god damn. game.

11/16/2008 6:40:20 PM

Ah well... those nerds will get theirs this year plenty.

11/16/2008 6:40:49 PM

this def makes me think they are overrated

11/16/2008 6:42:53 PM

Singular!

11/16/2008 6:44:40 PM

I hate scheyer and SINGULAR

but they relied too much on Baron

11/16/2008 6:46:52 PM

FYI, duke doesn't get out of first weekend again.

11/16/2008 6:55:19 PM

We'll just use this thread for the daily games, too... makes sense.

Keep an eye on UMass-Memphis tonight.

Quote :

"A co-worker of mine who went to UCONN doesn't think they should be ranked No. 2 in the country right now. He thinks they should be Top 15 or maybe even Top 10, but he thinks they could end up being the second best team in the country further in the year. He mentioned something about them losing some players or recruits and unsure how Price's rehab with that torn ACL in the tournament last year may affect chemistry. He knows a lot more about them than I do, but even I think that they aren't the second best team in the nation. I think they are Top 10, perhaps even Top 5 b/c of Kemba Walker, but I think there are some teams that have less uncertainty and overall are better. Could they be good, of course, but I wouldn't put them No. 2 in my poll."

And Brass, this is from a different thread, but I'll answer it here.

No, right now they aren't the #2 team in the country. Calhoun would tell you that as would the players. However, they get Stanley Robinson (a starter from the day he stepped on campus) and Ater Majok (the #14 player via Rivals in this years class) on December 14th. At that moment they move from, IMO a top 15 team, to a Top 2 team. They have everything a title contender needs. NBA talent all over the place, a dominant big man and an All American PG. They also now have a good degree of experience. People forget they replaced SIX players who were drafted in 2006 and the top EIGHT players on the team. They had NO upperclassman on the entire roster and the "leader" was a sophomore reserve (Jeff Adrien).

The only question is will playing in what most think to be the strongest conference single season in NCAA history take a major toll on each contender who makes it to the NCAAT? We'll see...

[Edited on November 17, 2008 at 4:29 PM. Reason : x]

11/17/2008 4:23:33 PM

I enjoy watching Adrien play.

11/17/2008 6:03:57 PM

Is the new 3-point range having any adverse effect on scoring?

11/17/2008 6:38:11 PM

ESPN's first annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon -- featuring 23 consecutive hours of college basketball-themed programming on ESPN -- begins at midnight ET Tuesday, Nov. 18 (11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 17) with Massachusetts at No. 12 Memphis and conclude with Kentucky at No. 1 North Carolina at 9 p.m ET. The new initiative will highlight the beginning of the 2008-09 men's college basketball season.

ESPN's coverage will include a game played in five different United States time zones -- Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific and Hawaiian -- and teams from at least 14 different conferences and leagues (Big Ten, Big 12, Big East, SEC, ACC, Atlantic 10, Conference USA, WAC, WCC, Big Sky, Ivy, Colonial, Big South and Summit). Highlights include:

• Play: Big Number Challenge

• Nine live games on ESPN, including a women's matchup

• Live game telecasts on ESPN at midnight, 2 a.m., 4 a.m., 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.

• A special one-hour College GameDay Driven by State Farm to originate from North Carolina at 8 p.m. including coverage of National Champion Kansas raising its title banner

• Thirty-three hours of coverage on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN360.com highlighted by 14 game telecasts

• ESPN360.com offering a simulcast of every ESPN and ESPN2 telecast

• Massachusetts at No. 12 Memphis (midnight) and Kentucky at #1 North Carolina (9 p.m.) simulcast on the ABC SuperSign in Times Square in New York City

• A four-hour SportsCenter Special: College Hoops Tip-Off Presented by Samsung Behold beginning at 6 a.m. featuring extensive college basketball-themed programming: coaches interviews, announcer reports from game sites and a behind-the-scenes feature on North Carolina hosted by Jay Bilas

• Extended chats, game related stories, SportsNation polls, blogs and more on ESPN.com

• ESPN Mobile TV offering a simulcast of all nine ESPN games and an 11:30 p.m. ESPN2 telecast

• An Interactive Tuesday application similar to the networks Tuesday college football telecasts for the 6 p.m. Richmond at Syracuse telecast featuring fan opinions integrated into the telecast through comments via texting, phone calls, online chats and interactive polls

• ESPN Classic televising four classic men's college basketball games Monday, Nov. 17:
4 p.m.: 1990 Kentucky at North Carolina
6 p.m.: 2004 Duke at North Carolina
8 p.m.: 2008 Tennessee at Memphis
10 p.m.: 2008 NCAA Championship: Kansas vs. Memphis

2008 College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon
Time (ET) Network Event
Midnight ESPN/ESPN360.com UMass vs. Memphis
2 a.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com Fresno State vs. Saint Mary's
4 a.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com Idaho State vs. Hawaii
6 a.m. ESPN SportsCenter Special: College Hoops Tip-Off
10 a.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com Penn vs. Drexel
Noon ESPN/ESPN360.com Iowa vs. Kansas (women)
2 p.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com Liberty vs. UNC-Asheville
4 p.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com Centenary vs. Baylor
6 p.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com CBE Classic: Richmond vs. Syracuse
7 p.m. ESPNU NIT Regional Final (from Purdue)
7:30 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN360.com NIT Regional Final (from Boston College)
8 p.m. ESPN College GameDay (from Chapel Hill)
9 p.m. ESPN/ESPN360.com Kentucky vs. North Carolina
9 p.m. ESPNU CBE Classic: Florida Gulf Coast vs. Kansas
9:30 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN360.com NIT Regional Final (from Oklahoma)
11:30 p.m. ESPN2/ESPN360.com NIT Regional Final (from Arizona)

11/17/2008 6:47:00 PM

11/17/2008 6:57:08 PM

this duke-unc 2004 game is a good one

11/17/2008 7:04:46 PM

I like eating breakfast and being able to watch college basketball

11/18/2008 6:18:11 AM

Did anyone see the bball gameday crew talking before the Memphis-UMass game from the Dean Dome? Those were the dumbest looking students and not to mention the light blue smurf didn't know what to do with his hand, especially with all the guys around him.

