Basketball Season Is Upon Us

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508mikey said:
It didn't last long
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That it didn't.

Feeling kinda like this today:

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but nothing like this

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Still have one more regular season shot at #10 WVU (in Waco) and two shots at #2 Kansas before the BIG XII Tournament.​
 
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Does anyone watch the Friday night games on ESPN2/ESPNU? It's kind of like the Friday night college football games except these schools are even smaller and more obscure. Occasionally a P5 conference will have a Friday night game, like the Pac-12 has had some before on FS1 and CBSSN sometimes shows games, but usually it's Horizon League or MAAC teams.

I don't tune in as much as I do for Friday night college football games, but I'll watch every now and then.
 
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The AP Top 25 Poll | NCAA Men's Basketball

Baylor drops from #1 to #6 in both polls after a road loss at #10 WVU (now #7) and a road win at #25 KState (now unranked). The Bears next game is at home tomorrow night against 7-9 Texas. The whorns leading scorer has been indefinitely suspended (missed 3 games thus far) and three other players not expected to suit up (???).

Is Shaka as Smart as Charlie was Strong? What a mess they have going down the road on I-35...even there baseball team is crap now.

Villanova jumps #2 Kansas (lol) top claim the top spot.

Kim Mulkey's Lady Bears remain at #2 in both polls behind Darth Vader...errr...UConn. 6'4" Lauran Cox was named BIG XII Fr of the Week after posting back to back double/doubles (in mop up duty) while splitting time with 6'7" Kalani Brown (daughter of former NBA player PJ Brown) and 6'5" Beatrice Mompremier.

Two Lady Bears commits were named to the 2017 McDonald's All-American Team: PG Alexis Morris and SG Deauzya Richards. Four Lady Vols commits were also named to the team: W Rennia Davis, PG Anastasia Hayes, C Kasiyahna Kushkitual (say that name fast 10 times...girl is gonna need a nick name for PxP announcer) and G Evina Westbrook.
 
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I found this post on another forum to be interesting:

There must not be 25 good teams in the nation because -- and humor me here -- South Carolina was 24th last week. They beat 19th ranked Florida at home by 4 and got pounded by 16 against Kentucky and they moved up one spot. Florida lost both games this week, at South Carolina and at home against Vanderbilt, who has a losing record overall, and are still in the poll at 25.
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#81
BIG Night of Upsets

Marquette 74 #1 Villanova 72

#18 WVU 85 #2 Kansas 69 :thumbsup:

Tennessee 82 #4 Kentucky 80 :pepper:​
 
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#83
Georgia Tech is strumming #6 Florida St at the half...41-15.

Maybe there really aren't that many true Top 25 teams this season.
 
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#84
Two More Top 10 Teams Went Down Last Night


#5 Baylor 66 Texas Tech 61

Ga Tech 78 #6 FSU 56

USC 84 #8 UCLA 76

#11 Butler 61 Seton Hall 54

Georgetown 71 #16 Creighton 51

#25 Florida 106 LSU 71​

*Looks like it's time for LSU to fire another coach.

*Gonna be tuff for Georgetown to fire Thompson III now (unless it's for body of work...lack of).

*FSU...WTF??? Ga Tech gettin' better!

*My Bears survive Tech and are off to Oxford on Saturday for the BIG XII/SEC Challenge game against Ole Miss.

*Looks like Tubby left enough talent (unlike Bobby and Pat Knight did) in Lubbock for the Raider Rash to go dancing, again.
 
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Live-RPI.com

1. RPI Baylor SOS 7
48. RPI Tennessee SOS 184

Looks like the Vols can make the dance if they finish the SEC regular season strong and make a little noise in the SEC Tournament (one more win against Kentucky would be nice).

Now that Barnes appears to have the program headed in the right direction he needs to step up next season's OOC schedule...for SOS reasons.
 
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Tonight's Games

San Diego @ #3 Gonzaga

Va Tech @ #9 UNC

#10 Oregon @ Utah

#24 Xavier @ #19 Cincinnati

San Francisco @ #21 St Mary's


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#3 Gonzaga 79 San Diego 43

#7 Arizona 79 WSU 62

#9 UNC 91 Va Tech 62

#10 Oregon 73 Utah 67

#19 Cincinnati 86 #24 Xavier 78

#21 St Mary's 66 USF 46​
 
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Week of the Upset Continues


#2 Kansas 79 #4 Kentucky 73

#3 Gonzaga 96 Pepperdine 49

#5 Baylor 78 Ole Miss 75

Syracuse 82 #6 FSU 72

Miami 77 #9 UNC 62

Colorado 74 #10 Oregon 65

Georgetown 85 #11 Butler 81

Ga Tech 62 #14 Notre Dame 60

#15 Wisconsin 61 Rutgers 54

#16 Creighton 83 DePaul 66

#17 Duke 85 Wake Forest 83

#18 WVU 81 A&M 77

#21 St Mary's 72 Santa Clara 59

#22 Maryland 85 Minnesota 78

#23 USCe 63 Missouri 53

#25 Florida 84 OUsux 52​
 
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BIG XII/SEC Challenge (Split 5-5)


