Week 15 preview (Feb. 14-20)

[Plebe]

This is a pregame and postgame discussion thread. Chat is the place for "in-game" comments.

Rankings are noted according to the latest Boneyard poll. Most notable matchups are highlighted in bold.

Please chime in with any corrections, additions and updates, especially as games are canceled or replaced.


Mon., Feb. 14

Stephen F. Austin at New Mexico State (4p, ESPN+)​

Stony Brook at UMBC (5p, ESPN+)​

#5 Indiana at Nebraska (7p, BTN)​

#19 Florida at Auburn (7p, SECN)​

#13 Maryland at #25 Iowa (9p, ESPN2)​

#21 Ohio State at Illinois (9p, BTN)​

Tues., Feb. 15

Mississippi State at Kentucky (6p, SECN+)​

Florida State at Syracuse (6p, ACCNX)​

Miami at Virginia (6p, ACCNX)​

Campbell at Hampton (7p, ESPN+)​

Pitt at Boston College (7p, ACCNX)​

West Virginia at Kansas (8p, ESPN+)​

Wed., Feb. 16

Arizona State at Cal (4p, P12N)​

James Madison at Drexel (5p, FloHoops)​

Dayton at Rhode Island (6p, ESPN+)​

Wichita State at UCF (6p, ESPN+)​

Lehigh at Bucknell (6p, ESPN+)​

UMBC at Stony Brook (6:30p, SNY)​

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Texas Tech at #14 Oklahoma (7p, Bally)​

UCLA at #22 Oregon (7p, P12N)​

Cincinnati at South Florida (7p, ESPN+)​

Stephen F. Austin at Chicago State (7p, ESPN+)​

Fordham at UMass (7p, ESPN+)​

Toledo at Ohio (7p, ESPN+)​

Tulane at Tulsa (7:30p, ESPN+)​

Michigan State at Wisconsin (7:30p, BTN+)​

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#7 Iowa State at #15 Texas (8p, LHN)​

TCU at #8 Baylor (8p, ESPN+)​

Marquette at DePaul (8p, FloHoops)​

Fresno State at UNLV (9:30p, MWN)​

Thu., Feb. 17

Loyola Marymount at #17 BYU (1p, BYUtv)​

#3 Louisville at #24 North Carolina (6p, ACCNX)​

Northwestern at #5 Indiana (6p, BTN)​

Arkansas at #19 Florida (6p, SECN+)​

Western Kentucky at Charlotte (6p, ESPN+)​

Pitt at Miami (6p, ACCN)​

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Auburn at #1 South Carolina (7p, SECN)​

#11 LSU at Mississippi State (7p, SECN+)​

#12 Tennessee at Alabama (7p, SECN+)​

Missouri at #20 Georgia (7p, SECN+)​

#23 Virginia Tech at Syracuse (7p, ACCNX)​

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Kennesaw State at Florida Gulf Coast (7p, ESPN+)​

Duke at Virginia (7p, ACCNX)​

South Dakota State at Western Illinois (7p, ESPN+)​

Nebraska at Penn State (7p, BTN+)​

Quinnipiac at Fairfield (7p, ESPN+)​

Liberty at North Florida (7p, ESPN+)​

Boston College at Florida State (7p, ACCNX)​

Georgia State at Troy (7p, ESPN+)​

Illinois at Purdue (7p, BTN+)​

Vanderbilt at Kentucky (7p, SECN+)​

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#21 Ohio State at #13 Maryland (8p, BTN)​

#18 Notre Dame at #16 Georgia Tech (8p, ACCN)​

Wake Forest at #4 NC State (8p, ACCNX)​

Rutgers at Minnesota (8p, BTN+)​

IUPUI at Milwaukee (8p, ESPN+)​

Cal Baptist at Grand Canyon (8p, ESPN+)​

South Dakota at St. Thomas (8p, live stream)​

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St. Mary’s at Gonzaga (9p, WCC)​

