College Basketball Random Chatter

• Azubuike24

  

  I think a lot of the backlash that came from the treatment of many fans. A lot of the stories got to some of the higher-ups in the program and were reported heavily by the media. I'm not going to say that stuff is legit though. It happens everywhere.
  
  However, IU did ultimately cancel the series. Not UK. Both just wanted it under different terms.
• Laley23

  

  What was wrong with home-neutral-away-neutral 4 game set? I still dont understand how you cant work this out. I mean, I do...but its just dumb (as Az stated).
  
  And it does look bad as the series went to Home and Home and UK lost 2 of 3 (when IU was down) and then they want it back to neutral, even though IU eventually cancelled. Oh well, I hope that KU talks heat back up. I know that talk has fizzled about that game, but I hope it picks back up with this cancellation.
• Azubuike24

  

  Not that we are privy to the exact negotiations, but it's pretty clear that both sides were not really willing to compromise. It was either their terms or forget it. It stinks because the bottom line is a great series is no more, and neither side was able to consider that over their own desires.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Unfortunately, looks like the IU/KU talk is dead...for now
  

  Here’s what we also know: The long-rumored home-and-home series with Indiana appears to be dead, according to KU’s Larry Keating, special assistant to the athletic director. Keating is the point man in charge of piecing together KU’s schedule, and he told The Star on Wednesday that the potential series was no more. It appears Indiana was hesitant to schedule another major (road) game. The Hoosiers have reportedly been haggling with Kentucky over the renewal of that series — do they play on or off campus? — but Indiana also has a loaded schedule (It features Butler, the ACC-Big Ten Challenge, and a four-team tourney at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn that includes UCLA and Georgetown).

• Azubuike24

  

  Rumors out there that UCLA will come to Rupp Arena next year as part of a 2-game series with UK.
  
  Shabazz at Rupp? It would be epic...
• Laley23

  

  Sounds like IU and Louisville are discussing starting up a series, and IU has also contacted KU abotu resuming talks. I think IU will land one of them.
• Laley23

  

  Laley23;1165567 wrote:Sounds like IU and Louisville are discussing starting up a series, and IU has also contacted KU abotu resuming talks. I think IU will land one of them.

  You are an idiot.
  
  http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/18993942/forget-about-all-that-indiana-louisville-talk
• Laley23

  

  Big Ten/ACC Challenge pairings are out.
  
  UNC @ Indiana (class of 2012 top PGs, Paige and Ferrell)
  OSU @ Duke
  NCST @ UofM
  
  http://btn.com/2012/05/14/espn-announces-big-tenacc-challenge-pairings/
• gorocks99

  

  Totally crazy, way-too-early predictions:
  
  [LEFT]Tuesday, Nov. 27
  Minnesota at Florida State
  North Carolina at Indiana
  North Carolina State at Michigan
  Maryland at Northwestern
  Iowa at Virginia Tech
  Nebraska at Wake Forest
  
  Wednesday, Nov. 28
  Purdue at Clemson
  Ohio State at Duke
  Georgia Tech at Illinois
  Michigan State at Miami
  Boston College at Penn State
  Virginia at Wisconsin
  
  7-5 win for the B1G[/LEFT]
• Little Danny

  

  Looks like Kentucky will be playing Georgetown in the SEC/Big East Challenge.
  @johnclayiv: Report: Kentucky-Georgetown likely matchup in SEC-Big East next season.
  
  Casual Hoya ‏ @CasualHoya
  
  Hold Onto Your Butts: Georgetown to play Kentucky at Verizon as part of the Big East-SEC Challenge.
  [HR][/HR]
• Azubuike24

  

  Kentucky has never beaten Georgetown. Like the match-up.
• Little Danny

  

  Azubuike24;1170832 wrote:Kentucky has never beaten Georgetown. Like the match-up.

  Since UC plays Georgetown on an annual basis in the Big East I can say this with conviction: Patrick Ewing, Mutumbo and Alonzo Mourning are not walking through that door. JTIII is half the coach his father was.
  
  For the past five years or so, Georgetown might be one of the most overrated teams in all of college basketball.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  Little Danny;1172574 wrote:Since UC plays Georgetown on an annual basis in the Big East I can say this with conviction: Patrick Ewing, Mutumbo and Alonzo Mourning are not walking through that door. JTIII is half the coach his father was.
  
  For the past five years or so, Georgetown might be one of the most overrated teams in all of college basketball.

