February College Hoops Thread

[mabrowndog]

January ended 11 days ago, people.
 
We begin with this nugget of awesomeness (if you can't see the twitter graphic or embedded photo, click on "link to tweet"):
 
https://twitter.com/ForTheWin/status/565335770651967490

 

[RedOctober3829]

Jerry Tarkanian's son announced that Jerry has passed away.  Sad day in the college basketball world.

 

[fairlee76]

Jerry Tarkanian's son announced that Jerry has passed away.  Sad day in the college basketball world.

I was just looking for a thread on this.  Sad day indeed.  As far as teams from outside New England go, Tarkanian's Rebels were my favorite team to watch as a kid.  Not to mention the work he put in exposing the NCAA for the sham it is.

 

[wibi]

Gonzaga better get on it against Saint Marys ... Down by 11 at half at SMC

 

[DukeSox]

Gotta figure court stormings are soon approaching an end.  KSU was ugly last night, with students pushing KU players, KU coach putting a KSU kid in a headlock, etc.  Just a matter of time before someone snaps and the stormings are shut down.  

 

[DukeSox]

Kentucky is just terrifying

 

[Greg29fan]

Unless Kentucky overlooks their 8/9 game or something they're going to be unstoppable.  When they are motivated like today they just destroy the other team.

 

[mabrowndog]

Yeah, they've pretty much achieved Globetrotters (Meadowlark/Curly/Geese era) & '92 Dream Team-level dominance.

 

[DukeSox]

I agree.

Edit - with Greg, not dog. They have had a lot of close games.

 

[tims4wins]

Hope Duke gets a shot at them. Even as a 2 in their region. Just would love to see that game.

 

[canderson]

I'm praying to see my SFA binkie Brad Underwood take over at Texas next season. As much as I'll be sad Underwood clearly will take a bigtime job, might as well make it my second alma mater.

 

[DukeSox]

Hope Duke gets a shot at them. Even as a 2 in their region. Just would love to see that game.

I was thinking about this earlier today. I think Duke wins 2.5 games out of 10 against this D league team.

 

[tims4wins]

Only 2.5? I say 4.5

 

[DukeSox]

There is no way they win basically half the games. Kentucky is HUGE

 

[tims4wins]

Big loss by Gonzaga. Has to drop them off the first line. BYU likely in now too.

Big win for Arizona too. Definitey in contention for a one.

UK is obviously a lock for a one. UVA probably needs one more win. Duke probably locks a one up if they win their last two and win a game in the ACCT. Last one... up for grabs now.

 

[HomeRunBaker]

I was thinking about this earlier today. I think Duke wins 2.5 games out of 10 against this D league team.

Who is a D-League team, Kentucky?

You are giving way to much credit to that awful collection of primarily former mediocre college players in that league. UK has 4 lottery picks and another 4-6 low 1st/2nd rounders while a typical D-League team would have a 1st round flop, a couple 2nd round picks who couldn't stick and the rest being Undrafted FA.

 

[DukeSox]

Well there isn't a level between D league and NBA (unless you go international) and KY wouldn't beat the worst NBA team so I guess it was a failed analogy from the start.

 

[minischwab]

Kentucky would lose 9 of 10 games at least against the worst d-league teams. And internationally, the best teams in Europe would destroy Kentucky by 20+ Pts 10 out of 10 times. UK is a dominant college team, but thats all they are. Give this UK team a 24-second clock and NBA 3-pt line and they MIGHT break 70 pts vs a d-league team. Or give a d-league team the college 3-pt line and they'd score 100 every game vs even UK.

This argument drives me crazy. Its college vs pros. Its a giant mismatch. Its a bigger gap between d-league and div 1 than d-1 and d-2.

 

[stp130]

Belichick at the Georgia-Kentucky game on ESPN.

 

[tims4wins]

I think he was at Auburn pro day earlier today

 

[shawnrbu]

How many players on the worst D-League team would start on Kentucky?

 

[HomeRunBaker]

How many players on the worst D-League team would start on Kentucky?

Maybe 1-2 would be in the rotation. Zero would start. I'm thinking the poster was referring to an NBA team which I would agree.

