NCAA College Basketball 2005-2006 Thread
 

First off. IU fan here .


Anyways. Arizona and Washington are having another epic game in the Pac 10 today.

This kid just hit a 3 at the buzzard to tie the game and its in overtime now.

Brandon Roy is the person for the Huskies who hit the shot. He's clutch as hell.

And Hassan Adams looks like one the Lebrons.

Hassan Adams :cool:

UofA needs this to get back in the rankings.

This Brandon Roy kid is really good. He's gunna be one of those guys that are spoken highly of towards the end of the year. He reminds me of Shawn Marion.

I once schooled Brandon Roy in a game of foozball. No joke.

Larry Bird is my cousin

Last year the Big East decided to admit South Florida into the conference instead of Memphis. Whoops.

:lol: Yah

I guess they thought there would be more talent coming from South Florida.

"Arizona stuns No. 7 Washington in 2OT"


...I wasn't stunned at all.

Washington had the nation's longest home win streak and beat Gonzaga earlier this year. It's a little surprising

Mizzou sucks, but hey, there's always the kansas game

Oh yeah, the streak. I suppose.

If Nate Robinson had came back for his senior season then Washington might have been ranked number 1.

My surprise team so far: Florida ( After losing Roberson, Lee, and Walsh I thought they would me lucky to make the NCAAS but they are looking like a contender)

The disspointment so far: Stanford (They was hyped to be very good and have talent but are 4-6)

MSU-Ohio ST in double overtime.

Damn Cuse didn't give up. :y:

Christian Moody sucks, ahh haha haha. Thomas Gardner is the man.

IU vs Illinois:cool:

Killingsworth is a monster

Roderick Wilmont will be the man

Pretty awesome game. I used to kind of root for Illinois, but the IU fans made me root for them tonight. Awesome game.

I feel if Indiana played Duke at this point in the season instead of early on they would get the win.

Wisconsin has a huge matchup tomorrow night against OSU, we need to keep our winning ways going!

FIRE MIKE DAVIS

Bobby Knight should go back to Indiana since Miles Brand is no longer there, and that way Texas Tech would suck again

BIG win for UK last night now hopefully they can best the bottom of the SEC before their big games against Miss St. and Florida.

UK was my preseason National Champion.

Last night was rediculous. They were talking about UK and kansas, and who has a better chance of making a run in March. I don't think these teams are even comparable. UK is a bunch of awesome sophomores, ku is a bunch of freshman. UK has a much better coach. These two teams aren't even in the same league right now. UK could potentially be really good come tourny time, ku I doubt will even come close.

You guys think the record of 7 teams from one conference making the NCAA tournament is gonna be broken this year? I've been hearing a lot about the Big East maybe pulling it off.

Well the Big 12 could potentially only put three teams in, so who knows

The way it looks now the Big East will have at least 6 teams in the tourney so 7 or 8 is definately a possibility depending how Marquette, Rutgers, Georgetown, and Notre Dame fair in conference play. I wouldn't be shocked if they got 9 teams in.

I had never seen Dukes home game until last night

its the most annoying shit ever

its funny though when their shot gets blocked and the other team gets a rebound

all the fans shut the fuck up

They said the Big East could even get 10 teams in the tourney.

ESPN has Nebraska in their bracketology right now :|

I hope everyone watched the Crosstown Shootout last night as it was fantastic.

Xavier is looking like they could do things this year.

Even tho I don't know like Duke at all, their arena is pretty sick. The atmosphere in the place is crazy. It must be an awesome place to play for Duke players, and an even better place to beat Duke if you're on the other team.

From SI:

PUNK'D by an unidentified Maryland fan, Duke's Cameron Crazies, who unknowingly mocked their team during a Jan. 26 home loss. Before the game Duke fans were told Maryland foward Nik Caner-Medley's girlfriend is named Myra and her pet name for him is Piggy. It was a hoax: When fans chanted, "Myra and Piggy," it sounded like they were saying "Myron Piggie" - the notorious summer-league coach who, it was revealed in 2001, had given money to former Duke star Corey Maggette

For some reason, I always thought that you couldn't have more than eight qualify from one conference. That was why they divided up the teams so strangely, so that teams couldn't play conference rivals until they reached the regional final.

