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[CNOTES]

NCAAB
Dunkel

Friday, January 8

Valparaiso @ Oakland

Game 871-872
January 8, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Valparaiso
61.200
Oakland
62.105
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Oakland
by 1
146
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Valparaiso
by 2
154
Dunkel Pick:
Oakland
(+2); Under

Buffalo @ Kent State

Game 873-874
January 8, 2016 @ 6:30 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Buffalo
55.743
Kent State
60.264
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Kent State
by 4 1/2
144
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Kent State
by 6 1/2
150 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Buffalo
(+6 1/2); Under

Western Michigan @ Akron

Game 875-876
January 8, 2016 @ 7:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Western Michigan
49.899
Akron
63.379
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Akron
by 13 1/2
147
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Akron
by 11 1/2
141 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Akron
(-11 1/2); Over

Illinois-Chicago @ Detroit

Game 877-878
January 8, 2016 @ 9:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Illinois-Chicago
40.364
Detroit
57.737
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Detroit
by 17 1/2
163
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Detroit
by 16
160 1/2
Dunkel Pick:
Detroit
(-16); Over

Utah @ Colorado

Game 879-880
January 8, 2016 @ 9:00 pm

Dunkel Rating:
Utah
68.460
Colorado
66.635
Dunkel Team:
Dunkel Line:
Dunkel Total:
Utah
by 2
144
Vegas Team:
Vegas Line:
Vegas Total:
Colorado
by 2
147
Dunkel Pick:
Utah
(+2); Under




NCAAB
Long Sheet

Friday, January 8

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VALPARAISO (11 - 3) at OAKLAND (9 - 6) - 1/8/2016, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
OAKLAND is 8-2 ATS (+5.8 Units) in all games this season.
OAKLAND is 8-2 ATS (+5.8 Units) in all lined games this season.
OAKLAND is 19-6 ATS (+12.4 Units) as an underdog over the last 2 seasons.
OAKLAND is 13-4 ATS (+8.6 Units) after scoring 80 points or more over the last 2 seasons.
OAKLAND is 13-4 ATS (+8.6 Units) versus good defensive teams - allowing <=64 points/game over the last 2 seasons.
VALPARAISO is 30-14 ATS (+14.6 Units) on Friday nights since 1997.
VALPARAISO is 21-9 ATS (+11.1 Units) when playing with 5 or 6 days rest since 1997.
VALPARAISO is 14-5 ATS (+8.5 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
OAKLAND is 4-0 against the spread versus VALPARAISO over the last 3 seasons
OAKLAND is 2-2 straight up against VALPARAISO over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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BUFFALO (7 - 7) at KENT ST (10 - 4) - 1/8/2016, 6:30 PM
There are no Top Trends with records of significance that apply to this game.

Head-to-Head Series History
BUFFALO is 4-0 against the spread versus KENT ST over the last 3 seasons
BUFFALO is 4-0 straight up against KENT ST over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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W MICHIGAN (6 - 8) at AKRON (12 - 2) - 1/8/2016, 7:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
W MICHIGAN is 6-17 ATS (-12.7 Units) as a road underdog of 9.5 to 12 points since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
AKRON is 3-2 against the spread versus W MICHIGAN over the last 3 seasons
AKRON is 3-2 straight up against W MICHIGAN over the last 3 seasons
4 of 5 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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IL-CHICAGO (2 - 10) at DETROIT (8 - 5) - 1/8/2016, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
IL-CHICAGO is 2-8 ATS (-6.8 Units) in all games this season.
IL-CHICAGO is 2-8 ATS (-6.8 Units) in all lined games this season.
IL-CHICAGO is 2-8 ATS (-6.8 Units) as an underdog this season.
IL-CHICAGO is 29-47 ATS (-22.7 Units) in road games in January games since 1997.
IL-CHICAGO is 2-9 ATS (-7.9 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
DETROIT is 6-16 ATS (-11.6 Units) as a home favorite of 12.5 or more points since 1997.
DETROIT is 19-39 ATS (-23.9 Units) in home games in January games since 1997.

Head-to-Head Series History
IL-CHICAGO is 3-1 against the spread versus DETROIT over the last 3 seasons
DETROIT is 3-1 straight up against IL-CHICAGO over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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UTAH (11 - 4) at COLORADO (12 - 3) - 1/8/2016, 9:00 PM
Top Trends for this game.
COLORADO is 20-9 ATS (+10.1 Units) when the total is 140 to 149.5 over the last 3 seasons.
UTAH is 43-28 ATS (+12.2 Units) in all games over the last 3 seasons.
UTAH is 43-28 ATS (+12.2 Units) in all lined games over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
UTAH is 3-1 against the spread versus COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
UTAH is 3-1 straight up against COLORADO over the last 3 seasons
2 of 3 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons

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NCAAB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Friday, January 8

Home side won all four Oakland-Valparaiso games in Horizon play, with Crusaders losing 75-70/89-75ot in two visits here. Valpo is 4-3 on road with two top 60 wins, at URI/Oregon State. Crusaders have #17 eFG% defense in country. Oakland is 2-3 in last five games, losing 100-98 in its last game, when Youngstown made 16-32 on arc. Favorites are 7-4 vs the spread in Horizon games, 2-0 on road.

Buffalo won last four games with Kent, winning 78-69/71-65 in last two visits here. Bulls lost two of last three games, are 0-5 in true road games, with all five losses to top 100 teams- they're 7-0 vs teams outside top 100. Kent won six of last eight games; they won MAC opener in OT at Western Michigan, despite blowing 12-point lead in 2nd half. Favorites are 3-3 against the spread in MAC play.

Akron is 15-3 in its last 18 games with Western Michigan; they swept three games with Broncos LY, winning by 20-2-13 points. WMU lost its last seven visits to Akron, with all seven losses by 9+ points. Akron won its last nine games- its last loss was Nov 24. Zips are holding teams to 26.3% on arc (#3)- they have #21 eFG%. Broncos lost three of last four games, are 4-8 vs D-I teams; they turn ball over 20.4% of time (#288).

Detroit won nine of last 11 games with Ill-Chicago, but lost 83-73 here to Flames LY, its first home loss to UIC in last six years. Titans scored 92 ppg in winning first two Horizon games by 9-8 points; they've won six of last eight games overall. UIC has new coach; they've 0-10 vs D-I foes with two wins vs non-D-I teams. Flames' eFG% is 39%, worst in USA. Horizon home favorites are 5-4 vs spread.

Utah won its last three games with Colorado by 11-25-28 points; home side won six of eight series games since this became Pac-12 rivalry. Utes won 79-51 here LY, after losing by 40-10-4 points in its previous three trips here. Utah scored 63 ppg in getting swept on Bay Area trip LW, after starting season 11-2. Three of last four Colorado games were won by 4 or less points. Pac-12 home favorites are 4-2 vs spread.




NCAAB

Friday, January 8

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Trend Report
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6:30 PM
BUFFALO vs. KENT STATE
Buffalo is 2-18 SU in its last 20 games when playing on the road against Kent State
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Buffalo's last 9 games when playing on the road against Kent State
Kent State is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Kent State is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games

7:00 PM
VALPARAISO vs. OAKLAND
Valparaiso is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Oakland
Oakland is 16-4 SU in its last 20 games at home
Oakland is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games

7:00 PM
WESTERN MICHIGAN vs. AKRON
Western Michigan is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
Western Michigan is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Akron
Akron is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Akron is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

8:00 PM
DANIEL WEBSTER vs. YALE
No trends available
Yale is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Yale is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games

9:00 PM
UTAH vs. COLORADO
Utah is 3-8 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Utah's last 6 games on the road
Colorado is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games at home
Colorado is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games

9:00 PM
ILLINOIS-CHICAGO vs. DETROIT
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Illinois-Chicago's last 7 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Illinois-Chicago is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Detroit is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

 

[CNOTES]

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8


GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS




BUFF at KENT 06:30 PM


KENT -6.5 BEST BET




WMU at AKR 07:00 PM


AKR -10.0 BEST BET




VALP at OAK 07:00 PM


VALP -3.0




UIC at DET 09:00 PM


DET -16.0




UTAH at COLO 09:00 PM

UTAH +1.5 BEST BET

 

[CNOTES]

Saturday's Tip Sheet
January 8, 2016


**North Carolina at Syracuse**


-- North Carolina (14-2 straight up, 7-8-1 against the spread) is out to a 3-0 start in ACC play and will be looking to remain unbeaten Saturday night at the Carrier Dome. Roy Williams’s team smashed FSU 106-90 on Monday as a 3.5-point road favorite.