Portland at San Francisco (9p, WCC)​

Texas A&M at Ole Miss (9p, SECN)​

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Fri., Feb. 18

Creighton at St. John’s (1p, FloHoops)​

#10 UConn at Xavier (7p, SNY)​

Marquette at Georgetown (7p, FloHoops)​

Brown at Princeton (7p, ESPN+)​

Missouri State at Illinois State (7p, ESPN+)​

Providence at Seton Hall (7p, FloHoops)​

Harvard at Columbia (7p, ESPN+)​

UNC Wilmington at Towson (7p, FloHoops)​

Northern Kentucky at Youngstown State (7p, ESPN+)​

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#2 Stanford at Oregon State (10p, P12N)​

#6 Arizona at Washington (10p, Pac-12 Arizona)​

Cal at #22 Oregon (10p, Pac-12 Oregon)​

Arizona State at Washington State (10p, Pac-12 Washington)​

Colorado at UCLA (10p, Pac-12 Los Angeles)​

Utah at USC (10p, Pac-12 Mountain)​

Sat., Feb. 19

#9 Baylor at TCU (2p, ESPN+)​

Florida Gulf Coast at North Florida (2p, ESPN+)​

UCF at Temple (2p, ESPN+)​

Western Kentucky at Old Dominion (2p, CUSA)​

South Dakota State at St. Thomas (2p, live stream)​

Dayton at Fordham (2p, ESPN+)​

Stetson at Liberty (2p, ESPN+)​

IUPUI at Green Bay (2p, ESPN+)​

Ball State at Toledo (2p, ESPN2)​

Gardner-Webb at Campbell (2p, ESPN+)​

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Lamar at Stephen F. Austin (3p, ESPN+)​

South Dakota at Western Illinois (3p, ESPN3)​

Kansas at Texas Tech (3p, ESPN+)​

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#25 Iowa at #5 Indiana (4p, BTN+)​

Gonzaga at #17 BYU (4p, BYUtv)​

Rhode Island at Richmond (4p, ESPN+)​

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Yale at Princeton (6p, ESPN+)​

#14 Oklahoma at #7 Iowa State (7p, ESPN+)​

Sun., Feb. 20

#15 Texas at West Virginia (12p, ESPN2)​

#20 Georgia at Auburn (12p, SECN)​

#24 North Carolina at Florida State (12p, ACCNX)​

Wake Forest at Boston College (12p, ACCN)​

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#12 Tennessee at #1 South Carolina (1p, ABC)​

Creighton at Seton Hall (1p, FloHoops)​

Drexel at Delaware (1p, FloHoops). For 1st place in the Colonial.​

Wright State at Youngstown State (1p, ESPN+)​

Purdue at Rutgers (1p, BTN)​

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#23 Virginia Tech at #3 Louisville (2p, ACCN)​

Syracuse at #4 NC State (2p, ACCNX)​

Georgetown at #10 UConn (2p, CBSSN)​

Wisconsin at #21 Ohio State (2p, BTN+)​

Kentucky at Arkansas (2p, SECN)​

DePaul at Villanova (2p, FloHoops)​

Duke at Clemson (2p, ACCNX)​

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#13 Maryland at #9 Michigan (3p, BTN)​

#6 Arizona at Washington State (3p, P12N)​

Utah at UCLA (3p, Pac-12 Los Angeles)​

Cal at Oregon State (3p, Pac-12 Oregon/Bay Area)​

Arizona State at Washington (3p, Pac-12 Arizona)​

Ole Miss at Vanderbilt (3p, SECN+)​

Missouri State at Bradley (3p, ESPN+)​

Minnesota at Nebraska (3p, BTN+)​

Mississippi State at Missouri (3p, SECN+)​

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#2 Stanford at #22 Oregon (4p, ESPN2)​

#19 Florida at #11 LSU (4p, SECN)​

Oklahoma State at Kansas State (4p, ESPNU)​

Colorado at USC (4p, Pac-12 Mountain)​

Pitt at Virginia (4p, ACCN)​

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Northwestern at Illinois (5p, BTN)​

Colorado State at Nevada (5p, MWN)​

Houston at Tulane (6p, ESPNU)​

Alabama at Texas A&M (6p, SECN)​

 

[eebmg]

MD vs Iowa. Maybe both teams score over 100? But I guess Iowa is short handed? Is MD at full strength?

