College Basketball Random Chatter 2012-2013 Season

• Ironman92

  

  Morehead St up 10 on UK....very early
• Ironman92

  

  23-11 MSU
• GOONx19

  

  Tonight was rough to watch. This is definitely the least cohesive unit Cal's had at UK in his four years, at least at this point in the season. I'm starting to worry, but it's a long year.
• Azubuike24

  

  Strange happenings with Harrow. Without him, I'm not sure UK has much wiggle room depth-wise, but make no mistake, the guys they do have are all going to get better.
  
  Very similar to the 2010-11 team that really got better as the year went on. In January and even early February, they still looked shaky. By mid-March, they were one of the best teams in the country.
• Azubuike24

  

  With the SEC going to a single division with 14 teams, I could honestly see things being just like football in hoops.
  
  The league may have 3 top 10-15 teams and another 2-3 in the top 30-40. The bottom of the league is absolutely terrible and may have multiple 20-loss teams.
  
  Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Auburn, South Carolina are all terrible. Texas A&M and Georgia are slightly better, but not by much.
• WebFire

  Good win for Michigan over Pitt tonight. Pitt is a good team, top 15 IMO. Michigan didn't play particularly well. So it was nice to see them in a game where they aren't shooting the lights out and still find a way to win over a quality opponent.
• reclegend22

  

  Butler came back down to earth tonight after the scorching shooting against North Carolina. Rotnei Clarke still connected on 6 of 13 threes, though. His backcourt partner, Kellen Dunham, on the other hand, went oh-for, which certainly hurt the Bulldogs' scoring. Brad Stevens' group will be a very tough out by March, though. There's a lot of experience there and too good of shooting.
  
  John Groce did a hell of a job getting Illinois prepared to win it all in Maui. Impressive for his first few games as Illini head coach.
• Ironman92

  

  reclegend22;1326814 wrote:Butler came back down to earth tonight after the scorching shooting against North Carolina. Rotnei Clarke still connected on 6 of 13 threes, though. His backcourt partner, Kellen Dunham, on the other hand, went oh-for, which certainly hurt the Bulldogs' scoring. Brad Stevens' group will be a very tough out by March, though. There's a lot of experience there and too good of shooting.
  
  John Groce did a hell of a job getting Illinois prepared to win it all in Maui. Impressive for his first few games as Illini head coach.

  
  I think he took a top assistant Dustan Ford with him. Dustan's dad Geno a historic coach at Cambridge and Dustan began his coaching career at Jackson...at age 25 he was the best coach we've ever had. Incredible motivator. Kids played their asses off for him.
• reclegend22

  

  Ironman92;1326924 wrote:I think he took a top assistant Dustan Ford with him. Dustan's dad Geno a historic coach at Cambridge and Dustan began his coaching career at Jackson...at age 25 he was the best coach we've ever had. Incredible motivator. Kids played their asses off for him.

  Sounds like he and Groce make an excellent team then and should hit the motivational speaking circuit. SportsAndLady has shared some pretty cool stories here about Groce's intensity and passion while Groce was at Ohio.
• SportsAndLady

  

  ^^ford too...dude was a fucking maniac in practices, the players loved it. Cool guy too.
  
  Good to see groce doing well this early..not many u of I fans were too thrilled with the hire. I have a lot of clients in Chicago I've been telling all year they'll be thrilled with groce, can't wait to talk to them monday lol
• Mulva

  

  Vandy has 15 points with 14 minutes left. Down 38-15 to Marist. Yikes.
• Azubuike24

  

  Vandy and Mississippi State are brutal. The bottom 5-6 in the SEC are God-awful.
• Ironman92

  

  SportsAndLady;1327230 wrote:^^ford too...dude was a fucking maniac in practices, the players loved it. Cool guy too.
  
