College Basketball Thread

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Dec 1, 2004

This thread is the Official College Basketball thread. Official. (I don't mean those shitty refs)

Large game on tonight, #1 Wake Forest vs #3 Illinois, battle of top teams with great guards. Should be a good one.

syringe · Dec 1, 2004

College Sports...Wooo?

/me goes back to being bitter about the NHL lockout. :mad:

kafuin_gaira · Dec 1, 2004

tarheels will be the 2005 ncaa champions.
end of story :mr_t:

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Dec 1, 2004

kafuin_gaira said:
tarheels will be the 2005 ncaa champions.
end of story

Didn't they lose already? :kekeke:

kafuin_gaira · Dec 1, 2004

first game of the season
but dickie v says it so it's gotta be true :kekeke:

seriously, though, it's the best unc squad since dean smith was coach, i have high hopes for them this year.

aria · Dec 1, 2004

Scanline said:
College Sports...Wooo?

/me goes back to being bitter about the NHL lockout.

What'cha talkin' 'bout, Willis?

You got plenty of college hockey on now. Then again, I get Fox Sports North so I see Gopher games all the time... Who knew that Minnesota-North Dakota was a really serious rivalry? (serious enough to end up in the NY Times).

College hockey is the only place the Ivy League schools can actually compete in D-1 and win (sure they can compete in B-Ball, but they're more like token teams in the tourney, Princeton's famous round-1 upset of UCLA not withstanding)

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Dec 1, 2004

ILLinois up 21 at the half.

Loopz · Dec 1, 2004

This year's making me nervous. Arizona seems to lack a killer instinct. We got worked by Virginia, and then while the 3-pt loss to Wake Forest was what the tournament committee would call a 'quality loss', it still sucks. UA is usually invincible in November.

Every empire's gotta fall sometime, and quite honestly, I'd trade a quality hoop team for a quality football team anyday.

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Dec 1, 2004

ILLinois 91 Wake Forest 73

And it was really much worse than that.

This was the first time I got to see ILLinois play this year, god damn they got a good squad

ILLinois = best team in the nation.

aria · Dec 1, 2004

buttasuperb said:
ILLinois 91 Wake Forest 73

And it was really much worse than that.

This was the first time I got to see ILLinois play this year, god damn they got a good squad

ILLinois = best team in the nation.

Well, continuing the tradition laid out by Duke, Indiana, WF and 'Zona -their BBall team makes up for their cellar dwellar Football.

kafuin_gaira · Dec 2, 2004

bah i need real cable tv, not the leftovers from splicing roadrunner into the tv. no espn is ok for football (pro), but won't cut it for college hoops.

oh, and ACC is still the best conference around. 7-2 in the challenge, what!

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Dec 2, 2004

kafuin_gaira said:
bah i need real cable tv, not the leftovers from splicing roadrunner into the tv. no espn is ok for football (pro), but won't cut it for college hoops.

oh, and ACC is still the best conference around. 7-2 in the challenge, what!

who cares, Illinois > any team in the ACC

breal · Dec 2, 2004

buttasuperb said:
who cares, Illinois > any team in the ACC

Bullshit lie, my Tarheels would beat the shit out of Illinois just like we did last year

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Dec 2, 2004

breal said:
Bullshit lie, my Tarheels would beat the shit out of Illinois just like we did last year

The same Tarheels that lost to Santa Clara? :kekeke:

breal · Dec 2, 2004

buttasuperb said:
The same Tarheels that lost to Santa Clara?

We didn't have our point guard but no excuses, we used that game as a wake up call. Besides Raymond Felton > Dee Brown. Rashad McCants > than the whole Illinois team.

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Dec 2, 2004

breal said:
We didn't have our point guard but no excuses, we used that game as a wake up call. Besides Raymond Felton > Dee Brown. Rashad McCants > than the whole Illinois team.

large fat lol to that

Dee Brown run past the whole squad.

Illinois guards = best in the nation

breal · Dec 2, 2004

buttasuperb said:
large fat lol to that

Dee Brown run past the whole squad.

Illinois guards = best in the nation

Let me refresh your memory

http://tarheelblue.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/120203aaa.html

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Dec 2, 2004

The knock about Illinois was that last year they never played D and they had no inside game. So far this year looks like they took care of those issues. They also have a deep bench. Anyone of the starters can go down for a while and they will still contend unlike UNC that choked without their "star" player. Illinois has a lot of upperclassmen with NCAA tourney experience. They will most likely be the #1 seed in the ST Louis bracket which is going to be a home court advantage since in years past they always got screwed into playing in the west.

kafuin_gaira · Dec 2, 2004

word

edit: fatguy posted too fast

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Dec 2, 2004

kafuin_gaira said:
word

edit: fatguy posted too fast

word also applies to my post :kekeke:

breal · Dec 2, 2004

FatGuy said:
The knock about Illinois was that last year they never played D and they had no inside game. So far this year looks like they took care of those issues. They also have a deep bench. Anyone of the starters can go down for a while and they will still contend unlike UNC that choked without their "star" player. Illinois has a lot of upperclassmen with NCAA tourney experience. They will most likely be the #1 seed in the ST Louis bracket which is going to be a home court advantage since in years past they always got screwed into playing in the west.

Our bench is deep too just not at the point guard position, and if Dee Brown went down with an injury Illinois would be in the same boat.

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Dec 2, 2004

breal said:
Let me refresh your memory

http://tarheelblue.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/120203aaa.html

This is 2004 my friend. Who gives a shit about last year?

breal · Dec 2, 2004

buttasuperb said:
This is 2004 my friend. Who gives a shit about last year?

You should because the same thing will happen this year

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Dec 2, 2004

breal said:
Our bench is deep too just not at the point guard position, and if Dee Brown went down with an injury Illinois would be in the same boat.

Don't get me wrong i'm not knocking UNC but everything you bring up about Illinois is from last year. Last year they went through a coaching change and the players admitted they were bitter about Self leaving and did not want to buy into the new program until late in the year. This is not the same team.

Chicago Cheeseburgler Crew · Dec 2, 2004

breal said:
You should because the same thing will happen this year

Thinking like this is what gets teams upset after a good showing the year before.

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