Semi-official 2013-14 College Basketball Thread

[Matthean]

So when does MSU get good again?

[mauchow]

WI gets the 2 seed in the B1G tourney. Woot. Much rather face a Minnesota team over Iowa in the Quarters.

This Nebraska game is gonna have a rowdy crowd.

[jbergey22]

Originally Posted by mauchow

WI gets the 2 seed in the B1G tourney. Woot. Much rather face a Minnesota team over Iowa in the Quarters.

This Nebraska game is gonna have a rowdy crowd.

Playing Iowa is an offensive scrimmage right now though. Six out of the past seven games giving up over 70 and twice over 90. And this is the slow it down big ten we are talking about Minnesota will need that game as well.

[mauchow]

I'm not sure I've ever seen a better crowd in the B1G than what the Huskers fans are doing right now. The atmosphere is insane. Glad the Badgers battled through the initial adrenaline shot Nebby had going. Up 1 and Petteway with two fouls. Just keep attacking him.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by mauchow

I'm not sure I've ever seen a better crowd in the B1G than what the Huskers fans are doing right now. The atmosphere is insane. Glad the Badgers battled through the initial adrenaline shot Nebby had going. Up 1 and Petteway with two fouls. Just keep attacking him.

They heard there was a football game tonight.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by mauchow

St Louis @ UMass a good finish..

Wow, St Louis pulls it off to end their skid! Jett with a nice drive to the hoop and surprisingly UMass doesn't call a timeout to draw something up but you can argue that you might not get as good a look as they got.

Ugh. Great atmosphere, just let them hang around wayyy too long (Carter or Putney needed to knock down just one of those multiple open 3's they each got in the 2nd half), and Jett made them pay. Don't have a problem with no timeout called then - 3.8 seconds left I'd much rather have Chaz getting the ball with a head of steam against an unorganized D than having to draw up a full court play vs. a set D.

Trey Davis having the flu really hurt us. His season stats aren't great because he started the season as just a backup PG, but we've basically become a 3 guard lineup down the stretch of every game with Putney as a 4 and either Lalanne or Carter as the only real big. He has 13+ points in 8 of the last 11, coming off a game where he put up 20 and 8 and was the best player on the court, and he had 0 points and his lowest minute total of the season today. Wish he had been the one getting those open 3-pt looks down the stretch.

Originally Posted by nol

Super good writeup on Tommy Amaker today: Higher Education: How basketball coach Tommy Amaker has transformed Harvard - SBNation.com

It doesn't make any sense to me why it takes a black coach (or one with a high-profile) to get solid 3* recruits to an Ivy. Yes the pool is limited even with the slight lowering of standards for recruits, but you should clean up with kids that clear the threshold.

[mauchow]

I guess none of the one seed hopefuls want the one seed.. Wisconsin going down.

Now we need to do well in the B1G to get a 2 seed but we're solid 3 maybe 2 now.

[Wolfpack]

TJ Warren scores 42 against BC, following up his 41 from the last game against Pittsburgh. He has piled up points by the bushel and leads the ACC in scoring and in field goal percentage, which is a tough thing to do when you're a wing forward and not some leviathan camped in the lane. Who knows? He might even win ACC Player of the Week for the first time this year.

[nol]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

It doesn't make any sense to me why it takes a black coach (or one with a high-profile) to get solid 3* recruits to an Ivy. Yes the pool is limited even with the slight lowering of standards for recruits, but you should clean up with kids that clear the threshold.

Don't underestimate how little the average Ivy League student cares about sports and how important making a recruit feel wanted or like they're the big man on campus is to the entire process. For anyone good enough to play Division I, basketball's obviously been a huge part of their life, and it's hard to transition to an environment where the crowds for your games are smaller than they were in high school.

It kind of parallels all the talk about increasing the age limit for the NBA. I can just about assure you that a player would improve more following a year in the D League than a year in college, but an Andrew Wiggins or Jabari Parker is not gonna turn down a year of being royalty to thousands of their peers and all the increased exposure/branding that comes with it for a year of riding the bus from Reno to Sioux Falls for $20,000 or whatever.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Shirt that Wichita State players received after winning their tournament.......

[britrock88]

The NIT field is fast filling up with regular season champions booted from their conference tourneys. We already have Vermont, Florida Gulf Coast, High Point, Green Bay, Belmont, Davidson, and could add Delaware tonight if W&M breaks its eternal NCAA jinx (and Iona if Manhattan wins the MAAC).

