UGA Men’s Basketball
Gadogs.com: Georgia Treks To The Plains To Take On Auburn
https://georgiadogs.com/news/2023/1/31/mens-basketball-georgia-treks-to-the-plains-to-take-on-auburn
Game Notes
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/georgiadogs.com/documents/2023/1/31/22_auburn_game_notes.pdf
Next Opponent Auburn
Alabama.com: No. 25 Auburn wants to make most of frontcourt advantage of Johni Broome, Jaylin Williams
We have an advantage inside,” Pearl said Tuesday. “The real challenge is really, quite frankly, just the way the game is called. You look at the NBA, there’s just no more inside game in the NBA. There’s no more back to the basket, there’s no more post-up players. Everything is five-out, everything is spread… And yet, we’re going to still pound that ball inside to Johni, we’re going to pound that ball inside to Jaylin.”
“(We) just have to be able to feel the pressure and make the simple play instead of making the hard pass, getting off of it and finishing on the backside,” Broome said.
“We’re playing better now than we did (when) we were there,” Pearl said. “That’s a good thing. I look at that second game in the SEC…. We’re playing better than we were, but in some ways, they are too. So, just simply take it one at a time and don’t look at what’s ahead.
https://www.al.com/auburnbasketball...ni-broome-jaylin-williams.html?outputType=amp
Alabama.com: Where Auburn’s NCAA Tournament resume, bracket projections stand entering February
“Auburn will host Georgia — which beat the Tigers in Athens, Ga., earlier this month — on Wednesday to kick off the final full month of the season before traveling to take on No. 2 Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., this weekend. That will be followed by a road trip to face the same Texas A&M team that defeated Auburn last week, and then a home showdown with fourth-ranked Alabama…”
https://www.al.com/auburnbasketball...s-stand-entering-february.html?outputType=amp
SEC Basketball
Saturday Down South: SEC Basketball Power Rankings: A new top team emerges, Alabama loses in blowout fashion, Mizzou lights it up again
9. Georgia (14-7, 4-4, LW: 9)
“Losing by 29 at Tennessee and needing overtime to beat South Carolina wasn’t a good sign for the Bulldogs. They are trending in the wrong direction after a 3-1 start to SEC play. Georgia’s best win came at home against a ranked Auburn team. Well, on Wednesday night, the Dawgs travel to Auburn to take on the No. 25 Tigers. Then they have another intriguing game on Saturday against Texas A&M in College Station. If Mike White and company can win 1 of those games and stay around .500 in conference play for another week, NCAA Tournament bubble talk isn’t out of the question.”
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/s...lowout-fashion-mizzou-lights-it-up-again/amp/
College Basketball
Rothstein: The Breakfast Buffet: Kansas/Kansas State, UConn hits the road, Boo Buie
https://collegehoopstoday.com/index...as-kansas-state-uconn-hits-the-road-boo-buie/
Stats by Will: NCAA Weekly, Vol. 11: We're still heading for a wide-open March
“I’d argue this is on pace to be the most parity-filled field in modern Tournament history for a few reasons. The first is that, yes, teams ranked 26-50 are actually better than what we’ve come to expect:
But far more importantly, this is the smallest gap we’ve ever seen before since analytics sites have existed from the top to the bottom.
The gap between the top 10 teams and the bottom 10 teams in KenPom’s current top 50 is all of 10.374 points, the smallest gap ever recorded at the start of February of a given season. The only two seasons that come within serious shouting distance - i.e., a point - are 2010, a year in which two 5 seeds made the Final Four, and 2002, a year where a 12 and a 10 seed made the Elite Eight.
To go further, though, this really is a pretty strong back-end group. Teams 41-50 offer an average AdjEM of +14.9, which is the seventh-strongest on record and, if not for 2018 being all of a hundredth of a point ahead, would be the second-strongest we’ve seen since 2010. When the four tournaments closest to yours in 41-50 quality saw the 10-12 seeds garner nine combined Sweet Sixteen bids (the average here is more like seven), you’re looking at a fun first weekend.
