Marquette covers -3 at home against Villanova

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 26-14-1

NBA 2-1

NFL 12-5-1

College Football: 10-8

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23 days and counting now until Selection Sunday.  Things are really starting to heat up in conference races and teams sitting right on the bubble.  West Virginia and Stanford were the big positive movers from last week while Old Dominion and Nevada fell back significantly.  Stay tuned to SportsUnderground for all your college basketball news. 

Rank	Prev Rank	Name	Conf	W-L	Road	Neut	Home	Non-Div I
1	1	UCLA	Pacific-10	23-3	5-3	3- 0	14-0	1-0
2	2	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	23-4	6-2	3- 1	14-1	0-0
3	3	Ohio St.	Big Ten	24-3	6-3	1- 0	17-0	0-0
4	7	Pittsburgh	Big East	23-4	7-1	1- 1	15-2	0-0
5	9	Wisconsin	Big Ten	26-2	7-1	1- 1	18-0	0-0
6	4	Southern Ill.	Missouri Valley	23-5	9-4	2- 1	11-0	1-0
7	5	Florida	Southeastern	24-3	5-2	3- 1	16-0	0-0
8	6	Kentucky	Southeastern	18-8	4-4	2- 2	12-2	0-0
9	8	Memphis	Conference USA	23-3	7-2	2- 1	14-0	0-0
10	10	Duke	Atlantic Coast	20-7	3-3	2- 1	15-3	0-0
11	11	Arizona	Pacific-10	17-9	4-4	2- 0	11-5	0-0
12	12	UNLV	Mountain West	22-6	7-5	1- 0	13-1	1-0
13	15	Air Force	Mountain West	23-4	6-3	3- 1	13-0	1-0
14	16	Texas A&M	Big 12	22-4	6-2	0- 1	16-1	0-0
15	13	Tennessee	Southeastern	18-9	1-7	3- 2	14-0	0-0
16	18	Georgetown	Big East	20-5	8-2	0- 0	12-3	0-0
17	17	Kansas	Big 12	23-4	6-2	3- 0	14-2	0-0
18	22	Villanova	Big East	18-8	7-3	2- 1	8-4	1-0
19	20	Maryland	Atlantic Coast	20-7	5-4	1- 1	14-2	0-0
20	23	Indiana	Big Ten	17-8	2-8	2- 0	13-0	0-0
21	19	Brigham Young	Mountain West	20-6	5-5	0- 1	14-0	1-0
22	14	Nevada	Western Athletic	24-2	8-1	2- 0	13-1	1-0
23	24	Alabama	Southeastern	19-7	2-6	4- 0	13-1	0-0
24	28	Washington St.	Pacific-10	22-4	7-3	4- 0	11-1	0-0
25	30	Virginia Tech	Atlantic Coast	18-8	5-4	2- 3	10-1	1-0
26	31	Boston College	Atlantic Coast	18-8	5-4	0- 0	13-4	0-0
27	25	Creighton	Missouri Valley	18-9	5-7	2- 0	11-2	0-0
28	21	Butler	Horizon	24-4	7-3	3- 0	12-1	2-0
29	26	Bradley	Missouri Valley	19-10	5-7	2- 1	11-2	1-0
30	34	Clemson	Atlantic Coast	19-7	5-4	2- 0	12-3	0-0
31	27	Michigan St.	Big Ten	19-8	1-6	2- 1	16-1	0-0
32	35	Marquette	Big East	21-7	5-3	2- 0	13-4	1-0
33	29	Vanderbilt	Southeastern	18-8	3-5	1- 1	13-2	1-0
34	38	Oregon	Pacific-10	20-7	6-5	1- 0	13-2	0-0
35	44	Virginia	Atlantic Coast	18-7	3-4	0- 2	14-1	1-0
36	43	Oklahoma St.	Big 12	19-7	0-5	5- 1	13-1	1-0
37	42	Purdue	Big Ten	17-9	1-6	2- 2	14-1	0-0
38	52	Stanford	Pacific-10	17-8	5-4	1- 0	11-4	0-0
39	48	Florida St.	Atlantic Coast	17-10	3-7	1- 0	13-3	0-0
40	39	Illinois	Big Ten	19-9	2-5	4- 1	13-3	0-0
41	49	Texas Tech	Big 12	17-10	5-4	1- 3	11-3	0-0
42	50	Notre Dame	Big East	20-6	2-6	2- 0	16-0	0-0
43	47	Arkansas	Southeastern	16-10	1-7	3- 1	12-2	0-0
44	32	Missouri St.	Missouri Valley	19-9	7-4	1- 1	10-4	1-0
45	33	Old Dominion	Colonial	21-7	7-5	0- 0	14-2	0-0
46	53	Georgia Tech	Atlantic Coast	17-9	1-7	2- 1	14-1	0-0
47	54	Texas	Big 12	19-7	5-4	1- 2	13-1	0-0
48	41	Xavier	Atlantic 10	19-7	3-5	2- 1	14-1	0-0
49	65	West Virginia	Big East	20-6	3-4	4- 1	12-1	1-0
50	51	Kansas St.	Big 12	19-8	5-7	2- 0	12-1	0-0

