Official 2010-11 College Basketball Thread

[mauchow]

I just took a half hour of my time to figure it out...

Illinois and Michigan St each share 3rd place with an overall record of 40-43 since the 01-02 season.

Wisconsin is 41-41 since then.. If the Badgers can miraculously win their final two road games that will at worst tie Ohio St at season's end. Doubtful, but one can hope.

And Ohio St makes the big run this year to go from 4th to 1st. They now have the lead and the only winning record in Big Ten play away from home with a record of 42-40 in the past 10 seasons.

[sterlingice]

Yay. My guesses were halfways decent

SI

[bronconick]

How did Jimmer not end up at Duke? He's got that whiny ass look on his face any time the whistle blows perfected.

[Karlifornia]

SDSU with two losses, both against BYU. Man, the Cougars shot the lights out today, and Fredette was even a bit off.

[mauchow]

It will be very interesting to see where SDSU and BYU's seeding ends up. I'm thinking if they both make the MWC Championshp Game, that the winner of the that gets a 2 seed and the other gets a 3. If SDSU doesn't make the title game they may slip to a 4..?

[Chief Rum]

Fun game to see in Pauley today so far. Back and forth, lots of athleticism on the floor between UCLA and Arizona. UCLA's up by 10 at the half, but I know Arizona's going to come back and this one will go down to the wire.

Last game in Pauley before they close the doors for good and start the long awaited renovation that is expected to keep basketball out of Wooden's palace for a year and a half.

[sterlingice]

What the heck is going on in Boulder today?

SI

[MizzouRah]

Not a good loss by Mizzou today and they had KST in early foul trouble.

Horrible officiating across the board for both teams made it quite a painful game to watch.

KST is playing well though and I hope they make it into the tourney.

[MrBug708]

Great win for UCLA today, but I fully expect us to lose one if not two games up in Washington

[Radii]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

What the heck is going on in Boulder today?

SI

holy crap. I saw Texas up by 15 in the first half and didn't look again, wtf!

[cartman]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

What the heck is going on in Boulder today?

SI

Texas couldn't buy a basket for about 15 minutes in the 2nd half. In 26 possessions, they shot 1 for 18, while Colorado (especially Alec Burks) got hot and went on a 13 of 18 tear.

[JonInMiddleGA]

And another (number) one bites the dust ... VT 64-60 over Duke

[digamma]

Harvard loses to Yale by 1 and no longer controls its own destiny to win the Ivy League outright in the regular season. If they sweep Penn and Princeton next weekend, and Princeton beats Penn the following Tuesday, Harvard and Princeton would play a one game play-off to determine the bid.

The back to back Penn-Princeton thing will be tough.

[digamma]

In other news, GT lost to NCSU today. Word among the Tech faithful is that Hewitt will be given his walking papers prior to the ACC tournament. Going to cost a booster a lot of coin.

[miami_fan]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Fun game to see in Pauley today so far. Back and forth, lots of athleticism on the floor between UCLA and Arizona. UCLA's up by 10 at the half, but I know Arizona's going to come back and this one will go down to the wire.

Last game in Pauley before they close the doors for good and start the long awaited renovation that is expected to keep basketball out of Wooden's palace for a year and a half.

Cool story from the game.

LOS ANGELES -- The great-grandson of the late John Wooden scored UCLA's final basket in the last men's game to be played at historic Pauley Pavilion before it closes for renovation.

Tyler Trapani, a junior walk-on who seldom sees any playing time, made a layup from the left side after teammate Jack Haley Jr. airballed a 3-point attempt with 25 seconds left Saturday.

In the Pauley Pavilion finale, John Wooden's great-grandson made the final hoop for UCLA in a fitting sendoff, writes Ramona Shelburne. Story


The Bruins defeated No. 10 Arizona 71-49 to tie the Wildcats for first place in the Pac-10.

Trapani made the basket in front of several Wooden family members, including the coaching legend's son Jim and daughter Nan. Wooden died at 99 in June.

