You know the old saying about Thanksgiving, it's about food, family, and early season college basketball games that may or may not matter much later played at bizarre times all week.

This week kind of heats up as it goes, but we've got some decent games and one big one today so figured I'd start a thread.

**Game of the Day**
#1 Gonzaga vs #2 UCLA - 9:00 - Vegas (T-Mobile Arena) - ESPN

Other games:
#12 Houston vs Wisconsin - Vegas (Michelob Ultra Arena) - 4:00 - ESPN (This game could make me feel a little better if Wisconsin doesn't get blasted into space by UH)
#14 Illinois vs Kansas State - Kansas City - 6:00 - ESPN News
Oregon vs St. Mary's - Vegas (Michelob Ultra Arena) - 7:00 - ESPN
Cincinnati vs #13 Arkansas - Kansas City - 8:30 - ESPN2

Wisconsin out quick on the Coogs. Exact opposite of how both teams started yesterday.

bobinator said:

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Wisconsin out quick on the Coogs. Exact opposite of how both teams started yesterday.

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Wisconsin with Good ball movement out of the double teams and that was giving them fits in the first 10 minutes yesterday.

24-7 Wisconsin vs Houston

Wisconsin is just out playing Houston. I haven't seen Houston play, but they face an uphill battle in the 2nd half.

Coogs coming back

Wisconsin held on and one. That'll be good for us.

Saint Pablo said:

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Wisconsin held on and one. That'll be good for us.

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RPI RPI RPI

Wondered if KState might get nuked by Illinois but so far so good

I figured Illinois would take a small step back this year, but I did not expect them to look downright bad.

maybe we imagined how yesterdays game went?

according to ESPN: "The Aggies fell into a big early hole in their Maui opener against Wisconsin and saw their comeback attempt run out of steam late in a 69-58 loss."

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=401376722

This game hasn't exactly been beautiful basketball.

Chaminade gonna beat ND

WarDamnGrackle said:

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Chaminade gonna beat ND

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what channel?

That doesn't start for a while yet.

This is a lot of Dickie V stuff…

Took less than 5 minutes for Gonzaga to build a double digit lead over #2.

Timme took like 4 steps for that layup...

They're in their own world right now. Will be interesting to see if anyone gets better enough to challenge them.

They're out here looking dominant even without the #1 recruit in the country on the floor. They're going to at least have some real competition in the WCC this year, but damn they look unbeatable right now.

Geez…

Smoke #5. Smoke #2.

Wow.

#5 and #2 ranked teams just not even competitive with them. We will see what Duke can do on Friday.

The Zags play a beautiful brand of basketball.

Might be missing a team in my head but does this Gonzaga team have the biggest gap between them and everyone else since that 2015 Kentucky team?

Seems like UCLA is missing some shots I bet they usually make, but maybe that happens when you're getting steamrolled.

This game is over. Gonzaga lost focus and turned it over some and got cold and UCLA didn't get any closer at all.

I don't love that call. Come on.

Timme hasn't done much and Gonzaga is still up 20.

On the other channel, Notre Dame is very meh. Need another W tomorrow when we draw them (hopefully)

WarDamnGrackle said:

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Chaminade gonna beat ND

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Well, Chaminade has been surprisingly competitive so far. Tie game with 3 minutes left in the half.

bobinator said:

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Might be missing a team in my head but does this Gonzaga team have the biggest gap between them and everyone else since that 2015 Kentucky team?

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At this point it sure looks like it. If they do this to Duke on Friday too, we might as well just book their hotel rooms in NOLA.

bobinator said:

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Might be missing a team in my head but does this Gonzaga team have the biggest gap between them and everyone else since that 2015 Kentucky team?

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March is still a long way away and we've seen this Zag story before (including just last year).Where they steamroll through their season but don't win the NCAAT.

That UK team didn't win either, but the gap between them and everyone else up until the tournament was as wide as we've seen for just one team in a long time. This Gonzaga team could rival that.

Last year we knew Baylor and the Zags were clearly a level above. We were robbed of the mid-season game between those two that may have made the title game less shocking.

The rockets need to draft Chet next year he's the real deal