College Hoops Thread - 08/09

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:52 pm

SU on to the Big East final in another OT winner! Just one OT -- easy work.

Let the Garden party continue! Nothing I'd like more than to beat that overcaffeinated control freak Pitino!

Take care,
PK

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 11:55 pm

Mizzou vs Baylor for the Big 12 Championship!!!

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:34 am

MizzouRah wrote:Mizzou vs Baylor for the Big 12 Championship!!!

Should be a great game. Baylor is fighting for their NCAA life. Mizzou will have a lot of momentum going in to the NCAA tournament if they win. I wouldn't want to play either team.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:43 am

PLease kill the Pitino

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:10 am

fsquid wrote:PLease kill the Pitino

Will try to oblige, with pleasure.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:21 am

sportdan30 wrote: Should be a great game. Baylor is fighting for their NCAA life. Mizzou will have a lot of momentum going in to the NCAA tournament if they win. I wouldn't want to play either team.

Definitely should be a great game... I can't wait!

I wouldn't want to play KU or OU in the first round either.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:59 pm

Last night, Memphis's senior class became the most winningest class in D1 history. 134 wins during their time in college and counting. Memphis also became the first team to have 4 straight 30 win seasons.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:02 pm

fsquid wrote:Last night, Memphis's senior class became the most winningest class in D1 history. 134 wins during their time in college and counting. Memphis also became the first team to have 4 straight 30 win seasons.

Try doing that in the Big East, Big 12 or ACC, pal!

Seriously, this Memphis group has delivered when it counts, in March. Two Elite Eights and an NCAA final in the last three years. Impressive.

Take care,
PK

icvu42 · Post by **icvu42** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:14 pm

pk500 wrote:
Try doing that in the Big East, Big 12 or ACC, pal!

Memphis is 1-2 vs the Big East this year.

Rick

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:23 am

icvu42 wrote:
pk500 wrote:
Try doing that in the Big East, Big 12 or ACC, pal!

Memphis is 1-2 vs the Big East this year.

Rick

2-2 If only we had moved Tyreke to the point sooner. Probably would have picked up that G'Town game.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:39 pm

Way to go Mike Anderson and the Mizzou Tigers!!!

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:12 pm

I really hate when underachieving majors get into the tourney. Arizona, Wisconsin, and Maryland have no business being in the tourney when teams like St. Mary's and SDSU get shut out. It makes the tournament more boring and rewards mediocrity simply because teams play in more powerful conferences.

Other than that, it should be an exciting tournament. I really like Pitt's chances to go all the way. I suspect Memphis will also be playing with a chip on its shoulder after getting a 2 seed.

MizzouRah · Post by **MizzouRah** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:30 pm

I think all 4 #1 seeds were worthy. Memphis was in the group as well, but being a #2 shouldn't matter all that much.

Would be neat to see a 16 team playoff selection show for NCAA football.

AcemanPR · Post by **AcemanPR** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:33 pm

Arizona getting in the tournament is WRONG! I don't have a problem with Wisconsin or even Maryland in, but Minnesota shouldn't be there. I know you can argue all day, but Arizona is a real head scratcher. And Minnesota finished lower than Wisconsin in the Big Ten, yet Minnesota is a 10 seed and Wisconsin a 12.

Oh well, brackets are set. Now it is time to fill them out and watch me go 15-1 on Thursday and 7-9 on Friday.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:42 pm

Arizona must have pictures of Mike Slive in a compromising situation.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:50 pm

Syracuse as a No. 3 seed -- cool. That's better than many expected in this town. I think the consensus was that SU's performance in the Big East elevated it from a No. 6 or 7 to a No. 4.

But No. 3? That's excellent! It's also a reflection of the strength of the Big East.

Take care,
PK

Diablo25 · Post by **Diablo25** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:32 pm

FYI for those of you with an iPhone, there is a CBS Sports March Madness App in the iTunes App Store for $4.99. Its streams all the games live (over Wifi) to your iPhone. You can get the audio of the games over 3G and Edge connections.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13549_7-10195344-30.html

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:30 pm

pk500 wrote:Syracuse as a No. 3 seed -- cool. That's better than many expected in this town. I think the consensus was that SU's performance in the Big East elevated it from a No. 6 or 7 to a No. 4.

But No. 3? That's excellent! It's also a reflection of the strength of the Big East.

Take care,
PK

I got ASU in round two.

pigpen81 · Post by **pigpen81** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:46 pm

4 Non-BCS conference at large berths

What a freaking joke!

My beloved SDSU got shafted, but not as much as St. Mary's and Creighton.

It seems the BCS has invaded college basketball.

My interest this year will be of the passing variety.

UGH...PUKE...VOMIT

greggsand · Post by **greggsand** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:25 am

Creighton got jobbed. Arizona didn't surprise me much because I heard all week out here that they'd get in.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:26 am

It is ridiculous when teams with .500 (or, in MD's case, below .500) conference records are getting into the tourney. I could see letting a .500 team if they have a strong conference tourney finish, but no team with a losing conference record should be allowed in unless they win their tourney.

Despite the lack of respect the smaller schools got, I was surprised to see Sienna get a 9 seed. That should be a good game against Ohio State.

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:16 am

Have any of you used the CBS online stream to watch the games? I was thinking about lugging my 20-inch TV up to my home office to watch the games, but if the stream quality is good I might just run that on my PC.

fsquid · Post by **fsquid** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:31 am

I'm satisfied with just running it on the PC. They are going to have a "high quality" one this year, don't know how well that will run over the company's bandwidth

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:59 am

Brando70 wrote:Have any of you used the CBS online stream to watch the games? I was thinking about lugging my 20-inch TV up to my home office to watch the games, but if the stream quality is good I might just run that on my PC.

I've really enjoyed the online stream the last two years. Has worked well on my cable modem connection.

And as Squid said, CBS is introducing a high-def stream this year. So it should be even better.

Take care,
PK

Brando70 · Post by **Brando70** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:00 pm

fsquid wrote:I'm satisfied with just running it on the PC. They are going to have a "high quality" one this year, don't know how well that will run over the company's bandwidth

The "company's" bandwith is my home connection, and I have a separate personal PC in my home office for doing this sort of thing. I'll give the HQ version a shot. Thanks for the tip.