1/31/16

So catching up on the college basketball news from yesterday afternoon and earlier today. When I last wrote number 1 Oklahoma was trailing LSU at halftime. LSU said in the lead for most of the second half, but then Buddy Hield put on a show. He took control of Oklahoma and started knocking down big time shots and Oklahoma finally got a lead in the game late in the second half. With the game time with 20 seconds left an Oklahoma player hit the game winning shot with about 5 seconds left and LSU could not convert a desperation shot at the end to tie. With that Oklahoma will stay at the number 1 spot for another week. Another game that was coming down to the wire was Texas A&M vs Iowa State. Texas A&M controlled most of the game but Iowa St. stayed within striking distance until Georges Niang fouled out late in the second half. This opened the door for A&M to put the game out of reach. Texas A&M may move up at spot with this win put are sitting in a good spot at number 5. In the big game of Kentucky vs Kansas, the game was back and forth the entire game and eventually went into overtime. In overtime the Jayhawks would be to much to handle and go on to win by 6. Tyler Ulis of Kentucky and Wayne Selden Jr. of Kansas each had stellar games to lead their teams in scoring. North Carolina, Providence, Arizona and Baylor were other ranked teams to win last night. Today number 3 Iowa will be looking to keep a win streak going as the face the Wildcats from Northwestern in the biggest game that is being played today.