Sun Devils sweep the Bruins; if you count football, that's 3-for-3!
IMO, the Pac-10 is starting to catch up with the Bruins.
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Sun Devils sweep the Bruins; if you count football, that's 3-for-3!
IMO, the Pac-10 is starting to catch up with the Bruins.
Watchable game this weekend...
Friday
7:00 Princeton - Yale YES
7:00 Villanova - W Virginia ESPN
Saturday
12:00 Georgetown - Syracuse ESPN
12:00 Northeastern - George Mason Comcast Mid Atlantic, New England
12:00 Connecticut - Seton Hall SNY, MASN, Full Court
1:00 UCLA - Arizona CBS
1:30 Texas Tech - Oklahoma YES, Full Court
1:30 Nebraska - Missouri Altitude, Full Court
2:00 VCU - Old Dominion Comcast Mid Atlantic, New England
3:30 Kansas - Kansas St ABC, Full Court
4:00 Cincinnati - Pittsburgh ESPN
4:00 Purdue - Iowa Big Ten Network
4:00 Florida St - Wake Forest Full Court
5:00 Stanford - California Fox Sports Net
6:00 N Texas - Middle Tennessee St Full Court
8:00 UC Riverside - CS Northridge Prime Ticket
8:00 IUPUI - Oral Roberts FCS Central, Full Court
8:30 W Kentucky - Troy FCS Pacific
9:00 Ohio St - Wisconsin ESPN
9:00 Niagara - Fairfield ESPN 2
10:00 Portland - St Mary's Comcast California, Northwest
Sunday
3:00 Temple - Duquesne CBS College
5:30 Duke - Boston College Fox Sports Net
7:00 Illinois St - Drake ESPN U
7:45 N Carolina - Miami (FL) Fox Sports Net
10:00 USC - Arizona St Fox Sports Net
Enjoy!
Sandra
Friday
7:00 Princeton - Yale YES
7:00 Villanova - W Virginia ESPN
Saturday
12:00 Georgetown - Syracuse ESPN
12:00 Northeastern - George Mason Comcast Mid Atlantic, New England
12:00 Connecticut - Seton Hall SNY, MASN, Full Court
1:00 UCLA - Arizona CBS
1:30 Texas Tech - Oklahoma YES, Full Court
1:30 Nebraska - Missouri Altitude, Full Court
2:00 VCU - Old Dominion Comcast Mid Atlantic, New England
3:30 Kansas - Kansas St ABC, Full Court
4:00 Cincinnati - Pittsburgh ESPN
4:00 Purdue - Iowa Big Ten Network
4:00 Florida St - Wake Forest Full Court
5:00 Stanford - California Fox Sports Net
6:00 N Texas - Middle Tennessee St Full Court
8:00 UC Riverside - CS Northridge Prime Ticket
8:00 IUPUI - Oral Roberts FCS Central, Full Court
8:30 W Kentucky - Troy FCS Pacific
9:00 Ohio St - Wisconsin ESPN
9:00 Niagara - Fairfield ESPN 2
10:00 Portland - St Mary's Comcast California, Northwest
Sunday
3:00 Temple - Duquesne CBS College
5:30 Duke - Boston College Fox Sports Net
7:00 Illinois St - Drake ESPN U
7:45 N Carolina - Miami (FL) Fox Sports Net
10:00 USC - Arizona St Fox Sports Net
Enjoy!
Sandra
Texas Tech's basketball team is awful. Oklahoma should kill them, but then again I think Oklahoma is overrated. Could be closer than you think.
I wouldn't try to rank the top 10. It's way too fluid. Don't get wrong, Oklahoma has a great record and is definitely a top 10 team. But they have beaten no one that is very good, the Big XII is down this year and they yet to play Kansas, Missouri or at Texas. And then there's that loss at Arkansas that looks more and more bizarre every day. OU is not the 2nd best team in the country. That being said, they still have a great shot at a #1 seed as long as they don't collapse.
OU's loss to Arkansas is the Big 12 equivalent of UNC losing to BC- bizarre and strange, since the other team is not going in a positive direction.
What???? Boston College has a winning record in the ACC and has a good chance of making the NCAA Tournament. Arkansas is 1-8 in the SEC which is the the worst major conference in college basketball this year. Oklahoma's loss to Arkansas is more like Marquette's loss to South Florida, bizarre and completely unaccetable.
Yup. Ben Howland's teams are know for their defense but they aren't playing any D right now.
How about that Georgetown-Syracuse game? That was a great comeback by Georgetown. Too bad they lost. It had the makings of another classic Cuse choke job.
