Battle of the Bench Reactions: Hawai'i' vs Monmouth.
Battle of the Bench Reactions: Hawai'i' vs Monmouth.
Duke is being handled by Miami -- not great for us.
I'm curious -- what would be best for us? Duke wins? A close game? I'm not being snarky, I just don't know.Originally Posted by justaute
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It's been a long time since I've seen this happen. Probably more rare than the ball coming to rest on the back of the rim.
A missed dunk when the net snaps the ball back up and out of the rim.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:14683537
Report: Louisville to self impose a post-season ban.
“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Awesome.
The players that didn't get screwed end up being screwed.
Ranked teams went 7-10 today.
I went and watched my five year old nephew play Jr Jazz this afternoon. The refs only blow the whistle when the ball goes out of bounds or on jump balls. When the kids pick up the ball, tuck it and start running the ref simply admonishes them: "You need to dribble!" But no traveling calls.
Anywho, Grayson Allen's double travel on the game winner was far worse than anything in my nephew's game.
(Very unrelated note: The famous Crazy Lady that dances at RES was at the game, apparently she has a grandson on my nephew's team. She didn't dance).
Villanova earns its first-ever No. 1 ranking in the AP poll. Among P5 schools, only Maryland, Purdue and Utah have made it to No. 2 without ever having made it to No. 1.
What a game! Duke vs Carolina brings back great memories. Duke definitely stole this one.
#3, 4, and 5 all lost tonight.
Oklahoma to Texas Tech
iowa St to Penn St
NC to Duke
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
Good night for Utah's RPI wins by Duke, Texas Tech and Miami
We're really getting down to the exciting part of the regular season. Some standings thoughts:
In the American, there are 4 teams (Temple, SMU, Cincy, and UConn) within a game of first place.
In the A-10, St Joe's, Dayton, and VCU are tied at 11-2.
In the ACC, there are 6 teams (Miami, UNC, UVa, Louisville, Duke, and ND) within a game of first.
In the Big12, Kansas might keep the streak going! They have a one game lead on West Va and two games on the rest of the pack.
Villanova has a two game lead in the Big East.
In the Big10, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, and Wisconsin are all within a game of each other.
SDSU has the MWC all but wrapped up.
Kentucky has a 1 game lead over LSU and two games over the rest of the SEC.
I'm laid up in bed today, so it was March Madness one week early. Saw the Utes win, Kentucky loses, Tarheels lose, and the cherry on top was Kyle Collinsworth losing on senior night as Nick Emery bricked back to back open threes at the end. Solid day of hoops.
I was torn on the BYU/Gonzaga outcome. I'd like to see Gonzaga miss the tournament for the first time in 18 years.
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“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
Game was probably inconsequential in that regard. Both will likely need to win the conference tourney to get a bid.
"Don't apologize; it's not your fault. It's my fault for overestimating your competence."
Wanna bet? Gonzaga's got too much goodwill built up to be excluded just yet. Even BYU, post-Jimmer, kept getting at least play-in bids while not even winning that regular season title. Gonzaga is in.
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I tend to agree. They are 21-7, with their worst loss being to UCLA. I think a loss tonight would have buried their at large chances. Their RPI is around 70, but with some bubble team losses and their reputation, they could sneak in with a loss to St Mary's in the WCC championsip game in their tournament.
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
I would guess BYU still has a okay shot at stealing a bid since there's no runaway favorite in Vegas.
The best situation would be for one of the other teams to win the wcc tourney. San Fran or pepperdine or something.
No. That's a one bid league. And it's not going to them.
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I agree it's a one bid league. Hasn't everyone pretty much beaten everyone over there? Seems pretty much up for grabs. I admit that last night was my first wcc viewing experience this season.
An updated article. Conference races are coming into focus:
http://www.si.com/college-basketball...c-pac-12-races
Duke went down at Pitt.
Such a perfectly hilarious title to this article.
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I was watching the beginning of the Virginia-Louisville game when this happened.
The play by play guys didn't even flinch. Is the granny making a comeback?
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He has used that shot all season.I was watching the beginning of the Virginia-Louisville game when this happened.
The play by play guys didn't even flinch. Is the granny making a comeback?
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I pointed it out to my boys earlier this year and used the opportunity to talk about Rick Barry.
ACC announces it will go to 20 conference games in hoops. I think this is great. I would like the Pac-12 to do the same. Seems like it would make everyone's job a little easier to not have to schedule as many OOC games, and it would make our OOC griping a little less relevant.
But it also means with a year like last year the conference beats up on itself more.
Reality is they need to come to a national scheduling agreement in both football and basketball, having each major conference do it differently just makes no sense.
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Beating yourself up as a conference doesn't cost you as much in basketball as it does in football. The ACC, in particular, is just fine when they beat themselves up.
The tournament selection is ridiculously tied to numbers, and a move like this probably increases the SOS and RPI for most conference teams.
Maybe. Maybe not. It still needs to be the same across the board.
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