The big story of the night has to be Dukes 16 point win at Purdue. I’ll give the Blue Devils some serious credit for being that impressive, but feel the Big 10 is very overrated. Is Purdue a top 10 team? I really don’t think so. The Big 10 as a whole is lacking, I would even go so far as to say that Michigan State is highly overrated. When it comes time for the tournament how will Purdue and Michigan State score? They might play great defense, but where is that point production coming from? The Spartans are Raymar Morgans team, but he can be shut down on a given night. Purdue is very young and thus far has a balanced scoring attack, but that had come against the likes of Detroit, Eastern Michigan, Loyola(IL),Coppin State, Boston College and Oklahoma. Last night against Duke Purdue had three players in double figures, but I don’t feel that they have a go to guy. Shooting 2-14(15.4%) from 3 is not going to win any ballgames.
Ohio State rallied over Miami from 14 down at the half to stun the Canes. Jack McClinton was thrown out of the game for Miami. Thats a tough loss for Miami, who is looking to prove that last season was no fluke. They have a big date at Kentucky on Saturday, against a club that has not lost since that stunner to VMI.
Rivers has averaged 11.4 ppg to help Clemson to an 8-0 start.
Clemson(8-0) is off to another fast start, the one where they usually don’t lose in the non-conference portion of their schedule. The Tigers rallied against the Fighting Illini(6-1), who lost their first game of the year.
Seton Hall(6-1) continued to roll with super soph Jeremy Hazell scoring 32 in 25 minutes! The Pirates cruised past hapless Monmouth 101-78, squandering what was a 39 point lead in garbage time. Robert Mitchell also scored 23, but has caused concern by hoisting any look he gets (21 fg’s attempted). Eugene Harvey dished out 9 assists and seems to have settled into a role that doesnt require him to score alot every night.
Western Kentucky(4-2) fresh off their upset of Louisville beat Dennis Felton’s Georgia Bulldogs. Felton could be out if the Dawgs don’t have a successful season.
In Division III action, Misericordia(5-2) slipped by Susquehanna. We struggled on the boards, surrending 15 offensive rebounds and were careless with the ball turning it over 18 times in the 67-60 loss at the Anderson Center. Still, the team had a shot at the end to pull one out, but couldnt convert on some late opportunities and Misericordia converted from the charity stripe. Susquehanna(4-2) returns home to O.W. Houts and opens Landmark Conference play for a saturday night tilt with Juniata.
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December 4, 2008 at 12:11 pm
[...] rour MSU Well, i can say I told you so in reference to Michigan State being highly overrated(http://bracketman.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/duke-rolls-hazell-scores-32/). The Spartans never established any flow and North Carolina never looked back on their way to a 35 [...]