2018-19 NCAA Basketball Season

[Catdaddyhorn 3444]

Duke and coach K decided to compete for that true elite talent and has beaten Kentucky for their services over the past few years. Cal used to get 4 to 5 difference makers per class now he’s lucky to get even 2 of them. Without that talent separation his teams have struggled more than usual in the early portion of the last 2 seasons.

Edited December 8, 2018 by Catdaddyhorn

[UTDD 362]

1 minute ago, Catdaddyhorn said:

Duke and coach K decided to compete for that true elite talent and has beaten Kentucky for their services over the past few years. Cal used to get 4 to 5 difference makers per class now he’s lucky to get even 2 of them. Without that talent separation his teams have struggled more than usual in the early portion of the last 2 seasons.

Very true although Duke may not be quite the same without in my opinion their ace card in Jeff Capel who was an incredible recruiter that adjusted to the one and done in frankly outstanding ways.  

[Catdaddyhorn 3444]

What happened to Georgetown. They were up by dawn near 20 in the first half and are now down by 6.

[perfectchaos007 6634]

U of H should have been ranked last week but surely they’ll be ranked next week

[kopp0e 1135]

 

[Underdog 28611]

And they guarded the inbounds, too. 

[ChiTownDoc 21151]

4 hours ago, UTDD said:

Very true although Duke may not be quite the same without in my opinion their ace card in Jeff Capel who was an incredible recruiter that adjusted to the one and done in frankly outstanding ways.  

Maybe but holy shit did Capel fucking blow as a head man.  If he falls into that Duke coaching job after K hangs 'em up, it will be really interesting. 

[George Clooney 378]

KU is down 40-33 against NMSU with about 15 minutes left. They really miss Azubuike.

[kopp0e 1135]

Kansas in a fight with the fighting "north El Paso" aggies: (come on KU, pull your 'Hawks out of your butts)...

 

[spystud13 2371]

KU survives by 3. 

[Sbbruin 21842]

Bruins were throttling ND and let them back in.

[Sbbruin 21842]

Wilkes with the 3 with less than a second for the win.

[ztejas 43418]

29 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Bruins were throttling ND and let them back in.

Notre Dame seems like they suck this year. 

[Sbbruin 21842]

1 hour ago, ztejas said:

Notre Dame seems like they suck this year. 

So do we.

[ztejas 43418]

6 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

So do we.

Join the club!

[Buddy Hinton 103]

On 12/8/2018 at 1:01 PM, ztejas said:

I don't know what my biggest grammar faux-pas is ("would of" definitely up there), but the amount of times I have had to correct some mouth breather about "exasperated" leads me to have a lessening sense of pride and accomplishment having made it through the United States schooling system. 

It's "exacerbated" for fuck's sake. 

"Exacerbate" makes something worse. "Exasperate" means to cause irritation or annoyance to (credit MW). 

My bad. I do apologize.

Let me give you a little bit of advice. Spending all day every day on this message board and being an angry, miserable fuck is no way to go through life.

[Brian Fantana 6685]

2 minutes ago, Buddy Hinton said:

My bad. I do apologize.

Let me give you a little bit of advice. Spending all day every day on this message board and being an angry, miserable fuck is no way to go through life.

Yeah nerd go get laid.

[ztejas 43418]

4 minutes ago, Buddy Hinton said:

My bad. I do apologize.

Let me give you a little bit of advice. Spending all day every day on this message board and being an angry, miserable fuck is no way to go through life.

I'd rather be angry and miserable than be a dumbass like yourself.

But thanks for the "advice", champ. You probably don't understand what it's like to need an outlet for the million things a minute running through your mind "all day every day". I'll just go get a lobotomy I guess.

[Underdog 28611]

Good showing from the SEC today following yesterdays bullshit with wins for the Vols and Bama.  

[kopp0e 1135]

This Duck has wings...

 

[Jhawk 1075]

Two of KU's next three games at Nova at home and then at ASU.  I think we have a better chance of beating Nova than ASU because of the home game, but it wouldn't surprise me if we drop both of these games or lose one of the (ASU) by 10+.

[spystud13 2371]

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Ballot Boycott

One of the AP's 65 voters, Graham Couch of the Lansing (Mich.) State Journal, opted to submit his ballot without any of Kansas, Duke, Tennessee, Auburn, Texas Tech, Kentucky, Villanova or Texas because none has played a true road game thus far in the season.

That’ll teach ‘em! 

[Goo Punch 4275]

And that's the last time Texas will be mentioned with that group of teams this year. 

[spystud13 2371]

Yeah, that was pretty much the reason it got posted. If only we had that guy’s vote, damnit. 

[Jhawk 1075]

27 minutes ago, spystud13 said:

That’ll teach ‘em! 

So playing Michigan State, tennessee, and Marquette at neutral sites is not something that should be judged higher than playing some shit team on the road... got it.  I'm sure the selection committee would look at KU more favorably if we played 3 road games against GCU, Boise State, and St. Bonnie next year.  What an idiot.

