2005-06 College Basketball Thread

[illiniguy]

im guessing Self wanted Downs out so that he could recruit Rose

i Doubt it. I think he's most likely UNC bound, maybe UI. Why give up a sure thing for a guy you have only a slim chance of landing?

i think because of the numbers situation with schollys being gone at unc, that louisville will be the big competition for illinois on rose.

[snoodmonger]

im guessing Self wanted Downs out so that he could recruit Rose

i Doubt it. I think he's most likely UNC bound, maybe UI. Why give up a sure thing for a guy you have only a slim chance of landing?

i think because of the numbers situation with schollys being gone at unc, that louisville will be the big competition for illinois on rose.

 

Illinguy--Rose is a junior, right? Has he set a "commit date", or is he willing to let his recruitment go into his senior year?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Umm, wow. Anyone watch the UW-Stanford game?

 

Washington made 2 FTs with 2 seconds to go, giving them a 3 point lead. Stanford lobs it to midcourt where Matt Haryasz catches and passes the ball to a streaking Chris Hernandez who goes up for a last second 3-pointer...and is fouled by freshman Justin Dentmon with 0.2 seconds left. Hernandez then makes his 3 FTs to send the game to OT, where Stanford dominates and beats Washington.

 

This was the foul with 0.2 seconds left:

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060130/capt.caps10601300402.washington_stanford_basketball_caps106.jpg

 

UCLA leads the Pac-10 by 1 game over Arizona, Cal and Stanford and 2 games over Washington and USC.

[illiniguy]

im guessing Self wanted Downs out so that he could recruit Rose

i Doubt it. I think he's most likely UNC bound, maybe UI. Why give up a sure thing for a guy you have only a slim chance of landing?

i think because of the numbers situation with schollys being gone at unc, that louisville will be the big competition for illinois on rose.

 

Illinguy--Rose is a junior, right? Has he set a "commit date", or is he willing to let his recruitment go into his senior year?

Yes he is a junior, he said he is breaking tradition for simeon players and will infact commit the summer before his senior year.

[CuseCubFan69]

Umm, wow. Anyone watch the UW-Stanford game?

 

Washington made 2 FTs with 2 seconds to go, giving them a 3 point lead. Stanford lobs it to midcourt where Matt Haryasz catches and passes the ball to a streaking Chris Hernandez who goes up for a last second 3-pointer...and is fouled by freshman Justin Dentmon with 0.2 seconds left. Hernandez then makes his 3 FTs to send the game to OT, where Stanford dominates and beats Washington.

 

This was the foul with 0.2 seconds left:

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060130/capt.caps10601300402.washington_stanford_basketball_caps106.jpg

 

UCLA leads the Pac-10 by 1 game over Arizona, Cal and Stanford and 2 games over Washington and USC.

 

Wow...what a way to win and lose a game.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Umm, wow. Anyone watch the UW-Stanford game?

 

Washington made 2 FTs with 2 seconds to go, giving them a 3 point lead. Stanford lobs it to midcourt where Matt Haryasz catches and passes the ball to a streaking Chris Hernandez who goes up for a last second 3-pointer...and is fouled by freshman Justin Dentmon with 0.2 seconds left. Hernandez then makes his 3 FTs to send the game to OT, where Stanford dominates and beats Washington.

 

This was the foul with 0.2 seconds left:

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060130/capt.caps10601300402.washington_stanford_basketball_caps106.jpg

 

UCLA leads the Pac-10 by 1 game over Arizona, Cal and Stanford and 2 games over Washington and USC.

 

Wow...what a way to win and lose a game.

 

Dentmon (the freshman who committed the foul) sat on the bench and looked like he was going to cry all OT.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The Oregon kids, 6'9" C Kevin Love and 6'8" F Kyle Singler, the third and sixth-rated HS juniors in the country (according to Scout), are unofficially visiting UCLA on Friday and Saturday. Love has UCLA, North Carolina and Duke as his top 3 choices, Singler has UCLA and Duke as his top choices. They are close friends, so there is a good chance both will end up at the same school.

