reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Dec 15, 2012 11:19pm
Forgot about that move. Good call.Azubuike24;1344159 wrote:Not so sure Belmont will make the NCAA Tournament. Now that they are in the Ohio Valley, they have to beat out Murray State. The OVC is pretty decent this year.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Dec 15, 2012 11:20pm
And my Arizona prediction is looking wide of the mark. Florida is just better.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Dec 15, 2012 11:25pm
Florida is good. This is the first time I've seen them play. Impressed.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Dec 15, 2012 11:29pm
Florida might be the best team in the country. They are very good. Like Indiana and Duke, they have tremendous inside-outside balance and swarming defense. This is by far Donovan's best team since the championship clubs in 2006 and '07.
lhslep134
Posts: 9,774
Dec 15, 2012 11:53pm
Just got home from Vegas in time to catch the last 2 minutes. How's the game been up to this point?
lhslep134
Posts: 9,774
Dec 15, 2012 11:53pm
reclegend22;1344172 wrote:Florida might be the best team in the country. They are very good. Like Indiana and Duke, they have tremendous inside-outside balance and swarming defense. This is by far Donovan's best team since the championship clubs in 2006 and '07.
I agree I'd take Florida over both of those teams at a neutral court.
wildcats20
Posts: 27,794
Dec 15, 2012 11:57pm
lhslep134;1344178 wrote:Just got home from Vegas in time to catch the last 2 minutes. How's the game been up to this point?
Very good.
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Dec 16, 2012 12:00am
$32 on Florida -1.5.
It's never easy is it? They were up 6 with a minute left...sigh.
It's never easy is it? They were up 6 with a minute left...sigh.
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ironman02
Posts: 4,989
Dec 16, 2012 12:00am
Wow, what a finish! Great comeback by 'Zona.
Mulva
Posts: 13,650
Dec 16, 2012 12:01am
Choke of the year. That was pitiful from a "veteran team".
What a day for Arizona though.
What a day for Arizona though.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Dec 16, 2012 12:02am
Wow. What a cap to the night. A great day of college basketball.
Arizona is notoriously tough to beat historically in the desert. Florida led the entire way. Damn.
Arizona is notoriously tough to beat historically in the desert. Florida led the entire way. Damn.
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Dec 16, 2012 12:02am
Arizona certainly had the magic today...
lhslep134
Posts: 9,774
Dec 16, 2012 12:03am
What a f*cking awesome day for me
SportsAndLady
Posts: 35,632
Dec 16, 2012 12:08am
Ehhh idk about that rec. ...they're talented maybe the most talented..but not the best team. At least my opinionreclegend22;1344172 wrote:Florida might be the best team in the country. They are very good. Like Indiana and Duke, they have tremendous inside-outside balance and swarming defense. This is by far Donovan's best team since the championship clubs in 2006 and '07.
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Dec 16, 2012 12:10am
Lets see...what did we learn today? Not much, other than what everyone has been saying. Nobody is unbeatable. 2 of the 4 or 5 teams who have looked great thus far, lost. Both veteran teams, both had the game just about sealed, both lost...
lhslep134
Posts: 9,774
Dec 16, 2012 12:17am
Arizona's teams led for a combined total of 27 seconds (per twitter) and won by a combined 2 points.
I'm overwhelmed
I'm overwhelmed
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Dec 16, 2012 12:18am
As Az kind of summed up, I'm not sure there is much if any separation between the teams at the top of the standings right now. It's anyone's ball game. Perhaps I was a bit blinded by how well the Gators' guards were shooting the ball -- UF hit 10 of 18 from 3 -- but they looked ultra impressive in my view. Arizona won the game, but they flat out escaped from jail in order to do it. Florida's guards had this game on lock down mode pretty much for 35 minutes.SportsAndLady;1344192 wrote:Ehhh idk about that rec. ...they're talented maybe the most talented..but not the best team. At least my opinion
Anyway, I think Duke, Indiana (losing to Butler is nothing to be ashamed of; the Bulldogs are a legit top 15 team), Florida, Michigan, Kansas and Syracuse are all right there. I think any one of them has a reasonable claim as the best team. It's so wide open.
Classyposter58
Posts: 6,321
Dec 16, 2012 1:07am
I believe Michigan State should go after Stevens when Izzo decides to step down. Would be a perfect place and culture for him, absolutely perfectreclegend22;1344048 wrote:Good points. And you are so right about UCLA not deserving Stevens. They are a meager, meager fan base. They are the Miami Heat fans of college basketball. When it was Eddie House dropping double doubles in the early 2000s, AmericanAirlines Arena was a church.
I still contend that, though, that the ultra laid back Stevens wouldn't fit well at UK. Although, there is no question that Kentucky is the pinnacle of college coaching. It's just not a job for everybody.
Mulva
Posts: 13,650
Dec 16, 2012 1:19am
That's probably going to be another decade. Stevens will be somewhere major way before that point.Classyposter58;1344212 wrote:I believe Michigan State should go after Stevens when Izzo decides to step down. Would be a perfect place and culture for him, absolutely perfect
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vball10set
Posts: 24,795
Dec 16, 2012 7:16am
What happened throughout yesterday is why I love college sports so much (except for that UT/Utah St. fiasco)...what a ride!
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Dec 16, 2012 10:45am
Doug McDermott scored 34, Creighton won at Cal.
Laley23
Posts: 29,506
Dec 16, 2012 11:57am
Kids for real. Still can't figure out what happened to Creighton vs Boise.Azubuike24;1344276 wrote:Doug McDermott scored 34, Creighton won at Cal.
reclegend22
Posts: 8,772
Dec 16, 2012 12:19pm
I think you are right, but I also do not think that Michigan State is a good enough job for Stevens. I mean, it's a great basketball school -- the Spartans have more Final Fours than any other program since 1999 -- but Stevens is a Kentucky, Duke, Indiana, North Carolina, Kansas, UCLA guy. If he is ever to leave Indianapolis, I firmly believe that is his destiny. He very well could be in the greatest ever conservation when it's all said and done. He demonstrates all of the signs. He is that good, IMO.Classyposter58;1344212 wrote:I believe Michigan State should go after Stevens when Izzo decides to step down. Would be a perfect place and culture for him, absolutely perfect
Azubuike24
Posts: 15,933
Dec 16, 2012 12:21pm
Boise isn't a bad team in their own right. Agreed though.
Classyposter58
Posts: 6,321
Dec 16, 2012 2:08pm
That in my opinion is bull. IMO Michigan State, Syracuse, Arizona and Georgetown are the same thing essentiallyreclegend22;1344315 wrote:I think you are right, but I also do not think that Michigan State is a good enough job for Stevens. I mean, it's a great basketball school -- the Spartans have more Final Fours than any other program since 1999 -- but Stevens is a Kentucky, Duke, Indiana, North Carolina, Kansas, UCLA guy. If he is ever to leave Indianapolis, I firmly believe that is his destiny. He very well could be in the greatest ever conservation when it's all said and done. He demonstrates all of the signs. He is that good, IMO.