OK, another chance to put your vote where your mouth is...HL games this week

[talksalot]

There are 9 HL games coming up, 4 on Thursday and 5 on Saturday.

Thursday
Green Bay @ Northern Kentucky
Milwaukee @ Wright State
Detroit @ Cleveland State
Oakland @ Youngstown State

Saturday
Oakland @ Cleveland State
Valparaiso @ UIC
Detroit @ Youngstown State
Milwaukee @ Northern Kentucky
Green Bay @ Wright State

[talksalot]

I'm going with 3... Raiders win both and either NoKy or Yst will win one...not sure which one.

[Kyle321n]

Wow. Bad slate of games for the home team. I'm going with 2.

[VULB#62]

I'm going with 3... Raiders win both and either NoKy or Yst will win one...not sure which one.

Don't see WSU pulling off two. They'll split.  NKU will barely beat GB on Thursday but will not hold serve on Saturday. 2

[valpocleveland]

3:
WSU Thursday/Sat
YSU Sat

[historyman]

Three

WSU-twice (barely winning both games at home like they have done most of the year)
YSU-once over UDM, maybe a last second shot, as at OU, or in OT

[bbtds]

between three and five. 

and I'm not naming names.

[talksalot]

between three and five. 

and I'm not naming names.

I don't see a "Chicken-Clucking" smiley...   or     

[Kyle321n]

Tonight according to KenPom

Oakland (92) at Youngstown St. (86) 7:45 PM   (31%)
Milwaukee (65) at Wright St. (68) 7:00 PM (59%)
Green Bay (83) at Northern Kentucky (82) 7:00 PM (47%)
Detroit (76) at Cleveland St. (74) 7:30 PM (42%)

The percentage is the home team's chances of winning. All times are EST.

[vu72]

Tonight according to KenPom

Oakland (92) at Youngstown St. (86) 7:45 PM   (31%)
Milwaukee (65) at Wright St. (68) 7:00 PM (59%)
Green Bay (83) at Northern Kentucky (82) 7:00 PM (47%)
Detroit (76) at Cleveland St. (74) 7:30 PM (42%)

The percentage is the home team's chances of winning. All times are EST.

Of course we would prefer the home teams to win and I'll take three of the four with only YSU losing at home.

[talksalot]

Whatever you are drinking... I'll take a case.

[bbtds]

between three and five. 

and I'm not naming names.

I don't see a "Chicken-Clucking" smiley...   or     

[Valpower]

Tonight according to KenPom

Oakland (92) at Youngstown St. (86) 7:45 PM   (31%)
Milwaukee (65) at Wright St. (68) 7:00 PM (59%)
Green Bay (83) at Northern Kentucky (82) 7:00 PM (47%)
Detroit (76) at Cleveland St. (74) 7:30 PM (42%)

The percentage is the home team's chances of winning. All times are EST.

Of course we would prefer the home teams to win and I'll take three of the four with only YSU losing at home.

What's your thinking on wanting Wright State to win?  Just curious.

[vu72]

Because I view Milwaukee as a bigger threat in the long run.

[talksalot]

Thursday - HOME TEAM PERFORMANCE

SO 1 WIN AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF THE POLL...5 GAMES LEFT... everyone is still mathematically alive !...

Green Bay @ Northern Kentucky - LOST
Milwaukee @ Wright State - WON
Detroit @ Cleveland State - LOST
Oakland @ Youngstown State - LOST

GAME RECAPS:

FAIRBORN, Ohio (AP) JT Yoho scored 29 points and Joe Thomasson's free throw with three seconds left lifted Wright State past Milwaukee 84-83 Thursday night.

Milwaukee's Matt Tiby made both free throws with five seconds left to tie the game at 83 before Thomasson converted one of two free throws.

Mark Hughes hit a 3-pointer with 10:47 to play gave the Raiders a 67-54 lead, before Milwaukee proceeded to outscore Wright State 29-16 to tie it. Akeem Springs, Austin Arians and Jordan Johnson scored 22 of the Panthers 29 points during that stretch. Springs finished with 21 points, Arians had 18 and Johnson added 16.

Wright State (14-10, 8-3 Horizon) led 52-42 at the half after it built a 35-15 lead with 8:55 left before the break.

Thomasson finished with 15 points and Mark Alstork added 14 for the Raiders. Wright State shot 28 for 50 from the field (56 percent) and 11 for 19 (58 percent) from beyond 3.

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GBAY @ NORKY
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. (AP) Jordan Fouse scored 14 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had four steals and four blocks to lead Green Bay over Northern Kentucky 85-78 on Thursday night.

Carrington Love scored 18 points and Kenneth Lowe added 12 for the Phoenix (14-9, 6-4 Horizon), which shot 48 percent. Kerem Kanter and Turner Botz scored 11 apiece off the bench.

Trailing 37-32 at halftime, Northern Kentucky tied it at 47 on Jalen Billups' free throw amid a 10-3 run, but Green Bay stayed ahead with a 15-3 run in which Botz hit two 3-pointers and led 69-54 with 8:04 left.

Northern Kentucky closed to within 82-78 on Deontae Cole's 3 with 51 seconds left, but got no closer. Fouse and Botz combined for three free throws in the final 26 seconds to ice it.

Billups scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Norse (8-14, 4-7). Lavone Holland II scored 15 and made seven assists.

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UDM @ CSU
CLEVELAND (AP) Chris Jenkins made a career-high six 3-pointers and scored 20 points while Paris Bass grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds and Detroit beat Cleveland State 71-63 on Thursday night.

