Stanford senior guard Aaron Bright will be sidelined for the remainder of the season with a dislocated right shoulder he injured in practice last week.
GAME OF THE DAY: Villanova 63, No. 2 Kansas 59 In a day full of great games, Villanova knocking off No. 2 and previously undefeated Kansas takes the cake.
Ian Miller nearly hit the shot of the season from half court that would have given Florida State a buzzer-beating win over Florida, but the ball clanked off the back of the rim, and the Gators hung on for a good early season victory, 67-66.
Facing their first true test of the season against Georgia Tech in the second annual Barclays Classic, Mississippi -- behind 16 points from Derrick Millinghaus -- defeated the Yellow Jackets 77-67.
Memphis failed in their first test of the season losing big to Oklahoma State, but passed their second one against a solid LSU team by the score of 76-69 in the semifinals of the Old Spice Classic.
Georgetown used a blistering hot shooting performance from all three departments -- two-point field goals, three-point field goals, and free throws -- to defeat Virginia Commonwealth in the consolation game of the San Juan Shootout, 84-80.
On Sunday, Billy Donovan announced that senior point guard Scottie Wilbekin was reinstated and will rejoin the team for Monday’s home game against Jacksonville.
North Carolina had no problem disposing of Oakland in their season-opening game against Oakland, beating the Golden Grizzlies 84-61 without the services of P.J.
In late October, it was reported that redshirt sophomore Dorian Finney-Smith -- who sat out last season after transferring from Virginia Tech after his freshman year in 2011-12 -- would be suspended for Florida’s exhibition against Florida Southern and first two games of the season against North Florida and Wisconsin for an undisclosed violation of team rules.
In Iowa State’s season-opening 95-62 win against UNC Wilmington, DeAndre Kane nearly had a double-double in the first half (11 points, 9 rebounds) -- he probably could have had a triple-double if Iowa State didn’t take their foot off the pedal -- en route to a 13 point, 11 rebound effort, and seven assist effort.
Eyebrows were raised during and after SMU’s season-opening win against TCU on Friday evening when Jalen Jones, SMU’s leading scorer and top offensive player from a year ago, did not dress for the game.
It’s games like these between two fringe Top 25 teams -- Baylor is ranked No. 25 in the AP Poll, while Colorado received 83 votes -- that make or break resumes come March.
