College Basketball Random Chatter 2013-2014 Season

• reclegend22

  

  For awhile it didn't look she was aging all that well, but Ashley Judd looks great tonight. Love her.
  
  As for the game, Florida's refusal to wilt under the lights of Rupp (where they've had almost no success under Billy Donovan) has been impressive. If the Gators pull this one out, they will have punched their ticket to the Dance as a one seed IMO.
• vball10set

  Florida is good...damn good.
• reclegend22

  

  Co-sign on Florida. With Arizona taking a step back -- at least for now -- the Gators are my favorite to win it all at this point. What they've done in conference play (12-0), especially on the road (6-0), is remarkable. It might not be the best conference out there, but road games in the SEC are no joke. Victories at Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky measure up against any home or neutral site win for any other team in the country this year. There are only a handful of places in college basketball where it is as difficult to get a win as in Bud Walton Arena and Rupp.
  
  Sort of hard to believe that Billy Donovan could win his third national championship, putting him above the likes of Dean Smith and his mentor Rick Pitino.
• Ironman92

  

  Creighton with a nice lead at the half on Nova
• reclegend22

  

  Creighton dismantled Villanova for a second time today, 101 to 80. Doug McDermott went for 39 for the second time this season. I remain steadfast in my belief that Creighton can play deep into March. They're a more seasoned and better overall team than they were a year ago.
  
  The day's other highlight came from Big Game Frank Kaminsky. Dude dropped 25 and 11 on Michigan as the Badgers reclaimed their early-season form. It was a beautiful performance. The seven-footer commanded the court like a guard, scoring off the bounce, on step-back threes and post-ups in the paint. He's going to be a First Team AA next year.
• reclegend22

  

  New NBA commissioner Adam Silver says he prefers to raise the League's minimum age requirement to 20.
  
  As a generality, it doesn't really seem fair to the athletes, especially the likes of Kobe or LeBron whose talents at 18 or 19 years of age were clearly deserving of the professional contracts they received. Why should talents of that stature be forced to delay their careers as paid professionals as a consequence of the poor drafting practices of certain NBA organizations in the past?
  
  As a fan of basketball, I'd love to see the new rule implemented as it would provide for an even better and more exciting product at the college level.
• wildcats20

  

  I don't really care if it's fair or not. The NBA is allowed to have whatever requirements they want for employment within their company. It's not age discrimination like some want to argue.
  
  If a high school or college player doesn't want to wait to meet the NBA requirements, they can go overseas. Yes it's not as much money, but the option is there. Their careers are in no way, shape, or form delayed. They have the option to play professional basketball, just not in this country. Or hell, they can go into the D League.
• Ironman92

  

  Adam Silver is quite thin lol
• Ironman92

  

  Lol at Baylor.....horrible coaching on inbound play.
  
  Simply atrocious
• reclegend22

  

  As private entities, the NBA and its teams can do whatever they want. But by not being permitted to play in the NBA until the age of 20, the professional careers of talents such as Kobe or LeBron (with regard to earnings and overall development) would absolutely be held back to a certain degree if forced to play their first two years in either the D-League or Europe. The NBA offers the greatest competition in the world and the money that can be made from those alternative options is dramatically less. And though it worked for Brandon Jennings, the unusual route of passage to the NBA through those other avenues is still not without major risk (of course, it's the individual's decision to go that course).
  
  Ultimately, declaring the age of 20 as the age that basketball players are ready for the NBA is arbitrary. I get why the NBA wants to implement the change, though, and the quality of play in both the NBA and college would benefit from it. For the NBA, improved talent evaluations and smarter drafting practices would also help.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Iowa/Indiana postponed due to a piece of the ceiling falling
• SportsAndLady

  

  Jesus Kansas is only up 1 against Texas fucking tech. 25 seconds
• Ironman92

  

  Hell of a game.....too many options for TT to defend well.
  
  TT 0-16 in their last 16 vs top 10
• Ironman92

  

  Lol....lost the damn ball but went to Wiggins for the winner
• SportsAndLady

  

  Just saw the highlights for nova seton hall. Damn that was an awesome game.
  
  Providence needed that win. Didn't get it
• Ironman92

  

  Virginia in trouble tonight
• thavoice

  reclegend22;1581980 wrote:As private entities, the NBA and its teams can do whatever they want. But by not being permitted to play in the NBA until the age of 20, the professional careers of talents such as Kobe or LeBron (with regard to earnings and overall development) would absolutely be held back to a certain degree if forced to play their first two years in either the D-League or Europe. The NBA offers the greatest competition in the world and the money that can be made from those alternative options is dramatically less. And though it worked for Brandon Jennings, the unusual route of passage to the NBA through those other avenues is still not without major risk (of course, it's the individual's decision to go that course).
  
  Ultimately, declaring the age of 20 as the age that basketball players are ready for the NBA is arbitrary. I get why the NBA wants to implement the change, though, and the quality of play in both the NBA and college would benefit from it. For the NBA, improved talent evaluations and smarter drafting practices would also help.

  True. There are some guys that you just know who will succeed coming out early, but for the most part NBA teams are almost drafting in the blind for alot of players. Heck, even NFL have draft flops and those guys have to play alot more years in college and in BBK. Just hate the 1 and 2 years and then gone. Miss the days of being excited for a super frosh getting minutes and know you had him for AT LEAST 3 seasons.
• reclegend22

  

  thavoice;1582281 wrote:True. There are some guys that you just know who will succeed coming out early, but for the most part NBA teams are almost drafting in the blind for alot of players. Heck, even NFL have draft flops and those guys have to play alot more years in college and in BBK. Just hate the 1 and 2 years and then gone. Miss the days of being excited for a super frosh getting minutes and know you had him for AT LEAST 3 seasons.

  I remember Jason Williams telling Duke fans that he was returning for his senior year. He ultimately didn't, but the fact that a talent of that stature (a two-time NPOTY by that point) was even considering it is remarkable upon reflection. College basketball -- and the world, for that matter -- is just a completely different place compared to 2002.
  
  Watching BC-Syracuse. The Orangemen's two-tone vintage unis with cursive lettering are nice.
• Azubuike24

  

  The odds of getting your investment in an NBA Draft pick is much better than in the NFL...
  
  A vast majority of first rounders become productive. A second rounder isn't even guaranteed a contract. In the NFL, it's all over the map and picks outside of the top 25% are much, much more valuable.
  
  This is why there is such a demand to get into this draft range, and why so many young guys can't pass up the chance to do so. Even if you're gonna be picked in the top 15-25, it's hard to not do it.
  
  In college football, Sophomores and Juniors help their stock. In college basketball, the more you play, the more you get exposed...
• SportsAndLady

  

  Cuse in trouble.
  
  Nope nvm they kept it as Cuse ball
• Ironman92

  

  Insane night....Cuse, Florida and St Louis going down to the buzzer
• wildcats20

  

  Apparently Auburn intentionally fouled in a tie game with like 13 seconds left. Lol
• Ironman92

  

  SportsAndLady;1582542 wrote:Cuse in trouble.
  
  Nope nvm they kept it as Cuse ball

  Just an all-around shitty blown call.
  
  Cuse needs to save some breaks for the tourney
• Terry_Tate

  

  Justice was served to Syracuse for wearing those awful uniforms.
• reclegend22

  

  I watched the end of the Florida game on ESPN Full Court and Auburn basketball should get the death penalty for the way it handled the final 15 seconds of that game.