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Anderson is absolutely bonkers. Not the first time this year he went off like that (27, 5 triples).

Always a good day when Duke loses. Boozer looked weirdly spooked by an undersized kid against him, like he didn’t know what to do with the advantage and floundered
 
navery12 said:
I don't particularly want to see Dayton or anyone else added to the Big East. Anyone that's added means shifting off of the round robin schedule, and thus the potential we're only getting 1 game against the other top teams
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This and also diluting the original Big East schools as a percentage of the league. The four most likely teams to get a bid this year are part of the eastern six.
 
Mr. French said:
I didn’t watch the whole game but obviously they collapsed.

Seeing the foul they called on Duke though with 3 seconds left, and reading Sheyer’s lips, he’s right. Awful job by the refs (there’s a shock).

Not sad for Duke but objectively crappy job by the ref.
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Don’t agree with that take at all. Duke guard had his hands all over Anderson and was leaning in to him from the halfcourt line all the way until they called the foul. I actually think they gave Duke a decent amount of leeway given the circumstance but kind of had their hand forced with how much contact there was.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
Don’t agree with that take at all. Duke guard had his hands all over Anderson and was leaning in to him from the halfcourt line all the way until they called the foul. I actually think they gave Duke a decent amount of leeway given the circumstance but kind of had their hand forced with how much contact there was.
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Yeah, I disagree. Unless I missed the contact it looked like he was riding along with him and in no way does that deserve to get called with 3 seconds left. It affected nothing and I didn’t see hands, I saw physical bodying. But I’m open to being shown wrong, I watched it once on my phone.
 
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Still early - but our old friends San Diego State giving Arizona a game in the first half. Up 23-20 with 3:30 left. They look horrific on offense (28 foot desperation threes, off balance shots off the side of the backboard, etc.), so I don’t think it’ll last - but they are making Arizona work for everything on defense.
 
WhereistheDove? said:
Don’t agree with that take at all. Duke guard had his hands all over Anderson and was leaning in to him from the halfcourt line all the way until they called the foul. I actually think they gave Duke a decent amount of leeway given the circumstance but kind of had their hand forced with how much contact there was.
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nbongba 100% got away with that second hook....and was lucky the refs called it on the TT guy and it wasn't egregious enough to overturn like the first one.

That first one was dirty, IMO...he hooked him, then shot his foot out to "fall"....well deserved flagrant.
 
Darius Adams with a 3/10 games, 4 TO's no assist game. He's working from the bench these days.
 
RuffRuff said:
Darius Adams with a 3/10 games, 4 TO's no assist game. He's working from the bench these days.
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He actually has some decent potential - good size and skill on the wing. But the argument way back when that he left because we brought in Demary and Smith and he couldn’t play point guard was silly. He isn’t a point guard … or even a combo guard.
 
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Gurleyman said:
Still early - but our old friends San Diego State giving Arizona a game in the first half. Up 23-20 with 3:30 left. They look horrific on offense (28 foot desperation threes, off balance shots off the side of the backboard, etc.), so I don’t think it’ll last - but they are making Arizona work for everything on defense.
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This one is a brick laying contest.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
We should move into the top 4 if we don’t blow it against DePaul. One seed is officially on the table.
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On the table? You didn't think a one seed was on the table before today.

The goal should be #1 overall heading into the tournament. We would be #1 now if healthy.
 
superjohn said:
On the table? You didn't think a one seed was on the table before today.

The goal should be #1 overall heading into the tournament. We would be #1 now if healthy.
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michigan would be #1 due to their gaudy margins.

now, i'm not sold on the quality of their competition on the whole, but the poll voters are stupid.
 
thekollieman said:
Do we think Duke and Michigan will both still be undefeated by the time they play each other on 2/21?

I’m calling a Duke loss to UNC before then, and then Duke beats Michigan. In the meantime Arizona loses to BYU and maybe someone else and UConn sweeps up till that point and takes over the number 1 ranking. Doomed?
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…Well, at least Duke definitely won’t be.
 
Gurleyman said:
He actually has some decent potential - good size and skill on the wing. But the argument way back when that he left because we brought in Demary and Smith and he couldn’t play point guard was silly. He isn’t a point guard … or even a combo guard.
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His potential is high IMO but I don't think he is at the right program. He's super quick and a very good athlete but he plays like a chicken with it's head cut off and is allowed to do so. Maybe him coming off the bench is a sign they are trying to rein him in but the games I've seen don't seem to be that.

I'd say he's like Ross was as a freshman but quicker and much thinner. That would be about the amount of PT he would get for this UConn team too, little to none.
 
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BigTenFan said:
Purdue beats Michigan in Mackey in Feb
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michigan going to lose multiple times, IMO.

their schedule has been effectively devoid of 1A games, except for routinely overrated Gonzaga. Their high tempo leads to high scoring, and higher margins on average for comparatively ranked opponents....and despite their weak schedule, they've still almost lost twice, and don't play anyone for another month yet.

There's a real world where they lose several games down the stretch and fall off the 1 line....their schedule is ridiculously easy then backloaded.
 
Pardon if not of interest, but I found the Duke 71-70 loss a surprise and opens up UCONN top 4 entry on Monday. They had a 16 point second half lead before losing at the end.

Any thoughts by the BB intelligentsia?
 
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I will readily admit that Duke losing last night put a good sized smile on my face and I also will be very happy seeing us ranked ahead of them Monday.

I happen to believe we are the better team and have played a tougher schedule to date, I also believe that there is little reason to put too much time or effort into worrying about where we sit this early in the season. I believe the chances of both schools entering the tournament with only one loss are extremely light. Sadly, I also believe that if that does happen, the selection committee will place Duke ahead of us. Fortunately, I don't believe we need the committee to rank us above Duke (or any of the other schools that will be competing for a one seed) to win the tournament
 
FfldCntyFan said:
I will readily admit that Duke losing last night put a good sized smile on my face and I also will be very happy seeing us ranked ahead of them Monday.

I happen to believe we are the better team and have played a tougher schedule to date, I also believe that there is little reason to put too much time or effort into worrying about where we sit this early in the season. I believe the chances of both schools entering the tournament with only one loss are extremely light. Sadly, I also believe that if that does happen, the selection committee will place Duke ahead of us. Fortunately, I don't believe we need the committee to rank us above Duke (or any of the other schools that will be competing for a one seed) to win the tournament
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we shouldn't undersell a 250lb 6'9 PF with touch and handles, especially when the C is 6'11 250.

Karaban can't handle that on D, and Nbongba is a decent enough rebounder. So it would come down to whether we could limit their other pieces, and abuse the matchup on offense. IMO demary needs to be more aggressive to really break down their D, and they have their own guard issues.

I'd say it's probably pretty even right now, but uconn has a much higher ceiling.
 
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Notre Dame just lost at home to Purdue....Fort Wayne.
 
They choked against BYU in the Jimmy V, should’ve figured they can’t be fully trusted here.
 
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