College Basketball Random Chatter

• Hb31187

  

  reclegend22;968748 wrote:As an aside, Doris Burke said during the game that Belmont's Drew Hanlen told her he grew up as a fan of the Celtics watching Larry Bird. Hanlen is 22 years old, which means he was three years old when Larry retired and is a ****ing liar. I don't know why I just got so mad about that, but enough is enough. You hear this all the time. Guys from 2005 or maybe 2006 could have made that claim about actually watching Larry Bird's playing days. But it just sounds ridiculous now. And from a sexual reproduction standpoint, it's ****ing impossible. Just say, I grew up watching NBA Hardwood Hero videos of Larry Bird.
  
  Maybe this doesn't bother other people, but it always vexes me.

  Believe it or not, there was video of those guys playing. It didnt all just disappear so that if you didnt watch it live, you didnt see it at all
• Laley23

  

  Jester;968519 wrote:But unfortunately, they're still Stony Brook. I like the optimism, though.

  Quit bringing me down.
  
  But I do agree it is just Stony Brook. However, 3 years ago, they lose. Last year, they win by single digits. If they are going to challenge for 20+ wins, they need to be beating Stony Brook by 30 points, and they did.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Rutgers beat Dartmouth by 6...eek.
  
  I'm hoping for a top 10 finish in the BE...Myles Mack is awesome
• reclegend22

  

  Duke on top of Presbyterian 53 to 30 at the break. Ryan Kelly, who averaged over 18 a game during Duke's tour of China in August, leads all Blue Devils with a smooth 13 points. Duke is 6-of-9 shooting from behind the arc, but the story of the game thus far has been the Devils' ability to get scoring position inside behind the piercing penetration of Austin Rivers and finishing of Kelly and Miles Plumlee.
  
  Obviously the Blue Hose are an overmatched opponent and Duke is starching them, but good play is always nice to see regardless. And Duke is enjoying a good day.
• reclegend22

  

  Coach K well on his way to tying Bobby Knight as the winningest coach in college basketball history. Duke, 80 to 39 over Presbyterian with about nine to play.
• reclegend22

  

  Bobby Knight and his pupil, Michael Krzyzewski, are the winningest coaches in college basketball history. An incredibly special and proud day for a follower of Duke.
  
  Duke 96, Presbyterian 55.
• reclegend22

  

  LOL at #7 Vanderbilt. Somehow Kevin Stallings has found a way to lose in the NCAA Tournament in November. Vandy trails the Cleveland State Vikes, 66 to 53, with 1:54 to play in Nashville.
  
  This follows Akron's win at Mississippi State last week. Not the start I'm sure the SEC had envisioned. To its credit, though, Cleveland State is going to vie for Butler's bid to the NCAAs out of the Horizon. The Vikings are pretty good.
• Mulva

  

  Vandy isn't a top 10 team. I know they're missing Ezeli, but they just aren't.
• Azubuike24

  

  Losing Ezeli totally changes their team. They have nothing inside. They basically turn into a team with 4 guards and a bunch of athletic guys who can't shoot outside of Jenkins and Tinsley. They will be back.
• Azubuike24

  

  reclegend22;971195 wrote:LOL at #7 Vanderbilt. Somehow Kevin Stallings has found a way to lose in the NCAA Tournament in November. Vandy trails the Cleveland State Vikes, 66 to 53, with 1:54 to play in Nashville.
  
  This follows Akron's win at Mississippi State last week. Not the start I'm sure the SEC had envisioned. To its credit, though, Cleveland State is going to vie for Butler's bid to the NCAAs out of the Horizon. The Vikings are pretty good.

  Cleveland State was picked anywhere from 5th to 8th in the Horizon. This, unlike Mississippi State losing to Akron (who is a legit 25-win team), is NOT a good loss. This is not a quality mid-major...
• reclegend22

  

  I'll take your word for it, Az, as you are usually on top of these things more than anyone else on this site (by a mile). I'll be honest, I based my analysis of Cleveland State solely off of what the announcer -- Jimmy Dykes, I believe -- was saying about the Vikings when I flipped the channel to that game. I know nothing about them at all.
• Laley23

  

  reclegend22;971726 wrote:I'll take your word for it, Az, as you are usually on top of these things more than anyone else on this site (by a mile). I'll be honest, I based my analysis of Cleveland State solely off of what the announcer -- Jimmy Dykes, I believe -- was saying about the Vikings when I flipped the channel to that game. I know nothing about them at all.

  I swear early on the year, announcers say that about anyone because they have no clue.
• reclegend22

  

  Laley23 wrote:I swear early on the year, announcers say that about anyone because they have no clue.

  
  
  Haha. This is true. And maybe I'm just misremembering what Dykes (or whomever it was) actually said, but I believe it was something along the lines of "Watch out for this team, they could prove dangerous..." Lol at that comment after the information that Az provided.
• Laley23

  

  Hoosiers are 2-0 btw
• SportsAndLady

  

  Might go to MSG tuesday night to watch MSU-Duke and Kentucky-Kansas.
  
  Gonna have to avoid someone who works for MSG, as he does not like me too well lol
• Azubuike24

  

  Tough ticket...
• Azubuike24

  

  A few decent early-season match-ups Monday.
  
  Detroit at Notre Dame
  Portland at Washington
  Washington State at Gonzaga
  Northern Iowa at St. Mary's
• Laley23

  

  Purdue escapes with a 2 point win over High Point, 67-65. Ryne Smith (Toledo Whitmer Graduate) had a career high 26 pts.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Detroit is up on Notre Dame in the 2nd half 41-35
• SportsAndLady

  

  Jay Williams just said Kendall Marshall is the best point guard in the country...meh, I'll take Taylor and Holloway over him
• reclegend22

  

  Jay Williams, I've noticed, much like Jay Bilas, panders to the North Carolina crowd way too frequently. It's to be expected, I guess, as they want to come across as purely objective. Bilas is intolerable about it sometimes, though.
• karen lotz

  

  So former Duke players speaking the truth is them trying to come off as not biased?
• SportsAndLady

  

  reclegend22;973289 wrote:Jay Williams, I've noticed, much like Jay Bilas, panders to the North Carolina crowd way too frequently. It's to be expected, I guess, as they want to come across as purely objective. Bilas is intolerable about it sometimes, though.

  'Round these parts (well, back when I didn't live in New fucking Jersey), we call that the Kirk Herbstreit effect
• SportsAndLady

  

  karen lotz;973292 wrote:So former Duke players speaking the truth is them trying to come off as not biased?

  You think Marshall is the best PG in the country?
• karen lotz

  

  Considering the season is about 3 days old, I don't know.