College Basketball 2013-14

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 1:13 pm

. . . until the tournaments, conference and beyond.

Andrew Wiggins watch: 16 pts in his college debut last evening. Game recap (Sportsline)

Post by **Shirley** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 6:13 pm

Pretty solid start. Not quite up to recent frosh superstars in their first game though.

Kevin Durant - 20 and 6
Michael Beasley - 32 and 24 (holy shit!)
Carmelo Anthony - 27 and 11

Wow, it wasn't until after I typed that that I realized that all three were from the DC-Baltimore area. And non one attended school anywhere near there.

(These are all amazing to peruse)
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A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 10:33 pm

Randles debut much better. 23 an 15.

Post by **Shirley** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 11:09 pm

AB_skin_test wrote:Randles debut much better. 23 an 15.

Indeed. That's an impressive start. Jabari Parker went for 22 and 6. Pretty solid start for three of the most-hyped frosh in a long time (although Randle hasn't really had the press of the other two despite his ranking above Parker by the end of last season).

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 5:50 pm

22 and 14 for Randle today in his second game (on only 7 FG attempts). I know the competition has been weak, but still a great start to the season. I'm looking forward to seeing #1 Kentucky vs. #2 Michigan St. on Tuesday night. That will be a good test for all the UK frosh.

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 8:38 am

Joe K wrote:22 and 14 for Randle today in his second game (on only 7 FG attempts). I know the competition has been weak, but still a great start to the season. I'm looking forward to seeing #1 Kentucky vs. #2 Michigan St. on Tuesday night. That will be a good test for all the UK frosh.

It's the earliest matchup of AP #1 and #2 in history - should be a great game in Chicago.

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:42 am

There are some great hoops matchups tonight. Kentucky vs. Michigan State. Duke vs. Kansas. And of course, the big one - the Battle for the Commonwealth - Virginia vs. VCU.

Can't wait to watch some quality college hoops!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:47 am

Shirley wrote:There are some great hoops matchups tonight. Kentucky vs. Michigan State. Duke vs. Kansas. And of course, the big one - the Battle for the Commonwealth - Virginia vs. VCU.

Can't wait to watch some quality college hoops!

If the Cavs win do they get to be UVC, then? Is it like a championship belt?

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 12:46 pm

AB_skin_test wrote:
Shirley wrote:There are some great hoops matchups tonight. Kentucky vs. Michigan State. Duke vs. Kansas. And of course, the big one - the Battle for the Commonwealth - Virginia vs. VCU.

Can't wait to watch some quality college hoops!
If the Cavs win do they get to be UVC, then? Is it like a championship belt?

All the ham they can eat.

Joe K · Post by **Joe K** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:57 pm

Julius Randle looks incredible. The Harrison twins do not. They'll need to get a lot better for UK to win a title this year.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:31 pm

Nice to see Chane Behanan's "indefinite suspension" lasted all of one game for Louisville.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:56 am

I didn't see the Kentucky game (too busy watching UVA blow the game against VCU), but Wiggins and Parker both looked legit in the late game. Man, there are some good freshmen this year.

BTW, I don't recall ever seeing a more undisciplined Duke team. And K didn't seem to mind. Yes, they are talented, and yes, they hit some of those shots ... but it's disturbing to see guys consistently taking OK shots early in the shotclock after at most one pass, when I know they could get better looks a bit later if they actually moved the ball around some. Parker has all of the skills, but he needs to learn the difference between a good shot and a really good shot (hint: deep twos with 25 seconds on the shot clock are not good).

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 10:04 am

I would have preferred a win, obviously but I was glad that they showed some fight to come back.

Some bad turnovers that one would think can be corrected going forward and wasn't unexpected from a young group playing their first real test.

Julius Randle is a handful. Once he got settled, he was nearly unstoppable in the post.

The biggest problem was not hustling. There were 6-7 transition opportunities for MSU that out guys didn't hustle back very well. And there was a disturbing amount of Dwyane Wade/Lebron esque official bitching and not getting back on defense.

MSU did a great job of pressing forward for easy looks, and then if it wasn't there settling back into the halfcourt offense. Their transition game and our bad free throw shooting were the true differences.

Now it remains to be seen if Cal can get these guys to hustle. Randle and Alex Poythress were the most aggressive, and if the other guys can follow their lead, should be in good shape for a run in March.

Last thing is that the officials having these points of emphasis made the game hard to watch. Those handcheck fouls are terrible. I understand if its a post move or someone actively going to the basket, but there was a bunch of ticky tack calls both ways. I assume players will adjust, but it was terrible for game flow.

Post by **Sabo** » Wed Nov 13, 2013 10:17 am

AB_skin_test wrote:Last thing is that the officials having these points of emphasis made the game hard to watch. Those handcheck fouls are terrible. I understand if its a post move or someone actively going to the basket, but there was a bunch of ticky tack calls both ways. I assume players will adjust, but it was terrible for game flow.

There were 55 fouls called in the Ohio-Ohio State game last night, which seems like a metric fuckton. The MSU-UK game had 46, and VCU-UVA had 48. I understand this will go down over time as players get used to the new rules, but damn, that's going to make the college game hard to watch if the refs keep calling that many fouls.

howard · Post by **howard** » Thu Nov 14, 2013 5:33 pm

Matt Barnes is, and remains, a fucking loudmouth punk. Or loud-thumbed, whatever.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Nov 15, 2013 4:33 pm

Duke lands this year's #1 and #4 recruits in a package deal. Somewhere, John Calipari is punching a kitten.

kranepool · Post by **kranepool** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 11:48 am

Here's a clip of Top 10 High School prospect Cliff Alexander announcing his commitment to Illin... Kansas, which is good for a chuckle.

