Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (6-6) at Oregon State Beavers (7-4) When: Saturday, 12/29, 8pm Where: Corvallis, Oregon How to Watch: Pac-10 Network (which is nearly impossible to subscribe to) How to Listen: Oregon State Sports Network Computer Rankings CCSU: Kenpom-252; T-Rank- 249; NET- 199 OSU: Kenpom-79; T-Rank- 82; NET- 86 Computer Projections KP: OSU 79-65 (90%) TR: OSU 81-65 (92%) Central Connecticut St. G- Tyson Batiste, 6’2” Jr. G- Ian Krishnan, 6’2” Fr. F- Ty

Saturday was Central Connecticut State's penultimate non-conference game, and they moved to 3-0 against the America East Conference with a double-overtime thrilling victory over the Maine Black Bears. The Blue Devils controlled the game throughout, as it took not one, but two buzzer beating three-pointers for UMaine to push the game into two extra frames. Ultimately, there was too much Tyler Kohl, and too many made CCSU free throws for the Black Bears to pull off the upset. F

Central Connecticut (5-6) at Maine Black Bears (2-10) When: Saturday, December 22nd, 1pm Where: Orono, Maine How to Watch: ESPN3 Kenpom/T-Rank Ratings: CCSU- 258/244 UM- 336/338 Projections: Kenpom- CCSU 67-64 (60%) T-Rank- CCSU 66-62 (65%) Possible Lineups: Central Connecticut St. G- Tyson Batiste, 6’2” Jr. G- Ian Krishnan, 6’2” Fr. F- Tyler Kohl, 6’5” Sr. F- Jamir Coleman, 6’7” Jr. C- Deion Bute, 6’9” Sr. Maine G- Celio Araujo, 5'10" Sr. G- Isaiah White, 6'5" Jr. F- Andrew

The Blue Devils returned to the court against a Division 1 opponent for the first time in 15 days, and things didn't exactly go well. After a Jamir Coleman 3-pointer tied the game at 11 just under 6 minutes into the ballgame, Providence went on a 28-9 run over the next ~8 minutes, effectively ending any chance for an upset on Sunday afternoon. Four Factors Friars on Fire From Deep Despite missing perhaps their best three-point shooter (AJ Reeves) due to injury, the Friars had

Central Connecticut (5-5) at Providence (7-3) When: Sunday, December 16th at 2pm Where: Dunking Donuts Center, Providence How to Watch: FS1 Kenpom/T-Rank Ratings: CCSU- 258/250 PC- 71/71 Projections: Kenpom- PC 81-65 (91%) T-Rank- 82-65 (93%) Possible Lineups: Central Connecticut St. G- Tyson Batiste, 6’2” Jr. G- Ian Krishnan, 6’2” Fr. F- Tyler Kohl, 6’5” Sr. F- Jamir Coleman, 6’7” Jr. C- Deion Bute, 6’9” Sr. Providence: G- Maliek White, 6’3” Jr. G- David Duke, 6’5” Fr. F- Al

When it was announced that Austin Nehls would be transferring from Central Connecticut State, it was a sad day at the TBDD headquarters. The sharpshooter from Arizona was a staple in the Blue Devils lineup; he played in 90 games across three seasons (starting 89 of them), averaging 11.5 ppg and shooting 36.5% from three. The natural question back in March 2018 was; where is the three-point shooting going to come from? The Blue Devils were coming off a season in which they did

What a strange couple of weeks it has been in the Northeast Conference. Two weeks ago, my clear top four teams in the league were St. Francis U. (by a decent margin), followed by LIU Brooklyn, Fairleigh Dickinson, and Central Connecticut. So what did those four teams do? Basically make me look like an idiot. SFU- Hung on to beat Niagara by 4 at home, then got blasted at American 95-82 Tuesday night. LIU- Lost at home to NJIT, came back to beat a (possibly) bad Albany team by

Well, the road trip from hell is finally over for Central Connecticut. After losing at North Carolina A&T on Thursday with at least a few players under the weather, including Tyler Kohl who played just two minutes, the Blue Devils were steamrolled by a really good Virginia Tech team by 54 on Saturday night. Four Factors I'm not convinced that even the best defense in America would have been able to stop the Hokies on Saturday night. They were 18 of 33 from beyond the arc, wit

Central Connecticut St. Blue Devils (4-4) at Virginia Tech Hokies (5-1) When: Saturday, 12/1 at 5pm Where: Blacksburg, VA How to Watch: ACCNetwork (ESPN+) Kenpom/T-Rank Rankings: CCSU- 258/21 VT- 14/11 Projections: Kenpom- VT 85-62 (98%) T-Rank- VT 88-63 (98%) Possible Lineups: Central Connecticut St. G- Tyson Batiste, 6’2” Jr. G- Ian Krishnan, 6’2” Fr. F- Tyler Kohl, 6’5” Sr. F- Jamir Coleman, 6’7” Jr. C- Deion Bute, 6’9” Sr. Virginia Tech G- Justin Robinson, 6’2” Sr. G- Ah