[snoodmonger]

The Oregon kids, 6'9" C Kevin Love and 6'8" F Kyle Singler, the third and sixth-rated HS juniors in the country (according to Scout), are unofficially visiting UCLA on Friday and Saturday. Love has UCLA, North Carolina and Duke as his top 3 choices, Singler has UCLA and Duke as his top choices. They are close friends, so there is a good chance both will end up at the same school.

 

Singler promised KU a visit. He'd be a nice Downs replacement.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Jeez, kU laying the lumber to another team, up 20+ on Texas Tech in Lawrence.

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

Jeez, kU laying the lumber to another team, up 20+ on Texas Tech in Lawrence.

 

Yeah, they are slowly starting to play better. They're receiving votes in the polls this week too.

[snoodmonger]

Brandon Rush is good. I wish he'd stay 2 years, but it doesn't make much sense for him personally.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The Oregon kids, 6'9" C Kevin Love and 6'8" F Kyle Singler, the third and sixth-rated HS juniors in the country (according to Scout), are unofficially visiting UCLA on Friday and Saturday. Love has UCLA, North Carolina and Duke as his top 3 choices, Singler has UCLA and Duke as his top choices. They are close friends, so there is a good chance both will end up at the same school.

 

Singler promised KU a visit. He'd be a nice Downs replacement.

 

I see. Well, he can't make any official visits till he's a senior next year, but I'm sure he'll also visit Arizona and Oregon to boot.

 

This will be Love's second unofficial visit to UCLA. A win over Arizona would be helpful on Saturday, I know the Bruin Den will make a good impression on both Love and Singler. :)

[snoodmonger]

The Oregon kids, 6'9" C Kevin Love and 6'8" F Kyle Singler, the third and sixth-rated HS juniors in the country (according to Scout), are unofficially visiting UCLA on Friday and Saturday. Love has UCLA, North Carolina and Duke as his top 3 choices, Singler has UCLA and Duke as his top choices. They are close friends, so there is a good chance both will end up at the same school.

 

Singler promised KU a visit. He'd be a nice Downs replacement.

 

I see. Well, he can't make any official visits till he's a senior next year, but I'm sure he'll also visit Arizona and Oregon to boot.

 

This will be Love's second unofficial visit to UCLA. A win over Arizona would be helpful on Saturday, I know the Bruin Den will make a good impression on both Love and Singler. :)

 

I've heard he'll only take 3 visits--UCLA, Duke, KU. UCLA seems to have the lead from what I've read. However, I 've also read there is no guaranteed Love/Singler package deal.

[CuseCubFan69]

Poor Louisville 2-6 in the Big East. Heck, if we lose Wednesday we'll be 3-5.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Fun stuff here. Enter cb2006 for this year's college basketball season, and let the fun begin. My favorite:

 

2006-01-10 Missouri 71 @ Oklahoma 69

2006-01-28 @ Oklahoma 82 Texas 72

2005-11-21 Texas 76 West Virginia 75 Kansas City, MO

2006-01-11 @ West Virginia 68 Georgetown 61

2006-01-21 @ Georgetown 87 Duke 84

 

Transitivity proves that Missouri is better than Duke.

This 5 game conquering path predicts: Missouri over Duke by 23 points.

 

and just for Cuse...

 

2006-01-10 Missouri 71 @ Oklahoma 69

2006-01-28 @ Oklahoma 82 Texas 72

2006-01-14 @ Texas 58 Villanova 55

2006-01-21 @ Villanova 80 Syracuse 65

 

Transitivity proves that Missouri is better than Syracuse.

This 4 game conquering path predicts: Missouri over Syracuse by 30 points.

 

EDIT: hahahaha

 

2006-01-16 @ Missouri 89 Kansas 86 O1

2006-01-28 Kansas 95 @ Iowa St 85

2005-12-09 @ Iowa St 72 Iowa 60

2006-01-07 @ Iowa 63 Illinois 48

 

Transitivity proves that Missouri is better than Illinois.

This 4 game conquering path predicts: Missouri over Illinois by 40 points.

[CuseCubFan69]

Fun stuff here. Enter cb2006 for this year's college basketball season, and let the fun begin. My favorite:

 

2006-01-10 Missouri 71 @ Oklahoma 69

2006-01-28 @ Oklahoma 82 Texas 72

2005-11-21 Texas 76 West Virginia 75 Kansas City, MO

2006-01-11 @ West Virginia 68 Georgetown 61

2006-01-21 @ Georgetown 87 Duke 84

 

Transitivity proves that Missouri is better than Duke.

