No great surprise here - Ohio State beat Virginia Tech. The biggest
surprise is that Tech made more of a game out of it than we thought they
would. Ohio State didn't lock it up until the last two minutes of the
game, winning 69-56.
A lot of people were startled that Gardner-Webb almost beat UNC, but as big
as that surprise was,
for them to beat Minnesota on the road was just huge. Minnesota goes
to Maryland next either as a basket case for losing to a lesser light or with an
immense chip on their shoulder.
In Tuesday night's games, Wisconsin visits Wake Forest, Purdue is at Florida
State, Clemson is at Penn State, and Illinois is at UNC. To us it looks
like Wisconsin and Illinois winning, Miami is at Michigan with Michigan having a
slight edge, and Purdue having a shot at upsetting eternally erratic Florida
State, despite injuries, only because FSU is always capable of blowing it.
In UNC's game, both teams will sport
new togs.
UNC and Wake each have a wild card.
For Wake it's Trent Strickland, who seems to have grown up; for UNC,
it's the freshmen, and no one knows yet how well they'll do.
Incidentally, we understand that one-time Wake recruit and son of former great Len Chappell Jason Chappell is starting for the Golden Gophers. Subplot!
- Clemson - Penn
State Game Notes - Miami
to Take on Michigan in Big Ten/ACC Challenge - Penn
State poses big challenge for Tigers - UNC
and Illinois to meet again - Ryan
Addresses Media Monday - Challenge
awaits Illini in Chapel Hill - UNC:
Team on the rebound - Wisconsin
has been gearing up its offense - Illinois
hopes to pay UNC back for loss in championship game - Series
between ACC, Big Ten provides more than good TV - Ryan,
UW look to avenge loss - Hoop
class: Big Ten 101 -
Dascenzo:
Can ACC still meet Challenge? - UNC
and Illinois to meet again - Basketball
team looks to rebound in ACC/Big Ten Challenge tonight - Leitao's
foot stomps kick-start new attitude