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(NCAAB) Yale vs. Washington,
11/13/2016 2:00 PM, Score: 98 - 90
Point Spread: 12.00 | -106.00 Yale (Away)
Result: Win
Point Spread: 12.00 | -106.00 Yale (Away)
Result: Win
The set-up: Washington's last NCAA Tourney appearance came back in 2011 but despite losing its top-three scorers from last year, the Huskies (19-15 last season) have designs on making their first NCAA Tournament appearance since the, led by one (some say the No. 1) the nation's top freshmen, guard Markelle Fultz. Yale is coming off a 23-7 season, including winning the Ivy League (13-1) and beating 5th-seeded Baylor in the NCAAs, before losing by just seven points to 4th-seeded Duke in the second round in the school's first NCAA tourney appearance since 1962,
Yale: Yale's 23 wins last season were the most in the program's history (since 1907) and the Bulldogs were picked for a third-place Ivy League finish in the preseason media poll but that was before standout guard Makai Mason (16.0-3.8 APG) suffered a broken foot during a scrimmage and had to undergo season-ending surgery. Mason was the team's lone returning starter, as Yale already had seen senior forwards Sears (15.7 & 7.5) and Sherrod (12.7 & 7.0) graduate. Veteran head coach James Jones will have to adjust quickly and even more will be expected of senior guard Anthony Dallier (5.0 points, 3.2 rebounds last season) and senior forward Sam Downey (5.7 points, 3.4 rebounds) after both players contributed as key reserves a year ago. The newcomer to watch is 6-9 freshman forward Jordan Brunner, who joins the program following a standout prep career in South Carolina.
Washington: Gone from Washington's 19-win team of a year ago are guards Andrews (20.9-5.7-4.9) and Murray (16.1-6.0-4.1) plus the 6-10 Chriss (13.8 & 5.4). However, all eyes are now on Fultz, a 6-foot-4 PG from Maryland. He earned MVP honors in the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship in Chile while leading Team USA to a 5-0 record and the gold medal. The following month, he led Huskies in scoring (21.2 points per game) while averaging 6.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists per outing in the team's August tour of Australia and New Zealand. What could have been for Lorenzo Romar and the Huskies if even one of the team's two talented freshmen from a season ago, Marquese Chriss or Dejounte Murray, had stuck around and not left to become first-round NBA draft picks. Leading scorer Andrew Andrews graduated, leaving a pair of returning starters in sophomore forwards Noah Dickerson (7.5) and Matisse Thybulle (6.2 points). Key reserves like the 6-9 Malik Dime (he set a single-season school record with 88 blocks) and sophomore guard David Crisp (7.2 points) are also back.
The pick: Yale doesn't have the talent (athletes) that Washington has but I'll take Jones over Romar any day on the coaching sidelines. Take the double digits and make Yale an 8* play.
Yale: Yale's 23 wins last season were the most in the program's history (since 1907) and the Bulldogs were picked for a third-place Ivy League finish in the preseason media poll but that was before standout guard Makai Mason (16.0-3.8 APG) suffered a broken foot during a scrimmage and had to undergo season-ending surgery. Mason was the team's lone returning starter, as Yale already had seen senior forwards Sears (15.7 & 7.5) and Sherrod (12.7 & 7.0) graduate. Veteran head coach James Jones will have to adjust quickly and even more will be expected of senior guard Anthony Dallier (5.0 points, 3.2 rebounds last season) and senior forward Sam Downey (5.7 points, 3.4 rebounds) after both players contributed as key reserves a year ago. The newcomer to watch is 6-9 freshman forward Jordan Brunner, who joins the program following a standout prep career in South Carolina.
Washington: Gone from Washington's 19-win team of a year ago are guards Andrews (20.9-5.7-4.9) and Murray (16.1-6.0-4.1) plus the 6-10 Chriss (13.8 & 5.4). However, all eyes are now on Fultz, a 6-foot-4 PG from Maryland. He earned MVP honors in the FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship in Chile while leading Team USA to a 5-0 record and the gold medal. The following month, he led Huskies in scoring (21.2 points per game) while averaging 6.8 rebounds and 4.6 assists per outing in the team's August tour of Australia and New Zealand. What could have been for Lorenzo Romar and the Huskies if even one of the team's two talented freshmen from a season ago, Marquese Chriss or Dejounte Murray, had stuck around and not left to become first-round NBA draft picks. Leading scorer Andrew Andrews graduated, leaving a pair of returning starters in sophomore forwards Noah Dickerson (7.5) and Matisse Thybulle (6.2 points). Key reserves like the 6-9 Malik Dime (he set a single-season school record with 88 blocks) and sophomore guard David Crisp (7.2 points) are also back.
The pick: Yale doesn't have the talent (athletes) that Washington has but I'll take Jones over Romar any day on the coaching sidelines. Take the double digits and make Yale an 8* play.
