College Basketball Thread

“Kansas sucks donky balls!

Now come out and fight like a man Dunadan!”

“I thought the Jayhawks were supposed to be good this year or something. They just barely squeeked past St. Joseph's.”

“1. Wake Forest (22) 755
2. Kansas (5) 732
3. Illinois (1) 664
4. Georgia Tech (1) 653
5. Syracuse 629
6. Connecticut 594
7. Oklahoma State (1) 580
8. Kentucky (1) 566
9. Michigan State 528
10. Duke 486
11. North Carolina 467
12. Maryland 434
13. NC State 339
14. Pittsburgh 337
15. Texas 308
16. Washington 291
17. Louisville 263
18. Florida 235
19. Notre Dame 195
20. Arizona 193
21. Mississippi State 181
22. Alabama 160
23. Wisconsin 90
24. Cincinnati 83
25. Virginia 77

ORV: Iowa 39, Oklahoma 38, Memphis 24, Southern Illinois 18, Michigan 17, Providence 16, Gonzaga 15, Marquette 14, Creighton 11, Dayton 8, Charlotte 6, UAB 5, West Virginia 5, U of the Pacific 4, Old Dominion 4, Pepperdine 3, Stanford 3, Utah 2, Santa Clara 1, Boston College 1, Miami (OHIO) 1.


AP is out too, but they didn't advance IL, so I'll reference the coaches :-)

Heck of a game coming up Wednesday at Champaign.”

“We got beat last Sat by Washington in the final game of the great Alaska Shootout. It looks like our freshman PG is progressing pretty good. That game showed him where the bar is for defensive intensity. We should be pretty good this year.”

“No way Northwestern is beating VA. Wahoowa!”

“I don't know MileMonster. Northwestern has all of their starters back from last year. Purdue got beat by NC State last night.”

“It hasn't been much of a challenge so far for the ACC. Wisky got the job done against the terps and Michigan State gave Duke a good game at Cameron but couldn't prevail. I can't believe Minnesota fell apart.

I'm heading home now to paint myself orange and blue.

ILL!!! INI!!!”

“Go IU!”

“Illini are up 30 on WF with 7 minutes to play

WOW!”

“I thought Gonzaga was going to give the Illini a challenge, but IL systematically dismantled them. After that game I didn't think I knew if IL was really an elite team or not since they were not pressured at all.

Fast forward to Wake Forest.

WTF!! Same result.

WF is ranked #1 in the nation and I picked them to win the NC last year. Now I know that Illinois is the best team in the nation the last few years when playing on their home court, but are they that good?

Please, those that watched the game, ground me.


(p.s. don't tell me they shot the game of their lives, because they have done that every game this year so far)”

“The Hoosiers played tough, but they couldn't beat UNC.

Big 10 loses the challenge again.”

“Bama played East Tenneesee State, or something like that last night. They were an NCAA tourney team last year and went 24-7. Our true fresham PG had 18 assists and NO turnovers in the game. Bama hit 19 3's and won 114-77. Pretty good night.”

“Watched my beloved Razorbacks for the 1st time Tuesday night & they looked pretty good. The only problem is Illinois comes to town Saturday. It could be ugly.”

“That Illinois game was ugly. Illinois looked impressive.

Northwestern almost upset Virginia. I thought it would happen. Oh well.”

“Arky, many Illinois fans will tell you that they are more worried about the Arkansas game than they were about Wake.

Illinois was at home against Wake and that gives the Illini a huge advantage. There is fear of a let down after such a big game, especially against the improving Razorbacks who have had excellent recruiting classes lately, even with the loss of Al Jefferson.”

“Wahoowa
Wahoowa
Hoo rah ray
Vir-gin-i-a!

Hoo's still doin' it. Auburn down.”

“I was shocked Auburn played Virginia so close. Auburn has a new coach, no depth, and no one over about 6'-6". They're supposed to suck this year, but maybe not.”

“Illinois fought off a tall, athletic Arkansas team to get a good win in a hostile environment. I was dissappointed in the officiating though. Too many ticky tack calls and they didn't let the teams play. It didn't help that neither team could hit the ocean from the beach at the line. Ronnie Brewer is good and I think the hogs will do some damage in the SEC this year. They are a legit tournament team.”

“Hubcap - I can dunk on you.”

“Get real, shorty.

I would take you to school.”

“Bama went into triple OT at Charlotte and pulled out a 1 point win. 3 of our starters fouled out. Good experience for our young guards.”

“OMG the Hoosier suck bad! They lost to Notre Dame last night. Only scored 45 points. We were taking bets whether they would break 40 points.
I don't know if I can watch anymore. We play Kentucky Saturday. It will be a bloodbath!”

“This will be the last year for Davis I bet. He has a respectible recruitable class, he just cannot coach.

The Hoosiers will not make the NIT this year.”

“I think you're right. Regardless of the time left on his contract, its time for him to go.”

“It has been upseting to watch the progress or lack of progress the team has made since the departure of Knight.

The year they went to the finals was great. That team was a fluke though. They played like crap during the year losing to teams they shouldn't have and beating teams that should have whooped em. They were not the right team to play Maryland that year. They put up a good fight, but I would have rather seen Duke in there.

I have been an IU Basketball fan forever. I get nervous when they play Purdue (where I received bachelor and master's degree) and Illinois.

