Had Kansas crushed Marquette overdue Tuesday, the identify recreation of the Maui Invitational would’ve doubled as simply the forty fourth assembly in school basketball historical past between the groups ranked No. 1 and No. 2 within the Associated Press Top 25. But Kansas did not beat Marquette. Instead, Marquette crowned Kansas, 73-59, thank you partly to a 21-point, nine-rebound effort from Oso Ighodaro, the 6-foot-11 senior who has advanced into the Golden Eagles’ absolute best NBA prospect.
“I thought Marquette played great,” stated Kansas trainer Bill Self. “I thought they were so quick. We got behind and played catch-up the whole game, but I actually thought we played better than the score. We missed a lot of free throws and botched as many opportunities as we did, and a lot of times botched opportunities lead to points on the other end. But they were definitely the much better team.”
So Wednesday’s identify recreation of the Maui Invitational may not be simply the forty fourth assembly in school basketball historical past between the groups ranked No. 1 and No. 2 within the AP Top 25. Regardless, it is going to nonetheless be a matchup of the groups ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in Wednesday morning’s up to date CBS Sports Top 25 And 1 day-to-day school basketball ratings as a result of Purdue is as much as No. 1 following its 71-67 victory over Tennessee and can now play No. 2 Marquette for the Maui trophy within the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu.
Purdue is indexed as a three.5-point favourite.
It’s a wonderful matchup.
On one facet, there can be Purdue’s Zach Edey, the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year and favourite to copy because the CBS Sports National Player of the Year. On the opposite facet, there can be Marquette’s Tyler Kolek, the reigning Big East Player of the Year and any individual who joined Edey as a preseason CBS Sports First Team All-American.
If there is a higher solution to spend the overdue afternoon/early night ahead of Thanksgiving, I do not comprehend it. Tip is scheduled for five p.m. ET. You can watch it on ESPN.
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