Duke 78, (21) Boston College 70. It would probably be excessively mean to call Duke the Boston Celtics of the NCAA, but ... much like the Celtics did last night, Duke also snapped a losing streak. They did it by beating the stuffing out of the ACC-leading Boston College Eagles. The final margin of victory was 8, but that's deceiving ... Duke led by as many as 24 in the second half.DePaul 72, (13) Marquette 67. Tom Crean spent the post-game press conference complaining that the refs couldn't hear his plea for a timeout, but ... Marquette lost by five, and the shot that Marquette ended up getting sans timeout would've only closed the margin to two. It's not like it clearly cost them the game or anything. The officials didn't make Dominic James force a contested three-ball that hit nothing but air.
(1) Florida 76, Alabama 67. Alabama had them down 18 in the second half, but it was like Florida suddenly remembered they were Florida after the break. They started making shots, they started pushing the tempo ... they forced the Tide to do things they didn't want to do, and they couldn't handle it.
(2) Ohio State 64, Penn State 62. This was one of those games where the second half was the completely opposite of the first half. The Buckeyes led by 21 at the break, but relaxed in the second half (that will always cost you), and Ohio State just missed a three-ball at the buzzer that would've won it.
Drake 62, Wichita State 58. The Missouri Valley might be a three-bid conference, it might even get four ... but it almost assuredly won't get five, and this loss keeps Wichita State in that fifth place spot. The Shockers really couldn't afford this one.
Tulane 86, Central Florida 80. UCF suffered a big blow in their quest to finish second in Conference USA behind Memphis. This will hurt their NIT seeding. The Green Wave, meanwhile continues to fight for a .500 record, and are now one game above at 12-11.
La Salle 77, Temple 72. Rough night for The Cos. Bill Cosby's dog didn't win at Westminster, and his Owls couldn't get a road win over lowly La Salle. Then again, Temple's pretty lowly themselves, these days.
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2-16-2007 @ 12:28PM
anonymous said...
To correct your comment on the Marquette game recap, I believe Marquette was down 3 when James chose to take that terrible shot. Had he made it, the game would have been tied. Having missed, Marquette was forced to foul, pushing the Depaul lead to 5.
Making that shot could very well have sent the game to OT.
I was at the game and could see AND HEAR Crean calling for the time out. The officiating was pretty bad...but Marquette did not play their game...they played poorly. That's the only reason, as an MU fan, that I can't be too uspet about the officiating.
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