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Here some exhibition result from last night-
Michigan State had to stage a huge rally from 16 points down to barely nip Grand Valley State (D-II) 61-57.
Illinois beat Lewis 83-58 in front of 16,618 fans.
BUT, Lewis' best player was absent, and they had nobody over 6'6" and STILL outrebounded the Illini!!!!
Richard Semrau played, so maybe he won't redshirt?
DePaul, BU's first D-I opponent beat St. Ambrose 89-73.
But St. Ambrose still lead the game at 45-44 in the 2nd half before DePaul's depth prevailed. DePaul scored the game's final 10 points as St. A's tried to foul to no avail, so this was a much closer game than appears.
Cincinnati beat Northern Kentucky 87-41.
Cincy led 47-11 at half.
Marcus Sikes started, played 24 min. and had 4 pts, 5 rebs.
And SEC's Vanderbilt barely pulled out a home court win over Northern State 98-94, even though the Northern State team had just barely arrived in Nashville after a 10 hour bus ride.
They are on a week long bus tour playing exhibitions (because they make money for the school) and are staying in hotels only 3 of 7 nights, and sleeping on the bus during long overnite bus trips the rest of the time.
And Maryland barely crept by California of PA College 79-78.
Ohio State won 80-57 over Findlay, not looking like a top ranked team.
Findlay outscored Ohio State in the paint, and outrebounded the Buckeyes 43-33.
Greg Oden didn't play.
D-I Duquesne lost to Millersville College 81-77.
And another surprising one,
UConn had to rally at home from a surprising halftime deficit to win over a weak D-II American International College 75-59.
In all BU's win over the very best D-II team in the nation looks a lot better than what the headlines are showing elsewhere.
Eastern Illinois plays Eureka College (D-III) tonight.
Michigan State had to stage a huge rally from 16 points down to barely nip Grand Valley State (D-II) 61-57.
Illinois beat Lewis 83-58 in front of 16,618 fans.
BUT, Lewis' best player was absent, and they had nobody over 6'6" and STILL outrebounded the Illini!!!!
Richard Semrau played, so maybe he won't redshirt?
DePaul, BU's first D-I opponent beat St. Ambrose 89-73.
But St. Ambrose still lead the game at 45-44 in the 2nd half before DePaul's depth prevailed. DePaul scored the game's final 10 points as St. A's tried to foul to no avail, so this was a much closer game than appears.
Cincinnati beat Northern Kentucky 87-41.
Cincy led 47-11 at half.
Marcus Sikes started, played 24 min. and had 4 pts, 5 rebs.
And SEC's Vanderbilt barely pulled out a home court win over Northern State 98-94, even though the Northern State team had just barely arrived in Nashville after a 10 hour bus ride.
They are on a week long bus tour playing exhibitions (because they make money for the school) and are staying in hotels only 3 of 7 nights, and sleeping on the bus during long overnite bus trips the rest of the time.
And Maryland barely crept by California of PA College 79-78.
Ohio State won 80-57 over Findlay, not looking like a top ranked team.
Findlay outscored Ohio State in the paint, and outrebounded the Buckeyes 43-33.
Greg Oden didn't play.
D-I Duquesne lost to Millersville College 81-77.
And another surprising one,
UConn had to rally at home from a surprising halftime deficit to win over a weak D-II American International College 75-59.
In all BU's win over the very best D-II team in the nation looks a lot better than what the headlines are showing elsewhere.
Eastern Illinois plays Eureka College (D-III) tonight.
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