-- Brice Johnson went off in Tallahassee, dropping 39 points and 23 rebounds on the Seminoles while making 14-of-16 shots from the field. The senior power forward also had three steals and three blocked shots. Marcus Paige also enjoyed a stellar performance, producing 30 points, five rebounds and five assists without committing a turnover.


-- Johnson paces UNC in scoring (16.8 points per game), rebounding (10.6 RPG) and blocked shots (1.1 BPG). He is making 64.5 percent of his shots from the field and has excellent touch at the free-throw line (80.6%) for a big man. Johnson also has 16 steals.


-- UNC has lost both SU and ATS in two of its three true road assignments. The Tar Heels lost at No. Iowa (71-67) without Paige and fell 84-82 at Texas.


-- North Carolina loves to push the pace, ranking No. 5 in the nation in scoring (87.8 points per game). The Tar Heels are 13th in the nation in field-goal percentage, knocking down shots from the floor at a 50.0 percent clip.


-- Since missing the first six games, Paige has been dynamite, averaging 16.3 PPG while burying 49.5 percent of his shots from the field, 44.4 percent from 3-point land and 80.6 percent at the charity stripe. He also has a stellar 37/6 assists-to-turnovers ratio.


-- Justin Jackson, a sophomore swingman, is scoring at a 12.8 PPG clip. He has a 52/22 assists-to-turnovers ratio to along with 13 steals, 10 blocked shots and a 4.1 RPG average. Joel Berry II has dished out a team-best 69 assists compared to 33 turnovers. The sophomore point guard is also scoring in double figures (12.5 PPG) and has a team-high 22 steals.


-- Junior forward Kennedy Meeks (12.3 PPG, 7.4 RPG) is expected to miss his eighth consecutive game Saturday night due to a knee injury. Williams hopes to have Meeks back in the next week or two.


-- Syracuse (10-6 SU, 6-9 ATS) has lost three in a row to open ACC action and it has failed to cover the spread in four straight games. The Orange lost at Pitt (72-61) and at Miami (64-51) before dropping a 74-73 decision to Clemson in overtime Tuesday night. The Tigers went into the Carrier Dome and won outright as 4.5-point underdogs. In the losing effort, Michael Gbinije scored a team-high 22 points. Malachi Richardson added 21 points and nine rebounds, while Tyler Roberson and Trevor Cooney also scored in double figures with 14 and 12 points, respectively.


-- Jim Boeheim’s squad has won seven of its nine home games, going 4-4 versus the number. Syracuse lost at home to Wisconsin 66-58 in overtime before its recent defeats against the Clemson. The Orange is in its first home underdog situation here vs. UNC.


-- Syracuse has been an underdog four times this year, producing a 2-2 record both SU and ATS with outright wins against UConn and Texas A&M on a neutral court.


-- UNC is ranked seventh in the RPI thanks to seven wins over Top-100 opponents. The Tar Heels’ best wins have come at home vs. Maryland and vs. Davidson. They also own a road win at FSU, in addition to neutral-court triumphs over Kansas St., Temple and UCLA.


-- Syracuse is No. 71 in the RPI Rankings. The ‘Cuse is 1-2 against the Top 50 and 3-4 versus the Top 100. The Orange’s worst defeats were against Clemson (RPI: 148) and at St. John’s (#182). Their best win was at home vs. St. Bonaventure (#66).


-- Gbinije leads the ‘Cuse in scoring (18.0 PPG), assists (4.6 APG) and steals (2.3 SPG). Cooney and Richardson are both scoring at a 13.0 PPG clip. Tyler Lydon, a 6-8 freshman, is averaging 9.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocked shots per game.


-- The ‘over’ is 8-7 overall for the ‘Cuse, but the ‘under’ has cashed in four of its last six contests.


-- The ‘over’ has hit in eight straight and is 12-4-1 overall for UNC, 2-1 in its three road outings.


-- As of late Friday afternoon, one offshore shop had UNC installed as a seven-point favorite.


-- Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. Eastern on ESPN.

**Kansas at Texas Tech**


-- Kansas (13-1 SU, 9-3 ATS) is 2-0 in Big 12 play and atop the league standings along with West Virginia. However, Bill Self’s team could be in letdown mode for this road trip to Lubbock. KU is off Monday’s emotional triple-overtime win over Oklahoma by a 109-106 count. The Jayhawks, who were seven-point home ‘chalk’ to OU, saw their 5-0 ATS spree halted.


-- Perry Ellis led the way against the Sooners with 27 points and 13 rebounds. Devonte Graham added 20 points, seven boards and three assists, while Wayne Selden Jr. finished with 21 points and five boards. Frank Mason contributed 15 points, seven rebounds, six assists and three steals.


-- As of late Friday afternoon, one offshore book had KU listed as a seven-point favorite.


-- KU has won 12 in a row while posting an 8-2 spread record. The Jayhawks are 3-2 ATS in five games as single-digit favorites.


-- KU is No. 3 in the RPI with a 7-1 record against the Top 100. The Jayhawks’ best wins are vs. Oregon State and vs. OU. They also have scalps over UCLA and Vanderbilt on a neutral court, in addition to a 70-57 victory at San Diego St.


-- KU’s lone loss of the season came in the form of a 79-73 setback vs Michigan State on Nov. 17 at United Center in Chicago. The Jayhawks allowed an 11-point lead with 9:42 remaining get away.


-- Ellis leads KU in scoring (16.1 PPG) and rebounding (6.6 RPG). Selden is scoring at a 15.9 PPG clip and is draining 54.2 percent of his shots from downtown. Selden also has a 44/21 assists-to-turnovers ratio. Mason averages 13.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and owns a 78/22 assists-to-turnovers ratio. Mason is tied for the team-high in steals with 26.


-- Texas Tech (11-2 SU, 8-2 ATS) is perfect at home this year with a 9-0 SU record and a 6-0 ATS mark. Tubby Smith’s squad has covered the number in eight consecutive games.


-- Texas Tech saw its 10-game winning streak snapped in Wednesday’s 76-69 loss at Iowa St., but it took the cash as an 11-point underdog. Justin Gray had a team-best 14 points and nine rebounds. Toddrick Gotcher tallied 12 points, seven rebounds and eight assists without a turnover.


-- Texas Tech is 2-1 ATS with one outright win (vs. Minnesota on a neutral floor) in three games as an underdog. The Red Raiders’ only other loss prior to going to Ames was a 73-63 setback against Utah on Nov. 19 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.


-- Devaugntah Williams is averaging a team-high 14.8 PPG Gotcher is averaging 11.8 points, 4.6 rebounds and is burying 3-balls at a 42.2 percent clip. Zach Smith is also scoring in double figures (10.2 PPG) and paces the Red Raiders in rebounding (6.5 RPG) and field-goal percentage (58.1%).


-- Totals have been an overall wash (5-5) for the Red Raiders, but they’ve watched the ‘over’ go 4-2 in their home outings.


-- The ‘over’ is 8-3 overall for KU, 1-0 in its lone true road contest.


-- ESPNU will have the broadcast at 9:00 p.m. Eastern.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Hokies (10-5) at Blue Devils (13-2)
Date: January 09, 2016 12:00 PM EDT

Buzz Williams knew when he took the job that he'd have to be patient during his attempt to build Virginia Tech into an ACC contender.


The Hokies aren't there yet, but an upset win over their biggest rival certainly is a major step in the process.


Virginia Tech hasn't started 3-0 in conference play since it last won at Duke in 2007, a feat it can accomplish by avoiding a ninth straight loss to the 14th-ranked Blue Devils on Saturday.


