NCAA Basketball (Page 30 of 30)

25 and Oh My Goodness!
Rick

Lot’s of prognostication by fans here over that East #1, and some trepidation. For me, that’s not a problem. This team is as good as they get and the starting 5 are on a roll right now. They are a joy to watch play and just plain-old dominate with some of the purest team play I’ve ever seen directed and often led by Malachi Flynn. Each night, someone has a hot hand and soon they get the ball and an open shot. Other coaches in the league universally say they are near impregnable defensively and they can put numbers up on you with deadly accuracy in their controlling style. The players call it “Lock down” . They just shoot more because they make opponents miss. They killed Wyoming last night. 26 now.

If you want to be the best, beat the rest is our mantra here. That’s the only way to get respect coming from a mid-major. The MWC is tougher than many realize with the high altitude schools up in the Rockies. The East Coast folks might be seeing the Zags and Aztecs making deep runs in March.

Finally getting some love from the press. https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-me … Z1mLK7HJHs

Rick

this might just be some good luck for the Aztecs, they could get a 2 seed in the west instead of being shipped east as a 1 seed. But then the Zags lost too, so I don't know how all of this is going to play out. At the very least it's a wake up call, one that could help more than hurt in preparing for the dance

Hot damn! Heady times on Aztec Mesa.
We fans dream of seasons like this out here in the NCAA sticks. This is one for the books.

Malachi Flynn took the game by the throat and imposed his will on Nevada last night. Down 16 at altitude, near 11000 in the hostile crowd, a 22 win home streak, senior night, two bigs in foul trouble and our ace outside shooter and solid defender hobbling off to the locker room before halftime with a rolled ankle. Not looking good. Several top ranked teams had already succumbed on this bloody Saturday.

Second half, they did what they do. Flynn, a sure Naismith finalist All-American at guard and probable high NBA pick, poured in 36 with 5 assists and 5 rebounds. Inside, outside and all over the court directing the pace; unstoppable. The defense turned up the wick, Nevada went 7 minutes without scoring, and the SDSU Aztecs won going away as Nevada conceded and let Flynn dribble off the last 20 seconds on the clock. They were just too good to beat, and Nevada was game.

28-1, records galore, a sure 1 seed, and hoping for a deep run in March Madness.
Conference Tourney next week, then the sky’s the limit.
Rick

Thanks. Lots of parity this year for sure. It’s going to be entertaining. I agree on Kansas. Flynn just got selected as conference POY and Dutcher unanimous conference COY. Big fish, small pond.

The whole NCAA tournament will be in Indiana this year.  Should be interesting to see, if we can get into the games...