Incredibly Tardy College Hoops Note
College Basketball January 24th. 2008, 4:18pm
So we totally missed Kentucky’s somewhat impressive 72-66 triumph over No. 3 Tennessee Tuesday in Lexington. After the Vols dismantled Vandy last week, the Tennessee bandwagon was overflowing, and the strange phrase, “No. 1 seed” was getting tossed around more than a joint at the Mike & Mike roast. There could be some merit to that, eventually – in a down-ish year for the SEC, somebody’s got to earn a No. 1 or No. 2 seed, right? Unless, of course, UCLA and Washington State blow away the Pac-10, UNC and Duke both win 25 games, Indiana torches the Big 10, Kansas does the same in the Big 12, and someone from the Big East joins Memphis in the Top 8. Someone’s getting a three seed. After the jump … a parity-filled Wednesday has us geeked for another night of close games between mediocre teams tonight!
Please take note of the following from the ACC, Big East, Big 12, and SEC.
* GT 77, NC State 74 (in Raleigh, ha!)
* FSU 69, UVA 67
* Connecticut 84, Cincinnati 83
* Baylor 116, Texas A&M 110, 5 OT (in College Station)
* Florida 73, South Carolina 71
Expect more of this tonight among teams that will be scrapping to get into the NCAA tournament (can you believe Baylor is 16-2?): Duke at Virginia Tech, Dayton at Xavier, Washington St. at Arizona, Washington at Arizona St. and UCLA at Oregon.
This is starting to look like the NFL – one clearly dominant team (Memphis, with that weak league, is a serious threat to go unbeaten), a few very, very good teams (Kansas, UCLA and North Carolina would be equal to Dallas, Green Bay and Indy) and then a shitload of parity.
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January 24th, 2008 at 4:26 PM
I actually think the Big Ten is pretty damn good in basketball this year. MSU, IU, WISC, UM w/ Tubby. I don’t see how one of those (minus Minnesota of course) couldn’t count as a “very, very good team” ?
January 24th, 2008 at 4:27 PM
We can stop talking about NC State now…need 8 wins to get to 9-7 in conf. and 20 wins overall, goodnight.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Is Memphis really a dominant team, though?
January 24th, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Don’t you dare compare KU to the Cowboys.
TBL hates him some KU.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Laugh now, but Purdue is looking better and better…and this is coming from and IU fan. Big Ten gets 4 in (MSU, IU, Wisconsin, Purdue)
January 24th, 2008 at 4:30 PM
@Magglio
any bets on the MSU- Michigan hoops game Sunday?
January 24th, 2008 at 4:31 PM
@Spartan Fan
What are we getting?
January 24th, 2008 at 4:31 PM
What would he bet? That Michigan loses by less than 20?
January 24th, 2008 at 4:32 PM
does tbl do a bracket challenge when the madness starts?
January 24th, 2008 at 4:33 PM
GMU wiped the floor with Old Dominion last night. Can’t wait for Tuesdays game at home against VCU on ESPN2.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:33 PM
CBH49er – I’ll take the over on your number.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:36 PM
@Spartan Fan
Yeah, I can’t find the line, but I bet it will be somewhere around 11.5 or something. I would put it at a loss for us right in that area. Have you watched any UM basketball? It is shockingly bad.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Tennessee is built for March… they’ll lose a few like this, but they’ll still be Final Four bound.
As for the Big 10, it’s the same as football, only replace OSU and UM with MSU and IU.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:37 PM
No offense Magglio but Michigan reminds me of the Heat, they are on TV way too much for how bad they are. Can’t they at least be relegated to ESPNU?
January 24th, 2008 at 4:37 PM
obviously he hasnt watched memphis if he is questioning there dominance
January 24th, 2008 at 4:40 PM
@cbh49er
On tv way too much? I have only seen about 4 games of UM/MSU ball this year, total! I hate the Big Ten Network! I can’t catch a game between the two schools.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:41 PM
s1rweeze…agreed. and OSU is not a cakewalk in the b10 either.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:42 PM
ill say it again, Memphis will go undefeated and win the title
January 24th, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Michigan State should be on TV all of the time, Michigan should be on TV as much as much as Northwestern, which is never.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:45 PM
I will say it for the first time. Memphis will go undefeated during the season and then fail to make the Final Four, because that’s what Memphis does.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Right now, I’d take Kansas to win it all
January 24th, 2008 at 4:46 PM
For those without the Big 10 network, you’re not missing anything. OSU has Othella Hunter and not much else, Minnesota is at least a year away, Wisconsin is your classic Bo Ryan team (overachieving, not much actual talent outside of Butch, great defense)… the only intriguing team is Purdue, who somehow keeps winning.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:47 PM
all the people who were for the RPI rankings and told me that my comment about them being ridiculous was a bs statement, well they had Tenn #1 and they got beat by a unranked foe
bruce pearl is a snitch anyways
January 24th, 2008 at 4:49 PM
hey hey hey…give jamar butler his due. that guy is playing balls out this year.
kousta koufus (i know the spelling is wrong) could be better, but hes still pretty hard to matchup with.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:50 PM
brandon rush sucks, he will get hurt again
chalmers cant compete with Rose, arthur cant hold dorsey’s jock
January 24th, 2008 at 4:51 PM
My Final Four is Tennessee, Kansas, Indiana and XAVIER [/Grant Wahl]
January 24th, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Arthur/Jackson/Kahn > Dorsey
And maybe im generalizing too much, but the teams that beat Kansas are usually-defensive minded, disciplined, and solid in the half court.
