NCAA Hoops 2007-2008

[tower]

Mich. State squeaked by Bradley last night...whew!  I didn't get to watch it but apparently the played terrible. Nietzel was off and Bradley was uber-keyed up for us.  First top 10 team to visit there place in almost 50 years and they were primed and hostile.  I'm still pissed we let UCLA off the hook!

BYU will be a tough game Sat.  They have one guy who has the quickest release 3 point shot and man can he shoot when he's hot!

[primushead]

BYU is no slouch.  If a team can take down a very capable Louisville team and UNC can narrowly avoid the upset, it should be a very interesting game saturday.

[tower]

Very good week for my Spartans...didn't get to see the BYU game here in KY but I saw them play UCLA and they are very good!  The Bradley win won't hurt the NCAA resume either. I think they're hoping for a #1 seed so they can play the 1st round in Detroit...got their work cut out for them!

[ycartrob]

so it's a great game, an early season classic between Pitt and Duke, tied in OT. Pitt's Mike Cook drives to the goal and twists his knee and is lying on the ground writhing in pain. The trainer and coach come out and are standing over Cook, and the Duke fans start a Let's Go Duke chant...

classless bunch of spoiled ass clowns, and they end up losing like they should.

Pitt looks pretty good.

[aMD]

classless bunch of spoiled ass clowns, and they end up losing like they should.

THIS is "class" in action, folks.  Take notes.

[primushead]

Spoken like a champ Tracy.  I'll support you 100% when you bash dook.  That was really fucked up for them to be chanting that, especially when someone is down with a knee injury.  I hate Cameron Square Garden.

 And, yes, great game last night.  I'm glad to see Pitt made the comeback.

[ycartrob]

Memphis- 85
Georgetown- 71

Man,when Memphis turned it on in the 2nd half, they looked unreal. Very impressive.

[primushead]

I was watching the box score of that game (as well as the heels game) while I was at work.  I didn't see any action, but it was neck and neck with about 17 minutes left in the quarter.  I left the computer and came back 20 minutes later and Memphis had run away with it.  

They are looking like a serious national championship contender if they can hand Georgetown their ass like that.

[ycartrob]

ggg?

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) -- Top-ranked North Carolina's latest lopsided victory didn't matter much in the locker room. Not after the Tar Heels lost a key contributor for the rest of the season.

Tyler Hansbrough scored 26 points and Wayne Ellington added a career-high 23 to help North Carolina beat Nevada 106-70 on Thursday night, but the Tar Heels lost junior guard Bobby Frasor to a knee injury in the second half.

Frasor tore his left anterior cruciate ligament when his leg gave way while he was trying to make a steal near the sideline with 9:47 to play. He immediately clutched his knee when he went down before limping to the locker room. He did not return and will require surgery.

The injury robs the Tar Heels (12-0) of a versatile veteran who can play either guard position and provides defense and leadership off the bench.

[primushead]

 :'( :'( :'(

I watched it last night, and it really bummed me out.  Frasor is such a key backup, and considering he was out most of last season with a broken foot, I really feel bad for him.

Lawson is going to have to play many more minutes I'm sure (I really don't trust Quentin Thomas running the show) but I think he's up to the task.  He was NASTY last night.

[primushead]

I'm off to Clemson!!  Wish us luck!! 8-) 8-)

[ycartrob]

I'm off to Clemson!!  Wish us luck!! 8-) 8-)

Pulling for Clemson here; it makes Ole Miss' win over Clemson more impressive if they knock off Carolina.

[BH]

WOW, what a game.  You must have made the difference Triple G.    :)

I hope you make it back alive!

[primushead]

OMG.  It was so fucking crazy in Littlejohn last night; maybe one of the loudest venues I've ever been to.  I'm just really glad that Wayne Ellington stepped up because Clemson showed up for this game.  Their D was excellent and I really thought we were doomed (especially since it was OT on the road :P).  We really got lucky last night, that's all their is to it.

I was in a really awkward spot in the crowd, too.  It was me and my friend Jeff surrounded by 200 orange shirts.  It made it really hard to cheer.  For real.

[EAZYE]

Hey Three G's, u seem to be the forum guru on bball, gotta ask what you think of Indiana's team.  I really liked Kelvin Sampson when he was at OU, I'll be honest I don't watch that much outside of the Big 12.  Probably comes from the fact that I'm horrible at it. :-/

[primushead]

I've never been a guru before...sounds like a lot of pressure.

BUT,  I have been watching Indiana pretty closely this season (I'm watching them trounce Michigan right now, in fact).  I think they could end up being a surprise Final Four team...I favor them more than Michigan State right now for being the leader of the Big 10.  Some might disagree, but Indiana looks like more of a cohesive team right now whereas MSU looks like a bunch of individual performances coming together at random intervals.  

We'll see though.  It's just my two cents.

[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!

[ycartrob]

13-0 Ole Miss at 12-1 Tennessee Wednesday night.

Ole Miss is famous for doing well outside the SEC and folding during league play. Big early test for us and I will be suprised if we get out of Knoxpatch with a win. Huge statement game if we pull off the upset.

[primushead]

I'm favoring Ole Miss for this game.  I don't think UT is living up to its hype.  Still, when 12-1 and an UNDEFEATED ( :o) Ole Miss meet, it should be great.  I'll be pulling for the rebs for sure.

[ycartrob]

I'm favoring Ole Miss for this game.  I don't think UT is living up to its hype.  Still, when 12-1 and an UNDEFEATED ( :o) Ole Miss meet, it should be great.  I'll be pulling for the rebs for sure.

I don't know. I have been watching the Rebels long enough to know we have a chance of getting blown out. UT will be sky high (Ole Miss ain't Carolina).

Cool story about Ole Miss basketball: My senior year at Ole Miss (1998, 16 years after I graduated from high school...) I interned at the state veteran's home and an Ole Miss basketball legend Bonnie Lee "Country" Graham lived there; he played at Ole Miss in the 30's and coached there in the 50's and 60's. Well, I overheard the nurses one day saying, "Coach doesn't have anyone to take him to the games this year and he's going to be upset", so I asked them what they were talking about and they told me that the person who had been taking him to the bball games the past 2 years was unable to do so this year. I quickly expressed interest in that gig and asked what I needed to do to set it up. They gave me Coach's daughter's name and phone number. Well, to make a long story short, I got paid $50 a game to take Coach Graham to every home game that year. We had a parking pass at the back door of the coliseum and every game I wheeled him in (he was confined to a wheelchair) and we sat courtside at the press table. He was around 83 at the time and sort of slow to respond, but when he got to the court, he just lit up. And on the rides home he would tell me stories about how he never beat Adolph Rupp but they were friends, and how the team used to travel, etc...We had a pretty good year (for Ole Miss) and went 20-13 and lost to Michigan State in the 2nd round of the NCAA tourney. It was an amazing year for me.

Here's a link to a short article on his death:

http://robots.cnnsi.com/basketball/college/news/2001/10/15/graham_ap/