NCAA Basketball

[beastley]

The start of the season's over a week away, but why not?

Post your team, your favorite players, predictions, whatever you want!

Gator Basketball! Fannnnntastic!
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[imnotlistening2u]

ZAGS all the way!!! although I'm originally from Southern Cal and don't mind UCLA doing well (my dads went there for 2 years and my uncles alma mater), but I'm a zag all the way and I think they have a very good chance of doing well this year.

And for Florida, Nick Calathes is one of the top true sophomore in the country. His brother Pat gave the Zags some trouble last year at St. Joes

[tlock]

Went to Vanderbilt so I am a fan of them, perhaps we can give your gators a run again heat. Also a fan of UCLA

[imnotlistening2u]

Vandy has some nice recruits coming in. One guy, Brad Tinsley, is from oregon and can shoot pretty damn well. You got a guy named Jeff Taylor also who will be really good.

I only know this because the Zags were recruiting both of these guys. They didn't go too hard after Tinsley for some stupid ass reason, and Taylor didn't like us I guess. Can't wait for the season.

[BarryMcCockiner]

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Picked 6th in the ACC by the coaches. When I was there, you could get a ticket 5 minutes before the game, now I can't find tickets to save my life. Greenberg's been great for this program, I love being that team that's a thorn in Duke and UNC's heels every year.

[tlock]

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Duck Fuke!

[imnotlistening2u]

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Agreed!

[BarryMcCockiner]

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Deron teabagged 'em, that good enough?

[korporate]

Looks like Kentucky will be ranked this year. They have Patterson back and some really good new recruits.

[imnotlistening2u]

Zags are ranked as well, and top 10 in some polls! Although it's still very, very, very early. Need something to be excited about before their first exhibition game on saturday. hell yes.

[roccostiff]

Louisville Cardinals should be real good this year.

[imnotlistening2u]

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agreed. Samardo Samuels is a beast, plus clark and williams.... daaaaaaamn.

[joepoochie]

Let the ESPN Tyler Hansborough Drool Fest begin. Ugh...this is going to be a LOOOONG year of that.

[jizzay]

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Really? They barely got past Georgetown College. Out rebounded by a team with no starter over 6-6, tied game with 32 seconds left. Overrated if there ever was an overrated team.

[roccostiff]

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This was an exhibition game.. They will be fine when the season starts.

[beastley]

anyone else think this is a nonstory? its 600 in poker...not ncaa betting.

of course, im biased, but seriously?

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=ys-floridahoops111408&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

[imnotlistening2u]

It shouldn't be that big of a deal. I've seen college players sittin at the tables in casinos. I've played with a couple, and they know what they can and can't do. So he played some online poker, who gives a shit.

In other news, Zags play Montana St. tomorrow, I'm guessing a victory by 33. It's finally here!

[joepoochie]

I agree. As long as he isn't betting on basketball, I could care less.

[wildebeast71]

Looking foward to seeing what Bo Ryan can do with a another young bunch of midwestern white boys this year. Maybe another big ten title? I am also a fan of Georgetown.

[jizzay]

Running the risk of massive ridicule, I just want as a matter of record I am calling Kentucky over UNC tomorrow night in a huge upset.

[beastley]

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good call

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaab/recap;_ylt=ArCVFxJt8d8.B4VTG75ZbSY5nYcB?gid=200811 180413&prov=ap

[imnotlistening2u]

howabout them Zags? Hey heat, you anywhere near orlando? should have gone and checked out the championship game of the Old Spice Classic.

About to bake and watch Duke and Purdue, love me some college bball.

[beastley]

nah im in sofla. i will be checking out the orange bowl classic this yr, though.

uf v winthrop

and

fsu v w. kentucky

usually cheap and last time i went i got a free t

[imnotlistening2u]

those should both be pretty good games. Don't underestimate WKU, the hilltoppers are well coached and know what's up. Gave the Zags a run for their money when the played them last year in the Great Alaska Shootout. I guess they won't be flying under the radar anymore after the victory against Louisville.

Florida vs Winthrop should be a good game as well.

Anyone watching Duke/Purdue?

[roccostiff]

Yeah I'm watching Duke now. They are just a good team overall. Not that Im a fan of them.

[imnotlistening2u]

Yea me too. Come on Purdue... 28 points in the first half? at home? you can do better than that! boards are killing them though.

[imnotlistening2u]

... that and the sub 40% theyre shooting

[imnotlistening2u]

anyone watch the end of the UCONN - Buffalo game? too bad buffalo wasnt able to at least get a shot up at the end of the game. they played really well, too bad.

