Armadillo Sports
Sunday’s 6-pack:
Top six teams in 2-point FG% defense:
39.4%— Arizona
39.9%— USC
40.7%— Cincinnati
41.3%— UConn
41.6%— Indiana
42.0%— San Diego State
Quote of the Day
“This media gets f—ed up sometimes when it comes to me. We don’t have our full roster, Y’all know we don’t have our full roster. Stop asking me stupid f—ing questions about if I feel like I can do something. If I had my roster like they did, then I feel like I can do whatever I want to do. I’m coaching really hard. My boys are playing really hard. I’m not embarrassed about nothing.”
U of Memphis basketball coach Anfernee Hardaway
Sunday’s quiz
Where did Jimmy Garoppolo play his college football?
Saturday’s quiz
Steve McNair was the QB for the Tennessee Titans, in their one Super Bowl appearance.
Friday’s quiz
Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash was also a great NBA player; he played his college ball at Santa Clara.
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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a college basketball Saturday
13) SEC:
— Auburn 80, Kentucky 71— Auburn has won 12 in a row, could be #1 in country for first time ever this coming week. Tigers outscored Kentucky 24-8 on foul line.
— Arkansas 76, Texas A&M 73, OT— Hogs led 20-4 early; they’ve won four games in a row.
— Auburn has a two-game lead in SEC standings.
12) ACC:
— Florida State 61, Miami 60— Seminoles led 45-19 early in 2nd half; they beat Miami twice this season, both times by one point.
— Wake Forest 98, North Carolina 76— Tar Heels lost last two games by 28-22 points; they’re 3-6 against top 100 teams.
— Florida State/Miami are tied atop ACC standings.
11) Sun Belt:
— Little Rock 98, Tex-Arlington 96, 3 OT’s— Trojans blew 17-point second half lead; they made 16-31 on arc, still needed three OT’s to win. Four guys on Little Rock fouled out.
— Coastal Carolina 72, Georgia State 68, OT— Panthers are 0-4 in league; they were 3-28 on arc.
— Arkansas State (4-1), Appalachian State (6-2) are atop Sun Belt standings.
10) Big X:
— Kansas 78, K-State 75— Wildcats led 55-38 with 18:26 left; Kansas outscored them 21-11 on foul line.
— Half the teams scored less than 60 points Saturday; Big X is 31st in offensive efficiency.
— Kansas has half-game lead over Baylor/Texas Tech for first place.
9) Missouri Valley:
— Missouri State 79, Loyola 69— Ramblers had their 30-game home win streak snapped. Mosley scored 40 points for the 15-6, 6-2 Bears.
— Drake 82, Northern Iowa 74, OT— Drake was down 10 with 3:37 left to play.
— Loyola still leads Missouri State by a game in MVC standings.
8) Pac-12:
— Stanford 79, Arizona State 76— Stanford was 32-41 on foul line; ASU 7-9. It is safe to say that ASU coach Hurley wasn’t happy with the officials (he never is)
— UCLA 71, Colorado 65— Bruins never trailed, forced 21 turnovers.
— Arizona (5-0) leads UCLA by half-game atop standings.
7) Upsets of the Day:
— George Washington (+15.5) 63, Rhode Island 61
— Wm & Mary (+15) 83, Drexel 75
— NC-Wilmington (+10) 81, Towson 77, OT
— Citadel (+8) 75, East Tennessee State 73
— North Dakota State (+7) 72, Oral Roberts 71
— Missouri State (+7) 79, Loyola 69
6) Colonial:
— Wm & Mary 83, Drexel 75— Tribe is 3-3 in CAA, after starting out 0-12 this season vs D-I teams.
— James Madison 95, Charleston 94— Dukes were 31-36 on foul line, shot 58.8% inside arc and won by one point. Charleston plays fastest tempo games in country.
— NC-Wilmington has a 2-game lead atop the CAA standings.
5) Mountain West:
— Boise State 42, San Diego State 37— Aztecs scored 14 points in second half; this was their first game in two weeks. Boise has won 12 games in a row.
— Wyoming 93, New Mexico 91— Cowboys were 27-35 on foul line, Lobos 9-11. Wyoming played only six guys; they’ve won won their last six games, are 15-2 overall.
— Boise State is 6-0, Wyoming 4-0, Colorado State 5-1 in league games.
4) Big 14:
— Minnesota 68, Rutgers 65— Three Gophers played 40:00; other two starters played 37:00. Minnesota had the minimum seven players available.
— Iowa 68, Penn State 57— Penn State is 8-8, 3-5, but they start four seniors; they’ll have to recruit a whole new team for next year.
— Michigan State leads Illinois/Wisconsin by half-game in Big 14 standings.
3) Summit:
— North Dakota State 72, Oral Roberts 71— ORU star Abmas went 2-13 on arc.
— South Dakota State 93, Western Illinois 75— Jackrabbits made 11-17 on arc.
— South Dakota State opens up a 2-game lead in Summit standings, which doesn’t really matter. They’ll have to win Summit tournament to make the NCAA’s anyway.
2) Conference USA:
— Charlotte 67, Rice 64— Owls are 4-3 in C-USA; they’ve finished over .500 in conference one time since 2006.
— North Texas 69, Old Dominion 56— Mean Green has won five in row, 10 of last 11 games.
— Three highest-rated teams in league (UAB, North Texas, La Tech) are all in Western Division.
1) Big West:
— Fullerton 83, Cal-San Diego 80— Titans won last five games, last two by 2-3 points.
— Hawai’i 69, Cal Poly 66— Rainbows won last five games, giving up 57.5 ppg in last four.
— Fullerton/Hawai’i are both 4-0 in conference; Riverside/Long Beach are 3-1.