"When I got the ball, it was instinct to put it back up," he said. "I knew I was close to the basket so I put it back up as fast as I could."

UCLA coach Ben Howland had tears in his eyes at the way the game ended.

"I was thinking about Coach," he said of the man who led the Bruins to 10 national championships. "It was so fitting Tyler hit the shot. It fell right in his hands. There's something going on there, I really believe it."

Wooden got to see Trapani play the final minute of UCLA's game at the 2009 Wooden Classic in Anaheim, one of his relative's few appearances in a game.

"It's an emotional day," Trapani said. "Just being out there is something I'll never forget."

[Thomkal]

More info on the Coastal Carolina NCAA potential violations came out in the New York Times of all places recently. A former player that had his scholarship taken from him by Coach Ellis has filed a formal complaint that Coastal's leading scorer, Desmond Holloway, received improper gifts such as clothing to lure him into playing here. Depending on when the NCAA views this taking place, Coastal could be in big trouble as they were just getting off a 2 year probation for problems in other scholarship sports.

So with everything that has been going on with the injury to their starting point guard, the removal of one player from the program, and now this, it was no surprise really that Coastal had lost its last two games including an embarassing buzzer beater that made ESPN SportsCenter highlights. But they found partial redemption yesterday in beating Charleston Southern in the Big South regular conference finale.

The win solidified their hold on the Big South regular season title meaning at least the first two games of the conference tournament will be played here. And who do they play in the first round? The very same Gardner-Webb team that snapped their then longest winning streak in the country. Argh.

Edit: Oh meant to add the link to the Times story here. Eye on N.C.A.A. Tournament, Coastal Carolina Finds Trouble - NYTimes.com

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

Cool story from the game.

Cool indeed. Here's linkage that includes the post-game presser with a tearful Howland, a clip of the basket itself, and the kid who seemed to still be in shock about the whole thing.

Tyler Trapani, John Wooden's Great-Grandson, Scores Final Basket At Pauley Pavilion - From Our Editors - SBNation.com

[Matthean]

MSU really isn't doing itself any favors in trying to make the tournament.

[miami_fan]

Just saw the highlights of Pitt- Louisville. Crazy scene at the end of regulation.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Think your team(s) had a tough year?
Centenary men's b'ball : 1-29 (finally won on Thursday)
Centanary women's b'ball: 1-23

[Wolfpack]

Originally Posted by digamma

In other news, GT lost to NCSU today. Word among the Tech faithful is that Hewitt will be given his walking papers prior to the ACC tournament. Going to cost a booster a lot of coin.

The win probably didn't do much for Sidney Lowe's chances to survive, either. I was at the game and pretty much watched State bounce between winning the game and trying desperately to give it away for much of the contest. Lowe's finally got talent in the program, no doubt, but the execution is still leaving a helluva lot to be desired. When the best-looking player on the floor at times wasn't your prized freshmen or your stud senior post player, but was a 7'1" stiff from Australia who had spent most of the season up to the Carolina home game nailed to the bench, you know something's gone amiss with the plans.

[Lathum]

Terrible, terrible loss at home for UW against Wazzou.

[MizzouRah]

Does anyone do a FOFC March Madness bracket?

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

Does anyone do a FOFC March Madness bracket?

There are a few that pop up. Usually a free yahoo one, a pay one done by Gottimds friend, and a bunch of NCAA Tourny related games.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

Just saw the highlights of Pitt- Louisville. Crazy scene at the end of regulation.

Is there anything gayer than male cheerleaders?

Just listening to it on Mike and Mike, apparently Pitino called the kid later in the day and told him not to worry about it, classy move IMO.

[tyketime]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Is there anything gayer than male cheerleaders?

You wish you were the male cheerleader on the left!

[molson]

Originally Posted by miami_fan

Just saw the highlights of Pitt- Louisville. Crazy scene at the end of regulation.

