NCAA Basketball (Page 2 of 30)

Hi #1.
We are both female college basketballs fans rooting for Wildcats, whose colors are blue and white!! It looks like both of our teams started off overrated, ' Nova lost the NIT tourney to Tenn.

I saw part of that UConn game, yeah the Huskies looked good that night. Shame about your coach losing his mom during the season.  Was he under some heat in the last few years for recruiting violations, I think the UConn coach too...  One of our freshman is in hot water.  Before the season even opened, he seriously hurt another student at a fight that broke out at a party, the parents are pressing charges.  I'll be surprised if he gets off or if Jay lets him stay with the team.  One of my daughter's friends witnessed it, so alot of students were around and saw what happened.

Tomorrow night is Philadelphia's "Holy War" between Villanova and St. Joe's, 2 Catholic universities about 5 miles from each other.  They use to both be part of the Big 5, but 'Nova pulled away to join the Big East years ago, so there is sometimes a little resentment & jealousy being splashed around in the rivalry.  I'm 1 of 6 kids, half of us went to St. Joe's including my dad and half went to 'Nova undergrad and the Law School, so lets say, its all in the family...just good basketball fun, sometimes more like Army vs. Navy.  The Wildcats have won the last 28 out of 40 games against the Hawks. 

The former CEO of NutriSystem, Michael Hagan, who totally turned the company profitable, is a St. Joe's grad. He donated $10 million towards their arena.  One of St. Joe's big majors is food marketing.

Yeah, and Coach K. is a class act. I had a funny conversation with the surgeon that operated on my son's knee...he said are you a Duke hater?  Definitely not a hater, but damn was it fun to beat them real bad 2 years ago!  They are a good team and they get lots of great recruits...  It is a really, really, really hard school to get into if your not an athlete and you have to be a top athlete and decent student to get in.

I think this thread doesn't usually start until around February when March Madness is heating up...I think #1kyfan gets the prize for DIEHARD College Basketball Fan!!!   

Our Cinderella may have a date in March. The Wichita coach, who's been there, said they have the look of a sweet 16 or better squad after the game. 8-0 should get them well ranked in both polls as the powers of the East beat each other up.
Rick

#1 - I watched the game last night and am really impressed.  Dame went ice cold, but Kentucky had 'em rushing their shots.  The three freshmen will be a force by tournament time.  We have some good players at IU, but playing a Rupp will make this game a rout.  Like I said on an earlier thread, watch out for the Hoosiers in two years.  There's a freshman high schooler from Indy that has already committed to IU who had 30 points and twenty rebounds in his first game.  The guy that was guarding him is a top recruit for tOSU.

We'll take a weak Cal JDawg. State's record against the Pac10 has been horrid in the past. The Bears lost a lot of Seniors from the champ team last year and are in a rebuild gap. Aztecs have the town hot right now. Season ticket sales are picking up as Alumni see a shot at some March action and the bandwagon is rolling. Big bench down here too. Cheriot is grousing about being 2nd string.  These kids may have something going but the conference games are still to come with some rated teams to play. Crosstown game tomorrow vs. USD who are a pale ghost of the hot team last year.
Rick

I noticed. Off to a repeat of the glory days?

I saw the replay and that Oakland team is good! Their coach has booked a schedule of top teams for them to play with the intent of winning their conference and making the March tournament. They may knock off another biggie soon.  We were very lucky to escape here with a win over CalPoly. 0 for 18 on treys! Brick city.

    Best  run in 90 years of school history! Time will tell.

Your kitties cruised to an easy win as did our Aztecs who finished non conference play with a gaudy 15-0 record. We'll see what they do now in some of the tough venues in the MWC. They're bound to stub a toe sooner or later. New Mexico's Pit and Air Force at altitude are notoriously tough spots to win at, as well as down in Texas.
The best game out here to watch between football bowls and the parade is Syracuse vs. Notre Dame. That should be a dandy. This will be my first look at Rocket's Orangemen.
edit: The Orange look very good, blowing out ND in the 2nd half with good shooting and D.
reedit. Up to #6? Beating a bad team shouldn't do that much. I wonder about those polls. I can see Syracuse moving up since they handled a ranked team.
TCU away never was so easy! 16-0! Same deal, lazy start, 2nd half rockets.