Agreed on the Marquette USF comparison, but, dude...
Hahvahd 82, Backstabber College 70.
Now THAT's a joke
Selection Sunday is four weeks from today.
This is the bids I see for the six major conferences at this time:
(projected champion listed first)
ACC (7): North Carolina, Clemson, Duke, Florida St., Miami, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Big East (8): UConn, Cincinnati, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia
Big Ten (6): Michigan St., Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio St., Purdue, Wisconsin
Big 12 (4): Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Texas
Pac-10 (6): UCLA, Arizona, Arizona St., California, USC, Washington
SEC (5): Florida, LSU, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee
That's a total of 36 teams from the six majors. That means 30 at-large bids for the majors, which leaves only four at-large bids for the mid-majors.
This is the bids I see for the six major conferences at this time:
(projected champion listed first)
ACC (7): North Carolina, Clemson, Duke, Florida St., Miami, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest
Big East (8): UConn, Cincinnati, Louisville, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Villanova, West Virginia
Big Ten (6): Michigan St., Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio St., Purdue, Wisconsin
Big 12 (4): Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Texas
Pac-10 (6): UCLA, Arizona, Arizona St., California, USC, Washington
SEC (5): Florida, LSU, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee
That's a total of 36 teams from the six majors. That means 30 at-large bids for the majors, which leaves only four at-large bids for the mid-majors.
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Those guesses are reasonable except for Northwestern. They have no shot. Actually Wisconsin, in spite of their recent 6 game losing streak, has a good shot of making it. They've now won 4 in a row and have 2 games upcoming with Indiana. I think they'll make it.
Bill, this is NOT a Pac-10 title-caliber Bruins team.
They are weaker than past teams, and are capable of being dethroned.
I think Arizona State will win the Pac-10 tournament.
Virginia beats No. 12 Clemson 85-81 in OT - College Basketball - Rivals.com
I can forgive Clemson for losing to Wake Forest and Florida State, but VIRGINIA?!
I can forgive Clemson for losing to Wake Forest and Florida State, but VIRGINIA?!
Here's some interesting computerized rankings that fed into the who is overranked discussion. FTR, I have no problem with Oklahoma being ranked 2nd. They only have one loss. Fortunately the rankings ultimately mean nothing and it is settled on the court.
Sargarin's Rankings:
USATODAY.com
And Ken Pomeroy's rankings:
2009 Pomeroy Ratings
Sargarin's Rankings:
USATODAY.com
Code:
HOME ADVANTAGE= 3.71 RATING W L SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 25 | VS top 50 | ELO_CHESS | PREDICTOR
1 North Carolina = 94.87 21 2 77.92( 13) 3 1 | 7 1 | 94.66 2 | 94.71 1
2 Connecticut = 94.15 24 1 77.38( 21) 4 0 | 9 1 | 96.28 1 | 92.60 3
3 Pittsburgh = 92.93 22 2 77.49( 19) 2 2 | 7 2 | 93.11 4 | 92.42 4
4 Duke = 92.56 20 4 78.51( 9) 2 3 | 6 3 | 91.90 6 | 92.91 2
5 Oklahoma = 90.90 25 1 75.49( 66) 1 0 | 10 0 | 94.02 3 | 88.93 10
6 Memphis = 90.25 22 3 76.01( 52) 1 1 | 4 3 | 88.95 13 | 91.55 5