Detroit (11-11, 5-6 Horizon) led 33-31 at the break before seizing control. Jenkins hit three 3-pointers in less than three minutes to give the Titans a 56-44 lead with 8:47 remaining.

Carlton Brundidge scored 12 points for Detroit and Gerald Blackshear and Jaleel Hogan each scored 10. The Titans held a commanding 39-27 rebounding edge, 30 coming on the defensive end. Bass grabbed 16 boards on the defensive end.

Cleveland State (7-17, 2-9) got a career-high 25 points from Demonte Flannigan, who shot 11 for 15 from the field while grabbing 10 rebounds. Vinny Zollo had 16 points on 6-for-9 shooting from the field.

Detroit shot 24 for 49 from the field (49 percent) but was 13 for 25 from (52 percent) from the free-throw line.
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OAK @ YSU
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) Kahlil Felder led six players in double figures with 17 points and Oakland outran Youngstown State 107-85 on Thursday night.

Both teams shot well - Oakland made 39 of 73 field goal attempts (53.4 percent) and went 10 of 26 from beyond the arc, while Youngstown State shot 46.7 percent.

Felder was 6 of 12 and had 14 assists, tying a career high. Percy Gibson and Max Hooper had 16 points apiece for Oakland (16-8, 8-3 Horizon). Jalen Hayes scored 14 points with 12 rebounds, and the Golden Grizzlies won the rebound battle 46-29.

Youngstown State (9-15, 4-7) was led by Cameron Morse with 23 points, and Francisco Santiago added 22. Matt Donlan and Jordan Andrews had 11 points apiece for the Penguins.

Oakland used a 23-6 run midway through the first half to take control of the game and led 53-34 at the break. Youngstown State heated up after intermission, but Oakland never stalled - the teams combined for 105 points after the half.

[historyman]

WSU-twice (barely winning both games at home like they have done most of the year)

Wright State past Milwaukee 84-83 Thursday night.

What can I say?

[Kyle321n]

SO 1 WIN AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF THE POLL...5 GAMES LEFT... everyone is still mathematically alive !...

Yeah but the one person who picked 6 is either a UIC fan or already counting their guess as wrong.

[Valpower]

SO 1 WIN AFTER THE FIRST DAY OF THE POLL...5 GAMES LEFT... everyone is still mathematically alive !...

Yeah but the one person who picked 6 is either a UIC fan or already counting their guess as wrong.

That was me.  I made a fat-fingered mistake, but the survey was not set up to allow me to correct. Also, I LOVE UIC so deal with it. 

[talksalot]

Green Bay @ Northern Kentucky - LOST
Milwaukee @ Wright State - WON
Detroit @ Cleveland State - LOST
Oakland @ Youngstown State - LOST

Saturday
Oakland @ Cleveland State - LOST
Valparaiso @ UIC
Detroit @ Youngstown State
Milwaukee @ Northern Kentucky
Green Bay @ Wright State

[talksalot]

So 4 is the most it can be after the flameout....

Green Bay @ Northern Kentucky - LOST
Milwaukee @ Wright State - WON
Detroit @ Cleveland State - LOST
Oakland @ Youngstown State - LOST

Saturday
Oakland @ Cleveland State - LOST
Valparaiso @ UIC - LOST
Detroit @ Youngstown State - tip at 6:05pm
Milwaukee @ Northern Kentucky - tip at 6:00pm
Green Bay @ Wright State - tip at 6:00pm

[talksalot]

So 4 is the most it can be after the flameout....

Green Bay @ Northern Kentucky - LOST
Milwaukee @ Wright State - WON
Detroit @ Cleveland State - LOST
Oakland @ Youngstown State - LOST

Saturday
Oakland @ Cleveland State - LOST
Valparaiso @ UIC - LOST
Detroit @ Youngstown State - tip at 6:05pm
Milwaukee @ Northern Kentucky -WIN
Green Bay @ Wright State - tip at 6:00pm

[talksalot]

So 4 is the most it can be after the flameout....

Green Bay @ Northern Kentucky - LOST
Milwaukee @ Wright State - WON
Detroit @ Cleveland State - LOST
Oakland @ Youngstown State - LOST

Saturday
Oakland @ Cleveland State - LOST
Valparaiso @ UIC - LOST
Detroit @ Youngstown State - LOST
Milwaukee @ Northern Kentucky -WON
Green Bay @ Wright State - WON

SO 3 IS THE CORRECT ANSWER....

LET'S SEE... what sage said this?     
I'm going with 3... Raiders win both and either NoKy or Yst will win one...not sure which one.



oh... ME.

[historyman]

Valparaiso @ UIC - LOST

How utterly unfortunate for the Flames.

[bbtds]

Three

WSU-twice (barely winning both games at home like they have done most of the year)
YSU-once over UDM, maybe a last second shot, as at OU, or in OT

LET'S SEE... what sage said this?     
I'm going with 3... Raiders win both and either NoKy or Yst will win one...not sure which one.

3:
WSU Thursday/Sat
YSU Sat

Can't help but point this out, sorry, VULB@62.

Don't see WSU pulling off two. They'll split.  NKU will barely beat GB on Thursday but will not hold serve on Saturday. 2

Wright State won by 19 so not close. No KY does pull out the home win by 4 over the Milw.

[talksalot]

overall congratulations to the majority of the responders to select 3...