NCAA Basketball

[Phlip]

Okay, so within 1 hour of my house, I could be standing on the campuses of 4 ACC schools, but I have always been a fan of Syracuse basketball for some reason or another... Needless to say, I am a bit depressed this season, even though it seems we COULD be on the verge of another 20-win season.
Who is everyone else pulling for?
I know this thread is so late that it is actually only about 3 or so weeks early for "March Madness," but the pissing contest in the NFL playoffs thread is getting old, so I think it is time for some change of attention.
Also noteworthy is the fact that Duke/Carolina is tomorrow and it is not exactly looking good for the heels if Ty Lawson doesn't play.

Let's talk basketball

[ManoNegra]

UCLA, nuff said. I wish I had more time to follow college hoops though. I usually get into once March Madness gets here.

[Phlip]

Duke went down today and I love that fact.
Currently, UCLA is having trouble with Texas A&M

[ALTRNTV]

UCLA.

They're usually like this. Always push it harder at the end
of the game... to win.

[KiLLeR2001]

I love watching NCAA basketball; way more enjoyable then NBA games.

But my damn fighting illini aren't even in March Madness this year :(

I'll never forget the '04-'05 season where they almost won it all (FUCKING UNC!)

And who can forget their greatest game of all time against Arizona in the elite eight. Comeback of the century!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=FmrvVQFGFlY

^^ For those who've never seen it... Still gives me chills to this very day.

[WERDdabuilder]

UCLA pulled it off. great game. blocks all day errrday.

[ALTRNTV]

What an ending............

[SimpleS14]

Georgetown and UCLA....one for each coast

[Phlip]

Davidson takes down Georgetown, looks like they've gotten lucky at the hands of the selection committee, as they got 2 games 2 hours from their campus, now they get to go play less than an hour from it.
Someone is looking at this one like "damn, we fucked up"

[S13_Nightkid]

^^^that one got me. Stephen Curry w/25 points in the 2nd half. wtf he only scored 5 in the 1st...smh...

[Phlip]

UCLA and UNC in the Final 4 so far... Everyone else decided tomorrow.
Word on the street is that this Tyler Hansbrough kid is pretty good, lol.
Seriously, if UNC wins, Hansbrough rakes player of the year AND Most Outstanding Player, he'd be stupid to not go on to the league.

[ALTRNTV]

Final Four
(1)Memphis vs (1)UCLA
(1)UNC vs (1)Kansas

My predictions:
NCAA Championship game
(1)UCLA vs (1)UNC

[WERDdabuilder]

first time in ncaa history all 4 teams are #1 seeds?

[Phlip]

How huge will it be when Carolina plays UCLA in the championship game?

[SimpleS14]

How huge will it be when Carolina plays UCLA in the championship game?


when? are you confident that it will happen?

I dunno...Kansas has some pretty good offense. :-/


Ideally, I would like to see UNC vs. UCLA in the final and have UCLA win (i know you might be going for UNC).

[Phlip]

Yes, I am confident it can happen.
Kansas would be in a special brand of trouble if they try to dare Carolina to outscore them. The game will fall to the hands of defense. I've always been a Syracuse fan, but since they lost out of the NIT I am forced to follow my family ties and pull for Carolina.

[SHIFT_*grind*]

U N C

[yudalicious]

memphis and kansas in the finals, with kansas taking it all. Sorry UNC fans, I personally think Kansas will take it, unless they get complacent like they do alot. But hopefully after the Davidson scare they'll realize that they can't get away with only playing half the game.

edit: I personally think the key will be ty lawson, and kansas has the players to give him pressure and trouble.

[ALTRNTV]

Kansas should have lost that game to Davidson.
Poor decision making for Davidson on the last
possession.

[Phlip]

^^^ Agreed, and I am thinking that the possibility of what a Mid Major from a city with less than 7500 residents, not the memory of it on the minds of the Kansas players will play into the hands of their opponents. Keep in mind that Carolina is a very hard team to adjust to, they've shown that they can win when they need to play defense, they've REALLY shown that they can win when they need to pin 100 on you.
One of my exes' younger brother walked onto the team at Davidson in 2002, I should have called him last week to get his take on it.

[Phlip]

Does anyone notice that on ESPN, whenever they're talking about college ball and Bob Knight has the floor, EVERY shuts the fuck up and no one even TRIES to disagree with him? No one even tries to offer a counterpoint when he takes a break in the conversation. I love that someone has finally shut that fucking Dick Vitale up.

[ALTRNTV]

I love how Dick Vitale talks though.
"Ohhhhh babbbyyyyyyy"

[Phlip]

I love how Dick Vitale talks though.
"Ohhhhh babbbyyyyyyy"

I don't know who I hate worse when calling a basketball game; Dick Vitale, Billy Packer or Hubie Brown.