Or, I could just have dreamt the whole thing, which would explain why Dick Vitale turned into Grimace and bit off Clark Kellogg's head during a brawl in the stands.

The feel down there is sick. No place compares to it.

Good point though, considering all fans shut up when a home guy gets rejected?

Duke losing to Georgetown 42-28 at the half.

Wisconsin loses to ND State 62-55 which really pisses me off. We really need to rebound from this loss.

Scoring 16 in a half usually won't help you win. Nice job Sconsin

lol, commentators have nothing to say during Duke games if they can't suck Redick's dick the whole time

Miz, I added you to MSN. And AIM. But you're never on. y not?

g towwwwwn

Dunno, got tired of instant messaging in high school. Way too many people know my SN that I don't want to talk to.

Has JJ Redick ever hit a big shot in his life? He cries about not getting foul calls more than Tim Duncan though, so props there

Why does everybody keep saying that? I rarely see Duncan complain.

Then you must not watch him much. Duncan bitches after every call. In his eyes, he never commits fouls and is fouled on every shot he takes.

Man Duke lost, Pitt lost, and Fla lost. I think G-town and Tenn should get NCAA bids now. And St. Johns after a bad start has officaly entered the bubble race with 2 HUGE wins this week vs Louisville and Pitt.

We got embarrassed, and I drove four hours to see it :(

UK came back from 18 down late in the first half to beat Arkansas by 2 and Minn shocked Indiana.

Golden Goofs gave IU a show, win their first Big 10 game

n.c state vs clemson was the best game i have ever seen

IU's going to be hurting without White.

phuck phlorida phate

BIG WIN for Nc St after their embarrsing home court loss to Seton Hall who was demolished by Duke earlier in the year. (although Hall may have got way better with a huge win tonight at Cuse)

:lol: the score for the SU vs Rutgers game just said

Rut 12
SU 1517
I wish I coulda got a screencap :(

listening to n.c state game on UVA radio right now...anyone know an n.c state radio station :rant:

MIZ-ZOU

Its in OT now. Experts claim if Cuse loses this game they might not make the tourney

If U of A ever loses, they most likely wont make it

Some think UK wont make it because they have had some bad losses and have been down double digits in all but 4 games this season. But I think they will make it even though they only got two major wins (West Virginia,Louisville)

After watching the Duke game aginst BC and as I am watching Duke/NC I have relized that...

JJ Reddick never passes.

fuck duke

As a result, they're in serious trouble as soon as they run into a physical opponent in the Tournament.

MSU beat up on JJ last year, and they beat Duke. Somebody else will use the same strategy this year.

Still a pretty wide-open field, though. UConn's probably the best team right now, but there are probably a good half dozen teams that could win it all this year.

:y:

Duke was very fortunate in their wins against UNC,BC,FSU,VT and Memphis. Like Dickie V said last night they were very lucky to win all five of those matchups.

Haha, you don't get lucky 5 times. You get lucky every once in a while, ala VT. They didn't get lucky against UNC, BC, or Memphis. FSU was a really good game, don't see how they got lucky in that one either. If by lucky you mean the games could have went either way, then yeah, but I don't consider that lucky. Lucky is hitting a half courter at the end of the game. Lucky is what we (Bama) did against Vandy last night. It just being a good game doesn't consist them as lucky. They are 21-1. Could they be 16-6? Very easily, but they aren't, because they know how to win.

:lol: @ Mike Davis trying to tank the season.

Lol, I was thinking the same thing as Outlaw. You don't just happen to beat five good teams because of luck.

Is it just the cool thing " Not " to call fouls on Sheldon Williams anymore? I hope that shit dont fly in the tournament, because Duke should have 2 more losses to there record if the refs did there jobs instead of swallowing there whistles.

I'd say its pretty lucky that FSU center Alexander Johnson got called for an intentional foul when he did absolutely nothing, the league agreed and suspended the referees. The free throw because of the foul was worth 1 point, the same amount Duke won by.

exactly that was no way intentional, plus Williams got by with a clear foul on BC in the final seconds of a close game that might have sent the game to OT.

He got away with a foul at the end of the VT game too. He's been bullet proof this year.

