Turkey Week Tournaments - Week Three Preview

Thanksgiving Week is a week of Tournaments, see the run down below for all the line ups. Here are some thoughts for this week:

• Monday: Gonzaga (The CEO) vs. Kansas State (Boaris) in the CBE Tourney. This is a must-see game.
  
• Monday: Xavier (Slake B) vs. Old Dominion (Jutdog) in the Paradise Jam final
• Saturday: Kansas (Mooseye) vs. Arizona (Jaybird) - a good test for both to see if either are any good.
  
• Sunday: Florida (Mooseye) vs. Florida State (Akaoni) - another good test for these instate rivals
• Musashisan's Recovery - if Musa wants to get out of the basement he needs to make a move this week. Michigan State needs to power through the Maui Invitational for 10 points total; Arizona State needs to sweep the Great Alaska Shootout for 10 points total; And the rest of his teams need to win all of their games against weaker opponents.
  
• Ready, Set, Duke - Not that Gunz needs any help, but Duke is finally going to get it on starting Monday against Marquette, and Tuesday against either Kansas State or Gonzaga, and wrapping up Saturday against 4-0 Oregon, for a potential 14 points.
  
• Is the Pac 10 down this year? Arizona is 3-0 with a win over New Mexico State; Stanford is 3-0 with a win over Virginia; UCLA is 3-0; no one took California but they are 2-0 with a win over New Mexico; Washington State and Washington 2-0; But on the other hand USC is 3-2 with losses to Rider and Bradley, Oregon lost to San Jose St, and ASU lost to New Mexico...
  
• But the Mountain West is going to be HOT: San Diego State (Babs) is 4-0 with wins over Gonzaga and Long Beach St; BYU (Jut) is 3-0 with a win over Utah State; UNLV (Boaris) is 3-0 with a win over Wisconsin; and New Mexico (Mooseye) is 2-1 with wins over ASU and Oakland.
  
• Minnesota Golden Gophers kicked ass, the Big 10 will be bloody. The Gophers sweep of Western Kentucky, North Carolina and West Virginia is huge. Lets see how they handle North Dakota State this week.
  
• Player teams with losing records: Loyola Marymount (Boaris) 0-3; Detroit (Jut) 0-2; St. Louis (Mad Mader) 0-2; UNI (Musa) 0-2; New Mexico St (SGII) 1-3; Colorado (Babs) 1-2; Fairfield (CEO) 1-2; Morgan St (Jaybird) 1-2; Weber St (Jut) 1-2; Oakland (McGrumps) 1-2; Charlotte (Mooseye) 2-3; Wofford (CEO) 2-3;
• Still waiting for this week's AP Poll, but the Coaches Poll says: Duke, Michigan State, Ohio State, Kansas State, Pittsburgh, Kansas, Villanova, Purdue, Kentucky & Syracuse.
  

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Paradise Jam Finals (Monday Nov. 22) 4 pts - Mids top Majors

• Xavier (Slake B) vs. Old Dominion (Jutdog) for the title
• Clemson (Gunz) vs. Seton Hall in the runner up game
• Musashisan's teams play with each other in the loser bracket

Maui Invitational (Nov. 22-24) 4 pts - This is the last year that the Maui will be as sweet as it is. Next year they will go to the pre-determined regionals and screw this tradition up.

• Wichita St (Mooseye) vs. UCONN (Mooseye)
  
• Michigan St (Musashisan) vs. Chaminade (Div. II, better not lose)
• Kentucky (McGrumps) vs. Oklahoma
  
• Washington (SGII) vs. Virginia

NIT Tip-Off Final Four (Nov. 24 & 26) 5 pts - the only 5 point tournament, 16 team field narrowed down to these four lucky bastards:

• VCU (Gunz) vs. Tennessee (Boaris)
  
• Villanova (Akaoni) vs. UCLA (Mad Mader)
  

CBE Classic (Nov. 22 & 23) 3 pts - A very good 4 team tourney starts tonight!

• Duke (Gunz) vs. Marquette (McGrumps)
  
• Kansas St (Boaris) vs. Gonzaga (The CEO)

Cancun Challenge (Nov. 23 & 24) 2 pts - This one is kind of weird with a winners bracket and losers bracket pre-determined, sucks to be Morgan State in this case. For the "winners" bracket, only Missouri (The CEO) is player owned, so lets wish them luck against Wyoming, Providence or LaSalle.

Great Alaska Shootout (Nov. 24-27) 3 pts - only 3 player teams are in the 8 team field.

• St. Johns (Babs) plays the 24th against Ball State, plays the winner of Southern Utah and Drake if they win.
  
• Arizona St (Musashisan) plays Houston Baptist on the 25th,
  
• Weber St. (Jutdog) plays Alaska Anchorage (Div II, better not lose!) on the 25th.
  

Legends Classic (Nov. 26 & 27) 3 pts - Meh.

• Georgia Tech (Jaybird) vs. UTEP (Jaybird)
  
• Syracuse (Mad Mader) vs. Michigan
  

76 Classic (Nov 25, 26, & 28) 4 pts - The second two rounds will have some good matchups and points

• Virginia Tech (Mad Mader) vs. Northridge
• Oklahoma St (Gunz) vs. DePaul
• Stanford (Gunz) vs. Murray St (SGII)
• UNLV (Boaris) vs. Tulsa (SGII)
  

Old Spice Classic (Nov 25, 26, & 28) 4 pts - could be some good matchups and points

• Boston College (McGrumps) vs. Texas A&M (Mad Mader)
  
• Wisconsin (Gunz) vs. Manhattan
• Georgia (Babblemur) vs. Notre Dame (Mad Mader)
  
• Temple (Jaybird) vs. California

Chicago Invitational (Nov. 26-27) 2 pts - forget about the "regionals" for this one, it is a four team final:

• Richmond (McGrumps) vs. Wright St (Slake B)
• Purdue (Babblemur) vs. Southern Illinois
  

South Padre Invitational (Nov. 26-27) 2 pts - again, forget about the "regionals" that don't count. Four teams:

• BYU (Jutdog) vs. South Florida
• Texas Tech (Akaoni) vs. St. Mary's (McGrumps)