Running 2011-12 College Basketball thread

[Big Circus]

Win or lose, Big Circus is going to have some stuff to complain about when he comes in here after the UVa-Tech game.

I literally laughed out loud at this.

I'm not sure when it's going up on the Jobs board, but they're in need of a functional human being to run the clock at Cassell Coliseum.

[Cosmo]

I'm wondering if it was the clock itself that was malfunctioning and not the human. Weird that it would just stop for five seconds in the middle of the action.

[Big Circus]

Could very well have been the clock itself, I suppose. Ridiculous either way. Four official time reviews in the second half?

[Jake_Taylor]

I was actually referring mostly to VT getting the timeout when nobody had the ball, but the clock thing was weird too.

[Big Circus]

That was a terrible crew in Blacksburg tonight. And aside from the Jontel Evans end-of-shot-clock prayer 3, nearly all of the bad calls favored the Hokies.

[Jake_Taylor]

Yeah, those guys weren't good. The Evans 3 and the timeout were both really bad. Karl Hess has done a good job of distracting people from how bad Jim Burr is.

[albert77]

Puppies cough up 13-point halftime lead to Kentucky at the Hump and lose by 9. That's four straight losses for State. Can you say NIT, Stans? I thoughtcha could.

[Matt Stephens]

Colorado State upsets No. 18 New Mexico, snapping the Lobos seven-game win streak. Second win vs. a Top 25 team this year for the Rams. Welcome back to the good side of the bubble.

[Oz]

And Missouri remembers it's Missouri, bombing against K-State. Again.

Tiggers 0-3 this season vs. the Wildcats in football and basketball.

Fucking inexcusable. Entirely fucking predictable.

I was disappointed to see that, too, because I wanted to see KU-Mizzou on Saturday with as much at stake as possible. I know it's going to be crazy anywhere, but the thought that the game would be between two teams tied atop the conference ... that doesn't always happen in this rivalry so late in the season.

As it is, if KU wins tomorrow night at Texas A&M, I like the thought that KU could win Saturday and build a two-game advantage on Mizzou with two games left on the Big 12 schedule, meaning the inside track on a No. 1 seed.

[Ben_Hecht]

And Northwestern remembers that it's Northwestern, blowing a winnable game against a ranked team at home in the second half and then getting boatraced in OT - with their first-ever NCAA bid likely hanging in the balance.

I know it's Northwestern, but it's still the Big Ten. Making the NCAA Tournament out of the Big Ten isn't THAT hard. Bill Carmody has had 13 seasons to do it and hasn't gotten it done. When will enough be enough there?

It didn't help their cause that this year's Big Ten is clearly the strongest top-to-bottom conference in the country THIS SEASON, and there's no debate about it.

[Cosmo]

I was actually referring mostly to VT getting the timeout when nobody had the ball, but the clock thing was weird too.

Yeah, that was an awful call. All you had to do was watch Erick Green going back to the bench after the timeout, with a look on his face like he just got away with something.

[kingcreole]

And Missouri remembers it's Missouri, bombing against K-State. Again.

Tiggers 0-3 this season vs. the Wildcats in football and basketball.

Fucking inexcusable. Entirely fucking predictable.

I was disappointed to see that, too, because I wanted to see KU-Mizzou on Saturday with as much at stake as possible. I know it's going to be crazy anywhere, but the thought that the game would be between two teams tied atop the conference ... that doesn't always happen in this rivalry so late in the season.

As it is, if KU wins tomorrow night at Texas A&M, I like the thought that KU could win Saturday and build a two-game advantage on Mizzou with two games left on the Big 12 schedule, meaning the inside track on a No. 1 seed.

Allen Fieldhouse will be eardrum-popping loud, even with the Missouri loss last night. Even if Kansas wins tonight, still a ton at stake Saturday.

[Jake_Taylor]

And Missouri remembers it's Missouri, bombing against K-State. Again.

Tiggers 0-3 this season vs. the Wildcats in football and basketball.

Fucking inexcusable. Entirely fucking predictable.

I was disappointed to see that, too, because I wanted to see KU-Mizzou on Saturday with as much at stake as possible. I know it's going to be crazy anywhere, but the thought that the game would be between two teams tied atop the conference ... that doesn't always happen in this rivalry so late in the season.

As it is, if KU wins tomorrow night at Texas A&M, I like the thought that KU could win Saturday and build a two-game advantage on Mizzou with two games left on the Big 12 schedule, meaning the inside track on a No. 1 seed.

Allen Fieldhouse will be eardrum-popping loud, even with the Missouri loss last night. Even if Kansas wins tonight, still a ton at stake Saturday.

I don't think I'm being hyperbolic when I say it has potential to be the loudest college basketball game ever.

[I Should Coco]

And Northwestern remembers that it's Northwestern, blowing a winnable game against a ranked team at home in the second half and then getting boatraced in OT - with their first-ever NCAA bid likely hanging in the balance.

