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NCAA Men's College Basketball 2010-2011 Season OT
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ErasureAcer
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GOPHERS WOOHOO!
bucknuticus
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Bowser said:
Worse than that, 0-15. :lol
ErasureAcer
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Remember the Gophers did this without DeVoe Joseph...our starting or maybe rather backup PG(I'd start Nolen for his D). The Gophers should contend for the Big Ten crown. We're deep up front and Blake hasn't even gotten hot yet from downtown. I'm so excited for this season. West Virginia is going down.
ErasureAcer said:
Outside of Butler, WVU was full of thugs and he's gone. I always respected Tubby and I hope he succeeds this year. I think you have a ways to go vs Illinois, tOSU and Mich St, just to name the big dogs. Purdue won't be a slouch even without Hummel
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truly101 said:
Considering we manhandled Purdue last year in the BT tourney I'm not worried about them. Did Illinois get some amazing freshmen this year? We beat them on their homecourt last year and this Gopher squad is easily leaps and bounds better than last year's squad. I predict us to finish second behind OSU. Diebler is just off the charts...it looks like their starting five is pretty top notch. Do they have a bench? Minnesota's frountcourt is just unstoppable, especially when they work the high-low. Sampson III can knock down jumpers and can pass. Iverson is a monster on defense and the boards. And Mbwake can thunder it home. I expect Minnesota to be ranked in the top 15 after we trounce WV...and hopefully we'll land a 2 or a 3 seed come tournament time.
Proelite said:
If they play smart, the Plums are good for 8-10 a game, I think Kelly is actually a better basketball player (in terms of skill) than either of them, but they have the athleticism. Right now the starting lineup is Singler, KI, Nolan, Kelly and Mason. We also have Josh Hairston on the bench and can use Sing at the 4 if need be so the only reason to go small is to play another guard heavy team, or foul trouble (possible as both Plums fouled out tonight).
K has sought to create that versatile line up he had in 01. Battier and Dunleavy played more on the perimeter than typical 3/4s, but that team only had two guards so he could have Dunleavy back up the 2, Nate James play the 3 more on the inside, same with Battier to help out Boozer on the block. Also everyone on that team shot 3's whenever they felt like it, really the first Duke team to make that a primary part of the arsenal. That team could be hard to defend do to the various matchups he could exploit. This was not a large team, just very versatile.
I think thats what he's tried to create with this team, he can tweak it whichever way he wants and he has a pro caliber PG for the 1st time since 04 to run the show. Duke will never score a ton down low, they never have, but we have 3 guys that are 6'10 or taller and a 4th thats 6'9 so there is a bit of size down there, not a lot of experience though. Even as it is, Singler starts at the 3, he is not a guard in any way shape or form.
mellowyellowod
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ErasureAcer said:
Illinois is a lot better than last year but I agree it's redic that everyone put them ahead of us when we are a lot better too. I am worried about the depth of our bench but after WVU, Armelin, Walker, and Hollins will have a lot of soft opponents to get coordinated. Rodney's jumper is still looking stupid ugly but oh well. 3 quality mid major wins + UNC this early is a huge departure from the Monson years. I was hoping for this last year but I'll def take it this one haha.
PotatoeMasher
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NewLib said:
Yep. If we had a decent big (Free Enes) this team would be crazy good. We'll see how it looks when we're playing a decent team though.
mellowyellowod
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jakncoke said:
that's a little harsh since it's not his fault everyone hyped him so much..plus this was his first game v a legit D, it's almost a sure thing that someone with his talent and Roy Williams coaching will adjust, improve, and be at least All-ACC this year
ErasureAcer
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UNLV over Wisconsin. Way to represent the B10 Badgers. :lol
Outdoor Miner
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UNLV are a good team this year. They will be making noise come March.
Cornballer
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Encouraging 89-65 win for Cal last night over New Mexico at home. After graduating 4 seniors, it's going to be an up and down season for Cal, but the freshman have been playing well so far.
Brian Fellows
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Michigan looking good in the first half against mighty Gardner Webb.
I know we haven't played anyone worth a damn yet but I like what I'm seeing.
