NCAA Basketball (Page 23 of 30)

Missed the UNC-Asheville game, but watched today's and boy, was Randle on fire! I love this team! Still lots of work to do, but the potential is great considering how talented so many of them are already.

SDSU Aztecs are going big time. They announced  plans for a dedicated $14.5M practice facility with all the bells and whistles to enhance recruiting. Coach Fisher is making a run at the top echelon of BB. A strong recruiting class with a core of returning players may have them in the mix again at season's end.
Rick
edit: first real test is Thurs. vs. Arizona. Tough schedule this year!

I agree with you about the new foul rule. It's tacking on tons of extra minutes to each game with all that starting and stopping and free throws. As a Wildcat fan, of course I was disappointed to see them lose to Michigan State, but it was such an exciting game to watch. The Spartans were great! They were sprinting around and making steals left and right, and it was a good lesson for the Cats, to show them what they'll be facing later in the year. I am stoked to see Randle mature throughout the season. He's great under the basket but has a tendency to lose the ball when getting there, so I hope he cleans that up. They looked better in the game against Robert Morris, but of course, that's nowhere near the level of competition Mich St. brought. It's shaping up to be a fun season!

MSU played great and deserve their ranking, every one brings their A game against Kentucky so I knew it would be a tough one. Cal kept saying they weren't playing their best but when you watch them against the teams in exhibition and early season non ranked opponents you think "WOW" they're awesome. One of the drawbacks of the one and out teams is the early season learning curve. I think so many of these young players are so good they're used to carrying their high school teams and don't want to share the ball. Cal was critical of that after the game. Great learning experience for them would much rather lose to them in November than in March.

The last 2 games with Robert Morris and Texas Arlington and the next 2 with Cleveland State and Northern Michigan a salute to long time equipment manager, the late Bill Keightley called the Keightley Classic. Keightley died in unexpectedly in 2008 and had had been with the team since the 60's, he started with Rupp and worked with every coach except Calipari. He was as big a celebrity in Kentucky as the coaches and the players.

Thanks Curby, when Joe was in Louisville a few weeks back he did a funny bit in a southern accent about how he kept getting corrected on his Looeyville pronunciation of Looavul

OK, time to step up in the NIT kickoff tourney tonight at MSG. to start Alabama gets Duke, yeah I'm hoping for a "quality" loss. It's the late game, I believe on ESPN2 at 9:30 eastern time. Duke is only favored by 8, you never know.

Sorry I missed it, I was baking for tomorrow, no satellite on kitchen tv I saw the score 10 points hope Bama gave them a good one?

Missed the Cats too, they played at 4:00pm today, it was my last day before 2 week vacation took the Ipod to work thought I was going to listen on the radio! NOT, 1st minute I had to turn it on they were announcing it was half time and we were only up by 3 points.  Never got a chance to turn it back on Highlights on the news they had a better 2nd half. I thought I understood them to say Randle broke a record for consecutive double/doubles. These young Cats going to give me a nervous break down with these comeback games.I have to keep reminding myself they're mostly just Freshman! Cal's Facebook post after Cleveland State "Told the guys today, what got you here won't get you there. Time to change the old and create the new" Providence Sunday at Barclay's Center we'll be traveling not sure I'll get to watch??

My Aztecs face a tough one tonight. #20 Creighton who crushed Arizona State last night in the Wooden. What was billed as a fun tourney has turned into a wildcat with top teams all looking to knock off some fatties. National TV exposure as well. A great weekend for NCAA BB enthusiasts!
Rick
edit, Wow, this team is looking pretty good as their tenacious D controlled McDermott, one of the top players in the country, and held on down the stretch ftw.  86=80. Now Marquette tomorrow night for the tourney final.
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Tourney champs! Handled Marquette easily. X Thames put down back to back career games. Lots of ball to be played but this should get them ranked. Only loss was to Arizona. They are long, physical and have a good end to end game with very good defense. MWC take heed.

Well... sometimes the better team just has a bad night and plays down to the the level of inferior competition.  As was the case last night when instead of watching that other thing on TV, I watched Kentuckey at LSU.  LSU played above their level and Kentuckey played well below theirs.  Mid season doldrums for the Cats, but no worries.  They have a lock on an invite to the big dance.  dont get to say it often in hoops, but GEAUX TIGERS!!!