 

[Skins87]

MD vs Iowa. Maybe both teams score over 100? But I guess Iowa is short handed? Is MD at full strength?

Owusu is game time decision

 

[azfan]

This is a pregame and postgame discussion thread. Chat is the place for "in-game" comments.

Rankings are noted according to the latest Boneyard poll. Most notable matchups are highlighted in bold.

Please chime in with any corrections, additions and updates, especially as games are canceled or replaced.


Mon., Feb. 14

Stephen F. Austin at New Mexico State (4p, ESPN+)​

Stony Brook at UMBC (5p, ESPN+)​

#5 Indiana at Nebraska (7p, BTN)​

#19 Florida at Auburn (7p, SECN)​

#13 Maryland at #25 Iowa (9p, ESPN2)​

#21 Ohio State at Illinois (9p, BTN)​

Tues., Feb. 15

Mississippi State at Kentucky (6p, SECN+)​

Florida State at Syracuse (6p, ACCNX)​

Miami at Virginia (6p, ACCNX)​

Campbell at Hampton (7p, ESPN+)​

Pitt at Boston College (7p, ACCNX)​

West Virginia at Kansas (8p, ESPN+)​

Wed., Feb. 16

Arizona State at Cal (4p, P12N)​

James Madison at Drexel (5p, FloHoops)​

Dayton at Rhode Island (6p, ESPN+)​

Lehigh at Bucknell (6p, ESPN+)​

Wichita State at UCF (6p, ESPN+)​

UMBC at Stony Brook (6:30p, ESPN+)​

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Texas Tech at #14 Oklahoma (7p, Bally)​

UCLA at #22 Oregon (7p, P12N)​

Cincinnati at South Florida (7p, ESPN+)​

Stephen F. Austin at Chicago State (7p, ESPN+)​

Fordham at UMass (7p, ESPN+)​

Toledo at Ohio (7p, ESPN+)​

Tulane at Tulsa (7:30p, ESPN+)​

Michigan State at Wisconsin (7:30p, BTN+)​

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#7 Iowa State at #15 Texas (8p, LHN)​

TCU at #8 Baylor (8p, ESPN+)​

Marquette at DePaul (8p, FloHoops)​

Fresno State at UNLV (9:30p, MWN)​

Thu., Feb. 17

Loyola Marymount at #17 BYU (1p, BYUtv)​

#3 Louisville at #24 North Carolina (6p, ACCNX)​

Northwestern at #5 Indiana (6p, BTN)​

Arkansas at #19 Florida (6p, SECN+)​

Western Kentucky at Charlotte (6p, ESPN+)​

Pitt at Miami (6p, ACCN)​

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Auburn at #1 South Carolina (7p, SECN)​

#11 LSU at Mississippi State (7p, SECN+)​

#12 Tennessee at Alabama (7p, SECN+)​

Missouri at #20 Georgia (7p, SECN+)​

#23 Virginia Tech at Syracuse (7p, ACCNX)​

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Kennesaw State at Florida Gulf Coast (7p, ESPN+)​

Duke at Virginia (7p, ACCNX)​

South Dakota State at Western Illinois (7p, ESPN+)​

Nebraska at Penn State (7p, BTN+)​

Quinnipiac at Fairfield (7p, ESPN+)​

Liberty at North Florida (7p, ESPN+)​

Boston College at Florida State (7p, ACCNX)​

Georgia State at Troy (7p, ESPN+)​

Illinois at Purdue (7p, BTN+)​

Vanderbilt at Kentucky (7p, SECN+)​

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#21 Ohio State at #13 Maryland (8p, BTN)​

#18 Notre Dame at #16 Georgia Tech (8p, ACCN)​

Wake Forest at #4 NC State (8p, ACCNX)​

Rutgers at Minnesota (8p, BTN+)​

IUPUI at Milwaukee (8p, ESPN+)​

Cal Baptist at Grand Canyon (8p, ESPN+)​

South Dakota at St. Thomas (8p, live stream)​

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St. Mary’s at Gonzaga (9p, WCC)​

Portland at San Francisco (9p, WCC)​

Texas A&M at Ole Miss (9p, SECN)​

[Games for remainder of week to be posted soon.]

