Following a busy weekend of college basketball. The Pittsburgh Panthers earned the #1 rank in the latest poll. On Monday Pittsburgh beat then #1 (now #2) Connecticut behind the dominate play of DeJuan Blair's 21 points and 23 rebounds. Blair continued his dominating play on Saturday with a 20 point 18 rebound performance, setting a school record with 41 rebounds in 2 games. The Panthers mauled DePaul 80-71.
Greivis Vasquez led the unranked Maryland Terrapins with triple-double over the 3rd ranked North Carolina Tarheels in Overtime. Vasquez finished with 35 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists. Not only did Vasquez score the first 16 Maryland points, he also lead the Terrapins back from a 16 point deficit to force overtime before closing out his outstanding performance with a eye-opening victory.
Blake Griffin and the Oklahoma Sooners' hopes at a #1 ranking were put on hold by the Texas Longhorns. Texas defeated then #2 Oklahoma 75-63 behind hot late shooting from A.J. Abrams, who finished with 23 points. Griffin was accidentaly hit in the face causing him to leave the game with a concussion. Despite being without possible player of the year in Griffin, the Sooners kept close behind the strong play of freshman Willie Warren. Warren finished with a game high 27. Griffin's status is questionable for Monday's game against #15 Kansas.
Stephen Curry and the Davidson Wildcats lost to the #22 Butler Bulldogs 75-63. Curry, the leading scorer in Div. 1, struggled to find his rhythm early missing his first eight shots. Curry missed the previous game with an ankle injury while insisting the ankle felt fine by the start of the Butler game. Curry finished 6-23 shooting, for 20 points. below his 28.6 average.
Duke extracted some revenge over Wake Forest with a solid 101-91 victory. Gerald Henderson led Duke with a career high 35 points (11-15 shooting). Jon Scheyer, whom was asserted into the starting line up as the point guard, added a career high of his own with 30. Last month, Wake Forest beat Duke in Winston Salem on a last second shot.
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