Edit: nevermind I re-read his post he meant D-League which there are no words for.

 

[HomeRunBaker]

How many players on the worst D-League team would start on Kentucky?

Would anyone on the D-Lesgue ALL-STAR team start for this UK team?

http://basketball.realgm.com/dleague/allstar/game/rosters

 

[wibi]

Big loss by Gonzaga. Has to drop them off the first line. BYU likely in now too.

 
I'd rather Gonzaga get a good two seed option than a shitty one seed option like they had last time they were a one seed.  Gonzaga drawing the West bracket as a 2 seed is much preferable to getting the midwest as a one seed

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

11-0 run by Georgia has them up on Kentucky 50-43.  Lots of time left, but fun game.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

And just when they need it, Kentucky turns the switch and are going to win again.

 

[jon abbey]

For the hell of it, I decided to look up the roster of the current worst D-League team, which is the Idaho Stampede. For starters, good luck to this band of immortals in matching up with Kentucky's size:

 
50 Jerrelle Benimon F 6-8 245 Towson State 
12 Tre Bussey G 6-3 172 Georgia Southern 
13 Ian Clark G 6-3 174 Belmont 
17 Brandon Fields G 6-4 195 Nevada 
4 Shane Gibson G 6-2 180 Sacred Heart 
20 Lewis Jackson G 5-10 165 Purdue 
24 Amadou Mbodji C 6-10 230 Jacksonville State  1
4 Quan Prowell F 6-9 250 Auburn 
34 Jermaine Taylor G 6-5 205 Central Florida 
21 Nick Wiggins G 6-6 191 Wichita State 
15 Joel Wright F 6-7 225 Texas State 
23 Ta'Quan Zimmerman G 6-2 200 British Columbia

 

[DJnVa]

NCAA announces that the "first four out" of the NCAA tourney will get the top seeds in the NIT.
 
http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2015-03-04/first-four-out-ncaa-tournament-highlight-nit-field-32-top

 

[HomeRunBaker]

For the hell of it, I decided to look up the roster of the current worst D-League team, which is the Idaho Stampede. For starters, good luck to this band of immortals in matching up with Kentucky's size:

 
50 Jerrelle Benimon F 6-8 245 Towson State 
12 Tre Bussey G 6-3 172 Georgia Southern 
13 Ian Clark G 6-3 174 Belmont 
17 Brandon Fields G 6-4 195 Nevada 
4 Shane Gibson G 6-2 180 Sacred Heart 
20 Lewis Jackson G 5-10 165 Purdue 
24 Amadou Mbodji C 6-10 230 Jacksonville State  1
4 Quan Prowell F 6-9 250 Auburn 
34 Jermaine Taylor G 6-5 205 Central Florida 
21 Nick Wiggins G 6-6 191 Wichita State 
15 Joel Wright F 6-7 225 Texas State 
23 Ta'Quan Zimmerman G 6-2 200 British Columbia

Powerhouse!! Yes that is the same Nick Wiggins who is Andrews brother and a role player off the bench in his two years at Wichita State. He is a pro this year however

 

[canderson]

NCAA announces that the "first four out" of the NCAA tourney will get the top seeds in the NIT.
 
http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2015-03-04/first-four-out-ncaa-tournament-highlight-nit-field-32-top

Sweet Rick Barnes can lose the opening round game of the NIT this year.

 

[Deathofthebambino]

I don't imagine it'll get much play, but I always find it cool when someone puts up video game numbers.  Tonight, Delaware State Senior center,  Kendall Gray, went off.  He had 33 points, 30 rebounds (yes, 30), 2 assists and 3 blocks in their win over Coppin State.  He was 12/13 from the field. About the only thing he didn't do well was shoot free throws, as he went 9/16 from the line.  ESPN has a daily rating statistic, that pretty much is only available per game, and his tonight was 77.15.  I can't remember ever seeing another person over 70 all year long.  Gray is the leading rebounder in the NCAA at 11.8/game. 
 
Equally amazing is the fact that guy with the second highest rating, 61.4, was Amere May, who had 40 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals.  May and Gray are teammates, so they did this damage in the same game.