[PilotMan]

North Dakota State dominated tonight over Denver. The beat this team at home by 10 points 10 days ago. Tonight on a neutral site they won by 35. It was 42-15 at the half. We play tomorrow night for a chance at The Dance. It would be the second time in school history that we've made the tournament.

Go Bison!

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by nol

Don't underestimate how little the average Ivy League student cares about sports and how important making a recruit feel wanted or like they're the big man on campus is to the entire process. For anyone good enough to play Division I, basketball's obviously been a huge part of their life, and it's hard to transition to an environment where the crowds for your games are smaller than they were in high school.

Boo hoo. It's a (mostly) free Ivy League Education. If you can't sell that to a kid with like a 3.7 and a 1900 on his SAT's you're not doing your job. But most Ivy League coaches buy into that mindset. It shouldn't take a black coach to recruit black basketball players.

[nol]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Boo hoo. It's a (mostly) free Ivy League Education. If you can't sell that to a kid with like a 3.7 and a 1900 on his SAT's you're not doing your job. But most Ivy League coaches buy into that mindset. It shouldn't take a black coach to recruit black basketball players.

The education part's a bit overrated when anyone that smart who played Division I basketball anywhere is going to have no problems with whichever job or graduate school they're looking at down the road.

Plus, the fact that Amaker's black is secondary to the fact that he had credibility from being Coach K's top assistant and coaching in power conferences. Other Ivy league schools have hired African American head coaches, but none were as big a name as Amaker.

[PilotMan]

NDSU will be on ESPN2 tonight for their shot at the Tournament if you are looking for something to watch.

[digamma]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Boo hoo. It's a (mostly) free Ivy League Education. If you can't sell that to a kid with like a 3.7 and a 1900 on his SAT's you're not doing your job. But most Ivy League coaches buy into that mindset. It shouldn't take a black coach to recruit black basketball players.

It doesn't. It does take a commitment to basketball, though, and that's really what Amaker represented more than anything else. What he has done within the black community at Harvard is, while likely helpful to recruiting, separate from that.

Maybe ironically, to your point, the tipping point for an influential alum to really start making noise about making a change 7 years ago was the absolute flubbing of a hand delivered two star (if that) recruit. The player ended up going to Penn, but underscored your point--if Harvard couldn't close on guys who approached them with interest, how could they get recruits who you would think should be attainable and who would make a difference in the program.

The rest, as they say, is history.

[cartman]

I've never been more embarrassed as a Longhorns fan.

[mauchow]

That's terrible..

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by cartman

I've never been more embarrassed as a Longhorns fan.

Proof that the Longhorns sold their soul and Beiber is the Imp sent to impose punishment upon the faithful....

[cartman]

About the only silver lining I can see from the situation is that apparently Rick Barnes had never heard of Bieber, and when the team saw the pic, the biggest question was 'Where's Selena?'

http://www.mystatesman.com/weblogs/b...s-justin-bieb/

[Lathum]

Sick and one at the end of the ndsu game.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

NDSU will be on ESPN2 tonight for their shot at the Tournament if you are looking for something to watch.

Congrats to your alma mater. That was a great game.

[PilotMan]

Yeah man that was tense all the way to the end. Heck of a move by Braun at the end to get the bucket and the foul. Thanks.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Excited to see some big conference basketball finally starting today! Should make the day pass quicker.

[Matthean]

[digamma]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Excited to see some big conference basketball finally starting today! Should make the day pass quicker.

Auburn vs. South Carolina
Wake Forest vs. Notre Dame
Mississippi State vs. Vanderbilt
Georgia Tech vs. Boston College

WHERE DO I SIGN UP???111???!!!

Give me Manhattan vs. Iona, North Dakota State vs. IPFU, and W&M vs. Delaware any day over those games.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by digamma

Auburn vs. South Carolina
Wake Forest vs. Notre Dame
Mississippi State vs. Vanderbilt
Georgia Tech vs. Boston College

WHERE DO I SIGN UP???111???!!!

Give me Manhattan vs. Iona, North Dakota State vs. IPFU, and W&M vs. Delaware any day over those games.

I guess I meant that there's something to watch at work today as opposed to the last couple of days.