  Five years is probably accurate. G'town is a local DC program (not that there isn't talent there). Their days of national recruiting have waned. Iverson, Othella Harrington, and others aren't lining up. Not sure if they are the most overrated, but definitely the most over seeded.
• SportsAndLady

  

  I'd probably generally agree w/ G'town being overrated...but this year, they were not expected to do ANYTHING. And they had a great year. They were underrated coming into the season.
• killer_ewok

  

  SportsAndLady;1161796 wrote:Updated top 25, CBS sports
  
  http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/18954766/top-25-and-one-ucla-keeps-climbing-while-baylor-plummets
  
  LOL @ Kansas @ #4 right, cbf?

  
  The Orange at #6? The more I read about Coleman...I think Syracuse will have a better 2012-13 than I thought after the end of last season.
  
  In a related note, more crazy info comes out in the Bernie Fine case. Mike Lang, who claimed Fine touched him "20, 30,
  40 times" now says that "nothing really happened to him" as Bernie only tried to touch him once, he pushed his hand away and that was the end of it. Lang also revealed that he asked Fine to make his (Lang's) sons ball boys for the Orange. Yet he still says that his step-brother, Bobby Davis, was molested by Fine for several years. WTF?!?
  
  Lang also stated that he was "kind of glad" that Boeheim won the defamation lawsuit because "he was just sticking up for Bernie."
  
  All I'm thinking is thank goodness Syracuse didn't "knee-jerk" and fire Boeheim.
• wildcats20

  

  Crosstown Shootout will continue to be played, but now will be played at US Bank Arena.
  
  Smart move.
• Curly J

  

  wildcats20;1178636 wrote:Crosstown Shootout will continue to be played, but now will be played in a boxing ring.
  
  Smart move.

  Fify
• vball10set

  http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2012/05/11481/thads-good-and-the-bad#more
• Terry_Tate

  

  http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/blogs/hoops-and-scoops/2012/05/05-25-12-a-carrier-classic-double-dip.html
  
  Sounds like the Ohio State men and women will open the season at the Carrier Classic in Charleston, SC. Pretty awesome.
• Jughead

  

  Azubuike24;1170832 wrote:Kentucky has never beaten Georgetown. Like the match-up.

  Eh...it's not too hard.
  
  http://www.cbs.com/sports/video/?pid=PP0Lvl4M3QL9cUOjl6ciRmdEPg8XhiDt
• Azubuike24

  

  Unfortunately, UK won't be playing Georgetown. Kind of upsetting. Rumors are that Kentucky will be playing the SEC/B.E. Challenge at the Joyce Center against Notre Dame. Pretty weak, IMO.
• Laley23

  

  Azubuike24;1182883 wrote:Unfortunately, UK won't be playing Georgetown. Kind of upsetting. Rumors are that Kentucky will be playing the SEC/B.E. Challenge at the Joyce Center against Notre Dame. Pretty weak, IMO.

  WTF? Are they playing anyone this year? No IU or UNC and now no GT.
• Azubuike24

  

  It's going to be a mess, for this year IMO. UNC returns to the schedule in 2013. However, the SEC also hasn't figured out how to do the basketball rotation yet. Rumors are right now that Kentucky and Tennessee will only play once. IMO, this is terrible...but if they are going unbalanced (assuming, until they get to 16 teams), that's just how it might be.
  
  Thus far, all that is confirmed is...
  
  at Louisville
  vs Morehead State
  Duke in Atlanta
  Maryland in Brooklyn
  at SEC/Big East Challenge (Notre Dame, Georgetown or Cincinnati (although G-Town is a long shot))
  
  Although not official, it sounds like Baylor might be coming to Rupp in December. Kentucky men's and women's team will play at Baylor at Cowboys' stadium in 2013-2014. Both teams hosting Baylor this year, which would be pretty big as Baylor will be preseason top 10 in men's and the dominating favorite in women's.
• SportsAndLady

  

  SI's ten best teams of the decade
  
  http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/The-10-best-NCAA-basketball-teams-of-the-decade?urn=ncaab%2C205653
  
  Yeah, the Kansas title team isn't better than St Joe's Elite 8 team lol..
• Azubuike24

  

  Agreed. A team that didn't make the Final Four can't be in the discussion.
  
  2007 Ohio State, 2008 Kansas, 2008 Memphis and 2001 Arizona would be on there before them...