A quick link roundup to start your Tuesday morning:
- Mike Rutherford of SBN's Card Chronicle has the full schedule for ESPN's Tip-Off Marathon, which includes two marquee women's games. We'll have a game thread here, but Rutherford provides times, broadcast information, and broadcast teams for those games. Read more >>>
- Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald previews the Miami Hurricanes' trip to Knoxville for tonight's early season test against the Tennessee Lady Vols in the later women's game of the marathon (6 p.m. EDT on ESPN2). The consensus about Miami: they're quick, very quick. Read more >>>
- Jodi Demling of The Courier-Journal shares some news that will put a damper on the marathon's earlier game between Louisville and Texas A&M (4 p.m. EDT ESPNU): Louisville expects to be without three players, including star Shoni Schimmel. While that means freshmen will be expected to step up for the Cardinals, there's still reason to watch: TAMU transfer Kelsey Bone will be making her national television debut this season. Read more >>>
- Matt Sussman of SB Nation's MAC blog Hustle Belt suggests that Eastern Michigan's 110-31 rout of NAIA Division II opponent Marygrove yesterday was a game that simply shouldn't have happened: the score was 77-14 at halftime. Even though that wasn't nearly as bad as Georgia Tech's rout of Tennessee State that James witnessed last season, Sussman makes a suggestion for future blowouts: "Can the losing team agree to freeze the score and be done with it?" Read more >>>
- Sussman previously wondered if the Bowling Green State Falcons' loss to Dayton was in part because of they lost seniors as much as the Flyers just being good. Bowling Green coach Curt Miller sat down with Fox Toledo to discuss how the team is working to overcome the loss of six seniors and how close Miller himself was to leaving for another job. Read more >>>
- AnnArbor.com reports on the Michigan Wolverines' second-half surge to beat Florida Atlantic 73-51. A post-game conversation had: Me: "Did the women win?" Fellow Michigan alum: "Of course they won, I can't even believe you're asking." Touche - why else would the (best) fight song (ever) be called The Victors? Read more >>>
- Jeremy Powers of Cincinnati's GoBearCats.com is doing something really cool this season: giving out game balls and player ratings on a scale of 0-10. I just came across his summary of the Bearcats' 74-42 win over IPFW the other day for which Chanel Chisholm got the top rating. Read more >>>
- Seattle University will travel across town to face the Washington Huskies on Wednesday at 7 p.m. PST after both teams lost to UC Davis over the weekend. The last time the two teams met in 2009 with Tia Jackson at the helm, Seattle U came surprisingly close to an upset. Read more >>>
- Herman of SBN's Sippin' On Purple offers a brief summary of Northwestern's season opener against Central Michigan on Friday. Of note: "After head coach Joe McKeown talked a lot in the preseason about the improved depth of his team, only the six players listed above got major action." Read more >>>
- PhillyHoya of SBN's Casual Hoya offers a recap of Georgetown's opening weekend, which included a close one against Longwood and a loss to "a very much improved Terrapin team" in College Park. Up next for the Hoyas is a true road meeting with LSU. Read more >>>