College Basketball 2007-2008

[illiniguy]

Gah, stupid work. I could be watching the UCLA game if I didn't have to work tonight and tomorrow night.

[Exile on Waveland]

UCLA and UNC are now tied for first in the ESPN/USA Today top 25.

 

Don't like them, but UCLA is #1 in my book.

 

Fine, I don't like your school either.

 

:)

 

I want to expound on this, because the more I thought about it, the more annoyed it made me. Why in the world is/was UNC ranked ahead of UCLA? UCLA was better last year (higher RPI, less losses and advanced farther in the tournament), brought in a better recruiting class including exactly what they needed in Kevin Love, lost less talent, has more experience, is a better defensive team, and has at least an equal coach. There also shouldn't really be a "name program" bias; perhaps the West Coast problem. It doesn't make much sense to me.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

ESPN's Duke obsession forces them to put Duke/Princeton on national TV(rather than MSU/Mizzou). Duke's up over 20 and they aren't 10 minutes in. Quality decision there.

[TruffleShuffle]

ESPN's Duke obsession forces them to put Duke/Princeton on national TV(rather than MSU/Mizzou). Duke's up over 20 and they aren't 10 minutes in. Quality decision there.

 

there's a shock, duke playing a hapless non-conference opponent, and espn is all over it

[Guest]

Sloppy game but I'll take a double digit win against a quality non-con at a neutral site, esp. w/ Collison, Roll and Keefe out.

 

Love with another double-double...what was it, 18 pts and 17 boards? Kid's a beast. :D

[Andy]

Georgia Tech 70, Notre Dame 69.

 

The only good thing I had going in sports is officially an NIT-caliber team.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Whistlefests really irritate me. 21 fouls called in the first 15 minutes of this game. Michigan State leads by 13.

[Butterscup1679666578]

God Missouri sucks. Foul after foul after foul. MSU is shooting 72%, and is 13-14 from the line. DeMarre Carroll has no points and 2 fouls. Tonight and tomorrow are supposed to be good tests of this team, but I don't look forward to the rest of the year if this is the performance they are going to put out there against ranked teams.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Mizzou down 10 at half. They shot 17 3's in the first half. Maybe in the 2nd they'll try going to the hoop more. Have to get Carroll and Lyons involved down low early if we want to have a chance to come back.

[Mark_R]

Sloppy game but I'll take a double digit win against a quality non-con at a neutral site, esp. w/ Collison, Roll and Keefe out.

 

Love with another double-double...what was it, 18 pts and 17 boards? Kid's a beast. :D

 

Dick Vitale was giving Love the Bill Walton to Kobe verbal [expletive] all night. He's a great player, we get it.

[CP_414]

UCLA and UNC are now tied for first in the ESPN/USA Today top 25.

 

Don't like them, but UCLA is #1 in my book.

 

Fine, I don't like your school either.

 

:)

 

That's ok, nobody likes IU.

 

 

Eric Gordon does. :D

[Guest]

Still complaining, Cubbies75? Great effort in the second half for the Tigers.

[Guest]

Sloppy game but I'll take a double digit win against a quality non-con at a neutral site, esp. w/ Collison, Roll and Keefe out.

 

Love with another double-double...what was it, 18 pts and 17 boards? Kid's a beast. :D

 

Dick Vitale was giving Love the Bill Walton to Kobe verbal [expletive] all night. He's a great player, we get it.

 

I take it you haven't seen Walton give Love the same treatment. :)

 

But Vitale is annoying, he'll be like that with the next diaper dandy he sees too. He was like that last week with Rose.

[wekse]

Sloppy game but I'll take a double digit win against a quality non-con at a neutral site, esp. w/ Collison, Roll and Keefe out.

 

Love with another double-double...what was it, 18 pts and 17 boards? Kid's a beast. :D

 

Dick Vitale was giving Love the Bill Walton to Kobe verbal [expletive] all night. He's a great player, we get it.

 

I take it you haven't seen Walton give Love the same treatment. :)

 

But Vitale is annoying, he'll be like that with the next diaper dandy he sees too. He was like that last week with Rose.

 

did you know he only has one eye, with the other being glass? it's true, he told me so.

[Mark_R]

I-L-L!

 

I love ESPN360. Thank you TT.

[Flames24Rulz]

Very solid start for the Illini so far :)

[wekse]

get this damn mizzou/msu game off my tv...i stay up all friggin' day (been up since 4am) to watch the illini and now i have to watch the end of a game i care nothing about....espn is so lame sometimes.

[Mark_R]

Wekse, its live on 360 if you can get it. Takes like 30 seconds to install it. I'm loving it.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Why do you do this to me Mizzou? I would've been okay losing by 8-10 and knowing that MSU is a Final 4 contender, but you have to make a miracle comeback fall just short and extend my agony.

[wekse]

Wekse, its live on 360 if you can get it. Takes like 30 seconds to install it. I'm loving it.

 

it's on my tv now...they cut in to let viewers see the last 30 sec. of the miz/msu game.

 

 

p.s. i could school trent meachem.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Why do you do this to me Mizzou? I would've been okay losing by 8-10 and knowing that MSU is a Final 4 contender, but you have to make a miracle comeback fall just short and extend my agony.

 

I'm content with this loss. It was nice seeing them fight back instead of bending over in the 2nd half. Hopefully we can knock off Maryland tomorrow night.

[Butterscup1679666578]

get this damn mizzou/msu game off my tv...i stay up all friggin' day (been up since 4am) to watch the illini and now i have to watch the end of a game i care nothing about....espn is so lame sometimes.

 

Yeah, god forbid they show the last 5 seconds of a close game instead of a 20-0 lead in the first 6 minutes. How dumb.

[wekse]

way too much standing around the perimeter and passing right now for the illini...good thing they started off hot from the floor.

[wekse]

get this damn mizzou/msu game off my tv...i stay up all friggin' day (been up since 4am) to watch the illini and now i have to watch the end of a game i care nothing about....espn is so lame sometimes.

 

Yeah, god forbid they show the last 5 seconds of a close game instead of a 20-0 lead in the first 6 minutes. How dumb.

 

wouldn't have bothered me if it weren't already on another espn channel.

[Butterscup1679666578]

get this damn mizzou/msu game off my tv...i stay up all friggin' day (been up since 4am) to watch the illini and now i have to watch the end of a game i care nothing about....espn is so lame sometimes.

 

Yeah, god forbid they show the last 5 seconds of a close game instead of a 20-0 lead in the first 6 minutes. How dumb.

 

wouldn't have bothered me if it weren't already on another espn channel.

 

The reason they were able to switch to bonus coverage is because it was on another ESPN channel.