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  • killer_ewok
    reclegend22;1090418 wrote:Haha yeah I was flipping back and forth between New York and Syracuse as well. Jeremy Lin was awesome today. I was a Pacers fan growing up, so New York was always enemy No. 1, but I've always secretly wished I would have been a Knicks fan. I love watching games played at MSG and the franchise has produced so many thrilling moments over the years, especially during the '90s with the LJ and Ewing-led teams. (Although, so did Uncle Reggie:))

    LOL. I liked Reggie except for being a Knick-killer. Those teams made me a Knicks fan. Oak, Mason, Starks, Ewing. I loved the physicality and they never backed down. Never really could get past the Bulls though and that Game 7 performance by Starks in the 1994 NBA Finals still makes me sick. Starks was my dude though.
  • reclegend22
    Agreed on Starks. I had a lot of respect for him. He played the same brash game as Reggie. He was the man. I've never seen a more streaky shooter in all of basketball, but Starks took the phrase "in the zone" to a new level on those nights when everything was falling. What I wouldn't give to see Reggie and Starks go at it one more time. That was the peak of the NBA.
  • killer_ewok
    reclegend22;1090431 wrote:Agreed on Starks. I had a lot of respect for him. He played the same brash game as Reggie. He was the man. I've never seen a more streaky shooter in all of basketball, but Starks took the phrase "in the zone" to a new level on those nights when everything was falling. What I wouldn't give to see Reggie and Starks go at it one more time. That was the peak of the NBA.

    Could not agree more. I miss those days. Although this Linsanity stuff is pretty cool. LOL
  • reclegend22
    killer_ewok wrote:Could not agree more. I miss those days. Although this Linsanity stuff is pretty cool. LOL
    Lol yeah, the kid is killing it. I am definitely going to catch some Knicks game when I can. He's fun to watch.
  • SportsAndLady
    Anybody know..

    Can the KU/Mizzou game this Saturday get moved back to a night game if it's picked up for Gameday? It's currently set for 4 pm, but there are no other great games Saturday (next best is prolly UNC @ UVA) so its gotta be the Gameday matchup, right?
  • Mulva
    Feb 25 Storrs, Conn. 10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Syracuse at Connecticut 9 p.m.

    The match-ups were picked in August and I don't think the schedule gets flexed during the season. Also, Missouri - Kansas is a CBS game, so ESPN wouldn't send Gameday there anyway.
  • SportsAndLady
    Mulva;1090764 wrote:
    Feb 25 Storrs, Conn. 10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Syracuse at Connecticut 9 p.m.


    The match-ups were picked in August and I don't think the schedule gets flexed during the season. Also, Missouri - Kansas is a CBS game, so ESPN wouldn't send Gameday there anyway.
    That's so gay

    But thanks for the info
  • Laley23
    SportsAndLady;1090787 wrote:That's so gay

    But thanks for the info
    Yeah, unlike football they dont choose the dates in season. They make the schedule beforehand.
  • reclegend22
    I think they did for the Duke-North Carolina Game Day on March 3. I remember hearing Jay Bilas say that they weren't sure whether Game Day would be in Durham or Texas-Kansas, or some other matchup. Then they stated a week or so go that the decision had been made to -- big surprise -- hold Game Day in Durham.
  • SportsAndLady
    reclegend22;1090828 wrote:I think they did for the Duke-North Carolina Game Day on March 3. I remember hearing Jay Bilas say that they weren't sure whether Game Day would be in Durham or Texas-Kansas, or some other matchup. Then they stated a week or so go that the decision had been made to -- big surprise -- hold Game Day in Durham.
    Yeah when researching my question I found that the last weekend of the year is the only weekend they'll flex for gameday, and like you said it was between Duke/UNC or UT/KU...easy choice there lol

    UT sucks, and after that first Duke/UNC game, it was a no brainer.
  • reclegend22
    SportsAndLady;1090833 wrote:Yeah when researching my question I found that the last weekend of the year is the only weekend they'll flex for gameday, and like you said it was between Duke/UNC or UT/KU...easy choice there lol