The closest tournament in top-to-bottom gap is that 2010 one, which saw five of the top 12 teams head home by the end of the first weekend and offered a Sweet Sixteen with a 9, 10, 11, and 12 seed. Similarly, that field got better and stronger the deeper you went, offering the second-strongest back ten teams ever behind 2021.”
https://statsbywill.substack.com/p/ncaa-weekly-vol-11-were-still-heading
BYU
Salt Lake Tribune: What is the ceiling for BYU men’s basketball?
The Cougars have lost to two top-25 teams by way of last-second shots.
https://www.sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2023/01/31/what-is-ceiling-byu-mens/
Cincinnati
The Athletic: Cincinnati basketball will require continued patience from Bearcats fans
“Miller is less than two seasons into a massive rebuild, and whether fans agree with the circumstances of that reality, it’s going to take time, a sentiment athletic director John Cunningham doubled-down on last month when Miller signed a lucrative contract extension. The buyout figures alone should tie Miller to Cincinnati through at least the 2025-26 season (Year 5 for Miller and Year 3 in the Big 12), and probably longer…”
https://theathletic.com/4141579/2023/01/31/cincinnati-basketball-wes-miller-rebuild/
Kansas State
The Athletic: How Jerome Tang and Kansas State basketball have made believers of us all
https://theathletic.com/4140297/202...basketball-jerome-tang-markquis-nowell/?amp=1
The Wichita Eagle: Why K-State basketball coach Jerome Tang isn’t concerned about road environment at KU
https://amp.kansas.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article271829282.html
Missouri State
Springfield News Leader: Missouri State needs a major overhaul in its basketball experience
https://www.news-leader.com/story/s...-kyle-moats-dana-ford-clif-smart/69830114007/
Ohio State
Columbus Dispatch: When was the last time Ohio State men's basketball missed the NCAA Tournament?
After four NCAA Tournament appearances in five seasons as Ohio State's men's basketball coach — missing out on a canceled NCAA Tournament in 2019-20 — the Buckeyes are seemingly on a path to miss the 2023 NCAA Tournament with an 11-10 overall record and only three wins in 10 Big Ten games.
ESPN's Joe Lunardi has Ohio State currently as one of his "Next Four Out" teams in his latest NCAA Tournament bracket projection, while CBS' Jerry Palm does not have the Buckeyes listed.
The last time Ohio State missed the NCAA Tournament came in Thad Matta's final season as the Buckeyes' head coach.
After missing the tournament in 2015-16, Ohio State finished 10th in the Big Ten with its first losing season in conference play since 2003-04, winning seven of 18 games against Big Ten opponents.
And with a run of four losses in six games to end the regular season, Ohio State lost to Rutgers in the first round of the Big Ten tournament, which kept the Buckeyes out of the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight season.
In 2015-16, Ohio State barely missed the NCAA Tournament.
In the Buckeyes' first time missing the tournament since 2007-08, Ohio State finished seventh in the Big Ten and was one of nine conference teams to have 20 wins or more. But the Buckeyes won only two of its nine matchups against ranked opponents, including a 27-point loss to No. 2 Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament, to keep them out of the NCAA Tournament…”
https://www.dispatch.com/story/spor...ll-last-miss-the-ncaa-tournament/69853892007/
Pittsburgh
The Times: Back from the dead, Pitt basketball is fun - and good
https://www.timesonline.com/story/s...tball-is-fun-and-good-pittsburgh/69858947007/
Purdue
Seton Hall
Asbury Park Press: Seton Hall basketball: How Shaheen Holloway found KC Ndefo
https://www.app.com/story/sports/co...-shaheen-holloway-found-kc-ndefo/69853549007/
Southern Mississippi
Mississippi Today: From 7-26 to 19-4, USM basketball transformation has been stunning
https://mississippitoday.org/2023/01/30/southern-miss-basketball-turnaround/
Syracuse
Syracuse.com: Syracuse basketball falters late in 67-62 loss to Virginia at the JMA Dome
https://www.syracuse.com/orangebask...-virginia-at-the-jma-dome.html?outputType=amp
TCU
Fort Worth Star Telegram: TCU basketball still set to face West Virginia despite winter storm
https://amp.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article271873322.html
Texas Tech
ESPN: Texas Tech rallies from 23 down to top No. 13 Iowa State in OT
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...comeback-season-knock-iowa-state?platform=amp
Jeff Goodman: Texas Tech with a huge comeback last night against Iowa State in front of a sparse crowd due to chilly temperatures and slick roads.
