College Hoops 2011-2012 season thread

[Emperor Smeat]

Probably going to be the only basketball games in a while considering the NBA lockout is currently in a huge mess.

Still hate Verizon Fios for the lack of local sports channel which means I'm going to miss out on all of URI's games and even A-10 games and some non-ESPN Big East games that Cox Cable carries.

[RP]

Robbie Hummel can fuck my sisters right now and I would high five him afterwards.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Jeremy Lamb is a fucking beast.</font>

[ClockShot]

Kemba Walker is probably kicking himself for leaving early. Please come back. :'(

[Droford]

If I didnt have to go to work tomorrow Id probably watch some of these games in this 24 hour marathon. Nothing like a live basketball game at 4am.

[RP]

Robbie Hummel, 18pts, 5 boards, 4 ast, 1 block. Filling it up and topping it off. The Golden God is back!

[RP]

Robbie Hummel will be National Player of The Year. Just gunna go ahead and call that now.

[Droford]

OK St's womens coaches both died in a plane crash.

10 years ago they lost 10 people affiliated with the Mens basketball team in a plane crash.

[RP]

Robbie Hummel show on ESPNU right now.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Purdue coming to Xavier on Saturday. Might have to try to get tickets for that.

But more importantly, Ohio State vs. Duke tonight.

[RP]

Purdue v Xavier is a huge game. If my car wasn't jacked up right now, is road trip that. You'll enjoy the Robbie Hummel show.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Tremendous brawl to end the Xavier/Cincy game today. Best I've seen since the pistons/pacers riot.

[owenbrown]

Press Conference with Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin

http://www.gobearcats.com/allaccess/?media=273285

[RP]

That shot by Watford will become a thing of legends in Indiana. If you don't live in IN or KY, you might not get it, but there is a massive rivalry from High School to college basketball with these two states. Watford will never have to pay for a meal in this state again.

[RP]

http://www.imgur.com/nqlh2.jpg

[Supreme Olajuwon]

ya pretty amazing moment

[owenbrown]

Cincy-Xavier update:

Cincinnati and Xavier each suspended four players Sunday for their roles in a brawl that ended the Bearcats' blowout loss to No. 8 Xavier a day earlier.

Yancy Gates, Octavius Ellis and Cheikh Mbodj will be suspended six games each, the school said in a news release. Ge'Lawn Guyn will be banned for one game.

Mick Cronin Could See Trouble Brewing
The brawl at the end of Saturday's game was so crazy, Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin needed to spend time with his daughter to get away from the stress. Then he sat down and watched the video, writes Andy Katz. Blog

Xavier suspended Landen Amos and Dez Wells four games each, Mark Lyons two games, and Tu Holloway one game.

Cincinnati's suspensions will begin with the Bearcats' next game Wednesday at Wright State. They include the NCAA's one-game suspensions that automatically result for ejections from fighting. The suspended players will not travel to the Wright State game, Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin told ESPN.com.

Cronin also said he could still add to his players' suspensions.

"After reviewing all available video and giving due deliberation to the seriousness of this behavior, we have decided to take these actions," Cincinnati athletic director Whit Babcock said in the statement. "We want to deal with this in a prompt and direct manner and send the message that we will not tolerate this from those who have the privilege of representing the University of Cincinnati."

Gates connected with a punch to Xavier's Kenny Frease and Mbodj then stepped on Frease, who emerged with a bloodied face and a black eye.

The fight forced game officials to call the 76-53 win for Xavier with 9.4 seconds left on Saturday.

Officials amended the postgame box score and ejected Gates, Mbodj and Xavier's Wells, who will also be required to miss at least one game based on the NCAA mandate.

"We accept full responsibility for our part in the events that occurred at the end of our game yesterday," Xavier athletic director Mike Bobinski said in a statement Sunday. "It was both embarrassing and disappointing and clearly did not reflect the standards of behavior we expect from our student-athletes. We resolve to do whatever is necessary to prevent an incident like this from occurring in the future. Additionally, we regret the poorly-chosen words our student-athletes used in the post-game press conference and have addressed the matter with them."

