Cupcakes Aren't Supposed To Be An Appetizer

A recap of last night’s Top 25 action and a look ahead at tonight’s lone skirmish.

-#25 Syracuse cruised by Robert Morris, 100-60 in the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. Andy Rautins scored 22, including seven treys for the Orange. Despite getting smacked, RMU head guy Mike Rice is one of the hottest young commodities in the coaching world. With Big East ties from his assistant days at Marquette and Pitt look for his name to be tossed around if any of the Big East hot seats get hotter.

-An overmatched North Carolina Central University squad got ran out of the Dean Dome and back to their Durham campus by #4 North Carolina, 89-42. The Heels cleaned up their sloppy play from their opening win against FIU and strung together a 21-0 run on the D-1 transitional Eagles.

-#12 California struggled once again with team it was supposed to handle. While the final score showed Cal won by 34 over Detroit, it doesn’t show that Titans had the game close, trailing by a score of 50-44 in the second half. This comes on the heel of squeaking by Murray State 75-70 on Monday. Cal’s next game is a de facto road game against ‘Cuse in The Garden a week from today.

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A slow Thursday night in the land of giants as only #17 Ohio State is action against James Madison in Columbus, OH. Thad Matta and Co. look to avenge a 27 year old loss to the Dukes behind basketball player/manchild Evan Turner. The Dukes are a little thin due bad tickers and joints so look for tOSU to balance the all-time series at one apiece.