What a wild first weekend of the college basketball season! There were a bunch of high major upsets…
- Sacramento State spoils Bobby Hurley’s debut at Arizona State with a 66-63 win. Another tough one on deck tonight for the Sun Devils (keep reading…)
- UCLA dropped their season opener to Monmouth in overtime 84-81 on Friday. The Bruins then eeked on out against Cal Poly on Sunday 88-83. At least the have T.J. Leaf on the way next season…
- Radford beats Georgetown 82-80 in double overtime. It doesn’t get any easier for the Hoyas, – they now enter a tough three game stretch: on the road at Maryland, home vs. Wisconsin, and then either Duke or VCU at the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Wounded Warriors @ Madison Square Garden.
- Nice debut for head coach Matt McCall at Chattanooga. His Mocs went into Athens and beat Georgia 92-90 in overtime.
- Tough start for Bo Ryan’s Badgers – they dropped a 69-67 decision to Western Illinois. I’m still not convinced that this will be his last season…
- The ink was still wet on Mark Gottfried’s newly signed extension when his NC State squad got throttled by William & Mary 85-68 on Friday. The Wolfpack did rebound to beat South Alabama 88-70 on Sunday.
- Troy University, who was just 10-19 last season, went into South Florida and upset Orlando Antigua’s Bulls 82-77.
- Belmont beats Marquette on the road 83-80. Rick Byrd’s Bruins have Arizona State tonight – definitely a game to keep an eye on.
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