Friday’s 6-pack:
Teams that force the highest %age of turnovers:
24%— UCLA
23.9%— Iona
23.7%— Cal-San Diego
23.6%— Texas- El Paso
23.5%— Tarleton State
23.3%— Abilene Christian
Quote of the Day
“He’s a franchise changer. He’s done that everywhere he’s gone and he is helping revitalize what we got here. The belief amongst this team, now that he’s arrived, as opposed to what it was before he got here, it’s night and day.”
Draymond Green, talking about his new teammate, Jimmy Butler
Friday’s quiz
Where did Aaron Rodgers play his college football?
Thursday’s quiz
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the NBA in scoring; he played college basketball at Kentucky.
Wednesday’s quiz
When Virginia won the college basketball national title in 2019, they beat Texas Tech in overtime in the national championship game.
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USF hasn’t won in Spokane since 1989- they play there every year.
Gonzaga has won its last 31 games against the Dons.
Ryan Nembhard had 18 points, 12 assists for the Zags.
— Maryland 83, Nebraska 75
Maryland has won six of its last seven games.
Terrapins shot 63.2% inside the arc.
Loss snaps Nebraska’s four-game winning streak.
— South Alabama 91, Marshall 82 OT
Marshall was 14-48 on the arc, 16-29 inside arc.
South Alabama was 27-33 on foul line, Marshall 8-11
10-3 Arkansas State leads the Sun Belt; there are four teams tied for second place, a game behind them. Sun Belt conference tournament is going to be excellent.
— NC-Wilmington 86, Charleston 66
UNCW has won nine games in a row, is 21-5.
Seahawks out-rebounded Charleston, 43-27
UNCW shot 61.4% inside the arc.
— Early returns on the Jimmy Butler trade:
Warriors 105, Rockets 98- Golden State is 3-1 since acquiring Butler.
Mavericks 118, Heat 113- Miami is 0-4 since trading Butler.
— Famous birthdays, February 14th:
Dave Dravecky, 69
Jim Kelly, 65
Meg Tilly, 65
Drew Bledsoe, 53
Richard Hamilton, 47
Derek Norris, 36
Nick Pivetta, 32
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, 23
Nolan Schanuel, 23
— Talk about a euphemism; New Jersey Jets have told QB Aaron Rodgers they’re “going to move in a different direction at quarterback” which is nice way of saying they’re telling Rodgers to take a hike, after two disappointing years, where the Jets went 12-22, with Rodgers going 6-13 in his starts, while banking $75M.
Will Rodgers retire? He is 41; would another team want him? This will be one of the off season’s more interesting sub-plots.
— Former Detroit Lions HC Matt Patricia is going to be the new defensive coordinator at Ohio State; he was 13-29-1 as coach of the Lions, after they had gone 36-28 under his predecessor, Jim Caldwell. Lions are 39-28-1 since Patricia left Detroit.
— It rained in Las Vegas Thursday, first time it rained there in 214 days.
— Upsets of the Night:
Portland (+13.5) 84, Oregon State 72
North Carolina A&T (+12.5) 60, Elon 59
Pacific (+11.5) 83, LMU 58
Denver (+8.5) 68, North Dakota 64
Tennessee-Martin (+5.5) 76, SIU-Edwardsville 71
Kennesaw State (+4.5) 69, Louisiana Tech 47
— Tex-Arlington 82, Cal Baptist 79, OT
Cal Baptist led by 17 with 13:34 left in the game.
Tex-Arlington was 24-43 on foul line, Lancers were 7-8
Raysean Seamster was 10-18 on foul line, by himself.
— Cal-Davis 75, Cal-Riverside 74
Aggies were 22-27 on foul line, Riverside was 5-9
Riverside led by 10 late in first half.
Davis outscored Riverside 5-0 in the last 1:27 of the game.
— Cal-Irvine 62, Cal-Santa Barbara 60
Anteaters scored on a lob pass on an out-of-bounds under play with 0:00.6 left.
Irvine stays tied with Cal-San Diego stop the Big West.
Loss snaps the Gauchos’ three-game winning streak.
— South Dakota State 98, Omaha 85
Jackrabbits shot 10-20 on arc, scored 1.34 points/possession.
Only second loss in last 13 games for Omaha.
10-2 Omaha leads 9-2 St Thomas, 9-3 Jackrabbits atop the Summit standings.
— North Dakota State 94, Oral Roberts 88 OT
On TV, they said it was 21 below zero in Fargo Thursday; good grief.
ORU is 1-7 in its last eight games; they lost despite going 13-24 on the arc.
North Dakota State has the #2 eFG% in the country; they’re also the worst team in the country at forcing turnovers.
