I hope everyone had a fantastic New Year. Go Huge! Great games this Saturday, a few upsets, fantastic in-conference matchups, and primetime players stepping up in big time moments. All adding up to great basketball and prelude to future talent in the NBA. John Wall, Damion James, and Luke Harangody improved their stock with solid performances while helping their respected teams to wins. I can’t wait until March Madness comes around. That is when we will see who really has what it takes…

Also, look out for “The Future is Ready” post to see whose draft status has risen and dropped from last time in the upcoming weeks.

But in the meantime…Let’s get into it!

(1)Kansas 84, (19) Temple 52

NBA Player Watch
Kansas
Xavier Henry- 15 pts.

(2)Texas 76, Texas A&M-CC 70

NBA Player Watch
Texas
Damion James- 13 pts. 10 rebs. 3 blks.

(3)Kentucky 71, Louisville 62

NBA Player Watch
Kentucky
John Wall- 17 pts. 2 stls.

Pittsburgh 82, (5) Syracuse 72

NBA Player Watch
Syracuse
Wesley Johnson-19 pts. 6 rebs.

Player of the Game
Pittsburgh
Jermaine Dixon- 24 pts. 5 rebs. 5 stls. & 4 asts.

(8)Villanova 74, Marquette 72

NBA Player Watch
Villanova
Scottie Reynolds- 23 pts.

(10)UCONN 82, Notre Dame 70

NBA Player Watch
UCONN
Stanley Robinson-22 pts. 16 rebs.

Notre Dame
Luke Harangody- 31 pts. 9 rebs.

(11)Michigan State 91, Northwestern 70

NBA Player Watch
Michigan State
Kalin Lucas- 21 pts. 6 rebs.

Oregon 90, (16) Washington 79

Player of the Game
Oregon
Micheal Dunigan- 20 pts. 14 rebs.

(20)Georgia Tech 76, Charlotte 67

NBA Player Watch
Georgia Tech
Gani Lawal- 29 pts. 10 rebs. 2 blks.

(22)Gonzaga 85, Illinois 83

NBA Player Watch
Gonzaga
Matt Bouldin- 18 pts. 9 rebs. & 7 asts.

(23)Butler 80, Milwaukee 67

NBA Player Watch
Butler
Shelvin Mack- 25 pts.

Well that’s all of the action, and again check back next week to see who is producing when it matters most for this is The Ref signaling I’m until next time and remember: We miss calls, you miss lay ups.