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NCAA Men's College Basketball 2012-2013 Season |OT|
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BigWeather
Member
I thought you went to UNC-CH. App is awesome, let 'em laugh. You still get to be in Boone.
ErasureAcer
Banned
That FT was so bad. OMG.
nah im just a UNC fan. Boone is nice. super chill place.
I'm hot/cold on the people which should be obvious based on my posts in other threads.
you have no idea how amusing this is to me.
seriously though, no. tbh im not sure why we even gave him a scholly. i can say that for pretty much our entire roster though.
You guys were good for a couple of years , what happened? I remember you guys being considered for an at-large recently.
Buzz left...again lol.
Capel can't coach. Seeing it in person is a sight to behold. And apparently he can't recruit either.
Donald Sims (our leading scorer ever) graduated after 10/11
My freshman year (Buzz year) was really fun cause we were decent but really entertaining cause we had some ballers. Now we suck AND were boring.
sidenote funfact: rams 2nd rd draft pick Brian Quick was originally recruited to play football and basketball AFAIK. by all accounts he's better at basketball.
here's a vid of him getting his dunk contest on in our rec center.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Good! That whole school can suck it!
bucknuticus
Member
perfectchaos007
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Top Comment:
Willis Kent 12 minutes ago
Hopefully he won't get a prank call from Australia and kill himself
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Is that in reference to something else?
https://twitter.com/IllianaAAU
so ^^^ that guy is posting some real interesting stuff about crooked dealings, mainly focused on midwest bball.
#Chipocalypse he calls it. seems like its going to be an ongoing thing.
true, false? who knows. i dont doubt it though.
entertaining? you bet your ass it is.
so ^^^ that guy is posting some real interesting stuff about crooked dealings, mainly focused on midwest bball.
#Chipocalypse he calls it. seems like its going to be an ongoing thing.
true, false? who knows. i dont doubt it though.
entertaining? you bet your ass it is.
PotatoeMasher
Member
Too badI was hoping for more info on Crean and the A-HOPE/Indiana Elite thing.
For people that don't want to deal with reading through twitter to see the stories I will summarize the two he posted so far.
JaJuan Johnson from Purdue apparently got $20,000 from an agent after his junior year when he declared for the draft. Decided to come back for his Senior year anyways.
Branden Dawson supposedly got paid to attend MSU. The guy says he was at a club drinking and Branden Dawson's mother said they were buying it because they got paid.
In respect to Crean and A-HOPE, if anything existed I am sure it would have been reported on by now. I could be wrong but I am sure after the ESPN story everyone was trying to find stuff and couldn't
he might get to it at some point. it sounds like these are going to be consistent drops.
one of his tweets specifically mentioned that L'Ville fans should start ducking now.
none of this is gonna result in anything though but i like hearing these stories.
i always thought the Crean/A-Hope thing was in the clear even if it is obviously suspect.
one of his tweets specifically mentioned that L'Ville fans should start ducking now.
none of this is gonna result in anything though but i like hearing these stories.
i always thought the Crean/A-Hope thing was in the clear even if it is obviously suspect.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Michigan currently has 1 offer out to a Spiece Indy Heat player in Trevon Bluiett and will probably offer another on June 15th in Jalen Coleman.
Dawson is from the same AAU team as Robinson, McGary, Albrecht, and Bielfeldt.
So yeah the bbonlies talk about splitting off from the Big East is actually getting serious. If so, MSG might be free for a new tournament at the end of year (BIG or ACC or the rumored new catholic super conference).
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...cerns-conference-catholic-schools-sources-say
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...cerns-conference-catholic-schools-sources-say
Maybe those B-Ball only schools could raid the ACC for Duke, Wake, and BC. I can easily see those schools (BC the least likely) dropping football if they get left out of the megaconference future.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Nice!
Unfortunately I won't be able to attend because I have a previous obligation that night, but it'll be awesome for Gallagher-Iba to somewhat resemble its former glory for at least one night.
If we win it could really help the program. Ford has had a hard time getting enthusiasm going in his tenure.
Outdoor Miner
Member
Before the game - WTF not televised anywhere? ESPN3.com? Meh.
After the game - Thank you thank you only the diehards saw this one.
As ugly as it was, 11-0 baby. Just keep winning, fuck the style points!
After the game - Thank you thank you only the diehards saw this one.
