CBB Weekly Thoughts [2/11-2/17]

[Rudi]

 

[Rudi]

Poll

 

1 Indiana (26) 21-3 1,559
2 Duke (20) 21-2 1,515
3 Miami (FL) (17) 19-3 1,499
4 Michigan 21-3 1,428
5 Gonzaga (2) 23-2 1,371
6 Syracuse 20-3 1,293
7 Florida 19-3 1,286
8 Michigan State 20-4 1,178
9 Arizona 20-3 1,062
10 Kansas State 19-4 1,012
11 Butler 20-4 943
12 Louisville 19-5 842
13 Ohio State 17-6 828
14 Kansas 19-4 823
15 Georgetown 17-4 679
16 Pittsburgh 20-5 591
17 Oklahoma State 17-5 587
18 Marquette 17-5 493
19 New Mexico 20-4 433
20 Wisconsin 17-7 305
21 Notre Dame 19-5 264
22 Memphis 20-3 193
23 Oregon 19-5 137
24 Colorado State 19-4 125
25 Kentucky 17-6 87

Others receiving votes: Minnesota 80, Missouri 69, Cincinnati 68, Saint Mary's 62, Creighton 56, San Diego State 53, Louisiana Tech 43, Virginia Commonwealth 35, Saint Louis 34, Illinois 26, North Carolina State 24, Akron 12, UCLA 8, UNLV 6, Indiana State 5, Virginia 4, Wichita State 3, Belmont 2, Oklahoma 1, Ole Miss 1

Dropped from rankings: Creighton 16, Cincinnati 17, Minnesota 18, Missouri 21

 

[Rylo]

What a joke.

 

[Pitty]

What a joke.

I know you want Miami as #1, but Florida Gulf Coast.

 

[Swarley]

It's been a loooong time since K-State traveled to KU as the higher ranked and conference leading team. Can't wait for tipoff tonight.

EMAW!!!

 

[Pitty]

It's been a loooong time since K-State traveled to KU as the higher ranked and conference leading team. Can't wait for tipoff tonight.

EMAW!!!

:shotsfired:

 

[Swarley]

:shotsfired:

Lol, that was pretty pathetic. Just plain lazy and uninspired basketball.

 

[Jayrock]

1ndiana

 

[Woy]

Kansas wasn't losing four in a row, even if they were playing a rival. KSU didn't stand a chance.

Miami should be #1, but who cares at this point? It's been a kiss of death more than anything.

 

[Rudi]

:dead:

 

[JimLeavy59]

:haveaseat:

 

[Woy]

:dead:

:rofl:

 

[NAHSTE]

Frank Martin is not pleased with his team.

“If you take (point guard) Bruce Ellington off our team, you’d probably have the 12 leading candidates for the starring roles in ‘The Return of the Living Dead,’ the zombie movie,” he said. “If you took Bruce off our team, our guys would probably win an Academy (Award) for their performance in that movie. I’ve been doing this for 28 years, nine of which as a junior varsity high school coach. That means I’ve dealt with 14-year-olds. I’ve never been more embarrassed to call myself a basketball coach than I am today.”

That was his opening statement.

“If this was the NBA, we’d fine them, we’d take their money, we’d release them and say, ‘Good luck with ever finding another job.’ It’s not the NBA. So we’re in education. Somehow, some way, we have to reach them. It’s embarrassing. I’m just telling you, I’ve been telling our team here for three weeks that there’s a word that if it’s not in your vocabulary – whatever it is you choose to do in life – if the word ‘pride’ is not your vocabulary, you’ve got no chance at ever sniffing success.

“I’m a lot of things, but I’ve got pride. And I’m just telling you, I’m doing this (press conference) right now out of respect to you (reporters) and your jobs and because it’s part of my job. But I have never been so embarrassed. I shouldn’t coach basketball ever again if this is how my team plays.”

“If I’ve lost them, then they better disappear, because it’s going to be hard for them to be here next year if I’ve lost them 10 months into the job. You’ve got to ask them that question. I haven’t lost Bruce. I can tell you that. I haven’t lost Michael Carrera, even though he’s a freshman and he runs around like a chicken with his head cut off half the time and doesn’t know what’s happening. But outside of those two guys, if I had lost them, then they better figure out where home is at, because obviously, it’s not going to be here.”

:shotsfired:

 

[Argath]

Fantastic win for Maryland tonight over Duke. I really thought the refs fucked us on that plumlee charging call at the end of the game. Plumlees feet were in the air and moving and they called a charge lulz

Sadly their saying this might be the last time duke plays at Maryland. Glad Maryland got the win if that's the case

 

[NAHSTE]

LSU moved to .500 in conference play with a nice blow-out win over a severely undermanned Mississippi State squad. Johnny O'Bryant had another double double, his usual, and found himself two assists shy of a triple double. Fun day for the program, Bob Pettit was in the house, Dale Brown was in the house, and the PMAC was uncharacteristically packed with fans, most of whom had walked over after the baseball game.

Johnny Jones gets an A+ for how he has handled his first season, both on-court and in recruiting. The magic is back.

 

[Rudi]

I will be shocked if Ohio State makes it past the 2nd round. This team is not very good. The only person that can score is Deshaun Thomas, and he's a high volume shooter. If he doesn't catch fire this squad has no chance against good teams. No post presence, and Craft is terrible on offense.

 

[SuperKevin]

If Alex Len plays like that the rest of the year, this Maryland team could be a Sweet 16 team. However he disappears from the offense far too often for my liking. Seth Allen might also be a worse "point guard" than Terrell Stoglin