Williams left Marquette for Blacksburg and went 11-22 with a 2-16 mark in the ACC in his first season. The Hokies (10-5, 2-0) are on the verge of matching that win total already after Monday's 70-68 home victory over No. 4 Virginia.


Virginia Tech beat North Carolina State 73-68 in overtime in last Saturday's conference opener, overcoming a 16-point deficit. It hasn't made the NCAA Tournament since 2006-07, the last time it last started 3-0 in the ACC.


"When you show up as David every day against Goliath, you just kind of have a demeanor or a spirit of, 'Well, we have to fight again,'" Williams said. 'I don't think that we're good enough for it to be pure basketball. I think it has to be more of a fight, pseudo basketball, because that's what gives us our best chance.'


The Hokies beat their rivals despite the Cavaliers shooting 49 percent, their first victory over an opponent that shot at least that well since Feb. 18, 2012. Zach LeDay scored 22 points and Justin Bibbs added 16 for Virginia Tech, which committed eight turnovers and forced 16.


"I'm not surprised at all," said LeDay, who's in his first season with the Hokies after transferring from South Florida. "We play to win games. I came here to win games. It's not surprising. We just need to keep on fighting and keep on working every day and keep on attacking practice with the same mindset. If we do that, we're going to keep winning."


The Hokies nearly stunned eventual national champion Duke in the only meeting last season but fell 91-86 in overtime at home. They've lost eight straight matchups since a home victory Feb. 26, 2011, and five consecutive visits to Cameron Indoor Stadium since last winning there Jan. 6, 2007.


The Blue Devils (13-2, 2-0) enter this contest having won four straight by an average of 23.5 points. Grayson Allen scored 24 and freshman Luke Kennard added 23 in Wednesday's 91-75 rout of Wake Forest.


Kennard was the only one to play more than eight minutes off the bench in a rotation that coach Mike Krzyzewski has had to alter since Amile Jefferson fractured his foot. The senior forward has missed the last six and is out indefinitely.


'There's nobody to sub in,' Krzyzewski said. 'We're literally on an edge all the time. Our guys have to realize that, and they have to play, not conservatively, but smart.'


Marshall Plumlee went 7 for 7 from the field and finished with a career-high 18 points after not attempting a shot in 34 minutes in last Saturday's win at Boston College.


"Coach believes in me just like he believes in every one of us,' Plumlee said. 'And when you have belief of your teammates and a great coaching staff, you feel like you can take on the world.'


Plumlee and Allen are the only two remaining from Duke's win over Virginia Tech last season when they combined for six points - all from Allen - in 13 minutes. Jalen Hudson scored 23 points in the loss.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Terrapins (14-1) at Badgers (9-7)
Date: January 09, 2016 1:00 PM EDT

The Wisconsin faithful braced for Diamond Stone's seemingly inevitable commitment to the Badgers. The highly recruited big man led Milwaukee's Dominican High School to four state championships on the Kohl Center floor, and most felt there was little reason for him to leave a state where he was beloved.


Everything changed when Stone chose Maryland. Badger fans tormented him on social media, with former coach Bo Ryan's daughter even tweeting a subtle jab at him.


Stone feels no regrets about his decision, though, as he prepares to visit Madison with the third-ranked Terrapins on Saturday, choosing instead to ignore the distractions and focus on leading a team dealing with a hobbled Melo Trimble.


"Milwaukee always is going to be home, but Maryland is my new home," Stone said. "If the crowd is loud, then that's the environment I like to play in. I Iike to play in big environments. I'm pretty sure it's going to be a sold-out game, and I'm ready to play."


Coach Mark Turgeon hasn't coddled the potential one-and-done. Stone averaged 9.0 points while starting six of his first seven games, but Turgeon made him the sixth man after Maryland (14-1, 3-0 Big Ten) lost at then-No. 9 North Carolina on Dec. 1.


Stone has averaged 16.9 points while shooting 61 percent during the Terps' eight-game winning streak, including a 39-point effort against Penn State on Dec. 30.


He started Wednesday's 88-63 win over Rutgers and finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, but Turgeon called that a "mistake that better not happen again" after Stone's name inadvertently was written in the scorebook on one of the top five lines.


Turgeon wants Stone to come off the bench against the Badgers (9-7, 1-2), but Trimble's availability could change that. Trimble scored all four of his points at the free-throw line and sat out the second half against Rutgers with hamstring tightness.


The sophomore point guard has been limited in practice since, and Turgeon is taking a cautious approach.


"Hopefully he'll be better on Saturday," Turgeon said. "It's something we need to be concerned about, something we need to watch, but I think with proper care and stretching and doing everything right, he should be fine."


Trimble scored 16 points as Maryland beat eventual national runner-up Wisconsin 59-53 in the only meeting last season, but the Terps will be facing a shell of that Badgers team in this matchup.


Wisconsin's four home losses equal the amount from the previous two seasons combined, and it is 2-2 under interim coach Greg Gard since Ryan retired abruptly following a win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Dec. 15.


The Badgers are off to their worst start in Big Ten play since dropping three of their first four in 2011-12 following a 59-58 loss at Indiana on Tuesday. Bronson Koenig and Nigel Hayes finished with 15 points apiece as they shot just 41.3 percent.


Wisconsin also committed 14 turnovers, bringing its average to 11.6 per game. It hasn't averaged that many since turning it over 12.2 times per game in 2007-08.


"The loss (Tuesday) stings, and it will," Gard said. "But to be able to bring a younger team on the road in this environment and have a chance to win in the final 50 seconds is a step in the right direction."


Maryland hasn't played at the Kohl Center as a member of the Big Ten and is making its first trip there since losing 69-64 on Nov. 30, 2004.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Aggies (12-2) at Volunteers (8-6)
Date: January 09, 2016 1:00 PM EDT

Texas A&M survived its worst shooting night of the season in someone else's building, but its next opponent seems less likely to let it slip through the cracks.


Tennessee, unbeaten at home, enters Saturday's meeting coming off a prettier victory and will now try to stop the 21st-ranked Aggies short of matching their best start in the SEC since joining the conference in 2012-13.


The Aggies (12-2, 2-0) escaped with Wednesday's 61-60 win at Mississippi State despite shooting a season-low 30.6 percent with 19 field goals made. It was the first time they'd won while shooting under 35.0 percent in more than three years.


"I'm real proud of our guys for fighting through it," said coach Billy Kennedy, whose team can win six straight for the second time this season and open SEC play 3-0 for the second time in the last three seasons. "We didn't shoot the ball well. We didn't finish around the basket like we have and you've got to give Mississippi State some credit for that. But we found a way to win."


That was on the offensive glass, where A&M got a season-high 20 rebounds and held a plus-10 advantage. Replicating it seems less likely against Tennessee, which held a 48.5-38.5 rebounding edge in two conference games with 19.0 per game on the offensive end - but the Aggies might be less reliant on second chances with a key player back.


Second leading scorer Danuel House, who averages 15.2 points, missed the Mississippi State game because of a personal matter and is expected back against the Volunteers.


The Aggies have won the last three meetings, though all four since they joined the SEC have been tight, with Tennessee's 93-85 four-overtime win in 2012-13 the largest margin of victory for either. The latest meeting was a 67-61 win for the Aggies in Tennessee on Jan. 24 in which Jalen Jones scored 18 points on 8-of-13 shooting.


Jones, the team's top scorer at 15.8 points per game, has averaged 18.4 in his last five despite being held to 11 while going 3 of 13 against the Bulldogs.


Tennessee's top scorer has been a bit hotter. Kevin Punter Jr. ranks second in the conference with 23.1 points per game and had 26 in Wednesday's 83-69 home win over Florida. The guard has averaged 26.7 and shot 57.4 percent while going 7 of 14 from 3-point range in the last three games as offseason adjustments settle in.


First-year coach Rick Barnes suggested Punter alter the mechanics of his shot this offseason, which was initially met with timidity.


