College Basketball 2010-11

[Magnetic Curses]

although i did hear that he once scissor-kicked angela lansbury.

[hawkeyecub]

I told you fools on Dec. 29th 2009 (at Iowa, his first B1G game) that Kelsey Barlow was a total punk. I'm glad to see he lived up to my expectations.

[hawkeyecub]

You guys making radical changes to your sheet based on the Irving info? I wasn't sold on Texas originally because I think Oakland and Arizona could take them down early, so this makes me feel more comfortable with Duke.

 

I'm going with the "I hate my picks before, during, and after I make them, so I'm not changing them now" philosophy. And I'm picking Texas to beat Duke and Purdue to the Final 4.

 

Yeah I hear you. Don't know why I'm going back and forth so much when it's so random. I really wish there was someone I liked at the bottom of the West and Southeast. Right now I have the 2 seeds (Florida and SDSU) getting to the Elite 8 by default.

I hate that KU and OSU the two teams I'm most confident in are in the same region with like 7 other teams that I would pick to the Final 4 if they were in the SE or W instead.

[Careless]

Obama doesn't think there will be too many upsets this year.

 

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/entry?entryID=4267886

Richmond, Marquette, and Gonzaga winning in the first round is basically the entire list of upsets there, and two or all three are fashionable picks, right?

[UMFan83]

Obama doesn't think there will be too many upsets this year.

 

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/entry?entryID=4267886

Richmond, Marquette, and Gonzaga winning in the first round is basically the entire list of upsets there, and two or all three are fashionable picks, right?

 

I'm pretty sure he pulled the same crap last year. If I were him I would use "swing states" as a consideration when picking the teams. For instance, UConn, located in a solid blue state vs. Bucknell, located in PA, which is a bit more of a swing state, I'm picking Bucknell.

[bukie]

Illinois: Best case, worst case

 

Best Case: Unsatisfying, underachieving season takes a turn at the 11th hour, when a team led in scoring by three seniors finally finds its sense of urgency. Demetri McCamey racks up 20 points and 10 assists against UNLV. Then, in the Jilted Fan Base Jihad Game against Bill Self and Kansas, coach Bruce Weber devises a brilliant game plan to neutralize the Morris twins and the Illini score their biggest win since 2005. They then defeat Louisville to reach the final eight before losing to Notre Dame. Weber is freshly appreciated by Illinois fans. As an added bonus, coach Bruce Pearl and Tennessee are routed in their first game and Pearl is given a one-year show-cause penalty.

 

Worst Case: Unsatisfying, underachieving season continues on same dismal path for 40 more minutes, when senior-led team loses ugly to UNLV -- coached by another former Illinois boss, Lon Kruger. Illini go 6½ minutes without scoring in the middle of the second half to blow an eight-point lead and lose by two when 7-foot-1 Mike Tisdale turns a low-post catch into a fadeaway 18-footer that misses at the buzzer. Tired of looking at the skinny upper bodies of Tisdale, Bill Cole and Mike Davis, and tired of listening to fans call for his job, Weber at least changes strength coaches. Meanwhile, Self wins another title and Pearl goes to the Final Four.

 

I...can't help but agree, except if they go that far in the best-case scenario, a FF bid is not out of the question. Michigan fans, this may be the only time in history every Illinois fan on the planet is rooting hard for you.

[scarey]

So, almost all of what has been going around about Purdue/Barlow/Smith has been BS. The only thing that is 100% accurate is Barlow is in fact suspended for the rest of this year.

[Careless]

Texas-SA up 48-21 at the half. One of their players scored 25, made his career high before halftime.

 

Look out, Ohio State.

[SouthSideRyan]

Nevermind on Gus, the guy on the scout board got it wrong. He'll back with the BTN.

[Careless]

VCU is incredibly bad at shooting tonight. It's not just that they're missing 75% of their shots, they're missing them badly

[Smack]

I told you fools on Dec. 29th 2009 (at Iowa, his first B1G game) that Kelsey Barlow was a total punk. I'm glad to see he lived up to my expectations.

 

He still doesn't have enough street cred to fit in with your football team.

[Smack]

So, almost all of what has been going around about Purdue/Barlow/Smith has been BS. The only thing that is 100% accurate is Barlow is in fact suspended for the rest of this year.

 

The most believable thing I read was that he failed a drug test. Who didn't smoke a little weed in college? Stupid. Especially right before the tournament, but it's not like he's the anti-christ. It doesn't surprise me at all based on his antics on the court.

