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NCAA 2014-15 Men's Basketball |OT| It's Cal's World, We're Just Living In It
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Elfforkusu
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First road game...?
It's possible, but unlikely. More likely is that Rice/Hill/Egwu all get 2 fouls within 10 minutes and we're down by double digits at half.
I do expect us to stay with them though. Optimistically, I predict a second half run, culminating in a 5 point win after the refs blow a call and erroneously give us possession within the final minute!
perfectchaos007
Member
Big game @ U-Conn tomorrow. Hopefully our backup PG's play well and Myles Turner can get going.
Grover Cleveland
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#DriveForFive continues in forty minutes or so as Duke takes on Coach K's alma mater, the United States Military Academy at CIS
Grover Cleveland
Member
If this Wilson guy for Army played for a higher profile BB program, he would be the most hated player in America.
Aaron Craft level hatred
Aaron Craft level hatred
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Those black Texas jerseys sure are ugly.
Randolph Freelander
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Kentucky fans, a 30 for 30 just for you is coming in March.
It's one about Laettner.
It's one about Laettner.
Oh yay, you mean i get to see that douchebag make that shot an extra half dozen times this year over the 150 times it is played during march every year?
Fuck that guy.
I will say this though, as someone who was just getting old enough to develop fan allegiances at that time, that game made damn sure I picked the good guys. There was literally 0% chance i wasn't going to be a UK fan for life after that game.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
I couldn't agree more!
perfectchaos007
Member
Jonathan Holmes you glorious bastard! Hook Em Horns!!
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Great shot.
Barnes gets a lot of shit but he saved that game.
Barnes gets a lot of shit but he saved that game.
perfectchaos007
Member
First time UConn has lost at home to a non-conference ranked opponent since 1994
Grover Cleveland
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Wait UVA and Rutgers played a game that ended 45-26?
Those people in Brooklyn needed to get their money back for that one.
Those people in Brooklyn needed to get their money back for that one.
perfectchaos007
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I hope Kentucky struggles this much on offense when we play them Friday. I know Rupp has unforgiving rims to begin with
I hate our rims. We always seems to shoot better on the road. The rims at Rupp are so damned tight.
Yeah. The 30 second clock in the exhibition games was so much better. Lower would be fine, but even the women's college shot clock is shorter. Makes no sense at all.
Our efficiency wasn't terrible, the issue is that we had to spend 10 seconds of shot clock pulling the ball out and setting up the new play every time they switched defenses, which made the pace even slower. We definitely have to get better at fluidly going to the next option when teams do that.
If teams can makes us spend 10 seconds of clock resetting our offense every time by switching to a matchup zone, they would love that, as priority number 1 for basically every team we play is to slow the game down to an absolute crawl. Maybe not teams like UNC or UL where the coaches are more stubborn about sticking to a particular tempo.
One thing I've noticed about Cal though, is that he never coaches to a style of play, if a team wants to play grind it out, he'll do that, if they want to play fast, he'll go with that as well. I think this is part of the reason his teams have success in the post season even when they struggle in the regular season.
Frustrated_Grunt
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We got Rutgers tonight. Won't let you down ACC.
Randolph Freelander
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Yeah, sure. Don't Clempson this, Clemson.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
You could probably pull a team from your student section and beat Rutgers by 15.
Frustrated_Grunt
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There's a Duke Energy in Kentucky, so kind of.
Some of our player on the bench might as well be, so this is good news.
Grover Cleveland
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ACC-B1G picks
Nebraska-FSU
Rutgers-Clemson
Pittsburgh-Indiana
Minnesota-WF
Syracuse-Michigan
Illinois-Miami
NCSU-Purdue
OSU-UL
MSU-ND
VT-PSU
Iowa-UNC
GT-Northwestern
UVA-Turtles
Duke-Wisconsin
B1G: 7
ACC: 7
(B1G retains the title in the event of a tie)
Before the season, I thought that Wisconsin with all of their experience and one of the best homecourt advantages in the country would overwhelm a young Duke team and beat them by around 12-15 points. Duke's been slightly better than I expected them to be, Badgers have probably been just as good as I expected them to be. I still think Wisconsin wins that game by 7-10 points.