"I didn't want to do it, to be honest with you, just for the simple fact that I've been (shooting that way) all my life," Punter said. "I always knew my shot was ugly. I didn't want to do it, but I said, 'I'm going to give it a try.'


"And to be honest with you, it worked out."


The Volunteers (8-6, 1-1) have gotten to 8-0 at home after closing last season with five straight losses on their own court. They made 20 of 39 shots for a 53-31 halftime lead, and that advantage grew to 30 in the second half before things cooled off.


"We started turning the ball over and not executing," Barnes said. "But it was a great win for us. It really was. I'm really happy for our guys. We came out, and without question, it was the best game we've played all year."


Barnes will now try to take down a ranked opponent for the first time with his new team, and Tennessee has won seven of its last 10 home games against the Top 25 with all of the losses coming against top-three teams.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Cowboys (9-5) at Mountainers (13-1)
Date: January 09, 2016 1:00 PM EDT

After declaring its legitimacy with a pair of impressive road wins to open Big 12 play, West Virginia is in line for a matchup with the nation's top team next week.


Before turning their attention toward Kansas, the 17th-ranked Mountaineers will try to keep their perfect home record intact Saturday against Oklahoma State.


West Virginia (13-1, 2-0) rolled through the non-conference portion of its schedule with seven straight wins before losing to No. 10 Virginia on Dec. 8. That proved only a momentary blip for the Mountaineers, who bounced back with four more victories by an average of 27.5 points against inferior competition.


Beginning conference play with road contests against Kansas State and TCU figured to be a far more difficult challenge.


While nothing came easy for West Virginia, it emerged with a pair of wins and now returns home to face Oklahoma State (9-5, 1-1) before No. 1 Kansas visits Tuesday.


Coming off an 87-83 double-overtime victory over Kansas State two days earlier, West Virginia looked like a team that had been on the road for six days in Monday's 95-87 win at TCU. The Mountaineers set season highs in fouls (33) and turnovers (22) and missed 13 free throws - eight coming in the second half.


With numbers such as those, it was no surprise they faced a seven-point deficit in the second half. However, Jaysean Paige and Tarik Phillip came up huge down the stretch and the Mountaineers used a 14-2 run to build an 11-point lead with 2:58 remaining.


"We were turning the ball over at an alarming rate," coach Bob Huggins said. "I figured our best chance was to give it to the guys that you trust the most with it, and tell them don't pass it unless you have to."


Paige scored 18 of his 20 points in the second half, with nine coming inside the 6-minute mark. Phillip had 14 of his 18 in the final 20 minutes, including a 3-pointer that triggered the key run.


"Tarik was terrific, Tarik is so competitive. I thought he as much as anybody willed us to win," Huggins said. "Then Jaysean comes in and gets 20 in 15 minutes. ... We're pretty good when he stays in the game."


Paige has averaged 19.8 points in his last four after starting the season with 10.1 through 10 contests.


Phillip also has elevated his play lately, averaging 12.8 points on 61.3 percent shooting over his past six after scoring 4.5 on 27.5 from the field in his first eight.


Avoiding a third straight loss to West Virginia could be difficult for Oklahoma State, which is coming off a 79-62 defeat at Baylor on Tuesday. The Cowboys were outrebounded 44-18 - with Bears forward Rico Gathers grabbing 17 himself - and allowed Baylor to score 44 points in the paint.


"I'm very disappointed to say the least," coach Travis Ford said. "It's one thing to get outrebounded, but it's another thing to have these numbers."


Ford's team relies heavily on its defense, allowing 63.5 points per game for the second-best total in the conference. That's been a necessity because the Cowboys score a league-low 70.8 per contest and are ninth with a 38.7 field-goal percentage.


West Virginia, meanwhile, ranks seventh in the country with 86.6 points per game and has averaged 96.3 during its 6-0 home start.


The Cowboys lost both meetings last season after winning the first four times the teams met since West Virginia joined the Big 12 in 2012.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Flyers (12-2) at Explorers (4-8)
Date: January 09, 2016 2:00 PM EDT

Dayton has its sights set on extending a winning streak deep into conference play as it chases the program's first Atlantic-10 regular-season title in 12 years.


That might not be as easy as it seems against struggling La Salle, which denied the Flyers an opportunity to end their championship drought the last time they met.


While the Explorers look to snap their longest losing streak in six years, No. 25 Dayton will try to end its troubles in Philadelphia and capture a sixth consecutive victory Saturday.


The Flyers have been strong on the defensive end while matching the best 14-game start in coach Archie Miller's five seasons. They rank second among A-10 teams by holding teams to 40.4 percent shooting and third with 65.6 points allowed per game.


Dayton (12-2, 2-0), which moved into the Top 25 for the first time in a year this week, also has forced an average of 16.7 turnovers over its last three games. It scored 26 points off Massachusetts' 16 miscues in Wednesday's 93-63 home victory.


That helped the Flyers reach season highs in points and field-goal percentage (56.7) while also shooting a season-best 11 for 25 from 3-point range. Charles Cooke, who scored 18 points, is averaging 19.5 while hitting 12 of 23 from beyond the arc in his last four games.


'Charles by far and away is a very impactful guy on this team,' Miller said.


Kendall Pollard, who ranks second on the team with 11.5 points per game, could return after sitting out because of a strained Achilles tendon. Dyshawn Pierre started for Pollard and contributed 11 points and eight rebounds in his third game back from suspension.


The Flyers are now faced with trying to continue their run at a venue that hasn't been kind. Although they've won 18 of the past 22 meetings overall, the Flyers have dropped two straight trips to La Salle by a total of four points and four of their last six.


Dayton had a chance to wrap up at least a share of its first A-10 regular-season crown since 2003-04 in its last visit to Tom Gola Arena on March 7. But Jordan Price had 21 points, eight rebounds and made 4 of 8 from beyond the arc in the Explorers' 55-53 win.


"It's the most difficult place for our team and me and my staff to play," Miller said. "We've had some real ugly ones up there where we've laid an egg, particularly last year with a chance to win a conference championship and didn't get the job done."


Price figures to be the focal point of Dayton's defensive effort once again. The junior guard ranks second among conference players with 22.7 points per game, though he's in the midst of a mini-shooting slump at 34.3 percent over his last four.


He had 21 points but missed seven of 10 from 3-point range in Wednesday's 66-61 loss at Fordham. Cleon Roberts, who added 15 points and seven rebounds, is averaging 18.7 points in his last three games despite shooting 8 for 30 from the field in his past two.


The Explorers (4-8, 0-2) have scored 59 per game in the last six of a seven-game losing streak. They haven't dropped eight in a row since late in the 2009-10 season.


La Salle has lost its two games versus ranked foes this season by a combined 75 points.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Cavaliers (12-2) at Yellow Jackets (10-5)
Date: January 09, 2016 2:00 PM EDT

As Georgia Tech prepares to face a third straight ranked opponent to begin ACC play, it'll be returning home with some renewed hope.


The Yellow Jackets look to copy Virginia Tech's blueprint and hand fourth-ranked Virginia a second straight shocking loss Saturday.


Though Georgia Tech hasn't come close in recent matchups with the Cavaliers, this Virginia team appears considerably more vulnerable than the ones that combined to go 32-4 in the ACC the previous two seasons. That was evident Monday when the Cavaliers couldn't overcome a host of uncharacteristic mistakes in a 70-68 defeat to the Hokies.


Virginia Tech pulled off the upset by going 9 of 17 from 3-point range and scoring 26 points off 16 Cavaliers turnovers, a stunning amount for a Virginia squad averaging a Division I-low 9.1 giveaways.


Also among the national leaders in scoring defense, Virginia (12-2, 1-1 ACC) allowed the Hokies to post 44 second-half points and shoot 57.7 percent.


"We know at some point we're going to get a stop, and we didn't (Monday) when we needed to," guard Malcolm Brogdon told the school's athletics website. "What we pride ourselves on the most really let us down."


The Cavaliers got plenty of stops in their last meeting with Georgia Tech (10-5, 0-2), setting an ACC regular-season record for points allowed in a 57-28 home rout Jan. 22.