Memphis is none of those.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:53 PM
memphis, UCLA, PITT, UNC # 1 seeds
January 24th, 2008 at 4:57 PM
A team with any semblence of an inside game can expose Memphis by getting Dorsey in foul trouble, and proceed to pound it inside nonstop. Hell, I could conceivably see a team like Maryland beating Memphis if they defend well enough.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Memphis is set up to go undefeated every year. C-USA is garbage now. Calipari is very lucky. Memphis will get beat in Elite 8 or Final 4 when they finally meet some competition.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:58 PM
I’m worried about my Flyers. When healthy they’re a top twenty team. WIth two key players injured for the next month, there’s no telling what they’ll be. The only certian is that Brian Roberts is, as the Flyers Fieldhouse guys put it, a “devourer of worlds”.
Xavier may wipe the floor with Dayton tonight.
I strongly dislike Xavier.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Pitt? Is that a typing error?
You do realize two starters are effectively done for the season, and they now dont have a bench, right? Please do not let a few nice wins get you thinking they will keep this up.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Fields will be back in early March, TBL.
Irish, I think Pitt could do some damage in the tourney, but they are at BEST a 3.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:05 PM
I think Memphis is very solid. Their demolition of Georgetown earlier in the year was pretty impressive. It wasn’t even that close, and it was pretty obvious. Just way more talented.
I’m biased, but I as well think Tennessee is a team that should still get a #1 seed. Hell, they lost in Rupp. They always lose in Rupp. UK was amped for that game, and UT was clearly tired. They’ll lose a few games like any other team, but they are still loaded at almost every position and are still gelling as a team. The matchup with them and Memphis in late Feb. should be a great one.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:05 PM
i was at the A&M vs Baylor game last night and it was ridiculous. I was on the second row right by the aggies basketball and we were all freaking out from the last 5 minutes of regulation on. Even though we lost, it was still an incredible game that im glad i was at.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:06 PM
and that picture is of donald sloan slamming it home with 2 seconds left in regulation to tie the game
January 24th, 2008 at 5:13 PM
@Magglio
Michigan stinks the place up by losing to Harvard and CMU, and then they turn around and almost upset Wisconsin. What the hell? Manny Harris is a beast, though.
I have the Big Ten Network, and it sucks. It comes with my satellite package. I sure wouldn’t pay extra for it.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Gammaspidey, CUSA is garbage now but I like what Matt Doherty is putting together at SMU (full disclosure I’m an SMU alum and complete homer). The team is incredibly young right now. There were 3-4 freshmen on the floor at any given time last Saturday during the 72-71 loss to Tulsa. I think they’ll be closer to the top of CUSA and will be a handful for Memphis in a couple years. They’ve got a long way to go though as the last coach, Jimmy Tubbs, pretty much did everything in his power to wreck the program.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Irish- Memphis will lose to Gonzaga on Saturday but they will still be a #1 seed in the tourney.
January 24th, 2008 at 5:39 PM
If Memphis loses a single game to a CUSA team, they deserve to be knocked down to a 2 seed. That’s how weak the conference is. Every single bubble team in the nation will be praying Memphis wins their conference tournament, because if they don’t that’s one less at large slot available.
January 24th, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Last night ISU tried to half court it against KU. It worked. Sort of. They only gave up 7 fast break points. Unfortunately for ISU, KU managed 77 in a half court set.
Yeah, yeah, I know. It’s ISU. Give me something.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Deron Washington is the biggest chickenshit player in the ACC.
Yes, I’m biased, but still…that shit he pulled on Nelson after the whistle was comparable to a chop block in football.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:44 PM
I have to assume that the only OSU game sr1weeze has watched is the Tennessee one from last weekend. Granted, Hunter had a huge game, but Jamar Butler has been OSU’s best player this year by a significant margin. If Evan Hunter keeps improving the way he has the last few weeks, the Buckeyes will make the tourney, most likely in an 8-9 or 7-10 game.
January 24th, 2008 at 9:46 PM
That should say “Evan Turner.” All those players with two-syllable last names that contain a “u”…
January 25th, 2008 at 10:26 AM
How is that Duke losing both games this week prediction looking now? I watch all their home games in person, and yeah their small and get owned on the boards at times, but Coach K is finally realizing he needs to exploit Henderson’s athleticism more which is going to be the difference. I think you are grossly underating them, and I don’t quite get why.
January 25th, 2008 at 10:29 AM
Be patient, RKM. Post coming
And the prediction was losing one home game. (‘maybe both’)
We’ve been wrong before, and we’ll be wrong again.
January 25th, 2008 at 10:30 AM
You’re right, I misquoted (guess I should work in media, no?). Though I look forward to seeing what you post later today about them.