College Basketball 2009-10: The Road to the Road to Lucas Oil

[pirate]

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That questionable charge on Baylor turned the game around. If they call that a block, Zoubek fouls out and Baylor is up four with a free throw coming.

Completely agree...Duke shot at least 17 more free throws and got every close call down the stretch...disappointing end to a good game

 

[walrus]

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That questionable charge on Baylor turned the game around. If they call that a block, Zoubek fouls out and Baylor is up four with a free throw coming.

Questionable, hardly, he was set. Baylor blew it, Singler never made a shot and Baylor couldn't beat Duke

 

[Jason A]

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My take on that was that usually when a defender isn't squared up to the guy with the ball, it's called a block.

 

[walrus]

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My take on that was that usually when a defender isn't squared up to the guy with the ball, it's called a block.

I thought he was, the fact remains, Singler doesn't score a hoop the whole game and Duke still wins.Not sure how much you watch Duke, I watch then any time I can. Singler is pretty good and generally is their best player. I doubt one charging call changed the game. Baylor blew it, they are way more athletic and should have beaten Duke but didn't.

 

[MissThundercat]

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UConn women's basketball is getting silly... the only reason I'm watching is because I like Geno but otherwise i could care less about the sport... UConn led by 47 at one point. If they win the title they need to go back home and split the team into UConn A and UConn B and the side that win takes the title.

I was hoping for a UConn-Tennessee final, given the history between Auriemma and Pat Summit. Instead, I hope Baylor plays UConn; having to deal with Brittany Griner might neutralize the Huskies' inside game.

 

[Hammer]

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Oregon to offer MSU's Izzo the vault

Phil Knight is expected to help foot the bill. If I had to guess the offer's going to be in the $5 million range, since Calipari is making a smidge under $4 to get Kentucky hooked on NCAA violations (and you know they're coming).

If I'm Izzo, I say thanks, but no thanks. Sure, you're passing up a mega ****ton of money, but at Michigan State you're still doing pretty darn well at $2.5/year, you've got the program already built, and you've got virtually no job security issues, all of which are going to be concerns the minute you take the money and walk in the door in Eugene. The pressure to succeed immediately over there is going to be immense, and he may or may not have the tools in place to start winning immediately, if not sooner.

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Oregon to offer MSU's Izzo the vault

Phil Knight is expected to help foot the bill. If I had to guess the offer's going to be in the $5 million range, since Calipari is making a smidge under $4 to get Kentucky hooked on NCAA violations (and you know they're coming).

If I'm Izzo, I say thanks, but no thanks. Sure, you're passing up a mega ****ton of money, but at Michigan State you're still doing pretty darn well at $2.5/year, you've got the program already built, and you've got virtually no job security issues, all of which are going to be concerns the minute you take the money and walk in the door in Eugene. The pressure to succeed immediately over there is going to be immense, and he may or may not have the tools in place to start winning immediately, if not sooner.

huh... I heard oregon offered tubby the job.

 

[Hammer]

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I wouldn't be surprised if they did.

I could see Tubby taking the job a lot faster than Izzo would. Izzo has been at MSU for a long time, since being an assistant under Heathcoate. He's ingrained into the program, and has the program built. It's just a matter of maintaining it. He can just about write his own contract terms there. Tubby cannot say that about Minnesota.

 

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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[pirate]

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I was hoping for a UConn-Tennessee final, given the history between Auriemma and Pat Summit. Instead, I hope Baylor plays UConn; having to deal with Brittany Griner might neutralize the Huskies' inside game.

Well, Baylor's women got past Duke. I doubt they can beat UConn but, do you believe in miracles?

Griner is just outstanding...UConn will put some muscle on her, if she gets in foul trouble early, which would be one of my priorities if I was UConn, then it is over early.

UConn won't have to do much out of the ordinary, just go at her early and see what happens. If they can't get it done that way they have so many other threats they will still win. I hope Griner stays in there, has a monster game and it is at least close.

 

[Gusforhobey]

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Well, Baylor's women got past Duke. I doubt they can beat UConn but, do you believe in miracles?

Griner is just outstanding...UConn will put some muscle on her, if she gets in foul trouble early, which would be one of my priorities if I was UConn, then it is over early.

UConn won't have to do much out of the ordinary, just go at her early and see what happens. If they can't get it done that way they have so many other threats they will still win. I hope Griner stays in there, has a monster game and it is at least close.

uhhhhh....no

 

[French Rage]

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Stanford wins at the buzzer! Onto the women's final four! Gotta get to the final and avenge that one loss.

 

[jen]

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somebody in our random pool has a West Virginia-MSU final, which could actually happen

 

[dxmnkd316]

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Anyone else catch that Dick Vitale thought we should reseed the final four?

 

[Terrierbyassociation]

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Awful. St. John's signs Steve Lavin of all people to be the new coach.

The dude couldn't win at UCLA.

 

[pirate]

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Awful. St. John's signs Steve Lavin of all people to be the new coach.

The dude couldn't win at UCLA.

That is odd. Short of 3-5 known big name winners (that wouldn't take the SJU job), most schools go with the guy that has been successful at a mid-major or lower and try to find the next winner(at a price they can afford) vs. bringing in re-treads...they have struggled for a few years and I suspect this won't help them.

I could see a new young guy getting kids re-energized about St. John's.

 

[Terrierbyassociation]

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It's not going to help St. John's at all.

 

[Spartanforlife4]

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Anyone else catch that Dick Vitale thought we should reseed the final four?

Yup, heard it on Mike and Mike. And you know it's only because his beloved Duke has to face a tougher team.

The funny thing about it is that I was thinking the night before about how there's probably some tools at Duke or WVU posting on their message boards about how it's unfair the two best teams have to play each other. Of course it would be the biggest Duke fan out there that comes up with it.

I don't see how he can go out week after week yelling at the NCAA to not ruin the tournament by expanding it to make some extra dough, while he wants to ruin the tournament aspect of it by re-seeding the Final Four. While we're at it, why not re-seed after each round? Just have host cities with two or three arenas and put a whole region there, or better yet, put two or three courts into a football stadium.

 

[huskyfan]

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Anyone else catch that Dick Vitale thought we should reseed the final four?

hair plugs for Izzo????

 

[pirate]

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Yup, heard it on Mike and Mike. And you know it's only because his beloved Duke has to face a tougher team.

The funny thing about it is that I was thinking the night before about how there's probably some tools at Duke or WVU posting on their message boards about how it's unfair the two best teams have to play each other. Of course it would be the biggest Duke fan out there that comes up with it.

I don't see how he can go out week after week yelling at the NCAA to not ruin the tournament by expanding it to make some extra dough, while he wants to ruin the tournament aspect of it by re-seeding the Final Four. While we're at it, why not re-seed after each round? Just have host cities with two or three arenas and put a whole region there, or better yet, put two or three courts into a football stadium.

If the NCAA had its way, they would re-seed every round, throw out the top team and then bring back the 65th team for Duke to play in every game.