Appalachian State covers +6 at Wichita State in one of many excellent games on Bracket Buster Saturday.

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 25-14-1

NBA 2-1

NFL 12-5-1

College Football: 10-8

Notre Dame covers -8 at home tonight against Providence 

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 25-13-1

NBA 2-1

NFL 12-5-1

College Football: 10-8

Tennessee covers -2.5 at home tonight against Kentucky

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 24-13-1

NBA 2-1

NFL 12-5-1

College Football: 10-8

Gonzaga had a 50-game win streak at home halted last night against 19-7 Santa Clara. The win also put Santa Clara in first place in the West Coast Conference at 9-2 while Gonzaga slipped to second at 8-3. Gonzaga is obviously missing their star player Josh Heytvelt who was suspended indefinitely from the team along with Theo Davis after a traffic stop this past weekend. The traffic stop led to the discovery of marijuana and little trippy mushrooms. I feel confident in stating that we will not see the beloved Zags this year in the NCAA tournamanet.

The Duke Blue Devils mens basketball team fell out of the top 25 for the first time since the end of the 1995-96 team.  I remember that team very well because that was the year Mike Krzyzewski bowed out of the season as coach due to back problems.  I personally thought his ego and pride hurt worse, but nonetheless he didn’t finish coaching that year.  Well, this year’s Duke Blue Devils have now lost four games in a row and stand at a record of 18-7 overall and 5-6 in the ACC.  Will Krzykewski get a mysterious injury or will  the Blue Devils fall so far that they don’t even make the NCAA tournament?  These are the questions we will have answered in the coming weeks and I personally have enjoyed the fall from grace the Devils have endured.  Duke travels to Boston College this Valentines Day for what could be five in a row. 🙂

Pittsburgh covers -8.5 at home against Louisville Cardinals

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 24-12-1

NBA 2-1

NFL 12-5-1

College Football: 10-8

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It is exactly one month until Selection Sunday and things are really starting to heat up.  The RPI standings play a significant role in who makes the Big Dance so let’s take a look at the current RPI rankings.  There are some teams high in these rankings that will surprise you. 

