Right, time to kick this one off. Wyoming has their first exhibition on the 7th. I went to a practice and I am amazed that even though I am no older the players are younger each year.
After a conference tournament title last year there will be a drop off, but somehow the Pokes are getting talent to come to Laramie. Maybe it is the wonderful January weather.
Too early?
First game is against the fightin' Katmais. Should be fun.
Quote from: The Brain on October 27, 2015, 08:03:47 AM
Too early?
Yeah seems like 18,000 years is too far in advance of the season to start the thread. Really not sure what the lineups are going to look like.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on October 27, 2015, 05:43:38 PM
Quote from: The Brain on October 27, 2015, 08:03:47 AM
Too early?
Yeah seems like 18,000 years is too far in advance of the season to start the thread. Really not sure what the lineups are going to look like.
That is a lot of time for genetic tinkering. :yes:
Fuck it.
I'm keeping that title
Quote from: Valmy on October 27, 2015, 05:36:25 PM
First game is against the fightin' Katmais. Should be fun.
Aren't they playing in like China or something?
And no idea what to expect with 7 freshman on the team and only one returning starter.
Yep. Shanghai if Mono wants to attend. I guess for all those Texas and Washington Alums living in Shanghai.
I have even less of an idea what to expect. I was so anti-Barnes at the end I barely watched the team last year so I hardly know the team and then they have a new coach so...yeah.
Quote from: Valmy on October 27, 2015, 05:36:25 PM
First game is against the fightin' Katmais. Should be fun.
Time for rematch of that barn burner from oh so long ago!
Uggh, Arizona does not play anyone until they run up against Gonzaga.
Gonzaga should just join the Pac-12 for basketball already. They play nearly every single Pac-12 school anyway.
Quote from: Berkut on November 25, 2015, 10:54:41 PM
Uggh, Arizona does not play anyone until they run up against Gonzaga.
Gonzaga should just join the Pac-12 for basketball already. They play nearly every single Pac-12 school anyway.
Yeah just beat Huskies this afternoon 80-64.
I wouldn't bet a nickel on Arizona beating them at the Zags home, quite honestly.
Hoyas played both #3 Maryland and #5 Duke down to the wire.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:14351240
So this happened today :punk:
This season has just been so glorious...no Rick Barnes so no boring slogging Basketball anymore :cool:
Quote from: Valmy on December 12, 2015, 10:09:10 PM
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:14351240
So this happened today :punk:
This season has just been so glorious...no Rick Barnes so no boring slogging Basketball anymore :cool:
I'm glad Michigan played Texas early in the season.
UDub is trying to kill me.
Triple overtime vs UCLA in 1st conference game
comeback down 22 in second half vs USC
and overtime wins vs Wazzu in 1st road game of season.
In 1st in pac-12 after second weekend of conference games.
KenPom predicted a one-point win by Michigan at home versus #3 Maryland. Every Michigan analysis told KenPom "go home, you're drunk" because Michigan was missing its best player and Maryland's only loss was an away game at North Carolina.
Turns out KenPom's formula is more accurate than any of the humans, because Michigan put Maryland away, 70-67. Sure, it is mostly chance that the formula was more accurate in this one case, but it is amusing because of all the crow being eaten this morning.
Arizona is terrible, tied for second to last in the conference, almost certainly has no shot at the tournament at this rate, and Miller is likely to be fired.
Great win for WVU and Huggs last night.
The Big 12 is ridiculous in Basketball. Every game is a war.
And WVU gets to face #2 (now de facto #1) Oklahoma this weekend. Yowza.
Quote from: derspiess on January 14, 2016, 03:49:07 PM
And WVU gets to face #2 (now de facto #1) Oklahoma this weekend. Yowza.
Yeah. Texas will be lucky to get into the NIT in this league. Especially since as soon as I got excited about this season their indispensable player injured himself in practice. Allen Iverson had it right.
I think Texas is a pretty easy tournament pick unless they completely implode. But yeah, playing through a Big 12 schedule is just brutal.