#2 Kansas 79 #4 Kentucky 73

#5 Baylor 78 Ole Miss 75

#18 WVU 81 AnM 77

#25 Florida 84 Gooners 53

Tech 70 LSU 64

Tennessee 70 KState 58:dance2:

Okie Lite 99 Aren'tKansas 71

UGa 59 Whorns 57

Vandy 84 Iowa St 78

Auburn 88 TCU 81​
 
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SEC-GoalTenda said:
It's tough sledding at the top.
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If Gonzaga gets the top ranking tomorrow then most likely nobody will sniff that spot the remainder of the regular season. I can see my Bears moving up to #2 just in time to go to Kansas on Wednesday. A blowout win in the land of Dorothy and Toto could alter the rankings...I doubt that blowout happens though.
 
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AP Top 25

1 Gonzaga (46) 22-0 1,594
2 Baylor (6) 20-1 1,504
3 Kansas (9) 19-2 1,503
4 Villanova (4) 20-2 1,479
5 Arizona 20-2 1,387
6 Louisville 18-4 1,237
7 West Virginia 17-4 1,101
8 Kentucky 17-4 1,083
9 Virginia 16-4 1,061
10 Wisconsin 18-3 1,058
11 UCLA 19-3 993
12 North Carolina 19-4 965
13 Oregon 19-3 863
14 Cincinnati 19- 2 756
15 Florida State 18-4 727
16 Butler 18-4 717
17 Maryland 19-2 518
18 Saint Mary's 19-2 409
19 South Carolina 17-4 384
20 Notre Dame 17-5 363
21 Duke 16-5 339
22 Creighton 19-3 307
23 Purdue 17-5 264
24 Florida 16-5 213
25 Northwestern 18-4 106

Others receiving votes: SMU 69, Xavier 67, USC 29, Wichita St 8, Akron 5, Middle Tennessee 5, VCU 3, Virginia Tech 2, Illinois State 2, New Mexico State 2, Utah 1, Iowa State 1

Gonzaga moves to #1 and WVU jumps 11 places to #7.
 
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Last Night's Results:


#3 Kansas 73 #2 Baylor 68

#4 Villanova 66 Providence 57

#9 UVa 71 Va Tech 48

#11 UCLA 95 Wazzou 79

#14 Cincinnati 57 Tulsa

#15 FSU 75 Miami 57

#19 USCe 88 LSU 63

#23 Purdue 80 #25 Northwestern 59​

* Baylor has completed it's road trips to #3 KU and #7 WVU...now they both have to come to Waco.
 
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KU down 6 to Iowa State with under 2 minutes to go in overtime!! In Lawrence
 
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College Sports: Selection Committee has Baylor as a one-seed in March Madness Bracket Preview | SportsDay

The Selection Committee released its March Madness Bracket Preview on Saturday morning and has Baylor as a one-seed and the No. 3 overall team in the country.

Though Baylor (21-3) is the No. 6 team in the AP rankings, the Selection Committee likely felt that Baylor's strength of schedule merited one of the top-four spots in the tournament. The Bears are No. 1 in the country in RPI, which measures teams' strength of schedule and is one of the primary tools the committee uses to choose tournament teams.

Baylor's strength of schedule was helped by four top-25 wins during non-conference play. The Bears beat Oregon, Michigan State, Louisville and Xavier before Big 12 play started and also beat a tough VCU team.
 
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AP Top 25 college basketball rankings: Duke soars up and Gonzaga still No. 1 - CBSSports.com


1. Gonzaga (60)
2. Villanova (5)
3. Kansas
4. Baylor
5. Arizona
6. UCLA
7. Oregon
8. Louisville
9. West Virginia
10. North Carolina
11. Wisconsin
12. Duke
13. Kentucky
14. Virginia
15. Florida
16. Purdue
17. Florida State
18. Cincinnati
19. SMU
20. Creighton
21. South Carolina
22. Saint Mary's
23. Maryland
24. Butler
25. Notre Dame

Others receiving votes: Wichita State 87, Xavier 72, Northwestern 60,Southern Cal 16, VCU 14, Dayton 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Monmouth 2, Oklahoma State 1, Vermont 1.
 