Big East associate commissioner Dan Gavitt said the NCAA rule cannot be appealed, and if any player is suspended for a game because of a fight and gets in another altercation, then he would be suspended for the rest of the season.

"The very unfortunate events that occurred in the final seconds of Saturday's Cincinnati-Xavier basketball game have no place within intercollegiate athletics," Big East commissioner John Marinatto said Sunday in a statement. "The University of Cincinnati has responded with swift, expeditious and appropriate action, which the Big East Conference fully supports."

[Hanso Amore]

Had no idea where Xavier was until this week. Like I knew of the school, but never really knew where.

[Emperor Smeat]

:lol: Wisconsin has some really bad luck right now with clocks.

Lost last night in football due to the clock and now tonight at home they had their clocks not synched up for the final play which erased the game winning shot. Refs decided the backboard clock was correct instead of potentially the side table clock which would have made the shot count.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

cmon temple

[Gertner]

Great game between Duke and Temple.

Michigan State and Michigan both great this year. Gonna be a good rivalry.

[DAMN iNATOR]

Great game between Duke and Temple.

Michigan State and Michigan both great this year. Gonna be a good rivalry.

Yeah, Sparties hoops have already well exceeded my wildest expectations. I didn't think they'd be @ 14-2 at this juncture, seeing as how it's somewhat of a rebuilding year, but I'm pleasantly surprised to see I was wrong so far.

[ClockShot]

UConn coach Jim Calhoun is taking an indefinate medical leave.

Get well soon, coach. :'(

[RP]

Looks like Purdue will be dancing in the NIT this year.

[DAMN iNATOR]

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/M5YR5jBWcC8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
HA HA, FUCK OHIO STATE!

[RP]

BOILERMAKER RESURGENCE!!!!

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>FUCK I thought UConn was gonna pull it out</font> :(

[Supreme Olajuwon]

http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/418140_856676970540_21900545_38365445_1258552268_n.jpg



Got seats to the Xavier game tonight that had access to the club bar or whatever it is. Was pretty tits. Good game too.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

also check out that popped collar

these two guys in front of us were twins and were so obnoxious. every time something good happened the one on the left would raise his glass like he was toasting them. homosexuals.

[Anybody Thrilla]

Ugh, go Bearcats

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>What a game! UConn</font> :love:

[Emperor Smeat]

Yeah the Big East tournament is easily the best of all the tournaments leading up to the big one. Sucks that this year might be the last great year due to a bunch of members leaving.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Damn. UConn couldn't make a shot when it mattered most today.</font>

[OssMan]

Let's go NC State

also GMU GMU GMU

which Virginia team will make the Final Four this year

[Emperor Smeat]

Bracket was released with Kentucky, UNC, Michigan State, and Syracuse getting #1 seeds. Kentucky is the #1 overall.

Duke got protected as a #2 seed since they play as usual in Greensboro but are in Kentucky's bracket. Kentucky and UNC were still rewarded with #1 seeds while Kansas was out of the running for a #1 seed.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7672422/bracket-selections

A-10 did really great with 4 teams even though ESPN kept pushing for a 2 or less for the conference so that the Pac-12 and SEC could get more teams. Mountain West also got 4 teams in while the Pac-12 got punished with just 2 teams.

[ClockShot]

Duke don't got an easy road this season. Surprised my UConn Huskies made it in even though it was a down year. However, looks like Syracuse got an easy route to the final 4. Probably because they're on their way out of the Big East after this season.

[SammyG]

MONTANA OVER WISCONSIN NIGGGAAAA

[Savio]

we gonna have a bracket group?

[OssMan]

Yeah where's the pick them

[RoXer]

RP always starts it

[Skippord]

I got an email from RP starting it

[RoXer]

RP's group:

Group ID#: 162655
Password: kramer

[ClockShot]

'Cuse's Fab Melo is inelligible for the tourney.

