2017-18 college basketball thread - Merged threads Archive

[NowInStorrs]

Auburn is looking really good against MTSU. 22-9 right now.

 

[Jaker]

UCLA is a bubble team.

 

[RichZ]

No special love for Indiana, but my hatred for ND is much older than our BE basketball rivalry with them. Thrilled that Indiana beat them today.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Oregon rallies to beat Fresno state on the road.

 

[Matrim55]

UCLA is a bubble team.

UCLA is an NIT team.

 

[zls44]

That is a nice win for Kruger team...that is not an easy place to come out with a W.

Instead of playing in their normal, raucous, on-campus arena, they played it in the septic generic arena downtown. And the atmosphere was worse.

But, you know, XL Center.

 

[awfuldan]

Man, Trae Young is good. Oklahoma should surely be a top 20 team by Monday. Their only loss thus far is Arkansas.

 

[Stainmaster]

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

No team chemistry. The players hate each other. They went to a walk on to spark the W.

All in a year this was supposed to one of the best PC teams in years.

 

[pj]

No team chemistry. The players hate each other. They went to a walk on to spark the W.

All in a year this was supposed to one of the best PC teams in years.

MAL was 2-9, zero assists against Stony Brook. On the season he's shooting 22% from 3 and 44% on free throws. Still one of their better players, but if he were here he'd be an exemplar for the "KO doesn't recruit shooters" theme. It might be a blessing that he didn't come and we got Akinjo in his place. If we had gotten Montez Mathis or Jalen Carey too I'd be delighted.

 

[upstater]

MAL was 2-9, zero assists against Stony Brook. On the season he's shooting 22% from 3 and 44% on free throws. Still one of their better players, but if he were here he'd be an exemplar for the "KO doesn't recruit shooters" theme. It might be a blessing that he didn't come and we got Akinjo in his place. If we had gotten Montez Mathis or Jalen Carey too I'd be delighted.

We need MAL and Akinjo!

 

[nwhoopfan]

I think this is a trend we have not fully appreciated. There is more parity than ever, and more teams that can beat any given team on a given night. We will keep seeing upsets at a significant pace.

Arizona State winning against my Jayhawks was good for UConn. Arizona fans are already looking ahead to that game, hopefully the team is looking past UConn.

After the debacle in the Bahamas, I don't know if Arizona is overlooking anybody. They've been winning since then, but not real convincingly. Some decent wins @ UNLV, Texas A&M neutral (not really, it was Phoenix, but still officially neutral) and Alabama in Tucson.

 

[methodology]

@nwhoopfan

Those Arizona wins were more than decent. UNLV is a good squad with a stud forward/ center. Texas a&m is top 10, and bama is borderline top 25ish type team

They still can be much better and now that they have Rawle Atkins back expect them to continue to improve over the next couple months.

UConn has no answer for Ayton going to be a long night trying to contain him

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

Pretty nice story on what seems like a really great kid.

 

[Jimdish255]

SMU putting a licking on 11-1 Boise. +18 early 2nd Half.

 

[Purple Stein]

SMU putting a licking on 11-1 Boise. +18 early 2nd Half.

Buy Mighty Groom!

 

[Purple Stein]

FWIW, this Boise team, that's now down 23 @ SMU, beat Oregon earlier this month...

 

[UConnDan97]

FWIW, this Boise team, that's now down 23 @ SMU, beat Oregon earlier this month...

Because transitive property doesn't work in sports. But they're a decent bball team, and it looks like SMU is that much better than Boise...

 

[nwhoopfan]

@nwhoopfan

Those Arizona wins were more than decent. UNLV is a good squad with a stud forward/ center. Texas a&m is top 10, and bama is borderline top 25ish type team

They still can be much better and now that they have Rawle Atkins back expect them to continue to improve over the next couple months.

UConn has no answer for Ayton going to be a long night trying to contain him

Yeah, Ayton will be a matchup problem for most of Arizona's opponents. They start two 7 footers. Ristic, the other one, is a skilled offensive player but a liability on defense. He isn't gifted physically like Ayton, kinda slow and mechanical.

Getting Alkins back certainly helps the Cats. Tonight their leading scorer Allonzo Trier left the game w/ an apparent knee injury. Looked like he bumped knees w/ another player. Limped off the court and went to the locker room, came back out to the bench later w/ an ice bag on the knee. Hopefully just a bruise and not a sprain. Still might be less than 100% or might even be a no-go for the UConn game.

Arizona really struggles on defense to contain dribble penetration. That's something UConn can probably exploit in the game.

 

[KodiacKemba]

That Larry Nance dunk !! WOW
Salute to Kobe

 

[champs99and04]

This was SMU's first game since Jahmal McMurray became eligible. He averaged 20 points per game on 50% from three for USF last season.

Don't remember why he's allowed to play, but he's clearly a piece that will help them. Scored 16 points (4-7 from three) in 18 minutes tonight alone.

 

[tcf15]

Trae Young with 26 points, 22 assists and 4 turnovers tonight:

 

[awfuldan]

Ties an NCAA record. Insane. Is anyone else even in the conversation for Player of the Year?

 

[Robertelamin]

Whats up with all the TO's? Just kidding.

 

[Robertelamin]

Ties an NCAA record. Insane. Is anyone else even in the conversation for Player of the Year?

I doubt it. He is leading the country in scoring and is tied for second in assists.