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2013-2014 NCAA Men's Basketball |OT|
- Thread starter Grover Cleveland
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Grover Cleveland
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He forgot that you can't give Michigan State 38 minutes.
Randolph Freelander
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Gimme an N!
Gimme an O!
this will take too long...
Gimme an RTHWESTERN!
Gimme an O!
this will take too long...
Gimme an RTHWESTERN!
only brotha in that whole frame.
Randolph Freelander
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I am intently scanning that crowd, and I think you're right.
jakefromstatefarm
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In Left Coast news:
Arizona eeked one out against Stanford tonight to extend their winning streak to 21, and you don't care about ASU-Cal.
Arizona eeked one out against Stanford tonight to extend their winning streak to 21, and you don't care about ASU-Cal.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Nothing like a couple of big road upsets the night before your team plays in a possible trap game of its own.
Can this be THE year?
perfectchaos007
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The long awaited round ball iron bowl was cancelled due to snow/ice in Alabama. Just imagine if it was football, there would be riots.
Randolph Freelander
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They're 11-11, 4-5. So... no. But it's a start.
Just finished watching that. More gutsy play from Nick Johnson down the stretch for Az.
Must be nice to get quality road wins in close games. I don't really know about that =[
He is going to play meaningful minutes. Billy loves sandbagging our players in interviews to motivate them. At the very least, he is extremely athletic and will get plenty of opportunities against most pitiful SEC teams. He will also make an impact in rebounding and shot blocking.
jakefromstatefarm
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NJ has been the only consistent offensive threat for U of A. Gordon has been complete booty buttcheeks the past two weeks (seriously, one of the worst shooting performances tonight I've ever seen while watching Arizona basketball (which admittedly hasn't been that long (7 years (4th parenthetical)))). Outside of Johnson, Arizona only has two guys who can hit a spot up jumper outside of 15 feet with any consistency in Ashley and York, and the free throw shooting tonight, which is paramount to this teams success, was awful. It's really amazing how a team this bad at shooting is this good at winning.
Box Score Edit:
FG: 18-50 36%
3FG: 6-14 43% ahmadinejad.jpg
FT: 18-29 62%
It's all about that D. If they were not so good locking down other teams, they would be pretty bad.
So it sounds like you're an Arizona fan? Fun fact about Aaron Gordon: I live out here in the Bay Area and my brother played in the same league in high school as Aaron Gordon's school (Archbishop Mitty). Had to play against him multiple times ever year and my brother got to know him a little bit. Said he was super nice and a beast to play against.
He is struggling a bit on offense, but he seems like a good teammate. Plays good defense, gets putbacks, hustles, etc. Though I worry a bit about his pro prospects. Looks like a tweener without a dependable jumpshot.
jakefromstatefarm
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Their length and athleticism allows them to do pretty much whatever the fuck they want to on the defensive end, but by running such a shallow lineup (only 3 guys in the post rotation) teams find success throwing it inside and drawing fouls in the paint (see Utah and Stanford the past two games). Overall, the worst case scenario for this team is the #1 seed in the West, which is really fucking cool, but if we run into a healthy Michigan State or Syracuse in the tourney, I'm not sure about our chances.
Yeah, I remember you telling me about Gordon and your bro earlier in the thread/year, should've responded! And yeah I agree with you on his strengths, he's a crazy athlete, and he's great as a garbage man, but when you run plays for him (which we do, a lot) there's a good chance he'll rush himself and throw up a heavily contested shot, which takes away his greatest strength as an offensive rebounder. Honestly, if I had to peg anyone on this Arizona team as a successful pro, it'd be Hollis-Jefferson. Great length, above-average athleticism for a player at the next level, good instincts, has all the tools to be a great perimeter defender. His offensive game comes and goes, and he can't shoot the ball worth a shit, but he's got a nice handle, knows how to drive/get fouled, and actually shoots free throws at a decent clip.
I think they could get the Elite 8 with ease, after that it's a toss up really.
Oh woops, my bad :lol
And yeah, I agree about Jefferson. He seems like he could be great.
Jefferson needs to pass the fucking ball. He's a black hole.
Grover Cleveland
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These are currently $60 seats for the Duke-Cuse game on Saturday.
Yes, the court is in the picture. It's that speck of light yellow on the horizon.
bucknuticus
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These are currently $60 seats for the Duke-Cuse game on Saturday.
Yes, the court is in the picture. It's that speck of light yellow on the horizon.
Loooool carrier dome is so dumb
bucknuticus
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wtf. That's terrible. Basketball in big domes is lame.
These are currently $60 seats for the Duke-Cuse game on Saturday.
Yes, the court is in the picture. It's that speck of light yellow on the horizon.