That changes things.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Just changed my bracket, have them getting knocked out in the Sweet 16. With Florida State advancing out of that group.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>The tournament is 2 games old and Iona probably have the biggest choke job trophy locked up already.</font>

[Supreme Olajuwon]

so South Florida is pretty good

[OssMan]

Go NC STATE, go VCU, go Xavier, go UVA, go Georgetown.

Boo Duke, boo UNC, boo UCONN, boo Indiana, boo Michigan St., boo BYU.

[Kris P Lettus]

Southern Miss Golden Eagles

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Droford]

does krispy have any other teams he wants to jinx?

Also, I know its early but Syracuse looks bad. Wonder if they'll be the first #1 seed to lose to a #16.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>The officiating has been horseshit. I'm going to be rooting so hard against Syracuse now. Completely undeserving win.</font>

[OssMan]

What happened to March Madness On Demand? Used to be free, looks like you have to pay now :n: capitalism

[RoXer]

i know

http://www.vipbox.tv/sports/basketball.html

[Emperor Smeat]

What a great game between VCU-Wichita State and the usual 12 over 5 seed match.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Went 12/16 on the first day. Was undone by Long Beach State, Wichita State, UConn, and UNLV. Fortunately I had all of them getting dumped out in the next round anyway.</font>

[ClockShot]

Damn, UConn men. First round exit.

EVERY anaylist had them going up against Kentucky.

Dunno if Calhoun is gonna be around next season with his health and all, but he better bring in a damn good crop of players next season.

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>I have no idea what UConn are going to do in terms of recruiting next year. The fact that they're 99% likely to already be ruled out of the tourney will probably make them unattractive to touted recruits, especially recruits that are hoping to only stay a year.

I'm expecting Drummond and a few others to leave for the NBA too...even though I really don't think anybody on the team has shown that they're ready for it.</font>

[Evil Vito]

<font color=goldenrod>Texas has scored 2 points in 12 minutes. And I picked them. Think I went overboard in trying to predict the upsets when history has shown that upsets don't happen that often. Last year was an aberration.</font>

[Kris P Lettus]

does krispy have any other teams he wants to jinx?



How is pulling for the school both my parents went to "jixning" them??

I could really give a fuck about college b-ball until the sweet 16 anyway..

[ClockShot]

Norfolk St. bounced Mizzou, Duke's on the verge.

[Corndad]

RIP My Bracket.

[Emperor Smeat]

:rofl: Duke

People will remember their loss a lot more than Mizzou's.

Only reason it got close late was all those 3s Duke took eventually had to have a few go in.

[ClockShot]

Down goes Duke. No free ride for them.

[Crimson]

Wow two 2 seeds go down..fantastic!

[OssMan]

aaaaaand virginia schools continue to provide the best moments in the ncaa tournament

[Supreme Olajuwon]

I like that Norfolk St doesn't have a single white guy on their team or coaching staff.

[D Mac]

Norfolk Fucking State? You go to be fucking kidding me. What the fucking fuck. :mad:

[OssMan]

That's what you get for picking a gay ass team like duke

[Crimson]

I went "chalk" for like the first time ever. Really f'd up bracket now -_-

[D Mac]

That's what you get for picking a gay ass team like duke

NF State beat Mizzou, where I live. I hate Duke.

[Emperor Smeat]

13 seeds quietly reaching the same status a 12 seed has now since its been about 4-5 years in a row a #13 upset a #4.

[OssMan]

NF State beat Mizzou, where I live. I hate Duke.
Oh word yeah. Still gotta represent norfolk though

[Emperor Smeat]

Georgetown really has a bad habit of loosing games they shouldn't in recent tournaments. I think the year of OSU vs Florida in the title game was the last time they lost to a single digit seed.

[RP]

Come on Boilers! You can fucking do this!

[OssMan]

Purdue should have won, that is dum. I hope NC State can match up with Kansas.

[Tom Guycott]

HA HA, FUCK OHIO STATE!

FUCK YOU TOO!!!

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Ohio!

[RP]

Crying

[Savio]

'Cuse's Fab Melo is inelligible for the tourney.

That changes things.
I have them losing next game, would be cool if they prove me wrong.

