College Basketball MASDNESS! In February!- đ Cal Returns To Kentucky! Down Goes Houston!
- Zaid Malik
- Feb 2
- 2 min read
Updated: Feb 4
What to know: If you wanted a full day of College Basketball, yesterday was the day for you! It was STUMPSETS galore! Letâs go over some of the big storylinesâŠ
Arkansas def. (12) Kentucky in Calipariâs return to Rupp Arena: The biggest coaching move in recent memory, maybe across any sport, was when John Calipari left Kentucky for fellow conference member Arkansas. Yesterday was his first return to Rupp Arena. Arkansas came into the game 12-8, and Kentucky was the 12th-ranked team in the nation. Sometimes, special things happen in games like this.
The 5 starters for Arkansas combined for all but 9 points in what was a late pull away and STUMPSET for Cal and the Razorbacks, 89-79! Despite their record, everything is still in front of the Razorbacks. They have games against (4) Alabama as well as (1) Auburn coming up, and if they rack up some more stumpsets, it will be hard to deny them a spot in the tourney!
(25) UCONN def. (9) Marquette on the Road! Silence the doubters: Have A Day UConn Huskies! In a game where they were undermanned, the heavy underdog, and picked against by almost anybody with a voice in college Basketball, the Huskies just put their heads down and fought! Sophomore Solo Ball had a career-high 25 points which included 7/9 from 3. If you saw this game those 7 threes from Ball might have been the most timely threes you could imagine. Every time Marquette started to get some momentum, he shut that down very fast! Samson Johnson had 13 and Alex Karaban added 15 of his own! Huskies win, 8
The Huskies are still without star freshman Liam McNeeley, but Coach Hurley said he should be 100% for the squads big upcoming matchup against (15) St. Johnâs. The Huskies have had doubters all season, but on the first day of February, maybe they begin to start their ascent! March is coming!
Not One, BUT TWO TOP-5 STUMPSETS: These two games weâre about to talk about were NOT EVEN CLOSE! (5) Florida went on the road to take on (8) Tennessee. The first half ended 24-21, but after that, it was all Volunteers. The Gators could not get anything going on offense, their leading scorer ended the game with 10 points. Chaz Lanier led the Vols with 19 points. The Vols ended up winning 64-44.
Tennessee was supposed to defend home court; this next one however was a SHOCKER. Kansas State face off against (3) Iowa State in Ames, Iowa! The Cyclones home stadium is one of the toughest to play in the entire country. You wouldnât have been able to tell however from the game, as Kansas State MANHANDLED Iowa State, 80-61! The Wildcats are still under .500, but this will be a huge resume builder if they can rattle off some more wins. A loss like this also makes you ask, how real is Iowa State?
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