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 Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 8:47 am Post subject: OFFICIAL 2019-20 College Basketball Thread |
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A new season kicks off today with Central Arkansas visiting #20 Baylor at Noon ET, and is headlined by the Champions Classic tonight with #3 Kansas vs. #4 Duke @ 7PM ET on ESPN and #1 Michigan State vs. #2 Kentucky @ 9:30PM ET on ESPN. Overall 19 of the Top 25 teams start their season today!
Preseason AP/Coaches Top 25 |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Kansas killing themselves with turnovers in the 1st half allowing Duke to stay in the game. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| #4 Duke beats #3 Kansas 68-66. Both teams looked rough, but Kansas killed themselves with 27 Turnovers! |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2019 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| #2 Kentucky knocks off #1 Michigan State |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 10:55 am Post subject: |
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Michigan State star Cassius Winston's brother dies after being hit by train
| Quote: | Zachary Winston, an Albion College student and basketball player and University of Detroit Jesuit High alum, died Saturday night.
Winston, the younger brother of Michigan State basketball All-American Cassius Winston, was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Albion. |
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reports are that it was suicide |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 11, 2019 9:50 am Post subject: |
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| unranked FSU goes to U of Florida who is ranked #6 and has been a trendy Final Four pick and easily knocks them off 63-51. It is the 6th straight time the 'Noles have beat the Gators in basketball....most have been considered upsets. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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#1 Kentucky tied with Evansville halfway through 2nd half  |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| adkindo wrote: | | #1 Kentucky tied with Evansville halfway through 2nd half |
Evansville upsets #1 Kentucky 67-64! |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| adkindo wrote: | | adkindo wrote: | | #1 Kentucky tied with Evansville halfway through 2nd half |
Evansville upsets #1 Kentucky 67-64! |
| Quote: | David Bearman
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Evansville, a 25 point underdog, upset top-ranked Kentucky. The Purple Aces closed 40-1 on the money line at South Point. The 25-point line matches the 3rd-largest betting upset in the last 15 seasons in a D-I vs D-I college basketball game. ESPN BPI had Evansville with a 4 pct chance to win. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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| adkindo wrote: | | adkindo wrote: | | #1 Kentucky tied with Evansville halfway through 2nd half |
Evansville upsets #1 Kentucky 67-64! |
Didn't get a chance to watch any of the game, but I checked the score for the first time when it was 61-55 Evansville and I thought, "no that can't be right, it must be 31-55 to UK". |
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| Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:04 am Post subject: |
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| Serenityy wrote: | | adkindo wrote: | | adkindo wrote: | | #1 Kentucky tied with Evansville halfway through 2nd half |
Evansville upsets #1 Kentucky 67-64! |
Didn't get a chance to watch any of the game, but I checked the score for the first time when it was 61-55 Evansville and I thought, "no that can't be right, it must be 31-55 to UK". |
I did not know at the time, but Evansville is coached by former Kentucky great Walter McCarty. |
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| I really don’t understand what Memphis is doing, Taking the NCAA to court over an eligibility issue isn’t likely to end well. |
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| Aeneas Hunter wrote: | | I really don’t understand what Memphis is doing, Taking the NCAA to court over an eligibility issue isn’t likely to end well. |
to be clear, it was not Memphis, but Wiseman himself that was taking legal action against the NCAA....but Memphis clearly supported him because they allowed him to continue to play.
Today it was announced he has dropped his legal challenge and has been ruled ineligible by Memphis. I assume the NCAA has let Memphis know they will reinstate him at some point....probably by the time conference schedule starts. He had to be ruled officially ineligible to apply for eligibility reinstatement.
The thing that has always stuck out in my mind regarding the Wiseman story is irregardless of the NCAA violation, Hardaway and the Wisemans had to know they were breaking the high school rules. There is no world where a public high school coach can pay for a player's family to move into his/her district. Even the most outspoken voices about paying the players or hating the NCAA would not want public high schools allowed to recruit and compensate players. There is a massive trickle down impact on communities and opportunities lost for local student athletes. |
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last year I was on record on LG and everywhere that WVU was ranked too high in the pre season @ #13. That was before we lost Sagaba Konate and Beetle Bolden to injuries and literally ended the season with zero opening game starters on the roster....the season was a disaster. This year most publications listed WVU in the 50's or lower, and once again they are very wrong. This WVU team is easily a Top 25 team with mountains of upside.
Incoming 5 Star McDonalds All American Oscar Tshiebwe is a beast with a motor like I have never seen. He had 20 Points and 17 Rebounds against Pitt this weekend, and made it look easy. Sophomores Derek Culver and Emmit Matthews are clearly NBA talents, and are surrounded by solid role players 10-12 players deep. This team should be a Sweet 16 type team this year....with potential higher expectations in future seasons. At some point the media will finally recognize what is clear to me..... |
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better late than never....
Today the NCAA ruled University of Arkansas transfer Gabe Osabuohien immediately eligible at WVU! The Junior 6'8" Combo Forward is known for his versatile defense, and fills the only real void on this WVU roster....combo forward depth. Many assumed the waiver was not coming since it did not arrive before the season began. |
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| #3 Michigan State (preseason #1) falls again...this time to unranked Virginia Tech in the 1st Round of the Maui Invitational. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| #1 Duke on major upset alert! Duke up by 1 point over Stephen F Austin with 4 minutes left in game.... |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| adkindo wrote: | | #1 Duke on major upset alert! Duke up by 1 point over Stephen F Austin with 4 minutes left in game.... |
going to overtime |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| adkindo wrote: | | adkindo wrote: | | #1 Duke on major upset alert! Duke up by 1 point over Stephen F Austin with 4 minutes left in game.... |
going to overtime |
Stephen F. Austin takes out #1 Duke in overtime....did it with a breakaway steal and layup at the horn!! |
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2019 Cancun Challenge Riviera Division Champions...and still undefeated...West Virginia University!  |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 8:36 am Post subject: |
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The committee no longer uses RPI, but I still find the metric useful throughout the season....and on 11/30, WVU is #1 in the country in RPI.... 
http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_Men.html |
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| Hey Don,... thoughts on Dru Smith? I really liked him a lot at Evansville a couple years ago. Transferred to Mizzou. Really just feels like an NBA level talent. Efficient, heady, crazy hand-eye coordination, and gets into guys defensively. |
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| Luminous8 wrote: | | Hey Don,... thoughts on Dru Smith? I really liked him a lot at Evansville a couple years ago. Transferred to Mizzou. Really just feels like an NBA level talent. Efficient, heady, crazy hand-eye coordination, and gets into guys defensively. |
I honestly have not really watched much of him. He is the PG that has or at one time had the Jheri curl? |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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| another game, another win for WVU....7-0. I told anyone that would listen this team was underrated before the season. |
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Luminous8
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| Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| adkindo wrote: | | Luminous8 wrote: | | Hey Don,... thoughts on Dru Smith? I really liked him a lot at Evansville a couple years ago. Transferred to Mizzou. Really just feels like an NBA level talent. Efficient, heady, crazy hand-eye coordination, and gets into guys defensively. |
I honestly have not really watched much of him. He is the PG that has or at one time had the Jheri curl? |
Yes sir. That’d be him |
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