& Sports of Course: Game Day January 6th, 2018

Basketball started early this morning with Clemson defeating Louisville in overtime 74 to 69. 

Cardinals come up short in overtime as Clemson basketball tops Louisville

In football, the Kansas City Chiefs disappointed me again by losing a 21 to 3 halftime lead, losing 22-21.

Highlights of Titans win over Kansas City Chiefs 

The late game had Atlanta defeating the Los Angeles Rams 26 to 13.  Oddly if the Rams had stayed in Saint Louis I would have been rooting for them.

Highlights of the Falcons over the Rams 

In Top 25 college basketball scores:

Auburn upset (22) Arkansas 88-77. 

Colorado upset (14) Arizona 80-75.

Gonzaga defeats Loyola Marymount 85-66

Kansas over TCU 88-84.

LSU squeezed past (11) Texas A&M 69-68.

NC State upset (2) Duke 96-85.

Providence defeated (5) Xavier 81-72.

Purdue defeated Nebraska 74-62.

Seton Hall defeated Butler 90-87.

Tennessee over Kentucky 76-65.

Texas Tech over Kansas State 74-58. 

Villanova over Marquette 100-90.

Virginia over North Carolina 61-49.

West Virginia over Oklahoma 89-76.

In other ACC action:

Boston College beats Wake Forest at home 77-71.

Georgia Tech over Yale at home 74-60.

Notre Dame over Syracuse by a field goal 51-49.

Virginia Tech over Pittsburgh 81-67.

In the Big 12:

Baylor over Texas 69-60.

Oklahoma State defeats Iowa State at home 96-87.

The Big East saw:

Creighton over Georgetown 88-65.

Depaul over St. John's 91-74.

In the Big South:

Campbell over Winthrop 88-77.

Highpoint at home against Charleston Southern 80-59.

Liberty at home over Presbyterian 60-48.

Longwood at home over Gardner-Webb 79-73.

Radford over UNC Asheville 90-70.

In the Southland conference:

Central Arkansas over Lemar 100-91.

New Orleans defeats McNeese State 82-75.

Nicholls State by a point over Houston Baptist 72-71.

Sam Houston State ove Incarnate Word 85-74.

Southeast Louisiana by a field goal over Abilene Christian 72-70

Stephen F. Austin over Northwestern State 64-56.