Teams that force the highest %age of turnovers:
24%— UCLA
23.9%— Iona
23.7%— Cal-San Diego
23.6%— Texas- El Paso
23.5%— Tarleton State
23.3%— Abilene Christian
Quote of the Day
“He’s a franchise changer. He’s done that everywhere he’s gone and he is helping revitalize what we got here. The belief amongst this team, now that he’s arrived, as opposed to what it was before he got here, it’s night and day.”
Draymond Green, talking about his new teammate, Jimmy Butler
Friday’s quiz
Where did Aaron Rodgers play his college football?
Thursday’s quiz
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the NBA in scoring; he played college basketball at Kentucky.
Wednesday’s quiz
When Virginia won the college basketball national title in 2019, they beat Texas Tech in overtime in the national championship game.
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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here…….
— Gonzaga 88, San Francisco 77USF hasn’t won in Spokane since 1989- they play there every year.
Gonzaga has won its last 31 games against the Dons.
Ryan Nembhard had 18 points, 12 assists for the Zags.
— Maryland 83, Nebraska 75
Maryland has won six of its last seven games.
Terrapins shot 63.2% inside the arc.
Loss snaps Nebraska’s four-game winning streak.
— South Alabama 91, Marshall 82 OT
Marshall was 14-48 on the arc, 16-29 inside arc.
South Alabama was 27-33 on foul line, Marshall 8-11
10-3 Arkansas State leads the Sun Belt; there are four teams tied for second place, a game behind them. Sun Belt conference tournament is going to be excellent.
— NC-Wilmington 86, Charleston 66
UNCW has won nine games in a row, is 21-5.
Seahawks out-rebounded Charleston, 43-27
UNCW shot 61.4% inside the arc.
— Early returns on the Jimmy Butler trade:
Warriors 105, Rockets 98- Golden State is 3-1 since acquiring Butler.
Mavericks 118, Heat 113- Miami is 0-4 since trading Butler.
— Famous birthdays, February 14th:
Dave Dravecky, 69
Jim Kelly, 65
Meg Tilly, 65
Drew Bledsoe, 53
Richard Hamilton, 47
Derek Norris, 36
Nick Pivetta, 32
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, 23
Nolan Schanuel, 23
— Talk about a euphemism; New Jersey Jets have told QB Aaron Rodgers they’re “going to move in a different direction at quarterback” which is nice way of saying they’re telling Rodgers to take a hike, after two disappointing years, where the Jets went 12-22, with Rodgers going 6-13 in his starts, while banking $75M.
Will Rodgers retire? He is 41; would another team want him? This will be one of the off season’s more interesting sub-plots.
— Former Detroit Lions HC Matt Patricia is going to be the new defensive coordinator at Ohio State; he was 13-29-1 as coach of the Lions, after they had gone 36-28 under his predecessor, Jim Caldwell. Lions are 39-28-1 since Patricia left Detroit.
— It rained in Las Vegas Thursday, first time it rained there in 214 days.
— Upsets of the Night:
Portland (+13.5) 84, Oregon State 72
North Carolina A&T (+12.5) 60, Elon 59
Pacific (+11.5) 83, LMU 58
Denver (+8.5) 68, North Dakota 64
Tennessee-Martin (+5.5) 76, SIU-Edwardsville 71
Kennesaw State (+4.5) 69, Louisiana Tech 47
— Tex-Arlington 82, Cal Baptist 79, OT
Cal Baptist led by 17 with 13:34 left in the game.
Tex-Arlington was 24-43 on foul line, Lancers were 7-8
Raysean Seamster was 10-18 on foul line, by himself.
— Cal-Davis 75, Cal-Riverside 74
Aggies were 22-27 on foul line, Riverside was 5-9
Riverside led by 10 late in first half.
Davis outscored Riverside 5-0 in the last 1:27 of the game.
— Cal-Irvine 62, Cal-Santa Barbara 60
Anteaters scored on a lob pass on an out-of-bounds under play with 0:00.6 left.
Irvine stays tied with Cal-San Diego stop the Big West.
Loss snaps the Gauchos’ three-game winning streak.
— South Dakota State 98, Omaha 85
Jackrabbits shot 10-20 on arc, scored 1.34 points/possession.
Only second loss in last 13 games for Omaha.
10-2 Omaha leads 9-2 St Thomas, 9-3 Jackrabbits atop the Summit standings.
— North Dakota State 94, Oral Roberts 88 OT
On TV, they said it was 21 below zero in Fargo Thursday; good grief.
ORU is 1-7 in its last eight games; they lost despite going 13-24 on the arc.
North Dakota State has the #2 eFG% in the country; they’re also the worst team in the country at forcing turnovers.