[rickhatman1984]

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I'm a recent WKU grad and went to basically every home game last year. They're a good team and have a lot of potential. Of course, they lost a lot of good players like Courtney Lee, but I think they should do a respectable job this year. Regarding the U of L vs. WKU game though, I'm a huge Cards fan but I have to say Louisville just sucked ass in that game. If they'd been playing their A-game Western probably wouldn't have been able to take that one. I got to go to the Louisville vs. Ohio game last Sunday and I was impressed. The freshmen are starting to step up and I think in a couple of years we might have another final four team on our hands.

[jizzay]

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Yo sir are a dipshit. Louisville is so greatly overrated that I can't wait til January 4. WKU whipped that Cardinal ass and it amused me greatly. Go Big Blue!

[rickhatman1984]

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I'll admit the WKU game was an embarrassment, but it was also a wakeup call. But anyway, can you do me a favor? Can you find UK in the top 25?
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings
http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball

[jizzay]

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Nope you sure can't. But we are unranked, losing to top 25 teams, while you are highly ranked and losing to unranked teams? Which looks better?

[beastley]

great game between st joes and nova. joes had 2 chances to at least get a shot off to tie or lead, but they couldnt execute in the stretch. thats always a bummer

[roccostiff]

A uk/ul dislike. I hope both teams do well myself. Uk also lost to VMI which is a worst lose to me than Louisville losing to instate team (wku). More of a Pitino fan than anything just not figured out Gillipse coaching.

[jizzay]

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Last time I checked, two minutes ago, VMI is 7-2 with a decent RPI so that loss isn't that hard to bare. Then losses to two ranked schools, including a number 1. What was your point?

[jizzay]

I love days like this, Kentucky blows someone out and Louisville loses again, and to a Tubby Smith team no less. Oh Happy Day!

[korporate]

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We should also add the VMI has the highest scoring percentage of any team in the NCAA last year

[korporate]

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Im not a bit Louisville fan, but I wish Patino beat Tubby. I hate Tubby Smith, the only thing he ever won while in Kentucky, was Pitinos team.

[imnotlistening2u]

did anyone get a chance to check out the Zags/Uconn game? I was there and it was a fucking madhouse. I can't believe the Zags didn't win that game. They had it. If the Zags get that board instead of Price getting it and drilling a difficult 3, they win the game. fuck. Pargo had some ungodly turnovers. oh well, at least they showed they can play with the top teams in the nation. But goddamn the Zags should have won, fuck.

[roccostiff]

I was disappointed with the ul lose to Minnesota. Always did like Tubby though. Looking foward to the uk/ul game.

[Tablefor5]

Ohio St is moving up the rankings! We shall see how they do in conference play!!!

[jizzay]

Is it wrong of me to be so happy Louisville lost to another unranked team? Fucking pathetic. Makes we wish Shasta was back just so I can make fun of him for being a Cardinal fan.

[jizzay]

arggh, Edgar fucking Sosa. The Cats fought so hard to tie it up only to lose with a three with 3.4 left. Shit, shit, shit!!

[korporate]

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No kidding, what an incredible shot, great game

[korporate]

Jodie Meeks just had the game of a lifetime and UK will probably be ranked now, yet know one says anything on here. Is there anybody still watching NCAA basketball?

[beastley]

im watching....my gators barely win and having an overall mediocre season...but the record is what counts, and we're 2-0 in SEC play, baby!!

[imnotlistening2u]

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i saw that game, he was unconscious. he was losing people left and right and knocking down his shots, it was a great performance. Not to mention he also had 8 boards.

[beastley]

HOLY SHIT if u can watch that 6 OT cuse/uconn game and not be amazed, u are not a true sports fan.

I turned it on at the end of the 4th, and was hooked for over an hr.

Insanity. Pure Insanity.

Hats off to all the people involved, even cuse's walk on who grabbed his first reb of the season. Amazing game

[Its Just Ol' Red]

dude, i watched that game from start to finish! it was amazing! easily one of the best all time games i ever seen. props to syracuse, johnny flynn is the man

[roccostiff]

Well UK is done for the year. Maybe NIT bound for them.

[artaco]

Let the games begin. Off to the bar to get drunk and watch the tourney.
Go UConn.

[Carlos Spicy Wiener]

Go Sacramento Kings!!!!!!!!!!! Oh wait I don't give a fuck about basketball......wow thought I might waste my day seeing the next group of pre Madonna's getting ready to play in the NBA.

[tlock]

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fire it up...best two weeks of the year

[Riddler]

Does anyone else think Memphis is overrated? If it weren't for Sallie stepping up they would have been toast!

[beastley]

who you guys got in the final four?

i made two brackets, uconn wins both times

[tlock]

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I got memphis, louisville, pitt and UNC with UNC winning

[pmpn8ez112]

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+1 for me

[imnotlistening2u]

Zags > UNC

[Tablefor5]

I got Michigan State, Memphis, Pitt, & UNC in one bracket...with UNC taking home the trophy


My 2nd bracket I have Kansas, Pitt, UNC, & Louisville...with Pitt winning.

