Other Top 25 Scores, Feb15-21

[Mars]

Mon. Feb. 15-
#1 Kansas 59, #23 Texas A&M 54
UConn 84, #3 Villanova 75

Tue. Feb. 16-
Virginia Tech 87, #25 Wake Forest 83

Wed. Feb. 17-
#4 Purdue 60, #12 Ohio State 57
Missouri 82, #17 Texas 77

Thu. Feb. 18-
#5 Syracuse 75, #10 Georgetown 71
Loyola Marymount 74, #9 Gonzaga 66
Minnesota 68, #16 Wisconsin 52

Sat. Feb. 20-
#2 Kentucky 58, #19 Vanderbilt 56
Oklahoma State 82, #22 Baylor 75
N.C. State 68, #25 Wake Forest 54

Sun. Feb. 21- http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/scoreboard?date=20100221
#21 Pitt 70, #3 Villanova 65
#12 Ohio State 74, #11 Michigan State 67

[BroncoBot]

Anyone else feel like BYU is going to play a team like UConn in the first round?

[GolfDiveNCougs]

You mean a big name program with coaching issues and lazy-arse kids who are incredibly talented but headcases without leadership, a team that doesn't even deserve to make it in to the tournament based on their mediocre record and work ethic, but are allowed in anyway, and worse, given a low seed because everyone knows that kind of talent can manage to turn it on in a big game?

Ala Utah v. Arizona last year?

Yeah. That's EXACTLY what I'm afraid of.

[BroncoBot]

You mean a big name program with coaching issues and lazy-arse kids who are incredibly talented but headcases without leadership, a team that doesn't even deserve to make it in to the tournament based on their mediocre record and work ethic, but are allowed in anyway, and worse, given a low seed because everyone knows that kind of talent can manage to turn it on in a big game?

Ala Utah v. Arizona last year?

Yeah. That's EXACTLY what I'm afraid of.

Nailed it.

[Schmoe]

You mean a big name program with coaching issues and lazy-arse kids who are incredibly talented but headcases without leadership, a team that doesn't even deserve to make it in to the tournament based on their mediocre record and work ethic, but are allowed in anyway, and worse, given a low seed because everyone knows that kind of talent can manage to turn it on in a big game?

Ala Utah v. Arizona last year?

Yeah. That's EXACTLY what I'm afraid of.

You forgot to mention: and gets all the calls because they're a "big name" program.

[GolfDiveNCougs]

Ahh. Excellent point. My apologies.

[FurriousCougar]

You mean a big name program with coaching issues and lazy-arse kids who are incredibly talented but headcases without leadership, a team that doesn't even deserve to make it in to the tournament based on their mediocre record and work ethic, but are allowed in anyway, and worse, given a low seed because everyone knows that kind of talent can manage to turn it on in a big game?

Ala Utah v. Arizona last year?

Yeah. That's EXACTLY what I'm afraid of.

Nailed it.

Couldn't have said it better myself. I've been fearing the exact same thing as you guys for much of this season, as it has been a down year for many big name programs.

Other potential games we could get similar to UCONN that come to mind are Louisville, Marquette, Florida, along with some others.

And then yeah, that's the big fear, that all of the sudden come tournament time, they decide to start playing like they should have all year with the talent they have, now that it counts for a whole lot more.

That's why I want to get to that 4 or 3 seed so bad. I don't even want the 5 seed, it's the dreaded upset spot. I would rather have a 6 seed. Did you know that a higher % of 12 seeds beat 5 seeds than 11 seeds beat 6 seeds? Only place where that reverse trend takes place. I don't want a 5 seed.

[Mars]

Virginia Tech 87, #25 Wake Forest 83

BYU would SMOKE Wake if they ever came to play in Provo.

[Mars]

#4 Purdue 60, #12 Ohio State 57
Missouri 82, #17 Texas 77

This was Ohio State's 7th loss this season, and the Buckeyes did it at home. No doubt they move into the Top 10 next week.

Of course, Purdue has a worse overall and conference record than both BYU and New Mexico as well. Those awesome #4 Boilermakers!

[Mars]

#5 Syracuse 75, #10 Georgetown 71
Loyola Marymount 74, #9 Gonzaga 66
Minnesota 68, #16 Wisconsin 52

This is loss number SEVEN for both George City and Miny Soda. But while Minn is 9-5 in conference play, Georgie is a weak, average 8-6. Color me unimpressed by either Top 25 poser.

And Gonzaga? What a joke. Not a great team.