In women's college basketball, Syracuse lost to Virginia Tech 62-75, while Miami led Duke 33-23 at halftime. Oregon State's men's basketball team improved its NET ranking from 190 to 158 after wins over Arizona and Arizona State. The women's team had a remarkable week, beating No. 3, 9, and 16 ranked opponents. Oregon State's women's basketball team dominated Utah, winning 91-66. The men's team also had a strong performance, defeating Utah 91-66. Duke secured a 77-67 victory over Virginia Tech. Syracuse women's basketball team rose to No. 21 in the latest AP poll.
Syracuse women’s basketball: Orange jump to No. 21 in latest AP poll https://t.co/qMjuEu7L1o via @DominicChiappo2
This was the #Hokies’ moment. Others remain — Florida State, Virginia and Wake Forest at home, Miami and, gulp, North Carolina on the road spring to mind — but Monday was different. Tech took its shots; Duke was too good. ⬇️ https://t.co/49jUDH3NQN
The #Hokies had a chance against Duke to notch a much-needed marquee conference win that so far has eluded them. After things went awry in a 77-67 home loss to the Blue Devils, those golden opportunities are dwindling. A column from Monday night: https://t.co/hd1vzawTAj
That's a fantastic defensive close by the Wolves in Oklahoma City, even with SGA throwing knives. Rudy locking down the paint, all that length keeping OKC from getting even a half-decent look for the final three minutes or so.
really great win for the wolves. still clearly need mike conley—perhaps uncomfortably so. and it'd be nice if double-digit separation meant anything for them. but they gutted it out in the fourth quarter, on the road, and the defensive levers they can pull are near-bottomless.
Duke beats Virginia Tech 77-67. Blue Devils come on the road and notch an impressive win. Outrebounded VT 38-20; shot 9-17 on 3-pointers. Most impressive was probably the Saturday-Monday swing and playing better tonight. Next one is in Chapel Hill.
That'll do it from Cassell, where No. 7 Duke wins 77-67 over the #Hokies. It's too early to make decisive statements about what single results mean for a team's NCAA Tournament chances, but this one felt like a big missed opportunity for VT to bolster the ol' resume.
Very solid win for Duke, on the road, in a place that’s given it trouble lately. Tyrese Proctor keeps cooking, Ryan Young with some nice minutes off the bench, and the Blue Devils even pulled away at the end. Encouraging stuff. Next up: at UNC on Saturday.
Duke on Saturday: 4 offensive rebounds, 0 second-chance points. Duke tonight with 3:47 left: 10 offensive rebounds, 13 second-chance points. If Duke scores on this possession coming out of the under-4, that number goes up.
Tech 9 of 9 from line tonight. Duke 2 of 6. Devils still lead, 63-56, at U8 TV break. https://t.co/m0fTFXssAL
5 of Duke's 12 turnovers are on offensive fouls. Those are also 5 of the 6 most recent ones.
Most three-pointers made by Duke in a game this year was 13 vs. Bucknell (11/17/23). Their highest three-point percentage was 55.6% (10-of-18) vs. Charlotte (12/9/23). Shooting 9/14 (64.3%) tonight and 4/5 (80%) in 2H.
sga converted two ridiculous hoops fewer than three minutes into thunder-wolves because of course https://t.co/jwsNDi94WD
Virginia Tech just picked up its first offensive rebound of the night. There's 15:49 to play. It wasn't a clean one either. Missed VT shot bounced off Blue Devil hands and out of bounds.
Duke's points per possession: 1.09 Duke's turnover rate (8 in 32 possessions) of 25% is on pace to be worst of the season. It's only been over 20% once, and that (somehow) was the blowout win at Pitt (23%).
Baseline three from MJ Collins, who's reallly kept the #Hokies in this early. He's got 13 points, all three of VT's 3-pointers. VT's within 32-29 with under a minute in the half.
Blue Devils looking connected on offense tonight. Seven of the eight players who have played have scored. Foster leads with 8. Filipowski with 6. Duke up 32-21 at VT.
VT leads 8-4 and the combined length of shots made is about 32 feet*. * 30 of it on two FTs.