Nebraska-FSU
Rutgers-Clemson
Pittsburgh-Indiana
Minnesota-WF
Syracuse-Michigan
Illinois-Miami
NCSU-Purdue
OSU-UL
MSU-ND
VT-PSU
Iowa-UNC
GT-Northwestern
UVA-Turtles
Duke-Wisconsin
B1G: 7
ACC: 7
(B1G retains the title in the event of a tie)
Before the season, I thought that Wisconsin with all of their experience and one of the best homecourt advantages in the country would overwhelm a young Duke team and beat them by around 12-15 points. Duke's been slightly better than I expected them to be, Badgers have probably been just as good as I expected them to be. I still think Wisconsin wins that game by 7-10 points.
perfectchaos007
Member
I guess I'll predict the equally thrilling SEC v. Big 12 match-ups!
2013 Winner: Big 12 (7-3)
2014 predictions
Texas Tech Auburn
West Virginia LSU
Baylor Vanderbilt
Iowa State Arkansas
TCU Ole Miss
Texas Kentucky
Kansas Florida
Oklahoma Missouri
Oklahoma State South Carolina
Kansas State Tennessee
Prediction 8-2 for the Big 12
2013 Winner: Big 12 (7-3)
2014 predictions
Texas Tech Auburn
West Virginia LSU
Baylor Vanderbilt
Iowa State Arkansas
TCU Ole Miss
Texas Kentucky
Kansas Florida
Oklahoma Missouri
Oklahoma State South Carolina
Kansas State Tennessee
Prediction 8-2 for the Big 12
I don't like your predictions, so here are mine!
Texas Tech Auburn
West Virginia LSU
Baylor Vanderbilt
Iowa State Arkansas
TCU Ole Miss
Texas Kentucky
Kansas Florida
Oklahoma Missouri
Oklahoma State South Carolina
Kansas State Tennessee
5-5
At the end of the season I'd pick Florida over Kansas, but they are too depleted to do anything right now. The Kentucky game at Florida later in the season will be a battle. Arkansas is going to surprise some people this season. Tennessee probably won't actually win, but it will be a game to the very end.
Texas Tech Auburn
West Virginia LSU
Baylor Vanderbilt
Iowa State Arkansas
TCU Ole Miss
Texas Kentucky
Kansas Florida
Oklahoma Missouri
Oklahoma State South Carolina
Kansas State Tennessee
5-5
At the end of the season I'd pick Florida over Kansas, but they are too depleted to do anything right now. The Kentucky game at Florida later in the season will be a battle. Arkansas is going to surprise some people this season. Tennessee probably won't actually win, but it will be a game to the very end.
perfectchaos007
Member
Tennessee is 50/50 that game because they are playing in Knoxville and that gym is tough to play in as a visitor. How many scholarship players do they have now? 3?
Outdoor Miner
Member
We are ranked! In true Illini fashion I expect us to split our games this week and fall off next poll. But maybe this team is different.
Not many. But they are rarely out of a game in Knoxville, so anything could happen. If I could pick numbers I'd say 3.5/6.5 SEC/Big12. If the West Virginia game as in Baton Rouge I might give LSU the edge in that one.
Elfforkusu
Member
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Think wiscy wins this pretty handily.
Grover Cleveland
Member
Clemsn is really about to lose to Rutgers.
Oh my god
Oh my god
Frustrated_Grunt
Member
Welp, that was pretty competitive for about 30 minutes. Too bad we fell apart at the end.
Randolph Freelander
Member
acc... acc...
Randolph Freelander
Member
I balance that out by always hoping you're the only ACC team that loses.
But I'm always disappointed, because we've always got Clemson.
Grover Cleveland
Member
If it comes down to the ACC winning the belt or someone putting the stomp johnson on Carolina...Go BIG TEN!
If tonight is any indication though, this whole challenge will be wrapped up by tomorrow.
I still can't believe Clemson lost. Actually I can, they're Clemson.
If tonight is any indication though, this whole challenge will be wrapped up by tomorrow.
I still can't believe Clemson lost. Actually I can, they're Clemson.
Frustrated_Grunt
Member
Don't be so sad, we have to be with each other forever. It's destiny.
Yeah, but... Rutgers? Really?
I think the B1G will win at least 4 of the games tonight. Wednesday looks better for the ACC but they're pretty much going to have to run the table at that point.
Thanks to Cody Zeller.
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