2018-19 NCAA Basketball Season

[Sbbruin 22098]

We're not good

[Underdog 29108]

LSU defense parted like the Red Sea on that tying bucket for FSU, game is in OT and the Nobles lead 73-71.

 

[Underdog 29108]

Noles with the shooters bounce for go ahead 3 with just 1sec left. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Tennessee and KU having a good battle on ESPN2 if you need something watch during commercials of the OU vs WVU game.

[Goo Punch 4275]

Vick hits the 3 to tie the game at 56 at the U8. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

KU going on a year. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

and Tennessee comes right back to tie it. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Azabuike fouls out with 4:26 to play. That could be big. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Schofield with the huge three after having an off night. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Grant Williams fouls out and gets hurt on a play where he didn't actually foul anybody. Really tough break for the Vols, they'll have to try and hold on without him. 

KU hits both FTs, tied at 69 apiece.

[Goo Punch 4275]

KU gets their own rebound and they will have the ball with no shot clock and a tie game. 

[spystud13 2371]

Waited too long to get that play started. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Good D by the Vols, Schofield denies the entry pass and knocks it OOB with 2.0 seconds left under the basket. KU drawing up a final play. 

[spystud13 2371]

That sucked. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

start at 1:56-

 

[Goo Punch 4275]

Tennessee really missing Williams right now. 

[Firemans4Horn 18501]

Some weak loose ball fouls against Tennessee. 

[immortal13 4059]

That was beastly by Lawson. 

[Goo Punch 4275]

4 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Some weak loose ball fouls against Tennessee. 

This and the loss of Williams have killed them down the stretch. It reminds me of some of our old games against KU with all the ticky tack crap away from the play. 

[Firemans4Horn 18501]

The loose ball foul resulting in free throws is the worst rule in all of sports. 

[immortal13 4059]

That should do it for KU

[Goo Punch 4275]

Well that'll do it. KU wins again. Meh. They're gonna win 16 games in this league again. Sick of em.

[Goo Punch 4275]

I remember posting that I believe Bill Self to be the best regular season coach in America, and that stat they just give us is why: 17-4 vs top 10 teams at KU, and now 14 in a row. That is damn impressive. Self is the man. 

Edited November 24, 2018 by Goo Punch

[Machinator 32102]

November 26 AP Top 25:

1		Gonzaga (32) West Coast Record: 6-0	PV Rank 3 Points 1,590
2		Kansas (31) Big 12 Record: 5-0	2 1,584
3		Duke (1) ACC Record: 5-1	1 1,486
4		Virginia (1) ACC Record: 6-0	4 1,396
5		Nevada Mountain West Record: 6-0	6 1,329
6		Tennessee SEC Record: 4-1	5 1,284
7		Michigan Big Ten Record: 6-0	9 1,213
8		Auburn SEC Record: 5-1	8 1,129
9		Michigan State Big Ten Record: 5-1	11 1,111
10		Kentucky SEC Record: 5-1	10 1,022
11		North Carolina ACC Record: 6-1	7 943
12		Kansas State Big 12 Record: 6-0	12 936
13		Virginia Tech ACC Record: 5-0	13 921
14		Iowa Big Ten Record: 5-0	20 599
15		Florida State ACC Record: 5-1	14 581
16		Ohio State Big Ten Record: 6-0	23 511
17		Texas Big 12 Record: 5-1	- 486
18		Oregon Pac-12 Record: 4-1	21 439
19		Purdue Big Ten Record: 5-1	24 387
20		Texas Tech Big 12 Record: 6-0	- 380
21		Buffalo Mid-American Conference Record: 5-0	22 351
22		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 5-1	25 253
23		Villanova Big East Record: 5-2	- 217
24		Maryland Big Ten Record: 6-0	- 170
25		Mississippi State SEC Record: 4-1	15 161

Others receiving votes:Arizona St 156, Clemson 135, Furman 72, Creighton 65, LSU 41, Indiana 35, UCLA 30, Iowa St. 22, St. John's 19, Minnesota 17, Miami 10, TCU 8, Syracuse 8, Arkansas 6, Nebraska 6, Notre Dame 4, UConn 4, Florida 3, UCF 3, Houston 1, Davidson 1.