[ManoNegra]

Does anyone notice that on ESPN, whenever they're talking about college ball and Bob Knight has the floor, EVERY shuts the fuck up and no one even TRIES to disagree with him? No one even tries to offer a counterpoint when he takes a break in the conversation. I love that someone has finally shut that fucking Dick Vitale up.

lol, yeah I noticed that. Nobody cuts him off, they let make sure he finishes his thoughts. Bet the seats in the studio are bolted to the floor.

[Phlip]

Jason Whitlock chimes in:
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/7984308?MSNHPHMA

[ManoNegra]

lol.. funny ass articles Phlip... some good points, Love vs Hansbrough would be a killer match up but I don't want to get ahead of myself. Phoenix is better with Shaq...!?

[Phlip]

I think it is more the issue that Shaq is better in Phoenix than Phoenix being better with Shaq. Western conference bigs will wear his ass out when he MUST play a playoff team every night in the playoffs, but that is another thread.
His points made were actually damn good though.

[ManoNegra]

his analogies were cool... I give Shaq about half a season more before he becomes his fat lazy old self again.

[Phlip]

I give Shaq until the Suns' playoff exit this year... He'll show up to training camp late with one of those "fat people" injuries and play very sparingly as a result, they will REALLY miss Shawn Marion.

[ALTRNTV]

Hey now... NCAA talk. ;)

[Phlip]

Oh yeah, NCAA talk.
... is it me or has this been like the longest damned week all year?

[ALTRNTV]

Seems like any other week to me.
Can't wait for Saturday!

[ManoNegra]

Told a buddy I'll go with him to Oceanside to help him install a turbo and cams... damn, I'll have to DVR the games.

[Phlip]

I almost made the mistake of making plans to go out and chase women with my best friend Saturday, then I remembered basketball, so we rescheduled for tomorrow.
Saturday will be one of those "call the house phone, only if you're bleeding to death" evenings.

[DOOK]

gonna be a UNC vs Memphis championship... gonna call it now...

[Phlip]

No, Dook...
The money is in a UNC vs. UCLA championship.
History vs. History.
Love vs. Hansbrough.
East vs. West

Then next year, it will be Duke vs. UNLV, lmao

[SHIFT_*grind*]

Going to a wedding tomorrow, so I'm gonna have to see how UNC did later on :(

Maybe I'll tape it...

[DOOK]

I think memphis can take ucla truthfully... we will see though won't be... honestly I had UNC and texas in the finals in my bracket but the longhorns didn't make it...

[ALTRNTV]

Ratings will be off the roof if it's a UCLA/UNC finals.
Two of the most storied schools in NCAA history.

[Phlip]

Eric Gordon is skating for the draft:
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/7987576?MSNHPHMA
I don't blame him either, he had a good season and some exposure, the program he agreed to play for is about to go through some major shit with sanctions and such, not to mention that they're returning so few scholarship players.

[Phlip]

Okay, after 63 hours of pre-game, it is now game time fellas.

[ALTRNTV]

Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.

:madfawk:

Get the fucking ball to Love! He had 4 touches in the
2nd half?! WTF.

[Phlip]

UNC is getting beat like Ivan Drago beat Apollo Creed...
I don't think ANYONE is going to watch the championship game on Monday.

Fun fact:
This game is the FIRST time anyone mentioned the fact that Danny Manning is from Greensboro NC (here, for those keeping score at home).

[yudalicious]

exactly as I predicted, Lawson a nonfactor, Kansas too much for UNC. Now Kansas just needs to win the whole thing, although I kinda want the tigers to win.

[SimpleS14]

Memphis put on a show against UCLA and Kansas just dominated right from the starter. Complete upsets to me...but I'm definitely going to watch the championship game.

[SimpleS14]

So sad Memphis lost. :( They had the win right in their hands but messed up at the free throw line and didn't foul soon enough to stop them from making the 3.

[Mi Beardo es Loco]

Damn, Memphis would have won me 500 bucks. I had mondy on them from the beginning of the tourny.

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

kansas. i knew memphis wasn't gonna win.

[Tearlessj]

Memphis had the game in their hands. Out of all the fucking free throws CDR had to miss. UGHHH

[ALEXTHESUS*PECT]

too bad for memphis. there entire team will go for the draft, and J. calipari may leave for another team if the school doesn't pony up more $$$$. they said he makes "only" 1.4 mil/year.

hansborough will go to the draft and do well in the nba. love on the other hand will not do well in the nba. at 6-10 he has good height, but just isn't quick enough to guard any of the big men in the nba. and when he switches on defense to guard any power forward he will get used up like a piece of toilet paper.

[ALEXTHESUS*PECT]

my most memorable tourney moment i remember watching
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pHceOvR464s

[Phlip]

Hansbrough won't go to the draft, his pops is loaded, so he doesn't need the money. His game is best in the NCAA, so if he is to make his legend, he is going to make it right where he is. The NBA would eat his ass alive at the 4 position.

[tbowzer]

Derik Rose, choker. Making freethrows are key to a winning a close game.