[ClockShot]

UConn's Alex Oriakhi is transfering out so he got a shot to play in the Tournament next year since UConn is facing that ban right now.

Good riddance then. So you're not gonna make the big dance. Tell that to all the players who never make it there in the college careers.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

That's not smart most schools won't transfer credits unless they are C-Minus are better. He'll never graduate knowing what UConn got in trouble for. :D

[Emperor Smeat]

Wouldn't he miss next year's tournament anyways due to the NCAA requiring a transfer to sit out a whole season?

[ClockShot]

Supposedly he's eligible.

[Droford]

lol wisconsin had 15 seconds to score to win and couldnt do it..

[Emperor Smeat]

Why was Wisconsin going for a three when they were down by 1 and had the last possession.

They didn't even really try to move the ball into the paint while Cuse just defended the 3 point area very well.

[Savio]

Louisville is about to fuck my bracket.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Louisville just knocked out one of my final fours. Still have Kentucky, North Carolina and Syracuse....for now.

[Droford]

only teams I have left are Kentucky, Kansas and Syracuse.

Was correct about Michigan St getting bounced in the sweet 16, just had Long Beach St doing it..oh well.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Though I do lead in correct picks so there's that!! 92nd percentile! Woo woo woo you know it!

[Ermaximus]

Holding strong with my Final Four right now. Gators, Wildcats, Orangemen, and Wolfpack are all still there.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Buckeyessssssssssssss

Also LOL Sparty

[Savio]

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/8423/deletebk.png

My east bracket went pretty well no?

[Emperor Smeat]

Louisville vs Florida was probably the best game for the Elite 8.

Kansas winning meant I got 3 of the Final 4 correctly (Mizzou was the other).

[OssMan]

All teams I hate are gone I think

[DAMN iNATOR]

God, fucking sucks OSU would be the only Big Ten team in this year's final four, but still feel "compelled" to root for them since I'd rather have the trophy here in the Big Ten than anywhere else, but probably over-fucking-rated Kentucky wins the whole thing.

Goddammit.http://www.tpww.net/forums/images/icons/icon8.gif

[Kris P Lettus]

UK is gonna win this game and whoever they play monday..

[Emperor Smeat]

I'd laugh if Callipari ends up loosing out on the title again due to a repeat of his teams sucking with FTs when it matters.

Louisville has been able to stay in the game due to Kentucky being poor with critical FTs just like Memphis was against Kansas when it mattered.

[ClockShot]

Other than Uconn, I've always had a soft spot for Kentucky when I was growing up. Like the team, but I hate Callipari as coach. I'd rather him be an NBA coach.

Hate his methods.

[Kris P Lettus]

Come on Kansas..

[Kris P Lettus]

nice

[Kris P Lettus]

Dude should have held it ofter the steal and let them come foul him..

[Emperor Smeat]

Kansas got a bit sloppy at the end but great game between them and Ohio State.

Callipari has to deal with Kansas again if he wants the title.

[RP]

can't see Kentucky losing

[ClockShot]

UConn women go down the the Irish. They've had our number all season. With Tenneesee on the decline, they might our new top rival.

Hopefully Stanford can pull off the shocker of the tournament and take down Baylor.

[owenbrown]

Wanted the Kentucky women to get the upset since they made the Elite Eight and lost to UConn but oh well...

[owenbrown]

Also this is a good idea...

http://www.denverpost.com/paige/ci_20300443/ncaa-should-name-womens-final-four-trophy-summitt

WOODY PAIGE
Woody Paige: NCAA should name women's Final Four trophy for Pat Summitt
POSTED: 04/01/2012 01:00:00 AM MDT
UPDATED: 04/01/2012 01:55:29 AM MDT By Woody Paige
The Denver Post

On the 30th anniversary of the women's first NCAA championship, the Final Four has it all at a mile high, rising to basketball's pinnacle and Summitt.

Today, only a few blocks away from where James A. Naismith kept the original 13 rules of the game he conceived in the 1890s, folded and stashed in a desk drawer of his YMCA office, Baylor plays Stanford, and Notre Dame confronts Connecticut in the most heralded and stimulating semifinals in tournament history.

