Morning (Hard)Wood
College Basketball January 13th. 2008, 11:57amThe top teams in the country were on display yesterday, so we (I) created a new segment for a quick college hoops recap.Â
Top 3 Stay Perfect, Mercury Morris Pissed
#1 North Carolina (17-0) beat up on NC State 93-62, #2 Memphis destroyed Marshall 68-45 moving to 15-0 and #3 Kansas put a hurtin’ on Nebraska 79-58 and sit at 16-0. Is this the year Kanasas gets past the “Kansas” label?ÂÂ
#5 UCLA 81, #4 Washington State 74
Kevin Love had 27 points and 14 rebounds pushing the Bruins to 4-0 in the PAC 10 and 16-1 overall. Washington State’s Derrick Low had 24 points, all in the seond half. The Cougars are 2-1 in the PAC and 14-1 overall. The two teams meet again February 7th in Washington.
Iowa 43, #6Mighigan State 36
Tom Izzo opened up his book of SLU Rick Majerus and the Spartans limped offensively to their worst offensive showing in school history during the shot clock era. Hawkeyes guard Tony Freeman scored 22 points, outscoring the rest of his teammates by 1 point.
#12, 13 and 17 All Fall
Kentucky moved to 7-7 on the season with a 79-73 double overtime win at home over Vanderbilt. A little further west, Texas lost by 13 to the Missouri Tigers. In Cincinnati, #17 Villanova suffered a 3 point loss to the Bearcats. All other Top 25 teams in action Saturday were victorious.
I’m Patrick Imig – ESPyawN
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January 13th, 2008 at 12:22 PM
I was traveling with my brother (NCSU grad) yesterday, so no access to a TV for the UNC/State game. He got a phone call, and started laughing…I immediately asked him how bad State was losing. Tis a shame at how bad NC State is this year, after all that posturing by the fan base about how Lowe was starting a revolution and that State would beat Duke this year. To twist the knife some more…how about Herb Sendek and the ASU sun devils? And another twist…ECU.
January 13th, 2008 at 12:24 PM
In defense of your NC Staters, North Carolina is um, good. ONLY 8 WEEKS TIL MARCH MADNESS!
January 13th, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Like the segment, but am afraid it will end in me doing more work.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:04 PM
That was the worst game I think I’ve ever seen State play. It’s one thing to get blown out by twenty, but to lose and only score 36? They’ve gotta learn that they can’t just show up and expect teams to lay down-everyone’s gonna play their best against them. Izzo’s gonna whoop some ass this week.
January 13th, 2008 at 2:11 PM
Sorry, CRM. You were passed out when I asked you what you thought about it.
Did anybody notice how awful Mike Patrick was during that UNC/NC State game? He’s become obsessed with “pop culture”. Dude, chill out and broadcast the game.
January 13th, 2008 at 3:27 PM
UCLA went a good 10 minute stretch in the 2nd half at half speed. That score is way more favorable than it should be. Like I said earlier, perimeter defending is the key to beating Washington State and Josh Shipp was a monster with his hands up yesterday.