by Michelle Richardson

Iowa 94 Minnesota 73: Here’s the thing about this game all it takes is just one team and Josh Oglesby who was almost forgotten on Iowa helped turn the game around and all it takes is one person. As I always tell co-talk show host Jeremy Kahn you’ve got to play the game. It’s the way the game should be played, it’s not like this person is going to win, it’s like what’s the use of playing the game.

It’s like giving the game on just word of mouth, this game was an upset definitely, Minnesota is more of a basketball team than a football team so this was a solid, a solid win by Iowa pulling away. Number 14 Iowa won this one from an unranked Minnesota team. You had high points from Minnesota’s Andre Hollins with 20 and Austin Hollins with 13.

Andre hit the first high points in 34 minutes and Austin the guard for Minnesota supplied his 13, Minnesota had good discipline, they didn’t have great discipline. Iowa had great discipline they got over 40 points off the bench with Oglesby finishing with a team leading 17, Iowa’s Roy Devyn Marble with 16, and top scorer Aaron White 18.

Michigan 77 Wisconsin 70: The Big Ten is way deeper than people are actually giving them credit for and for an unranked Michigan team which is to go into Wisconsin at the Cole Center and walk away with a victory and a seven point victory at that that’s a large margin of victory. Wisconsin is not a team that will allow you to come into their house and run away with a big victory.

Michigan was 29-53 off field goals and for 3 pointers they were seven for 13, lots and lots of fouls committed in this game there were 14 by Michigan, 15 by Wisconsin which is really a lot. There were so many that it just kind of balanced itself out. Those turnovers will come back and kill you if you don’t watch out.

With that many being had by both of them they were trying to see who could outkill each other with the flagrent fouls. Who could kill the person first, they were trying to kill themselves. Looking at their starting five, three of their starting five was in double digits Michigan’s Nik Stauskas led with 23, Caris LeVert 20, and Glen Robinson III had 14.

Kansas 80 Oklahoma State 78: Everybody is watching the Kanas Jayhawks because of Andrew Wiggins, they’re also watching Oklahoma State because of Marcus Smart and his not going into the NBA draft and he decided to stay in school and work on his game he finished last Saturday with 16 points. This was one of those games that you wanted to see.

It really turned out to be as former ABC broadcaster Keith Jackson would say “a barnburner”, Kansas was leading at the half and never let go even though they were outscored in the second half by Okalahoma State. They never relinquised the lead. You had good play by the starting five for Oklahoma State everybody was in double digits except for Brian Williams who was held to two points.

You had more consitent play with Kansas and wth everybody being involved, it was just a more balanced game. For the Jayhawks only two people finished in double digits and they still won Naadir Tharpe 21 and Joel Embiid 13.

Michelle Richardson does weekly commentary on the NCAA for Sportstalk Radio