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2015-2016 NCAA Men's Basketball |OT| 2 can play the 1-and-done game
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Who's your team?
New Mexico?Well i'll just have to talk to myself about my Lobos.
Posting from the game rn.
Elfforkusu
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The Illinois Fighting Illini.
bucknuticus
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Basically how i feel, the sport has become so boring and uninteresting to me outside of the tourney. All the one and dones are really ruining the sport for me.
The Illinois Fighting Illini.
Hey, you guys weren't so bad when you had Bruce Weber as coach, and you were good during the 2012-2013 season with Coach Groce. I'm sure you'll get back on track eventually. You guys were this close to beating Providence tonight, though a missed dunk to win the game has to hurt.
Elfforkusu
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Weber was a disaster, ran the program into the ground. He's why we suck! Well, turns out his replacement (John Groce) isn't any better, and now more than one coach can share the blame for continued irrelevance. Alas.
Losing tonight doesn't hurt, our NIT chances remain strong.
Well compared to Self, I guess Weber isn't all that great. Too bad you couldn't hold onto Self more than three seasons.
When I think of Illinois basketball I think of Lou Henson but that was a while ago (time flies). I guess those were the good days for Illinois basketball compared to now. :-\
Elfforkusu
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Henson, Lon Kruger, Bill Self. Pretty good 20 year run, I grew up with it.
Handed the keys to Weber, he had two fantastic seasons with the team Self built. Then he drove us off a cliff.
Yeah. After a rather terrible season last year my expectations weren't very high. But we have looked solid on both sides of the ball in our three games thus far. Top 10 back court in the country in my opinion.
edit: Just got news that a player of ours who went down with strange neck injury and had to be stretchered off last game career seems to be done. Really tough news.
sf2fanatic
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Still can't believe a Cali school team won in Florida. It's rare for them to go into Florida area and win.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Weber is not great compared to anyone. The man is borderline retarded.
He ran Illinois into the ground and is now doing the same thing at KSU with what Martin had built there.
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Hoosiers looked good tonight. Wonder if this could be a good year for Indiana. Still way early for me to feel confident.
Also glad to see Vandy avoid an upset at home to Stony Brook. I'd like the SEC to look halfway respectable this year -- meaning teams besides UK doing well, as UK is UK and they'll always do well :-D
Also glad to see Vandy avoid an upset at home to Stony Brook. I'd like the SEC to look halfway respectable this year -- meaning teams besides UK doing well, as UK is UK and they'll always do well :-D
Grover Cleveland
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Duke looks raggedy
Kennard having that Matt Jones Freshman Year experience (I.E. big time high school shooter, who looks like he's never seen a basketball before when he plays in college games)
Kennard having that Matt Jones Freshman Year experience (I.E. big time high school shooter, who looks like he's never seen a basketball before when he plays in college games)
Randolph Freelander
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Grover Cleveland
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Who knew the cure to all that ailed Scrappy was not playing Kentucky?
Team's still a work in progress. Like how they toughened up down the stretch though.
Team's still a work in progress. Like how they toughened up down the stretch though.
bucknuticus
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Hey just like here!
Randolph Freelander
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The "bench" was productive tonight.
Hell of a comebak game by GA, and its not like he went right back to the shit he did before and during the UK game. Its just great to have that player that gets his shit fucked up one night, and comes back the next game fired up.
Ingram tho...dem FTs is rough. He and Kennard have to improve.
Ingram tho...dem FTs is rough. He and Kennard have to improve.
Brannen Greene is suspended for 6 games, won't go with the team to Maui.
Rumor goes that Brannen and Self got into a verbal altercation. As if things can't get any worse for KU. I'll keep believing, Self.... I'll keep believing.
Rumor goes that Brannen and Self got into a verbal altercation. As if things can't get any worse for KU. I'll keep believing, Self.... I'll keep believing.
perfectchaos007
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Does tOSU not have their obligatory undersized scrappy white guy to lead them to a top 25 ranking this year?
bucknuticus
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Not since Craft hung it up after playing 20 years sadly.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
In not mad that we lost to Xavier. But I am mad that we lost to Xavier like that. Mark Donnal better not start against UConn. It's time to end that experiment. He is 100% useless.
Grandstaff will be that person. He's just a year away.
Grandstaff will be that person. He's just a year away.
perfectchaos007
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Kentucky will be #1 again Monday. yawn
Should have been from the start(or MD or Duke or Kansas even), this is the same UNC team that lost 12 games last year, starting #1 never made any sense to me.
Granted UK didn't really deserve #1 coming into the season with all that we lost, but that's part of the stupidity of pre-season polls, and I understand that more than putting a middling team from a year ago at #1 because they have experience returning and should be better.
UNC should be a solid top 10 team when Paige comes back, and they have a decent shot at the title, but the #1 preseason ranking is a bit of an overestimate IMO.
