College Basketball Report Week 10
The No. 2 Baylor Bears and Horned Frogs keep their winning streaks alive during the second week of conference play
Jan 14, 2020, 7:30 am
College Basketball Report Week 10
9οΈβ£ blocks. 8οΈβ£ steals. Bringing the heat on defense. π₯ #AllForTexas | #HookEm https://t.co/fQnFCmBTM9β Texas Men's Basketball (@Texas Men's Basketball) 1578939787.0
Last week (1-1): L - Oklahoma 72-62, W - 64-50
This week: Wednesdayvs. Oklahoma State, Saturday vs. Kansas
After dropping their second consecutive conference game, the Texas Longhorns picked up their first win with a 64-50 victory over Kansas State, Saturday night, inside the Frank C. Erwin Center in Austin.
In the win, Texas had one of their best defensive performances of the season, as the Longhorns held the Wildcats to a season-low 50 points, which includes 23 points on 30.0% field goal shooting (9-30) in the second half.
Following the win, UT will hit the road to take on the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Wednesday, before hosting a Big 12 match against the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday.
π₯ R U N I T B A C K | V A N D Y #GigEm https://t.co/hIlLfS4Lv8β Texas A&M Basketball (@Texas A&M Basketball) 1578963600.0
Last week (2-0): W - Ole Miss 57-47, W- Vanderbilt 69-50
This week: Tuesday vs. LSU, Saturday South Carolina
Unlike their in-state rivals in Austin, the Texas Aggies had a perfect week after dropping their conference opener against Arkansas. Texas A&M pulled off a victory against Ole Miss (57-47) and Vanderbilt (69-50) to improve on 2-1 in conference play.
In both games, Josh Nebo came up huge for the Aggies, but none more so than in the win against Ole Miss. The senior forward from Houston scored 17 points while shooting 5-for-5 from the floor, and grabbing nine rebounds and collected four blocks in the win. Following the win, The Aggies will host LSU and South Carolina inside the Reed Arena in College Station.
Averaging 22.5 ppg last week, @calebmills_3 was named to @American_MBB Honor Roll for first time in career Caleb &β¦ https://t.co/wWUxSXRWvIβ Houston Men's Hoops π πΎ (@Houston Men's Hoops π πΎ) 1578942659.0
Last week (1-1): W - Temple 78-74, L- Tulsa 63-61
This week: Wednesday vs. SMU, Saturday vs. Wichita State
The Houston Cougars extended their winning streak to six before dropping a two-point loss to the Tulsa Golden Hurricane on Saturday. In the loss, the Cougars missed seven consecutive shots in the last five minutes despite holding a 60-54 lead midway through the second half.
In both games, freshman guard Caleb Mills came up huge averaging 22.5 points on 51.5% shooting from the field, 48.2% from 3-point range. After the tough loss, the Cougars will return to the Fertitta Center for a Texas showdown against SMU before taking on Wichita State on Saturday.
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Last week (1-1): L - Florida Atlantic 81-76, W - FIU 92-78
This week: Thursday vs. Louisiana Tech, Saturday Southern Miss
After losing their fourth straight game in a loss to the Florida Atlantic Owls on Thursday, the Rice Owls bounced back with a convincing 14-point victory over the FIU Panthers on Saturday.
In the win, Rice shot a blazing 52.9% from the field, 40.0% from 3-point land. Five players led the Owls in scoring with Ako Adams leading the way with 19 points (7-13 FG, 5-10 3PT), while Josh Parrish added in 18. Up next, Rice will look to make it two straight against Louisiana Tech on Thursday.
Jared Butler named #Big12MBB Player of the Week for the 2nd time this season. Itβs his 3rd career Big 12 weekly honβ¦ https://t.co/eFZunr0OSwβ Baylor Basketball (@Baylor Basketball) 1578963070.0
Last week (2-0): W - Texas Tech 57-52, W - Kansas 67-55
This week: Wednesday vs. Iowa State, Saturday Oklahoma State
While improving their national rank to No. 2, the Baylor Bears extended their conference play winning streak to three with wins against Texas Tech on Tuesday and Kansas on Saturday.
