NCAA 2009-10 Hoops: Yo, mah Jordans, nigga

[The Larch]

Meh, the other great thing about college over the NBA: white guys can still impact the game.

And yes, I stopped watching the NBA somewhere around 9/11.

But when NBC dumped John Tesh's master work, that was it for me.

White guys impact the game as well in the NBA. The Lakers didn't get to be a title contender again since O'Neal left until they traded for Pau Gasol, and the main doubt about Orlando Magic's possibilities to get to the finals again is how they're going to cope with the loss of Turkoglu. Nash and Nowitzki won MVPs between 2004 and 2007, and white players hold key positions in many teams.

[Valmy]

I support your plan, and suggest "football" as the one big sport.

All year?  Boring.  The whole joy of football is each game is so meaningful.

[Valmy]

And BTW:  Baseball is for fags.  Either stop watching it or get a divorce.

Yeah and it is even better you college sports hater, I watch College Baseball.  Oh how the haterade overfloweth!

[Eddie Teach]

College baseball is about as important as college track meets.

[Valmy]

College baseball is about as important as college track meets.

It is important enough to be televised.

Anyway it is also a sporting event I love that I can actually afford to attend.  I consider myself very lucky to love something few others do.  It is good for the budget while the rest of the suckers pay $100+ to go see the football team stomp Louisiana Monroe, I probably spend less than that attending tons of games in an awesome baseball season.  It truly is the best time of the year for me sportswise.  There is no substitute for being there and getting to know the players and the coaches.

[Admiral Yi]

Nothing says baseball like the dramatic ping of aluminum tube meeting ball.

[Eddie Teach]

"the ping of the bat, the scattered applause of the crowd"?

[Valmy]

"the ping of the bat, the scattered applause of the crowd"?

We go nuts man.  That atmosphere is kick ass.  I attended a minor league once and it was pretty lame how passive everybody was.  We are there to will Texas to win not sit there eating hot dogs and shit.

[Valmy]

Nothing says baseball like the dramatic ping of aluminum tube meeting ball.

Damn straight.  Seriously nobody but the major leagues uses those over priced shitty wooden bats anymore.  It is about as baseball as caviar and chrystal chandeliers.

[ulmont]

I support your plan, and suggest "football" as the one big sport.

All year?  Boring.  The whole joy of football is each game is so meaningful.

I think you could run 2 series, basically with a Winter Bowl and a Summer Bowl, or something similar.  The tough part would be finding a way to do 2 drafts a year.

[Valmy]

I think you could run 2 series, basically with a Winter Bowl and a Summer Bowl, or something similar.  The tough part would be finding a way to do 2 drafts a year.

Well that may come about anyway, they are always trying to do a Spring league all the time.

But they never really went anywhere and the players need an off-season to rest and recuperate so it cannot be the same league playing two seasons.

[Valmy]

Oh I forgot the other reason I don't care for the NBA: the cheating refs.

http://deadspin.com/5392067/excerpts-from-the-book-the-nba-doesnt-want-you-to-read?skyline=true&s=x

[Berkut]

Oh I forgot the other reason I don't care for the NBA: the cheating refs.

http://deadspin.com/5392067/excerpts-from-the-book-the-nba-doesnt-want-you-to-read?skyline=true&s=x

Wow. Of course, the guy is a liar and a cheat, so I imagine he is making up 95% of this, or exaggerating tremendously in an effort to diminish his own lack of integrity, but still...wow.

[Valmy]

Wow. Of course, the guy is a liar and a cheat, so I imagine he is making up 95% of this, or exaggerating tremendously in an effort to diminish his own lack of integrity, but still...wow.

The reason I find most of what he says credible is I remember at the time people talking about how unfairly alot of those series were called.  Of course knowing that would be useful in putting together a good lie...but still.

[CountDeMoney]

Ok, NOW THE REAL PRESEASON RANKINGS:

1. Kansas (55) 27-8 1,612 14
2. Michigan St. (5) 31-7 1,515 8
3. Texas (1) 23-12 1,397 --
4. Kentucky (3) 22-14 1,372 --
5. Villanova 30-8 1,347 11
6. North Carolina (1) 34-4 1,320 2
7. Purdue 27-10 1,284 17
8. West Virginia 23-12 1,115 --
9. Duke 30-7 1,064 6
10. Tennessee 21-13 897 --
11. Butler 26-6 864 22
12. Connecticut 31-5 844 5
13. California 22-11 800 --
14. Washington 26-9 776 15
15. Michigan 21-14 578 --
16. Ohio St. 22-11 465 --
17. Oklahoma 30-6 410 7
18. Mississippi St. 23-13 393 --
19. Louisville 31-6 335 1
20. Georgetown 16-15 326 --
21. Dayton 27-8 318 --
22. Georgia Tech 12-19 301 --
23. Illinois 24-10 282 --
24. Clemson 23-9 217 24
25. Minnesota 22-11 172 --

Others receiving votes: Maryland 171, Siena 112, Notre Dame 107, Florida St. 92, Vanderbilt 90, Syracuse 83, Oklahoma St. 65, UCLA 63, Florida 53, Wake Forest 50, Xavier 42, Gonzaga 37, South Carolina 28, Kansas St. 24, BYU 21, N. Iowa 16, Tulsa 16, Mississippi 15, Texas A&M 10, Missouri 8, Boston College 6, Pittsburgh 4, Utah St. 2, Va. Commonwealth 2, W. Kentucky 2, Holy Cross 1, Old Dominion 1.