Darius Morris has gone from a freshman PG whose only job was to dribble and not turn the ball over to a sophmore who can score and create for others.
Tim Hardaway Jr can shoot the lights out and finishes well around the basket.
Jordan Morgan seems to be really good at finding the open spots down low and has finished very well after getting the ball. Looks MUCH better than I was expecting.
Evan Smotrycz is a 6'8 3 point threat and also handles the ball pretty well. In the long run he'll be a much better fit for the offense than DeShawn Sims was.
Stu Douglas and Zack Novak are scrappy little role players.
Blake McLimans (6'11), Jon Horford (6'9), and Colton Christian (6'7) help give us a much taller team than we had last year.
We're probably one of the younger teams in the nation with 4 true freshmen, 2 RS freshmen, 2 sophmores, 2 juniors, and no seniors so I'm not expecting great things from this team. But I also don't expect us to be as bad as some people are predicting because we have more size, balance, and depth than we did last year.
We'll find out how good we are(n't) Friday when we play Syracuse. I'm not expecting a win but hopefully we can make them sweat a little bit.
I know we haven't played anyone worth a damn yet but I like what I'm seeing.
Darius Morris has gone from a freshman PG whose only job was to dribble and not turn the ball over to a sophmore who can score and create for others.
Tim Hardaway Jr can shoot the lights out and finishes well around the basket.
Jordan Morgan seems to be really good at finding the open spots down low and has finished very well after getting the ball. Looks MUCH better than I was expecting.
Evan Smotrycz is a 6'8 3 point threat and also handles the ball pretty well. In the long run he'll be a much better fit for the offense than DeShawn Sims was.
Stu Douglas and Zack Novak are scrappy little role players.
Blake McLimans (6'11), Jon Horford (6'9), and Colton Christian (6'7) help give us a much taller team than we had last year.
We're probably one of the younger teams in the nation with 4 true freshmen, 2 RS freshmen, 2 sophmores, 2 juniors, and no seniors so I'm not expecting great things from this team. But I also don't expect us to be as bad as some people are predicting because we have more size, balance, and depth than we did last year.
We'll find out how good we are(n't) Friday when we play Syracuse. I'm not expecting a win but hopefully we can make them sweat a little bit.
perfectchaos007
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Looks pretty evident that UNC has not improved over last season.
BTW I find it funny how many Big 12 coaches have been saying that next year when the Big 12 goes down to 10 teams that the Big 12 will be the strongest basketball conference in the nation. They are basically saying Nebraska and Colorado suck at basketball. It's true though, they are the worst 2 basketball teams currently in the big 12.
BTW I find it funny how many Big 12 coaches have been saying that next year when the Big 12 goes down to 10 teams that the Big 12 will be the strongest basketball conference in the nation. They are basically saying Nebraska and Colorado suck at basketball. It's true though, they are the worst 2 basketball teams currently in the big 12.
Brian Fellows
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Bandy just got fucked. That was not an elbow. The UNC kid flopped like a cunt.
Outdoor Miner
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Fucking UNC. Probably won't even be ranked by the time they face the Illini.
ErasureAcer
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GOPHERS WOOHOO!!! :lol
Iverson played big minutes tonight and we made our FTs!!! Amazing. We should coast the rest of the non-conference schedule.
Iverson played big minutes tonight and we made our FTs!!! Amazing. We should coast the rest of the non-conference schedule.
kkaabboomm
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tubby managed to do what uk's current coach, Cal, hasn't really been able to do: beat huggy bear. good job tubby, and next time we see you huggy, you're going down! 0-20 for 3 won't happen again.
again, good job minnesota and tubby, and huggy bear... you're going down.
again, good job minnesota and tubby, and huggy bear... you're going down.
Proelite
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Bowser said:God I don't think I can handle another year like last
Chill out. Last year's team started out strong and collapsed. This year is more like 2005-2006.
You should find some consolation that the problem is not with the players, but is with the coach. Roy is not looking good at adopting new strategies to fit his personnel, but I am pretty sure he will figure it out in time and make the NCAAs.
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