I know it's Northwestern, but it's still the Big Ten. Making the NCAA Tournament out of the Big Ten isn't THAT hard. Bill Carmody has had 13 seasons to do it and hasn't gotten it done. When will enough be enough there?

It didn't help their cause that this year's Big Ten is clearly the strongest top-to-bottom conference in the country THIS SEASON, and there's no debate about it.

Good point. Even teams in the bottom half of the league -- NW, Minnesota, (gasp!) Iowa -- have played well at times, especially at home.

Illinois might be the worst team in the Big 10 at this point.

[Ben_Hecht]

And Northwestern remembers that it's Northwestern, blowing a winnable game against a ranked team at home in the second half and then getting boatraced in OT - with their first-ever NCAA bid likely hanging in the balance.

I know it's Northwestern, but it's still the Big Ten. Making the NCAA Tournament out of the Big Ten isn't THAT hard. Bill Carmody has had 13 seasons to do it and hasn't gotten it done. When will enough be enough there?

It didn't help their cause that this year's Big Ten is clearly the strongest top-to-bottom conference in the country THIS SEASON, and there's no debate about it.

Good point. Even teams in the bottom half of the league -- NW, Minnesota, (gasp!) Iowa -- have played well at times, especially at home.

Illinois might be the worst team in the Big 10 at this point.

Northwestern DID beat Michigan State . . . don't tell anybody.   They still don't belong in the Show unless they wind up .500 in the circuit (and the conference tournament should count, towards that), but it is what it is.

[Blitz]

Murray State able to avenge its only loss of season, to Tennessee State, and it looks like a 30-win season will eventually come to pass.
It's not just the color commentator who thinks this is a team that should be able to win two games in the tourney and make the Sweet 16.

[Flip Wilson]

Pat Knight goes off on his team -- especially the seniors -- after a loss. The parts I like best: Knight's criticism of society in general; and how he talks about what happens in the "real world." The only jobs he's ever had have been in basketball. I'm not sure how much of the real world he understands.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/02/video-lamars-pat-knight-goes-off-on-his-team/1#.T0etX3MzKjU

[Matt Stephens]

Pat Knight would be better off going the route of Jeff Capel and return to assistant coaching.

[da man]

Pat Knight would be better off going the route of Jeff Capel and return to assistant coaching.

He can't. His dad's retired.

[I Should Coco]

Anyone else catch the BYU-Gonzaga game last night and hear the semi-sober tones of SJ.com fave "Burnt Hamburger" calling the action?

Although it was just on in the background as we were working, at one point I heard Brent rambling on about how Mark Few has stayed at Gonzaga because he loves fishing in the wilds of western Montana.

At least he didn't bust out, "This one's for all the Tostitos" as Robert Sacre missed yet another layup.

[poindexter]

Pat Knight would be better off going the route of Jeff Capel and return to assistant coaching.

He can't. His dad's retired.

Money

[Versatile]

And Northwestern remembers that it's Northwestern, blowing a winnable game against a ranked team at home in the second half and then getting boatraced in OT - with their first-ever NCAA bid likely hanging in the balance.

I know it's Northwestern, but it's still the Big Ten. Making the NCAA Tournament out of the Big Ten isn't THAT hard. Bill Carmody has had 13 seasons to do it and hasn't gotten it done. When will enough be enough there?

It didn't help their cause that this year's Big Ten is clearly the strongest top-to-bottom conference in the country THIS SEASON, and there's no debate about it.

Good point. Even teams in the bottom half of the league -- NW, Minnesota, (gasp!) Iowa -- have played well at times, especially at home.

Illinois might be the worst team in the Big 10 at this point.

Nebraska and Penn State agree wholeheartedly.

[zagoshe]

Pat Knight goes off on his team -- especially the seniors -- after a loss. The parts I like best: Knight's criticism of society in general; and how he talks about what happens in the "real world." The only jobs he's ever had have been in basketball. I'm not sure how much of the real world he understands.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/02/video-lamars-pat-knight-goes-off-on-his-team/1#.T0etX3MzKjU

This one is straight from "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" --- What the hell is he talking about? Yeah, we get it - the seniors aren't acting like leaders but ripping on them for missing shots? Really?

[BitterYoungMatador2]

Pat has a long way to go before like his dad.

[Ben_Hecht]

Pat Knight goes off on his team -- especially the seniors -- after a loss. The parts I like best: Knight's criticism of society in general; and how he talks about what happens in the "real world." The only jobs he's ever had have been in basketball. I'm not sure how much of the real world he understands.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/02/video-lamars-pat-knight-goes-off-on-his-team/1#.T0etX3MzKjU

This one is straight from "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" --- What the hell is he talking about? Yeah, we get it - the seniors aren't acting like leaders but ripping on them for missing shots? Really?

I'm related to people who know Pat really, really well, and he's anything but unalloyed evil, but he's got a lot to prove.   He's undermanned, and it's up to him to do something about it.