College Hoops Thread '10-'11

[The Poet]

Originally Posted by BryanB

Looks like Mr. Dawkins decided to step up. Irving will be missed but we can manage the next month or so without him. Hopefully the injury is being played up alittle.

Duke - 83
Bradley - 48

Helping you out alittle bit Thomas.

Why, thank you! As for Irving being out a while, I agree your boys should be OK without him for now. I can feel for him, and can even muster a tiny bit of sympathy for the team too, but as for Dook fans . . . well, many of them were the same ones who scoffed back in '09 when Ty Lawson was fighting through the same sort of injury. "Awww, poor baby! Him cain't play, him gots a sore piggy!" It's karma, baby . . . suck it up.

Hopefully, my regular update to follow ASAP.

[SD Beerman]

# 14 San Diego State vs. California = OK, here we might actually have us a contest . . . by which I mean something under double-digits. And at times the Bears have played well enough to even challenge the Aztecs.


SDSU looking good....

[The Poet]

Originally Posted by SD Beerman

# 14 San Diego State vs. California = OK, here we might actually have us a contest . . . by which I mean something under double-digits. And at times the Bears have played well enough to even challenge the Aztecs.


SDSU looking good....

So far, so good. But even though the final of 77-57 seems a spanking, note that the Aztecs led by only 2 at the half. Then the Cal Teddys went on another scoring drought, albeit not as bad as their 1/4-point/minutes pace earlier in the season.

Other scores of interest, to me anyway:


# 15 Missouri 85 - Vanderbilt 82 (OT) = Well, I did manage to call this one as close. You'd really be hard-pressed to get one closer.

# 17 Kentucky 72 - # 23 Notre Dame 58 = A good bounceback win for the Wildcats, and a good reality check for the Irish. But yet again, this one was tied 40-all at the break. Then, only one team came out of the locker room.

# 20 UNLV 75 - Boise State 72 = And this one was bass-ackwards from what I expected. The Rebels Ran up a nice lead early, then BS stormed back to make it a real game.

# 22 Minnesota 83 - St. Joseph's 73 = I guess this is an OK win for the Gophers, but St. Joe's should really not have been this close.

Boston College 88 - Providence 86 = Well, I had a feeling this one could be fun. It does not always work out that way, but here it totally did.

TCU 81 - Texas Tech 77 = Here too. I expected a tight one, and it was.

UNC 76 - Evansville 49 = OK, I normally don't post blowouts. And no, I'm not doing so because it is my Heels, or because I think it is that good a win. But there was some question earlier as to why Evansville was another cupcake on the schedule for UNC. Seems Roy was just following a tradition started by Coach Smith, that of scheduling a game close to every player's home at some time during his career, so that his family and friends can watch him play. This one was about 60 miles from Tyler Zeller's home. So there .


There is damn little up this evening, so you'll have to be content with:


# 2 Ohio State vs. IUPUI = Alright, so maybe not with this whipping.

# 9 Georgetown vs. Temple = But this one should be a lot more fun.

Florida vs. Kent State = On paper, the Gators should rule. But they have not played well enough to look past Kent State, lest they stub their toes.

Butler vs. Xavier = Here we have two class mid-major teams, neither of which have been especially good so far. Both need a victory, badly, so I'd expect both to be ready to play.


That's it. I know it's not much, but try your best to . . . enjoy.