Red Raiders get their first league win and are now 1-8 in Big 12 play.
UNLV
Las Vegas Sun: UNLV basketball team on rise primed for rematch at Colorado State
https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2023/jan/31/unlv-basketball-primed-for-rematch-at-colorado-sta/
Xavier
NBA
Atlanta
SB Nation: Missed free throws prove costly in loss to Blazers as Hawks begin road trip
Without Trae Young, the Hawks put up a fight in Portland.
https://www.peachtreehoops.com/plat...y-in-loss-to-blazers-as-hawks-begin-road-trip
History
3 years ago Yesterday, Terry Fair passed away
Dasher UGA Sports: Fair was heart and soul of 1983 Final Four squad
https://uga.rivals.com/news/terry-fair-was-heart-and-soul-of-1983-final-four-squad?
Hoops Birthdays 1-31
Len Chappell PF Wake Forest SYR, PHI, NYK, CHI, CIN, DET, MIL, CLE, ATL, DAL 1962-1972 born 1-31-1941 died 7-22-2018
Johnny Egan PG Providence DET, NYK, BAL, LAL, CLE, SD, HOU 1961-1972 born 1-31-1939 died 7-22-2002
Dick Garrett SG Southern Illinois LAL, 12-31-1947 LAL, BUF, NYK, MIL 1969-1974 1-31-1947 76 YOA
Othella Harrington PF Georgetown HOU, VAN, NYK, CHI, CHA 1996-2008 1-31-1974 49 YOA
Rod Higgins SF Fresno State CHI, SEA, NJ, GS, SAC, CLE 1982-1995 1-31-1960 63 YOA
Kenny Higgs PG LSU CLE, POR 1978-1982 1-31-1955 68 YOA
Jalen McDaniels SF SD State CHA 2019-present 1-31-1998 25 YOA
Larry McNeill PF Marquette KCO, NJ, GS, BUF, DET 1973-1979 born 1-31-1951 died 12-29-2004
Gadogs.com: Georgia Treks To The Plains To Take On Auburn
https://georgiadogs.com/news/2023/1/31/mens-basketball-georgia-treks-to-the-plains-to-take-on-auburn
Game Notes
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/georgiadogs.com/documents/2023/1/31/22_auburn_game_notes.pdf
Next Opponent Auburn
Alabama.com: No. 25 Auburn wants to make most of frontcourt advantage of Johni Broome, Jaylin Williams
We have an advantage inside,” Pearl said Tuesday. “The real challenge is really, quite frankly, just the way the game is called. You look at the NBA, there’s just no more inside game in the NBA. There’s no more back to the basket, there’s no more post-up players. Everything is five-out, everything is spread… And yet, we’re going to still pound that ball inside to Johni, we’re going to pound that ball inside to Jaylin.”
“(We) just have to be able to feel the pressure and make the simple play instead of making the hard pass, getting off of it and finishing on the backside,” Broome said.
“We’re playing better now than we did (when) we were there,” Pearl said. “That’s a good thing. I look at that second game in the SEC…. We’re playing better than we were, but in some ways, they are too. So, just simply take it one at a time and don’t look at what’s ahead.
https://www.al.com/auburnbasketball...ni-broome-jaylin-williams.html?outputType=amp
Alabama.com: Where Auburn’s NCAA Tournament resume, bracket projections stand entering February
“Auburn will host Georgia — which beat the Tigers in Athens, Ga., earlier this month — on Wednesday to kick off the final full month of the season before traveling to take on No. 2 Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn., this weekend. That will be followed by a road trip to face the same Texas A&M team that defeated Auburn last week, and then a home showdown with fourth-ranked Alabama…”
https://www.al.com/auburnbasketball...s-stand-entering-february.html?outputType=amp
SEC Basketball
Saturday Down South: SEC Basketball Power Rankings: A new top team emerges, Alabama loses in blowout fashion, Mizzou lights it up again
9. Georgia (14-7, 4-4, LW: 9)
“Losing by 29 at Tennessee and needing overtime to beat South Carolina wasn’t a good sign for the Bulldogs. They are trending in the wrong direction after a 3-1 start to SEC play. Georgia’s best win came at home against a ranked Auburn team. Well, on Wednesday night, the Dawgs travel to Auburn to take on the No. 25 Tigers. Then they have another intriguing game on Saturday against Texas A&M in College Station. If Mike White and company can win 1 of those games and stay around .500 in conference play for another week, NCAA Tournament bubble talk isn’t out of the question.”
