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This picture sums up Duke.

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Ranked losses:

15 TCU vs unranked
4 Kentucky vs unranked MSU
7 Duke vs 6 KU
21 Dayton vs unranked UNLV
 
Texas just absolutely stomped Gonzaga. And Timmy Allen was bad! Home game, so that helped, but damn. Looks like KenPom may have been right with them in the top 3 to start the year. If Hunter is going to make 40% of his 3s this year, they are going to be scary. Our old friend Sir'Jabari Rice from NMSU a key part of their rotation and getting starter minutes.
 
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UMass takes down Colorado too. Diggins with 2 points and 2 assists in 18 minutes
 
auror said:
Texas just absolutely stomped Gonzaga. And Timmy Allen was bad! Home game, so that helped, but damn. Looks like KenPom may have been right with them in the top 3 to start the year. If Hunter is going to make 40% of his 3s this year, they are going to be scary. Our old friend Sir'Jabari Rice from NMSU a key part of their rotation and getting starter minutes.
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Texas looked scary good. Tons of skill, athletes, and depth. Top 5 recruit Dillon Mitchell might not be in the top 5 players for his own team.
 
Pitt basketball being terrible in the ACC was the most predictable outcome of the breakup of the OBE. There was no way they could stay competitive without access to New York recruits. In the Big East, they could pitch 2-3 games a year in New York metro and were considered local. In the ACC, they are just another program trying to get New York talent.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Pitt basketball being terrible in the ACC was the most predictable outcome of the breakup of the OBE. There was no way they could stay competitive without access to New York recruits. In the Big East, they could pitch 2-3 games a year in New York metro and were considered local. In the ACC, they are just another program trying to get New York talent.
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Capel's buyout was $15 mill this season. Next year it goes down to $5 mill. I fully expect Brandin Knight to be coaching Pitt next year.
 
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storrsroars said:
Capel's buyout was $15 mill this season. Next year it goes down to $5 mill. I fully expect Brandin Knight to be coaching Pitt next year.
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I don't think Capel is a terrible coach, it is just a tough place to win. Jamie Dixon knew what he was doing when he left a program that had won 20+ games in 14 of the prior 15 seasons to try to rescue a bad TCU program. Pitt in the ACC is a very tough place to have a successful basketball program. It is a northern city in a southern league with a thin local recruiting market, and the Big 10 takes over about 50 miles to the west. The fact that Pittsburgh is a decent city is the only thing the program has going for it.
 
Pitt was up 4 with under 2 and a half minutes left, but gave up a run to end the game and lost by 4. Pitt shot 14-21 from the FT line and 5-22 from three, so that one hurts

VCU takes 3rd place in the Legends Classic
 
Colorado State and Murray State wins could have tournament implications.
And Pitt hoops to the ACC has been a disaster. Almost as bad as Nebraska to the B1G.
 
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So #24 A&M went down today. #20 Michigan is down 18 in the first half. #15 TCU lost today, and #21 Dayton lost earlier this week. #19 Illinois plays #8 UCLA tomorrow night.

If we take care of business with another big win tomorrow, and a couple things roll our way tonight and tomorrow night, I think sneaking into the top 20 is a possibility.
 
Three of the Pac 12's better programs lost to UMass, Sam Houston State and California Baptist last night. I have been a college basketball junkie for 30+ years and I had never heard of California Baptist before last night. Pac 12 teams have lost to low majors Prairie View A&M, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, Grambling, Sam Houston State, California Baptist, and Texas Southern, and the season is not even two full weeks old.

How did a major conference get this bad at one of the major sports?
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
Three of the Pac 12's better programs lost to UMass, Sam Houston State and California Baptist last night. I have been a college basketball junkie for 30+ years and I had never heard of California Baptist before last night. Pac 12 teams have lost to low majors Prairie View A&M, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, Grambling, Sam Houston State, California Baptist, and Texas Southern, and the season is not even two full weeks old.

How did a major conference get this bad at one of the major sports?
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Then Tennessee lets Colorado beat them by 12 and that doesn't help anything.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Three of the Pac 12's better programs lost to UMass, Sam Houston State and California Baptist last night. I have been a college basketball junkie for 30+ years and I had never heard of California Baptist before last night. Pac 12 teams have lost to low majors Prairie View A&M, UC San Diego, UC Irvine, Grambling, Sam Houston State, California Baptist, and Texas Southern, and the season is not even two full weeks old.

How did a major conference get this bad at one of the major sports?
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The west coast doesn’t really care about college sports.
 
Why am I watching UMass vs. Murray State? No idea.

Hopefully Rahsool gets some minutes!
 
Buffalo was beating Drake much of the game, between 5-9 points then suddenly I looked away and they lost by 8.
 
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