In the win against Texas Tech, only one player scored in double digits (Davion Mitchell 14), as the Bears struggled offensively on the road. However, in their 12-point victory over the Jayhawks, Baylor had four players to score in double figures with Jarred Butler leading the way with 22 points shooting 50% from the field, 42.8% from behind the arc.
Following their overall 12th straight victory, the Bears will put their winning streak on the line against Iowa State on Wednesday.
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Last week (2-0): W - Kansas State 59-57, W - Oklahoma State 52-40
This week: Tuesday vs West Virginia, Saturday vs Oklahoma
Currently riding a four-game winning streak, the TCU Horned Frogs are off to a great start to their Big 12 Conference play with wins against Kansas State (59-57) and Oklahoma State (52-40) this past week.
In both games, Desmond Bane proved to be too much for his opponents to handle, averaging 18 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game. Following the win, TCU will continue their conference play against West Virginia on Tuesday.
Ready for the next round. π΄#4To1 | #WreckEmβ«οΈ https://t.co/3tQKdeCXaRβ Texas Tech Basketball (@Texas Tech Basketball) 1578963362.0
Last week: (0-2) L - Baylor 57-52, West Virginia 54-66
This week: Tuesday vs. Kansas State, Saturday vs. Iowa State
After falling to the Baylor Bears on their home floor, the Texas Tech Red Raiders dropped their second consecutive game in a 66-54 loss to No. 17 West Virginia.
With their star guard Jahmi'us Ramsey scoring a season-low eight points, Davide Moretti led Texas Tech with 16 points after connecting on four 3-point field goals. Outside Moretti, the Red Raiders struggled as a whole shooting just 30.9 percent from the field. Up next, Tech will look to end their two-game losing skid against Kansas State on Tuesday.
BACK 2οΈβ£ BACK β€΅οΈ @150__KD earns @American_MBB honors for the second consecutive week. π° | https://t.co/hdvjt5Qa7L https://t.co/bt4zruhTPVβ SMU Basketball (@SMU Basketball) 1578942659.0
Last week: (1-1) W - UCF 81-74, L - ECU 71-68
This week: Wednesday vs. Houston, Saturday Temple
Following an 81-74 victory over UCF, the SMU Mustangs lost a heartbreaking 71-68 defeat at the hands of East Carolina on Saturday. Tristen Newton scored a 3-point basket in the final second of the game to lead ECU to the upset win over the Mustangs.
Isiaha Mike tallied in 21 points, as SMU's four-game winning streak came to end. Following the loss, the Mustang will look to get back to their winning ways on Wednesday, in an American Athletic showdown against the Houston Cougars in Houston.
Just an incredible play by Skylar Mays! #SCTop10 https://t.co/AK7F4dMPrNβ LSU Basketball (@LSU Basketball) 1578798874.0
Last week (2-0): W - Arkansas 79-77, W - Mississippi State 60-59
This week: Tuesday vs Texas A&M, Saturday Ole Miss
Nowhere near the same level of excitement as their colleagues on the gridiron who just took home the National Championship title, the LSU Tigers are currently riding a four-game winning streak after picking up wins against Arkansas and Mississippi State.
In the win against the Mississippi State, Skylar Mays scored a go-ahead buzzer beater in the final seconds of the game to lead the Tigers to a nail-biting one-point victory. Following the win, the Tigers will travel to College Station to take on the Texas A&M Aggies, before moving on to Oxford Mississippi to take on Ole Miss.
Road teams made a stand on Monday, and a pair of series are suddenly knotted up.
Day 3 of the NBA playoffs was about the visitors. Kawhi Leonard scored 39 points β his most in any game since December 2023, his most in a playoff game since 2021 β to lift the Los Angeles Clippers past Denver 105-102. And in New York, Cade Cunningham scored 33 points, Dennis SchrΓΆder had a big 3-pointer with 55.7 seconds left and Detroit beat the Knicks 100-94 for its first playoff win in 17 years.