In between games, 20,000 people crammed in The Can will stand in salute of Tennessee farm girl Patricia Head Summitt.

Pat is the winningest, and probably best, ever to coach college basketball — women's basketball and men's basketball.

Pat the Lady Vol, and, more important, Pat the Woman Pioneer, has more victories than any other men's or women's coach (1,098), more women's NCAA titles (eight), more Final Four appearances (18), more former players who became head coaches (45) and more accomplishments overall as a player, a coach, an innovator, an ambassador, a friend and an educator (every player who has completed her eligibility at Tennessee earned a degree).

And Pat has, sadly, Alzheimer's.

A year after John Wooden, the Wizard of Westwood, died at 99, the Empress of Knoxville, only 59, publicly acknowledged last August she had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia.

She continued to coach the Volunteers this season, winning her 16th SEC tournament championship and advancing to the Elite Eight before losing to Baylor last Monday.

A member of the school's athletic department told me Pat was steadfastly determined to come to Denver for The Final Four. On Saturday, Summitt showed up at the arena during — oddly enough — the workout of longtime archrival UConn — and talked with coach Geno Auriemma. Courtside, she signed autographs and accepted well-wishes from the crowd that surrounded her. Nobody is certain if this will be her last trip to the Final Four. She can coach at Tennessee as long as she wants, but how long will she want to?

When Patricia Sue Head, then 22, abruptly was named the Tennessee coach in 1974 and was barely older than her players, there was no NCAA Tournament for women; in fact, there was no officially sanctioned NCAA women's basketball.

In rural northern Tennessee, "Trish" played on a six-girl high school basketball team — with three players on the offensive side of midcourt, the other three playing defense full time.

The young coach's first successful battle was to end the six-player game; her next was to help with the institution of Title IX — which offered equal rights, equal number of sports, equal scholarships for women's college sports. Then she led the effort among coaches to begin an NCAA championship tournament. That first year, 1982, in Norfolk, Va., Tennessee lost in the Final Four to Louisiana Tech.

Pat won her first championship in 1987, produced the first three-peat, won the Final Four in three different decades and last won the title in '07 and '08.

It gets even more incredible. When Tennessee built a massive new basketball arena, the Lady Vols, not the men's Vols, were responsible for filling it, setting women's basketball season and one-game (24,653) attendance records.

Twice, Tennessee administrators asked Summitt to take over as coach of the men's program, but she declined. She was named the women's coach of the century. She was voted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

As the oldest player (25), she won a silver medal on the first women's Olympic basketball team, and was coach of the 1984 gold medalists. She will be introduced between games today with the other former Olympic coaches.

Baylor coach Kim Mulkey played for Summitt in the Olympics. Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer patterned her program after Summitt's. Auriemma, who could tie Summitt's Final Four achievement with a championship, maintained a war of words toward his adversary for years, but Pat never responded. And Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw has been Summitt's contemporary for a quarter-century.

In December, Summitt was chosen Sports Illustrated's Sportswoman of the Year.

The two most famous University of Tennessee sports figures are Pat and Peyton, the Broncos' new quarterback.

The last time I talked to Pat, she was dressed as a Volunteers cheerleader. In 2007, the Tennessee men's coach (one of nine during Summitt's span of success), Bruce Pearl, and Pat asked me to address a basketball boosters meeting in Knoxville. Pearl had recently painted his chest orange for a Lady Vols game, and Summitt reciprocated by donning a cheerleaders outfit for a men's game, climbing atop a human pyramid during a timeout and singing "Rocky Top."

"I'm just an ol' country girl. This isn't something I'd normally do, but it's fun," she said to me, then laughingly added, "for one time."

Perhaps tonight, when she stands out above the crowd, it will be fun for her one more time.

The NCAA should honor Pat by naming the award given to the Final Four women's champions "The Summitt Trophy."

All that Pat Summitt has done for women, and for basketball, must not be forgotten.