That Yellow Jackets team finished 14th in the ACC in scoring. The current one has displayed far more firepower after adding Virginia Tech graduate transfer Adam Smith to an improved senior duo of Marcus Georges-Hunt and Charles Mitchell.


Smith leads the ACC with 52 made 3s and has shot 56.8 percent from beyond the arc while averaging 20.6 points in a five-game stretch. He went 8 of 13 on 3-pointers and scored a career-high 30 points in Wednesday's 89-84 loss at No. 24 Pittsburgh, which followed an 86-78 defeat at then-No. 7 North Carolina last Saturday.


"I feel like he's the best shooter in the country," Mitchell said. "Whether he has a hand in his face or not, shooting 3-pointers is like shooting a layup to him."


Mitchell tops the conference in rebounding at 11.6 per game and grabbed 17 with 20 points against the Panthers, while Georges-Hunt (15.2 points per game) matched a career high with 25 points against the Tar Heels.


The Yellow Jackets still have work to do on defense. UNC and Pitt combined to shoot 50.0 percent and Georgia Tech forced a mere four turnovers Wednesday.


"That's an area we need to dramatically improve in, because we have improved on the offensive end," coach Brian Gregory said. "We couldn't grind out some key possessions there, and the stops we did get were fouls."


Georgia Tech will need to key on Cavaliers forward Anthony Gill (15.4 ppg), who's gone 14 of 19 from the field and scored 38 points in Virginia's two ACC games, as well as London Perrantes. The point guard went 7 of 9 from 3-point range while scoring 22 points Monday.


The Yellow Jackets have dropped eight straight to ranked teams at home and seven in a row overall to Top 25 opponents.


Virginia has won three straight against Georgia Tech, each by at least 19 points.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Commodores (8-6) at Gamecocks (14-0)
Date: January 09, 2016 3:00 PM EDT

South Carolina would love to continue its run as one of only two remaining unbeatens, but it has narrowed its focus to simply starting out strong in conference play.


Seeking their first 2-0 SEC start in six years, the 22nd-ranked Gamecocks try to extend their best overall start in eight decades Saturday when they host reeling Vanderbilt.


South Carolina (14-0) and SMU were left as the nation's lone undefeated teams following Oklahoma's 109-106 triple-overtime loss at Kansas on Monday.


The Gamecocks took care of their business Tuesday with an 81-69 win at Auburn in the SEC opener. Sindarius Thornwell led the way with a season-high 22 points while hitting 5 of 8 from 3-point range to go along with seven assists and three steals.


The junior guard, one of three Gamecocks averaging 12 points, has put up a combined 40 over his last two games. He's now just nine points away from reaching 1,000 for his career.


"It's big for us to start out (SEC play) with a win," Thornwell said. "For us to win (heading) into Saturday, gives us a lot of confidence going into the rest of our games."


South Carolina ranks third among SEC teams with 81 points per game while holding opponents to 37.8 percent shooting. The team has forced an average of 19.3 turnovers over its last three after scoring 28 off the Tigers' 21 giveaways.


The Gamecocks are off to their best start since opening 17-0 in 1933-34. It's also earned them their highest AP ranking since they moved all the way up to fifth in 1998.


South Carolina now has an opportunity to win its first two conference games for the first time since the 2009-10 season by dealing Vanderbilt its first 0-3 start since '12-13.


The Commodores (8-6, 0-2) were 16th in the poll after a 5-1 start, but have since fallen out while losing five of their last seven games. They could have a difficult time against South Carolina after committing 17 turnovers in a 90-82 home loss to LSU last Saturday and a season-high 26 in Tuesday's 90-85 overtime defeat at Arkansas.


Damian Jones matched career highs with 24 points and 15 rebounds against the Razorbacks. Matthew Fisher-Davis, who leads the SEC with a 49.3 3-point percentage, finished with a career-high 20 points while making 4 of 8 from beyond the arc.


Luke Kornet had 11 points after missing the previous five games with a knee injury.


"We have a good effort and didn't take care of the ball well," coach Kevin Stallings said. "It was certainly nice to have Luke Kornet back and Damian gave us good effort."


Stallings' squad has scuffled defensively, sending opponents to the free-throw line an average of 30.3 times in the past four games. That certainly doesn't bode well facing aggressive South Carolina, which has gone to the stripe 121 times over its last three.


The Commodores have won six of the past seven games against the Gamecocks, though their only loss during that stretch came in the most recent meeting in Columbia. Thornwell led the charge with 19 points in South Carolina's 65-59 victory on Feb. 13, 2014.


Riley LaChance scored 19 in Vanderbilt's 65-50 win in the only matchup last season.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Bears (11-3) at Cyclones (12-2)
Date: January 09, 2016 3:00 PM EDT

Iowa State can bolster a middling start to the Big 12 season with a home win, but it will have to come against one of two teams to record a victory in Ames over the last four years.


The 13th-ranked Cyclones hope to stay perfect at home and avoid their third straight loss to Baylor when the Bears visit on Saturday.


Iowa State (12-2, 1-1) followed last week's conference-opening 87-83 loss at then-No. 3 Oklahoma by narrowly holding off Texas Tech 76-69 on Wednesday, the Cyclones' ninth straight victory at home since a 79-70 loss to Baylor on Feb. 25.


Iowa State nearly coughed up an 18-point lead against the Red Raiders but used a late surge for its first conference win. Matt Thomas made 6 of 10 3-pointers for a career-high 22 points and Georges Niang posted all 14 of his in the second half after missing most of the first with foul trouble.


The Cyclones, though, shot a season-low 39.7 percent and opened the second half 3 of 16 from the field. It was Iowa State's third win while shooting worse than 45 percent.


"That's a good thing because we're not always going to shoot like that," coach Steve Prohm said. "You've got to win ugly sometimes, you've got to win on bad shooting nights. That happens."


The Cyclones also allowed 13 offensive rebounds, surrendering at least that many for the fourth consecutive game. Rebounding could be a key Saturday as Iowa State ranks seventh in the Big 12 with a plus-3.2 rebounding differential and will face the No. 2 team in the conference. Baylor's plus-11.4 mark sits only behind West Virginia's 12.1, and the Bears are one of nine teams in the nation with better than a plus-11 margin.


Baylor senior forward Rico Gathers ranks eighth in the nation with 11.3 boards per game and second with 4.9 on the offensive glass.


"That's probably the No. 1 concern," Prohm said.


The Cyclones are 8-0 at Hilton Coliseum and 30-1 there since Jan. 25, 2014. The lone blemish in that stretch was last season's loss to Baylor, helping the Bears sweep the two-game series. Baylor made its final seven 3-pointers for its first-ever win in Ames.


Baylor is the only team other than Kansas to win there in 64 games since Jan. 11, 2012.


"That's our last loss in Hilton, so we're definitely ready to avenge that loss and get back at them this weekend," said Thomas, who has averaged 12.7 points in six games since replacing the injured Naz Mitrou-Long in the starting lineup.


Baylor (11-3, 1-1) rebounded from last week's Big 12-opening 102-74 loss at then-No. 2 Kansas with Tuesday's 79-62 victory over Oklahoma State. Gathers finished with 17 points and 17 rebounds, his fourth game this season with at least 16 boards.


Three days after falling behind 24-4 in Lawrence, the Bears jumped ahead of the Cowboys 38-20 and didn't trail in the final 36:59.


'That's life in the Big 12," coach Scott Drew said. "One game, you start out like crud, and the next game you start out well.'


Baylor, which can open conference play with a winning record through three games for the first time in three seasons, has lost all three of its true road games. The Bears rank second in the nation with 21.2 assists per game, but that number drops to 11.0 on the road.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Panthers (13-1) at Fighting Irish (10-4)
Date: January 09, 2016 4:00 PM EDT

Pittsburgh and Notre Dame don't have much room to improve offensively, so both teams have turned their focus to playing consistently good defense.


Maybe that will start happening next week.


Lock-down defense doesn't figure to be in the cards Saturday in South Bend, where the 24th-ranked Panthers play their first true road game against the Fighting Irish in a battle of two of the nation's most efficient offenses.


