February Meltdowns
By Brandon Crusan (follow him on twitter @cruz0210)
The month of February had its share ups and downs for College Hoops bettors this year. February brought us rivalry week, judgement week, and bracketbuster Saturday, but if you talk to anyone who gets down on college hoops, they will tell you it was the month of 2nd half meltdown. Meltdowns didn’t discriminate based on conferences or teams, almost everyone was effected. This list contains teams that are going dancing, bubble teams, and teams that just flat out terrible. Without further ado, here are the top 20 worst second half meltdowns of February in no chronological order.
Oregon -10.5 @ Utah (2/2)
Tied 36-36 at half
2H Oregon 43-32, 79-68 Ducks final
Detroit +2.5 @ Valparaiso (2/2)
Detroit up 45-36 at half
2H 45-28 Valpo, 78-73 Crusaders final
Marquette -10 @ Depaul (2/6)
Depaul up 43-40 at half
2H 49-33 Marquette, 89-76 Golden Eagles final
UVA +2.5 @ Clemson (2/14)
Tied 24-24 at half
2H 36-24 Clemson, 60-48 Tigers final
Florida -2.5 @ Alabama (2/14)
Tied 26-26 at half,
2H 35-26 Florida, 61-52 Gators final
Texas -2.5 @ Oklahoma (2/14)
Okla up 33-28 at half
2H 41-25 Texas, 69-58 Longhorns final
Nova +3.5 @ USF (2/15)
Tied 20-20 at half
2H 45-31 USF, 65-51 Bulls final
UNC -5.5 @ Miami (2/15)
Miami up 35-30 at half
2H 43-29 UNC, 73-64 Tarheels final
UNLV+5 @ New Mexico (2/18)
UNLV up 27-26 at half,
2H 39-18 New Mexico, 65-45 Lobos final
Purdue +4.5 vs MSU (2/19)
Purdue up 38-35 at half
2H 41-24 Michigan St, 76-62 Spartans final (purdue started 2h 1/21 from field)
Texas -2.5 vs Baylor (2/20)
Texas up 36-26 at half
2H 51-36 Baylor, Bears 77-72 final
Northwestern -2 vs Michigan (2/21)
Northwestern up 31-24 at half,
2H 25-18 Michigan to send to OT where they outscored the Wildcats 18-6, Wolverines 67-55 final
Kentucky -8.5 @ Mississippi St (2/21)
Mississippi St up 41-28 at half,
2H Kentucky 45-23, Wildcats 73-64 final
ND -2.5 vs WVU (2/22)
ND up 30-28 at half,
2H Notre Dame 41-16, Irish 71-44 final
Wyoming +5.5 vs San Diego State (2/22)
Wyoming up 30-26 at half
2H SDSU 29-25 sending game to OT, SDSU 12-3 OT for an Aztec 67-58 final
Detroit +2 @ Cleveland St (2/23)
Detroit up 38-32 at half
2H Cleveland St 45-26, Vikings 77-64 final
WVU -1 vs Marquette (2/24)
West Virginia up 36-25 at half
2H Marquette 40-28, Golden Eagles 61-60 final despite a rash of suspensions
Tennessee Tech +4.5 vs Murray st (2/25)
Tenn Tech up 30-24 at half
2H Murray St 45-34, Racers 69-64 final
Syracuse -4 @ Uconn (2/25)
Syracuse up 43-29 at half
2H Uconn 40-28, Orange 71-69 final
St Peters +22 @ Iona (2/26)
Iona up 40-35 at half
2H Iona 58-26, Gaels 98-61 final
