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

[Admiral Yi]

Ref tossed a couple Bama fans from the Bama Purdue game.  Would love to know what they were saying.

[Berkut]

x  ∞

[katmai]

Now, now Berkie, all of the losses are against teams that should make it to Madness, I mean the teams are like 35-11 combined records.

[Berkut]

Roy Williams is such a bitch.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Roy-Williams-kicks-out-heckling-fan-at-the-Dean-?urn=ncaab,208335

With six minutes to go in North Carolina's blowout win over Presbyterian yesterday at The Dean Dome, Roy Williams instructed security personnel to eject a fan who had heckled the Heels' Deon Thompson during a free throw attempt. The man, wearing a Presbyterian shirt and sitting a few rows behind the Carolina bench, yelled "hey Deon, don't miss it!" during the second free throw, which caused Williams to turn around, exchange some words and, eventually, point him out to security. WRAL has video of the incident.
Drunk, profane fans are a menace at games, but there's no indication the ejected party was either of those things. "Hey Deon, don't miss it," is about as tame a taunt as there gets in a college basketball arena. That may be the nicest heckle Deon Thompson hears all season. When the Tar Heels go play at Duke, such a statement might be considered a compliment.
When asked about the move after the game, Williams said:"I don't think anybody should yell anything negative at our players. Period. Let's don't make it a bigger thing than it is. But I just don't think anybody should yell negative things toward our players (when) you come in on our tickets to watch our game."Let's not make it a bigger thing than it is? That's easy to say after Roy himself made it a bigger thing by having some cops grab a guy who was rooting for his team in an acceptable (if slightly obnoxious) manner. If the other people sitting around the Presbyterian fan were offended, they could have gone to security themselves. What's a two-time national championship coach doing worrying about what some guy from a tiny little school is saying in a game that his team would end up winning by 39? Isn't this a little beneath Roy Williams?
Because Roy is normally such an affable guy and this came in a meaningless game in the middle of December, there won't be much criticism lobbed his way. There should be. It's was inappropriate for Williams to censor a fan that wasn't breaking any rules. He overstepped his bounds and should be embarrassed about his actions.
Dan Wiederer makes a good point on his blog The Fast Break: If Mike Krzyzewski had ejected a heckler at Cameron Indoor can you imagine what the public outcry would have been? We'd be comparing him to Kim-Jong Il. When good ol' Roy does it, it's folky and home-spun and protective of his players.
It's a little thing and, in the long run, not a big deal. On most nights, Roy Williams is as classy a man as there is in college basketball. Saturday, as we all do sometimes, he slipped up.

Good thing he isn't overly sensitive or anything.

[Valmy]

Texas is kicking the crap out of North Carolina!  Bring on Michigan State baby!

I would also like to announce my mancrush for Damien James.

[citizen k]

Texas is kicking the crap out of North Carolina! 

Duke is doing the same thing to Gonzaga. At Madison Square Garden. 

[katmai]

U Dub is giving some payback to Portland as they are up 38-13 with 4mins left in 1st half.

[Berkut]

For a team I have never heard of, Lipscomb gave Arizona all they could handle at home, before losing 83-82 in OT on a last tenth of a second shot the officials took about 5 minutes to decide was good.

Even watching the replays over and over again, I could not tell you for sure if the ball was out of his hand when time expired.

[MadBurgerMaker]

I would also like to announce my mancrush for Damien James.

I too am here to profess my manlove for Damion James.

[Valmy]

I would also like to announce my mancrush for Damien James.

I too am here to profess my manlove for Damion James.

Hell to the yeah at the game tonight!  The atmosphere was INCREDIBLE and Texas kept it close with Michigan State until the last 10 minutes and then WHAM.  It was a thing of beauty man.

Finally beat Michigan State those dudes have had Texas' number for years.  This is the greatest team Rick Barnes has ever had.  The Big XII is on notice, burnt orange beat downs are coming.

[katmai]

UDub wins conference opener 76-70 over Oregon St. Both teams entered the game with exactly 1,600 wins for each program (the 15th & 16th schools in Nation to reach that feat, Kentucky leads all schools with just over 2,000)

[katmai]

For Larchie about the wonderful NBA

The Wizards and Arenas both have acknowledged that Arenas kept guns in his locker. The team has said the firearms were unloaded and kept in a locked container with no ammunition. Arenas has said he took his guns to the Verizon Center because he didn't want them in his house after the birth of his latest child. He said he later handed them over to team security to give to police.

"They just want to know where I got them from," Arenas said on Tuesday. "They want to make sure they're not dirty guns."

But Yahoo! Sports and the New York Post, both citing unidentified sources, reported the investigation now involves Crittenton. The Post reported Crittenton became angry at Arenas for refusing to make good on a gambling debt. That prompted Arenas to draw on Crittenton, who then reached for a gun, league security sources told the Post.

[Valmy]

They should change the Washington team back to the "Bullets".

[Ed Anger]

Going to Columbus tonight for the Indiana-Ohio State game. I'm going to be bored silly. No Bob Knight, no interest. 

[Ed Anger]

Going to Columbus tonight for the Indiana-Ohio State game. I'm going to be bored silly. No Bob Knight, no interest. 

One of the worst basketball games ever. I spent most of the game listening to my mp3 player. Tool rocks.