This 5 game conquering path predicts: Missouri over Duke by 23 points.

 

and just for Cuse...

 

2006-01-10 Missouri 71 @ Oklahoma 69

2006-01-28 @ Oklahoma 82 Texas 72

2006-01-14 @ Texas 58 Villanova 55

2006-01-21 @ Villanova 80 Syracuse 65

 

Transitivity proves that Missouri is better than Syracuse.

This 4 game conquering path predicts: Missouri over Syracuse by 30 points.

 

EDIT: hahahaha

 

2006-01-16 @ Missouri 89 Kansas 86 O1

2006-01-28 Kansas 95 @ Iowa St 85

2005-12-09 @ Iowa St 72 Iowa 60

2006-01-07 @ Iowa 63 Illinois 48

 

Transitivity proves that Missouri is better than Illinois.

This 4 game conquering path predicts: Missouri over Illinois by 40 points.

 

It's now obvious to me that you really do live in Calvins world.

[Magnetic Curses]

Well, once again, Mizzou loses to a team they probably had no business losing to. Don't get me wrong, I hate Mizzou almost, almost as much as I hate the Cardinals, but I'm frustrated with talented players underachieving with Boy Wonder at the helm. I'm glad Tommy Ammaker's team is doing fine otherwise Snyder may make it harder for any other Duke assistant to get a job. As I said when Ammaker left Seton Hall for Michigan, his teams will do fine. It seems the NCAA infractions are now behind them so he's getting players and developing them. Something Snyder seems to have little concept of. By the way, it seems KU has finally learned to shoot the ball. They look like they're ready to go on a nice run. Winning in Ames isn't an easy thing to do.

 

Robinson, Chlamers, and Rush are a prety solid three-headed monster. Chalmers in particular is a menace on both ends of the court. If there's one thing to say about this KU squad, they're never dull to watch. I've never seen a more bipolar team. Look great one -second, look completely inept five mnutes later. a 13 point lead with two-minutes left is still nerve-wracking. Still, I'm really starting to like them. And I'm looking forward to the rematches w/ KSU and MU.

 

I've been telling some KU fans at work that this year kind of reminds me of Bill Self's first year at Illinois when he had a young team. They stunk for the first three and a half months of the season and finished last in the Big Ten, but won their last few regular season Big Ten games and as the bottom seed made it all the way to the Big Ten championship game only to get blown out by the eventual national champs Michigan State. I said all of that to say this, KU will be fine this year. I heard that Micah Downs left school because he missed his girlfriend back home. I know he wasn't getting a lot of playing time, but knowing Bill Self from Illinois I bet he wasn't doing anything in practice. That's really the only time you get in his dog house.

 

I think you're right. Self repeatedly said, "We need Micah to play his way into the rotation." Apparently he didn't.

 

Personally, I think Downs was upset about it. And for a person to give up that easily--after only one semester--doesn't say much about the kid's fortitude. There are lots of other rumors, though, so I'm not sure what to believe. Whatever it is, hopefully he'll get it all worked out at Gonzaga, because if he gets his head on straight, he could be a great player.

 

downs just realized that he left one of the most beautiful regions of the world for kansas. i'm betting he was homesick. :P

[Transmogrified Tiger]

It's now obvious to me that you really do live in Calvins world.

 

My logic is undeniable.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Northern Iowa is now in the top 25 (24 coaches, 25 AP) for the first time in school history. Makes Iowa's loss to them just a little less embarassing, I guess. Next game: at Creighton tonight.

[Flames24Rulz]

Northern Iowa is now in the top 25 (24 coaches, 25 AP) for the first time in school history. Makes Iowa's loss to them just a little less embarassing, I guess. Next game: at Creighton tonight.

 

the MVC is very very good this year...they should get 4 teams in the big dance this year in UNI, SIU, Creighton, and Wichita St. I would not have been that embarassed to lose to UNI, they are going to win at least one game in the tourny this year...mark it down.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Northern Iowa is now in the top 25 (24 coaches, 25 AP) for the first time in school history. Makes Iowa's loss to them just a little less embarassing, I guess. Next game: at Creighton tonight.

