College Basketball Random Chatter 2012-2013 Season

• reclegend22

  

  Prescott;1385099 wrote:If duke has it's own thread, why are there duke postings on this thread? I know, rec is just talking to himself on the duke thread.

  There has been lots of NPOTY discussion in this thread, so I thought adding Mason Plumlee to that conversation here after last night's dominating performance against one of the more premier front lines in college basketball was warranted.
• Laley23

  

  http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/08/duke-fans-allegedly-chanted-hows-your-grandma-at-nc-states-tyler-lewis-whose-grandma-just-died-but-this-sounds-like-past-your-bedtime/
  
  More than a couple. But not the whole student section.
  
  I will say, it sound like more students heard the few on the 1st FT and joined for the 2nd. First definitely sounds like "bedtime", but during the second FT it sounds a lot more like "grandma"
• wildcats20

  

  reclegend22;1385243 wrote:Says Mr. Impartial who refers to "Dook" in almost every single post.
  
  Bottom line. There was no mass "How's your grandma cheer." Just because some lazy reporter "tweeted" it as fact, doesn't make it so. Go back and listen to any audio or youtube clip that supposedly documents the cheer. The only thing I hear is "Past your bedtime." If you hear something different, then you are possibly a rabbit.

  
  I listened. Over and over, I hear grandma. I'm not the only one.
  
  But like I said, you wouldn't admit Duke did anything wrong even if it were plain as day.
• wildcats20

  

  Laley23;1385248 wrote:http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2013/02/08/duke-fans-allegedly-chanted-hows-your-grandma-at-nc-states-tyler-lewis-whose-grandma-just-died-but-this-sounds-like-past-your-bedtime/
  
  More than a couple. But not the whole student section.
  
  I will say, it sound like more students heard the few on the 1st FT and joined for the 2nd. First definitely sounds like "bedtime", but during the second FT it sounds a lot more like "grandma"

  
  Nope. Didn't happen.
• reclegend22

  

  wildcats20;1385256 wrote:I listened. Over and over, I hear grandma. I'm not the only one.
  
  But like I said, you wouldn't admit Duke did anything wrong even if it were plain as day.

  Get out of here with that. I criticize Duke, Coach K and the program's players all the time. That's bullshit.
  
  Look in the mirror. Your hatred of Duke is blinding.
• vball10set

  Laley23;1385248 wrote:More than a couple. But not the whole student section.
  
  I will say, it sound like more students heard the few on the 1st FT and joined for the 2nd. First definitely sounds like "bedtime", but during the second FT it sounds a lot more like "grandma"

  Spot on, Laley, you should work in television
  
  http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/collegesports/watch_duke_fans_take_state_lewis_ep49KEDZF4Z3OZSBBSSnvI#axzz2KKiMVIue
• reclegend22

  

  As I said earlier, even if there were one or a few rogue students who are idiots, then so what? That's the case at any university. I've heard far worse than that in the world of sports. Kevin Garnett called Charlie Villaneuva a cancer patient, and it was caught on audio.
  
  The Cameron Crazies did not, however, chant that cheer en mass. It just didn't happen. As Laley admitted in his post.
  

  Laley23 wrote:More than a couple. But not the whole student section.

  We're not even 100% sure what was said. Let's be real here, Laley is not a human sound expert. With all due respect, he has no idea how many kids or if any at all really did repeat those exact words. Wildcats' broad generalizations, however, would have you believe that the Duke bench also took up the chant. Stupidity.
• wildcats20

  

  wildcats20;1385053 wrote:Duke fans also chanted "how's your grandma?" At a player who's grandma just died. Stay classy.

  reclegend22;1385267 wrote:As I said earlier, even if there were one or a few rogue students who are idiots, then so what? That's the case at any university. I've heard far worse than that in the world of sports. Kevin Garnett called Charlie Villaneuva a cancer patient, and it was caught on audio.
  
  The Cameron Crazies did not, however, chant that cheer en mass. It just didn't happen. As Laley admitted in his post.
  
  
  
  We're not even 100% sure what was said. Let's be real here, Laley is not a human sound expert. With all due respect, he has no idea how many kids or if any at all really did repeat those exact words. Wildcats' broad generalizations, however, would have you believe that the Duke bench also took up the chant. Stupidity.

  
  No. I said Duke fans.
  
  Never said the whole section. Never said the bench.
• Prescott

  reclegend22;1385244 wrote:There has been lots of NPOTY discussion in this thread, so I thought adding Mason Plumlee to that conversation here after last night's dominating performance against one of the more premier front lines in college basketball was warranted.

  Perhaps one post would have been sufficient.
• vball10set

  Lol.
• GOONx19

  

  From a Duke fan at the game:
  
  I’m honestly ashamed to say I’m a duke student. I’m post grad, and I was stunned to hear this Hurtful and wildly inappropriate chant. I was @ the game, I heard the chant. Amazing what will be spun as being “appropriate” after they royally screw up. I was at the game, section 19, row 3, and the crowd was not only chanting, but also spreading the word, to chant ‘how’s your grandmother’. Not 1, 2 ,3, but 4 separate people specifically told me his grandmother died as the reason for the chant.
  Classless students who are “mightier than thou” have ruined any good the CC wee did.
• Crimson streak

  

  GOONx19;1385542 wrote:From a Duke fan at the game:
  
  I’m honestly ashamed to say I’m a duke student. I’m post grad, and I was stunned to hear this Hurtful and wildly inappropriate chant. I was @ the game, I heard the chant. Amazing what will be spun as being “appropriate” after they royally screw up. I was at the game, section 19, row 3, and the crowd was not only chanting, but also spreading the word, to chant ‘how’s your grandmother’. Not 1, 2 ,3, but 4 separate people specifically told me his grandmother died as the reason for the chant.
  Classless students who are “mightier than thou” have ruined any good the CC wee did.