NAU takes on Portland State (winless in 2022) at 6pm at home.

 

[Centerstream]

Nebraska beat Indiana 72-55. I watched the 1st quarter and I am guessing that IU was either missing a player or two or was having a bad game because Nebraska looked like the better team on their home court.

 

[Plebe]

Nebraska beat Indiana 72-55. I watched the 1st quarter and I am guessing that IU was either missing a player or two or was having a bad game because Nebraska looked like the better team on their home court.

Indiana's missing their leading scorer and rebounder, Mackenzie Holmes, who was performing like an All-American before her injury. I'm actually surprised they've done as well as they have without her, until tonight. Indiana was not a deep team to begin with

But this isn't really a terrible loss, a true road game against a (+/-) top 30 opponent.

Mackenzie Holmes getting closer to a stretch-run return for IU women

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Good win for Nebraska. It's probably not in the cards for them to host, but as a 6 or 7 seed they could be dangerous to a higher seed.

 

[triaddukefan]

In Big South action..... seems like the Fighting Camels of Campbell have gotten over the hump... .. as they continue to lay waste to conference foes. They defeated the Hampton Pirates 73-55. The Gardner Webb Bulldogs cooled off the red hot Panthers of High Point and ended the Big Cats 6 game winning streak with a 62-53 victory.

This year's race in the Big South is probably the most competitive in conference history. On any given night.... for example... lower tier teams like the Blue Hose of Presbyterian took 2nd place USC-Upstate to the wire .... with the Spartans coming away with a 68-66 victory in a barnburner. The same squads face off again tonight... this time at the home of the Big Hose.

Huge huge game tonight at 7pm.... NC A&T at Longwood... the two most talented teams (probably) in the conference facing off.

 

[donalddoowop]

UMBC vs Stony Brook is actually on SNY tonight.

 

[SECbbfan24]

It would be nice to watch Texas/Iowa St but dont have access to LHN, smh

 

[Centerstream]

UMBC vs Stony Brook is actually on SNY tonight.

Was it streamed on the Fox Sports app???

Sarcasm.

 

[Centerstream]

It would be nice to watch Texas/Iowa St but dont have access to LHN, smh

LHN is actually part of the ESPN umbrella, just like SECN and ACCN but for some reason it isn't carried by some tv providers. I don't believe it is carried by HULU Live or YouTube TV, even if you have the ESPN+ add on. It shows up on the ESPN app schedule but when I select it, I get the message "Media not allowed Access to this program is not included in your provider subscription". I have HULU Live with ESPN +.

 

[Plebe]

LHN is actually part of the ESPN umbrella, just like SECN and ACCN but for some reason it isn't carried by some tv providers. I don't believe it is carried by HULU Live or YouTube TV, even if you have the ESPN+ add on. It shows up on the ESPN app schedule but when I select it, I get the message "Media not allowed Access to this program is not included in your provider subscription". I have HULU Live with ESPN +.

I believe Sling is the only online streaming service that carries LHN.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Texas Tech takes down Oklahoma at OU. OU obviously has had a great year but dang thats a really bad loss

 

[triaddukefan]

Texas Tech takes down Oklahoma at OU. OU obviously has had a great year but dang thats a really bad loss

 

[Plebe]

Texas Tech takes down Oklahoma at OU. OU obviously has had a great year but dang thats a really bad loss

And now Tech has wins over both Texas and Oklahoma.

I give up on trying to understand this season.

 

[bballnut90]

Longhorns with another romp over Iowa State too. Weird season to say the least.

 

[Plebe]

Iowa State had a rough time in Austin today, but Ashley Joens became the Cyclones' all-time leading scorer, passing both Bridget Carleton and Angie Welle.

