2018-19 NCAA Basketball Season

[texasstrong12 4668]

It could be a long year for aggy. They could start 1-4 with Minnesota and Washington up next. 

[immortal13 4059]

Aggies getting ran

[Machinator 32103]

This was probably not the year for A&M to schedule a tough nonconference schedule.

Edited November 16, 2018 by Machinator

[Napoleon 8831]

Fuck the aggies!

Also, why is Baylor playing a home game at 11:00 AM local time on a FRIDAY MORNING?

I could understand if it was to get on TV the Friday AFTER Thanksgiving, but this is today, Friday the 16th, at 11:00 AM CST.  (I'm in Mountain Time, so it shows 10 AM.)

Lastly, I'm surprised that the lowest ticket prices aren't $0 or $1.

[texasstrong12 4668]

Good thing for Kansas that Lagerald Vick returned or they probably lose the last two games to mid major teams. 

Edited November 17, 2018 by texasstrong12

[chase25 2048]

4 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

Good thing for Kansas that Lagerald Vick returned or they probably lose the last two games to mid major teams. 

Makes you wonder what this says about Michigan State, yikes. Interesting year in college basketball. Right now it seems like Duke, then everybody else

[RockyMountainHighHorn 927]

Well MSU best ULM by 20 so what does that say about us?

[texasstrong12 4668]

5 minutes ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

Well MSU best ULM by 20 so what does that say about us?

Not much. It was a close game until about the final 10 minutes. 

[RockyMountainHighHorn 927]

5 minutes ago, texasstrong12 said:

Not much. It was a close game until about the final 10 minutes. 

I believe the route that most posters thought would and should happen might have been a little more difficult than people realized. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

West Virginia just lost to Western Kentucky. People underestimated how difficult it was going to be to replace Carter and Miles. 

Buffalo and Western Kentucky are good mid major teams but West Virginia has a long ways to go. 

Edited November 17, 2018 by texasstrong12

[Goo Punch 4275]

5 hours ago, Texas25 said:

Makes you wonder what this says about Michigan State, yikes. Interesting year in college basketball. Right now it seems like Duke, then everybody else

Sparty more than any other team has a track record of improving over the course of a season. It's not that unusual for them to be a work in progress in November. 

Also, people may be jumping the gun on Duke. They are stupid talented- best team since 2015 Kentucky. I'm just saying that as great as they look I've seen teams get anointed in November only to later be revealed to be mortal after all. It wouldn't surprise me to see Duke end up having trouble with KU, UNC, UVA, Gonzaga, Tennessee, Nevada, or even Kentucky. Other teams are going to get better as the year goes along and Duke may not end up lappingthe field. 

Or they might though. Their talent is insane. 

Edited November 17, 2018 by Goo Punch

[Goo Punch 4275]

FTR it wouldn't surprise me if they had a record similar to 2015 Kentucky. Im just saying there's a lot of season ahead. 

[chase25 2048]

8 hours ago, Goo Punch said:

Sparty more than any other team has a track record of improving over the course of a season. It's not that unusual for them to be a work in progress in November. 

Also, people may be jumping the gun on Duke. They are stupid talented- best team since 2015 Kentucky. I'm just saying that as great as they look I've seen teams get anointed in November only to later be revealed to be mortal after all. It wouldn't surprise me to see Duke end up having trouble with KU, UNC, UVA, Gonzaga, Tennessee, Nevada, or even Kentucky. Other teams are going to get better as the year goes along and Duke may not end up lappingthe field. 

Or they might though. Their talent is insane. 

I don't think they are going to lap the field but barring injury, I don't think there is anyone that can come within 10 points of them on their best day (obviously they will have off games and will have some close games). Only way Kansas hangs with them is if Vick and Grimes hit a barrage of 3s. Kansas can hang but it would take pretty much their A+ game in my opinion. Azubuike could give them some problems down low but Kansas is going to have to be money from outside.

Gonzaga and UVA haven't really played anybody although Gonzaga dismantled what looks like a very mediocre at best aggy team. We'll learn a lot about us, UNC, and Michigan State this coming week. I'm always reluctant to jump on the Barnes train, Barnes hasn't gotten past the 1st weekend of the tournament since 2008. Always hard to judge mid-majors but Nevada can shoot, their 3 leading scorers thru 3 games have been lights out from 3, Caleb Martin (40% from 3), Jordan Caroline (50% from 3), Jazz Johnson (52.9% from 3).

Edited November 17, 2018 by Texas25

[Jhawk 1075]

I think the UVA game will show us a lot about Duke.  They are the best team in the country right now, no doubt.  But I'd count on Tony Bennett to show us something against them defensively that will set the blueprint for beating them.  I don't know that UVA will beat them but it will show teams like KU what they need to do to have a chance.