Long known for a deliberate pace and heavy focus on defense, Pitt (13-1, 2-0 ACC) has opened things up. Though the Panthers are still in the bottom 30 percent in pace in Division I, it's a big step up from being in the bottom 15 each of the last six seasons.


Pitt averaged 67.6 points through 14 games last season and is almost 18 ahead of that right now, putting up 85.3 per game after Wednesday's 89-84 win over Georgia Tech.


"It seems like everyone is aggressive, and trying to score," the Yellow Jackets' Marcus Georges-Hunt said of Pitt. "They don't have that go-to guy, but everyone is a threat. They're always moving and you can't really play catchup with them.


"You have to keep your head on a swivel."


The Panthers, however, have played just once outside Pittsburgh city limits, and Wednesday's performance on the other end of the floor - Georgia Tech shot 48.5 percent - has Jamie Dixon concerned heading into a stretch of four of six away from home.


"We've got to defend better when we start to go on the road," he said.


The Irish (10-4, 1-1) are already familiar with unfriendly environments, playing at Illinois on Dec. 2 before opening their ACC slate with last Saturday's 77-66 loss at then-No. 5 Virginia, then bouncing back Thursday with an 82-54 rout at Boston College.


Notre Dame held the Eagles to 33.3 percent shooting five days after the Cavaliers shot 57.1 percent.


"Our challenge the last couple of days was improving defensively," coach Mike Brey said. "My challenge was: 'You play so good offensively. Why can't you have each other's back more on the defensive end?'"


Brey's hardly out of line in his assessment of his team's offense. Though the Irish are about 70 spots behind Pitt in points per game (78.4) thanks to a pace Pitt's recent teams would be familiar with, they only trail Duke and North Carolina nationally in points per 100 possessions (1.20).


Notre Dame shot a season-high 62.3 percent against Boston College, and it heads into the weekend ninth in D-I at 50.4 percent. Pitt's a few spots behind at 49.7.


"I think offensively we're in tune," said Zach Auguste, the Irish's leading rebounder (9.9 per game) and second-leading scorer (13.4). "I think we're playing great basketball, great passing and great shooters. We were in a great offensive flow and it's fun to play with each other."


Auguste will have his hands full on both ends with Michael Young (16.9 ppg) and Jamel Artis (15.8), while the matchup of point guards should be perhaps the game's most intriguing. Notre Dame's Demetrius Jackson has totaled 35 points, 15 assists and hit eight 3-pointers in his first two ACC games, while Pitt's James Robinson lacks gaudy scoring numbers (10.8 ppg) but leads the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 6.25.


"He's one of the most underrated players in the country," Georgia Tech coach Brian Gregory said. "He just knows how to play ... he looks like he's been here for about 14 years but he makes the right play all the time."


Robinson had 15 points, 10 assists and one turnover while Artis and Young combined for 36 points in Pitt's 76-72 win over the No. 8 Irish in last season's lone meeting.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Wildcats (10-4) at Sooners (12-1)
Date: January 09, 2016 4:30 PM EDT

Buddy Hield's numbers are staggering, but the one he cares most about resides in Oklahoma's loss column.


The star guard looks to draw positives from a career night - one that still left the second-ranked Sooners with their first loss - when Kansas State visits Norman on Saturday.


The Wildcats are the only team to win at the Lloyd Noble Center in 25 games since Feb. 22, 2014, and they've taken four of the past six there.


This time, though, they have to contend with a red-hot Hield.


The senior's performance in Monday's showdown at No. 1 Kansas had almost everything: career highs of 46 points, 13 made field goals and eight made 3s, along with eight rebounds and a career high-tying seven assists.


The only thing missing: A victory, as Kansas came out on top 109-106 in three overtimes.


'I wish I had one more overtime,' Hield said. 'I just hate losing.'


While the Jayhawks momentarily retained the top spot in the Big 12, Oklahoma (12-1, 1-1) took its first step back. Hield, though, should give the Sooners a good chance to get back on track.


The guard is averaging 26.3 points, and his 46 against Kansas tied the total of Iona's A.J. English for the most by a Division I player this season. Hield has scored at least 20 in seven straight games, making him the first Sooner to do so since Corey Brewer from 1997-98.


He's scored at least 30 five times, while the rest of the Big 12 has combined for six such individual efforts. Hield's 31.0 points over seven games since Dec. 12 tops the nation in that span.


Still, it was another total that has dominated Hield's mind this week: Two turnovers in the final 19 seconds against the Jayhawks.


"I'm still mad," Hield said in an interview Tuesday. "I had two careless mistakes where I didn't execute down the line. My team needed me to do that and I fell short."


Hield has averaged 21.0 points in the last three meetings in this series, though Kansas State won the last two.


Hield (50.0 percent) and Jordan Woodard (55.2) lead an Oklahoma team that's shooting 45.7 percent from 3-point range, the nation's second-best mark behind Kansas' 46.3.


Kansas State (10-4, 0-2) entered Friday as the top team in the country defending the 3-pointer at 24.6 percent. The Wildcats have been even better in the past four games, limiting opponents to 19.3 percent.


But the Wildcats - who allow just 63.2 points per contest - lost the final two of those for a winless start to Big 12 play. Kansas State followed an 87-83 double-overtime loss to West Virginia on Dec. 2 with Tuesday's 60-57 defeat at Texas.


"It's obviously disappointing that we had another game slip through our fingers at the end," coach Bruce Weber told the team's official website.


Kansas State - with three losses to schools that are currently ranked - has won five of the last six in this series.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Seminoles (10-4) at Hurricanes (12-1)
Date: January 09, 2016 5:00 PM EDT

(AP) - Miami heads into Saturday's home game against Florida State with a 1-0 record in the ACC, and guard Ja'Quan Newton is confident there are many more wins to come.


'I see our potential as being going to the Final Four and going undefeated in the league,' Newton said Thursday.


Nothing like a little bulletin board material to spruce up an intrastate rivalry. Not that the No. 12 Hurricanes are dissing Florida State, even though the Seminoles have lost their first two league games.


'They are the most talented team we will have faced so far,' Miami coach Jim Larranaga said.


The Hurricanes (12-1) have played only two ranked teams and beat them both - Utah and Butler. Their league victory came last Saturday against Syracuse, their seventh straight, and their strength of schedule is only 69th.


As a result, the matchup against Florida State (10-4) offers a welcome chance to see if Miami is as good as Newton and poll voters believe. The Hurricanes' loss came at home against Northeastern and their past six wins have come by double figures.


'We have so many different weapons,' Newton said. 'There's no position we don't have. We're a complete team.'


Not so much in the first half of the past two games, when the Hurricanes scored 27 and 17 points. Larranaga blamed an erratic practice schedule over the holidays.


Even with those recent difficulties, Miami is among the national leaders in shooting (49.9 percent) and points per game (83.6).


The Hurricanes will need their shooting touch because a high-scoring game is likely against the Seminoles, who average 82.1 points and are coming off a 106-90 loss to No. 6 North Carolina on Monday.


'The first challenge for us is to get back defensively, because they are playing faster than ever before,' Larranaga said.


Larranaga said the Seminoles have three NBA-bound guards, including Xavier Rathan-Mayes, who had a memorable performance when he played at Miami on Feb. 25 as a freshman. Rathan-Mayes scored 30 of his career high-tying 35 points in the final 4:38, including 26 consecutive Seminoles points without missing a shot, as he tried to rally them from an 18-point deficit.


Larranaga smiled as he reminisced about the game because the Hurricanes hung on to win 81-77 and hand the Seminoles their third defeat in their last four visits to Miami.


'Rathan-Mayes was absolutely unconscious,' Larranaga said. 'After the game he should have declared for the draft - he was that good.'


Rathan-Mayes is third on the Seminoles with 12.4 points per game, with freshmen guards Dwayne Bacon (17.2) and Malik Beasley (17.0) leading the way. Rathan-Mayes scored a season-best 30 against the Tar Heels, Bacon had 18 and Beasley added 15.


