Four of the Top 25 teams got blown out of the water Wednesday: #3 Duke, #6 Wake, and #19 Minnesota. Duke went down to #10 Clemson 74-47 at Littlejohn Coliseum. Quite simply the Tigers pressd the shit out of the Blue Devils, held them to 30% from the field, and, by the end, the Dukies had quit. The win snapped a 22 games losing streak Clemson had against Duke dating back to 1996. Trevor Booker led Clemson with 21 and 8 rebounds, while Duke got 16 from Gerald Henderson.
Wake Forest got handled, as well. Like Duke, the Demon Deacons got D'd up. They fell to Miami, 79-52, as they lost their second consecutive game, and as Hurricanes snapped their own three game losing streak. The Hurricanes "zone-boned" Wake, holding them to season-lows of 32% from the field and 52 points, and 3-20 from beyond the arc. Jack McClinton led the way for the Hurricanes with 32.
#19 Minnesota got the same treatment they gave Illinois just a few days ago when they held the Illini to 36 points. The Gophers lost to #14 Michigan St. 76-47. The Spartans held Minnesota to 29% shooting. Wow. But what this win should really be attributed to is the coaching ability of Tom Izzo. The Spartans had lost two straight games at home coming into today - Northwestern Jan. 21 and Penn St. Sunday. The game Sunday was Penn St. first ever win at MSU. What happened between now and then? The Spartans probably had some brutal practices to get prepared for Wednesday, Coach Izzo went off on the guys, got them fired up, and the results - a 29 point win -show why he's one of the great motivators and coaches in the game.
#17 Texas also fell victim tonight.
Top 25 Scores From Around The Nation...2/4/09
Texas A&M 71, #2 Oklahoma 77
#3 Duke 47, #10 Clemson 74
#6 Wake Forest 52, Miami (FL) 79
USC 60, #12 UCLA 76
#19 Minnesota 47, #14 Michigan St. 76
#15 Memphis 79, Southern Meth. 66
#16 Villanova 94, Providence 91
Mizzou 69, #17 Texas 65
West Va 61, #20 Syracuse 74
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