College Basketball Random Chatter 2013-2014 Season

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Nov 25, 2013 10:12pm
wildcats20;1543236 wrote:This Varidel kid is killing it for Chaminade. 26 points already with 5 and a half left in the first vs Baylor
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Nov 25, 2013 10:12pm
Laley23;1543242 wrote:Wait, the dude from Florida Gulf Coast???

I didnt even know he transfered.
Yeah, me neither. They were just talking about it.
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Nov 25, 2013 10:15pm
Also, I have to post this, since I was nice and didnt do it before the MSU game.
"The issue becomes playing teams (****like Cleveland St.****) this early is not fair for my team," Calipari said Thursday. "It may be fair for everybody else. But it's no fair for my team. …It's just not traditional in the sense everybody stays four years. So it's not fair when we walk in and everybody else is more experienced."

---Coach Cal
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Nov 25, 2013 10:17pm
Hahaha Cal is a fucking joke.
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Nov 25, 2013 10:19pm
wildcats20;1543250 wrote:Hahaha Cal is a fucking joke.
I changed, as you probably figured, Michigan State for Cleveland State...but yeah. The fact he actually said that before the game, making an excuse in case they lost while also building up what would be an epic win, is ridiculous.
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Nov 25, 2013 10:23pm
Laley23;1543252 wrote:I changed, as you probably figured, Michigan State for Cleveland State...but yeah. The fact he actually said that before the game, making an excuse in case they lost while also building up what would be an epic win, is ridiculous.
I laughed very hard at that quote when I saw it before that MSU game.

Just reeks of "here's my excuse if we lose tonight"
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Nov 25, 2013 10:25pm
SportsAndLady;1543253 wrote:I laughed very hard at that quote when I saw it before that MSU game.

Just reeks of "here's my excuse if we lose tonight"
Yep. But, I think the worst part is that we KNOW it wouldve been spun as some amazing victory had his inexperienced team, at such a disadvantage, won the game.
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Nov 25, 2013 10:26pm
Love this quote from Dykes...

Jimmy Dykes ‏@JimmyDykesLive8m
Varidel with 31 points at half. I don't know if he's hard to guard, Baylor has not tried yet
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Nov 25, 2013 10:40pm
Laley23;1543255 wrote:Love this quote from Dykes...

Jimmy Dykes ‏@JimmyDykesLive8m
Varidel with 31 points at half. I don't know if he's hard to guard, Baylor has not tried yet
I like the quote, but hate Jimmy Dykes.
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Nov 25, 2013 10:42pm
I think Cal also knows a November win is meaningless. We can probably all agree with that. The whole point of the pre-conference schedule is to get experience in specific situations, on the road and in different neutral environments. That's why these teams schedule 3 games in 3 days, tournaments in places thousands of miles away.

Hell, you can roll everyone but if it doesn't prepare you for one of those crucial moments in March when it's execute or go home, it's meaningless. That's why despite the weird foul rules, NCAA idiocies and one and done, college basketball is the best.
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Nov 25, 2013 10:44pm
Really hope that Varidel surpasses 43 points so that we never again have to hear about Adam Morrison legendarily scoring 43 points in one and a half games.
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Nov 25, 2013 10:53pm
Azubuike24;1543265 wrote:I think Cal also knows a November win is meaningless.
I mean I know you're defending your guy, but what the hell does that have to do with Cal's quote lol
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Nov 25, 2013 11:06pm
Jordan Bachynski with his 7th block of the night to hang on to a 2 point win for ASU.

Edit: Also, student section got T'd up earlier in the game for throwing something on the court and Herb Sendek grabbed the mic and called them out. Would have been pretty awesome if they lost by 1.
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Nov 26, 2013 12:36am
SportsAndLady;1543275 wrote:I mean I know you're defending your guy, but what the hell does that have to do with Cal's quote lol
He's gotta say whatever it takes to mold the team and the players to what he wants.

He's selfish. He wants to recruit the best talent, have a stacked team and also wants them to be unranked and fly under the radar.

I mean, how many coaches can have arguably one of the top 5 most disappointing teams one year, turn around be ranked preseason #1?

Had UK won the MSU game, I'm not sure what difference it would have made. It's going to be a team that will have to be knocked out again anyway, maybe in a rematch. Never know.
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Nov 26, 2013 8:45am
Archie Miller's got a squad at UD. They move to 5-0 with a win over the 11th ranked Zaga Bulldogs.
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Nov 26, 2013 10:44am
At least OSU fans know that Thad knows what a good shooter looks like. Jordan Sibert has scored in double figures in every game this year. With extended minutes against Georgia Tech and Gonzaga Sibert scored 20 and 23 points respectively and has gone 16/28 from the field and 9/19 behind the arc.

For the season: 15.9 ppg and 59% from the field.
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Nov 26, 2013 10:52am
Prescott;1543421 wrote:At least OSU fans know that Thad knows what a good shooter looks like. Jordan Sibert has scored in double figures in every game this year. With extended minutes against Georgia Tech and Gonzaga Sibert scored 20 and 23 points respectively and has gone 16/28 from the field and 9/19 behind the arc.

For the season: 15.9 ppg and 59% from the field.
Really too bad Sibert wasn't willing to wait his turn. He coulda got some serious minutes last year as well as this year IMO. But it happens. Good to see him doing well.
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Nov 26, 2013 10:40pm
Good game in Maui between UD and Baylor

UD looks really good..wonder where Archie Miller will be coaching next year?
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Nov 26, 2013 11:03pm
UNLV talks a lot of shit. My lord.

When Christian Wood checked into the game in the first half tonight for UNLV, I wanted to puke. But kid has played surprisingly well for somebody who has only registered two minutes all season. He's got 5 points, 2 or 3 boards, a blocked shot and can run the floor. I was a year off in my analysis of the kid, but next season he's going to be a real threat for the Rebels at 6-11 and with his face-up ability.
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Nov 26, 2013 11:22pm
Dayton kind of pissed this one away. Some bad shots. Gotta give it to Baylor. Not a huge fan of Drew, but they have some tough-nosed guys this year.
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Nov 26, 2013 11:22pm
Baylor back on top by 1. 12 secs left
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Nov 26, 2013 11:24pm
Wow jus tmissed the tip in. Baylor hangs on
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Nov 26, 2013 11:24pm
Baylor/Cuse tomorrow night. That's gonna be a good one.
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Nov 26, 2013 11:34pm
Vegas ran Illinois off the court over the final five minutes of the first half. If that team could just get all of its shit together, the talent there could take it to a Final Four. A big if based on the last couple of years, but the team is talented as hell. Smith and Birch are beasts on the block.

As for Archie Miller, I think Brian Gregory was at the helm of Dayton the year the Flyers won Maui, made the NCAAs, and then stayed for nine more years. Maybe Miller will stick around awhile.
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Nov 26, 2013 11:44pm
Gregory was a completely average coach too. If Archie proves to be superior, he's not staying more than 3 more.