I couldn't count how many times I've seen fans or cheerleaders (or bench players and coaches) start to run onto a court or field before the game's over. These people have apparently never watched or attended sporting events before. Maybe they should have a green light go off somewhere when a game is REALLY over, for all the people that can't tell just from watching the game.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Boy, Texas fans have to be dealing with deja vu all over again. Another late season collapse in the works. It'll be interesting to see how they handle the road finale vs. Baylor.

[Young Drachma]

BYU's Davies dismissed from team - NCAA - SI.com

Hmm...wonder what he did to violate the school's honor code.

[molson]

Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

BYU's Davies dismissed from team - NCAA - SI.com

Hmm...wonder what he did to violate the school's honor code.

I'm surprised we don't have "insider" info on that yet - but I imagine the BYU honor code is pretty strict. I mean - how many university honor codes have their own wiki page:

Brigham Young University Honor Code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by molson

I'm surprised we don't have "insider" info on that yet - but I imagine the BYU honor code is pretty strict. I mean - how many university honor codes have their own wiki page:

Brigham Young University Honor Code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Harvey Unga was dismissed in football for having pre-martial sex with his girlfriend who was also a BYU student. So you figure it's either that or drinking, but if he were drinking you'd figure it'd be with teammates and not by himself and so...process of elimination?

Still talk about bad timing.

[Lathum]

Why on earth would anyone go to college if they cant drink or have pre martial sex?

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by molson

I'm surprised we don't have "insider" info on that yet - but I imagine the BYU honor code is pretty strict. I mean - how many university honor codes have their own wiki page:

Brigham Young University Honor Code - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The honor code office is always tight lipped about this, it will eventually be leaked from somewhere else, but I would guess sex. It is also likely that this is not his first issue depending on the magnitude. It is also likely the HC office hasn't completed their investigation yet as he is still in school, but has been dismissed from the team, which means it was likely Rose's decision.

This hurts BYU, as it takes away a good inside presence who can play D and rebound.

I know the kids are aware of what they are signing, but the strictness of the honor code still annoys me at times, but that's another rant.

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Why on earth would anyone go to college if they cant drink or have pre martial sex?

Or snitch when they find out people do it. Though I guess one would have to be pretty stealthy to get away with said things in a place where people are clearly inclined to tell on you when you do something wrong. Though the thing is, Davies is LDS and grew up in Provo. So it's not like he didn't know the score when he signed.

[molson]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Why on earth would anyone go to college if they cant drink or have pre martial sex?

I bet both are more fun when you're not allowed to do them.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by Lathum

Why on earth would anyone go to college if they cant drink or have pre martial sex?

Believe it or not, some people don't go to college to get laid or drink.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Believe it or not, some people don't go to college to get laid or drink.

And that's where we get serial killers.

[MJ4H]

Lots of talk from people with "solid" sources that Pelphrey is gone no matter how our season ends and we have a "grand slam" hire willing to take the job. Doug Gottlieb said something similar (though without the grand slam waiting in the wings part) on the radio last night.

Finally might be nearing the end of this disastrous experiment. Would be over the moon if we can hold on to all of our players (current and recruits) and get a grand slam hire.

Probably just getting my hopes again, though.

[Thomkal]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

More info on the Coastal Carolina NCAA potential violations came out in the New York Times of all places recently. A former player that had his scholarship taken from him by Coach Ellis has filed a formal complaint that Coastal's leading scorer, Desmond Holloway, received improper gifts such as clothing to lure him into playing here. Depending on when the NCAA views this taking place, Coastal could be in big trouble as they were just getting off a 2 year probation for problems in other scholarship sports.

So with everything that has been going on with the injury to their starting point guard, the removal of one player from the program, and now this, it was no surprise really that Coastal had lost its last two games including an embarassing buzzer beater that made ESPN SportsCenter highlights. But they found partial redemption yesterday in beating Charleston Southern in the Big South regular conference finale.

The win solidified their hold on the Big South regular season title meaning at least the first two games of the conference tournament will be played here. And who do they play in the first round? The very same Gardner-Webb team that snapped their then longest winning streak in the country. Argh.