7 Clemson = 90.05 20 3 76.25( 48) 2 2 | 4 3 | 92.48 5 | 88.27 15
8 Michigan State = 89.98 20 4 78.67( 7) 2 1 | 8 1 | 91.55 7 | 88.57 13
9 Wake Forest = 89.06 19 4 76.14( 51) 4 0 | 6 1 | 89.85 10 | 88.09 16
10 Missouri = 89.03 22 4 74.40( 86) 2 2 | 6 3 | 87.66 18 | 90.42 6
11 West Virginia = 88.56 17 8 79.64( 4) 1 5 | 3 8 | 86.95 22 | 90.37 7
12 Purdue = 88.43 19 6 76.82( 33) 0 4 | 4 5 | 88.98 12 | 87.62 19
13 Villanova = 88.30 20 5 76.88( 30) 2 4 | 4 5 | 88.78 14 | 87.55 20
14 Illinois = 88.17 20 5 76.94( 27) 3 2 | 5 4 | 89.86 9 | 86.66 22
15 Louisville = 88.09 18 5 77.78( 15) 3 1 | 7 3 | 87.44 19 | 88.41 14
16 Gonzaga = 88.06 18 5 76.51( 40) 0 2 | 3 4 | 86.46 23 | 89.84 9
17 Kansas = 88.02 20 5 76.43( 43) 1 2 | 6 4 | 86.98 21 | 88.86 11
18 Xavier-Ohio = 87.96 21 4 76.31( 46) 2 2 | 4 2 | 89.42 11 | 86.57 23
19 Arizona State = 87.52 19 5 76.35( 45) 3 2 | 5 4 | 86.24 25 | 88.73 12
20 UCLA = 87.35 19 6 76.49( 41) 1 3 | 5 5 | 85.30 29 | 90.09 8And Ken Pomeroy's rankings:
2009 Pomeroy Ratings
Code:
STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE NON-CONF SOS
Rnk Team Conf W-L Pyth AdjO/Rnk AdjD/Rnk Cons/Rnk Luck/Rnk Pyth/Rnk OppO/Rnk OppD/Rnk Pyth/Rnk
1 North Carolina ACC 22-2 .9781 124.2/2 89.3/18 17.6/68 -.014/199 .7253/18 105.2/33 96.7/14 .5695/117
2 Memphis CUSA 22-3 .9757 112.6/32 81.7/1 19.0/107 -.018/211 .6707/49 105.5/26 99.1/89 .6788/45
3 Connecticut BE 24-1 .9756 115.9/12 84.1/3 18.1/78 +.050/64 .7029/29 105.8/19 98.2/49 .4937/189
4 Duke ACC 20-4 .9716 114.9/20 84.5/5 24.8/300 +.019/119 .7269/17 105.8/20 97.2/20 .6025/92
5 Pittsburgh BE 23-2 .9713 124.3/1 91.5/36 15.6/29 -.023/221 .7248/19 105.2/35 96.7/13 .5449/136
6 West Virginia BE 17-8 .9612 113.3/31 85.7/6 28.1/337 -.047/270 .7839/3 107.7/3 96.3/7 .5923/101
7 UCLA P10 19-6 .9605 120.3/3 91.2/33 22.8/251 -.058/294 .6946/31 105.4/29 98.1/43 .4205/246
8 Missouri B12 22-4 .9586 115.4/14 87.8/9 25.0/302 +.021/116 .6089/82 101.5/153 97.7/28 .4354/240
9 Michigan St. B10 20-4 .9517 115.3/15 89.0/15 23.7/279 +.073/32 .7276/16 106.5/8 97.8/36 .6215/82
10 Arizona St. P10 19-5 .9486 116.9/8 90.7/27 25.3/306 +.019/118 .7067/25 106.1/16 98.3/51 .4919/192
11 Kansas B12 20-5 .9486 114.1/26 88.5/13 20.4/170 -.012/195 .6966/30 105.5/24 98.2/46 .5880/105
12 Gonzaga WCC 19-5 .9470 115.1/16 89.6/19 24.2/289 -.017/209 .6833/40 104.9/38 98.1/44 .8051/13
13 Clemson ACC 20-3 .9439 115.9/11 90.7/28 24.2/287 +.078/23 .6427/64 103.4/79 98.2/50 .4068/262
14 Oklahoma B12 25-1 .9429 119.1/4 93.3/50 16.1/42 +.061/46 .6401/68 103.9/67 98.8/75 .5041/180
15 Brigham Young MWC 19-5 .9425 116.2/10 91.1/32 22.0/223 -.047/271 .6070/86 103.5/75 99.6/110 .5428/141
16 Louisville BE 18-5 .9418 105.5/104 82.9/2 25.5/311 +.055/53 .7295/15 106.8/7 98.0/42 .5152/166
17 Villanova BE 20-5 .9409 114.6/24 90.1/20 19.9/149 -.004/183 .6901/34 105.3/31 98.2/47 .3954/269
18 Wake Forest ACC 19-4 .9398 110.2/51 86.8/8 23.5/268 +.049/65 .6585/56 104.7/42 98.9/77 .3925/271
19 Purdue B10 19-6 .9392 107.1/87 84.4/4 22.3/234 -.017/208 .6607/54 103.7/71 97.8/38 .3902/274
20 Washington P10 19-6 .9386 114.4/25 90.2/23 20.3/165 -.012/196 .7112/24 106.5/9 98.5/65 .5154/165Bizarre!!! But I'll take it. Helps UNC get closer to winning the conference regular season championship.
Clemson would have had to beat UNC to have a shot, and we all know about 0-54.
That equals the number of years the Rangers went before winning a Stanley Cup!
