College Basketball Thread

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Louisville, man my team is playing ball right now. Good bench, had well over 20 offensive rebounds today against a strong Syracuse team at Syracuse. Louisville is playing lights out ball right now.

Here is a thread to give your team some props and bragging rights for you in late March and early April.

[ninetoone]

Pitt wins it all. Mason back to the sweet 16 & checks out.

Oh yeah, Maryland out first round.

Texas should make the tournament and lose
1st or 2nd round. PG position weak, post play
weak, defensive effort good but wild. We constantly
over run shooters, no idea how to close out properly.

Oklahoma, for those that have seen them play,
have a very good starting 5 but after that... neh.

Kansas is very young.
ATM and Baylor are pretenders.
Missouri is feeling good about playing
nobody.

Pgardn's Big 12 report.
Bad year for the Big 12.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Texas should make the tournament and lose
1st or 2nd round. PG position weak, post play
weak, defensive effort good but wild. We constantly
over run shooters, no idea how to close out properly.

Oklahoma, for those that have seen them play,
have a very good starting 5 but after that... neh.

Kansas is very young.
ATM and Baylor are pretenders.
Missouri is feeling good about playing
nobody.

Pgardn's Big 12 report.
Bad year for the Big 12.

It has been a bit of a strange year to be a Tigers fan. They looked horrible in the first half @Nebraska, terrible in the last four minutes @OK State, and completely miserable against Illinois. And yet, they are 17-3 (4-1) with victories over Cal, USC, and at OK St. Basically I have no idea how good they actually are. The next two games (@KSU and vs. Baylor) should reveal a lot. They might be decent.

Originally Posted by miraja2

It has been a bit of a strange year to be a Tigers fan. They looked horrible in the first half @Nebraska, terrible in the last four minutes @OK State, and completely miserable against Illinois. And yet, they are 17-3 (4-1) with victories over Cal, USC, and at OK St. Basically I have no idea how good they actually are. The next two games (@KSU and vs. Baylor) should reveal a lot. They might be decent.

Best game may have been against Xavier.
A while back though.

Texas started off nicely and has just played poorly.
I am very disappointed.

[otisotisotis]

young Kentucky on the improve in a very weak SEC. They have a tandem that can carry a team on a long tourney run, although I'd be happy with an elite 8 run.

[Cannon Shell]

AZ needs a real coach

Getting near the end of the first part of the
conf. schedules.

Lets see who can improve.

I wonder if Duke will die.
I dont know if they can get any better.

[ateamstupid]

Louisville's been playing well and 'Mardo is another local kid that I got to see, so it's cool to watch him succeed.

Their problem is similar to that of Memphis. Very difficult to score on, but inefficient on offense. I think Louisville has a few more weapons than Memphis, but I don't think either team can score enough to get to Detroit.

[wac]

I live here in l'ville and have seen them play in person several times even managed to score SWEET seat on the first row behind the Card bench. Man Pitino gets into it and he is constantly on this one poor asst. coach Machelli or something like that. But i can say that the Cards bring there defense wherever they go and that i think is huge b/c some nights it ain't your night off. but a good d will keep you in it. I think that it also helps to have 10 pretty good players on your team as well as it seems they can come in waves and the games i have been to the other team is usually struggling with about 8-9 mins to go in 2nd half. Love there defense.Go Cards!!!

[King Glorious]

I really hate the Big East. They are so overrated this year. People are mistaking what they are. They are a conference with several good teams but no great ones. There is a lot of parity there. Last night, Pitt, Syracuse, and Georgetown all lost. Some will point to that and use that as evidence that the bottom half of the league is really tough but I see it as the top half is just not that tough. I don't think any team in the Big East could win the ACC.

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I really hate the Big East. They are so overrated this year. People are mistaking what they are. They are a conference with several good teams but no great ones. There is a lot of parity there. Last night, Pitt, Syracuse, and Georgetown all lost. Some will point to that and use that as evidence that the bottom half of the league is really tough but I see it as the top half is just not that tough. I don't think any team in the Big East could win the ACC.

