{"id":363,"date":"2012-12-07T03:02:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T09:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67.227.157.91\/~kenpom\/wp_blog\/week-in-review-a-jerrell-benimon-sighting\/"},"modified":"2012-12-07T03:02:46","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T09:02:46","slug":"week-in-review-a-jerrell-benimon-sighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/week-in-review-a-jerrell-benimon-sighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Week in Review: A Jerrell Benimon sighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 3 most appealing games (according to FanMatchTM<\/sup>):<\/strong>
\n1) N.C. State 69, UConn 65 [62]<\/a>. UConn\u2019s Niels Giffey and Tyler Olander played 39 minutes and took a total of one shot. I can’t say there was anything else noteworthy about this one. As expected, the Wolfpack prevailed in a close game.<\/p>\n

2) Georgetown 64, Texas 41 [69]<\/a>. The Longhorns could use Myck Kabongo about now, but he\u2019s not going to solve something like this. Texas shot 12 of 35 on twos and committed 22 turnovers which goes a long way towards answering the question \u201cHow does one score 0.59 points per possession?\u201d<\/p>\n

3) Memphis 84, Ohio 58 [71]<\/a>. In a game that was competitive for about a half, Memphis committed just nine turnovers against the team that held the nation\u2019s best mark in opponents’ turnover percentage. Suddenly, Memphis guard Geron Johnson is the rage, and he had 21 points and one turnover in his fourth D-I game.<\/p>\n

The 3 biggest upsets:<\/strong>
\n1) #312 Towson (7%) 68, #111 Vermont 64 [65]<\/a>. (Wednesday) The Tigers quadrupled last season\u2019s win total with the win at Burlington. Jerrelle Benimon scored 29, rebounded 10, stole four, assisted three, and blocked two. He gets to play his old team, Georgetown, on Saturday. <\/p>\n

2) #99 Dayton (14%) 81, #23 Alabama 76 [69]<\/a>. (Wednesday) Dayton has been the opponent for Alabama\u2019s two worst defensive games over the past two seasons. Everywhere you look these days, there\u2019s a Georgetown transfer. Vee Sanford wasn\u2019t the MVP here, but he\u2019s found a better place in Dayton, and scored 13 in 27 minutes.<\/p>\n

3) #86 Northwestern (15%) 74, #21 Baylor 70 [68]<\/a>. (Tuesday) In a game that wasn\u2019t as close as the score indicated – Baylor\u2019s win chances dropped below 25% with 14 minutes to go and never returned despite a spirited late rally – Northwestern pulled off the stunner in Waco. <\/p>\n

The 3 craziest comebacks:<\/strong>
\n1) Wyoming (1.5%) over Illinois State<\/a>. (Tuesday) The Cowboys were down 50-31 with 17:04 to go but managed to scramble and keep a zero in the loss column. It\u2019s not that Wyoming won, it\u2019s that they won 81-67 [70]. If we had a \u201cwin by 14\u201d probability, this event would look a lot more stunning than the 1.5% indicates. I’m pretty sure if Larry Shyatt’s last name was Brown, there would be 20 feature stories on this team by now.<\/p>\n

2) Vanderbilt (2.7%) over Xavier<\/a>. (Thursday) Vandy was down 43-30 with 15:21 remaining which isn\u2019t a terrible hill to climb. But not too long ago, the Commodores scored 33 points in an entire basketball contest against Marist so it\u2019s not like they\u2019re blessed with much offensive firepower. Somehow they manufactured a 17-4 run at this point, and survived to see overtime where they eventually won a 66-64 [62] decision.<\/p>\n

3) Cal St. Bakersfield (2.8%) over Cal St. Fullerton<\/a>. (Thursday) Bakersfield trailed 50-35 with 17:45 left but came back to win 72-70 [72]. All hail Rod Barnes!<\/p>\n

Unbeatens remaining:<\/strong> 18. (2 fewer since Monday.)<\/p>\n

Winless teams remaining:<\/strong> 8. (1 fewer since Monday.)<\/p>\n

This weekend\u2019s 3 most appealing games (according to FanMatchTM<\/sup>):<\/strong>
\n1) #20 UNLV at #38 Cal<\/a>. (Sunday, 6 ET, ESPNU) There\u2019s a tight battle for the fifth, sixth, and seventh spots among the conference ratings involving the Mountain West, SEC, and Pac-12. The result of this game might shuffle that up. Mike Moser\u2019s status is up in the air.<\/a><\/p>\n

2) #23 Ole Miss at #40 Middle Tennessee<\/a>. (Saturday, 5 ET, ESPN3) Wow, this is an interesting one.
\nThe Rebels have rocketed up the ratings on the backs of humiliating a series of weak opponents at home. For Middle Tennessee, there is life after LaRon Dendy. And that semi-competitive loss<\/a> to Florida doesn\u2019t look so bad now, does it?<\/p>\n

3) #9 Wisconsin at #49 Marquette<\/a>. (Saturday, 6 ET, ESPN2) It\u2019s gone completely unnoticed, but it\u2019s possible that the Runnin\u2019 Badgers could end up being the eighth-fastest paced team in the Big Ten. After this game, they should leapfrog Nebraska for 11th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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