Speaking of Illinois, they are going to kick the living crap out of them this year. That game I will be taking comfort with a bottle of spirits.”

“yeah I think its a pretty safe bet to say that Kentucky should slaughter Indiana despite their poor showing against North Carolina last weekend.”

“It seems as though all is not well in Gainesville: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=1942189”

“I'm sad to see IU and Davis do poorly. Mike Davis played collegiately at 'Bama. I believe he played on the only team to play the IU '76 NC team closely. Bama nearly beat them that year.”

“Looks like we may have team this year.

Lobos Make It Six Straight, 10-1 On The Season
New Mexico defeats Tennessee, 77-58

Played a lot of patsies til now.
Wake Forest comes to the Pit next week.”

“pffft...wake forest...

:D”

“1. Illinois (50) 10-0 1,727 1
2. Kansas (15) 7-0 1,658 2
3. Oklahoma St. (5) 8-0 1,628 4
4. North Carolina 8-1 1,476 5
5. Wake Forest 9-1 1,427 6
6. Duke 8-0 1,388 7
7. Syracuse 9-1 1,307 8
8. Kentucky 7-1 1,220 9
9. Georgia Tech 7-1 1,219 3
10. Pittsburgh 8-0 1,115 10
11. Connecticut 5-1 964 11
12. Washington 8-1 758 18
13. Gonzaga 8-1 732 22
14. Arizona 7-2 720 15
15. Texas 7-2 703 14
16. N.C. State 8-1 689 12
17. Iowa 9-1 658 16
18. Louisville 6-2 618 13
19. Alabama 9-1 607 17
20. George Washington 7-1 475 19
21. Mississippi St. 9-2 411 20
22. Cincinnati 7-0 297 25
23. Michigan St. 6-2 279 21
24. Maryland 6-2 239 23
25. Virginia 7-1 200 24
Others receiving votes: Marquette 69, Boston College 51, Wisconsin 19, Oklahoma 15, New Mexico 13, Arkansas 12, Oregon 11, Hawaii 8, Creighton 7, Notre Dame 7, Wichita St. 6, West Virginia 4, Miami 3, Florida 2, Fresno St. 2, Iowa St. 2, Old Dominion 2, American U. 1, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1.”

“Three of those top 25 are Big East teams. Five of them will be Big East teams next year. It's going to be tough belonging to any other conference for the rest of this decade.”

“Ha Ha! Hubcap!”

“The ACC and their six teams currently in the top 25 might have something to say about that.

Anybody see the whack that Bracey Wright took in the Mizery game?

Mizery = el cheapo thugs?

I can't stand Iowa but must admit they are getting hosed a little in the polls with Texas still ahead of them.

Zags too with Washington and GT ahead.”

“I missed it. When dat happen hub?”

“Yesterday. Spencer Laurie, of the Laurie's that paid for Mizery's arena, apparently took exception to Wright's tight defense and did the old elbow swing to clear out space. Trouble is Wright's nose was in the way at the time. Busted it in two places. Laurie got hit with a flagrant and he was benched the rest of the game.”

“Nice! I will have to catch that if they play any replay's tonight”

“#2 Stanford women play at #9 Tennessee today. Great rivalry - you could probably credit these two teams with kick starting the popularity of women's basketball back in the late '80's/early 90's. Tennessee's won the last 8 times, but the last time Stanford won was the last time they were the higher ranked team, which they are today. Stanford's star freshman is the daughter of former major league baseball player Alan Wiggins. Should be fun....”

“Memphis started out with high hopes. Boy have they gone down the tubes in a hurry.”

“WK,

Illinois got some retribution for Bracey tonight. Not the blow out that I hoped, but a win in a toughly contested bragin' rights game none the less.

At least it increases the advantage the Big 10 has against the Big 12 this year in head to head games.”

“Lobos got spanked by Wake Forest in the second half, didn't shoot worth a hoot. Knocked 20pt of their fg percentage. They were in it the first half, WF pulled away in the second.”

“I missed the game, but caught the score.”

“The Zags upset a number 3 team again last night. They beat OK State by 3. Great game.

Hey Hub, it is a good thing that the team I saw last night did not show up to play Illinois several weeks ago. Would have been a much closer game.”

“Bama plays Wisconsin tonight on ESPN2. The Badgers have the nations longest home winning streak.”

“I have not seen Wisconsin in action yet this year. I have heard ESPN guys talk about their defense, but I know nothing of their offense.”

“Bama averages about 88 ppg on 50% shooting. Wisconsin D averages allowing 56ppg and less than 40% shooting. Those numbers might be off a point or two, but it's about right.”

“Should be an interesting game”

“I hope the tide rolls, but winning at the Kohl Center is not an easy task. You have to play against the Badgers and the refs.

Gonzaga seems to have matured quickly. As I've said before, Morrisson is going to be playing for money real soon. They didn't have an answer on defense for Illinois. They couldn't hang playing man and when they tried to zone, Illinois lit them up from outside.

Arkansas and Missouri had some success against the Illini by clogging up the middle and being very aggressive on the perimeter. That is what Duke successfully did last year in the tournament.”

“Rutgers beat up that other team in Kansas last night. I knew all those munchkins were overated.

(This would be a lot more fun if Tunacan would post.)
last edited: 12/29/04 9:47:05 AM”

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