College Basketball Thread

“Charlotte has been quite the giant killer this year. They don't seem to stay motivated for the little guys though.”

“UNC will come around again, now that they have a real coach. When you lose a great coach like Dean Smith, the second greatest coach ever (behind Adolph Rupp), it takes a little while to recover.”

“Err, I think I would put John Wooden above Adolph Rupp!

(Hawk Ducks to avoid thrown missiles from UK fans)”

“Wooden was the greatest...He coached Lew Alcindor...”

“He didn't have staying power. Rupp was strong from beginning to end. Wooden was hot in the 60's then faded.

I would take either one over Tubby Smith right now.”

“See, Charlotte couldn't get by St. Louis. I didn't see the game, and it appears it was close, but with Charlotte's big wins, they should have won this one easily. Focus boys.

Florida lost again - at home. KY lost too. Miss St. is the stud in the SEC. ‘nuff said.

The Cardinal are shaking off their foes left and right.

Memphis – another win – is looking good.

Utah St. lost. So will ESPN get off the bandwagon?”

“Wrong again. Me, that is. I thought Stanford would finally lose one last night. I saw the last 12 minutes or so, starting when it was, I think, Stanford 45, Cal 42. Stanford missed some shots, but Cal was pathetic. Other than an uncontested layup at the buzzer, I think Cal made three shots from the floor in the second half - clang! All these wins have me nervous....”

“Fear not the wins, Bowlderman. Fear the ranking. For the mighty Duke has fallen to the Wolfpack, and the Cardinal will surely be target #1.

Kansas falls. The Bearcats drop one to the ACC. I'm curious what people think about CUSA.

Oh yea...UConn lost again.

FEAR THE JASPERS!!! They are coming to get you!!!”

“The Kansas Jayhawks are having a bad season in basketball. There is disharmony on the team, and the shots aren't falling. I'm thinking that this state of affairs might bring the scalpers' prices down for the next home game. Hooray!, for old Dunadan plans to go and cheer them on.

Rock
Chalk
Jayhawk
Kayyyyyy
Uuuuuuuuu!”

“Nancy State beat Puke.

Maybe St. Joe's will move up a notch.”

“Well, I'll take the #1 ranking, as long as they don't put Stanford on the cover of SI - the St. Joe's star is on there this week (no, not the swimsuit edition!), so they're pretty much toast....”

“Being a Rutgers football fan I know just how Va Tech BB fans felt yesterday when the score stood at 32-3 after about 12 minutes.

We've got a real good shot at winning the remaining games and staying on the bubble. I've got tickets to the last game against Seton Hall. It will be in OUR house and will be payback time (I hope).”

“Memphis bombed Marquette. Really looked good.”

“Hey, the UofMT Griz have won 2 in a row now! That's reason to celebrate!! Yippee! Do ya think we have a chance to make the final 4? huh, huh?”

“The Grizzlies have about the same odds as the Jayhawks right now.”

“Record Pts Pvs
1. Stanford (64) 21-0 1,791 2
2. Saint Joseph's ( 22-0 1,721 3
3. Duke 21-2 1,613 1
4. Mississippi St. 21-1 1,541 6
5. Pittsburgh 23-2 1,491 4
6. Gonzaga 21-2 1,481 7
7. Oklahoma St. 19-2 1,394 10
8. Connecticut 19-5 1,225 5
9. Kentucky 17-4 1,153 8
10. Louisville 17-4 1,005 9
11. Texas 17-4 964 11
12. Wisconsin 17-4 915 17
13. N.C. State 16-5 884 21
14. Arizona 16-6 869 16
15. Wake Forest 15-6 652 20
16. North Carolina 15-7 638 14
17. Cincinnati 17-4 620 13
18. Georgia Tech 18-6 580 15
19. Providence 17-5 441 24
20. S. Illinois 20-2 376 23
21. Kansas 15-6 319 12
22. Texas Tech 18-6 244 18
23. Memphis 18-4 240 --
24. LSU 17-4 227 --
25. South Carolina 20-5 213 25
Others receiving votes: Syracuse 194, Utah St. 117, Air Force 94, Illinois 87, Oklahoma 59, Florida 57, Dayton 40, Seton Hall 40, Charlotte 26, Kent St. 26, W. Michigan 25, Michigan St. 14, Boston U. 8, Maryland 6, Nevada 6, DePaul 1, ETSU 1, Hawaii 1, Manhattan 1.”

“Finally, Memphis makes the top 25.”

“15. Wake Forest 15-6 652 20
16. North Carolina 15-7 638 14

I don't think these teams deserve these spots. Just my opinion though.”

“Well, WF beat Memphis early in year. But I would like to see a rematch.”

“WoooooooHooooooooooo, the Hawks move up to number two.”

“I agree, WK. Arizona is also too highly ranked. If you have been near the top though, you have to really stink it up to fall out of the top 25 (see Missouri and Florida). If you have been in the top 25 and drop out, it is a very difficult task to get back in. You have to win back the confidence of the pollsters. Teams like UNC, Kentucky, Dook, and a few others I won't name, get the benefit of the doubt and will always be bumped up a couple extra spots whether they deserve it or not.”

“Well Virginia dropped like a rock last season, although deservedly so.”

“9. Kentucky 17-4 1,153 8

They are lucky to be nine, and are in reality about #20. Time for Tubby to move one to a nice little Div. II job and let Kentucky concentrate on luring Pitino back from Louisville. It was players recruited by Pitino that got Tubby to the big dance anyway. I could have won a national championship with his teams. Tubby can't recruit and can't motivate.”

