The Power Play is POPPIN’. Dallas Stars beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-3. It’s the third time already this season they’ve scored six or more goals. They had three games of six more more all of last SEASON. Joe Pavelski had two goals and two assists. Jake Oettinger with 23 saves. Stars stay in Columbus for one tomorrow night at 6 on FSSW.

It was the marquee game in perhaps the marquee conference this season. It didn’t turn out that close. Baylor matches its best start in school history last night.The Bears mosied down I-35 and took down Texas at the drum 83-69.  They are 17-0. Each win has been by at least eight. That hasn’t happened in 31 years since UNLV. They were decent. Texas had two brief leads. How about these other notes from college basketball twitter. 1) Bears have beaten the Longhorns 10 of the last eleven times they’ve met. And 2) Baylor is 10-1 in its last 11 games vs ranked teams. That hasn’t been done in 45 years. Davion Mitchell and Jared Butler both went over 20 and combined for eight threes. 

The Baptists look to make it 18-0 Saturday when they host TCU. Andrew Jones 25 in the setback. Texas is down to 11-4. They are in stillwater Saturday. ….Aggies have had to pause their activities and that includes postponing their tilt against Vandy tonight. Multiple positive C-19 cases inside the aggies program…  #5 Houston is in the cozy hamlet of Greenville, NC. Coogs have won 8 straight. In their last six they’ve won by an average of 21….SMU is at Tulsa on ESPNU… TCU home to Oklahoma State on espn2…. SFA is a double-digit road favorite at A&M-CC. Lumberjacks are 6-1 in league play. .. Incarnate Word plays over in Beaumont at Lamar.

Rockets run it back in OKC. Two nights after a franchise-record 28 threes they play a Thunder team on the skids. Houston has won six in a row. They’ve been the best defense in the league since the James Harden trade.Early jump on ATT SW …. Mavericks are somehow 1.5 point road favorites in Atlanta. Despite their  six-game losing streak. Kristaps Porzingas probably won’t play. Atlanta has won 11 of their last 13 against the Mavs. The pillow fight will ensue at 6:30 on Fox Sports Southwest. … Spurs try to find their winning ways again. They close a seven-game homestand against Minnesota

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