College Basketball Daily for November 23, 2010 from the Sports Mac

Top Five Games From Yesterday

1. Clemson 64. Seton Hall 58, Overtime: The Tigers go 8 for 8 from the free throw line in the last 23 seconds of the extra session to get the win over the Pirates.

2. Grambling State 77, Southeast Missouri State 76, Overtime: The Tigers rallied for their first win of the season on the road over the Redhawks.

3. St. Peter’s 50, Alabama 49: Jeron Berlin hit a three-pointer with 10 seconds remaining to give the Peacocks the upset win to close out their stay in the Virgin Islands.

4. Hampton 51, Boston U 50: Charles Funches hit two free throws with a minute remaining and the Pirates hung on for the win over the Terriers.         

5. James Madison 65, Princeton 64: Denzel Bowles hit 2 game winning FTs with 28 seconds left to give the home standing Dukes the victory over the Tigers.

Top Five Performances From Yesterday

1. Terrence Jones, Kentucky F: 29 points and 13 rebounds in the No. 9 Wildcats' 76-64 Maui Invitational win over Oklahoma.

2. Denzel Bowles, James Madison F: 29 points and 10 rebounds in the Dukes' 65-64 win over Princeton.

3. Mason Plumlee, Duke F: 25 points and 12 rebounds in the No. 1 Blue Devils' 82-77 CBE Classic win over Marquette.

4. Kemba Walker, Connecticut G: 31 points, 29 of them in the second half, in the Huskies' 83-79 Maui Invitational win over Wichita State.

5. Justin Patton, Grambling State F: 28 points and 12 rebounds in the Tigers' 77-76 overtime win over Southeast Missouri State.

Top Five Games Today

1. No. 1 Duke (4-0) vs. No. 4 Kansas State (4-0), 10:00 PM, ESPN2: The CBE Championship game gives us the first top five matchup of the season in Kansas City.

2. No. 9 Kentucky (3-0) vs. No. 11 Washington (3-0), 9:30 PM, ESPN: The second semifinal in Maui has the Huskies trying to make a major statement against the Wildcats.

3. Connecticut vs. No. 2 Michigan State (3-0), 7:00 PM, ESPN: The first semifinal in Maui has a young Huskies team trying to prove themselves against a veteran Spartans team.

4. No. 18 Gonzaga (2-2) vs. Marquette (4-1), 7:45 PM, ESPNU: The Bulldogs challenging schedule continues facing the Golden Eagles in the CBE Classic third place game.

5. Pacific (4-1) at Missouri State (3-2), 8:00 PM: Two of the better mid-major programs around meet to try and continue their good starts to their seasons.

Five Games Under the Radar Today

1. No. 23 Butler (2-1) at Siena (1-2), 7:00 PM: The Bulldogs look for their first road win of the year in a tough environment in Albany against the Saints.

2. LaSalle (3-1) vs. Providence (4-0), 4:30 PM: The Explorers will give the Friars a good contest in the Cancun Challenge in Mexico.

3. Buffalo (2-1) vs. Canisius (2-1), 7:00 PM: The Buffalo area rivals meet with the winner continuing a promising start to the new campaign.

4. South Alabama (2-1) at Alabama-Birmingham (2-1), 8:00 PM: The in-state foes meet in Birmingham each looking for their third win on the season.

5. Portland (4-1) at Washington State (2-0), 10:30 PM: The Pilots have gotten off to a good start this season, but will get quite a test traveling to Pullman to take on the Cougars.

Worst Five Games Today

1. Champion Baptist at Central Arkansas (1-2), 5:00 PM: The Bears should have no problem evening their record against the small school Tigers.

2. Cincinnati Christian at Eastern Kentucky (2-3), 7:00 PM: Same as above only in this case the Colonels are doing it against the NAIA Eagles.

3. Southern Virginia at Virginia Military Institute (4-0), 7:00 PM: The high scoring Keydets should have no problems staying undefeated against the NAIA Knights.

4. North Carolina Wesleyan at Coastal Carolina (4-2), 7:30 PM: The Chanticleers should have little trouble getting their fifth win against the Division III Battling Bishops.

5.  Urbana at Kent State (4-1), 5:30 PM: The Division II Blue Knights will probably provide an easy opportunity for the Golden Flashes to move four games over .500.