As ugly as it was, 11-0 baby. Just keep winning, fuck the style points!
Elfforkusu
Member
Hope Tracy and DJ are alright long term, we need all hands on deck.
I'm thinking this is just one of those bright lights teams. Empty gym, they get pushed by any mid-major that walks in the building. Big stage, they run and gun with anybody. Sorta like a guard-heavy version of an Izzo team. Hoping that they can prove it in March!
SatelliteOfLove
Member
We're going to see 20-school conferences that span the lower 48 by the end of the decade. I'm calling it.
they may as well make another division split.
I expect we're going to see 4 conferences totalling 64 teams, then a split into 4*16 from that.
It will be 1 conference with 8 divisions, and eventually secede from the NCAA.
Outdoor Miner
Member
Jabari Parker set to announce his decision Dec. 20th.
Duke or Michigan State, though I would have crazy respect for him if he chose a different school.
Duke or Michigan State, though I would have crazy respect for him if he chose a different school.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
Go Duke!
Outdoor Miner
Member
If he wants his best shot at a national championship, he'll go either Duke or Florida, the latter of which would have a Kentucky-esque #1 class for 2013. I think he goes to MSU based purely on the fact that they don't have a single commit for 2013 as of right now.
Brian Fellows
Pete Carroll Owns Me
That would be even better.
I just find out about this, but tomorrow at 5 pacific Travis Fort Bend (Harrison twins) is playing Archbishop Mitty (Aaron Gordon) on ESPN. Should be interesting to watch.
It's funny, my little cousin has played against Mitty multiple times over the past few years on his high school team. Mitty's like 20 minutes away from where I live.
It's funny, my little cousin has played against Mitty multiple times over the past few years on his high school team. Mitty's like 20 minutes away from where I live.
Elfforkusu
Member
Outdoor Miner
Member
I think they join the A-10, creating a new bball power conference.
We do, but it has taken a while to overcome the post-Sutton era. A combination of:
- Mediocre at best basketball
- Hour drive each way for most fans
- The dominance and popularity of the Thunder
have all made it hard to fill up a 15,000 seat arena like in the early 2000s.
Hopefully we at least make the tournament this year.
Randolph Freelander
Member
I support the dissolution of the Big East. Sucks for schools like UConn, but it's time for the basketball schools to make their own future instead of having football make it for them.
I hope, if only to minimize the RPI damage from that Puerto Rico Sendekian egg that my school laid earlier.
You guys are ranked, you should have some confidence that you'll make the tourney.
As for the new Basketball-only "Not Big East"- why not add Davidson and maybe Richmond?
Randolph Freelander
Member
I think they should try to keep the league small enough to do a full home-and-home round robin regular season. So 10 schools, 18 league games is perhaps the maximum. I don't think they should try to do a "national Catholic conference," as some have mentioned in ESPN.com articles. If this thing is going to be about basketball and with as much tradition as possible, keep the league small. Perhaps other schools will follow that lead.
Amory
Member
What the fuck are we supposed to do now? Uconn essentially has no conference. I guess I just stop caring about college sports now?
I mean I hate the idea of government getting involved in things like this, but they seriously need to do something to intervene at this point. It's a fucking joke.
Sirpopopop
Member
If all you care about is basketball - UConn will be fine in CUSA. That will now be a multibid conference if Cincy/Temple/UConn/Memphis rejoin.
You heard about Rice getting suspended for 3 games?
Randolph Freelander
Member
Amory, I feel your pain, I really do. I'd love to turn back the clock 10 years and lock these conferences into place. UConn needs a better home than this, but I completely see the basketball schools' side. The Big East has reached the tipping point.
Amory
Member
I do too, 100%. The basketball schools are making the right choice for them, and they should. But Connecticut won the 2011 national championship. They made the 2011 Fiesta Bowl. And now we're being forced into irrelevance? Many of my best memories from college were going to big games, and it's still one of my favorite things to do.
There's not gonna be a big east to cling onto, and there's no indication that if the ACC shifts again that we'd even be next in line to get in.
I mean it doesn't piss me off so much as it makes me want to fucking cry.
LegendofJoe
Member
UConn will get an ACC invite before too long, step off the ledge man.
Amory
Member
Haha, yeeeah, I've been hearing that one for a while. Good thing I didn't hold my breath, though.