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/s...lowout-fashion-mizzou-lights-it-up-again/amp/
College Basketball
Rothstein: The Breakfast Buffet: Kansas/Kansas State, UConn hits the road, Boo Buie
https://collegehoopstoday.com/index...as-kansas-state-uconn-hits-the-road-boo-buie/
Stats by Will: NCAA Weekly, Vol. 11: We're still heading for a wide-open March
“I’d argue this is on pace to be the most parity-filled field in modern Tournament history for a few reasons. The first is that, yes, teams ranked 26-50 are actually better than what we’ve come to expect:
But far more importantly, this is the smallest gap we’ve ever seen before since analytics sites have existed from the top to the bottom.
The gap between the top 10 teams and the bottom 10 teams in KenPom’s current top 50 is all of 10.374 points, the smallest gap ever recorded at the start of February of a given season. The only two seasons that come within serious shouting distance - i.e., a point - are 2010, a year in which two 5 seeds made the Final Four, and 2002, a year where a 12 and a 10 seed made the Elite Eight.
To go further, though, this really is a pretty strong back-end group. Teams 41-50 offer an average AdjEM of +14.9, which is the seventh-strongest on record and, if not for 2018 being all of a hundredth of a point ahead, would be the second-strongest we’ve seen since 2010. When the four tournaments closest to yours in 41-50 quality saw the 10-12 seeds garner nine combined Sweet Sixteen bids (the average here is more like seven), you’re looking at a fun first weekend.
The closest tournament in top-to-bottom gap is that 2010 one, which saw five of the top 12 teams head home by the end of the first weekend and offered a Sweet Sixteen with a 9, 10, 11, and 12 seed. Similarly, that field got better and stronger the deeper you went, offering the second-strongest back ten teams ever behind 2021.”
https://statsbywill.substack.com/p/ncaa-weekly-vol-11-were-still-heading
BYU
Salt Lake Tribune: What is the ceiling for BYU men’s basketball?
The Cougars have lost to two top-25 teams by way of last-second shots.
https://www.sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2023/01/31/what-is-ceiling-byu-mens/
Cincinnati
The Athletic: Cincinnati basketball will require continued patience from Bearcats fans
“Miller is less than two seasons into a massive rebuild, and whether fans agree with the circumstances of that reality, it’s going to take time, a sentiment athletic director John Cunningham doubled-down on last month when Miller signed a lucrative contract extension. The buyout figures alone should tie Miller to Cincinnati through at least the 2025-26 season (Year 5 for Miller and Year 3 in the Big 12), and probably longer…”
https://theathletic.com/4141579/2023/01/31/cincinnati-basketball-wes-miller-rebuild/
Kansas State
The Athletic: How Jerome Tang and Kansas State basketball have made believers of us all
https://theathletic.com/4140297/202...basketball-jerome-tang-markquis-nowell/?amp=1
The Wichita Eagle: Why K-State basketball coach Jerome Tang isn’t concerned about road environment at KU
https://amp.kansas.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article271829282.html
Missouri State
Springfield News Leader: Missouri State needs a major overhaul in its basketball experience
https://www.news-leader.com/story/s...-kyle-moats-dana-ford-clif-smart/69830114007/
Ohio State
Columbus Dispatch: When was the last time Ohio State men's basketball missed the NCAA Tournament?
After four NCAA Tournament appearances in five seasons as Ohio State's men's basketball coach — missing out on a canceled NCAA Tournament in 2019-20 — the Buckeyes are seemingly on a path to miss the 2023 NCAA Tournament with an 11-10 overall record and only three wins in 10 Big Ten games.
ESPN's Joe Lunardi has Ohio State currently as one of his "Next Four Out" teams in his latest NCAA Tournament bracket projection, while CBS' Jerry Palm does not have the Buckeyes listed.
