Opening Week (Non-UConn) Game Thread

[nelsonmuntz]

Carlton with 7 points so far and a big dunk for Houston. Houston's losing to Hofstra in the second half.

Sampson is not playing Carlton enough.

 

[elmcityboy]

st. johns looks scary

 

[Letsgohuskies11]

St johns cruising

 

[BugsyCT]

The Hoff up double digits over #15 Houston, 11m & change to go

 

[storrsroars]

Pitt looks terrible. Leaving the Big East put a stake in that basketball program. Dixon knew it, which is why he left just a year or two later.

Pitt IS terrible. I feel like checking Vegas odds on them going winless.

Dixon knew his style didn't mesh with ACC ball, but the Kevin Stallings hire was horrible. Old boys network stuff. They didn't have to lose their NYC pipeline, but Stallings' staff choices ensured that. And now it seems Capel has had a hard time with keeping any semblance of unity with the teams he had - at least one of which did have tourney-level talent.

 

[shizzle787]

Georgia Tech lost to Miami (OH) as well.

 

[BugsyCT]

Hofstra blew it. UH defense has suffocated them down the stretch and they hit some 3s to force OT, now have a 6 point lead with 2m left.

 

[Jimdish255]

Hofstra has taken 3 foul shots all night vs 17 for Houston.

 

[shizzle787]

Missouri Valley had a rough night. Likely to go 4-6 tonight.

 

[auror]

Chet Holmgren has an outside shot at a quadruple double.

 

[Get a Job]

Chet Holmgren has an outside shot at a quadruple double.

Quintuple-double if you count turnovers

 

[auror]

Quintuple-double if you count turnovers

He locked up the rare 5x5. 11-11-5-6-5

 

[shizzle787]

Virginia is toast against Navy. Bad night for the ACC.

 

[auror]

He locked up the rare 5x5. 11-11-5-6-5

Ended 14-13-6-7-5.

 

[HooperScooper]

Probability that Calipari will blame the inexperience of his roster for tonight's loss? Meanwhile the players that starred for Duke were freshmen playing in their first college game. Didn't UConn recruit Keels?

 

[storrsroars]

Probability that Calipari will blame the inexperience of his roster for tonight's loss? Meanwhile the players that starred for Duke were freshmen playing in their first college game. Didn't UConn recruit Keels?

The icing on the cake this season would be UConn being the team that ended K's career with a big fat tourney L.

Preferably in the NC. But I'll settle for FF or EE.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Pitt IS terrible. I feel like checking Vegas odds on them going winless.

Dixon knew his style didn't mesh with ACC ball, but the Kevin Stallings hire was horrible. Old boys network stuff. They didn't have to lose their NYC pipeline, but Stallings' staff choices ensured that. And now it seems Capel has had a hard time with keeping any semblance of unity with the teams he had - at least one of which did have tourney-level talent.

Losing the NYC pipeline was HUGE. When Pitt left the Big East, they were no longer going to regularly play in the Big Apple, and then they became just another team recruiting New York City, like 50+ other major conference programs. There is basically no talent out of western PA, and Pitt has to slug it out with the Big 10 for what little talent there is. Ohio does produce some players, but there are a lot of teams working that ground. Good luck getting a kid to come from Virginia or North Carolina to Pittsburgh. When there are so many good ACC and SEC programs plus Maryland, Georgetown and Villanova that are closer and have better programs.

Dixon saw this as soon as the move happened, and bolted soon after.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

A-10 7-0 tonight so far. All other seven teams are also winning.

Until Sacred Heart beat La Salle in OT 86-81.

Good game for their CT talent:

• Amity High's Tyler Thomas led the Pioneers w/ 24 points, 11 boards and 5 assists.
• East Catholic alum and Holy Cross transfer Joey Reilly scored 13 off the bench.
• Trinity Catholic alum Cantavio Dutreil w/ 7 boards in just 14 minutes.

 

[shizzle787]

Until Sacred Heart beat La Salle in OT 86-81.

Good game for their CT talent:

• Amity High's Tyler Thomas led the Pioneers w/ 24 points, 11 boards and 5 assists.
• East Catholic alum and Holy Cross transfer Joey Reilly scored 13 off the bench.
• Trinity Catholic alum Cantavio Dutreil w/ 7 boards in just 14 minutes.

They got Providence next. That should be interesting.

 

[Psolo12]

Houston might be actually bad this year

 

[auror]

Houston might be actually bad this year

They need Kyler Edwards to shoot a lot better than he did last night (3/14).

 

[aburks41]

Feel like Gonzaga is not going to be nearly as good as people think. If you think we have issues shooting from outside, look at their team. They have maybe 1 guy who can shoot the 3 at better than 35%. Huge step back for them compared to last year with Suggs, Kispert, and Ayayi.

But their conference is high school level so they're still going to get a 3 seed at the worst.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Houston might be actually bad this year

Meh. They won't play in the Final Four, but they didn't look that bad. Hofstra played well.

Pitt was a steaming pile last night. So was Virginia.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Feel like Gonzaga is not going to be nearly as good as people think. If you think we have issues shooting from outside, look at their team. They have maybe 1 guy who can shoot the 3 at better than 35%. Huge step back for them compared to last year with Suggs, Kispert, and Ayayi.

But their conference is high school level so they're still going to get a 3 seed at the worst.

yeah, sure. young chet prolly gets half a dozen/ten free throws just by standing on the court. and then there's everything else that he can do at an nba level as a frosh. add a steady diet of micky d's to his food routine this year, and .....
zags lose some of their guard centered routines of years past, but they pick up chet. nice problems.
here, he goes with the left,

there, he blocks with the right,

yeppers, just a couple hunnid of big macs away from filling out nicely. some think just bumping his skinny will work, but it won't. he's wirey and cagey, and while someone is bumpin/frontin him, he'll just rise up and dunk on their head, or just shoot a j from like 15 feet up in the air.
can't teach height.
and then there is this,
'Three Gonzaga players were featured on the list of 50 preseason candidates for the 2021 Wooden Award that was announced Tuesday.'

 

[Dooooooomed]

Lehigh 36
Rutgers 31
Halftime

Temple 26
Maryland Eastern Shore 25
Halftime