotte 62
Seton Hall was +7 in turnovers (17-10)
Pirates’ subs outscored Charlotte’s, 41-23.
Charlotte was only 11-21 on foul line.

— Georgia 80, Florida Gulf Coast 72
Dawgs led by 23 with 11:08 left in the game.
Georgia shot 55.6% inside arc, scored 1.19 ppp.
Dawgs start three seniors and a junior.

— Famous birthdays, November 10th:
Steve Pisarkiewicz, 73
Kenny Rogers, 62 (pitcher)
Isaac Bruce, 54
Shawn Green, 54
Lionel Chalmers, 46

Zach Ertz, 36
Teddy Bridgewater, 34
Drew Lock, 30
JJ Bleday, 29
Scotty Pippen Jr, 26

Sunday’s college basketball
— Virginia 91, Arkansas 72
Cavaliers led 46-27 at halftime.
Virginia shot 12-32 on the arc, scored 1.34 ppp.
Virginia starts a freshman, three sophomores.

— Boise State 100, Butler 81
Big win for the Pac-9 over a Big East team.
Boise led 51-31 at halftime.
Broncos shot 17-35 on the arc, scored 1.19 ppp.

— Nevada 96, Saint Mary’s 95, OT
Nevada led by 10 with 3:59 left in regulation.
Wolf Pack was 23-36 on foul line, Saint Mary’s 16-19.
Two of Gaels’ first three games went to overtime.

— Siena 82, Princeton 68
Saints shot 68% inside the arc.
Nevada Smith gets his first win as Siena’s coach.
Princeton shot only 7-33 on the arc.

— USC 93, Wichita State 86
Wichita led by 11 late in the first half.
USC were 37-42 on foul line, Shockers 25-36.
Trojans won despite shooting 2-14 on the arc.

— Pittsburgh 82, Penn State 76
Penn State led by 7 late in the first half.
Pitt shot 57.8% inside the arc.
Panthers are 3-0, scoring 85.7 ppg.

— Richmond 79, Temple 53
Spiders led 37-23 at halftime.
Richmond shot 55% inside arc, scored 1.14 ppp.
Temple shot 7-32 on the arc.

— NFL Divisional trends (non-divisional games)
NFC East teams 2-5 ATS non-divisional favorite
NFC North teams 12-5 ATS non-divisional favorite
NFC South teams 2-11 ATS non-divisional home games
NFC West teams 5-1-1 ATS non-divisional home favorite

AFC East teams 6-2 ATS non-divisional home favorite
AFC North teams 3-5 ATS non-divisional home favorite
AFC South teams 4-7 ATS non-divisional home games
AFC West teams 6-2 ATS non-divisional favorite

Author: Armadillo Sports

I've been involved in sports my whole life, now just write about them. I like to travel, mostly to Las Vegas- they have gambling there.

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