I had the WVU - Iowa State game marked as a loss before it started last night. WVU hadn't been playing well, teams seemed to have their press figured out and everything just looked stacked against them. Started out rough but WVU pulled it out, thanks to Devin Williams regaining his mojo (17 points, 18 rebounds). So they win a tough game against the #13 team, and now they get to play #15 Baylor. After that they get to play #7 Kansas again, which will be seeking revenge. If WVU goes 5-4 in their last 9 games, I'll be ecstatic.
I think Barnes got me accustomed to Texas falling apart in conference. And then they lost their best player.
But they are going crazy now, guys who I thought were empty uniforms are suddenly contributing big time. I am not even sure what to think but I am starting to feel that this team might be special. I am going to make sure to go to the Baylor game in a few weeks so I can at least see them one more time before whatever their destiny is plays out.
Wyoming is too young. Despite having the 5th best individual scorer in the country, or because of that, the team just can't get it done. Freshmen and sophomores everywhere. Oh well, at least I have last year to cling to for a few years.
Quote from: PDH on February 03, 2016, 11:34:34 PM
Oh well, at least I have last year to cling to for a few years.
I think I had them sneaking into the Sweet 16 in one of my brackets last year. THEY FAILED ME :P
UWyo hasn't been to the Sweet 16 since the late 1980s. Shame on you.
So I went to see Texas play Texas Tech this saturday because they gave me a discount for attending the Baseball preseason event I always attend...so I did. Wow this team is impressive even more so in person. I left feeling really good but then I looked it up and out of the remaining 7 games Texas has left in the regular season 6 of them are against teams in the top 15...and the other one is a road game at Kansas State which just upset #1 Oklahoma.
Damn this conference is nuts.
Bill in Sinton was arrested for streaking.
So Nova is in town to face Xavier. #1 vs. #5. A month ago I turned down a couple tickets at face value. Yeah.
Well who looks silly now.
Quote from: katmai on February 24, 2016, 08:38:13 PM
Well who looks silly now.
X is a Catholic school. Don't want to be seen as supporting that. On the other hand, I am missing an exciting game.
Texas' record against top 10 teams increased to 4-2 this season. And they will be playing another one on Tuesday. Crazy.
Quote from: Valmy on February 27, 2016, 06:24:06 PM
Texas' record against top 10 teams increased to 4-2 this season. And they will be playing another one on Tuesday. Crazy.
I'd say they have the best guards in the Big12. They're such skilled ball handlers that WVU's press was negated in both games.
Anyway I'm guessing their record vs. the top 14 is 6-2 since they swept WVU this year :P
Kansas won their 12th consecutive Big 12 regular season championship. They have also won 6 Conference tournament championship in that time. Bill Self is unbelievable, it does not matter how good the rest of the conference is they just dominate every single season.
That comes relatively easy when it's absolutely impossible for anyone to beat you on your home court :P
TCU managed to hold on and beat Texas Tech, giving WVU the easiest opponent in the 2nd round of the Big 12 tournament. Assuming the win, WVU would then have to play Oklahoma, which they'll lose unless Hield comes down with the flu. Winning at least one conference tournament game helps preserve a small amount of dignity before heading into the NCAA tourney.
Can't wait for next week. With all the parity amongst the to 10 or so teams, this year's Big Dance is gonna be YUGE.
Man I hope this is the year we finally see Big 12 domination in the tourney. I hope everybody is not too beat up.
Quote from: Valmy on March 10, 2016, 10:38:47 AM
Man I hope this is the year we finally see Big 12 domination in the tourney. I hope everybody is not too beat up.
Yeah, that's the problem with being in such a physical, competitive conference. With 7 of the 10 teams pretty much having a lock on tournament bids, how about we have a nice, relaxing conference tournament so the guys have a chance to rest/heal up?? :P
Anyway I'm increasingly downgrading Big 12 teams each year in my own brackets as a way to hedge my bets. If a lot of them get knocked out early that helps my bracket, and if they win, yay Big 12 and who cares about the bracket. Gonna be tough not to predict Kansas winning it all this year.
In my Bengals pool I'm sure we'll have a lot of people picking Xavier since it's the top-ranked local area team. I'd be tempted to pick them to win it since Xavier always does great in the tournament and this is their best team in a long time. But since they'll be over-selected in the pool so the smart money is on someone else. I think Yi and maybe others here last year criticized my decision not to pick UK to win it all since I knew they'd be over-selected in my pool. But my strategy: worked.
