COLLEGE BASKETBALL REPORT: WEEK 18
Let the madness of March begin: It's conference tournament time
Mar 10, 2020, 5:46 am
COLLEGE BASKETBALL REPORT: WEEK 18
A career-high 2️⃣0️⃣ piece for @242_jones 🤘 #AllForTexas | #HookEm https://t.co/zQbhlmxzmo— Texas Men's Basketball (@Texas Men's Basketball) 1583775862.0
Last week: (1-1): W - Oklahoma 52-51, L - Oklahoma State 81-59
This week: Thursday Texas Tech
Before dropping a 22-point game in their season finale against the Cowboys, the Texas Longhorns came away victorious in a 52-51 win over the Oklahoma Sooners on Tuesday. In addition to scoring a game-high 21 points, junior guard Matt Coleman III knocked down the game-winning 3-pointer to seal the deal for the Longhorns.
Up next, the Longhorns will open their Big 12 tournament against the Texas Tech Red Raiders on Thursday in Kansas City.
What is invisible, is often the most valuable.. #GigEm #getBETTER https://t.co/B0dZyVamvR— Texas A&M Basketball (@Texas A&M Basketball) 1583766370.0
Last week: (2-0): W - Auburn 78-75, W - Arkansas 77-69
This week: Thursday Missouri
After dropping two straight, the Texas A&M Aggies are riding a two-game winning streak after picking up wins against No. 17 Auburn (78-75) and Arkansas (77-69) last week. In both games, senior forward Josh Nebo led the way averaging 19.5 points, while recording 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks.
The Aggies will return to action on Thursday against the Missouri Tigers to open their SEC Tournament in Nashville.
For the second straight season, the Houston #Cougars are regular-season champions of the American Athletic Conferen… https://t.co/vVMmR61kZP— Coty Davis (@Coty Davis) 1583711052.0
Last week: (1-1): L- UConn 77-71, W - Memphis 64-57
This week: Friday SMU/Temple
The Houston Cougars captured their second straight American Athletic Conference championship following a 64-57 win over the Memphis Tigers inside the Frittata Center in Houston. Sophomore guard Quentin Grimes scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half to lead the Cougars to the comeback win.
Following the win, the Cougars will return to the court on Friday to take part in the American Athletic Conference Tournament in Fort Worth. Houston earned a bye into the quarterfinals and will play the winner of SMU vs. Temple.
BREAKING: Rice to face FIU in Conference USA Tournament. 📰 » https://t.co/qyecxC1SLj #GoOwls👐 x #TheRiceWay https://t.co/K9NLrF3f3l— Rice Basketball (@Rice Basketball) 1583639754.0
Last week: (1-1): W - Southern Miss 72-57, L - UTEP 77-72
This week: Wednesday vs. FIU
The Rice Owls closed out their regular season in a 77-72 loss to the UTEP Miners. While shooting 35.9% from the field (25.7% from deep), the Owls could not match the production of UTEP. The Miners shot 43.9% from the floor as Souley Boum led the way with 25 points.
Following the win, the Owls will take on the FIU Panthers on Wednesday to begin the USA Conference Tournament.
The @NBCSports National Coach of the Year - @BUDREW‼️ 🔗: https://t.co/XdNqyRWX2N #SicEm 🐻 | #1TGF 🏀 https://t.co/1FHGRaPmEr— Baylor Basketball (@Baylor Basketball) 1583793452.0
Last week: (0-1): L - West Virginia 76-64
This week: Saturday vs. West Virginia
After what was a remarkable season that included a 23-game winning streak, the Baylor Bears dropped three of their previous five games following a 76-64 loss to West Virginia. The Bears defense was a no-show against West Virginia, as Baylor allowed the Mountaineers to score 55 points on 57.6% shooting from the floor during the second half.
Following the loss, the Bears will return to the court on Thursday to take part in the Big 12 Championship Tournament in Kansas City. As the No. 2 seed, Baylor earned a bye into the quarterfinals and will play one of the following three teams: Kansas State, TCU, or Oklahoma.
Desmond Bane's journey from Richmond, IN to @TCUBasketball is uncommon. Raised by his great-grandparents. But he wo… https://t.co/A2o7IYiQh9— Jeff Kolb (@Jeff Kolb) 1583726189.0
Last week: (0-2): L - Kansas 75-66, L - Oklahoma 78-76
This week: Wednesday Kansas State
After picking up their most impressive victory of the season, the TCU Horned Frogs could not strike gold twice. TCU dropped a close one to the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks on Wednesday.