Here's a clip of Illinois students watching the occasion live, celebrating, and then realizing what happened... which had me rolling. (Not for little ears)

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:52 am

Shirley wrote:Duke lands this year's #1 and #4 recruits in a package deal. Somewhere, John Calipari is punching a kitten.

Yeah. Duke should be pretty strong. Cal missed on next year's class for the most part, but still will have a Top 5 class. If any of this year's stick around will be ok.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 5:49 pm

Northeastern knocked off Georgetown today.

UAB and #19 New Mexico headed to double OT right now on ESPNU. Lobos had to rally in the final minute of regulation, including a buzzer-beating three.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:26 pm

Posting this now because a reminder might come in handy in a few months. Well . . . anyway. Marquette had their asses handed to them in the second half by New Hampshire tonight. And, no, that is not a weird misspelling of "Kentucky" or some establishment in that neighborhood. UNH genuinely beat the crap out of Marquette for a while there. I don't get a lot of America East games out here, and by that I mean none, but surely UNH has to be the best team in that conference, eh? Eh? Unless there has been a staggering power shift the likes of which went utterly unnoticed until today. Apologies if there are any Stony Brook Seawolves alums reading this.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:33 pm

UVM and the Greyhounds of Albany are typically the class of that conference. No idea what Albany is supposed to be this year, but UVM was the pre-season pick.
UNH hasn't finished top half of the table in many many years.

ETA: UVM's next game is at Cameron Indoor. 140-35 is my prediction. Oh and UNH has already lost to NJIT!

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 8:10 am

Rush2112 wrote:UVM and the Greyhounds of Albany are typically the class of that conference. No idea what Albany is supposed to be this year, but UVM was the pre-season pick.
UNH hasn't finished top half of the table in many many years.

ETA: UVM's next game is at Cameron Indoor. 140-35 is my prediction. Oh and UNH has already lost to NJIT!

Aren't Albany the Great Danes? Is that a shot at the mascot?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:37 pm

Julius Randle will eat your lunch.

Scottie · Post by **Scottie** » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:53 pm

Who else had to Google "UVM"?

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 3:00 am

wlu_lax6 wrote: Aren't Albany the Great Danes? Is that a shot at the mascot?

You're correct. My apologies, I wasn't thinking, my mom would disapprove (her Masters is from SUNY-Albany.

And sorry, UVM is Vermont, yet no one in Vermont calls them the University of Vermont. It's UVM or GroovyUV.

And UVM comes from Universitas Virdis Montis, or University of the Green Mountains.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 6:42 pm

DSafetyGuy wrote:Northeastern knocked off Georgetown today.

UAB and #19 New Mexico headed to double OT right now on ESPNU. Lobos had to rally in the final minute of regulation, including a buzzer-beating three.

Watching Georgetown and Kansas State was torturous.

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:46 pm

UVM down 8 at the half @ Duke. Colour my impressed (Catamounts shot almost 70% in the first half!)

Rush2112 · Post by **Rush2112** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 10:29 pm

Catamounts losing by one at Cameron. Good game gents.

Post by **Shirley** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 11:37 pm

This is the worst defensive Duke basketball team in a loooong time. Damn, they are good on offense, but nearly equally as bad on D. My guess is that K will shore that up, but it's going to cost them some surprising losses, I think.

(I just checked and Pomeroy has Duke's D at #48 and that's BEFORE tonight's shitfest against a mediocre Vermont team.)

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:55 pm

No blood, no foul is only the case in the contiguous 48 states. From the Maui Invitational...

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Nov 26, 2013 11:02 am

Remember how I said Duke's D was awful? I checked Pomeroy's ratings this morning and the Blue Devils have plummeted to #28! It's all because of their D. Duke's offense is #1 in the country - by a pretty wide margin, but their defense ranks #177.

On the other hand, UNC shot up from #26 to #10 with their win over Louisville.

I think it's fair to say that KenPom's ratings are still a little volatile this early in the season.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Wed Nov 27, 2013 11:55 am

So Terps top assistant resigns (had been taking a break after a DUI). That means everyone moves up the ladder and a new guy to the bench. Welcome back to Terp Land Juan Dixon.
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Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Nov 29, 2013 6:03 pm

wlu_lax6 wrote:So Terps top assistant resigns (had been taking a break after a DUI). That means everyone moves up the ladder and a new guy to the bench. Welcome back to Terp Land Juan Dixon.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ter ... uan-dixon/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You mean third DUI in five years

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:37 pm

Records set in last night's 4OT game between the UK and Baylor women:

Combined points 263
Combined FTM 82
Combined FTA 112
Combined fouls 82
Combined points in OT 83
Points by losing team 130
Points in OT period UK, 43 (tied)

howard · Post by **howard** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:55 pm

With my deep and abiding love of free throws (with proper form!), I am so sorry I missed this last night (for NIU/BGSU).

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:56 pm

That Colorado buzzer beater almost looked like traveling

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:38 pm

Also, Missouri may be one of the most underrated teams in the country. They have flaws, and they're not upper echelon, but much better than I think people realized.

howard · Post by **howard** » Sat Dec 07, 2013 10:01 pm

Much better than UCLA realized.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Dec 10, 2013 9:15 pm

Andrew Wiggins is good. Just nailed three long three pointers to pull Kansas within five of the Gators.

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:07 pm

If Kentucky can win only one "rivalry" game each year for me, it's the UNC game. I'm more hyped for that than seeing my brother's horse make it's second start today.