[NOLA]

Hadn't seen it posted yet, but here is Grant Hill's response to Jalen Rose calling black guys at Duke "Uncle Toms".

Nicely done, even if he did go to Duke.

http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/grant-hills-response-to-jalen-rose/

[bukie]

VCU is incredibly bad at shooting tonight. It's not just that they're missing 75% of their shots, they're missing them badly

Yeah, they're worse than Iowa.

[Careless]

Watching USC's center set a pick, he looks afraid enough of getting hit in the nuts it reminds me of "The Morgan" from Chuck vs. the First Kill

[shnsajax]

I'm not even watching this, but 22-22 at halftime. Thank god the winner doesn't play Wisconsin we might not break double digits.

[Careless]

I'm not even watching this, but 22-22 at halftime. Thank god the winner doesn't play Wisconsin we might not break double digits.

They combined for 2 baskets in the first 5 minutes, it was pathetic.

[SpongeWorthy]

Good lord

[hawkeyecub]

I told you fools on Dec. 29th 2009 (at Iowa, his first B1G game) that Kelsey Barlow was a total punk. I'm glad to see he lived up to my expectations.

 

He still doesn't have enough street cred to fit in with your football team.

 

Ooooooooooo burn

[UMFan83]

What are your guys thoughts on these playin games? I have no interest in them. I keep trying to watch, but I get bored and turn on something else. All the games have been either awful, or between 2 teams that I don't care about and will get slaughtered in 2 days. If you are going to do this, you should consider them real play-in games, not the "First Round". When USC loses this, does anyone really consider them to have made the NCAA tourney? Technically yes but not really.

 

I guess I just don't see the point in these games. Do these games make much money at all for the networks and NCAA? I say either make a 96 team bracket and have every team play a play-in game, or just go back to 64 teams. It just seems rather pointless that 4 teams in the "Second round" got in through a play-in game, while the other 64 didn't.

[Careless]

What are your guys thoughts on these playin games? I have no interest in them. I keep trying to watch, but I get bored and turn on something else. All the games have been either awful, or between 2 teams that I don't care about and will get slaughtered in 2 days. If you are going to do this, you should consider them real play-in games, not the "First Round". When USC loses this, does anyone really consider them to have made the NCAA tourney? Technically yes but not really.

 

I guess I just don't see the point in these games. Do these games make much money at all for the networks and NCAA? I say either make a 96 team bracket and have every team play a play-in game, or just go back to 64 teams. It just seems rather pointless that 4 teams in the "Second round" got in through a play-in game, while the other 64 didn't.

Well, I watched them off and on. They weren't nearly as gripping as random real tournament games, and I certainly don't consider the tournament to have started until tomorrow.

 

I bet it's worth it for them to get some programming that will lead people to TruTV or whatever that network is. They ran a LOT of ads for themselves on it.

[bukie]

What are your guys thoughts on these playin games? I have no interest in them. I keep trying to watch, but I get bored and turn on something else. All the games have been either awful, or between 2 teams that I don't care about and will get slaughtered in 2 days. If you are going to do this, you should consider them real play-in games, not the "First Round". When USC loses this, does anyone really consider them to have made the NCAA tourney? Technically yes but not really.

 

I guess I just don't see the point in these games. Do these games make much money at all for the networks and NCAA? I say either make a 96 team bracket and have every team play a play-in game, or just go back to 64 teams. It just seems rather pointless that 4 teams in the "Second round" got in through a play-in game, while the other 64 didn't.

It'll never catch casual fan interest until there is enough push to get the games included in bracket pools. That won't happen as long as there are games involving two teams nobody ever heard of. The NCAA is never going to cut at-large bids, though, so the only logical thing would be to either go to 96 teams, or make all four of the "First Four" games between at-large qualifiers.

 

Well, that and don't make terrible selections for the last four at-large teams.

[Guest]

Filling out my bracket right now and man do I hate the Southeast Region. I can see any one of about seven or eight teams winning that thing.

[Careless]

I sort of did 4 brackets this year. My annual Duke loses early and Duke loses late brackets, one that was 100% favorites winning just because I was curious, and an upset carnage bracket (2,3,4,4 final four). The SE didn't change much.

[NOLA]

http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/gillispie-formally-meets-with-ttu-hiring-imminent-29565

 

Gillespie to Texas Tech. Thank u baby Jesus he isn't going to Arkansas.