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Texas Schools Dominating JUCO Division I Basketball:


NJCAA

1 South Plains (16) TX 23-0 350 1
2 Hutchinson KS 24-1 327 4
3 San Jacinto-Central TX 24-1 313 6
4 Northwest Florida State FL 22-2 300 5
5 Vincennes IN 22-1 285 7
6 Georgia Highlands GA 23-1 276 2
7 Mineral Area MO 25-1 270 8
8 McLennan TX 25-1 248 3
9 Jones County MS 18-1 242 10
10 North Dakota SCS ND 26-1 219 12
11 Gillette WY 24-2 192 13
12 Trinity Valley TX 21-4 178 18
13 Tallahassee FL 23-4 166 19
14 Moberly Area MO 22-3 160 9
15 Eastern Florida State FL 23-4 156 11
16 Indian Hills IA 23-4 150 21
17 Tyler TX 19-3 127 20
18 Odessa TX 20-4 112 14
19 Snow UT 22-4 101 15
20 Spartanburg Methodist SC 22-3 91 16
21 Palm Beach State FL 23-4 82 24
22 Motlow State TN 22-4 57 17
23 Daytona State FL 22-5 53 23
24 Southern Idaho ID 21-5 22 RV
25 Cochise AZ 21-4 12 NR
 
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BUBear said:
AP Top 25 college basketball rankings: Duke soars up and Gonzaga still No. 1 - CBSSports.com


1. Gonzaga (60)
2. Villanova (5)
3. Kansas
4. Baylor
5. Arizona
6. UCLA
7. Oregon
8. Louisville
9. West Virginia
10. North Carolina
11. Wisconsin
12. Duke
13. Kentucky
14. Virginia
15. Florida
16. Purdue
17. Florida State
18. Cincinnati
19. SMU
20. Creighton
21. South Carolina
22. Saint Mary's
23. Maryland
24. Butler
25. Notre Dame

Others receiving votes: Wichita State 87, Xavier 72, Northwestern 60,Southern Cal 16, VCU 14, Dayton 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Monmouth 2, Oklahoma State 1, Vermont 1.
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It's amazing to me that I don't give two 💩 about Baylor, but one post from you can make me hate them with a passion akin to my hatred of bammer.
 
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Three Men’s Basketball Coaches Are Naismith Semifinalists
March 03, 2017

Big 12 men’s basketball is well-represented on the list of 10 semifinalists for the Naismith College Coach of the Year. Three mentors – Scott Drew, Bill Self and Bob Huggins – have been recognized. The Big 12 is the only conference in the nation with multiple head coaches on the semifinalist list.

Huggins has led the Mountaineers to 23 wins so far in 2016-17 and a national ranking of No. 10 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches’ polls. Earlier this season, Huggins became the 10th NCAA Division I coach to win 800 games. With wins over No. 1 Baylor and No. 2 Kansas, WVU became the first team since Indiana in 2011-12 to defeat an AP No. 1 and No. 2 in the same season.

Self has guided No. 1 Kansas to the Big 12 regular season championship for the 13th consecutive season. The Jayhawks have at least 27 wins for the 10th season during his tenure in Lawrence and KU has posted a 5-0 record versus teams ranked in the Associated Press top 10 this year. Self became the ninth-fastest coach in NCAA history to record 600 career wins and also became the winnings coach in Allen Fieldhouse history during the current campaign.

Drew led the Bears to the first No. 1 ranking in school history after being unranked in the preseason top 25 polls. Baylor has six victories over top 25 foes and has nine wins versus opponents in the top 50 of the latest RPI.

From March 3-13, a national voting academy will submit ballots to narrow the list to four finalists, which will be announced on the morning of Thursday, March 16 via Twitter (@Naismithtrophy). From there the final round of voting runs from March 20-30. Fans have a say in the overall voting process. From 9:00 a.m. CT on March 20 through 10:59 p.m. CT on March 31, fans can cast their ballot at naismithtrophy.com/vote. One vote per person per category per day. Fan vote will account for 5% of the total vote.

The awarding of the 2017 Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year award will be at the Naismith Awards annual Final Four Awards Brunch on Sunday, April 2 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

2017 Werner Ladder Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year National Semifinalists

Chris Collins, Northwestern
SCOTT DREW, BAYLOR
Mark Few, Gonzaga
BOB HUGGINS, WEST VIRGINIA
Tim Jankovich, SMU
Sean Miller, Arizona
Rick Pitino, Louisville
BILL SELF, KANSAS
Mike White, Florida
Jay Wright, Villanova
 
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