"I think the team is young, immature and still growing," coach Leonard Hamilton said. "We have moments where we play outstanding and we have our moments where we show our youth and inexperience. We had four freshmen on the floor at some points and I thought they held their own.


" ... You don't like to start off 0-2, but that's life in the ACC and we have the opportunity to redeem ourselves."


More challenges await Miami beginning Tuesday, when it plays the first of three consecutive road games - against No. 4 Virginia, Clemson and Boston College. While Newton talked of running the table in the ACC, Larranaga said he's braced for ups and downs in the talent-rich league.


'We might have as many as 10 teams make the NCAA Tournament,' Larranaga said.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Wildcats (11-3) at Crimson Tide (9-4)
Date: January 09, 2016 6:00 PM EDT

Kentucky's recent struggles away from home continued into SEC play even with another high-scoring effort from Tyler Ulis.


The sophomore guard will try to keep his ninth-ranked Wildcats from another road loss Saturday night against Alabama.


Ulis had a career-high 23 points and scored at least 20 for the third consecutive game Tuesday, but only one other teammate had more than six points in an 85-67 loss at LSU. Leading scorer Jamal Murray contributed 21 points, but Kentucky was outshot 49.2 percent to 41.4 and outrebounded 46-32 in its third consecutive loss away from Rupp Arena.


Coach John Calipari managed to change his program's fortunes from similar struggles in 2010-11. That team went 7-8 away from home in the regular season before making a run to the SEC tournament championship and the NCAA semifinals.


"This is a different group, and we've got to do this (in) a little different way. And I keep coming back to most of this is on me to figure stuff out," Calipari said. "I mean, we've done it with all kind of different teams and some of it is still trying to piece this together. Other parts of this is trying to figure out individual players. It takes time."


Kentucky (11-3, 1-1) will get to take on the lowest-scoring team in the SEC (66.4 points per game) as it tries to work out the kinks. Alabama dropped its conference opener Thursday, 74-66 at Mississippi.


Leading scorer Retin Obasohan (14.2 ppg) scored 23 points for the second straight game to match a career high. Senior guard Arthur Edwards also tied his personal best with 17 points while hitting five 3-pointers for the second consecutive game, but the Crimson Tide (9-4, 0-1) were outscored 42-26 in the second half.


"Our guys are playing hard. We just haven't figured out a way to put together a complete game against an opponent like Ole Miss here recently," coach Avery Johnson said. "We did it in Florida against (a pair of ranked teams)."


Alabama went 2-1 in a trio of matchups with then-Top 25 opponents at the AdvoCare Invitational in Orlando in November, beating Notre Dame and Wichita State. Those two teams are no longer ranked, but Xavier, a team that beat the Crimson Tide, is currently No. 10.


They have lost five straight to ranked Kentucky teams, including a pair of matchups with a No. 1 squad last season. Alabama has dropped three straight overall in the series but had won back-to-back home meetings until a 70-48 loss Jan. 17.


"I think on the road, we just need to fight harder," Wildcats guard Mychal Mulder said. "We go into the game at home and we're hyped up and I feel like we come out with great energy. Sometimes on the road, I don't feel like we start that way. So I feel like if we jump to that kind of start, we'll do well."


Alabama, which started 2-0 in SEC play last season, hasn't dropped its first two conference games since beginning 0-4 in 2007-08. Kentucky hasn't started 1-2 or worse since that same season.


The Wildcats' three-game losing streak away from home is their longest since a six-game slide to end 2012-13.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Wildcats (13-2) at Trojans (13-3)
Date: January 09, 2016 7:00 PM EDT

The Pac-12's two-school Arizona faction has failed to make anything of their overlapping trips to face the two Los Angeles teams, and the coach of the highest ranked among the four has little confidence his squad can stop the more offensively adept California school across the city.


After a loss to the other traditional conference power, No. 7 Arizona visits the Galen Center on Saturday night where Southern California awaits hoping to continue an outbreak of perimeter shooting.


The Wildcats (13-2, 1-1) fell 87-84 to UCLA on Thursday at Pauley Pavilion, while the Trojans (13-3, 2-1) were busy across town handing Arizona State a 75-65 defeat. The Los Angeles schools now stay put while their Arizona foes try for better in an alternative gym.


Arizona, however, is probably less concerned with convincing a California crowd of its worth than it is with winning over its coach. Sean Miller was furious with his team's lazy defense, and that showed up in the box score with the Bruins shooting 51.6 percent and hitting 11 of 22 from 3-point range. Bryce Alford hit the go-ahead 3 with 1.8 seconds left, and the game's exclamation point led into Miller's own pronouncement.


"This is the worst defensive team that I've coached at Arizona since my first year," he said. "The last shot of the game is a reflection of that. We didn't switch Kaleb Tarczewski onto Bryce Alford. You literally have to be out of your mind to do that. But we did our own thing on the last play and he took the easiest shot he's ever taken in Pauley Pavilion on a game-winner."


Opponents have shot 48.6 percent over the last three games after entering that span at 39.7, and Arizona's season mark of 41.6 percent is already higher than the past four seasons despite being two games into the conference schedule.


The latest effort overshadowed the Wildcats' seventh straight game with at least 82 points, a stretch over which they've averaged 87.1 points, shot 52.0 percent overall and 40.7 from long range.


Tarczewski, who had 12 points and 12 rebounds, was a little more optimistic for what the loss means going forward.


"There are a lot of lessons that we can learn from this game," said Tarczewski, who played in his second game after missing eight with a foot injury. "Even with all the mistakes that we made we were still in it at the end, that's a big testament to how hard the guys on the team play and how much we all want to win."


The Wildcats are now up against a USC team that ranks second in the conference with 83.1 points per game, and the Trojans have shot 51.1 percent from the field and 51.4 from 3 in the last four.


The result was surpassing last season's win total and having a shot at matching their 14-3 record to start 2001-02, and it came with Julian Jacobs hobbled by an ankle injury.


The guard finished with a team-high 15 points for a second straight game, and he's 11 for 15 from the field in that time.


"I didn't think he'd play tonight," coach Andy Enfield said. "But he was so emphatic about playing I felt my hands were tied, and he came in here and played a great game."


It'll take quite a bit more to make up the difference in the series lately. Arizona won 87-57 at home last season following a 73-53 win at USC in 2013-14. Tarczewski had 15 points and nine rebounds last season as the Wildcats limited the Trojans to 31.6 percent, though 16 of their 18 field goals came from beyond the arc.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Tigers (10-4) at Huskies (10-4)
Date: January 09, 2016 7:00 PM EDT

Connecticut was ranked just outside the top 10 in the country in shooting percentage until going cold in its worst offensive showing of the season its last time out.


Regaining their accuracy probably won't be easy Saturday night as the 23rd-ranked Huskies face Memphis, one of the top defensive teams in the country, at Gampel Pavilion.


UConn (10-4, 1-1 AAC) came into Tuesday's game against Temple 11th in shooting percentage at 50.3 but made 31.6 percent in a 55-53 home loss. Sterling Gibbs' desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer was well off the mark after the Owls' Josh Brown hit the winning jumper with 2.5 seconds left.


Shonn Miller led the Huskies with 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting but the other starters combined for 24 points and 7 of 34 from the field. Daniel Hamilton was 2 of 13 as UConn's five-game win streak was snapped.


'Our guards combined were 7 for 30, no fast break points. If you do that, that's a recipe for disaster," coach Kevin Ollie said. " ... We just got to go back to work, we got a day off, hopefully those guys look themselves in the mirror, I know I will and we'll bounce back like champions."


That's easier said than done, however, as Memphis is third in the nation in defensive field-goal percentage at 36.1.


The Tigers took both meetings last season, limiting UConn to 27.8 percent in a 54-53 victory at Gampel on March 5. Memphis won on Shaq Goodwin's short fall-away jumper with 8 seconds left as the Huskies suffered through their worst shooting performance since Feb. 8, 1997.