I read somewhere that the ACC believes that Duke gets help from the refs.

So does the rest of the country.

Meaning that the rest of the country believes that, not that the rest of the country gets help from the refs.

Quin Snyder resigned today, probably the biggest story I've ever worked on. We found out and went to the arena, and there was all sorts of press there but he was gone. My friend next door is the token white walk on, so he gave me a little scoop, but the press conference consisted of the media relations director reading two sentences that didn't actually say Quin has resigned, so it's a big mess. Anyway, maybe some positive energy will come out of Columbia now, people hated Quin for some reason.

Who will coach them next year? I seen former Charoltte and A and M coach Melvin Watkins is taking over for the rest of the season.

Yeah, Melvin looks to take over this year.

Rick Majerus is my choice, but it could be anybody right now. I think it's a midtake to take our chances on a mid-major coach though.

Guys guys guys...Duke players don't foul people, they are way too good. I only saw the Duke/BC game, as well as the Duke/UNC so I can't judge the other ones, but Williams raped Rice at the end of the BC game, I know you "let them play" towards the end but I don't think "letting them play" means you can get WWF clothline some dude to the ground while hes going for a layup. I'm not saying that cost BC the game because I think they probably would have still lost anyways, but it was pretty retarded. The whole end of that game was retarded though, BC tried to get a and1 call before that play, which they should have gotten and didn't (Dudley got hit like 3 times while shooting a lay up) I think they should have just realized that Duke is invincable at the end of the game and should have just went for the 3 instead of driving the ball.

Duke is real good this year, but I don't see them winning it all. Even though Redick is having a unreal year, I still don't see Duke winning with a freshman pointguard. Everyone is riding his nuts, yeah hes good, but you can still tell in certain sitations that he is a freshman. I think he will be exposed even more once tourny time rolls around.

I hope Duke runs into Indiana so Killingsworth can shit all over Williams and maybe pull out the upset to make all of RPs claims untrue (Kinda like the NFL :shifty: )

Word is that if Mike Davis doesnt beat IOWA in Bloomington. He's out and when i say out i mean gone the next day. I personally,am not rooting for this because reguardless of my hatred for Mike Davis i still want to see IU in the field of 64. If they lose to Iowa, that likely wont happen.

As for Stima... I never maid a claim that was not true. No clue what you're talking about.

Indiana is ranked right now. I don't think a loss to the No. 18 team in the nation eliminates them from the NCAA's.

Also, I would say that it's highly unlikely that they get rid of Mike Davis during the season. What good does it do to put an interm coach in during the middle of the year for a contending team? Also, I don't know what the players think about Davis, but most likely they probably like him, which would again add to the problems.

Quin Snyder resigned today because our season is over. Indiana is far from over, even if they lose to Iowa.

8 losses total and 5-5 record in the Big Ten is nothing to be happy about and also is not a concrete at large bid in the Big Tourney.

Being from Indiana and having a pulse on whats going on, I can honestly tell you that if they lose to Iowa, Mike Davis will not coach another game. Shit is that deep. Trust me on this one. I'm here and i know whats going on. Mike Davis is potentially coaching his last game.

If that's so, then Indiana people/front office/whatever are pretty lame.

I read somewhere that Bill Walton knows what he's talking about 100% of the time.

Actually, Johnson got a technical foul after getting the intentional foul (which was his fourth) to foul him out. The technical was BS, but I see why they called it. That was his second intentional foul, both coming on the same guy (Williams). They were trying to calm thegame down, because there was some trash talking and whatnot, but they could have called so many other things than what they did. Williams bumped Johnson in the chest and they called that, it was pretty pathetic.

The only game they truthfully got lucky was against VT. They were beating BC by 20 and BC came back. I don't call them winning that one lucky, I call it them finding a way to win in a hostile environment after letting a team get back into it. They didn't get lucky against North Carolina. Every single guy that played for Duke had at least 3 fouls. Williams, McRoberts, and Paulus all had 4 and I think JJ had 4, might have been only 3? I get tired of reading everyone all on their cocks about getting calls. There are two reasons you get calls in basketball. 1. You ATTACK the goal, and Duke does that very well, evident by Williams shooting so many of their free throws, because noone can guard him. See: Boston College. 2. You are up at the end of the game, which is where a lot of Duke's free throws come into effect. Again, See : Boston College

They didn't get lucky on all 5 of those games. They were very close, good games to watch. They are 21-1, could they easily be 16-6? Sure, but that doesn't mean they got lucky, that means they have the toughness to win close games. That means they are coached very well and know what to do in the clutch.