King - the 4 best teams in the big east are

Marquette , Pitt , Louisville, and U Conn

lumping Syracuse and G'town in with the top part of the league is not accuarte they are more in the middle of the league

Look at G'town loss at Duke , and convince me that none of the big 4 in the big east couldn't beat a duke unc or wf on a neutral court

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I really hate the Big East. They are so overrated this year. People are mistaking what they are. They are a conference with several good teams but no great ones. There is a lot of parity there. Last night, Pitt, Syracuse, and Georgetown all lost. Some will point to that and use that as evidence that the bottom half of the league is really tough but I see it as the top half is just not that tough. I don't think any team in the Big East could win the ACC.

That's arguable but certainly plausible. On the other hand though, I think Clemson would struggle to go 10-8 in the Big East.

[smuthg]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I really hate the Big East. They are so overrated this year. People are mistaking what they are. They are a conference with several good teams but no great ones. There is a lot of parity there. Last night, Pitt, Syracuse, and Georgetown all lost. Some will point to that and use that as evidence that the bottom half of the league is really tough but I see it as the top half is just not that tough. I don't think any team in the Big East could win the ACC.

I have hated the Big East for 20 years... UNC and Wake, are for my money, the best two teams in the county, and I'm not sure that when Wake's freshmen get a bit more experience that they won't be the team to beat.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

I really hate the Big East. They are so overrated this year. People are mistaking what they are. They are a conference with several good teams but no great ones. There is a lot of parity there. Last night, Pitt, Syracuse, and Georgetown all lost. Some will point to that and use that as evidence that the bottom half of the league is really tough but I see it as the top half is just not that tough. I don't think any team in the Big East could win the ACC.

There's no question that the ACC is better top to bottom. Still, UConn, Pitt, and Louisville are all Final Four threats, which gives the Big East as many as the ACC has. People also are sleeping on the Pac-10, which should produce 5 tournament teams and maybe up to 7 if some of the other power conferences beat themselves up.

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

There's no question that the ACC is better top to bottom. Still, UConn, Pitt, and Louisville are all Final Four threats, which gives the Big East as many as the ACC has. People also are sleeping on the Pac-10, which should produce 5 tournament teams and maybe up to 7 if some of the other power conferences beat themselves up.

ASU and Herb Sendek - sleeper for the final 4

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

There's no question that the ACC is better top to bottom. Still, UConn, Pitt, and Louisville are all Final Four threats, which gives the Big East as many as the ACC has. People also are sleeping on the Pac-10, which should produce 5 tournament teams and maybe up to 7 if some of the other power conferences beat themselves up.

I see it the opposite. I think that top to bottom, the Big East is better but the top four from the ACC are better than the top four from the Big East. I just don't understand some of the talk that I heard in the early season that the Big East this year might be the toughest conference in history. Hell, it's not even the best the Big East has seen. Remember back in the mid-80's when Georgetown, St. John's, and Syracuse were final four threats every year? I believe it was 1985 when the conference had three teams in the final four.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

There's no question that the ACC is better top to bottom. Still, UConn, Pitt, and Louisville are all Final Four threats, which gives the Big East as many as the ACC has. People also are sleeping on the Pac-10, which should produce 5 tournament teams and maybe up to 7 if some of the other power conferences beat themselves up.

No way they get 7 unless they start knocking off the teams in their own league. Arizona, Stanford, and Washington St should all wind up around 8-10 or 7-11 in league so while one may step up and grab a 6th bid I can't see two stepping up and finishing .500 or better in league. And even if that happens it could be at the expense of USC. Seven would be a huge stretch. The Big Ten has a much better shot at 7.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by gales0678

ASU and Herb Sendek - sleeper for the final 4

No doubt. James Harden is the goods, and it was nice to see them win a defensive battle at Arizona last week. If they can become more consistent on that side of the ball, they're scary. I know I'll be loading up on 'em in March since they'll probably be underseeded.

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by ateamstupid

No doubt. James Harden is the goods, and it was nice to see them win a defensive battle at Arizona last week. If they can become more consistent on that side of the ball, they're scary. I know I'll be loading up on 'em in March since they'll probably be underseeded.

they won in Pauley a couple of weeks ago (not that this UCLA team is anything special) but when kids start winning where they had always lost , they start to believe that anything is possible ...