[digamma]

To my point, six minutes into the GT-BC game, it is 4-2 BC, and the highlight package at the first television timeout included the coaches' handshake, the tip-off and a pass.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by digamma

To my point, six minutes into the GT-BC game, it is 4-2 BC, and the highlight package at the first television timeout included the coaches' handshake, the tip-off and a pass.

Sounds like someone just doesn't appreciate good, hard-nosed, defensive big conference basketball. Or really sloppy play. Whichever fits.

[digamma]

You're probably right. And one thing's true...I sure as hell appreciate a good firm coach-shake.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by digamma

You're probably right. And one thing's true...I sure as hell appreciate a good firm coach-shake.

That can really set the tone for a game. The handshake must have been very reasoned and methodical. The teams are on pace for a 44-32 final score at the 10 minute mark.

[cartman]

BC is shooting 23%, GT 21.4%

[BishopMVP]

And BC's best player is considering applying early for the NBA draft

Plus their next 2 best players might transfer - Sources: Olivier Hanlan could leave Boston College mens’ basketball team after ACC tourney - Sports - The Boston Globe

[digamma]

Power outage!

And that's not just a reference to the poor offense.

The lights are out in Greensboro.

[cartman]

They've started hitting baskets since the 10 minute mark. At time out with 5 minutes to go in the half, BC is at 35%, GT 40%

[BishopMVP]

Blind Resume time!

Team A: RPI 31 SOS 28 TOP 50: 3-6 Top 100: 8-7 (3 150+ losses)

Team B: RPI: 45 SOS 73 TOP 50: 1-6 Top 100: 6-8 OOC SOS: 221

Team C: RPI 54 SOS 31 TOP 50: 4-9 Top 100: 8-11 (6-8 road/neutral record)

Team D: RPI 60 SOS 85 Top 50: 3-3 Top 100: 8-8 OOC SOS: 199

Bonus point if you can guess which one both ESPN and CBS have highest on their bracketology.

Spoiler

A: BYU
B: Pitt
C: Cal
D: Arkansas

And, of course, ESPN/CBS have Pitt the highest of the 4

[cartman]

GT-BC ended up turning into an interesting game after all. Boston College battled back from 13 down to tie it up late, and send the game to OT

[cartman]

BC had a chance to tie it up late in OT, but didn't. Georgia Tech moves on.

[cartman]

Over in the Mountain West, Air Force lost a 12 point lead and Fresno State won 61-59 when Air Force missed their last shot.

[cartman]

If I'm looking at the DirecTV guide correctly, it appears there are 7 games on right now.

[BillyNYC]

Have a few days off from work, so doing something that was on the bucket list for a long time: attending Big East Tourney at MSG. Alas, no cuse or Louisville or uconn anymore but should still be fun. 4 basketball games in one day (have tickets for both sessions) might be a tad much, but should be fun.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by BillyNYC

Have a few days off from work, so doing something that was on the bucket list for a long time: attending Big East Tourney at MSG. Alas, no cuse or Louisville or uconn anymore but should still be fun. 4 basketball games in one day (have tickets for both sessions) might be a tad much, but should be fun.

They are about due for another 7 overtime game!

[cartman]

DePaul upsets Georgetown 60-56. That likely bursts the Hoyas bubble.

[Izulde]

I saw a ton of Arizona Wildcats fans when I was wandering the Strip today.

[Izulde]

dola,

I've gone to both Wyoming and UNLV in my lengthy academic tenure... and they play each other tomorrow afternoon. I'll try and find a place near where I'm teaching now to catch the game before class.

[Butter]

Originally Posted by BillyNYC

Have a few days off from work, so doing something that was on the bucket list for a long time: attending Big East Tourney at MSG. Alas, no cuse or Louisville or uconn anymore but should still be fun. 4 basketball games in one day (have tickets for both sessions) might be a tad much, but should be fun.

It seems like it would be a tad much... but I've been to the A10 tournament when it was in Dayton, and it's not too much. Not at all.

[Kodos]

I hope we can beat Illinois today. That'd be nice. Pretty much need to win the Big Ten tourney to get in to the big dance.

[sterlingice]

Note to self: get work done today before 2pm Kansas-Okie State game

SI

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Kodos

I hope we can beat Illinois today. That'd be nice. Pretty much need to win the Big Ten tourney to get in to the big dance.

Not a great start

[Logan]

Seton Hall is blitzing Villanova early, up 32-19 with ~4 mins left.