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Florida dominated Florida State.

Kim English dominated Chattanooga.

Here's Wednesday's What You Need To Know :

Notable game from Tuesday: Florida took a step toward proving it's on its way back to the NCAA tournament in a 68-52 win over Florida State. Kenny Boynton, Alex Tyus and Erving Walker each scored 13 points, and the Gators -- who led by 20 at halftime -- held FSU to 33.3 percent shooting from the field. Florida is now 4-0 heading into Friday's game against Michigan State. Florida State dropped to 3-1.

Notable performance from Tuesday: I listed Missouri's Kim English as the Big 12's "Breakthrough Player" in the league preview , and he's done nothing to make me look stupid. The sophomore guard got 26 points in a 99-56 win over Chattanooga, this after a 25-point performance against Texas-Pan American. English is now averaging 19.0 points per game and shooting 45.5 percent from 3-point range. The Tigers are 3-0.

Notable game scheduled for Wednesday: Gonzaga and Cincinnati will meet in the championship game of the Maui Invitational with the winner guaranteed a spot in next week's national rankings, and perhaps the loser, too. Gonzaga enters with a 4-1 record (only loss to Michigan State) thanks to Tuesday's win over Wisconsin. Cincinnati is 4-0 with wins over Vanderbilt and Maryland. Tip-off is set for 10 p.m. ET.

Gary, I like what you do most of the time, but you're doing too much self-promotion here. Kim English didn't deserve to be listed in the "notable performance" section over Evan Turner, who had a triple double. Lots of guys get 25 or so against cupcakes, and triple-doubles are much more rare. I believe the last mention of Turner on this blog was criticizing him for having 10 TOs against UNC, even though he had a monster game against a ranked Cal team and then a triple double. Maybe you just want to try to better the chances of John Wall becoming POY and making yourself look good by not mentioning other POY candidates ...

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DZ93CK Reputation: 0 Level: Amateur Since: Apr 9, 2009	Posted on: November 26, 2009 9:30 am Score: 117 What You Need To Know Gary, I like what you do most of the time, but you're doing too much self-promotion here. Kim English didn't deserve to be listed in the "notable performance" section over Evan Turner, who had a triple double. Lots of guys get 25 or so against cupcakes, and triple-doubles are much more rare. I believe the last mention of Turner on this blog was criticizing him for having 10 TOs against UNC, even though he had a monster game against a ranked Cal team and then a triple double. Maybe you just want to try to better the chances of John Wall becoming POY and making yourself look good by not mentioning other POY candidates ... [ Reply to Comment ]
jocohawk Reputation: 89 Level: All-Star Since: Mar 9, 2007	Posted on: November 25, 2009 1:35 pm Score: 47 What You Need To Know Mizzou did not win the Big 12 last year Kansas did! Mizzou won the Big 12 tourament major difference. [ Reply to Comment ]
hortonamos Reputation: 80 Level: All-Star Since: Jan 13, 2009	Posted on: November 25, 2009 11:33 am Score: 151 What You Need To Know Looks like I won't need to transfer to Cincinatti to make them good, afterall. A running joke between myself and my best friend is that, by attending a school, I transform their basketball teams into powerhouses. I came back from Iraq in 2006, returning to Butler University. At the beginning of that season, they shocked everyone by winning a tough NIT Preseason Tip-Off, beating Notre Dame, Indiana, Tennessee and Gonzaga. They also made it to the sweet 16 that year. Last year, I started grad school at Mizzou. Again, they seemed to come out of nowhere to win the Big 12 and advance to the Elite Eight. Since then, my best friend, a lifelong Bearcats fan, has been begging me to do postdoc work at Cincy. Looks like they're doing just fine to me. (Of course, I realize these are coinciidences. But, for a huge college hoops fan like myself, they are fantastic coincidences.) [ Reply to Comment ]

Looks like I won't need to transfer to Cincinatti to make them good, afterall.

A running joke between myself and my best friend is that, by attending a school, I transform their basketball teams into powerhouses. I came back from Iraq in 2006, returning to Butler University. At the beginning of that season, they shocked everyone by winning a tough NIT Preseason Tip-Off, beating Notre Dame, Indiana, Tennessee and Gonzaga. They also made it to the sweet 16 that year.

Last year, I started grad school at Mizzou. Again, they seemed to come out of nowhere to win the Big 12 and advance to the Elite Eight.

Since then, my best friend, a lifelong Bearcats fan, has been begging me to do postdoc work at Cincy. Looks like they're doing just fine to me.

(Of course, I realize these are coinciidences. But, for a huge college hoops fan like myself, they are fantastic coincidences.)

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