NCAA Basketball 2008-09 Season

[anders5189]

But back to the subject at hand, there is still an extremely good chance both Duke and NC will be 1 or 2 seeds...in which case the three times they play each other over the next six weeks won't determine anything.

The only thing that will matter in the long run is how they do in the big dance.

Yeah but everyone gets their heart broken eventually in the tournament. This isn't like football where you can end the season with several teams bragging about winning meaningless bowl games. So the head to head matchups really are the only thing that lasts beyond the season, unless of course you do win it all.

I'd have thought you'd get this more Sandra. No matter how often Ohio St loses in bowl games they still have their wins over Michigan. How many games did John Cooper win? Whatever it was it wasn't enough because of his inability to beat Michigan.

 

[SandraC]

Yeah but everyone gets their heart broken eventually in the tournament. This isn't like football where you can end the season with several teams bragging about winning meaningless bowl games. So the head to head matchups really are the only thing that lasts beyond the season, unless of course you do win it all.

I'd have thought you'd get this more Sandra. No matter how often Ohio St loses in bowl games they still have their wins over Michigan. How many games did John Cooper win? Whatever it was it wasn't enough because of his inability to beat Michigan.

This is pretty much what I've been saying. It's all about bragging rights.

All too often the Ohio State Michigan game has no bearing on the national championship game, so that's all they have...bragging rights. But thankfully basketball is different from football...Duke, NC, and a whole bunch of other ACC teams will get their shot at glory in March, regardless the outcome of the Duke-North Carolina games.


Sandra

 

[Ramy]

Exactly. Bragging rights.



Obviously this applies to every team in college basketball. A February losing streak is bad.

But back to the subject at hand, there is still an extremely good chance both Duke and NC will be 1 or 2 seeds...in which case the three times they play each other over the next six weeks won't determine anything.

The only thing that will matter in the long run is how they do in the big dance.


Sandra

3 Times? You can't assume they will play each other in the ACC tourney.

 

[hancox]

3 Times? You can't assume they will play each other in the ACC tourney.

A very good point, especially with Clemson and Wake so close in the standings, to them.

 

[salsadancer7]

Hancox.....BIG game next week between the 'Cuse and the Huskies. You gonna be there? I will have my great seat infront of the tube for that one.

 

[SandraC]

Watchable weekend TV games...

Friday

7:00 Belmont - Campbell Full Court

Saturday

12:00 Syracuse - Connecticut ESPN
12:00 Cincinnati - Georgetown MASN, SNY, Full Court
1:00 Notre Dame - UCLA CBS
1:30 Miami (FL) - Duke Full Court
2:00 Texas - Nebraska ESPN
2:00 S Alabama - W Kentucky ESPN 2
2:00 George Mason - James Madison Comcast Mid Atlantic, Comcast New England
3:30 Oklahoma St - Kansas ABC, Full Court
4:00 Binghamton - Stony Brook MSG +
4:00 Virginia - N Carolina Full Court
4:00 Providence - W Virginia MASN, SNY, Full Court
6:00 Michigan - Connecticut ESPN
6:00 Davidson - Charleston ESPN 2
7:00 Florida St - Clemson NESN, Comcast Mid Atlantic, FS South, FS Florida
7:00 Xavier - Duquesne FS Ohio, FS Pittsburgh
7:00 American - Lehigh MASN, SNY, Full Court
8:00 New Mexico St - Nevada ESPN 2
8:00 UNLV - New Mexico CBS College
8:00 UW Milwaukee - UW Green Bay Full Court
9:00 Memphis - Gonzaga ESPN
10:00 Pacific - Long Beach St Prime Ticket
10:30 Washington St - California Fox Sports Net

Sunday

1:00 Purdue - Illinois CBS
2:00 Creighton - N Iowa Full Court
3:00 Wisconsin - Penn St Big Ten Network
4:00 Boston College - Wake Forest Full Court
5:30 Washington - Stanford Fox Sports Net

Enjoy!


Sandra

 

[hancox]

Hancox.....BIG game next week between the 'Cuse and the Huskies. You gonna be there? I will have my great seat infront of the tube for that one.

TV, too. Should be fun.

 

[anders5189]

Good article.

Why Carolina Owns College Hoops - WSJ.com

 

[cosmo_kramer]

Saturday

12:00 Syracuse - [strike]Connecticut[/strike] Villanova ESPN

Found a small typo, unless UConn is playing a double-header.

 

[SabresRule]

Verdejo scores 21, USF upsets No. 8 Marquette - College Basketball - Rivals.com

HUGE upset.

There is nothing more embarassing in college basketball than losing to a football school.

 

[anders5189]

Whoa. Didn't see that one coming. That's Marquette's first conference loss.

 

[uncrules]

And USF is a bad team. They were 7-14 coming into this game.

 

[anders5189]

The stage is set. Carolina and dook both win today (dook should have lost) and now the greatest rivalry in sports, yeah I said it, renews itself Wed.

 

[jcrandall]

Well, Michigan made it interesting this afternoon against UConn. Even a loss - that was FUN to watch GO BLUE!

 

[SabresRule]

This is an absolutely funny score.

At halftime, it's Arizona State 19, Oregon State 13!

Also, two big upsets:

Florida State beat Clemson, again proving my theory of "teams tend to underperform after a big, emotional win".

Xavier, the one decent team in the Atlantic 10, lost to freaking Duquesne.

 

[anders5189]

That's a huge win for Florida St. They've been on the bubble the last 3-4 years and always get left out. There's 8 ACC teams now that have a legit shot at making the tournament, and the ACC doesn't need 16 teams to make that a reality. The ACC Tournament is going to be crazy this year with this many good teams.

 

[anders5189]

This is an absolutely funny score.

At halftime, it's Arizona State 19, Oregon State 13!

Ol' Herb can take the air out of the ball with the best of them. If it were possible score negative points in a game I'm sure Herb's teams would do it. :haha

 

[SandraC]

Wow, Duke looks soooo over-rated. Right now they look like paper tigers, the New York Rangers of college basketball. They even lost to Michigan earlier in the season. They could get exposed early in the games that matter, March Madness.

Clemson's collapse at home to Florida St is alarming too. The buckled under the pressure. Starting to wonder if the ACC is Carolina and just a bunch of good teams, but nobody else who is a threat to win the championship. A lot of parity. The tournament will tell all.

Should be a walkover for Carolina this week.


Sandra

 

[SabresRule]

Wow, Duke is soooo over-rated. Right now they look like paper tigers, the New York Rangers of college basketball. They even lost to Michigan earlier in the season. They could get exposed early in the games that matter, March Madness.

Should be a walkover for Carolina this week.

Just like Boston College was SUPPOSED to be a cakewalk for the Heels and South Florida was SUPPOSED to be a walkover for Marquette?

 

[anders5189]

Wow, Duke looks soooo over-rated... Should be a walkover for Carolina this week.

Overrated? What else is new. Walkover? I doubt it. I hope we kill them but I'm expecting them to play out of their minds. This will be like a 15 round heavyweight fight. Just win baby!