December 27th Wrap-up

Running behind today. Hopefully will get a seed list out later, as well as finishing up the one-bids.

LSU 64, Washington St. 52
Alright, I was wrong. Happy? At halftime, these two teams had combined for 10-40 shooting. Pathetic. As a friend of mine said, this is what happens when you combine bad shooters and good defense. Bah – LSU gets their win, Wazzu gets relegated to the “Haven’t beaten anyone” bin.

Louisville 82, UAB 62
Louisville gets a much-needed decent win, after failing against Minnesota and Western Kentucky. UAB fails in that same endeavor. The Blazers really needs a win over Butler now to have a shot at making the tournament, which they will probably still need, since the conference tournament runs through Memphis.

West Virginia 76, Ohio St. 48
Holy crap. Either Lighty was that important, or Bob Huggins is an excellent coach. Seriously – Ohio St. was a top 15 team, that was heading for a spot in the top two lines. But a top team does NOT LOSE AT HOME by 30 points. But what worries me more is that the Buckeyes just stopped near the end of the game. This win also establishes West Virginia as a team on the rise in the Big East – not something that anyone in the conference wanted to hear.

Portland St. 63, Texas Southern 55; St. Mary’s 87, San Jose St. 78
Two games that were much tougher than they needed to be. But, both of these West Coast Wonders pulled it out.