Georgetown is the most schizophrenic I've ever seen. Some days, best in the league. Others, the toilet.
Quote from: Scipio on March 10, 2016, 02:57:03 PM
Georgetown is the most schizophrenic I've ever seen. Some days, best in the league. Others, the toilet.
Seems like they've been that way for the past decade or so. Very streaky. Which is great if you streak the right way in March.
I guess a rare time I'm happy to see Notre Dame win is when they knock off Duke in the ACC tourney :)
Texas cannot handle size right now. At least they get some time off to heal, they are really beat up.
That was some crazy shit right there.
The better team won last night. Arizona is a good team, but not great. Which is too bad, because I think they have the pieces to be great, they just don't have the mentality for it.
I just took my bimonthly look at Facebook, and I'm being informed by old acquaintances that the glorious U of Conn. and its original Huskies (vs. fake U of Wash. Husky Dawgsz :yawn:) are kicking ass and taking names...bubblegum chewing on court has also been reported on social media...any truth to this?
Correct. They are hot precisely when you would want them to be hot. I may put them in my Sweet 16 or even Elite 8 depending on matchups.
Oregon got a #1 seed. Why do we need to pretend that west coast college basketball is really a thing??
Quote from: derspiess on March 13, 2016, 05:10:12 PM
Oregon got a #1 seed. Why do we need to pretend that west coast college basketball is really a thing??
We have to be inclusive.
Field is set. You mooks get over last year's hangups and join the Languish pool.
For the uninitiated - what is the name and pw?
Northern Iowa will not know what hit them!
Actually anybody know anything about Northern Iowa? They don't have enormous size do they?
Quote from: Valmy on March 13, 2016, 06:50:57 PM
Northern Iowa will not know what hit them!
Actually anybody know anything about Northern Iowa? They don't have enormous size do they?
They beat Wyoming last year in the opening round :(
Quote from: Valmy on March 13, 2016, 06:50:57 PM
Northern Iowa will not know what hit them!
Actually anybody know anything about Northern Iowa? They don't have enormous size do they?
Nothing to worry about. I mean, they beat UNC but I wouldn't lose sleep over it :P
Quote from: derspiess on March 13, 2016, 07:18:36 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 13, 2016, 06:50:57 PM
Northern Iowa will not know what hit them!
Actually anybody know anything about Northern Iowa? They don't have enormous size do they?
Nothing to worry about. I mean, they beat UNC but I wouldn't lose sleep over it :P
Well who hasn't? :P
Yew-Kayy fans are complaining about being in a tough bracket. I feel sooo bad for them.
Quote from: derspiess on March 13, 2016, 05:10:12 PM
Oregon got a #1 seed. Why do we need to pretend that west coast college basketball is really a thing??
People were getting excited about the University of Washington basketball team a little while back. I don't know if that's because they're actually competitive or just a consolation prize for the football season...
Quote from: PDH on March 13, 2016, 06:25:47 PM
For the uninitiated - what is the name and pw?
I think we need El Guapo to create it.
Dammit Kat, get on this.
Quote from: PDH on March 13, 2016, 08:32:38 PM
Dammit Kat, get on this.
Done you assholes, and mihali i'm kicking your ass next time i'm in seattle for all the trash talking.
Bout time.
IN!!!
Pool ID is 125053
Password is so obscenely wrong it's NSFW so hover if you dare: [spoiler]westcoastbestcoast[/spoiler]
IN!
I expect no better than a 7th place finish with the field of 4 so far.
Could use a few more people in the pool-- only have five. I need to win more imaginary money off you guys.
Also some killjoy lawyer killed the Bungles pool. I had to set up my own.
I picked Kansas. We can never beat them so nobody else should either.
Quote from: Valmy on March 17, 2016, 12:11:42 AM
I picked Kansas. We can never beat them so nobody else should either.
:lol: Tough not to pick Kansas this year. Which means they'll screw us all. My son made all his picks by himself (albeit after a lengthy lecture from me). He ended up picking Oklahoma to win it all. Which may be a sound pick. I don't think anyone in our pool will have them and if Hield regains his mojo he could run the tables.