 

the MVC is very very good this year...they should get 4 teams in the big dance this year in UNI, SIU, Creighton, and Wichita St. I would not have been that embarassed to lose to UNI, they are going to win at least one game in the tourny this year...mark it down.

 

I'm not really that bummed about it, since they do have a pretty darn good team. Plus, it was on their home court, went to OT, and Horner was injured. The frustrating part is that we just can't seem to beat them in Cedar Falls.

[Andy]

Northern Iowa is now in the top 25 (24 coaches, 25 AP) for the first time in school history. Makes Iowa's loss to them just a little less embarassing, I guess. Next game: at Creighton tonight.

 

the MVC is very very good this year...they should get 4 teams in the big dance this year in UNI, SIU, Creighton, and Wichita St. I would not have been that embarassed to lose to UNI, they are going to win at least one game in the tourny this year...mark it down.

I'm still pissed at UNI for not becoming my Cinderella Sweet 16 team last year as I predicted.

[illiniguy]

Northern Iowa is now in the top 25 (24 coaches, 25 AP) for the first time in school history. Makes Iowa's loss to them just a little less embarassing, I guess. Next game: at Creighton tonight.

 

the MVC is very very good this year...they should get 4 teams in the big dance this year in UNI, SIU, Creighton, and Wichita St. I would not have been that embarassed to lose to UNI, they are going to win at least one game in the tourny this year...mark it down.

 

I'm not really that bummed about it, since they do have a pretty darn good team. Plus, it was on their home court, went to OT, and Horner was injured. The frustrating part is that we just can't seem to beat them in Cedar Falls.

They are very good, I am glad we don't have to go to SIU every other year. Now playing tham at a nuetral court or at home would be ok.

[illiniguy]

Fun stuff here. Enter cb2006 for this year's college basketball season, and let the fun begin. My favorite:

 

2006-01-10 Missouri 71 @ Oklahoma 69

2006-01-28 @ Oklahoma 82 Texas 72

2005-11-21 Texas 76 West Virginia 75 Kansas City, MO

2006-01-11 @ West Virginia 68 Georgetown 61

2006-01-21 @ Georgetown 87 Duke 84

 

Transitivity proves that Missouri is better than Duke.

This 5 game conquering path predicts: Missouri over Duke by 23 points.

 

and just for Cuse...

 

2006-01-10 Missouri 71 @ Oklahoma 69

2006-01-28 @ Oklahoma 82 Texas 72

2006-01-14 @ Texas 58 Villanova 55

2006-01-21 @ Villanova 80 Syracuse 65

 

Transitivity proves that Missouri is better than Syracuse.

This 4 game conquering path predicts: Missouri over Syracuse by 30 points.

 

EDIT: hahahaha

 

2006-01-16 @ Missouri 89 Kansas 86 O1

2006-01-28 Kansas 95 @ Iowa St 85

2005-12-09 @ Iowa St 72 Iowa 60

2006-01-07 @ Iowa 63 Illinois 48

 

Transitivity proves that Missouri is better than Illinois.

This 4 game conquering path predicts: Missouri over Illinois by 40 points.

 

It's now obvious to me that you really do live in Calvins world.

That would work a lot better if you hadn't actually played Illinois and lost by 30. It is neat though.

[Flames24Rulz]

Northern Iowa is now in the top 25 (24 coaches, 25 AP) for the first time in school history. Makes Iowa's loss to them just a little less embarassing, I guess. Next game: at Creighton tonight.

 

the MVC is very very good this year...they should get 4 teams in the big dance this year in UNI, SIU, Creighton, and Wichita St. I would not have been that embarassed to lose to UNI, they are going to win at least one game in the tourny this year...mark it down.

 

I'm not really that bummed about it, since they do have a pretty darn good team. Plus, it was on their home court, went to OT, and Horner was injured. The frustrating part is that we just can't seem to beat them in Cedar Falls.

They are very good, I am glad we don't have to go to SIU every other year. Now playing tham at a nuetral court or at home would be ok.

 

i hope SIU can play Illinois at least once in Carbondale in the next 4 years when I'm down there. Of course, I'd rather see them face each other in the national championship game this year :wink: