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Last Night
#3 Millsaps 86 #24 Johnson and Wales 83
This one was as good as advertised and extremely close throughout. J-Dub held a slim 3 point lead at the half and both teams battled back and forth all the way down to the wire. They were trading the lead repeatedly the last couple minutes of the game when Millsaps got a clutch steal with ten seconds remaining and up by 1. J-Dub quickly fouled, Millsaps made both free throws, but drama remained when the home team just missed on a tying 3ptr with one second remaining. Visiting Millsaps escaped with the three point victory and moved up a few spots in the rankings. J-Dub dropped down to the bottom of the rankings after the heart-breaking loss.
Also considered: #2 Hamline dominated the second half to blowout Simpson 89-48, #13 Medgar Evers was impressive at home to take care of previously ranked Hardin-Simmons 94-77, #5 California Tech pulled away from Newbury for the 70-55 win, #10 Penn St. Altoona got past Emmanuel on the road 65-49, and UMass Dartmouth used a late tip-in to force overtime and then out-lasted Oglethorpe 63-58.
Sim blowout watch: Salem St. got the cover on opening night, falling to #8 Ursinus 60-84.
GotN
#3 Millsaps (1-0)(brianxavier) at #1 Piedmont (1-0)(bunkerbuster)
I try not to pick the same team twice in a row but Millsaps is making it impossible by playing a second straight top five opponent on the road. Our top ranked team gets a big test in this one as the USA South welcomes the University to town. I was surprised again by this being the first meeting between these two coaches, how have they not played before? Weird. Anyway, the home team is favored by a slim 2 points.
Also considered: #10 Penn St. Altoona at #4 Nichols, #2 Hamline at Dominican, Wabash at #12 Greensboro, Wittenberg at #14 Chapman, Ramapo at #18 Webster, Dubuque at #20 Grove City, and Christopher Newport at #22 Lynchburg
Sim blowout watch: Easy choice tonight as George Fox is a massive 77 point home dog as they play host to #5 California Tech.