A College Basketball Thread

[Headache in a Suitcase]

ok not really them either they all kiss duke's ass.

i dunno there's just a bunch of people i talk to about basketball all the time who keep saying that duke isn't that good... that's where that comment came from really. ah whatever... it's past my bed time

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

Hey, wake up in your own bed for once, would ya!

 

[Chizip]

i dont think there is anway duke loses a game at cameron. but all road games are tough in college basketball, so i could see duke losing 1 or 2 on the road.

 

[Chizip]

Mike and Mike in the morning just reported Bush would be returning to USC. They are trying to confirm it. If this is true, wow, that is stupid.

edit - Crap, I just noticed this is the college basketball thread

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

kennesaw state is my new favorite team...

first year D1 team, moved up from DII last year... they're in first place in their conference with a 7-1 record.

 

[Chizip]

IU

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

IU

 

[Chizip]

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

 

[speedracer]

Whoo...that "X" looks dangerously close to a swastika.

 

[Chizip]

Whoo...that "X" looks dangerously close to a swastika.

illinois fans

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

Hey, I'm an alum.

 

[greeneyedgirl]

I L L

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

My friends and I are getting tickets to the Big Ten Tournament in Indy this year.
Should be a gooooood time.

 

[Chizip]

ok you can close the thread now... nothing left to discuss. barring injury problems, no one is beating duke.

except for maybe georgetown

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

do i think they'll go undefeated for the season? no.

i meant no one's beating them for the national title, and i stick to that... which i know is only setting myself up for a complete meltdown come tourney time, but eh.. what the hell

 

[speedracer]

Georgetown played a very smart game against Duke.

Attack the basket instead of moving the ball side-to-side against Duke's overaggressive on-the-ball defense.

Instead of sending three guys back on the inbounds pass against the press and turning the ball over under your own basket, cut away from the ball.

Put one solid defender on JJ Redick, and win the other four matchups.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

georgetown won because they ran a princeton style offense to perfection... it's very tough to guard against, especially when you have a team that can make shots, and even more especially when you have a team that can be too aggresive and overplay. when you don't see this type of offense, constant backdoor cuts, curls, fades, etc. it's very tough to guard against... thus why princeton always seemed to be able to knock off big teams.

it's very interesting that JTIII's coaching style is more similar to that of his college coach, pete carril, than it is to his father's way of doing things.

 

[WildHoneyAlways]

Have I mentioned yet this season how much I despise the Orange Krush? No? Okay I can't stand them. Cheering sections are laaaaaame. Unless it's the Izzone. Then it's all good. Don't ask why. I just like them.

 

[popacrobat]

go huskies

 

[randhail]

Here's hoping the roof collapses tonight during the BC/Duke game.

 

[phanan]

Damn, BC almost did it.

 

[randhail]

Half of the BC team will spend most of their adult life in prison. You heard it here first.

 

[Chizip]

UCONN is the best team in the country

they will win it all

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

god i hope not...

 

[phanan]

god I do

 

[speedracer]

If JJ Redick has a bad game in the tournament, Duke is jacked. If Rudy Gay has a bad game, UConn can still survive.

 

[Headache in a Suitcase]

sorta like when JJ had a pad game against Memphis...

 

[speedracer]

For crying out loud, that was in November. If that happens again, Memphis will run Duke out of the building.

Shelden Williams is still solid, but the rest of the Duke team hasn't improved as they stand around and watch Redick do his thing. Josh McRoberts actually looks worse than he did at the beginning of the season.

 

[Hewson]

Duke barely beating both Va. Tech and FSU at Cameron is enough to convince me that they won't win the title, probably not even make the final 4.