After using four different starting lineups for last four games, Duke will start the same 5 tonight at VT that it did in Saturday's 72-71 win over Clemson: McCain, Foster, Proctor, Mitchell, Filipowski
College basketball: UConn, Purdue stay atop AP Top 25 while chaos ensues https://t.co/uTAFbbrlLu
AP Poll for 1/29/24: 1. South Carolina (19-0) 2. Kansas State (20-1) 3. Iowa (19-2) 4. Stanford (19-2) 5. NC State (18-2) https://t.co/HooLcuOF6U #ncaaw https://t.co/pacLnxqMwL
Starting with its Jan. 14 game vs. Stanford, Colorado WBB’s final 14 games of the regular season are against opponents with an average NET ranking of 23.1. Of those 14 games, 10 are against teams currently in the top 21 of NET. #cubuffs are 3-2 so far in that stretch.
South Carolina remains No. 1 in women's AP Top 25 college basketball rankings, while Iowa climbs back to No. 3 https://t.co/Y7QBX8nngN
NC State is back in the AP Poll top 5!! The Wolfpack remains the highest-ranked program in the ACC with 3 ranked contests looming. AND they're all at Reynolds Coliseum... More here: https://t.co/3ExUTZF1SA https://t.co/V4SDmUWN1a
Defending national champ UConn remains No. 1 in AP Top 25 college basketball rankings https://t.co/fzLYGjMEtq
UConn, Purdue stay atop AP Top 25 while chaos ensues as Duke, Wisconsin, Iowa State make big jumps https://t.co/fct7WaYbcd
Women’s #NCAAWBB AP top 25 Jan 29: 🏀#4 @StanfordWBB 🏀#6 @CUBuffsWBB 🏀#7 @UCLAWBB 🏀#15 @USCWBB 🏀#18 @BeaverWBB 🏀#20 @UTAHWBB Six @pac12 teams in the top 25… (7th time this season) #Pac12WBB putting in work to the end! 👀💪🏽 cc: @Pac12Network @MarchMadnessWBB
Top 5 holding strong! 💪 The Week 13 AP Top 25 ⬇️ https://t.co/w0Or9fRCHb
FWIW: Even if either school loses this week, Duke and UNC will meet Saturday as top-10 opponents for the first time since the 2019 ACC semifinals. Otherwise known as, the only game Zion Williamson actually finished vs. UNC. Both teams had three first-round picks on the floor. https://t.co/6zZXNhhtJK
North Carolina (No. 3) and Duke (No. 7) are once again the only ranked #ACC teams this week. But man, is Saturday gonna be fun or what?
POLL ALERT: UConn, Purdue stay atop AP Top 25 while chaos ensues elsewhere as Duke, Wisconsin, Iowa State make big jumps. Full poll: https://t.co/ZJG5mgWrsa https://t.co/ielkiwQRkr
Prob good for bubble purposes if Duke beats VT on the road tonight. The Hokies have quietly jumped ahead of Wake in NET and are getting tourney buzz after their traditional slow ACC start. Duke hasn’t been playing great lately though and that’s a tough place to play.
The Syracuse basketball women split games with other ACC ranked teams, rise in the Top 25. https://t.co/o3X7fcFkQl
K-State, Stanford, and NC State shake up the top-5 in the latest AP Poll 🆕 👀 Week 13 @AP_Top25 Poll Update 🏀 #NCAAWBB https://t.co/GwUGARhjQ3
Oregon State jumps to No. 18 in this week's AP Top 25 women's basketball poll https://t.co/MTPhpPu5Xf
Oregon State WBB jumps to No. 19 in NCAA NET ranking after wins over Colorado and Utah.
