Despite only trailing 36-33 at the half against #16 Utah, Texas Tech fell in their first game of the tournament 73-63. Hurricanes football and the Dolphins are both suffering through more seasons of mediocrity after firing their coaches mid-season. By getting so many guys in off the bench, they will be able to keep their stars’ minutes down and keep their legs fresh. They finished with wins over teams from the SEC and B1G, and had a convincing win in the 5th place game against Minnesota.
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“Like I said before, we tried to do things the right way up there, ” he said. “It felt good. I was relaxed more than anything”.
Kentucky took the No. 1 spot from North Carolina after the Tar Heels lost to Northern Iowa.
The Canes rolled up Mississippi State on Friday night, 105-79-Miami’s highest points total since amassing that same number in 2004 against Savannah State; hardly an SEC program. That’s something that everybody told me was impossible. Tyler Wideman added eight points and 10 rebounds. We’re all about excellence.
ESPN college hoops guru Andy Katz said during the UM-Butler broadcast: “If they hold on here, they’re not just going to be in the Top 25, they could be in the top 10”. But this time, they managed to fight back and make a game of it.
“It’s only November”, Larranaga said Sunday night.
While Butler hasn’t brought home any hardware from their previous few preseason tournaments, they’ve used them as a platform to get experience playing against quality teams. The Puerto Rico Tipoff tournament win will be great for the Hurricanes confidence going forwards.
After the Hurricanes’ showing in San Juan, they have the look of a team that will be a major force in that title chase. McClellan, as expected, is the team’s leading scorer at 17.4 ppg. Slowly but surely the Owls began to chip away at the Utes double digit lead and reclaim the lead by 1 point with 3 minutes left to play.
Senior forward Joey King was scorching in the first half, hitting five straight three-pointers for 15 of his team-high 18 points.
Devaugntah Williams scored 21 points to help Texas Tech beat Minnesota 81-68 in Sunday’s fifth-place game at the Puerto Rico Tipoff.
“We’ve got to do a better job of doing that- when we have a big lead, just step on the gas and don’t let teams come back”, Morris said.
But if there was one play that made a difference, it came 5 1/2 minutes before halftime. Angel Rodriguez is dishing five assists and Tonye Jekiri is grabbing 9.5 rebounds.
It should be noted that Miami did race out to n 8-0 record previous year while ascending to No. 15 in the rankings. That’s unlikely to be the case for the rest of this calendar year.
The Owls stayed with the Utes and finally took a 66-65 lead with 2:40 left when Alston buried a 3-pointer and Lowe dunked the ball one possession later. “Whether we’re ranked or not ranked is not the motivation”.
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The win was career victory No. 540 for head coach Tubby Smith and enabled the Red Raiders to snap an 18-game losing streak in road/neutral court games.