[roccostiff]

Damn I wish Western Ky would have pulled that game out..

[Tablefor5]

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they forgot to play defense for that last 8 seconds...

[d_b_99]

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Yeah a team hyphenated KY let their opponents slip through and penetrate. Who could have seen that coming?

[MillyMc]

Im already fucked in my bracket and my girl is gonna beat me for the third year in a row. Damn you West Virginia and WF!!!!:mad:

[beastley]

yo i hate it when girls pick brackets(no offense to the women) cuz they just always pick the top seeds...and last year that was exactly what happened, and i looked like a chump

[korporate]

Coach Cal to Kentucky, fucking amazing, in one move UK made themselves a contender again

[tlock]

they will be legit in 2 seasons. Cal will bring some top recruits and turn that program around...great hire!

[roccostiff]

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Yes this is a great hire for UK. I'm a big Pitino fan and think this rivalry will be great .

[artaco]

Fuck Izzo. Home town Bull shit.

[dragosani]

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he still had to make it to the final four to play at home... having the finals here didn't help U of M at all. I'm surprised they even won a game.

[Five Inch Taint]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP)?Memphis will be forced to vacate the record 38 victories from its Final Four season of 2007-08 under former coach John Calipari because of NCAA violations, The Commercial Appeal reported.

The newspaper, citing an unidentified source close to the situation, said on its Web site Wednesday night the NCAA will release findings of its investigation Thursday. The Commercial Appeal said it was unaware of any penalties beyond this season.

The NCAA investigated whether someone took the SAT exam for a player on that Final Four team. Memphis was notified of potential violations in January and met with the governing body in June.

The NCAA has said an unknown person took the college entrance exam for a player?with his knowledge?and that the player used it to get admitted. The governing body says the athlete played for the Tigers only in the 2007-08 season and the 2008 NCAA tournament. Just one person fits that description: Derrick Rose, the Chicago Bulls? No. 1 overall draft pick in 2008 and its rookie of the year.

?I know I didn?t do anything wrong,? Rose said two weeks ago.

The NCAA planned a conference call for Thursday afternoon, and Memphis president Shirley Raines told The Associated Press the school would follow with a news conference.

Memphis coach Josh Pastner declined to comment early Thursday, deferring to university officials.

Memphis finished 38-2 in 2007-08, setting the NCAA record for wins in a season. The Tigers lost 75-68 to Kansas in overtime in the national championship game.

It would be the second time both Memphis and Calipari had to vacate Final Four seasons. The Tigers were stripped of their 1985 appearance and Calipari?s Massachusetts team lost its 1996 berth.

Memphis athletic director R.C. Johnson, coach Josh Pastner and a team spokesman couldn?t be reached for comment Wednesday night.

Calipari, appearing at the Kentucky State Fair on Thursday, would not elaborate because the report had not been officially released.

?We don?t know anything because I?m not going to comment because I have to wait on the finding,? Calipari said. ?I would be disappointed if that?s what they chose to do.?

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, appearing with Calipari on Thursday, said he?s not concerned about the troubles at Memphis following Calipari to the Wildcats.

?I?m not worried about it because they have never said Coach Cal did anything wrong at all,? Beshear said. ?I think he?s a very upstanding guy. I think that?s his reputation and I think that reputation will be with him here. I really don?t foresee any problems.?

Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart, who hired Calipari from Memphis this year, declined to comment.

Barnhart told the AP last week that he?s not concerned about the potential violations that became known only after Calipari was hired. The coach has not been deemed ?at risk? by the NCAA, and Barnhart stressed Calipari is eager to help the Wildcats win the right way.

?There?s one thing John says, ?I want my banners to count for something and I want to put the rings on the fingers and let them stay there,?? Barnhart said. ?That?s important to him and so he is embracing any help that we give him to make sure we?re able to, at the end of the day, not have to look over our shoulders and worry.?


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[McHookerino]

I was reading about that this morning, good for everyone else that lost to them

[roccostiff]

Tennessee beats Kansas.. Hell Tennessee is missing several of their players.. Great game.

[skywalker]

We should do some kind of march madness pool/tourney. I know it's a little early but we could be thinking about logistics. We could wager credits or something. Could be fun.

[cjayb]

Don't bet on Syracuse!

[roccostiff]

Florida in???? Miss st should have been in before them..

[Tablefor5]

murray State!!!!!!!!!

[roccostiff]

How about Ohio.....

[Tablefor5]

Some great games so far today!!!! And it is only day #1!!!!!!

[Fever]

Kansas -----> done.

St. Mary's!!!!!

[Tablefor5]

My bracket is fucked!

[Homo_Explosion]

Every year the same fucking bullshit.