“Harsh Stickman, harsh. However, you might be right. This season is a rough one on just about every team, except Stanford and St. Joe's, and Stanford is just about to become the first #1 seed to be knocked out in the first round.
I'm not ready to get quite as harsh with Bill Self. I'm gonna give him a couple of seasons to see which direction he is heading this team.”

“OK St. wins again. They look like the real deal. Air Force lost, will ESPN (please, like UT St.) get off the band wagon? Syracuse lost...again. Hey, Manhattan got a AP vote this week. Fear the Jaspers!!!”

“Going from Roy Williams to Bill Self probably isn't any fun either, so you feel my pain. UNC is headed back to their former toughness. Been pretty much a pushover the last few times we've played them.”

“I'd love to see Okie State go deep into the tournament. In the past, however, they have been a weak tournament team.
Stickman, I don't think Pitino walks on water, either.
And, I agree, Roy will get rid of the thugs at Carolina.”

“ I don't think Pitino walks on water, either

Ohhh but he does! If UK goes farther than UofL in the tourney, I'll be very surprised.”

“How about the defection from the Gators? One of their star players just quit, midseason, and signed with a pro team in Barcelona. Billy Donovan must love this fine turn of events, especially in light of the teams status as being on the bubble.
I hope the Jayhawks stay off the bubble.”

“I don't understand why someone would leave a decent program like Florida to go play in Europe. Do those guys get paid a lot like NBA players? It must have been decent money to go do it.”

“Donovan reportedly begged him to stay, but the player said the deal was too good to pass up. From what I hear, the player is using this as a warm-up for the NBA.”

“Illinois vs. Wisconsin tonight. Can't wait! Can't wait!”

“From what I hear, the player is using this as a warm-up for the NBA."
Dunadan
03:31:55 PM
02/18/04

Lol those situations seem to usually end up as cases of "What might have been." It always looks good on paper, but the coming back to America for the NBA part of it seems to disappear. Oh well, good luck to the kid. I can't imagine what I might do if I were offered something like that, especially at 19-20 years of age.”

“Yeah, Stick, the way they flash the cash in front of these kids is a crime. What about allowing them the possibility of some time to mature?
Well, the Jayhawks got back on track last night. Baylor was just what the team needed. The last half of the last half was beautiful. Don't ask me about the rest of the game.”

“Yeah, we finally had a good game, but it was against Arkansas, which was 0-6 in the SEC coming into the match-up. Our outside shooting looked a lot better.”

“Hell, at least he actually showed up to play at Florida.

The last two number one recruits to Memphis, never showed up. They both went to NBA instead.”

“Stanford survived USC last night, a team that has a poor record but a unique matchup situation (although I can't identify it) that is hard for the Card. Down by 13 early, 8 at the half, but Childress poured in 36 on 13 of 16 shooting (3/4 from 3) and 9/9 line. A little unusual, in that Stanford rarely has one guy control the game.”

“Bama got down something like 29-9 against Vandy at home. We wound up losing 70-67. Bama needed that win to have a chance at being 8-8 at the conf. They need 8-8 to go to the big Dance.”

“Illinois had a similarly uncharacteristic offensive performance in their win over Wisconsin on Wednesday. Deron Williams decided to take over the game and dropped 31 on the Badgers. Illinois always has much more balanced scoring than that. The fate of the Big 10 title now rests in our hands.”

“I hate, and I mean hate, to say it, but the ACC is the big dog on the block this season. I'll be surprised if the NCAA champ comes from any other league, including the PAC 10.”

“As good as the ACC is this year, I'd be willing to bet that the champ comes from a different conference. There are just too many good teams out there, and the tournament is about matchups and getting on a roll. Duke, who seemed to be the cream of the crop, has proven to be fallible. It wouldn't suprise me to see a team like OK St. or Miss St. go all the way.”

“I think there are about 4 teams who can play pretty dominately on neutral courts. After that there are about 20 who are all eligible to win.

I predict a 5 or 6 seed makes it to the big dance. Of course, it could be a cinderella year for someone.”

“Hub, if you feel like betting any big sums of cash on OK State, you might want to look up their history.
I know the tournament is a different world. Heck, even the Jayhawks have the capability to go all the way, but they won't. The last couple of seasons, the Big 12 has been very strong, and put several teams deep into the tourney. I just think it's the ACC this year.”

“I'll interpret Chili's post for everyone.
He says that Memphis is going to the Final Four.”

“Time to fish or cut bait for the Lobos. They have shined and stunk this year. Road trip to BYU and Utah coming up this weekend, they've lost something like 22 in a row on the road. Mountain West is like that in general. Tough conference on the road.”

“"I'll interpret Chili's post for everyone.
He says that Memphis is going to the Final Four."
Dunadan
01:30:00 PM
02/20/04


That's what it sounds like to me. ;-)”

“Path, get those stinking Lobos into the Big Dance! The rest of the country wants to see these guys sometime.”

“No, chili is not saying that. What chili is saying is that Memphis has a shot of doing it, like another 20 or so teams have and that one of that 20 will.”

“I don't think the final four will be four number 1/2 seeds.

But, for the record, if Memphis continues to run the table, they will probably wind up at least a four seed.”

“Now Chili is lying, and Dunadan is trying to make him mad.
ROCK
CHALK
JAYHAWK
KAYYYYYY
UUUUUUUUU”