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2013-2014 NCAA Men's Basketball |OT|
- Thread starter Grover Cleveland
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CostcoCousteau
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A steal and clear path to win the game and u go up soft for a layup.
Mac the KNife
Member
gg Buckeyes. I'm happy this dumb game is finally over! Yayyyyy
Randolph Freelander
Member
Meanwhile, Notre Dame officially became an ACC team tonight. Beat Duke Saturday, lost at home to NC State today.
Check the record books, I think teams are 4-200 all time in the games after they beat Duke against Coach K.
Check the record books, I think teams are 4-200 all time in the games after they beat Duke against Coach K.
Crazy game. Two pretty legit teams I think. Thought OSU might be a bit overrated going into the game, but I think I was wrong on that one. They had a great showing.
Interesting. I find the NBA to be much more enjoyable on most nights. I mean don't get me wrong I love college basketball, but this sport really benefits from the higher level of play in the pros I think. No zones, better shooters, better athletes, etc. It's several levels above anything you see in college and it's been especially great these last 5-6 years I think.
Randolph Freelander
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NBA usually does nothing for me. The whole concept of rotations and seeing entire lineups sitting for minutes at a time, it just doesn't work. I want to see the best players in the game all the time. Rotate people out for short spurts, but not all at the same time, and then get them back in there. Then you have the usually terrible atmospheres. The lethargic fans, the annoying PA hype guys, the canned chants and distracting music. And who can possibly care for 82 games? The players sure seem not to.
Shorten seasons, shorten games, make every play mean something, and get rid of basically all the current arena noise and replace it with anything and maybe NBA would be worth watching.
I'm usually just interested in checking up on how Duke guys are doing and when the postseason rolls around and players start to care, that's when I'll tune in a bit more.
Oh I agree with some of that, there are definitely problems. You see some of the arenas on TV and they're just an awful environment. People in the crowds looking and sounding bored out of their mind. And there will never be as much parity as college basketball, nor intense rivalries like you get with some schools in college. I also can't stand how dramatic some players get with all the complaining. Lots of bitching and moaning about every little call in the NBA. But despite all that I really enjoy the actual play, these guys are just insanely good at what they do.
Especially when you consider how ugly college basketball has gotten. Literally been historically bad offensively lately. Though hopefully all the recent rule changes will fix that in the long run.
BertramCooper
Banned
We are.
You guys caught up. Missouri seems to have some rust too (watching UF, we do too!) :-D
Edit: The UF rust might be leftover from that rusty game against Richmond :-\
Elfforkusu
Member
They're good! Hope that Bo doesn't screw it up in March though...
I knew this was going to be a loss for my guys as soon as I saw the schedule. We'll probably make a valiant second half comeback to cut the final deficit to 10 and salvage our kenpom ranking though.
Grover Cleveland
Member
UNC losing?
*Checks Miami's ranking, sees they're not in the Top 25*
Yep, sounds about right.
Syracuse will get run out of the gym on Saturday.
*Checks Miami's ranking, sees they're not in the Top 25*
Yep, sounds about right.
Syracuse will get run out of the gym on Saturday.
lolno, Cuse will zone Carolina into missing a shitload of perimeter shots
Outdoor Miner
Member
They are good but they enjoy their ridiculous home cooking every year and then bomb out of the tourney losing to a double digit seed because they have to play at a neutral site with refs from other conferences.
It's the same story every single year. Looking forward to the flame out this year.
Elfforkusu
Member
That's what usually happens, yes. But they might actually be good on their own merits this year!
We all know there was the rules emphasis on hand checking and whatnot for CBB. After a couple in-conference B1G games it's nice to see nothing's changed!
(wondering if this might backfire and all the B1G teams get upset early March due to foul trouble)
HeisenbergLannister
Member
The amount of travels UNC has gotten away with tonight is staggering. They travel clear as day every possession at least once and the refs don't call a damn thing.
Travels everywhere are down, it seems. Must be an emphasis.
But they call that travel. :jnc
Travels everywhere are down, it seems. Must be an emphasis.
But they call that travel. :jnc
You might be right but this is the first Badgers team I've seen where these boys can score. They have multiple players who can create their own shot. They don't need to rotate the ball for 35 seconds and hope for the best on a long jumper.
RellyRell28
Banned
Interesting to see how long Wisconsin can keep this up. I'm loving this start though. It's the best i've ever seen in my lifetime from them. The question is can they stay undefeated until they play Ohio State.
Outdoor Miner
Member
It sucks to get see my team get destroyed like that but I don't feel how a team fares at the Kohl Center is a reflection on their quality. Wiscy is a bad matchup for us in any case. I will be interested to see how we rebound against Northwestern, my guess is we destroy them.
Thats called the Hansbrough Effect.
Also I'm thinking Roy retires in 2 years.
Nigel Hayes is a huge wrinkle to the traditional Badger offense. The ability to have someone athletic in the post, even if he is short for the role, is going to be a big deal. Gives them a potentially dynamic scoring threat to loosen up the perimeter.
Also fucking DEKKER!
bucknuticus
Member
Does it matter? Theyll get bounced in the round of 32 anyway. its the Bo way
Yup. Also saw last night the fouls were 23-14 in favor of Wisky. Playing @ the Kohl Center is typically 5 vs. 8 for the visitor. Not saying that's the sole reason Illinois lost.
RellyRell28
Banned
Yeah i seen him in highlights. I just haven't really got a chance to watch the games outside the second half of the Florida game.
Grover Cleveland
Member
They must really be trying to make it like the pro game
Cue people searching furiously for the Josh McRoberts dances across Cameron video
Why?
They must really be trying to make it like the pro game
Cue people searching furiously for the Josh McRoberts dances across Cameron video
the initial gather on the catch doesn't even count anymore really. even then he still took like 4 steps.
Players seem to rely way too much on 3-point shooting. I'm selfish and would love to see more of that mid-range game.
I don't expect it to happen at all - just me grumbling.
Yeah, fouls were the reason Illinois was down 25 at the half.
Did you read the third sentence of that post?
I made a general observation about Wisconsin's whistle advantage in Kohl for the past near decade.
lol wat
Thats because it needs to move back to NBA range.
That I would like. It was moved back a foot or so 7-8 years ago, right?
As opposed to what, getting that top seed consistently and not doing anything with it?
bucknuticus
Member
I wouldnt call making elite 8 and final 4s as a non tradition bball power as nothing
HeisenbergLannister
Member
Did Pastner just out coach Rick Pitino?
Did Pastner just out coach Rick Pitino?
Gotta have some talent to win, or the old rules where you could rape the other team physically. Gonna be a fun season. Pitiner will be retiring soon I imagine.
HeisenbergLannister
Member
But the mistress double dates are just starting with Petrino!