The last time Ohio State missed the NCAA Tournament came in Thad Matta's final season as the Buckeyes' head coach.
After missing the tournament in 2015-16, Ohio State finished 10th in the Big Ten with its first losing season in conference play since 2003-04, winning seven of 18 games against Big Ten opponents.
And with a run of four losses in six games to end the regular season, Ohio State lost to Rutgers in the first round of the Big Ten tournament, which kept the Buckeyes out of the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight season.
In 2015-16, Ohio State barely missed the NCAA Tournament.
In the Buckeyes' first time missing the tournament since 2007-08, Ohio State finished seventh in the Big Ten and was one of nine conference teams to have 20 wins or more. But the Buckeyes won only two of its nine matchups against ranked opponents, including a 27-point loss to No. 2 Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament, to keep them out of the NCAA Tournament…”
https://www.dispatch.com/story/spor...ll-last-miss-the-ncaa-tournament/69853892007/
Pittsburgh
The Times: Back from the dead, Pitt basketball is fun - and good
https://www.timesonline.com/story/s...tball-is-fun-and-good-pittsburgh/69858947007/
Purdue
Seton Hall
Asbury Park Press: Seton Hall basketball: How Shaheen Holloway found KC Ndefo
https://www.app.com/story/sports/co...-shaheen-holloway-found-kc-ndefo/69853549007/
Southern Mississippi
Mississippi Today: From 7-26 to 19-4, USM basketball transformation has been stunning
https://mississippitoday.org/2023/01/30/southern-miss-basketball-turnaround/
Syracuse
Syracuse.com: Syracuse basketball falters late in 67-62 loss to Virginia at the JMA Dome
https://www.syracuse.com/orangebask...-virginia-at-the-jma-dome.html?outputType=amp
TCU
Fort Worth Star Telegram: TCU basketball still set to face West Virginia despite winter storm
https://amp.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/texas-christian-university/article271873322.html
Texas Tech
ESPN: Texas Tech rallies from 23 down to top No. 13 Iowa State in OT
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...comeback-season-knock-iowa-state?platform=amp
Jeff Goodman: Texas Tech with a huge comeback last night against Iowa State in front of a sparse crowd due to chilly temperatures and slick roads.
Red Raiders get their first league win and are now 1-8 in Big 12 play.
UNLV
Las Vegas Sun: UNLV basketball team on rise primed for rematch at Colorado State
https://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2023/jan/31/unlv-basketball-primed-for-rematch-at-colorado-sta/
Xavier
NBA
Atlanta
SB Nation: Missed free throws prove costly in loss to Blazers as Hawks begin road trip
Without Trae Young, the Hawks put up a fight in Portland.
https://www.peachtreehoops.com/plat...y-in-loss-to-blazers-as-hawks-begin-road-trip
History
3 years ago Yesterday, Terry Fair passed away
Dasher UGA Sports: Fair was heart and soul of 1983 Final Four squad
https://uga.rivals.com/news/terry-fair-was-heart-and-soul-of-1983-final-four-squad?
Hoops Birthdays 1-31
Len Chappell PF Wake Forest SYR, PHI, NYK, CHI, CIN, DET, MIL, CLE, ATL, DAL 1962-1972 born 1-31-1941 died 7-22-2018
Johnny Egan PG Providence DET, NYK, BAL, LAL, CLE, SD, HOU 1961-1972 born 1-31-1939 died 7-22-2002
Dick Garrett SG Southern Illinois LAL, 12-31-1947 LAL, BUF, NYK, MIL 1969-1974 1-31-1947 76 YOA
Othella Harrington PF Georgetown HOU, VAN, NYK, CHI, CHA 1996-2008 1-31-1974 49 YOA
Rod Higgins SF Fresno State CHI, SEA, NJ, GS, SAC, CLE 1982-1995 1-31-1960 63 YOA
Kenny Higgs PG LSU CLE, POR 1978-1982 1-31-1955 68 YOA
Jalen McDaniels SF SD State CHA 2019-present 1-31-1998 25 YOA
Larry McNeill PF Marquette KCO, NJ, GS, BUF, DET 1973-1979 born 1-31-1951 died 12-29-2004
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