[Underdog 29175]

Furman up 6 in OT @ Nova les than a minute to go 

 

Edited November 18, 2018 by Underdog

[Underdog 29175]

And Furman holds on, have beaten 2 of the 4 teams from last FF. 

[GSU&UT 1799]

Go you Furman University Christian Knights

[Jhawk 1075]

Nova is looking real bad. Like miss the tourney bad. Now that I’ve said this they probably take us down at AFH when we play them. 

Edited November 18, 2018 by Jhawk

[spystud13 2371]

Holy fuck, check out these Ok St unis on FSSW. 

[Underdog 29175]

Cocks whipping up on GW 60-27, was 51-10 at one point in 1st half. 

 

A lot of fucking Red in this IU/Arkie game.  

Edited November 18, 2018 by Underdog

[chase25 2048]

Arkansas beat Indiana 73-72. Helps our SOS

[Underdog 29175]

VMI has a midget that’s lighting UK the fuck up, 9-3s so far in the game, UK up 79-72 with just over 4 to play.  The Keydets have hit about 15-16 3s in the game. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

aggy is bad. Really bad. 

Getting run by Minnesota. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

I jinxed Minnesota. Right when I said aggy was getting run by Minnesota they went on a run. Minnesota still up 6 in the 1st half. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Minnesota has 17 turnovers 1 minute into the 2nd half and they are up 8 on aggy. This is hurting my eyes. 

[Beau Vine 55863]

20 hours ago, spystud13 said:

Holy fuck, check out these Ok St unis on FSSW. 

I saw this on a TV at the gym this morning...WTH?  They looked like the Vancouver Grizzlies.

They've worn them before... honoring Native American History Month.

This is an honor?

[Underdog 29175]

It is if they won.  Did they? 

[Horny Bull 2766]

Auburn-Xavier about to kick off the Maui Invitational. 

[Underdog 29175]

Doesn't seem right not to have Chaminade in the Tournament. 

[Underdog 29175]

Forgot it was Feast Week. 

[WJC88 97]

51 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Forgot it was Feast Week. 

So I wasn't the only one. 

[Underdog 29175]

That slam by Auburn was quite impressive. 

[WJC88 97]

Jared Harper is fun to watch!! 

Auburn will get pounded on the glass by Duke but they will make some plays in transition.

[Underdog 29175]

Yeah.  I'm sure I'll have a blast watching him torch UK this season, probably the same as the midget from VMI last night with about 10-treys.  Dude was just bombing from all over the court and rainbows like you wouldn't believe.  Bet the ball came down wet a few times, certainly was after it splashed through the nets. 

[WJC88 97]

This was amazing live.  He's no taller than 5'9"

 

Edited November 20, 2018 by WJC88

[Wally Pryor 5410]

Walton doing the Maui games.   Uh oh.

[texasstrong12 4668]

Interested to see how Duke looks tonight. Auburn is talented and they have experience. Duke is going to get punched in the face tonight so it will be interesting how they respond. 

[texasstrong12 4668]

Duke is legit. So much length all over the court. 

[GSU&UT 1799]

Duke players look like some grown ass men tonight. They'll probably drop one at some point, but they look like the type of team that has a chance to go undefeated this season.

[texasstrong12 4668]

Underrated part of this Duke team is they can defend. So much length and Auburn can't get a good look. 

[PittsburghTiger 6341]

The announcers, Schulman & Bilas, ask if Williamson got Harper with the body at the buzzer there at the end of the half while completely ignoring the Duke defender hitting Harper's wrist as he went up for the layup.

 

[Underdog 29175]

St.John’s/VCU in a tight one on the deuce.  

[PittsburghTiger 6341]

12 minutes ago, Underdog said:

St.John’s/VCU in a tight one on the deuce.  

It is, going back and forth on those two games. But this St. John's game is moving at glacial speed.

[PittsburghTiger 6341]

man, they are calling a ton of fouls in this AU/Duke game.

[taybo20 3035]

5 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

man, they are calling a ton of fouls in this AU/Duke game.

Seems to be favoring duke of course

[PittsburghTiger 6341]

1 minute ago, taybo20 said:

Seems to be favoring duke of course

AU 21, Duke 12

[taybo20 3035]

1 minute ago, PittsburghTiger said:

AU 21, Duke 12

Damn

[PittsburghTiger 6341]

Missed another Duke flagrant.

Edited November 21, 2018 by PittsburghTiger

[taybo20 3035]

Fucking duke

[PittsburghTiger 6341]

I get that AU is a different team than Duke. They shoot a lot from outside. But damn, Williamson just tripped the AU guy.

AU has shot 30 3s, but they have also shot 44 non-3s. Duke has shot 30 non-3s but has shot 32 FTs to 9 for AU.