[EMAWesome 101]

NCAA's first ever Net Rating (i.e. RPI 2.0) is out.  I don't know how it works but it sure looks like it needs some recalibrating.

 

1. Ohio State (6-0)
2. Virginia (6-0)
3. Texas Tech (6-0)
4. Michigan (6-0)
5. Gonzaga (6-0)
6. Duke (5-1)
7. Michigan State  (5-1)
8. Wisconsin (5-1)
9. Virginia Tech (5-0)
10. Loyola Marymount (7-0)
11. Kansas (5-0)
12. Belmont (5-0)
13. Nevada (6-0) 
14. Nebraska (5-1)
15. Iowa (5-0)
16. Auburn (5-1)
17. Maryland (6-0)
18. Houston (4-0)
19. Notre Dame (5-1)
20. Purdue (5-1)
21. North Carolina (6-1)
22. Radford (4-1)
23. Pittsburgh (6-0)
24. Kansas State (6-0)
25. San Francisco (6-0)

[Jhawk 1075]

Going to have to study the net rating. But with the AP, I’m still not impressed with UK. I guess the reason to put them at 10 is because there aren’t many teams you could say are better than them? They don’t seem to have “earned” a top 10 ranking in my mind. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

The NET rating is a waste of time until there is a larger sample. 

[Uncle Nate 2097]

6 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

The NET rating is a waste of time until there is a larger sample. 

Yeah, really won't be of any value until February.

[Brian Fantana 6856]

2 hours ago, texasstrong12 said:

The NET rating is a waste of time until there is a larger sample. 

 

2 hours ago, Uncle Nate said:

Yeah, really won't be of any value until February.

Yup need more games to be played. 

[Brian Fantana 6856]

3 hours ago, Jhawk said:

Going to have to study the net rating. But with the AP, I’m still not impressed with UK. I guess the reason to put them at 10 is because there aren’t many teams you could say are better than them? They don’t seem to have “earned” a top 10 ranking in my mind. 

They're just riding the blue blood pedigree right now. They have no defense and got boat raced out of the gym by the only good team they've played so far.

I'd struggle to place them in the top half of the Big 12 right now.

[texasstrong12 4668]

Oregon lost at home to Texas Southern. The Pac 12 is a dumpster fire. 

[Js1 87008]

 

[texasstrong12 4668]

 

Edited November 27, 2018 by texasstrong12

[Underdog 29108]

10 hours ago, Brian Fantana said:

They're just riding the blue blood pedigree right now. They have no defense and got boat raced out of the gym by the only good team they've played so far.

I'd struggle to place them in the top half of the Big 12 right now.

 

13 hours ago, Jhawk said:

Going to have to study the net rating. But with the AP, I’m still not impressed with UK. I guess the reason to put them at 10 is because there aren’t many teams you could say are better than them? They don’t seem to have “earned” a top 10 ranking in my mind. 

Can’t argue against any of this, probably should be in the 15-20 range at best. 

Edited November 27, 2018 by Underdog

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

On 11/23/2018 at 10:50 PM, Goo Punch said:

start at 1:56-

 

The Emperor did not have tits like Amanda Peet. Maybe that wasn't your point, but... tits.

[ztejas 44114]

On 11/21/2018 at 11:57 PM, longhornmatt said:

Zion is like a modern, even stockier and more explosive hybrid of Charles Barkley and pre-injuries Larry Johnson.  If anything the NBA is even more hospitable to shorter, powerfully built front court players now than it was when they played.  I’d take Zion #1 in a heartbeat in this class.

Barrett, OTOH, needs Coach K to light him up and get his shot selection under control.  Since that Kentucky game it seems like his shooting line in every subsequent game has been something ugly like tonight’s 9-25.  

