— SEC
Kentucky 75, Tennessee 64
Vols led by 3 with 6:32 left in the game.
Kentucky beat Tennessee twice TY; they shot 12-24 on arc in both games.
Overall, SEC teams are shooting only 31% on arc against the Vols.
Florida 81, Mississippi State 68
Miss State led 34-33 at halftime.
Gators were 14-36 on arc, 14-25 inside arc.
Bulldogs out-rebounded Florida, 43-32.
Auburn/Alabama are tied for first, two games ahead of Florida.
Bracketology has 13 SEC teams in the NCAA Tournament.
— Big 12
Kansas State 73, Arizona 70
K-State has won six in row, after starting Big X play 1-6.
Teams combined to shoot 3-41 on arc in this game.
K-State led 35-29 at halftime; they survived shooting 16-26 on foul line.
12-1 Houston leads Arizona by a game, Texas Tech by two games.
Bracketology has eight Big X teams in the NCAA Tournament.
— Big 18
Michigan 75, Purdue 73
Michigan has won five games in a row.
Purdue led by 10 with 14:22 left to play.
Wolverines were 18-26 on foul line, Purdue 6-8
Illinois 83, UCLA 78
Illinois won the last 14 times they scored 80+ points.
Illinois is 1-7 when they score less than 80 points.
Illini scored 1.24 points possession; they out-rebounded UCLA, 36-23
Loss snaps UCLA’s six-game winning streak.
11-2 Michigan leads 11-3 Purdue, 10-3 Michigan State atop the standings.
Bracketology has ten Big 18 teams in the NCAA Tournament.
— Big East
UConn 70, Creighton 66
Liam McNeeley scored 38 points for UConn.
McNeeley was 5-10 on arc; rest of Huskies were 1-16.
Creighton PG Ashworth was 1-8 from floor, 11-12 on foul line.
Marquette 68, DePaul 58
Golden Eagles right the ship, end a three-game skid.
Teams combined to shoot 8-49 on the arc.
Marquette was 14-20 on foul line, Blue Demons 4-9
12-1 St John’s leads 11-3 Creighton, 10-4 Marquette atop the Big East.
Bracketology has four Big East teams in the NCAA Tournament.
— American
East Carolina 82, UAB 75
East Carolina shot 59.5% inside arc, scored 1.28 points/possession.
Just second loss in last ten games for UAB.
North Texas 67, Rice 61
North Texas had only five turnovers (+4)
Rice was only 12-23 on the foul line.
Mean Green won eight of its last ten games.
10-1 Memphis leads 9-3 North Texas, 8-3 UAB.
— Mountain West
San Diego State 69, San Jose State 66
San Jose State led this game 37-20 at halftime.
Spartans shot 3-10 on the foul line.
San Diego State shot 4-23 on the arc.
UNLV 77, Air Force 52
Air Force is 2-12 ATS in conference games.
12-1 New Mexico leads 12-2 Utah State atop the standings.
Bracketology has three Mountain West teams in the NCAA Tournament.
— Famous birthdays, February 12th:
Joe Don Baker, 89
Dieter Brock, 74
Joanna Kerns, 72
Dave Revering, 72
Chet Lemon, 70
Larry Nance, 66
Todd Frazier, 39
Robert Griffin III, 35
Heston Kjerstad, 26
Victor Scott, 24
Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809.
Basketball great Bill Russell was born on this day in 1934.
— ACC
SMU 83, Pitt 63
SMU shot 10-20 on the arc, scored 1.22 points/possession.
Mustangs have won five games in a row.
Boston College is 1-7 ATS in its last eight games.
Clemson is 7-2 ATS in its last nine games.
Bracketology has four ACC teams in the NCAA Tournament
— Atlantic 15
George Mason 76, Saint Louis 74 OT
George Mason led by 10 with 10:33 left in regulation.
Patriots have won 10 games in a row, three of them in OT
George Mason shot 15-33 on the arc.
Dayton, St Bonaventure are both 2-8 ATS in its last ten games.
VCU is 7-1 ATS in its last eight games.
11-1 George Mason leads 9-2 VCU atop the standings.
— Missouri Valley
12-2 Drake leads 11-4 Northern Iowa, 10-4 Bradley atop the standings.
Illinois State is 6-0 ATS as an underdog, 1-7 as a favorite in MVC games
Missouri State is 4-10 ATS in MVC games.
Southern Illinois is 8-2 ATS in its last ten games.
— WAC
9-1 Utah Valley leads 7-2 Grand Canyon atop the standings.
Utah Valley is 9-1 SU/ATS in conference games.
Southern Utah is 1-6 SU/2-5 ATS in its last seven games.
— MAAC
11-2 Merrimack leads Quinnipiac/Marist by a game; this is Merrimack’s first year in the MAAC, just their sixth year as a Division I team.
Iona is 6-1 SU/5-2 ATS in its last seven games.
Rider is 7-2 ATS in its last nine games.
Sacred Heart is 5-0 SU/4-1 ATS in its last five games.
Canisius is 3-9 ATS in conference games.
— Southern Conference
Samford, Chattanooga, NC-Greensboro are tied for first, at 9-3.
45.6% of shots in SoCon games are 3-pointers, highest %age in country.
VMI is 6-6 SU/11-1 ATS in conference games.
Chattanooga won/covered its last five games.
Furman is 3-8 ATS in its last eleven games.
— Big West
Cal-San Diego/Cal-Irvine are both 10-2, two games ahead of Northridge, Riverside.
Bakersfield is 1-6 ATS in its last seven games.
Cal-Davis is 5-2 SU/7-0 ATS in its last seven games.