Edited December 10, 2018 by Jhawk

[Goo Punch 4275]

Anybody here watched Michigan this year? They have a freshman named Iggy Brazdeikis who is legit. Big kid, plays SF, well rounded game, total hooper. He's Lithuanian-Canadian, and was ranked 40th in the country by 247, three spots ahead of Courtney Ramey. He's already having a much bigger impact than some of the more hyped guys from his class like Quentin Grimes or  Tre Jones. Michigan looks like they'll be title contenders for the next 2-3 years at least. Beilein is the man.

[Jhawk 1075]

Michigan looks like the most complete team in the country in my opinion. The might not have the high flyers or pizazz that other teams have but the move the ball and play team defense. They are definitely a title contender. 

[Machinator 32099]

This will singlehandedly get me to watch more CBB on Fox now. Will be a bit confusing, though.

 

Edited December 11, 2018 by Machinator

[Underdog 28611]

Noticed them playing it during the UK/SH game on Saturday.  

[Jhawk 1075]

Penn up 7 on Nova with 12 minutes left.  Nova's big guy got his 4th foul in the first minute of the second.

[NowThis 931]

Penn is really good.  Ivy League classic back door cuts can't be stopped.  Penn's big Wong is just killing them. 

Edited December 12, 2018 by NowThis

[Jhawk 1075]

Lots of foul trouble.  If Nova loses gillespi this could be over.

[Jhawk 1075]

Penn needs 6 more points.  2 via play and 4 via FTs and they have this.

[NowThis 931]

Nova sucks, no talent at all. 

[spystud13 2371]

Holy fuck, Penn. 

[spystud13 2371]

Damn, that would have been some shit if Nova forced OT after that blunder. 

[NowThis 931]

the game had no business being that close. Nova could not handle the screens or back door cuts all night. Penn would beat them 8 of 10 times.

[Jhawk 1075]

Crazy how much Nova lost but they were supposed to be good.  The lost all of their glue guys.

[Bartles 769]

Nova will get better, but they're gonna take their lumps. KU should be up in the 20-point range by halftime this weekend. As for the Quakers, lot of motivation to snap VU's city steak there at the Palestra, with one of Penn's best teams in a while. The Ivy could be a safe two-bid conference with Penn and Yale.

[spystud13 2371]

LSU/Hou is close at the under-8 on ESPN2. 

[spystud13 2371]

Hou comes from 15 down early in the 2nd to win by 6, 9-0 now. 

[Jhawk 1075]

Kelvin Sampson is a damn good coach and given the state of college basketball it’s almist hard to call him a cheater for texting kids during no-contact periods. 

[Underdog 28611]

Wanted to ride on the Cougar train a bit more for the NCAAT last season but saw their draw and had Go Blue going to the FF.  They would’ve made it to the S16 had it not been for the buzzer beater from UM. 

[CBT 1282]

 

 

"Tucked away in the (cold, wet) heart of upstate New York, Cazenovia College is an academic institution you likely don't need to know about. Even if you're a huge college basketball nut, you can likely stop your search down the road at Syracuse University, the area's storied DI program. If you're a real fanatic, you might know LeMoyne College, a DII program that used to be coached by Michigan's John Beilein."

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Nova will get better, but they're gonna take their lumps. KU should be up in the 20-point range by halftime this weekend. As for the Quakers, lot of motivation to snap VU's city steak there at the Palestra, with one of Penn's best teams in a while. The Ivy could be a safe two-bid conference with Penn and Yale.

Nothing like a raucous crowd at the Palestra. Penn’s team is stacked and is young. Hope to see them win a game in the tourney.

[GHOSTUSER 361]

Kelvin Sampson is a damn good coach and given the state of college basketball it’s almist hard to call him a cheater for texting kids during no-contact periods. 

UH knocked if out of the park with the Fertitta Center. They have an intimate arena with all the modern bells and whistles that has a fun atmosphere that people want to return to. The Horns need to take notes and try to replicate what UH is doing with our new arena. Sampson is a hell of a coach and the Fertitta Center is going to be a game changer for them recruiting wise.

[ztejas 43418]

I forgot Pat Ewing is the coach for the Hoyas. 

Also these UNC blue unis they are wearing are atrocious. 

Hoping SMU can close this one out. We should have beat TCU and let them back in it. 

[ztejas 43418]

Big win for the Ponies. Need wins like these if we want to play in March.

[Underdog 28611]

Cuse lost at home to ODU.  

[David Dennison 18854]

On 12/14/2018 at 8:45 AM, Iconoclast Texan said:

UH knocked if out of the park with the Fertitta Center. They have an intimate arena with all the modern bells and whistles that has a fun atmosphere that people want to return to. The Horns need to take notes and try to replicate what UH is doing with our new arena. Sampson is a hell of a coach and the Fertitta Center is going to be a game changer for them recruiting wise.

The longer it drags on, the more I am convinced they're just going to retool the Erwin Center.

They picked spots for the arena nearly two years ago. There aren't even any plans yet. It's like they don't really want to build a new arena.