Wed 11/17 CBB 59-59-1 (-4.1)
Starting to figure this out a little.
Was 12 games under .500.
523/524 Indiana State/Ball State OV 127'
ISU wants a faster pace here. Ball State won in Terre Haute last year. ISU has played 3 games, BSU with one.
527/528 UL Lafayette/Creighton UN 139'
527 UL Lafayette (+7) 1st H
527 UL Lafayette (+12') 1.5*
I thought the hiring of Bob Marlin at ULL (from Sam Houston State) was one of the home run hires off the offseason. He installed a triangle and two defense that confused the hell out of Baylor in the tournament and he really is a good basketball mind.
McDermott is a good replacement for Altman at Creighton. This could be a lookahead for the Jays. They have Iowa State, McDermott's previous coaching stop, this weekend in Des Moines.
ULL got buried at home by New Mexico St, who just outathleted them and probably have 2 NBA players. I think they are better than that game.
529 South Alabama (+12') 1.5*
I think So Miss is a real sleeper in CUSA.Eustachy is a good coach and his So Miss team plays excellent defense. That being said, they have real trouble scoring and this # is way too high. So Alabama also got beat at home by USM by 12 LY.
531 Green Bay (+15')
Brian Wardle, former Marquette star, brings Green Bay to his alma mater. Green Bay is buying into Wardle's defensive concepts. He comes from the Izzo/Crean coaching tree. Green Bay has a load of kids (starters mainly) on their roster from Milwaukee that were lightly recruited by the big school (Marquette). Marquette, like Gonzaga (and also Kansas St and Duke) are guaranteed to play in the CBE Classic in Kansas City next week win or lose. Good spot for motivated underdogs.
More later.