I get so tired of hearing everyone on here bash JJ because he can't "hit the clutch shot". Let's take a look at the big games and how he has performed.

Texas - 13/24, 9/16, 6/6
North Carolina - 12/22, 5/10, 6/6
North Carolina State - 7/15, 4/11, 10/10
Boston College - 8/18, 3/6, 9/10
Wake Forest (big game at the time) - 12/21, 5/13, 3/4
Indiana - 10/17, 4/8, 5/6

Dunno but it looks like to me he has hit some pretty big shots against some pretty good teams. Everyone talks about JJ being a whiney bitch, but I just don't see it. Watching the Duke - Maryland game ATM, that would have to goto Caner-Medley. He yells at his teammates when he does something wrong, always whining about calls, doesn't look like a team player at all.

I only watch SEC and ACC ball, so I don't know about Big Ten ball, but it seems like ACC ball is called much more closely. A lot more free throws are shot during all ACC games it seems.

Indiana lost again. Mike Davis mysteriously came down with a flu and did not coach the game.

Yeah I remember when Dan Issel was ''sick'' from the Nuggets and ended up not returning.

Former Arkansas Interim Head Coach and Current UAB Head Coach Mike Anderson is the favorite to become the next head coach at Missouri. Also on the Mike Davis situation I read in the Lexington Herald that someone at IU called John Belien of West Virginia so that might be a sign of Davis getting fired. I could see Belien at IU, and I could see West Virginia hiring alum Bob Huggins if Belien leaves WV.

That would be like 02 when they pulled off the huge upset against them. I'd like to see a rematch Indiana played much better than Duke that game but they lost.

WLEX 18 news is Lexington said that UK President Lee Todd has received over 5,000 letters to fire Tubby Smith.

I don't think there is anything set up yet. The curators met today to discuss something, they wouldn't tell us but it's most likely Snyder's severance pacakage. There are a lot of names on the short list right now, and the only concrete evidence is unnamed sources close to the AD.

I don't believe anything in terms of the new coach right now, especially what was reported on ESPN. They had all kinds of information that wasn't even close to being available or discussed yesterday, such as the shit they had about certain players transferring etc. I think ESPN took advantage of the whole unnamed sources thing and sensationalized a few things.

Why do players all of the sudden think that it is OK to go for a 2 point shot when you are down by 3 with 4 seconds left

Wow, I told one of my writers to get a quote from Coach K, just to see what would happen. Turns out he actually called him back, that lucky bastard. (Quin Snyder played under and coached with Coach K)

I believe mismanagement of time or the player hopes to get an easy bucket with a foul for a FT shot. Dickie V said on the issue however to go for a 2 pt shot when your down by 3 unless it is less than ten seconds left.

Wow. Nova beat UConn. Like I (and pretty much every analyst I've seen/read/heard, so it's not like I'm taking credit for this) said, this is a wide-open field. Selection Sunday is less than four weeks away, and there are seriously a ton of teams that could win it.

Mike Davis will finish the season and then he's done next year. Dont be suprised if Rick Majerus is a leading canidate for the job.

ESPN's list of the next head coach of Indiana

John Belien- WV Head Coach

Rick Majerus- Former Utah Head Coach

Steve Alford- Former IU player and Current Iowa Head Coach

Isiah Thomas- Former IU player, Former Pacers Head Coach and Current Knicks President

Some former IU Alum I forgot his name but they said hes very secessful at the HS level.

You watched 1st and 10 I see?

Alford? I thought they tried to get him before they hired Davis, but he didn't want to leave Iowa.

Belien seems like the best choice there. He's done a good job recruiting for a program that doesn't have the "legacy" that an IU has. Majerus has too many health problems and, even though he's a Hoosier guy, I don't think Isiah would take the pay cut to coach a college team after running an NBA franchise.