Did you know that David Bowie's son, Duncan Jones, graduated from Wooster in 1995 with a bachelor's degree in philosophy? It's true.
Last Night
Trinity 87 #14 Ozarks 100 (3 OT)
Do I know how to pick featured games or what? Trinity was in front the entire second half of this one until twelve seconds remained when a double-teamed Samuel Carmichael hit a huge 3ptr for Ozarks to tie the game. After a turnover and a missed shot, we went to overtime. Trinity again led for a bit until the home team went ahead by 1 with 32 seconds left. Trinity turned it over again and looked doomed, but they got the ball back after Ozarks went one for two from the line and a layup with one second left sent us to double overtime. In the second extra session it was Ozarks turn to lead most of the way with more missed free throws leaving the door open for a clutch Trinity 3ptr with one second left to even the score at 80 going into a third overtime. In this final period Ozarks stopped missing free throws. In fact, they pretty much stopped missing everything and they ran way from an exhausted Trinity squad for an epic home conference opener victory. I'm tired just typing about this game.
Also considered: #6 S. Vermont got past Newbury 64-51, #9 Louisiana handled Hendrix at home 67-57, #10 Emory came back to edge Sewanee 59-54, and #18 W. New England cruised past St. Joseph's 69-54. That triple overtime featured game makes these all look pretty boring.
Sim blowout watch: Haverford covered the big spread by half against #7 Ursinus 54-90, Averett just barely covered at #5 Piedmont 50-90, and Middlebury got just enough pity from fellow sim #21 Worcester St. to cover 43-83.
ITaLRbHAGotN: Visiting Skidmore opend up a lead halfway through the first half and unfortunately for the home fans Chicago just couldn't quite get back into the game. Skidmore shot over 40% from 3pt and pulled away for a key 75-63 cross-divisional win.
GotN
#5 Piedmont (10-1)(bunkerbuster) at #12 Oglethorpe (10-1)(getiguy)
We move over to the USA South conference for night two with an early divisional clash between ranked teams with identical records. Both teams' only loss came on the road against quality non-conference foes and now they look for the early edge in the west division standings. bunker has a big 9-1 advantage in the head-to-head series and his team is favored by two on the road in this one. I DEMAND FOUR OVERTIMES!!
Also considered: #2 Palm Beach Atlantic at #19 Greensboro, #20 Dallas at #9 Louisiana, #3 Colorado at Whittier, #13 Texas Lutheran at Howard Payne, and #18 W. New England at Johnson and Wales.
Sim blowout watch: Maryville St. Louis is a 64 point home dog as they get a Gorlok visit from #4 Webster and La Roche is getting 63 points as they go on the road to take on #22 Penn St. Altoona.
ITaLRbHAGotN
West Connecticut St. (5-6)(Sim AI) at East Connecticut St. (7-4)(dickg)
It's a war for Connecticut! The Colonials make the arduous 85 mile drive to battle their hated rival Warriors in a big cross-divisional game in the Little East conference. I thought about using the classic "this state isn't big enough for the both of them!" line here but in this case, I'm honestly questioning if the state actually is big enough for them. Can I get a ruling here? Anyway, the home team is favored by 4 points, may the best Connecticut state university win.