#Hokies go for a Quad 1 tonight at home against Duke. #UVA has a shot at a Quad 1 win Saturday at Clemson. Big week for the Commonwealth's ACC teams ... https://t.co/jjtsu5U8Mq
Oregon State’s 91-66 win over No. 16 Utah was ‘absolutely a statement’ as Beavers try to make big postseason dreams a reality https://t.co/zSSIjNan9k
Wasn't pretty, but if you're Colorado WBB, you'll absolutely take any type of win on the road. It's not easy winning in the Pac-12 (look at today's scores!), so all-in-all, a good weekend for the #CUBuffs https://t.co/oVsyENnjf4
Duke transfer Shayeann Day-Wilson leads UM to win over her former team. #PressBoxU https://t.co/Mxl5UjLhDp
Utes run into Beavers buzzsaw as No. 25 Oregon State rolls past No. 16 Utah Story by @brandonljudd https://t.co/B8YkXxQpgt
Duke transfer Shayeann Day-Wilson leads UM women to 64-58 win against her former team. Post-game interviews, game recap here. https://t.co/IVf9bZn2kQ @MiamiHerald @HeraldSports @CanesWBB #GoCanes #ACC #Duke
Duke transfer Shayeann Day-Wilson leads UM women to 64-58 win against her former team https://t.co/TnppDSLLIp
Oregon State men and women went 4-0 this week… knocked off opponents ranked No. 3, 9 and 16. https://t.co/CjS8mwPwVH
To recap: Oregon State MBB beats 2 Pac-12 co-leaders heading into the week, including No. 9 Arizona OSU WBB beats No. 3 Colorado and No. 16 Utah, the latter easily. Has there been a better weekend for Oregon State basketball in Corvallis? Ever? (must be a MBB/WBB answer).
Oregon State women’s basketball completes the sweep… beats Utah 91-66. @BeaverWBB knocked off No. 3 Colorado and No. 16 Utah this week.
3 takeaways from No. 16 Utah’s blowout loss at No. 25 Oregon State Story by @brandonljudd https://t.co/B8YkXxQpgt
Tough day for the Utah Women in Corvallis. The No. 16Utes fell apart against the No. 25 Oregon State Beavers. https://t.co/vQl6u1DO7O
Oregon State shot 69.4 percent after missing its last 6 shots. School record is 71.9 percent. Also just missed: only 1 team in NCAA history has shot better than 70 percent against a top 25 opponent. https://t.co/Q8jqZ68dln
FINAL Utah 66 | Oregon State 91 Utah ended the game on a 9-0 run, but not much to celebrate in that one for the Utes.
With 5:43 left, Oregon State is shooting 79 percent.
Oregon State shot 75 percent during the first half In the third quarter, Beavers shot 80 percent
End 3 from Gill: Oregon State 78, Utah 42
CU had a hot start at Oregon State on Friday (11-for-18). In the 51 minutes since, the #cubuffs are just 25-of-79 (31.6%).
We've talked a lot about Oregon State's offense. But check out the defense. Beavers have 8 blocked shots, Utah shooting 32% Oregon State 59-34
Oregon State starts the second half on a 7-0 run Beavers 56-32
Ahead of tomorrow night: Duke has lost 5 of its last 6 games at VT. Before that stretch, a Duke team that won the national championship five weeks later got taken to OT by a VT team that finished 2-16 in the ACC. https://t.co/A7avP53XUX
49 points is a first-half season high for Oregon State
Halftime from Gill: Oregon State 49, Utah 32 Beavers shot 21 of 28 during the first half. That's hard to do unguarded during warmups https://t.co/XiFGvDt6s2
And then Oregon State answers back with a 7-0 run of its own and now build up a big lead. Utah needs some stops.
Oregon State finished off the first quarter hitting 11 consecutive shots https://t.co/RzJQJgEZsD
NCAA NET rankings are high on Utah, more so than AP rankings at 16. NET has Utes at 5. Oregon State is 23 NET
No. 16 Utah at No. 25 Oregon State WBB Tip off in 10 minutes Starting lineups: https://t.co/7qmoWE9vjf
HALFTIME: UM women lead Duke 33-23. Williams 8 pts, Day-Wilson 8 pts vs. her former team. @HeraldSports @MiamiHerald @CanesWBB #GoCanes #ACC
No 4th quarter magic for the SU women today. Va Tech is so big, it was tough for the Orange to get anything inside. The Hokies shot it great from 3. And Amoore was really good. Final: Va Tech 75, SU 62 Syracuse is 17-3.
With wins over Arizona and Arizona State last week, Oregon State MBB improved its NET ranking from 190 to 158.
Oregon State men's basketball... deserves a Sunday ovation. Great week for Wayne Tinkle's team. Swept the Arizona schools. Beavers at UCLA (Thur.) and USC (Sat.) next week.
Syracuse trails by 4 at the half. The Orange women cut a 14-point deficit from the hot-from-3 Hokies. Fair has been really good. Orange has done a nice job neutralizing Kitley, who is 1-for-9.
Syracuse women’s basketball: what to watch for versus #19 Virginia Tech https://t.co/5PMNF59RdE via @DominicChiappo2