NCAA Basketball Thread 12/13

[ShiftyPowers]

Probably no one will post in here except me, but that's cool.

Duke gave Calipari's boys a little beat down last night. Wisconsin is getting the lights shot out at Florida right now unfortunately. Indiana isn't my #1.

 

[ARIAGA II]

Noel's hightop fade > Ant Davis' unibrow.

 

[leungtl]

I caught a bit of the Kentucky-Duke game, Nerlens Noel sure does look like a beast.

 

[Hisashi]

NCAA in america is so weird first the court is elevated from the ground ( thats what i saw last time i watched us ncaa ) and theres only 2 quarters

 

[ShiftyPowers]

2 halves just like football, yes. The court is no different than in the NBA, but every arena is different. I guess Williams Arena in Minnesota has a raised court, but most don't.

 

[Chacarita Juniors]

SDSU received Syracuse at the USS Midway to open up this years NCAA BB season...

Tar Heel baby blue all the way snitches!!!

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Heels gonna suck. I think recruits are starting to realize that Huckleberry doesn't make good pros or develop players, and is also a ****ty coach when he doesn't have elite talent.

 

[Chacarita Juniors]

Fvck your thread then.

JK Shifty*ster.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Wisconsin is gonna be down the next couple years. We're hitting 2 really white, small, and poorly recruited senior classes. This year's class is okay, but no Jon Leuers or Alando Tuckers, and next year is just Ben Brust. We should be a Final Four team in 2016 () if Bo is still around.

 

[Chacarita Juniors]

What do you know about UCLA, SDSU, Seton Hall, Saint Joseph's, Georgetown. For Now.

Kawhi Leonard turned out to be quite a versatile player. I see they're hanging around the top 25 and they're bringing in good talent.

 

[Hisashi]

http://ph.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nc...oring-record-138-points-035513170--ncaab.html

talk about ball hog

( no assists nor shots from rainbow country ? )

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Grinnell play a ridiculous style. Think 1990 Loyola Marymount with less defense and more 3s.

 

[leungtl]

http://pioneers.grinnell.edu/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&id=575

One of the guys on the other team scored 70 shooting 34/44 FG. That's pretty damn impressive.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Here's the style:

Grinnell play full court press in the back court for 10 seconds. If they can't force a steal in the first 10 seconds of the shot clock they concede a layup. Then quickly get it up the court and Carlos a three. They are constantly making substitutions at every stoppage to keep their team fresh. The kid shot 101 threes and apparently did not cross the half court line in the second half.

 

[leungtl]

Wow. I'm shocked they could actually win a game by 75 like that...

 

[Bobby]

It was against a theological seminary, heh.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Wow. I'm shocked they could actually win a game by 75 like that...

Well, even a small advantage in skill gets magnified by the huge number of possessions. It's why good teams like to force a fast tempo and lesser teams will slow the game down: there's more variance with a smaller sample size, therefore more of a chance for an upset. Not to mention that most teams aren't going to be as well conditioned or deep to run run run with them for 40 minutes, so they will tire out. Finally, as Bobby said, it's DIII, so some of the competition is very bad.

 

[Bobby]

So, the WAC (which is still around, mostly because it still has an automatic bid to post-season tournaments) just added Grand Canyon University, a for-profit school.

 

[ShiftyPowers]

Grand Canyon, located in Phoenix with an enrollment of 6,500, would join Cal State-Bakersfield, Idaho, New Mexico State, Seattle and Utah Valley in the WAC starting in the 2013-14 academic year.

Oof, that's not a conference

 

[Bobby]

It's basically a better looking version of the Great West.