  
  Didn't happen
• wildcats20

  

  Crimson streak;1385544 wrote:Didn't happen

  
  This.
• reclegend22

  

  Luckily, my favorite team isn't the Cameron Crazies. To be completely honest, I have never actually hyped them. I think they have been overrated for years. And I certainly do not care what any of them say in the stands.
  
  As for actual basketball, going to be a good one today in Madison I have a feeling. I wish this were the late game tonight.
• Crimson streak

  

  reclegend22;1385641 wrote:Luckily, my favorite team isn't the Cameron Crazies. To be completely honest, I have never actually hyped them. I think they have been overrated for years. And I certainly do not care what any of them say in the stands.
  
  As for actual basketball, going to be a good one today in Madison I have a feeling. I wish this were the late game tonight.

  
  You cared enough that you sat here and defended them. So obviously you care what they say/do
• reclegend22

  

  But to reply to wildcats' insistent whining about Duke, Raleigh sports radio broadcaster Joe Ovies has emphatically stated that nobody who was actually on press row during the Duke-N.C. State game heard the cheer.
  
  From his Twitter: "Folks on press row didn't hear it. They would have noticed."
  
  https://twitter.com/joeovies/status/299733714865356801
  
  I will take a journalist's word who was actually there over somebody who thinks they have really good ears "analyzing" a YouTube video.
• Azubuike24

  

  Anyone see good bets today? Opinions?
  
  Some important games for bubble hopes.
  
  Temple at Dayton
  North Carolina at Miami
  Mississippi at Missouri
  Iowa State at Kansas State
  
  Some big conference race games too.
  
  Southern Miss at Memphis
  VCU at Charlotte
  New Mexico at UNLV
• Azubuike24

  

  Also, lets STFU in this thread about the Duke chants. Who cares what side of it you're on...
• vball10set

  Azubuike24;1385677 wrote:Also, lets STFU in this thread about the Duke chants. Who cares what side of it you're on...

  Thank you.
• Azubuike24

  

  Early game parlay...
  
  Arkansas -3 at Vanderbilt
  Butler -2.5 at George Washington
  DetroitU -1 at Green Bay
  Mississippi +6 at Missouri
  
  I have a strong feeling about Michigan -3 at Wisconsin. Missed the deadline on it though.
• reclegend22

  

  vball10set;1385688 wrote:Thank you.

  For somebody who inserted themselves into this whole Duke conversation, I find this funny.
  
  I actually agree that this is a stupid as fuck topic. But, since people here were stating completely unconfirmed claims based on utter hearsay as fact, I decided to intervene.
• reclegend22

  

  Azubuike24;1385676 wrote:Anyone see good bets today? Opinions?
  
  Some important games for bubble hopes.
  
  Temple at Dayton
  North Carolina at Miami
  Mississippi at Missouri
  Iowa State at Kansas State
  
  Some big conference race games too.
  
  Southern Miss at Memphis
  VCU at Charlotte
  New Mexico at UNLV

  The only games today that really intrigued me were taking Wisconsin over Michigan (either moneyline or spread) and Carolina to cover in Coral Gables. Although, I wouldn't ever bet on North Carolina to win anything. For what it is worth, it is currently -7 Miami.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Azubuike24;1385676 wrote:Anyone see good bets today? Opinions?
  
  Some important games for bubble hopes.
  
  Temple at Dayton
  North Carolina at Miami
  Mississippi at Missouri
  Iowa State at Kansas State
  
  Some big conference race games too.
  
  Southern Miss at Memphis
  VCU at Charlotte
  New Mexico at UNLV

  
  I have:
  
  (Sorry I am out and don't remember the exact spreads)
  
  Wake forest
  Wisconsin
  Ok state
  Oklahoma
  Bowling Green
  vandy
• Azubuike24

  

  I like Kentucky -16 vs Auburn today. For the first time in a month, I think they are undervalued in the spread. They beat Auburn badly two weeks ago on the road.
  
  Interestingly enough, UK is generally ranked around 30-35, but they are top 25 in the country in PPG, points allowed, rebounding, lead the nation in blocked shots and have the nation's leading shot blocker. About 40% of the teams ahead of them in those rankings are outliers and not NCAA Tournament teams.
  
  While it would be a long shot for them to win the national title, from past statistical trends of previous champs, they are in the group of teams who could do it, along with about 15 others. Not a bad value bet as their odds of winning it all have fallen to as low as 30:1...
• Crimson streak

  

  Azubuike24;1385717 wrote:I like Kentucky -16 vs Auburn today. For the first time in a month, I think they are undervalued in the spread. They beat Auburn badly two weeks ago on the road.
  
  Interestingly enough, UK is generally ranked around 30-35, but they are top 25 in the country in PPG, points allowed, rebounding, lead the nation in blocked shots and have the nation's leading shot blocker. About 40% of the teams ahead of them in those rankings are outliers and not NCAA Tournament teams.
  
  While it would be a long shot for them to win the national title, from past statistical trends of previous champs, they are in the group of teams who could do it, along with about 15 others. Not a bad value bet as their odds of winning it all have fallen to as low as 30:1...

  
  If they can get hot at the end of the year it's not a bad choice. They are definitely talented.