    UT sucks, and after that first Duke/UNC game, it was a no brainer.
    Yeah I'm guessing as soon as the Rivers three went through the net the Game Day bus was already driving to Durham lol.
  • Jughead
    Jughead;1087256 wrote:Seriously? It's not that hard. :)

    [video=youtube;BLfX1G6TLF4][/video]
    ironman02;1087263 wrote:Not only do we have Duke fans still gloating about that debacle last week, now we have people posting highlights of the most painful season in the history of Carolina basketball. Can't take much more.
    reclegend22;1087284 wrote:There are so many positive things about this video. The 7-16 record in bold print next to Tar Heels is obviously so precious that it's value cannot be determined, but the way the announcers (Mike Patrick and Brad Daugherty) make Ohio, who is visiting the Dean E. Smith Center on a string of like no tournament appearances in over a decade, out to be the 1989 Bad Boy Pistons is just too funny.

    I think chicago510 summed up the frustrations of 8 and 20 pretty damn well. Lol.

    (As an aside, I really miss Brad Daughtery as a college basketball announcer. A former Heel he may be, but he was damn good at what he did. Too bad he left the game to watch cars drive around in traffic.)
    Heretic;1087736 wrote:GREAT MOMENTS IN BOBCAT HISTORY!!!!

    I mean, it's not as big as beating the Hoyas in the tourney a couple years ago, but still very nice!
    This game was 10 years ago today, so I'm forcing everyone to relive it once again. :laugh:

    http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/021902aaa.html



    Edit: Hmm, that is interesting. UNC and Ohio have different dates for the game.

    http://www.tarheelblue.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/022002aaa.html
  • SportsAndLady
    Texas and UCONN have to win tonight over Baylor and Villanova, respectively.

    Especially Tejas; they lose, they're toast.
  • Midstate01
    Wow Napier from uconn just made a LONG 3 in OT to win it.
  • SportsAndLady
    What a clutch shot
  • Mulva
    Baylor looks terrible offensively.
  • Mulva
    God Hubert Davis just has the worst laugh.
  • SportsAndLady
    Another good finish in the UT/Baylor game
  • SportsAndLady
    http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7561636/ncb-kansas-missouri-meet-267th-border-war-feb-25-espn-magazine
  • Mulva
    Big bubble games tonight. A lot of chances for statement wins against top 20 teams.

    Xavier @ UMass
    Seton Hall hosts Georgetown
    Northwestern hosts Michigan
    NC State hosts UNC
    Miami @ Maryland
    Mississippi State hosts Kentucky
    Colorado State hosts New Mexico

    Kansas State @ Missouri as well. They probably aren't really on the bubble at this point, at least not compared to the above teams, but they could 100% lock up a bid with a win tonight.
  • reclegend22
    Thanks for reposting reminders of the 8-20 season, jughead. Reps.

    That shot last night for UConn was gutsy. Napier pulled up from 35 feet with almost four seconds left. It was like he was playing at Rucker Park and just felt it. I hate UConn, but great finish.
  • reclegend22
    ESPN reporting that Jim Calhoun will remain removed from the team due to severe back pain, but that (and this is me paraphrasing), if UConn ends up making the NCAA Tournament, he will be back for another run at a national championship.

    Seriously, if you're in that much physical distress, and by all counts with spinal stenosis and various strains of cancer Calhoun most certainly is, you need to take a serious absence from the game. Much like Steve Lavin decided to do this year to get his overall health back to at least some semblance of order.
  • Mulva
    K-State up 10 on Mizzou at the half.
    Seton Hall up 7 on Georgetown.
    Xavier down 5 to UMass.
  • reclegend22
    To add to your list of scores, Carolina looking to push NC State over the tournament cliff tonight in Raleigh. Heels up 28 to 18 midway through the first half.

    If the Wolves don't come back and win, their season is effectively over -- unless they should make a miraculous run and win the ACC in Atlanta. That one Thursday night in Durham is going to haunt Mike Gottfried and the red and white faithful like a plague until next winter.
  • Azubuike24
    In a massive upset brewing, Binghamton (0-26, 0-13 in the America East) is up 11 over Vermont 19-10, 12-2 as the America East leader). This would be the biggest upset of the year...