  Good to see groce doing well this early..not many u of I fans were too thrilled with the hire. I have a lot of clients in Chicago I've been telling all year they'll be thrilled with groce, can't wait to talk to them monday lol

  
  Ford coaching high school basketball was worth the price of admission. His passion is greater than any I have ever seen....his faces were priceless
• reclegend22

  

  Oregon and Vegas in an old-fashioned shootout on The Strip. The score -- Oregon 73 to 72 with 2:34 left -- is not at all reflective of the pace at which this game has been played during long stretches. The Runnin' Rebels' Katin Reinhardt is in a zone and launching bombs from Fremont Street.
  
  E.J. Singler, Kyle's little brother, has also developed into a very dangerous outside shooter.
• Mulva

  

  Creighton - Wisconsin has been pretty entertaining. Jared Berggren is dominating. That is not a sentence I ever expected to type.
• reclegend22

  

  No. 17 UNLV drops one at home. While it's hard to tell how the season will eventually unfold for Oregon, the Ducks were picked to finish seventh in the Pac 12. So not exactly a good result tonight for the Rebels, who had won 20 straight regular season games at home prior to tonight. As I said, though, if there was a positive tonight for Vegas it was the coming out party of freshman guard Katin Reinhardt. He finished with 18 and hit four straight threes to end the game.
  
  I imagine UNLV will bounce back. A lot of talent there.
• wildcats20

  

  And Villanova loses again. This time to LaSalle.
• reclegend22

  

  wildcats20;1329036 wrote:And Villanova loses again. This time to LaSalle.

  You can't blame Jay Wright for the loss. Lionel Simmons is a beast.
  
  Watched the Nova-LaSalle game earlier today. It was a really good game with an OT finish. Interestingly enough, Nova beat LaSalle in OT last year. You have to wonder about Wright's job after last year's fiasco.
• reclegend22

  

  Gonzaga is legit. They are a top ten team. The Bulldogs have so much length, versatility and great outside shooting. Elias Harris, Przemek Karnowski and Kelly Olynyk form a dynamic front court. All three average double figures, with Harris the front-runner for West Coast Player of the Year and Olynyk a seven-foot freshman with deep three-point range. They absolutely handled a very good Davidson team tonight in the Old Spice Classic title game.
  
  Point guard Kevin Pangos was unreal shooting the ball in the second half. He's indisputably the best shooter that side of the St. Louis Arch and has one of the best floaters in all of college basketball. Pangos has been likened to Steve Nash, but there's a lot of Mark Price in the kid in the way Pangos moves, splits the defense to get to the basket, shoots from deep and the overall fundamental soundness of his game. He's a terrific player.
• Azubuike24

  

  Marquee games this week...
  
  N.C. State at Michigan
  North Carolina at Indiana
  Michigan State at Miami
  Ohio State at Duke
  Cal-State Northridge at UCLA
  Kentucky at Notre Dame
  Marquette at Florida
  Oregon State at Kansas
  Syracuse at Arkansas
  Baylor at Kentucky
  Oklahoma State at Virginia Tech
  Alabama at Cincinnati
  St. Joseph's at Creighton
  San Diego State at UCLA
• reclegend22

  

  Look for Michigan, if the Wolverines are hitting from the outside, to run NC State out of the gym.
  
  Really looking forward to Indiana hosting the Tar Heels in Bloomington. If Hulls, Watford and Co. are in a rhythm, it could be a funeral.
  
  I sound like I want the Big Ten to win. Wow. I assure you I don't. But go Hoosiers.
• GOONx19

  

  Ben Howland back on suicide watch after UCLA loses its second game of the year, this time to Cal Poly. The same Cal Poly that ranks 301st in points per game, 314th in rebounds per game, and 306th in FG%, with a 1-2 record coming in. UCLA was up by 18 when Cal Poly went on a 34-14 run. Earlier in the year, UCLA beat UC Irvine by one in overtime.
• SportsAndLady

  

  I'd fire Howland this morning if I were Dan Guerrero
• gorocks99

  

  New AP Poll; Indiana #1, Duke #2. Six B1G teams in this week's poll:
  
  http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings
• WebFire

  B1G 3 out of top 4 is fucking awesome.