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Virginia and Duke both tried to give the game away a few times there. Duke will be back in the top 25, and deservedly so, but I think they get smacked by North Carolina.

Props to Allen for redeeming himself after gagging two points away at the line a few seconds earlier. Kid clearly isn't scared of the moment.
 
Diamond Stone might be in some trouble here. Looks like he just slammed a Wisconsin players' head into the floor.

Meanwhile, if you want an idea of how wide open college basketball is this season, the #2 team in the country is down 35-19 at home to Wisconsin. I thought I heard the announcers say Maryland went 15.5 minutes without a field goal, which is almost too extraordinary to believe.

Edit: I can't believe how badly Wisconsin got screwed there. Somehow, Stone's head shove warranted double-technicals. He should have been gone.
 
If I were that kid in the Michigan crowd, who ESPN is now going out of their way to find and highlight "hurr derp you might remember this fan from the MSU Michigan football game..." I'd be parlaying that in to becoming Michigan's BigRed/BlueWhiteKid.
 
Zebras hosing Texas for 2nd straight Big 12 road game, Ebay called for block on critical play that was an obvious charge...5th foul, changed momentum
 
2, 3, 7, 11, 13, 24, 15, 18, 21, 25 all drop today. SMU still playing. Crazy year.

Other 25 losses this week: 23, 4, 11, 14, 15, 16, 20, 5, 10, 8, 24, 13.


So that's double losses for 11, 13, 15, 24.

Only 1, 6, 9 didn't lose this week of the top 10.

That collapse to Temple was a big opportunity lost. Could have easily jumped into the top 25.
 
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I went to the Cal vs. Oregon State game today. Cal won 83-71, but could/should have won by about 25 since they shot 26-44 (!!!) from the line. It was an insane amount of fouls - like our game against Memphis, but worse.

Jaylen Brown is going to go very high in the draft, and whoever gets him is getting a good player but not a superstar. My guess is he'll be a Jae Crowder-type at the next level (though he definitely needs to work on his jumper). Rabb, meanwhile, has some tools but definitely needs to continue to work on being more than just a rebounder & rim protector. Bird had 23 and made some shots, but that's more the exception than the rule with him.

Cal have a lot of drive-and-kick playmakers, including the senior Tyrone Wallace who averages 4.5 apg, and is a likely second-round pick. But like us they don't really have a true PG.

Oregon State weren't super talented, save for Gary Payton Jr. and Tres Tinkle. I don't know if Payton will shoot it well enough to be a pro, but he throws good skip passes, defends like hell and is long/athletic. He did have trouble turning the corner with the ball in his hands, though that may have been more because Cal repeatedly packed the lane so there was nowhere to go. I could see him being a Patrick Beverly-type at the next level.
 
Matrim55 said:
God I wish we'd gotten Josh Perkins. Of all the recruits we've missed out on over the last 4 years, he's the one who'd have helped the most.
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Yeah, he'd have been a big get. Bonzie Colson of Notre Dame is another guy that comes to mind. I don't remember how hard we recruited him, but I know there was interest at one point.
 
champs99and04 said:
Yeah, he'd have been a big get. Bonzie Colson of Notre Dame is another guy that comes to mind. I don't remember how hard we recruited him, but I know there was interest at one point.
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We made it pretty clear he was a back-up plan. I don't think he ever seriously considered us, and vice versa.
 
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Matrim55 said:
I went to the Cal vs. Oregon State game today. Cal won 83-71, but could/should have won by about 25 since they shot 26-44 (!!!) from the line. It was an insane amount of fouls - like our game against Memphis, but worse.

Jaylen Brown is going to go very high in the draft, and whoever gets him is getting a good player but not a superstar. My guess is he'll be a Jae Crowder-type at the next level (though he definitely needs to work on his jumper). Rabb, meanwhile, has some tools but definitely needs to continue to work on being more than just a rebounder & rim protector. Bird had 23 and made some shots, but that's more the exception than the rule with him.

Cal have a lot of drive-and-kick playmakers, including the senior Tyrone Wallace who averages 4.5 apg, and is a likely second-round pick. But like us they don't really have a true PG.

Oregon State weren't super talented, save for Gary Payton Jr. and Tres Tinkle. I don't know if Payton will shoot it well enough to be a pro, but he throws good skip passes, defends like hell and is long/athletic. He did have trouble turning the corner with the ball in his hands, though that may have been more because Cal repeatedly packed the lane so there was nowhere to go. I could see him being a Patrick Beverly-type at the next level.
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Always appreciate a good analysis, keep it up.
 
Mano said:
An especially devastating play since they lost the freaking game in overtime.
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Hey, that loss is more ammo for the "fire Josh Pastner" crowd. You'd have to think that a school that was able to land Calipari, ought to be able to pull in a pretty good coach.
 
Texas beating West Virginia pretty handily. Ohio State beats Michigan by 10.
 
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Texas wins against WVU
OSU wins against Michigan
South Carolina loses to a Mizzou team who just cut their starting PG
VCU beats URI

Bubble teams:
Butler beats Creighton
Pitt beats Wake

Games to watch:
Florida at Georgia
Texas AM vs Ole Miss
ISU vs Baylor
 
PC getting blown out, will be 5 losses in 7 games. The 2 wins coming against Gtown
 
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Are they ever going to tip off this Duke/UNC game or just talk about how wonderful they are all night?
 
St. Joes picked up a very nice resume win over #15 Dayton.

Iowa drops to PSU which may only lower Iowa's seeding. Probably won't affect UConn.

Syracuse blown out by Louisville which is exactly what UConn fans want from Louisville. Sure it hurts the RPI a bit but since Cuse is in contention for similar seeding, we want them to lose.

Temple losing hurts but again, I prefer teams behind UConn losing because it keeps UConn off the bubble.

PC losing to X means aside from Gtown, PC hasn't beaten anyone in a month. And have lost 5 of 7. How are they still ranked?
 
UNC students making the traveling motion while Grayson Allen shoots free throws. Nice!
 
Jerry1714 said:
PC getting blown out, will be 5 losses in 7 games. The 2 wins coming against Gtown
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Yeah. They're a bubble team now, right? I mean, they have a win against Villanova that counts for something, but otherwise (before the loss) RPI 39, 2-4 vs. Top 25, 2-5 vs. Top 50, and 3 sub-100 losses.

They have a manageable schedule the next four games, and just winning is probably enough to right the ship. But they've looked bad.
 
tzznandrew said:
Yeah. They're a bubble team now, right? I mean, they have a win against Villanova that counts for something, but otherwise (before the loss) RPI 39, 2-4 vs. Top 25, 2-5 vs. Top 50, and 3 sub-100 losses.

They have a manageable schedule the next four games, and just winning is probably enough to right the ship. But they've looked bad.
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Last year the lowest KenPom rated team to make it in as an at-large was Indiana at #53. Temple, who was regarded as the biggest snub, was #56 before the tournament. Providence is currently #57.
 
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