Haven’t been keeping up on my STAT of the DAY routine I made somewhat, well, routine, back earlier in the season.
But here’s Thursday’s quirky stat…
Ben Woodside of North Dakota State, arguably the best player in the Summit League and a guy who scored 60 earlier in the season, shot a perfect 0-12 from the field against Western Illinois. To Ben’s credit, he did have 6 assists and 3 steals, but that 0′fer is cooky.
Not even close to being cookier than Woodside’s “off” night was the final score, a 61-52 victory on the road for the North Dakota State Bison …read more

– San Francisco throttled the Academy of Art 74-23.
– Wisconsin escaped Iona by 2 in overtime. The Badgers managed only 7 assists compared to 19 turnovers.
–Duke put Michigan in their place with a 71-56 win in the Finals of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer. Kyle Singler had 15 points and 10 boards.
–Xavier’s Dante Jackson hits half court shot with time expiring to beat the Virginia Tech Hokies. Jackson was 1-9 from the field.

–The Rollins College Tars (DII) disposed of Wisconsin-Green Bay by 17.
–Tyler Hansbrough returned from injury and scored 13 in a UNC victory …read more

No really, there’s about 600 games today give or take a couple hundred.
But of course there are dozens of non DI teams playing the role of automatic victims tonight.
For example,
Middle Tennessee State will be hosting Trevecca Nazarene.
I wonder if Trevecca’s fans travel well.
Anyways,
here are some vital preview tidbits of a few Friday evening games.
St. Johns (H) vs. Long Island (LIU) preview from East Coast Bias
“This Friday, all of the offseason training, speculation, and worrying takes a back seat to the opening game of the 2008-2009 season, in the refurbished on-campus Carnesecca Arena.  For a St. John’s team that …read more