Past Opponents' Results

We have one for future opponents...and it's a ways into the season so I think it's time for Past Opponents Results. New Mexico 11-0. Montana St. uh....2 wins, only one of which is against a Division 1 team, us

New Mexico 68 wins @ New Mexico St. 63. New Mexico moves to 12-0.
UNLV 73 wins vs Northern Iowa 59. UNLV goes to 10-1.
Ohio 76 loses @ Massachusetts 85. 7-4. 0-3 on the road.
CS Bakersfield 58 loses @ CSU 78. 4-8.

Our 1st and 2nd round opponents in the Continental Tire Classic both won today. CSUB beat Mississippi Valley, and North Florida beat Georgia Southern. Yesterday UNF beat CSUB.

And, in case you didn’t see it, yesterday New Mexico finally lost a game after 12 wins, losing to the South Dakota State Jackrabbits in Albuquerque 70-65.

New Mexico (now 13-1) won at previously unbeaten #8 Cincinnati (12-1), 55-54!

PilotNut wrote:New Mexico (now 13-1) won at previously unbeaten #8 Cincinnati (12-1), 55-54!

Which had NO effect on UP's ranking with either Pomeroy or Sagarin....at least they didn't trend downward.

DoubleDipper wrote:

PilotNut wrote:New Mexico (now 13-1) won at previously unbeaten #8 Cincinnati (12-1), 55-54!

Which had NO effect on UP's ranking with either Pomeroy or Sagarin....at least they didn't trend downward.

I don't know about Pomeroy, but Sagarin hasn't updated his rankings since the 25th. They are pretty quick, but not that quick.

blacksheep wrote:I don't know about Pomeroy, but Sagarin hasn't updated his rankings since the 25th. They are pretty quick, but not that quick.

Ha ha, yea Jeff seems to be taking a couple of days off (there were no D-1 games on 12/26), but Ken had his rankings up early last night (at about 10:30 PST) showing the Pilots steady at #209. Sagarin has the Pilots at #214…..a big improvement from #240 before the Bradley game.

Yep, no change for Sagarin either...UP is still at 214 and holding.

The game against Texas-Pan Am will do nothing to help the Pilots if they win as T-PA is ranked #314.....but a Pilots loss would be worse than the road loss in Bozeman for the team's ranking.

BTW, Montana St. is now ranked #284; their only D-1 win is against UP.

DoubleDipper wrote:Yep, no change for Sagarin either...UP is still at 214 and holding.

The game against Texas-Pan Am will do nothing to help the Pilots if they win as T-PA is ranked #314.....but a Pilots loss would be worse than the road loss in Bozeman for the team's ranking.

BTW, Montana St. is now ranked #284; their only D-1 win is against UP.

Realtime RPI is a bit kinder to us. As I write, they have UP's RPI dipping just under 200 at 194.

Wise folks.

Not sure what the players were thinking in Montana...

Can we just quit talking about the Montana State game? Ha.

DeanMurdoch wrote:Can we just quit talking about the Montana State game? Ha.

I would, but my brains are rattled from shaking my head.

DeanMurdoch wrote:Can we just quit talking about the Montana State game? Ha.

Well, as the Pilots are 1-1 in games that went against form.....and to engender a positive attitude heading into the New Year and WCC play, I suggest we talk about how well the team came together without KB to beat Bradley in Las Vegas to complete the tournament 3-1.

I, for one, will not mention the November 18 game again....bygones.

Some really good games on the TV today....

No. 4 Louisville held off intrastate rival Kentucky, 80-77, at a raucous KFC Yum! Center. The Cardinals had the Wildcats totally befuddled with their pressure defense, but UK made a comeback.

Expect Kentucky to have something to say about the Final Four this year....they are starting to come together.

UNC beat No. 20 UNLV in Chapel Hill 79-73....the Rebels looked about like they did against the Pilots even with Mosier in the lineup.

Anthony Bennett is terrific, but UNLV hasn't looked like a top 20 team on the two occasions I've seen them.

dholcombe wrote:We have one for future opponents...and it's a ways into the season so I think it's time for Past Opponents Results. New Mexico 11-0. Montana St. uh....2 wins, only one of which is against a Division 1 team, us

Montana State...4 wins, two of which are against DI teams, Portland and Portland State.

Portland college basketball summarized: Vikings can't play a lick of defense. Pilots can't hit water when they're walking on the beach. If you put them together it would be a decent team.

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:Portland college basketball summarized: Vikings can't play a lick of defense. Pilots can't hit water when they're walking on the beach. If you put them together it would be a decent team.

Or, it would be a team that can't score and can't stop anyone.

CSU #24 AP, first national ranking in 59 years. Just sayin'.

Hopefully they don't lose to Portland State in their next game...

Hopefully they don't lose to Portland State in their next game...

With the jokes, haha

Why is CSU wearing red?

NoPoNeighbor wrote:Why is CSU wearing red?

Haha, I hope you're not an electrician, NPN....they're not red, they're orange!!

It’s a once-a-year thing, and now a tradition for CSU to have its “Orange Out” night to celebrate the history of Colorado State. The Rams don their orange “Aggies” jerseys to honor the history of what was once Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College, and when they wore predominantly orange uniforms.

The school asks the fans to wear their orange as well.

They do it for football now too. Orange ram horns on the helmets this year, ridic.

(It's pumpkin and alfalfa, for the record. Not orange and green.)

USF was within 1 point with less than 6 minutes to go against GU today at War Memorial, but the Bulldogs’ pedigree showed through in the final minutes as they pulled away to a 71-61 win to the chants of, “We are GU” coming from the GU faithful. It was GU’s first win at USF in four years, I believe.

I don’t see anyone getting more votes than Kelly Olynyk for WCC Player of the Year…..the guy is unbelievably better after redshirting a year to get bigger and better. Some are now even predicting he’ll head to the NBA next year.

DaTruRochin wrote:Hopefully they don't lose to Portland State in their next game...

CLOSE!! CSU just got by Air Force 89-86 in Colorado Springs today.

UK lost by 30 in Knoxville today....no crying outside Lexington, apparently.

Down by 11 at the half at UNLV, the CSU Rams just couldn't make it all the way back and lost 61-59 tonight......their first loss since losing to another UP opponent, New Mexico, four weeks ago.

CSU plays UNM again on Saturday, this time at home. Still grinding and 21-5.

Heartbreaker. Only time this year we've been outrebounded, I think.