The Tigers (10-4, 1-0) held then-No. 24 South Carolina to a season-low 31.6 percent shooting last Saturday but fell 86-76. They bounced back with another suffocating defensive effort against Nicholls State on Tuesday, limiting the Colonels to 5 of 22 from 3-point range while forcing 27 turnovers in an 82-46 rout.


Memphis, ninth nationally in rebounding at 43.2 per game, trailed 14-7 early before going on a 43-4 run to lead by 39 at halftime.


"This was a good win," coach Josh Pastner said. "I thought there were some positives that we had."


A big positive for the Tigers is Goodwin coming back Saturday after serving a one-game suspension for violating the league's sportsmanship code. The 6-foot-9 senior, averaging 11.6 points and 7.9 rebounds, apparently tripped an opponent while sitting on the bench against the Gamecocks.


Freshman Dedric Lawson averages a team-best 14.5 points but has been mired in a shooting funk, connecting on 30.0 percent while averaging 8.0 points in his last three games.


The Huskies are led in scoring by sophomore Rodney Purvis, but he had 11 and shot 4 of 11 on Tuesday after averaging 20.0 points and 60.9 percent from the field in his previous four contests. UConn is 1-4 when Purvis, who averages 15.3 points, scores 12 or fewer.


The junior guard struggled against Memphis last season, averaging 7.0 points and 23.8 percent shooting. Hamilton led UConn in scoring and rebounding in each meeting, totaling 41 points and 21 boards.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Tar Heels (14-2) at Orange (10-6)
Date: January 09, 2016 8:00 PM EDT

(AP) - That empty seat on the Syracuse bench, the one on the team bus, and the one on the airplane rides to road games over the past month won't be empty anymore.


Coach Jim Boeheim returns Saturday night against No. 6 North Carolina after serving a nine-game suspension, and the timing couldn't be better with the Orange winless after three conference games for the first time in nearly two decades.


Boeheim returned to work at the stroke of midnight Tuesday, less than two hours after his team had lost by one point to Clemson in overtime. He addressed the team at the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center immediately after his ban was officially over.


"We had to do it right away because you don't want it to wait until the next day and interrupt practice that day," Boeheim said Thursday night on his weekly radio show.


"Those games were always going to be tough. We could have played better a little bit, but we might have lost all those games anyway. There's no way of telling."


In his 40th season at his alma mater, Boeheim had only missed three games - for surgery in December 2001 to correct an enlarged prostate gland - before the suspension, which was announced in March by the NCAA.


Under interim coach Mike Hopkins, Syracuse (10-6) won four of six nonconference games - the losses coming against former Big East rivals Georgetown and St. John's. In double-digit conference road losses to Pitt and Miami, Syracuse played both tough until the closing minutes, getting outscored 34-9.


"Every game is so important," Boeheim said. "People who aren't involved say it's a few games. They don't understand if you even miss five minutes of a game it crushes you as a player or a coach. It's important to fans, but it's our life's blood."


The last time Boeheim was pacing the Carrier Dome sideline, the Orange lost in overtime to Wisconsin on Dec. 2. Syracuse was ranked No. 14 after impressive wins over a pair of Top 25 teams - Texas A&M and UConn - in capturing the Battle 4 Atlantis title.


The loss to the Badgers was the Orange's first and showed some glaring weaknesses - nine missed free throws, a huge rebounding deficit (51-25) and erratic shooting from beyond the arc (7 of 24).


"Coaches can't get out there and play for us. They can't lace them up like they used to, so it's our job to make shots," freshman Malachi Richardson said. "They can tell us what to do, but we have to go out there and play."


In its three ACC games, Syracuse missed 22 of 58 free throws - a failure that cost the Orange a victory over Clemson in regulation. Syracuse also has made 25 of 71 (35.2 percent) from beyond the arc in league play with nearly half the attempts (34) coming against Clemson. In the losses to Pitt and Miami, Syracuse shot 12 of 37 (32.4 percent).


Still, North Carolina coach Roy Williams is wary because of the atmosphere his Tar Heels (14-2, 3-0) will face.


"I think we'll get a fired-up crowd, I think we'll get a fired-up team," Williams said Friday after practice. "Jimmy's really struggled with this. I talked to him in the summer. I told him, `You ought to go to Maui, sit around.' He said it'd look bad. I said, `They're not going to let you talk to the team, talk to the coaches, go to practices. I'd get the heck out of town.'"


The immediate task ahead for the Orange seems daunting on paper.


"They're the best team in the country, I think, clearly," Boeheim said. "They have a lot of depth, a lot inside, they shoot the ball, they have seniors. It's just a tremendously talented, veteran team."


Williams says he expects injured big man Kennedy Meeks to play for the first time in four weeks. The 6-foot-9, 260-pound Meeks has been out since mid-December with a bone bruise in his left knee. He averaged 12.3 points and 7.4 rebounds in nine games.


UNC is coming off its highest point total of the season in a 106-90 win at Florida State on Monday that featured a monstrous performance by Brice Johnson. The senior forward joined Hall of Famer Billy Cunningham as the only players in school history to have at least 39 points and 23 rebounds in a game.


"That was a man's night," Williams said.


Marcus Paige added 30 points to give the Heels two players with 30 or more for the first time since Feb. 8, 1998 - but that game went to double-overtime. Shammond Williams scored 42 and Antawn Jamison 31 in a 107-100 win over Georgia Tech.

 

[CNOTES]

Preview: Jayhawks (13-1) at Red Raiders (11-2)
Date: January 09, 2016 9:00 PM EDT

Kansas needed everything it had to win its first game since securing the No. 1 ranking. It may not be able to rest easy in its next one, either.


The Jayhawks play just their second true road game of the season Saturday night against Texas Tech, a stop that's no longer the break in the Big 12 schedule it's been in years past.


Kansas (13-1, 2-0 Big 12) is riding a 12-game winning streak and had a much-needed four-day layoff after playing three overtimes to outlast Oklahoma 109-106 in Monday's showdown between the nation's top two ranked teams. The Jayhawks' next challenge will be avoiding a letdown from an exhausting win as it faces an opponent it's dominated over the last six seasons.


"So much of that is not the physical, it's the emotional letdown, going from being so geeked up to being drained," coach Bill Self said. "We'll handle it, but I don't know if there's a perfect way to do it."


The Jayhawks likely won't be looking past Texas Tech (11-2, 1-1), which has shown improvement in Tubby Smith's third season. The Red Raiders, 3-15 in the Big 12 in 2014-15, had won 10 straight before giving 13th-ranked Iowa State a scare in an eventual 76-69 loss on Wednesday.


"I think Texas Tech probably helped us some (Wednesday) because our guys saw what they're capable of," Self said. "I think they certainly got our players' respect."


Defense has keyed the Red Raiders' improvement, as they've held opponents to 38.9 percent shooting and 66.1 points per game. They limited Iowa State, among the national leaders in field goal percentage, to a season-low 39.7 percent.


Stopping Kansas, which routed then-No. 23 Baylor 102-74 in last Saturday's Big 12 opener, may prove more difficult. The Jayhawks rank second in Division I at 89.8 points per game and are shooting a nation's best 46.3 percent from 3-point range. They're 22 of 41 from beyond the arc in conference play, during which Wayne Selden has totaled 45 points while going 8 of 13 from 3.


Kansas made 11 3s in each of its two 2014-15 victories over the Red Raiders, including a 73-51 rout in Lubbock on Feb. 10. The Jayhawks are 29-4 all-time against Texas Tech and have won 12 straight in the series since an 84-65 road defeat in March 2009.


The Iowa State loss was the Red Raiders' ninth straight to a Top 25 team, though Smith was encouraged by the way his team cut an 18-point first-half deficit to three with three minutes left.


"I was really proud of our kids the way we battled back," he said. "We showed a lot of heart and a lot of toughness."


Texas Tech, 9-0 at home this season, recorded a 78-73 win over then-No. 9 Iowa State on Jan. 24, 2015 for its lone win in its last 16 matchups versus ranked teams.


Kansas downed San Diego State 70-57 on Dec. 22 in its only road test this season. The Jayhawks visit No. 17 West Virginia on Tuesday.

 

[CNOTES]

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