unranked Iowa is 2.5 point favorite over #1 Michigan St tonight

[WACB]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/preview?gameId=400839300

Game is at Iowa, and Michigan St is still without Valentine. Could be an interesting game.

 

[Smashcat]

Surprised it's not more.

 

[Dakota25]

Iowa lost to the number one division two team in an exhibition. Looks like they will try to take out the number one in division one though!

 

[Rhavicc]

Not very good, but neither is Michigan State. It's the Denzel Valentine show up there.

 

[ukfan79]

Iowa is a pretty good team. They'll probably make the tournament. This game would go a long way to help them do that even with Valentine out.

Honestly though, I don't care what Michigan State does. They are kind of inconsequential to anything that UK needs. As in we don't want Chicago IF we are somehow able to still get a #1 seed. Them losing would only make Kansas #1 and give those bastards something to crow about. So I'd just assume the Spartans win until Kansas at least drops a few games.

 

[BIGBLUE402]

When was the last time a number one team was a underdog to a unranked team?

 

[UKGrad93]

Can Uthoff hit his first 8 threes? If so, then I like Iowa chances.

 

[Smashcat]

Iowa leads 19-13 with 10:49 left first half

 

[GOING FOR #9]

Where is this game?

 

[Smashcat]

Where is this game?

BTN

 

[GOING FOR #9]

What is BTN?

 

[Smashcat]

Iowa leads 33-19 3 mins left first half

 

[Smashcat]

What is BTN?

Big 10 Network

 

[BigBlueFanGA]

Where is BTN, seriously?

 

[UKWildcats#8]

MSU to no one's surprise is a one man team.

 

[Smashcat]

MSU to no one's surprise is a one man team.

Absolutely lost without Valentine. Worse than lost.

 

[WACB]

Surprised it's not more.

It's looking like it should have been more.

 

[Ugoff]

BTN... 610 on directv

 

[Icecoldbrewdoggy]

Me LUVVVV DirecTV ! Channel 610.

 

[kyfan606]

Any update don't get that channel

 

[stevo51]

45-32
Iowa in the second half

 

[UKWildcats#8]

Absolutely lost without Valentine. Worse than lost.

Yeah, almost lost to that smaller school last week.

 

[Smashcat]

Baer, the string bean walk-on freshman for Iowa, is a gift.

 

[ukfan79]

The downside of this.....Kansas will be #1 come Monday.

 

[ulismyman]

Will their fans have a melt down?

 

[SilentsAreGolden]

Sparty's going down tonight. Yeah, KU will be #1, but that's good. They choke more when they are top dog.

 

[Smashcat]

61-44 with 8:30 left

 

[Smashcat]

Will their fans have a melt down?

Doubt it. They had to know this would be a tough night without Valentine.

 

[JFCats22]

Iowa up 8 now.

Without Valentine MSU has struggled (not surprisingly)

 

[Icecoldbrewdoggy]

Doubt it. They had to know this would be a tough night without Valentine.

Izzo's Dad passed away as well. He's barely into the game it seems.

 

[ulismyman]

We didnt have Briscoe saturday...you think that would have stopped us

 

[ukfan79]

We didnt have Briscoe saturday...you think that would have stopped us

Briscoe is no Valentine....SMH

 

[JFCats22]

We didnt have Briscoe saturday...you think that would have stopped us

Seriously? Valentine is one of the top 2 or 3 players in the country.

Briscoe isn't in the top 2-3 on his own team.

Ridiculously dumb comparison.

 

[ulismyman]

Whats Iowa ranked??? Thats what i thought...teams lose to unranked teams ...it is not end of the world

 

[LineSkiCat14]

Expect Kansas fans randomly popping back in over the next week or two.

 

[Kuperpoly]

#1 goes down! they are nothing without Valentine.

 

[JeffGoodmansVestigialTwin]

#1 goes down! they are nothing without Valentine.

I wouldn't say they are nothing...but definitely not as good.

 

[BigRedMachineBigBlueNation]

Prepare for the KU trolls.

 

[Kuperpoly]

I wouldn't say they are nothing...but definitely not as good.

You are right "nothing" is a little strong. I thought Oakland was going to be their first loss but they managed to get them in overtime.

 

[Big Cat fan]

KU is one of the worst teams ever that will be ranked #1. This is a down year for sure.