2012-13 College Basketball Running Cordial Discussion

[Versatile]

Kentucky sucks. Glad that's out of the way already.

 

[SalukiNC]

Anthony Davis isn't walking through those doors

 

[Versatile]

Anthony Davis isn't walking through those doors

Well, another concussion and he might forget he left early.

 

[JackReacher]

If you're going to get Kentucky, get 'em early with all those freshmen still figuring out each other's names. Maryland +11 was a big, fat winner.

 

[TrooperBari]

Handful of Red Line Upsets on Day 1: Troy 56-53 Mississippi State, Rutgers 52-56 St. Peter's, Purdue 65-70 Bucknell, Florida State 71-76 South Alabama.

South Dakota State nearly did the old NCC proud but lost 70-67 at Alabama. Nebraska-Omaha christened the Ralston Arena by beating Northern Illinois 77-64. Woo!

 

[JackReacher]

And hey, look at that. George Mason 63, Virginia 59.

 

[dixiehack]

The curse of the orange pants has felled the Lady Vols as well. The post-Summit era starts with a loss at UT-Chattanooga.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iD_F4EmauJUnXWs0dtf-sMMuohoQ?docId=2af98f4a5c444d9ba98309a781afa08a

 

[HanSenSE]

Don't know if this ruins the atmosphere of cordiality, but, top UCLA recruit DQ'ed 90 minutes before game:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/ucla-freshman-shabazz-muhammad-ruled-ineligible-ncaa-040044716--ncaab.html

 

[turski7]

Don't know if this ruins the atmosphere of cordiality, but, top UCLA recruit DQ'ed 90 minutes before game:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/ucla-freshman-shabazz-muhammad-ruled-ineligible-ncaa-040044716--ncaab.html

Everyone in Vegas knew something around Shabazz was shady. Guess the NCAA found it.

 

[Bubbler]

I was at Pauley Pavilion. The vibe I got is that UCLA wanted to portray a sense of shock, but it wasn't very convincing.

Bruins are pretty good anyway. Maybe not national championship-good as they might've been with Shabazz, but pretty strong nonetheless.

 

[TigerVols]

I was at Pauley Pavilion. The vibe I got is that UCLA wanted to portray a sense of shock, but it wasn't very convincing.

Bruins are pretty good anyway. Maybe not national championship-good as they might've been with Shabazz, but pretty strong nonetheless.

Well?

(How did Pauley 2.0 look? Gives us a review)

 

[Bubbler]

I was at Pauley Pavilion. The vibe I got is that UCLA wanted to portray a sense of shock, but it wasn't very convincing.

Bruins are pretty good anyway. Maybe not national championship-good as they might've been with Shabazz, but pretty strong nonetheless.

Well?

(How did Pauley 2.0 look? Gives us a review)

Never was in Pauley 1.0, so I don't have a good frame of reference, but it was cool. Swanky, but not ostentatious. Docked points for football-style media seating. Credited points for everything else.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Not sure if this needs a separte thread or not but the NCAA announced the preliminary round sites for 2014 and 2015 today.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2012-11-12/preliminary-round-sites-announced-2014-2015-ncaa-tournaments

Madison Square Garden will host the East Regional finals next year. It will be the first time MSG has hosted an NCAA round in 53 years.

 

[JackReacher]

And hey, look at that. George Mason 63, Virginia 59.

And hey, look at that. Delaware 59, Virginia 53.

CAA 2, U.Va. 0

 

[Chef2]

I will never understand what the attraction is to playing a basketball game in a 70,000 seat dome. Watching the KU/MSU and UK/Duke games, there didn't appear to be more than 15-20,000 in there. Tops.

Just looks horrible on television.

I would rather have the atmosphere like they had in Richmond for WSU/VCU. 8,000 in there sounded like 50,000.

 

[Big Circus]

And hey, look at that. George Mason 63, Virginia 59.

And hey, look at that. Delaware 59, Virginia 53.

CAA 2, U.Va. 0

Going to be a long-ish year for the Wahoos, although getting Jontel Evans healthy will help a lot. He's their second-best player.

Still likely an NIT ceiling for this bunch.

 

[JackReacher]

Didn't one of U.Va.'s injured players come back for the Delaware game? Not sure which, but I thought I heard that.

Delaware and Mason are two of the top 3 teams in the CAA this year. Just bad timing for Virginia. But oh, so glorious.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Not sure if this needs a separte thread or not but the NCAA announced the preliminary round sites for 2014 and 2015 today.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2012-11-12/preliminary-round-sites-announced-2014-2015-ncaa-tournaments

Madison Square Garden will host the East Regional finals next year. It will be the first time MSG has hosted an NCAA round in 53 years.

Obviously, the NCAA prefers no-holds-barred Organized Crime to the spectre of possible above-board sports betting within New Jersey's borders.

The Sopranos laugh.

 

[Big Circus]

Didn't one of U.Va.'s injured players come back for the Delaware game? Not sure which, but I thought I heard that.

Delaware and Mason are two of the top 3 teams in the CAA this year. Just bad timing for Virginia. But oh, so glorious.

Evans saw three minutes of action against Delaware, but he's not close to 100 percent. He was just getting his feet wet.

Speaking of feet and injured UVa players, Malcolm Brogdon (the top recruit in the Cavs' sophomore class and the projected starting shooting guard) is still out after having foot surgery in the spring. Rumor is he might be done for good.

 

[Chef2]

Helluva Wichita State-VCU game last night.