![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
#201
|
||||
|
||||
![]() How 'bout Johnny Flynn playing 67 of the 70 minutes.
![]() |
#202
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
he's a heck of a free throw shooter! And clutch also! I think this team will go far in March (crosses fingers). With Arizona out I'll have to pick some team to go for!
__________________
|
#203
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
The Big East could end up with: 3 #1's (Pitt, UConn, Louisville) 2 #3's (Syracuse, Villanova) 1 #4 (West Virginia) 1 #6 (Marquette) That is STACKED.
__________________
please use generalizations and non-truths when arguing your side, thank you |
#204
|
|||
|
|||
![]() That was amazing last night. Thought I'd get to bed early to get rested for the St Pattys Day parade on Saturday so was watching it in bed. As regulation was ending I saw New Mexico-Wyoming tipping off on CBS College and thought jokingly to myself that I'd probably end up watching that game and mess up my getting to bed early plans. By the time the game ended there were under 4 minutes left in New Mexico-Wyoming so sure enough I did wind up watching NM choke away their at large chances.
Still five spots up for grabs although San Diego St has to be feeling pretty good right now with a road win last night. Below them I think there are four spots for these five teams: South Carolina Florida Temple USC Penn St If all five win today it is going to be a very tough call. Still hanging on: UAB - If they beat Tulsa and lose close to Memphis they will push their RPI into the top 40. They scheduled non-conference exactly as the committee likes and have a road win at Arizona to hang their hat on. VT - Need to beat NC and even then a 3rd loss to FSU might doom them. Win two more and they are in. Auburn - If they were to beat Florida and then Tennessee to get to the SEC Championship game they'd be almost impossible to deny a bid. Maryland - Need to beat Wake and then may even need to beat Duke or BC to feel safe. Miss St/Kentucky - Both need to get to their conference championship to have a shot, even then they might need to get the auto bid. Arizona, Creighton, St Marys, Davidson, New Mexico, UNLV, and Providence all have no more chances to impress the committee and have to hope for all the bubble teams with games remaining to blow up to get back in the field. |
#205
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
|
#206
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
I think WVU will open a lot of people's eyes in the Tournament. I saw a GREAT team last night who are coached at an extremely high level. Good for Huggins who has taken a lot of sh1t in the past for stuff that is kind of across the board in college BB these days like mediocre graduation rates.
__________________
please use generalizations and non-truths when arguing your side, thank you |
#207
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
|
#208
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
Agree with you re: West Virginia, I think they're vastly underrated. Ebanks has really come on towards the end of the season and they'll always be in games thanks to their defense. |
#209
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
Quote:
Ebanks is a stud.
__________________
please use generalizations and non-truths when arguing your side, thank you |
#210
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
|
#211
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Is the Big East really that good this year? Or is it a case that it is finally a good conference to actually match the complete nonsensical hype they get every year when they are vastly overrated. Are 6 of the 8 eilite 8 and 3 or 4 of the final 4 really coming from the Big East?? Maybe all the new teams have indeed made it the supreme super conference. But since the NCAA tourney went to 64 teams in 1985, the Big East is at best the 5th best conference in tourney performance...clearly far behind the ACC, Big 10, SEC, Big 12. Are we now just seeing the effect of the additions of Marquette, Cincinnati, Louisville??
__________________
The Main Course...the chosen or frozen entree?! |
#212
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
__________________
The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine |
#213
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
|
#214
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Since going to 64 teams in 1985, the ACC has had 22 final 4 teams, the Big 10--16, the SEC...14, the Big 12...12, and the big East 11, PAC 10...9. And if you consider that 5 of those 11 big East appearances came in 1985 and 1987...it is even worse for the Big East. Just go the last 20 years and the final 4 appearances are...
ACC--20 Big 10--15 SEC-- 13 Big 12--9 PAC 10--8 Big East--6 Since 1985, multiple teams in the final 4...Big 10--5 times, ACC 4 times, Big 12 and SEC 3 times, big East 2 times. Years with no final 4 teams...ACC 6 times, Big 10--12 times, SEC 13 times, Big 12--15 times, Big East--15 times. To be fair the Big East has done great when they get to the final 4 with 4 titles and 4 runner ups, compared to 6 and 5 for the ACC, 5 and 3 for the SEC, 3 and 5 for the Big 10, 2 and 3 for the Big 12 and 2 and 2 for the Pac 10. So of their 11 final 4 teams, 8 have reached the championship game compared to 11 out of 22 for the ACC. 8 out of 14 for the SEC, 8 out of 16 for the Big 10, 5 out of 12 for the Big 12, and 4 out of 9 for the PAC 10.