The Frogs held their own against the Jayhawks during the first half, in which TCU held a two-point led before losing the momentum in the second half. During the final period, Kansas outscored Baylor 40-29 while Udoka Azubuike registered 31 points (13-14 FG), 14 rebounds, and five blocks in the win for the Jayhawks — senior guard Desmond Bane led the way with 20 points shooting 60% from behind the arc for the Horned Frogs.
Up next, TCU will open their Big 12 Conference Tournament on Wednesday against Kansas State.
𝐎𝐧 𝐚 🏆 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. 🆚: Texas Longhorns 📍: #KansasCity ⏰: 11:30 a.m., Thursday 📺: @espn 2️⃣ 📻: @DoubleT973 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖… https://t.co/MUkqWuPPhA— Texas Tech Basketball (@Texas Tech Basketball) 1583800201.0
Last week: (0-1): L - Kansas 66-62
This week: Thursday vs. Texas
The Texas Tech Red Raiders dropped their four consecutive game in a 66-62 loss to the No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks. In the loss, Texas Tech never got going on the offensive end, as the Red Raiders only connected on eight of their 26 attempts from behind the arc. Junior forward Davide Moretti scored a game-high 18 points in the loss.
With the hopes of ending their four-game losing streak, Texas Tech will open their Big 12 tournament against the Texas Longhorns on Thursday in Kansas City.
Let’s make @DickiesArena #MoodyWest for the @American_MBB Tournament! 🎟 https://t.co/PAislxxKzw #PonyUp x… https://t.co/TTX8SdnjXA— SMU Basketball (@SMU Basketball) 1583708059.0
Last week: (0-2): L- UCF 61-58, L - USF 61-60
This week: Thursday Temple
After a disappointing loss to the UCF Knights, the SMU Mustangs ended their regular season in a tough defeat to the USF Bulls on Saturday. After an entertaining second half separated by four points, USF's senior Laquincy Rideau sealed the deal for the Knights with a game-winning 3-pointer to close out the game. It was another frustrating loss for SMU, as Ethan Chargois led the way with 20 points on the night Mustangs.
While riding a three-game losing streak, the Mustangs will return to action on Thursday against the Temple Owls to open the American Athletic Conference Tournament in Fort Worth.
Skylar Mays is the CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year 📄 https://t.co/EXUVshQe9x https://t.co/3bnjWMi7DN— LSU Basketball (@LSU Basketball) 1583770283.0
Last week: (1-1): L - Arkansas 99-90, W - Georgia 94-64
This week: Saturday vs. TBD
The LSU Tigers ended their regular season with a 94-64 win over the Georgia Bulldogs on Saturday. In the win, four players scored in double-figures for LSU, as Marlon Taylor scored a career-high 30 points (10-17 FG, 3-7 3PT), to go along with seven rebounds, while Skylar Mays added in 19 points and six boards.
In the midst of ending the season as the No. 3 seed, the Tigers will open their SEC Tournament on Friday.
Houston center fielder Jake Meyers was removed from Wednesday night’s game against Cleveland during pregame warmups because of right calf tightness.
Meyers, who had missed the last two games with a right calf injury, jogged onto the field before the game but soon summoned the training staff, who joined him on the field to tend to him. He remained on the field on one knee as manager Joe Espada joined the group. After a couple minutes, Meyers got up and was helped off the field and to the tunnel in right field by a trainer.
Mauricio Dubón moved from shortstop to center field and Zack Short entered the game to replace Dubón at shortstop.
Meyers is batting .308 with three homers and 21 RBIs this season.
After the game, Meyers met with the media and spoke about the injury. Meyers declined to answer when asked if the latest injury feels worse than the one he sustained Sunday. Wow, that is not a good sign.
Asked if this calf injury feels worse than the one he sustained on Sunday, Jake Meyers looked toward a team spokesman and asked "do I have to answer that?" He did not and then politely ended the interview.
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) July 10, 2025
Lack of imaging strikes again!
The Athletic's Chandler Rome reported on Thursday that the Astros didn't do any imaging on Meyers after the initial injury. You can't make this stuff up. This is exactly the kind of thing that has the Astros return-to-play policy under constant scrutiny.
The All-Star break is right around the corner, why take the risk in playing Meyers after missing just two games with calf discomfort? The guy literally fell to the ground running out to his position before the game started. The people that make these risk vs. reward assessments clearly are making some serious mistakes.
The question remains: will the Astros finally do something about it?