Breakfast of Champions 12/13: Finals Week Upsets

Game of the Night

Ohio 61 Maryland 55

Having watched the Bobcats play live, as well as seeing the Terps play BC last week, I should have seen this coming from a mile awhile (Also should have called Bodog). This wasn't really as surprising as it looks at first glance. The Bobcats can score with the best of them, and have a hugely underrated pro prospect in Leon Williams. One of the quickest men in the post that I've seen in a long, long time. Williams had 15 points and 15 boards, while Jerome Tillamn scored 20 and the Bobcats held off the Terps 61-55 form the Comcast Center. Ohio led throughout, but Maryland would make it a game late, cutting a 17 deficit down to 58-55 with :50 seconds left. This is already the Terps fourth loss of the early season, as they continue to look for someone to be the leader of this team.


Xavier 64 Cincinnati 59

Man, this one ugly game to watch. Neither team shot over 40% from the field and both teams missed close to four thousa]lay-ups.Give the oft-criticized Bearcats some in this one. They used a tough zone defense to stymie Xavier, keeping this mis-match close throughout. Still wasn't enough, as four Musketeers would score in double figures for the ugly win over their crosstown rivals.


Vanderbilt 91 DePaul 85 OT

For awhile, it looked as if the "Curse of the Hype Backlash" was going to strike for the second consecutive night. First, Patty Mills was shut down by SIU, and then it looked as if DePaul was cruising to an upset of Vandy, just as we got done patting AJ Ogilvy's back. The Blue Demons lead this one 58-40 in the second half, but the Commodores rallied and won this won in overtime. Both Shan Foster and Ogivly struggled offensively in the first half, but turned it on late for the comeback win.


Mid-Major Game of the Evening

Stony Brook 77 Hofstra 74

We'll call this "STF Revenge Game". Just as CCSU was able to pull off a minor upset after we made fun of them, Stony Brook pulls off a huge upset of CAA front-runner Hofstra after we ripped them for playing in possibly the worst game of the season against NJIT. Shows what the hell we know.


Other Scores

UMass 83 Boston College 80

New Orleans 67 Colorado 65

Wisconsin 61 Wisconsin- Milwaukee 39

Pacific 71 Santa Clara 65


The Links

Miami could be going without two starters in their big game against Mississippi State tonight (Eye on the U)

In case you haven't noticed, it's going to be a long season for the Highlanders of N.J.I.T. OMDQ found some interesting facts to ease the pain (One More Dying Quail)

BP revisits their preseason picks. God, I don't even want to look at mine (Basketball Prospectus)

In case you were wondering, it's also finals time for college basketball fans. Test your hoop knowledge with Bally (Mid-Majority)

5 trips that every college basketball fan must take (Mike DeCourcy - Sporting News)

The Indiana insiders at Cobra Brigade are reporting that Kelvin Sampson is about to be fired. (The Cobra Brigade)