11/18/2008 8:58:31 AM

The Oklahoma-Davidson game should be highly entertaining

11/18/2008 12:17:25 PM

GO WILDCATS

11/18/2008 12:39:09 PM

Hansbrough is out, right?

Not that it matters, since Gillespie apparently can't recruit a PG...

11/18/2008 12:44:08 PM

yep, hansbro is out

11/18/2008 12:52:25 PM

man i was looking forward to that kansas iowa game... until i found out it was womens.

11/18/2008 12:52:30 PM

Why would anyone look forward to an Iowa game?

Jess Settles isn't walking through that door.

11/18/2008 12:53:38 PM

aside from unc/kentucky this evening, that's about as good of basketball as there is right now.

11/18/2008 12:58:44 PM

CBS College Sports has a good game on tonight. Channel 513 for those with Astound Digital in Walnut Creek...

http://mattsarz44017.tripod.com/basketball2008.html

St John's - BC is on too at 7:30 on ESPN. First Big East - ACC matchup of the year. Also, Davidson-Oklahoma with Curry and Griffin, two preseason first/second team All Americans. UAB-Arizona might be good too late night.

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 1:09 PM. Reason : x]

11/18/2008 1:07:09 PM

i wonder how hard it was for memphis to start a game at 10pm... it was noticable at the beginning to me... it was terrible quality... all for the sake of television lol

11/18/2008 1:23:17 PM

Quote :

"aside from unc/kentucky this evening, that's about as good of basketball as there is right now."

what? You know that Oklahoma-Davidson is on tonight right? That's best game so far this season, easily.

11/18/2008 2:01:38 PM

Syracuse is struggling with Richmond right now. They are only up by 4 right now, 54-58, with 7:46 remaining.

11/18/2008 7:34:52 PM

i just realized how fired up i am for some college basketball

11/18/2008 8:29:55 PM

Oh, it's college basketball season. Raftery!!!

I can't wait to see what drunken shenanigans await us from the McDonugh, Bilas, Raftery trio in Maui this year. Are there any Canadians playing in it this year? The drunken anti-Canadian rants against Denham Brown in '06 were glorious...

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 8:39 PM. Reason : if you don't like raftery you have a problem with yourself]

11/18/2008 8:39:14 PM

i wish Gus Johnson was a regular during the year

I would tune in to watch Valparaiso vs. Tennessee-Chattanooga for his excitement

11/18/2008 8:43:42 PM

Come on BC. I mean I don't really like BC, but please beat St. John's. I know you guys are bad this year, but the ACC needs wins over the Big East, even if it is only St. John's.

11/18/2008 8:46:08 PM

11/18/2008 8:46:54 PM

conference fans...

11/18/2008 8:46:55 PM

outside of the ridiculously deep Tennessee squad, how bad is the SEC this year?

11/18/2008 8:50:43 PM

I just want the ACC to be one of the top conferences in the nation. If State actually does decent this year and ends up on the bubble then hopefully we can get in over some middle of the road Pac 10, Big 10, or Big XII that didn't have to play as difficult of a schedule as State did.


Florida should be good this year.

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 8:52 PM. Reason : ]

11/18/2008 8:51:17 PM

The SEC is bad enough to where Kensucky will get a bid even when they go a game or two over .500 OOC and 8-10 over in conference...

Bad loss potentially for the ACC if BCU loses to St. Johns. Granted both are bottom feeders but in the 16 team Big East, St. Johns is one of the bottom 3 IMO... But the ACC should be fine for 5-6 teams in the dance this year...

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 8:59 PM. Reason : it would behoove the ACC for FSU to not lose to LaSalle as well (I think UConn plays LaSalle next).]

11/18/2008 8:56:01 PM

oh Dickie V.


how I have missed you

11/18/2008 8:56:58 PM

haha wtf? our commercial just came on during pregame for the UNC game

11/18/2008 8:59:39 PM

i coulda swore i saw lee fowler behind dickie v

11/18/2008 9:00:58 PM

upset incoming!

11/18/2008 9:03:22 PM

#1 and #2 programs of all time


Go #1

11/18/2008 9:03:39 PM

man, kentucky looks badddd

11/18/2008 9:06:15 PM

yep.

11/18/2008 9:09:16 PM

they are horrible this year




damn... and Carolina isnt...

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 9:19 PM. Reason : d]

11/18/2008 9:15:33 PM

Damn, they are fun to watch for a college team...

Scary. Hansbrough might actually slow them down a bit.

If UConn is #2 then there is a laaaarrrrgggeeee gap between 1 and 2.

[Edited on November 18, 2008 at 9:20 PM. Reason : xx\]

11/18/2008 9:19:56 PM

i don't know how much of it is kentucky being terrible and carolina being ridiculous.

11/18/2008 9:20:03 PM

wow...unc looks good

11/18/2008 9:20:08 PM

its both.

11/18/2008 9:20:23 PM

10 minutes into the season and I'm already sick of Vitale

11/18/2008 9:22:59 PM

Quote :

"haha wtf? our commercial just came on during pregame for the UNC game"

Yeah, I saw that. Awesome.

11/18/2008 9:23:56 PM

now recruits will mistake their performance with NC State

win

11/18/2008 9:26:40 PM

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK.

11/18/2008 9:27:00 PM