 

[Vowelguy]

LHN is actually part of the ESPN umbrella, just like SECN and ACCN but for some reason it isn't carried by some tv providers. I don't believe it is carried by HULU Live or YouTube TV, even if you have the ESPN+ add on. It shows up on the ESPN app schedule but when I select it, I get the message "Media not allowed Access to this program is not included in your provider subscription". I have HULU Live with ESPN +.

Because cable networks need to pay money to the providers and sports networks typically charge pretty hefty fees. (Thus the reason why cord cutting was particularly disastrous for ESPN.) Outside of Texas, who wants to watch a Texas-centric network? A cable network is not going to pay $2-3/subscriber for something no one watches. Same reason the PAC network doesnt have much coverage east of the Rockies.

 

[eyeroll]

Because cable networks need to pay money to the providers and sports networks typically charge pretty hefty fees. (Thus the reason why cord cutting was particularly disastrous for ESPN.) Outside of Texas, who wants to watch a Texas-centric network? A cable network is not going to pay $2-3/subscriber for something no one watches. Same reason the PAC network doesnt have much coverage east of the Rockies.

I live in Texas and I can't even watch LHN, which boggles my mind. I was going to watch the game last night, thinking I could. Maybe it's only an add-on or something, I dunno, but it just makes me wonder who is actually watching these games? Lol

 

[southie]

Highlights:

 

[UCFKnights]

UCF had a first half hangover against Wichita State last night but then blew them out in the second half 60-35. Up to 29 in NET but are only getting 5 votes in the AP poll. Florida and FGCU are in the top 25 with worse NET numbers, and much worse RPI numbers but that's a more flawed stat. UCF is 7th in RPI which as well as they are doing isn't reasonable obviously.

 

[Crash96]

UCF had a first half hangover against Wichita State last night but then blew them out in the second half 60-35. Up to 29 in NET but are only getting 5 votes in the AP poll. Florida and FGCU are in the top 25 with worse NET numbers, and much worse RPI numbers but that's a more flawed stat. UCF is 7th in RPI which as well as they are doing isn't reasonable obviously.

Record: UCF 19-3/ FGCU 22-2
Net: UCF 29/ FGCU 36
Massey: UCF 30/FGCU 48
SOS (according to Massey): UCF 55/FGCU 250
RPI: UCF 6/ FGCU 31
Top 25: UCF NR (5 votes)/FGCU 25
I don’t understand the anti UCF bias in the AP poll. My only explanation is most voters just aren’t paying attention to them.

 

[donalddoowop]

Because cable networks need to pay money to the providers and sports networks typically charge pretty hefty fees. (Thus the reason why cord cutting was particularly disastrous for ESPN.) Outside of Texas, who wants to watch a Texas-centric network? A cable network is not going to pay $2-3/subscriber for something no one watches. Same reason the PAC network doesnt have much coverage east of the Rockies.

I read that when Texas leaves the Big 12, they will drop the LHN.

 

[southie]

I read that when Texas leaves the Big 12, they will drop the LHN.

Yes, that's inevitable as no other school in the SEC has its own TV network with ESPN. All schools are part of ESPN's SEC TV Network (which is currently operated out of Charlotte, NC). Most expect that LHN (operated in Austin, TX) will kind of be spun into a second SEC TV Network station in order to air more SEC sports content. Obviously, it could be shut down altogether based on cost.

Oklahoma will also lose their third-tier TV rights agreement with Bally Sports network.

 

[visitingcock]

Yes, that's inevitable as no other school in the SEC has its own TV network with ESPN. All schools are part of ESPN's SEC TV Network (which is currently operated out of Charlotte, NC). Most expect that LHN (operated in Austin, TX) will kind of be spun into a second SEC TV Network station in order to air more SEC sports content. Obviously, it could be shut down altogether based on cost.

Oklahoma will also lose their third-tier TV rights agreement with Bally Sports networK

There has been some discussion of using the LHN as a second SECN channel that focuses on the SEC West while the existing channel will focus on the East. (with Alabama and Auburn going east and Mizzou going west). That would proably work in football, but probably not for other sports, But football pays the bills.