College Ballin. 12-21-10

HI-YO!

UCONN
The Huskies are playing solid ball behind, no surprise, Kemba Walker. Now the #2 scorer in the country (Northern Illinois' Xavier Silas is #1; 28.1), Walker is averaging 27.2 points per. Walker is yet to score under 20 points since the first game of the season. He is a tough 2-guard, and just has a knack to score. However, get the 6'1 junior in foul trouble...then what? Sophomore big-man Alex Oriakhi will contribute at a double-double minimum, however, he only averages just over eleven points per contest. The next scorer? Shabazz Napier (8.6). Until they get a real test vs. #6 PITT on December 27th (who lost to the mid-major foe Tennesse), UCONN (8-0) will stay in the top 5 for a little while longer.

HI-NO!

TENNESSEE

Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl

Go back to the Volunteers. Not only did they lose to Oakland (who nearly beat then-#17 Illinois at Assembly Hall and #8 Michigan State by a point), UT suffered defeat at the hands of a 5-6 Charlotte team, who belongs to the Atlantic 10 conference. Seems like a typical season for Tennessee, actually. Just a year ago they beat top-ranked Kansas, then just a few weeks later, lost back-to-back games at Georgia, then at home vs. Vanderbilt. Flashback to 2010. To make matters worse, the Volunteers lost to an underachieving USC team tonight (65-64), who is ranked nearly dead-last in the conference. The last time Tennessee dropped 3 in a row: nearly four years ago; losses to Vanderbilt, Ohio State, and Auburn.

THIS KID IS GOOOOD...

Anatoly Bose - 6'6 senior / From: Sydney, Australia / Attends: Nicholls State University

Bose put up 30 points, including a career-high 7 three-pointers, in a 94-52 rout of Dillard. This is his second time cracking 30 points this season, 5 times he has put up 30+. Bose is the #3 leading scorer in the country, averaging 25 per contest.