2017-2018 College Basketball Thread

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by bhlloy

The old 21 point basket?

I literally JUST now caught that typo

[stevew]

Breaking news. Cooper Ball withdrawing from UCLA

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by stevew

Breaking news. Cooper Ball withdrawing from UCLA

You mean Liangelo?

(Or am I missing something here?)

[Shkspr]

Originally Posted by stevew

Breaking news. Cooper Ball withdrawing from UCLA

This should probably go in the 2017-2018 College Rowing thread.

[tarcone]

Iowa and Indiana tonight in the "Has Been" game.

Go Hawks!

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Shkspr

This should probably go in the 2017-2018 College Rowing thread.

[tarcone]

Oof. Iowa is terrible. We dont play defense and we cant score. Its going to be a long season.

Not a great time to be a Hawkeye fan.

[Arles]

Big win for Arizona against Texas A&M. While Arizona is 6-3, they are 6-0 in the US

[Logan]

Rutgers fought hard against Michigan State, but came up short when they just couldn't hit any shots down the stretch. Considering how they beat the hell out of some highly ranked teams recently, I continue to be impressed by the job Pikiell is doing.

[JonInMiddleGA]

3rd straight loss for Florida, this time to Loyola-IL.

Gators loss a close one to Duke, got routed by FSU while shooting just 25% from 3, then shoots only 10.5% tonight (2-for-19).

[dawgfan]

Washington now owns the best win in the Pac-12 this season as they knock-off #2 Kansas, 74-65. Huge win for new coach Mike Hopkins and the Huskies.

[jbergey22]

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

3rd straight loss for Florida, this time to Loyola-IL.

Gators loss a close one to Duke, got routed by FSU while shooting just 25% from 3, then shoots only 10.5% tonight (2-for-19).

Originally Posted by dawgfan

Washington now owns the best win in the Pac-12 this season as they knock-off #2 Kansas, 74-65. Huge win for new coach Mike Hopkins and the Huskies.

Two of the biggest upsets we will see all season. Washington was a 22 point underdog while Loy-Chi was a 17 point underdog. From looking at the game flow chart it looked like Kansas went down at home without even putting up a fight late. Great job by the Huskies.

[Kodos]

LiAngelo Ball's career stat line at UCLA: 0 points, 0 rebounds, 1 steal

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Kodos

LiAngelo Ball's career stat line at UCLA: 0 points, 0 rebounds, 1 steal

[Chief Rum]

Originally Posted by Kodos

LiAngelo Ball's career stat line at UCLA: 0 points, 0 rebounds, 1 steal

3 steals. He reportedly stole from all three stores.

[Shkspr]

He's three times the player Kodos thought he was!

[Kodos]

He'll be the steal of the NBA draft!

[mauchow]

Badgers on the verge of missing their first NCAA tournament in nearly 20 years.

The youngsters will need to learn to close out games if we are going to Dance. 6 games with a 3 or less deficit/lead with less than a few minutes to go and Losing all but one.

[dawgfan]

https://www.si.com/college-basketbal...-investigation

Normally I'd assume Altman would slide, but we're in a new era now. I would imagine there's going to be a lot of pressure on the Oregon campus to take this seriously and consider firing him.

[Thomkal]

Well it had been 24 years since Coastal and South Carolina played each other in basketball due to bad blood after Coastal left SC's university system. but the reunion was well worth it.

Coastal had the lead for 10 of the last 12 minutes, and lead by four with a minute left, but South Carolina would not go down without a final fight, including a blocked dunk. They came back to lead with time running out, but USC transfer Jaylen Shaw nearly was the ironic hero with a 3-pointer that barely missed. Coastal tried to tip that in, but failed.

Nonetheless, it was a great return to what hopefully will be a yearly game now (it's scheduled for the next two years at least)

[MrBug708]

Looking like Hurley is going to be the Dukie to replace Coach K. ASU looks really strong right now

[Atocep]

The Big 12 is going to be interesting this year.

[HerRealName]

I thought tarcone would appreciate these tweets.

https://twitter.com/jjones_74/status/949115937688465408

[tarcone]

Originally Posted by HerRealName

I thought tarcone would appreciate these tweets.

Jamarco Jones on Twitter: "I know what you mean😒😒😒 https://t.co/ILgrhjHpdA"

Thanks.

I need a little lift suffering through this basketball season after that football season.

[Atocep]

Trae Young is difficult to like on the court. He got his points tonight, but 3-12 from 3 with a career low 5 assists and career high 8 turnovers.

[tarcone]

Man, I just witnessed the worst reffing job I have seen in awhile. Iowa just got jobbed. Not sour grapes, we wouldnt have beaten Maryland. But my lord, it was horrible.
One of our guys took an elbow to the back of the neck on a screen at the top of the 3 point line. Nothing. Phantom calls. Pushing, nothing.

It was brutal.

[cartman]

Andrew Jones, the leading scorer for the Longhorns, was diagnosed with leukemia.

[sovereignstar v2]

Brightest season in a long time for the Gophers, so naturally their returning B1G DPoY is going bye bye due to sexual assault allegations and their 3rd leading scorer could be done as well with a shoulder injury.

Edit: Forgot to mention they lost their best bench big before the season even started.

mckerney, what was your favorite 17/18 gophers basketball moment?

[cartman]

Texas gets a big double OT win over #16 TCU in their first game since the Jones announcement

[MrBug708]

How in the world did Fisher miss that layup?!?

[HomerSimpson98]

Anyone catch the DePaul-Providence game tonight on FS1? Both coaches were mic'd up and no commercials. So badass.

[MizzouRah]

HUGE win for the rebuild of the Missouri program!