Edit: Oh meant to add the link to the Times story here. Eye on N.C.A.A. Tournament, Coastal Carolina Finds Trouble - NYTimes.com

Well Coastal managed to survive against Gardner-Webb. Leading by just one at the half in a back and forth battle, the Chants would never be behind again, winning by 9 points. They got some good news when #2 seed Liberty was upset and #5 seed Winthrop, who would have played Coastal next in a rematch of last year's tournament final that Coastal lost got beat by #4 seed VMI. So a much better matchup in the next round. Unfortunately NC-Asheville, the last team to beat Coastal is still alive in the other bracket and the likely opponent in the Finals if Coastal makes it.

[muns]

Originally Posted by MJ4H

Lots of talk from people with "solid" sources that Pelphrey is gone no matter how our season ends and we have a "grand slam" hire willing to take the job. Doug Gottlieb said something similar (though without the grand slam waiting in the wings part) on the radio last night.

Finally might be nearing the end of this disastrous experiment. Would be over the moon if we can hold on to all of our players (current and recruits) and get a grand slam hire.

Probably just getting my hopes again, though.

Are you buying the Mike Anderson chatter/rumors?

[MJ4H]

I don't buy it as the "grand slam" hire. I think it's a possibility, yes, but not a probability. I think that was Gottlieb just guessing.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Originally Posted by muns

Are you buying the Mike Anderson chatter/rumors?

Here's the problem with that. Last year would have been a great time to get him. They could have got the Pressey brothers to transfer over. Next year, Mizzou has basically everyone coming back from what is likely to be a 25+ win team. Next summer would be another good window to take a shot at Anderson with several seniors graduating. This would be the worst time to pursue him if Arkansas chose to do so.

[panerd]

Originally Posted by muns

Are you buying the Mike Anderson chatter/rumors?

Would be a quite a fit. Move to a lower prestige basketball conference with less talent. Most coaches do this. Mike Krzyzewski is thinking about taking the Mizzou job once Mike Anderson leaves.

[MrBug708]

Originally Posted by panerd

Would be a quite a fit. Move to a lower prestige basketball conference with less talent. Most coaches do this. Mike Krzyzewski is thinking about taking the Mizzou job once Mike Anderson leaves.

Heh. Lemme get this straight

Anderson leaving for Arkansas = Coach K leaving for Mizzou

Maybe it's the whole fan base that is dilusional

[muns]

Originally Posted by panerd

Would be a quite a fit. Move to a lower prestige basketball conference with less talent. Most coaches do this. Mike Krzyzewski is thinking about taking the Mizzou job once Mike Anderson leaves.

You do realize that Anderson did coach there for 17 years, and did help win a title there right???

All I was doing was asking a simple question if he was buying the rumors or not. I'm not saying its a done deal or even that he would even think about it, however there are clearly other factors here to consider than your simple observation of a lower conference and less talent.

[panerd]

Originally Posted by MrBug708

Heh. Lemme get this straight

Anderson leaving for Arkansas = Coach K leaving for Mizzou

Maybe it's the whole fan base that is dilusional

You are a one trick pony.

[panerd]

Originally Posted by muns

You do realize that Anderson did coach there for 17 years, and did help win a title there right???

All I was doing was asking a simple question if he was buying the rumors or not. I'm not saying its a done deal or even that he would even think about it, however there are clearly other factors here to consider than your simple observation of a lower conference and less talent.

I decided to quote your post instead of MJ4H because he gets a little too fired up and takes things too personally. His sources have faltered numerous times so I just find the latest "source" amusing is all. Sorry for making you think it was aimed at you.

[MJ4H]

This isn't my source. And I've only cited a personal source once, and he was not wrong.

The other times you have complained about my sources, I was quoting a television news station that said "sources have told us."

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by panerd

You are a one trick pony.

who never drank or got laid in college.

i kid i kid

[MJ4H]

GottliebShow - people in Ark are freaking out. I never said it has happened, just been told by more than 5 coaches he has to dance to stay

Well, he ain't dancin'. Even the NIT is a stretch.