Hurricanes beat SI's pre-season #97 team by 4.
"Our top 100 closes with four teams we see winning their conferences:
Missouri State (No. 97), which once again turns to transfers, including West Virginia’s Lamont West; "
Gaytors beat SI's pre-season #227 team by 8.
"It’s been a long fall for
Saint Joseph’s (No. 227) since its NCAA tournament berth in 2016, and after firing longtime coach Phil Martelli, new coach Billy Lange has to deal with the loss of the team’s top four scorers."
Let's beat these Gaytors tomorrow and then go for our third championship in this tourney.
STOCK DOWN
Florida
It’s never a good thing when you appear in the “stock down” column
two weeks in a row. The Gators followed up a disappointing opening week by needing a late escape to beat mid-major Towson at home before
falling on the road UConn on Sunday. Florida scored a total of 125 points in the two games, exacerbating the offensive struggles that doomed it in a 63-51 loss to Florida State. To make matters worse, the Huskies were coming off an upset loss to Saint Joseph’s where the Hawks torched them for 96 points (1.14 per possession). The Gators could only manage 59 points (0.89 per possession), with Andrew Nembhard (14 points, all in the second half) and the fouled-out Kerry Blackshear (15 points) being the only UF players to reach double figures. With Blackshear out, Florida’s offense in the final minutes rested almost entirely on Nembhard trying to make things happen, a good reminder of the Gators’ youth despite all of their talent. Until Mike White's team sorts out its offense, it shouldn’t be considered top-25 good, let alone the top-10 status it started the year with.
