It's always a good night when we have to issue an emergency floor-storming edict. And, all over the nation, conference play has begun!
Texas Tech 99 - Washington 92
The first storming was pretty righteous. A rebuilding Red Raider team knocked off a top-ten opponent to preserve an undefeated record and garner national attention, and they did it on a last-second three point shot. Small problem: replay showed that the shot was after the buzzer. So Tech played hard in OT and won the game.. and stormed again. Marco and I convened a gchat immediately and issued the Blueballs Exception. Lost amongst all the excitement is the fact that Bobby's Kid can really coach, and Mike Singletary is now officially the name of a football badass and a basketball badass (16 points, 12 rebounds).
Texas 69 - USC 50
This game was notable primarily for the fact that Leonard Washington managed to keep his hands off of his opponent's groinal region this year.
Baylor 64 - Arizona State 61
Yep, the Big 12 already has a 3-0 lead in the Big 12/Pac 10 Hardwood Series. Will it be a clean sweep this season?
Wright State 73 - Cleveland State 64
Murray State 62 - Eastern Kentucky 60
Davidson 74 - Citadel 63
Radford 61 - Winthrop 59 (OT)
Stat Hounds
Kenny Daniels (Northridge): 39 points, 10 rebounds, 13-15 FT vs. Idaho
James Florence (Mercer): 32 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals vs. Lipscomb
Austin Kenon (VMI): 31 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 5/9 3P vs. Coastal Carolina
Categorical Undeniability
Points: 39 - Kenny Daniels (Northridge) vs. Idaho
Rebounds: 18 - Kenneth Faried (Morehead State) @ Tennessee-Martin
Assists: 14 - Eugene Harvey (Seton Hall) vs. Hartford
Blocks: 9 - Papa Lo (Bryant) @ Long Island
Steals: 7 - Garrett Lever (Seattle) @ Cal-Poly
Note: Back when I wrote the post about spawn of the NBA, I made a joke about wishing Fat Lever, Jr. was playing college hoops. Well, Lafayette's willingness to give his son a non-legacy first name caused me to miss the fact that today's steals leader is, in fact, that man.
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The Refraction: We first heard about this wise-ass broadsheet from Kyle Whelliston (seriously, you'd think we never talk to anyone else, right?). Even though we live a good three-day drive from Utah State's campus these days, we think it's funny, and that moves you to the top of the list in our little world. With slogans like "Fully intended to leave you offended" and "A Cold-Blooded Wrecking Machine since 2009", they're speaking our language. It's like The Onion, except with more mountains and college hoops.