[miami_fan]

Larry Eustachy is not worth TWO internal investigations.

[cartman]

College GameDay came to Austin for the first time in a while for the Texas-OU game. The Longhorns didn't disappoint, overcoming a 10 point deficit in the 2nd half to win 79-74. They did a good job of keeping Trae Young off balance, holding him to 7 for 22 shooting. He did have 14 assists, but also had 5 turnovers.

[dawgfan]

I never would have expected it this season in his first year on the job, but Mike Hopkins has Washington squarely in the NCAA Tournament picture after their win over Arizona tonight. Check out the ending:

Dominic Green…
Not once BUT TWICE TONIGHT!

This man is ❄️❄️ pic.twitter.com/x148hQUHgD

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) February 4, 2018

[Atocep]

Trae Young pulling a Grayson Allen. No call.

pic.twitter.com/uFNerXTsC7

— Ham N' Egger🇺🇸👌🏻 (@NotoriousCWD) February 6, 2018

[JonInMiddleGA]

Time to break up St. John's ... or something.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Michael Porter Jr. said in a news conference today that it's likely that he will play for Mizzou this year. Meeting with doctor next week in hopes that he'll be cleared to play.

****drools****

Mizzou is a 7-9 seed without him. They're a nightmare second round NCAA matchup for the higher seed with him in the lineup.

[MrBug708]

It's like quin Snyder redux

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan

Michael Porter Jr. said in a news conference today that it's likely that he will play for Mizzou this year. Meeting with doctor next week in hopes that he'll be cleared to play.

****drools****

Mizzou is a 7-9 seed without him. They're a nightmare second round NCAA matchup for the higher seed with him in the lineup.

dat draft stock tho

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by Young Drachma

dat draft stock tho

Yeah, but while many years he'd still be locked in the top 3 I have no clue where his stock is right now. It is undeniable that Ayton, Bagley, Jaren Jackson and Trae Young's stock have only gone up this year, Doncic is still playing well in Europe, and even Mo Bamba (who I'm pretty sour on compared to the others) has had his moments, but unlike some I'm not going to say Porter woud be picked 7th since I think some teams might fall back in love with him during workouts even if he didn't play a minute for Mizzou. There's also the chance to play with his brother for likely the last time, and oh yeah, playing college basketball and in the NCAA tournament might actually be fun too!

I do think it's a mistake for him to say anything publicly before the doctors have cleared him and his return is imminent. Now if he doesn't come back it's "a setback" and he risks the chronic injury/injury prone label, while if he never creates that expectation and the doctors say no it's just "yeah, it's a back injury and he wasn't ready yet." instead of feeling like multiple ones. But a lot of that blame goes to Missouri - I get that there is media curiosity, and you can't do anything if the kid is posting on social media or telling people on campus he'll be back, but why you sticking an injured freshman in front of the media to answer questions at a press conference?

[digamma]

Fun day today in the Ivy League. Harvard and Penn play for first place, which two years ago would have been the only significant game on the slate. Now with the four team tournament every game today has huge implications. Cornell, Yale, Columbia and Brown are all 3-4 and Cornell plays Yale and Columbia plays Brown. Princeton is also 3-4 and plays last place Dartmouth. After today, we'll have at least two teams at 4-4 and two more at 3-5, with Princeton a toggle to join either group.

[tarcone]

I know this isnt college basketball, but thought you guys would enjoy. We had a local girls HS team break a 109 game losing steak a couple days ago. Hadnt won a game since 2012.

[MizzouRah]

Mizzou really needs to work on being able to get the ball in when the other team presses. How can you allow a team go on a 12-0 run at home when you have a 12 point lead with a minute or so left in the game?

We got lucky in OT...

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by tarcone

I know this isnt college basketball, but thought you guys would enjoy. We had a local girls HS team break a 109 game losing steak a couple days ago. Hadnt won a game since 2012.

That's an insane losing streak.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Originally Posted by Young Drachma

That's an insane losing streak.

Eh, we had a football team down here lose 82 straight, narrowly avoiding going a decade without a win. (streak began late in 1990, ended in 1999)

The same school also suffered a 62 game losing streak in boys basketball.

[MrBug708]

Cal Tech basketball

[miami_fan]

What the hell is going on at Colorado State? First Larry Eustachy is suspended and he will be fired at some point. Today, CSU suspended the interim coach Steve Barnes.

[digamma]

Originally Posted by digamma

Fun day today in the Ivy League. Harvard and Penn play for first place, which two years ago would have been the only significant game on the slate. Now with the four team tournament every game today has huge implications. Cornell, Yale, Columbia and Brown are all 3-4 and Cornell plays Yale and Columbia plays Brown. Princeton is also 3-4 and plays last place Dartmouth. After today, we'll have at least two teams at 4-4 and two more at 3-5, with Princeton a toggle to join either group.

Harvard wins to tie Penn at 7-1 at the top.
Brown and Yale hold serve at home to fill the "if the season ended today" 3 and 4 slots (I *think* Brown would have the tie breaker right now, but it goes down pretty far on the list).
Dartmouth upset a very off Princeton team who now is in a real fight to make the tournament with 4 of its last 6 on the road. Princeton missing the Ivy League tournament would have been an unfathomable thought 9 days ago.
Columbia and Cornell are also at 3-5 with the Tigers.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Hoops corruption case may take down players, coaches, programs

“This goes a lot deeper in college basketball than four corrupt assistant coaches,” said a source who has been briefed on the details of the case. “When this all comes out, Hall of Fame coaches should be scared, lottery picks won’t be eligible to play and almost half of the 16 teams the NCAA showed on its initial NCAA tournament show this weekend should worry about their appearance being vacated.”