Just hope the Big 12 as a group can throw off its tournament curse and take care of business in the first couple of rounds. And I need WVU to make it to the Elite 8 to shut up all the Xavier fans here who are guaranteeing a win over Huggins.
Is Yale going to break our brackets?
Oh FFS Baylor
Brackets busted, hope gone.
Never should have bet against grandpa's Bulldogs.
There's a vein somewhere throbbing right now.
LOL, not really to be honest. This team is just not very good, and WSU was grossly under-seeded.
Arizona, even for not being that good, played atrociously. They had no business even being in that game at all, it was kind of bizarre how WSU just kind of went away for 12 minutes to let Arizona make a game of it.
Man, been so busy with work I forgot about the tournament. <_<
Quote from: derspiess on March 13, 2016, 05:10:12 PM
Oregon got a #1 seed. Why do we need to pretend that west coast college basketball is really a thing??
John Wooden.
Fuck You Seton Hall, you were my upset pick.
Quote from: Valmy on March 17, 2016, 03:57:35 PM
Oh FFS Baylor
Yeah, thankfully I factored the predictable Big 12 choke into my Sweet 16. Baylor and Texas Tech hurt me yesterday, but I wasn't dumb enough to trust them in the second round.
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 18, 2016, 06:14:39 AM
Fuck You Seton Hall, you were my upset pick.
I had them in my Sweet 16. One guy in my money bracket had them in his Elite 8 (beating Michigan State :lol: )
I swear, if I ignore a mediocre team that is hot at the end of the year they burn me. If I pay attention to them and pick them to do well, they burn me. OH well.
I am crazy & I have Michigan State winning!
Izzo fo' shizzo!
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 18, 2016, 10:13:29 AM
I am crazy & I have Michigan State winning!
Nothing crazy about that. They are my runner up.
Fine! Destroy my bracket Middle Tennessee State...see if I care.
Wayne Tinkle. That is all.
Quote from: Valmy on March 18, 2016, 02:27:44 PM
Fine! Destroy my bracket Middle Tennessee State...see if I care.
Uh-oh; I might want to work late tonight.
(Still a lot of game left, though...)
Quote from: Valmy on March 18, 2016, 12:05:09 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 18, 2016, 10:13:29 AM
I am crazy & I have Michigan State winning!
Nothing crazy about that. They are my runner up.
:) Same end matchup. I just don't want to pick Kansas for anything ever.
Quote from: Savonarola on March 18, 2016, 02:39:07 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 18, 2016, 02:27:44 PM
Fine! Destroy my bracket Middle Tennessee State...see if I care.
Uh-oh; I might want to work late tonight.
(Still a lot of game left, though...)
Oh well, at least I don't have to watch any more college basketball this year. ;)
(https://t1.ftcdn.net/jpg/00/56/44/40/240_F_56444066_wYdSLzyfBDIxea5Z1b9VGh7hTmE3zuqm.jpg)
Mah bracket :(
Fuck me.
I don't even like Basketball, anyway.
Quote from: Valmy on March 18, 2016, 04:04:59 PM
Mah bracket :(
Mine started out looking like that...
HA! UD lost. :nelson:
Jesus Spicey...
Butt firmly clenching now...
The funniest thing about MSU's loss was all the floor slapping. It's always been a jerk thing to do, but doing it in a game you never led, while being upset by a 15th-seed... Sparty gotta spart.
Doh!
Quote from: grumbler on March 18, 2016, 10:28:38 PM
The funniest thing about MSU's loss was all the floor slapping. It's always been a jerk thing to do, but doing it in a game you never led, while being upset by a 15th-seed... Sparty gotta spart.
Wow, your team exits in the first round after blowing a double digit lead to a mediocre Notre Dame team, and you are posting about Sparty? At the end of the day, Sparty finished 2nd in the Big Ten regular season, beat you guys, and won the big ten tournament. So yeah, they went down in the first round just like Michigan, but at least they are going to be hanging a banner for the season.
They have also won 7 of the last 8 in football. The rising senior class of Michigan has never beaten Sparty.
Seems like they have worked their way into your head.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on March 18, 2016, 11:24:17 PM
Doh!