Rank	Prev Rank	Name	Conf	W-L	Road	Neut	Home	Non-Div I
1	1	UCLA	Pacific-10	20-2	3-2	3- 0	13-0	1-0
2	2	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	20-3	4-2	3- 1	13-0	0-0
3	5	Pittsburgh	Big East	20-3	6-1	1- 1	13-1	0-0
4	4	Wisconsin	Big Ten	22-2	5-1	1- 1	16-0	0-0
5	3	Ohio St.	Big Ten	20-3	4-3	1- 0	15-0	0-0
6	6	Kentucky	Southeastern	17-5	4-2	2- 2	11-1	0-0
7	8	Arizona	Pacific-10	15-7	2-4	2- 0	11-3	0-0
8	10	Duke	Atlantic Coast	18-5	2-2	2- 1	14-2	0-0
9	7	Southern Ill.	Missouri Valley	19-5	7-4	2- 1	9-0	1-0
10	11	Memphis	Conference USA	19-3	4-2	2- 1	13-0	0-0
11	9	UNLV	Mountain West	19-5	6-4	1- 0	11-1	1-0
12	12	Florida	Southeastern	21-2	3-1	3- 1	15-0	0-0
13	14	Texas A&M	Big 12	19-3	4-2	0- 1	15-0	0-0
14	15	Air Force	Mountain West	20-3	5-2	3- 1	11-0	1-0
15	16	Marquette	Big East	20-4	5-1	2- 0	12-3	1-0
16	13	Tennessee	Southeastern	15-8	1-6	3- 2	11-0	0-0
17	18	Oregon	Pacific-10	19-4	6-3	1- 0	12-1	0-0
18	19	Florida St.	Atlantic Coast	17-6	3-5	1- 0	13-1	0-0
19	22	Indiana	Big Ten	16-6	2-5	2- 1	12-0	0-0
20	21	Villanova	Big East	15-7	6-3	2- 1	6-3	1-0
21	24	Oklahoma St.	Big 12	18-4	0-3	5- 1	12-0	1-0
22	25	Kansas	Big 12	19-4	4-2	3- 0	12-2	0-0
23	17	Butler	Horizon	22-2	6-2	5- 0	10-0	1-0
24	27	Clemson	Atlantic Coast	18-5	5-3	2- 0	11-2	0-0
25	20	Creighton	Missouri Valley	16-7	5-6	2- 0	9-1	0-0
26	29	Alabama	Southeastern	17-5	2-4	4- 0	11-1	0-0
27	30	Boston College	Atlantic Coast	16-6	3-4	0- 0	13-2	0-0
28	23	Nevada	Western Athletic	21-2	7-1	2- 0	11-1	1-0
29	28	Brigham Young	Mountain West	17-6	3-5	0- 1	13-0	1-0
30	31	Maryland	Atlantic Coast	17-6	3-4	1- 1	13-1	0-0
31	26	Missouri St.	Missouri Valley	17-7	6-4	1- 1	9-2	1-0
32	36	Washington St.	Pacific-10	19-4	6-3	4- 0	9-1	0-0
33	37	Texas Tech	Big 12	15-8	4-3	1- 3	10-2	0-0
34	32	Arkansas	Southeastern	14-8	1-5	3- 1	10-2	0-0
35	35	Virginia Tech	Atlantic Coast	16-7	4-3	2- 3	9-1	1-0
36	43	Stanford	Pacific-10	15-6	5-2	1- 0	9-4	0-0
37	41	Georgetown	Big East	16-5	6-2	0- 0	10-3	0-0
38	34	Michigan St.	Big Ten	17-7	1-5	2- 1	14-1	0-0
39	49	Virginia	Atlantic Coast	15-6	2-3	0- 2	12-1	1-0
40	52	West Virginia	Big East	18-4	3-3	4- 1	10-0	1-0
41	40	Kansas St.	Big 12	17-6	5-4	2- 1	10-1	0-0
42	44	Notre Dame	Big East	18-5	1-4	2- 1	15-0	0-0
43	39	Gonzaga	West Coast	17-7	4-3	4- 4	9-0	0-0
44	42	Illinois	Big Ten	17-8	1-3	4- 2	12-3	0-0
45	33	Appalachian St.	Southern	17-5	5-4	3- 0	6-1	3-0
46	48	Southern California	Pacific-10	18-6	3-2	2- 1	13-3	0-0
47	50	Georgia	Southeastern	13-8	2-6	1- 0	9-2	1-0
48	47	Vanderbilt	Southeastern	16-7	3-4	1- 1	11-2	1-0
49	45	Bradley	Missouri Valley	16-9	3-6	2- 1	10-2	1-0
50	54	Purdue	Big Ten	15-8	1-5	2- 2	12-1	0-0

Florida State covers -4.5 at home against Boston College

OVERALL RECORD:

College Basketball 24-11-1

NBA 2-1

NFL 12-5-1

College Football: 10-8

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