Gators face off against Purdue today. Should be a fun game. Both teams definitely have different styles of playing so it should be interesting to see which team imposes their style of play on this game. This will definitely be the biggest test of the year so far for the Gators and they'll be facing their first team that has lots of size, which Purdue has in spades. Anyway, I was pleased to watch the Gators come together late against St. Joe's yesterday to get the win. Finney-Smith played a big role in that. Hopefully they'll start out strong against Purdue and not fall too far behind early (and avoid getting into foul trouble). Go Gators!
Grover Cleveland
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Haven't really been able to watch much of the game, but interesting to see K already going with zone.
Brian Fellows
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Eamonn Brennan
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Someone in the crowd just taunted Grayson Allen with "You look like Ted Cruz!" Harsh.
‏@eamonnbrennan
Someone in the crowd just taunted Grayson Allen with "You look like Ted Cruz!" Harsh.
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Ugh our defense is so bad again.
Grover Cleveland
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Again, admittedly didn't watch much of it, but this would be a really nice win if Duke pulls it out.
G'Town's probably fringe top 25.
I know they didn't really look like it for large stretches in this game, but I think K's on to something with this zone. This may be the longest Duke team ever, especially if he plays Jeter, Ingram, and Jefferson together. He can definitely use all that length in a 2-3 or 1-3-1 look
G'Town's probably fringe top 25.
I know they didn't really look like it for large stretches in this game, but I think K's on to something with this zone. This may be the longest Duke team ever, especially if he plays Jeter, Ingram, and Jefferson together. He can definitely use all that length in a 2-3 or 1-3-1 look
Brian Fellows
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And the more things opponents have to prepare for the better.
GoldenEye 007
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UCF got their first win last night after two tough losses. Finally there appears to be some depth there and more skill players in the paint and around the perimeter.
Still a long way to go, but I'd like to think UCF won't look like the dumpster fire of a team they have been since basically the middle of the 2011 season. Once we get our main PG back, I would hope we can be ready to go for conference play and at least compete in the AAC.
Still a long way to go, but I'd like to think UCF won't look like the dumpster fire of a team they have been since basically the middle of the 2011 season. Once we get our main PG back, I would hope we can be ready to go for conference play and at least compete in the AAC.
Yeah Ingram doesn't look goodl. Thought he would be great quickly, even if just because of his physical tools (6-9, 7-2 wingspan, etc.).
Not as shocked about Kennard. 6-5 white shooting guard, gonna need some time to acclimate to the college game.
that sounded kinda racist, but you know it's true
Grover Cleveland
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Ingram's just got to bulk up.
He could outskill and outheight everyone in high school. He's not used to being challenged by dudes that are tall, athletic and strong like they are at the college level.
Kennard will be fine, he's just not making shots. Matt Jones went a whole year before he ever started shooting as well in college games as he did in high school.
He could outskill and outheight everyone in high school. He's not used to being challenged by dudes that are tall, athletic and strong like they are at the college level.
Kennard will be fine, he's just not making shots. Matt Jones went a whole year before he ever started shooting as well in college games as he did in high school.
if it's just bulking up then Ingram's in for a long year because that's something you do in the offseason. he's really going to struggle in ACC play.
personally though i think he just isn't as good as advertised. he's got a good 3-5 years before he'll really have good control over his length. even his HS highlights didn't really pass the eye test for me because he looks so awkward and his handle is nothing to write home about right now. and while we were recruiting him i thought he should be a 2 or 3 year player anywhere he went. obviously he gonna run ASAP under the current draft climate though. any KD comparisons were really just doing him a disservice.
personally though i think he just isn't as good as advertised. he's got a good 3-5 years before he'll really have good control over his length. even his HS highlights didn't really pass the eye test for me because he looks so awkward and his handle is nothing to write home about right now. and while we were recruiting him i thought he should be a 2 or 3 year player anywhere he went. obviously he gonna run ASAP under the current draft climate though. any KD comparisons were really just doing him a disservice.
AP Top 25
1. Kentucky (59)
2. Maryland (6)
3. Michigan St.
4. Iowa St.
5. Kansas
6. Duke
7. Oklahoma
8. Villanova
9. North Carolina
10. Gonzaga
11. Arizona
12. Virginia
13. Indiana
14. California
15. Miami
16. Purdue
17. Notre Dame
18. UConn
19. Vanderbilt
20. Wichita St.
21. Oregon
22. LSU
23. Xavier
24. Cincinnati
25. SMU
25. Texas A&M
1. Kentucky (59)
2. Maryland (6)
3. Michigan St.
4. Iowa St.
5. Kansas
6. Duke
7. Oklahoma
8. Villanova
9. North Carolina
10. Gonzaga
11. Arizona
12. Virginia
13. Indiana
14. California
15. Miami
16. Purdue
17. Notre Dame
18. UConn
19. Vanderbilt
20. Wichita St.
21. Oregon
22. LSU
23. Xavier
24. Cincinnati
25. SMU
25. Texas A&M