Those series are now tied at a game apiece, heading back to L.A. and Detroit.
There are three games on Tuesday, with Indiana playing host to Milwaukee, Oklahoma City hosting Memphis and the Los Angeles Lakers hosting Minnesota. The Pacers and Thunder are seeking 2-0 leads; the Lakers will try to make it 1-1 before the series shifts to Minnesota.
All times Eastern
7 p.m. β Milwaukee at Indiana (NBA TV)
7:30 p.m. β Memphis at Oklahoma City (TNT/truTV)
10 p.m. β Minnesota at L.A. Lakers (TNT/truTV)
All times Eastern
7 p.m. β Orlando at Boston (TNT/truTV)
7:30 p.m. β Miami at Cleveland (NBA TV)
9:30 p.m. β Golden State at Houston (TNT/truTV)
All times Eastern
7 p.m. β New York at Detroit (TNT)
9:30 p.m. β Oklahoma City at Memphis (TNT)
10 p.m. β Denver at L.A. Clippers (NBA TV)
Oklahoma City (+175) is favored to win the NBA title, according to BetMGM Sportsbook, followed closely by Boston (+200). After that, it's Cleveland (+600), Golden State (+1400), the Los Angeles Lakers (+1600), the Los Angeles Clippers (+2000), New York (+4000), Minnesota (+4000) and Denver (+5000).
Denver's odds took a big hit after the Nuggets lost Game 2 at home to the Clippers β whose odds, in turn, improved greatly.
From there, it's Indiana (+8000), Houston (+10000), Milwaukee (+15000), Detroit (+35000), then Miami, Memphis and Orlando (all +100000).
Golden State, the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference, is favored (-375) to win its series against No. 2 seed Houston. The Warriors entered that matchup favored, and Sunday's win moved those odds even more.
Other underdogs now favored to advance: Minnesota and the Clippers.
The first of the major NBA awards comes out on Tuesday, when the league announces the sixth man of the year β either Detroit's Malik Beasley, Cleveland's Ty Jerome or Boston's Payton Pritchard.
Itβll be revealed at 7 p.m. Eastern on TNT.
The other awards this week: clutch player (Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern on TNT), defensive player of the year (Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern on TNT), and the hustle awards (Friday at 2 p.m.).
April 26 β NBA early entry deadline.
May 3 β Earliest possible start date for Round 2 of the playoffs. Series could also start on May 4, May 5 or May 6.
May 12 β Draft lottery, Chicago.
May 18 or 20 β Game 1, Western Conference finals.
May 19 or 21 β Game 1, Eastern Conference finals.
June 5 β Game 1, NBA Finals. (Other games: June 8, June 11, June 13, June 16, June 19 and Game 7, if necessary, will be June 22.)
June 25 β NBA draft, first round.
June 26 β NBA draft, second round.
β Preview of Tuesday's games: Pacers-Bucks, Thunder-Grizzlies, Lakers-Timberwolves.
β Tom Thibodeau isn't happy with how Game 2 was officiated.
β Mavs GM Nico Harrison didn't know how beloved Luka Doncic was in Dallas.
β The NBA finalists for seven awards are released.
β The playoffs could be wide-open. Again.
β A look inside the numbers of this season, headed into the playoffs.
β Cleveland's Kenny Atkinson wins NBCA coach of the year award.
β The Pistons snapped a 15-game playoff losing streak. Another loss would have tied the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks (1975-79) for the second-longest in U.S. pro sports at 16. The playoff-futility record is held by baseball's Minnesota Twins, who once dropped 18 straight.
β The last time Detroit won a playoff game before Monday, LeBron James was 249th on the all-time scoring list and Gregg Popovich was 19th on the all-time coaching wins list. They're both No. 1 now by wide margins.
β Strange but true: The last three playoff triple-doubles have come in losing efforts. Nikola Jokic had one Monday night in Denver's loss to the Clippers and Luka Doncic's final two playoff ones for Dallas last season β one against Minnesota in the West finals, the other against Boston in the NBA Finals β both were in losses.