Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2017
10 games this week, and the only thing of note is 1 POTG performance, so we'll start there.
Nov. 27-
Bishop Palmer of
LSU has done it again, getting his 2nd POTG award this season with a 25 points, 8 rebound, 2 assist, 1 block effort in a 75-51 win over Nicholls State. He was 11-20 shooting but just 2-8 from three point land. He was also 1-1 from the line.
Now for the rest of the games:
FR C Patrick Hutt (#8 Villanova) -- 4-0, 0-0 Big East.
11/28/17 vs. Drexel (W 87-53), came off bench, 18 mins played, 3 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks.
FR SF Benito Sheppard (#22 Stanford) -- 4-1, 0-0 Pac 12.
12/3/17 vs. Northern Kentucky (W 85-74), started game, 26 mins played, 16 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist.
FR SF Will Brown (#13 Kansas) -- 6-2, 0-0 Big 12.
11/28/17 vs. High Point (W 74-61), came off bench, 16 mins played, 2 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal.
11/30/17 vs. BYU (L 70-58), came off bench, 14 mins played, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist.
FR SG Bishop Palmer (LSU) -- 6-1, 0-0 SEC.
11/27/17 vs. Nicholls State- POTG performance, highlighted above.
FR SG Braydon Gale (Florida State) -- 1-5, 0-0 ACC.
11/27/17 at #16 Gonzaga (L 71-39), started game, 32 mins played, 8 points, 1 steal.
11/29/17 at Northern Iowa (L 80-79, OT), started game, 40 mins played, 26 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal.
12/3/17 at Georgia (L 75-63), started game, 28 mins played, 20 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 steals.
FR PG Aaron Ginsberg (Vermont) -- 7-1, 0-0 America East.
11/29/17 at UTSA (W 70-61), came off bench, 13 mins played, 13 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block.
12/3/17 vs. Akron (W 69-52), came off bench, 18 mins played, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 steal.
FOFC Freshman of the Week-
Bishop Palmer (LSU)
A much tougher choice than last week, with 3 players in the mix. I have to give it to Bishop for the 4th straight week. It's hard to pass on a POTG performance, and Bishop has the only ones so far. No discredit to
Benito Sheppard, who had a nice 16 point effort. Also in the running was
Braydon Gale. His downfall was his 8 point effort against Gonzaga. Had he had a good game there, we'd probably be giving him the award.
FOFC Freshman of the Month-
Bishop Palmer (LSU)
Is this really a surprise? He was a perfect 4-4 for FOFC Freshman of the Week awards. He had 2 POTG performances, the only POTG performances of any of our FOFC players in November. I believe he will be challenged in the coming months, but the month of November belonged to Bishop.
Now for the national top 25 going into next week:
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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Louisville (63) 6-0 1786 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Kentucky 7-0 1683 2 Southeastern Conference
3. Michigan State (8) 6-0 1678 3 Big Ten Conference
4. UCLA (1) 5-0 1539 6 Pacific-12 Conference
5. Florida 6-0 1510 5 Southeastern Conference
6. Wisconsin 6-0 1501 4 Big Ten Conference
7. Ohio State 5-0 1389 7 Big Ten Conference
8. Villanova 4-0 1298 8 Big East Conference
9. Temple 6-0 1194 11 American Athletic Conference
10. Duke 5-1 1082 14 Atlantic Coast Conference
11. Virginia 5-1 964 23 Atlantic Coast Conference
12. Baylor 5-1 955 9 Big 12 Conference
13. Gonzaga 6-1 849 16 West Coast Conference
14. North Carolina 5-1 748 10 Atlantic Coast Conference
15. Notre Dame 5-1 707 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
16. Saint Mary's 4-1 613 21 West Coast Conference
17. San Diego State 5-1 551 19 Mountain West Conference
18. Oregon 4-0 465 17 Pacific-12 Conference
19. Cincinnati 4-1 459 15 American Athletic Conference
20. Oklahoma 4-1 455 NR Big 12 Conference
21. Minnesota 5-0 393 12 Big Ten Conference
22. Stanford 4-1 305 22 Pacific-12 Conference
23. Maryland 7-0 304 NR Big Ten Conference
24. Oklahoma State 3-1 240 24 Big 12 Conference
25. Tulsa 4-0 198 25 American Athletic Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
VCU 4-0 129 Atlantic 10 Conference
Iona 8-0 122 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
South Carolina 5-0 111 Southeastern Conference
Kansas State 5-1 87 Big 12 Conference
North Carolina State 5-1 79 Atlantic Coast Conference
Tennessee 6-1 6 Southeastern Conference
Villanova and Stanford both stay where they were at, while Kansas drops out of the polls and loses their votes after their loss to BYU.
Now for the mid-major top 25 going into next week:
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# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference
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1. Temple (68) 6-0 1796 1 American Athletic Conference
2. Gonzaga (2) 6-1 1710 3 West Coast Conference
3. San Diego State 5-1 1576 4 Mountain West Conference
4. Saint Mary's 4-1 1575 6 West Coast Conference
5. Cincinnati (2) 4-1 1531 2 American Athletic Conference
6. Tulsa 4-0 1467 5 American Athletic Conference
7. VCU 4-0 1374 9 Atlantic 10 Conference
8. Iona 8-0 1326 10 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
9. Akron 5-1 1127 7 Mid-American Conference
10. Dayton 5-1 1082 19 Atlantic 10 Conference
11. Idaho 4-0 1017 16 Big Sky Conference
12. BYU 5-2 1009 8 West Coast Conference
13. Rhode Island 5-1 974 20 Atlantic 10 Conference
14. Wyoming 6-1 732 23 Mountain West Conference
15. Vermont 7-1 642 24 America East Conference
16. Belmont 7-1 563 25 Ohio Valley Conference
17. UTEP 4-1 503 22 Conference USA
18. Wichita State 4-2 474 NR Missouri Valley Conference
19. North Florida 7-1 407 13 Atlantic Sun Conference
20. Green Bay 4-1 397 NR Horizon League
21. Murray State 6-2 372 12 Ohio Valley Conference
22. Northern Iowa 4-1 350 NR Missouri Valley Conference
23. Long Beach State 4-1 173 NR Big West Conference
24. Massachusetts 3-2 147 15 Atlantic 10 Conference
25. Detroit 5-1 115 NR Horizon League
Others Receiving Votes:
UC Santa Barbara 5-1 115 Big West Conference
Rider 5-1 88 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Stephen F. Austin 3-1 84 Southland Conference
College of Charleston 4-1 82 Colonial Athletic Association
Coastal Carolina 5-1 78 Big South Conference
Hofstra 4-1 76 Colonial Athletic Association
Sam Houston State 5-1 73 Southland Conference
Louisiana Lafayette 4-1 68 Sun Belt Conference
Florida Atlantic 3-1 43 Conference USA
George Washington 2-1 43 Atlantic 10 Conference
Weber State 4-1 43 Big Sky Conference
Holy Cross 5-1 38 Patriot League
UMKC 4-1 26 Western Athletic Conference
American 3-1 23 Patriot League
Incarnate Word 4-1 22 Southland Conference
Milwaukee 3-1 22 Horizon League
Cal Poly 3-1 19 Big West Conference
Maryland Eastern Shore 3-1 18 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Nice rise for Vermont, a 9 spot rise after a couple wins.