I think Barkley was faster straight line but yes

[ztejas 44114]

On 11/26/2018 at 11:29 AM, Machinator said:

November 26 AP Top 25:

1		Gonzaga (32) West Coast Record: 6-0	PV Rank 3 Points 1,590
2		Kansas (31) Big 12 Record: 5-0	2 1,584
3		Duke (1) ACC Record: 5-1	1 1,486
4		Virginia (1) ACC Record: 6-0	4 1,396
5		Nevada Mountain West Record: 6-0	6 1,329
6		Tennessee SEC Record: 4-1	5 1,284
7		Michigan Big Ten Record: 6-0	9 1,213
8		Auburn SEC Record: 5-1	8 1,129
9		Michigan State Big Ten Record: 5-1	11 1,111
10		Kentucky SEC Record: 5-1	10 1,022
11		North Carolina ACC Record: 6-1	7 943
12		Kansas State Big 12 Record: 6-0	12 936
13		Virginia Tech ACC Record: 5-0	13 921
14		Iowa Big Ten Record: 5-0	20 599
15		Florida State ACC Record: 5-1	14 581
16		Ohio State Big Ten Record: 6-0	23 511
17		Texas Big 12 Record: 5-1	- 486
18		Oregon Pac-12 Record: 4-1	21 439
19		Purdue Big Ten Record: 5-1	24 387
20		Texas Tech Big 12 Record: 6-0	- 380
21		Buffalo Mid-American Conference Record: 5-0	22 351
22		Wisconsin Big Ten Record: 5-1	25 253
23		Villanova Big East Record: 5-2	- 217
24		Maryland Big Ten Record: 6-0	- 170
25		Mississippi State SEC Record: 4-1	15 161

Others receiving votes:Arizona St 156, Clemson 135, Furman 72, Creighton 65, LSU 41, Indiana 35, UCLA 30, Iowa St. 22, St. John's 19, Minnesota 17, Miami 10, TCU 8, Syracuse 8, Arkansas 6, Nebraska 6, Notre Dame 4, UConn 4, Florida 3, UCF 3, Houston 1, Davidson 1.

Man.... down year for the American. SMU back to being mediocre, a few teams getting a vote a piece but UCONN ain't back yet. Memphis still down. Cincy down year. 

Usually the best mid-major/G5 but might not be the case this year. 

[Pancho 46088]

Texas Southern best Oregon last night in Eugene. 

 

TSU has also beaten Baylor I do believe 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8964]

Foster Loyer, #3 from Sparty, looks like Johnny Manziel

[PittsburghTiger 6320]

Fat 10 - ACC Challenge going on. Louisville up 3 on Sparty in OT. 43.3 seconds to play. Pitt on the road at Iowa, up by six or seven at the half.

[texasstrong12 4668]

Even with a loss here I wouldn't want to play Michigan State in March. 

They were down a starter tonight (McQuaid) to injury and Winston was in foul trouble most of the night. They still almost found a way to win this game. 

Edited November 28, 2018 by texasstrong12

[BigOrange1 6611]

duke is pantsing indiana.

[Blotto 23975]

Zion just casually running through his dunk repertoire

[victory88 5755]

Zion is so fun to watch.  Can't remember seeing a guy at 270lbs play the way he does.  He's got a solid 25 lbs on Lebron 

[Beau Vine 55839]

30 minutes ago, victory88 said:

Zion is so fun to watch.  Can't remember seeing a guy at 270lbs play the way he does.  He's got a solid 25 lbs on Lebron 

Did you know he's the 4th best player on Duke?  I learned that on here.

[PittsburghTiger 6320]

Pitt's getting sloppy with 11 turnovers in the second half at #14 Iowa, trail, 63-66, with 3:59 to play.

[PittsburghTiger 6320]

Damn, Pitt with two shots to win at the buzzer. Didn't get it done. Too many second-half turnovers and Iowa with 11-point edge from the line. Too sloppy in second half. Still, a nice performance at #14 Iowa.

[texasstrong12 4668]

0-7 Monmouth is giving Kentucky a game early. How in the hell is Kentucky ranked #10? 

[pops 7123]

Ohio State #1!  

[VolenteHawk 495]

Kentucky is ultimately going to figure it out and be pretty good, but I don’t think they’ve recovered from seeing their own blood against Duke. Doubt many players on that team have ever been out-talented...and they look like a team with very little confidence right now.