How the fuck does Kansas lose like that???

[Tablefor5]

No Iowa was lighting it up from the outside!

Impressing everyone!!!

Its making that bracket easier for the buckeyes w/ KU and G-Town gone!

[curleyman39]

I landed floor seat for the Providence rounds 1 & 2. The Georgetown upset was a great game but then the Villanova upset was amazing..

http://lakecityquietpills.com/photo/multihost/images/60706076820858027054.jpg

What was I thinking??? Here's what I was watching.

http://lakecityquietpills.com/photo/multihost/images/68128848437770982856.jpg

One on the left has an amazing ass for a skinnnnnnny girl.

http://lakecityquietpills.com/photo/multihost/images/92209138977093778947.jpg

[skywalker]

^^^ Those are probably really cool pics there curleyman. Next week when I get my 46" 1080P flat screen monitor installed I'll have to come back to this thread so I can actually see more than 10% of the picture at once.

[Tablefor5]

Damn Xavier went to double overtime last night and I missed it....

And yeah dumbass...resize your pictures!

[beastley]

its baaaaaaack!! BILLY BALL! LETS GO GATORS!

we can def do a tourney pick em by the way for some credits or whatever similar to the world cup tourney!

[Tablefor5]

WOOHOO Buckeyes Destroyed the Gators last night...

Lookout!!!

[beastley]

yeah it was a good game...until we let our little guys run the show. erving walker(11) and kenny boynton (1) are great shooters, but cant let them take over(or try) a game bc they usu fuck shit up, esp against good teams.

we'll be fine, just sorta glad this was in the beg of the season. we should be fine in the sec. gotta get smarter as a team overall.

and screw sullinger, i think lighty was the most impressive player last night.

[Tablefor5]

i like this thread, but completely annoyed by the extremely large, annoying pictures on this page.

[beastley]

agreed...i just hold the space bar down to get by it all

[Tablefor5]

Be careful of the Big 10. Especially in Puerto Ricl

Minnesota beats No. 8 UNC 72-67 in Puerto Rico

[Tablefor5]

Great game tonight between Duke and Michigan State!!!

[beastley]

ahhh fucking gators....outside of macklin, we shoot 20% from the field????

billy d has a lotta work to do. glad we get knocked out of top 25, maybe we'll finally learn to play the right way

[Tablefor5]

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wow, you guys dropped fast

[beastley]

well hasnt happened yet. but it will

[Tablefor5]

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considering, I think they were 9th when the Buckeyes played them.

[beastley]

so, from my calculations, we need 23 more posts before we get to another page and away from those huge pix. (i do 40 per page)

so my response, though, is that yeah the gators got a lot of preseason hype mostly unnecessarily considering we were so shitty last yr. main reason is because the sec lost a lot of talent, and we were the only team to return the starting 5. never mind our starting 5 needs some changing up.

[Tablefor5]

just do the "quick reply message" on the bottom right and you won't be going back and forth.

I was pulling for Michigan State last night but they just couldn't even get a lead against Duke

[beastley]

yeah i know i use quick reply, but i still have to scroll left and right. sigh
yeah im a duke hater. didnt watch the whole game, but heard kyrie went off at the end. was really rooting for butler last yr. could u imagine if they had won? wow

[Tablefor5]

Buckeyes take over the #1 spot with Duke losing to Florida State. Buckeyes need to play lights out from here on out to hold onto it. They have been winning but it has been ugly!!!

[beastley]

our win over fsu earlier this year looks so much better now...yeah boy! go gators! we're gonna get our shit together sooner or later this season

[beastley]

go gators! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQQOejC6ok0

[Tablefor5]

Buckeyes by 23 over #12 Purdue! Great win!

[roccostiff]

Great win for Louisville....

[Bob Wehadababyitsboy]

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They got lucky...yet again

[HUBER]

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Luckily Louisville loses again.


GO CATS!:evilgrin:

[roccostiff]

glad to see uk lose tonight ..

[Bob Wehadababyitsboy]

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You still bitter over that beat down the Cats gave the Tards in the Bucket?

[beastley]

GATORS! Hell of a game, bad decision methinks to take the possible GW 3. A 2 would probably have been available. I'd be lying if I said I thought we were getting off with this one, the way we tried to give it away. Oh well, a win's a win!

[Bob Wehadababyitsboy]

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That's what I was thinking when I was watching...why the hell shoot the fucking three? make the two and go to OT!

[Bob Wehadababyitsboy]

C-A-T-S, cats cats cats. UK's return to the top spot, thanks to the Shit Heel's meltdown, should make for a fun week here in KY!!

[beastley]

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agreed....lets hope uf, uk, bama, can all stay relevant this yr...SEC hoops could be back on the rise...

[beastley]

oh yeah....i almost forgot: GO GATORS!