What is this for?New (old?) Hotness incoming:
Oh I agree, he'll play some meaningful minutes eventually (and yes Billy does love to sandbag *hah*). I just get a little worried that there are all these pent up expectations by him and others due to his lengthy suspension. He probably has the talent to overcome some of his inexperience but I just hope things go smoothly so that he doesn't get too frustrated at first. Beal in his one year with the Gators contributed so much to the team and did so rather quickly, but not every player is going to have the maturity and skill set that Beal had. Anyway, I'm just happy that things can now move forward with Walker and I wish him the best. Wish his first game was against an easier SEC opponent than Missouri but that's just how it is (and at least it's a home game so the crowd can show their support for Walker).
Grover Cleveland
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Apparently the average tickets for that Duke-Cuse game are going for almost $1000 in the secondary markets.
I understand that everyone wants to pop shots at Duke, but they might going a bit too hard over a regular season game right now.
Nike Hyper Elite Jerseys. Another one of those "We'll wear these for one game and then never wear them again, but people will still buy them because they're suckers" jerseys. For example, Duke is wearing theirs during the Traitors' last visit to Cameron (Feb.15).
I understand that everyone wants to pop shots at Duke, but they might going a bit too hard over a regular season game right now.
Nike Hyper Elite Jerseys. Another one of those "We'll wear these for one game and then never wear them again, but people will still buy them because they're suckers" jerseys. For example, Duke is wearing theirs during the Traitors' last visit to Cameron (Feb.15).
Ah, I see. Think they all look pretty good, though the mismatched shorts for OSU, Oregon and Syracuse look kinda weird.
I'm just glad Nike seems to always avoid all the bizarre camo pattern shit that Adidas puts on everything.
Mac the KNife
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Nike is really pushing the bronze on us.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
At least your shorts will be the same color as your jerseys.
At least now they'll get to play 3 home games before playing at Tennessee and UK (two very tough places to play). Go Gators!Mac the KNife
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Why am I still watching Purdue?
sooperkool
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Needs Georgetown and St.Johns
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Oregon keeps getting uglier with every uniform.
Elfforkusu
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The OSU, Oregon, and Cuse unis are horrific. Two tones == projectile barfNew (old?) Hotness incoming:
The others look pretty neat.
Wow. They're really hyping up this game.
The Carrier Dome always seems like such overkill to me, though. They usually don't even come close to filling it up. Kentucky has led the nation in attendance 17 times in the last 18 years, despite Rupp Arena only holding 23,000 (compared to 35,000 for the Carrier Dome).
Hasphat'sAnts
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The best shade of blue in that pic for sure.
Randolph Freelander
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So are the Cameron Crazies going to have a new team for the "not our rival" chant?
I just saw this GIF for the first time:
That shit is hilarious. Calipari literally running onto the court pushing his point guard into the right spot.
I'm honestly perplexed by the Harrison twins. Calipari has gotten great guard play for years. Dating back to his days at Memphis. And scouts and writers all over the place were lauding the Harrisons as legit prospects for this year. Not sure what's gone wrong with them so far. I mean they've improved without a doubt, but there's been almost no consistency with them thus far.
I actually think James Young may be our best pro prosect with Randle. He needs to work on his passing and he loses his man on defense sometimes in a bad way, but the dude is smooth as hell and has been our most consistent scorer.
That shit is hilarious. Calipari literally running onto the court pushing his point guard into the right spot.
I'm honestly perplexed by the Harrison twins. Calipari has gotten great guard play for years. Dating back to his days at Memphis. And scouts and writers all over the place were lauding the Harrisons as legit prospects for this year. Not sure what's gone wrong with them so far. I mean they've improved without a doubt, but there's been almost no consistency with them thus far.
I actually think James Young may be our best pro prosect with Randle. He needs to work on his passing and he loses his man on defense sometimes in a bad way, but the dude is smooth as hell and has been our most consistent scorer.
Nope. He'll still put in work on State tho.
Grover Cleveland
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I see the lowkey shade towards Vitale
Randolph Freelander
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Duke snark without mentioning JJ Redick? They're slipping.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Listening to ESPN U's CBB podcast. Nothing funnier than hearing Seth Greenberg rip on a teams resume and scheduling. In this case he was talking about OSU and he's not even wrong but it's just funny coming from Greenberg.
Katz did point out that OSU kind of got screwed by Marquette and ND sucking more than they should.
Katz did point out that OSU kind of got screwed by Marquette and ND sucking more than they should.
Grover Cleveland
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Because hurting UNC fans' souls will never get old
Here's PJ Hairston letting that thang fly in the D-League
Here's PJ Hairston letting that thang fly in the D-League
Randolph Freelander
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Greensboro kid doing work.
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