Azubuike24;1375194 wrote:South Carolina crushing Arkansas in Columbia, up 23 with a minute left. Hogs were favored by 4.

Mulva;1375141 wrote:I haven't seen one Louisville game this year without some statement to the effect of "Siva is a senior, he needs to be smarter" being made.

He's going to end up killing them in the tournament.

reclegend22;1375273 wrote:Khalif Wyatt with 16 first-half points for Temple against Butler, including 4-of-4 from three. His name has been mentioned here a lot this season, with great performances against Kansas and Syracuse, but he might be the most overlooked player in the country. Although, that distinction could also be given to Anthony Bennett, who is sort of hidden in the Mountain West Conference.

Temple trails by 3 as half approaches.

ironman02;1375304 wrote:Roy has a lineup of Davis, Strickland, Tokoto, Simmons, and James on the floor right now. Seriously?

reclegend22;1375320 wrote:Only N.C. State could have a 28-point lead and not clinch the game until 17 seconds left. Carolina fought until the end, though. I was impressed by that effort.

From everything I have seen so far, N.C. State's 26-year drought without an ACC championship will improve to 27. They are just not a very impressive team. Though, they'll beat Duke in Cameron. I think UNC takes State in the Dean Dome.

ironman02;1375323 wrote:I was happy that Carolina did keep playing. Earlier in the season, when facing a huge deficit like that, they just quit. Tonight they fought until the end. That doesn't change the fact that they played terrible basketball for much of the game tonight. Still a long way to go for this team. They must take care of business at BC, and then at home against VT and WF. If they can be sitting at 16-6 and 6-3 in ACC play after those three games, I'll feel pretty happy as they head into the second half of the conference schedule.

A couple things. As wildcats said, Marcus Paige is just awful against good competition. Brown is a lot bigger and stronger than him, but Paige just seems very tentative most of the time. Carolina will continue to struggle against good teams if he can't step up. PJ Hairston MUST play more minutes. He scored 19 points in 17 minutes tonight. I don't care if he can't defend...Strickland isn't a great defender either after last year's knee injury. A lineup with Paige, Hairston, Bullock, McAdoo, and any of the other post players is Carolina's best shot at competing. PJ has to be on the floor for 25+ minutes every game.

wildcats20;1375327 wrote:I was about to post something about PJ. Dude is the teams best player. And it isn't even close. 17 minutes is what he should getting a half. Plus he isn't terrible defensively. Better than most on the team.

ironman02;1375332 wrote:I agree that he's not terrible defensively. Roy seems to disagree with us, but I just don't see it. The loyalty to Dexter needs to be thrown out the window. Let him play 15 minutes every night while PJ plays 25.