__________________
The Main Course...the chosen or frozen entree?! |
#215
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
LOCKS ACC: UNC, Duke, FSU, Clemson, Wake Forest, Boston College Big East: Pitt, UConn, Louisville, Marquette, Villanova, Syracuse, West Virginia Big Ten: Michigan State, Purdue, Illinois, Ohio State, Minnesota Big XII: Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State Pac-10: UCLA, Washington, Arizona St, Cal SEC: LSU, Tennessee Mountain West: Utah, BYU A-10: Xavier, Dayton Conference USA: Memphis Horizon: Butler, CLEVELAND STATE WCC: GONZAGA So that's 38 teams in 11 conferences. If all of the conferences are won by teams in the above list, plus 20 conferences with an autobid but no lock, that leaves 7 spots open. Changes Today: * Minnesota moves to lock status as even with a loss in their game right now to MSU they are very likely still in. * UNLV falls off the board and SDSU replaces them. * Rhode Island falls out of contention. ACC: Maryland- Struggled with NC State but got a win they HAD to have. Beat Wake today and I think they move to the right side. Lose and they're still OUT Virginia Tech- 18-13 overall, 8-9 in the ACC, 2-8 against the RPI top 50, and 6-11 against the RPI top 100 after the Miami win. That's still a tough sell. OUT, but moving in the right direction. Needs to beat UNC (winning at the moment) Big East: Big Ten: Wisconsin- Keeping them here but barring a disastrous performance against Ohio State today in the Big Ten tournament they should be fine. Their resume doesn't scream success, however. IN Michigan- Beat Iowa in the first round, they are IN. 6-9 against the top 50 and 10-11 against the top 100, even if the road record blows. Penn State- Beat Illinois 2X, MSU, and split with Purdue, Minny & Michigan, is that enough with that horrific nonconference schedule?? Not right now... but very close. Another win over Purdue would do it. OUT Big XII: Pac-10: Arizona- Loses to rival ASU and probably keeps them OUT of the first time in 25 years. SEC: South Carolina- No bad losses but no real good wins either. The 10-6 record in the SEC is extremely hollow, but it's still a precedent- no SEC team has ever missed the tournament with a 10-6 league record that I can ever remember. Should be IN barring a horrific loss to either Georgia or Mississippi State in the SEC quarters. Florida- They move back into the picture because everyone else sucks. That Washington win is looking better and better. Took care of Arkansas, next up Auburn, winner probably IN, loser OUT. The 24-10 record would be tough to ignore. Auburn- Been trying to avoid putting them up here but they keep trying to prove me wrong. Still a ways to go but they also have the 10-6 SEC record and essentially a play-in game with Florida. OUT, for now. Mountain West: SDSU- Probably locks up a bid by sweeping 3 games from the Rebels to go with their otherwise OK resume. Beating BYU would be a bonus and assure their bid but I think they're in pretty good shape. IN New Mexico- 12-4 in a tough conference is tough to ignore but man have they flown under the radar. I think they are just OUT at this point. There will be a lot of sweating in Albequerque this weekend. Missouri Valley: Creighton- if they had won the Illinois State game in the semis they would have locked up a bid but now they have to sweat. I think they're on the right side of the bubble right now with their 9-5 record against the top 100 and sharing the league title with UNI but certainly are playing with fire. IN Others: Rhode Island took a loss they really couldn't afford on Saturday against UMass and finished the job against Duqusne. Temple stays in the picture by routing St Joes. Right now, I'd give the slot to St. Mary's, because I'm convinced they are worthy with a healthy Patty Mills and they have one shot more to prove he's healthy. Their resume is awfully thin, however, and are my last team in right now. Seeds 1: UNC*, Pitt, UConn, Louisville* 2: Memphis*, Michigan State*, Kansas, Duke 3: Oklahoma, Wake Forest, Syracuse, Villanova 4: Washington*, Missouri*, West Virginia, Xavier* 5: Purdue, UCLA, Gonzaga*, Florida State 6: LSU*, Clemson, Arizona State, Marquette 7: Illinois, Utah*, Tennessee, Butler 8: BYU, Texas, Oklahoma State, Cal 9: Dayton, Texas A&M, Boston College, Minnesota 10: Wisconsin, Ohio State, Michigan, Siena* 11: South Carolina, Creighton, SDSU, VCU* 12: St. Mary's, Cleveland St*, Western Kentucky*, Utah St* 13: Florida(Auburn), UNI*, American*, North Dakota St* 14: Buffalo/MAC*, SFA/Southland*, Binghamton/AE*, Radford* 15: Robert Morris*, Portland St*, Cornell*, East Tenn St* 16: Chattanooga*, Big West*, Morehead St*, SWAC*, MEAC*
__________________
please use generalizations and non-truths when arguing your side, thank you |
#216
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
And he still had acceleration. Incredible display of endurance. He was the man for Syracuse. The Big East point guards are really good. I wish Texas had one of those guys. UConn, Pitt, Syracuse, NOva (is Reynolds their PG?) The others I have not seen enough. I like all of them on these teams. Last edited by pgardn : 03-13-2009 at 01:20 PM. |
#217
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Quote:
|
#218
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
__________________
"I don't feel like that I am any better than anybody else" - Paul Newman |
#219
|
||||
|
||||
![]() Quote:
http://www.bbstate.com/schools/CREI/sheet
__________________
please use generalizations and non-truths when arguing your side, thank you |
#220
|
|||
|
|||
![]() Thanks for the link, useful site.
Pretty funny that RPI #18 Oklahoma State and RPI #20 Siena faced each other in the Toilet Bowl (7th place game) of the Old Spice Classic. |