NCAA Hoops 2007-2008

[sweatboard]

Wow, that's a really cool story Tracy.

I'm really excited for the game tonight.  Ole Miss has an advantage with their size but UT is really, really difficult to beat at home.  Playing against the Vols in Thompson Boling Arena is much diffrent than it used to be.

[tower]

Funny, I see Indiana as a bunch of individual performances and am really loving watching MSU and how they play so well as a team.

DJ White is by nature lazy and that will hurt him in the end.  Gordon is an incredible talent but I was suprised to see IU allow him to basically operate as a freelancer several times down the court instead of running an offensive set. I did see a nice curl play for him but most of the time he was on the bench with fouls. Will be interesting to see how he does against a very good team defense.

Izzo is a much better coach than Sampson IMO and seems to have more character...something that is not unimportant in so many respects, including winning games.

Regardless, it should be a hell of a game when these two square off later this year!

Whew, Purdue put a scare into my Spartans last night. We were handling them easily with a 16 point lead and just stopped playing.  Purdue executed very well and hit some big shots, they're going to be beat some people!  We ended up pulling it out but were behind by 5 points late in the game...ridiculous.  Way too many turnovers, our achilles heel!

[primushead]

I saw it tied up at 53-53 and was shocked!  Glad you got out of there with the win though.

...also UT-Ole Miss comes on in 20 minutes.  I'm really glad there is a ranked team matchup on tonight.

And UNC is only up by 7 with 3:30 left in the first half :P

[primushead]

Quite a game so far in Knoxville.  Tracy?  Thoughts?  I think Ole Miss is looking very good.  My only complaint is that they're taking too many unnecessary 3's.  But, then again, they're hitting a lot of 3's tonight (both teams, in fact) so who am I to complain.  Damn good matchup though.  Damn good.

[ycartrob]

We did good against a good team. Really impressed with Chris Warren, looking forward to the next 4 years with that guy. Too inexperienced to pull off the win, but only good things to come.

[sweatboard]

That was the best basketball game I've seen in a Long Time!!!

Ole Miss is the real deal.  I think they could go very deep in the tournament.  They are better at point guard and have better muscle underneath than TN.  I didn't realize how deep they are on the bench.  They had all kinds of people contributing.  

[primushead]

SMACKDOWN on NC State today!!  43-13 after the first half?  A 34-4 run?  Awesome.

[primushead]

And Texas is getting beat by Missouri?  Tracy?

[ycartrob]

Man, if you haven't seen Shan Foster for Vanderbilt, he's the real deal. Vanderbilt played terrible against Kentucky (which has a terrible team this year) and still almost won.

That game at Knoxville Thursday night against UT will be H U G E.

[primushead]

I think Vandy just got too psyched out by the crowd.  If that would've been a home game for them, I'm sure it would've ended differently.  But can't we all agree Kentucky needed this one?  Poor guys... :-/  

[primushead]

...And Michigan State goes down scoring only 36 (?!?!?!??!) points?  Tower?  Thoughts?

[tower]

Ugh, the MSU blogs/comments all basically say that was perhaps the worst game in MSU history. I was watching at a bar and couldn't see too much but four travel calls in a row?  We were stuck on 18 points for about 15 mins.  Not sure how the wheels fell off so badly but jesus we couldn't beat a middle school girls team playing like that!

I guess we'll see how they respond on Tue against a pretty good Ohio State team. We haven't played well lately, since the start of the Big Ten season.  Turnovers are our nightmare, especially from our bigs.

Yesterday was bizarre with an awful UK beating a pretty good Vandy team that looked like it was being paid to lose!

I just hope MSU grows from this debacle...we'll see.

[primushead]

They'll bounce back.  But that was a really ugly game.  It happens.

[tower]

We'll see tonight although I won't be able to watch, I'll be at band practice.  Glad I pay extra for the Big Ten Network...

[EAZYE]

UGGHHH!  Kansas treated us like some prostitutes that needed some pimpin. :-[   They look pretty damn good though.  Bill Self better pray he can get them pass the first round this year or he might be lookin for a job.  Anything less than the final four for them I think would be a huge disappointment.  Wouldn't mind seeing them matchup with your Tarheels 3G's.  Would be a interesting game.

[primushead]

Wouldn't mind seeing them matchup with your Tarheels 3G's.  Would be a interesting game.

That's been my one true sports wish since this season began.  Kansas was looking VERY good last night (more solid than the heels do right now...but not by much).  I would love to see Roy take on his old school in the Final Four - preferably the championship game - and if Kansas (or UNC) does fold before the FF, it would be a huge disappointment for either team.

I can't WAIT until March.  Who plays tonight anyway...doesn't Ohio State play Michigan State?  I'll go check espn.

[ycartrob]

 Who plays tonight anyway...doesn't Ohio State play Michigan State?  I'll go check espn.

yes. my son plays tonight.

[primushead]

Your son who only hit 4-14 last week?   ::)

...I'm just messin' around.  He is an amazing player when he's on.  I ain't no playa' hater.

[ycartrob]

Your son who only hit 4-14 last week?   ::)

...I'm just messin' around.  He is an amazing player when he's on.  I ain't no playa' hater.

Hell, he's a lot better than I was on my best day when he is 4-14. All I can do is watch and wonder...

[ycartrob]

good grief if you haven't seen Jarvis Varnado of Mississippi State play, check him out. he leads the nation in blocked shots at 4.6 a game! Amazing. 10 blocks last week gainst GA, 11 tonight against KY (along with 12 rebounds and 10 points)