Sometimes I get the feeling nothing good will happen to Texas ever again :lol:
Ah well.
Quote from: Valmy on March 19, 2016, 12:12:17 AM
Sometimes I get the feeling nothing good will happen to Texas ever again :lol:
Ah well.
Baseball team seems like it sucks too now. Ugh.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on March 19, 2016, 04:38:18 PM
Quote from: Valmy on March 19, 2016, 12:12:17 AM
Sometimes I get the feeling nothing good will happen to Texas ever again :lol:
Ah well.
Baseball team seems like it sucks too now. Ugh.
It has been like this ever since 2010. Augie has lost it. At least they had that run in 2014. As a yuge UT baseball fan it has been rough. The crowds keep getting smaller and mediocrity is setting in hard. It is almost like the second after Colt McCoy went down the whole University has been cursed.
Quote from: alfred russel on March 18, 2016, 11:53:09 PM
Wow, your team exits in the first round after blowing a double digit lead to a mediocre Notre Dame team, and you are posting about Sparty? At the end of the day, Sparty finished 2nd in the Big Ten regular season, beat you guys, and won the big ten tournament. So yeah, they went down in the first round just like Michigan, but at least they are going to be hanging a banner for the season.
They have also won 7 of the last 8 in football. The rising senior class of Michigan has never beaten Sparty.
Seems like they have worked their way into your head.
Seems like none of this has to do with Sparty's floor-slapping. Seems like I've worked my way into your head and am living there rent-free.
I had Utah as my sleeper Final 4 pick :(
Quote from: PDH on March 20, 2016, 02:52:05 PM
I had Utah as my sleeper Final 4 pick :(
The committee seems to have loved the Pac-12, but they were complete crap so far. Hopefully Oregon can carry the banner at least into next weekend.
Quote from: PDH on March 20, 2016, 02:52:05 PM
I had Utah as my sleeper Final 4 pick :(
They went down like a $5 hooker.
Not looking good :lol:
That was a fun second half, probably mostly because the good guys won.
That is the first time I have seen the Ducks play all season, though it is also probably also the first time I have watched any college team play this season.
Quote from: PDH on March 18, 2016, 08:43:46 PM
Jesus Spicey...
Bloodbath. Thankfully in my money bracket I hedged. Naturally I'd trade bracket success/money for WVU wins, but failing that at least I have a rooting interest in the rest of the games.
But man, I was so pissed Friday night I was shaking.
A very disappointing NCAA tournament so far for the league. But with three teams in the Sweet 16 that might turn around.
:( The Wyo head coach stepped down. He came back because he had 1 year in the 90s then bolted to Clemsen, but after 5 years here it was too much. Maybe, someday, Wyoming will get a coach who can lead the University to the Promised Land (tm).
I saw a car today in Portland with 2!! Wyoming Cowboys bumper stickers.
211 stickers? Now that is a fan.
Jesus, I won the challenge with the fewest number of correct picks.
What a fucked up year.
Quote from: PDH on March 23, 2016, 10:07:55 PM
:( The Wyo head coach stepped down. He came back because he had 1 year in the 90s then bolted to Clemsen, but after 5 years here it was too much. Maybe, someday, Wyoming will get a coach who can lead the University to the Promised Land (tm).
Exhibition game in Israel? I suppose it could happen. :hmm:
Well. That was awesome.
THAT was a damn good last few minutes.
Thank hod something went well.
That is my 1st time as 1st place finisher in the Languish brackets. I want to thank you all, but mostly I want to thank the little people who made my win possible.
Shitty tournament but great championship game.
So I am hearing rumors Philly went nuts celebrating a Villanova championship. Man they better hope the Eagles never win.
Dwayne 'The Pearl' Washington died today after a battle with brain cancer. :(
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/15277787/former-syracuse-great-dwayne-pearl-washington-dies
He didn't have much of an NBA career but man he was a lot of fun to watch at Syracuse. Even though I grew up on the west coast, the Big East in the 1980s was the high point of college basketball to me. Ewing, Mullen, Washington, Walter Berry, Villanova's first miracle; back then college hoops was my favorite sport by a pretty large margin.
Word.
3 Big East teams in the Final 4 that year Nova won.