2013-2014 College Basketball Thread

[strahanfan92]

Friend Trevor Cooney scored 27 and 7-8 from 3 Friday night for Syracuse. Crazy hype, hope he does big things this season.

 

[Woy]

Robert Morris 90, Lafayette 81

- Good win against a team who was a consensus top two pick in the Patriot League on their home floor. Colonials were down 11 at one point, but Karvel Anderson dropped 16 of his game-high 21 points in the last six minutes of the game.
- Junior college transfer Juanie Newton stuffed the stat sheet tonight with 10 points, 7 boards, and 3 steals - including a big one late in the game to put RMU up 8. There was one point in the game where he missed a shot, got his own rebound, missed another shot, got his own rebound, and eventually got open behind the arc for three.
- Most surprising performance of the night has to go to junior guard/forward David Appolon. Kid can't really shoot or pass at all (good defender though, ask Ohio's D.J. Cooper), but he came up big tonight with 10 points (2-2 3PT) and 5 boards. He saw increased playing time because of freshman Kavon Stewart's absence.
- Definitely nicer to start the season off with a bang than get shit on by Rider and Lehigh, that's for sure.

Next Game: 11/14 @ Eastern Michigan (2-0)

 

[Argath]

Fuckin Kentucky :smh:


I still think they're gonna be a top team, if not the top team, come march.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

Is Tanveer redshirting?

Don't think so. He dresses but doesn't play. They have a big mandingo backup C straight out of some third world nation who backs up Sim.

 

[Sharkweather]

Iowa State 80, Texas A&M-CC 50

-DeAndre Kane looking like a pretty good transfer right now, led the team with 15 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Will be curious to see if he can keep it up against better competition.
-Naz Long only attempted 4 shots after leading the team in scoring in the first game, finished with 5 points. Still not sure what to make of him two games into his Cyclone career.
-Had five players in double-figures, but just a pretty average game for everyone all around, no one really stood out.

Definitely can't wait to see this team vs Michigan, a lot will be determined then.

McDermott Watch

Creighton 96, UMKC 70
37 pts, 7 reb, 15-25 FG, 5-10 3PT, 2-2 FT

 

[Sharkweather]

Georgia, Alabama and Larry Brown's Mustangs all just lost a recruit who apparently had a top three of UGA, Alabama and SMU to... UAB.

:wat:

 

[Atlas]

:domestic:

 

[JimLeavy59]

The quality of the games tonight are reason enough for the NBA to get rid of the age limit. JUST AWFUL.

 

[dave]

The quality of the games tonight are reason enough for the NBA to get rid of the age limit. JUST AWFUL.

Agree completely. At 18, if you're old enough to die for your country you're old enough to be a pro athlete. If you're not, they'll cut your ass.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

The quality of the games tonight are reason enough for the NBA to get rid of the age limit. JUST AWFUL.

Which games are you referring to? I know you aren't talking about Duke/Kansas, which was a great game.

Anyway, I watched a bunch of the games during the marathon, and enjoyed almost all of them aside from the blowouts.

 

[Woy]

Yeah, that was the most entertaining group of games for a tip-off marathon we've had in a few years. Mostly every game was close.

 

[NAHSTE]

I fell asleep during game 1, caught the nightcap of the double header. Is Kentucky still unbeaten/unbeatable? Can anyone confirm?

 

[Sharkweather]

Think I only missed 3-4 games from the marathon, was a great one for sure this year. The Champions Classic went out in style with these four teams. I wonder if they will restart it again with 4 new teams.

 

[Argath]

I fell asleep during game 1, caught the nightcap of the double header. Is Kentucky still unbeaten/unbeatable? Can anyone confirm?

:falcons::bigbucs:

 

[Sharkweather]

Nevermind, guess they already renewed the series with the same four teams.

Future Champions Classic Matchups

Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014 (Indianapolis)
Kansas vs. Kentucky
Michigan State vs. Duke

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015 (Chicago)
Kansas vs. Michigan State
Kentucky vs. Duke

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 (New York City)
Kentucky vs. Michigan State
Duke vs. Kansas

 

[Pitty]

What the hell is Dave even talking about?

 

[Sharkweather]

Two more top ten recruits have moved up their announcement dates from Spring to Friday. So now this Friday we will have decisions from the #1, #3, #4, #5 and #9 players in the country.

My predictions.

#1 C Jahlil Okafor - Duke
#3 F Stanley Johnson - Arizona
#4 F Cliff Alexander - Illinois
#5 G Tyus Jones - Duke
#9 F Justise Winslow - Duke

I think Duke is going to come out winners in the big package deal. Okafor/Jones have long talked about playing together, and now Winslow wants in on the action too, as they all three played together for team USA Basketball.

 

[Pitty]

Two more top ten recruits have moved up their announcement dates from Spring to Friday. So now this Friday we will have decisions from the #1, #3, #4, #5 and #9 players in the country.

My predictions.

#1 C Jahlil Okafor - Duke
#3 F Stanley Johnson - Arizona
#4 F Cliff Alexander - Illinois
#5 G Tyus Jones - Duke
#9 F Justise Winslow - Duke

I think Duke is going to come out winners in the big package deal. Okafor/Jones have long talked about playing together, and now Winslow wants in on the action too, as they all three played together for team USA Basketball.

As a Pitt fan, even thinking about Top 10 recruits is a foreign concept. Although I will say it'll be interesting playing against these new Young Gun teams.

 

[NAHSTE]

As a Pitt fan, even thinking about Top 10 recruits is a foreign concept.

For LSU it's also a foreign concept. Australian, to be more specific.

:smug:

 

[Pitty]

For LSU it's also a foreign concept. Australian, to be more specific.

:smug:

Trying to encroach on our New Zealand Pipeline?