Yeah, I’m watching it while I study… Dyson and Austrie didn’t show up until like 10 minutes before tip because they had a presentation on campus so they are completely out of rhythm. They’ll win by double digits still though… Stupid to play a school like that on campus… These “biggest games in school history” crap away games are dumb for elite programs to do…

12/4/2008 8:30:43 PM

what channel is this on?

12/4/2008 8:37:51 PM

I'm watching on ESPN360 on campus... it'll be over shortly. UConn is about to go on a run. Up 6 now.

Too bad you are missing it. No Dickey Simpkins ("hot like fire") doing color but it is his bro John Celestand. Old school Big East players...

12/4/2008 8:46:10 PM

they need to go on a 10 pt run so that I can cover 15.5 points damnit

12/4/2008 8:53:47 PM

UCLA getting help from the refs again

12/4/2008 10:59:00 PM

Michigan up on Duke by 2 at the half

12/6/2008 4:14:54 PM

duke / michigen

click

bama / gators

repeat

12/6/2008 4:18:39 PM

duke just wont give up on the 3

i think they are 1 for 80

12/6/2008 4:58:36 PM

Duke 55 Michigan 62 with 5:10 remaining

12/6/2008 5:05:59 PM

This is the first time Duke has played a true road game not mandated by the ACC/Big 10 Challenge (not counting St. John's @ MSG) since 2002.

Guess it's gonna be awhile before we see another one

12/6/2008 5:10:12 PM

What a fast rematch, lol.

12/6/2008 5:11:26 PM

that's not true, they played at Georgetown in 2006

12/6/2008 5:39:07 PM

Miami is playing @ Kentucky on ESPN. Big OOC game. Hopefully Miami can win.

Man look at Kentucky's floor. I really like it when they don't have the women's line on the court.

[Edited on December 6, 2008 at 5:41 PM. Reason : ]

12/6/2008 5:40:00 PM

i like the Miami road unis

12/6/2008 7:01:46 PM

Quote :

"that's not true, they played at Georgetown in 2006"

Was that when Duke was #1 and G'Town beat them?

12/6/2008 8:01:45 PM

Still not convinced UNC has played a good team yet

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iWwLxbs77OgSqIlVE48zYou_VJKQD94TGFD80

12/6/2008 9:09:44 PM

The terrible FSU trash talkers that sit behind the nnouncers are back. FSU 35 #23 UF 30 with 15:46 in the 2nd.

12/7/2008 7:21:53 PM

FSU upends #23 Florida 57-55. The Seminoles are now 8-1. Good win for the ACC.

12/7/2008 8:17:55 PM

Wouldn't it be awesome if Davidson was our only loss and we beat them in a Final Four match-up?

12/7/2008 8:32:56 PM

ahahahahahah

12/7/2008 8:34:10 PM

Has anything came out yet about Courtney Fells' shoulder x-ray?

12/9/2008 10:30:48 AM

davidson up on wvu

OMG BOB HUGGINS CANT COACH!

12/9/2008 7:34:25 PM

Agreed. Since Huggins is in his third year at the college level with minimal results and no track record, it is a very relevant comparison to Lowe.

Quote :

"that's not true, they played at Georgetown in 2006"

Yeah, you're right. Why did I read that in numerous articles. Maybe they said "on campus?" I don't know...

[Edited on December 9, 2008 at 7:38 PM. Reason : x]

12/9/2008 7:38:01 PM

Wow. Dominick Cheek to Villanova. Jay Wright would have been AWESOME here! He isn't going to be leaving 'Nova anytime soon...

** Christ, seeing WVU DESTROY Davidson on the boards compared to how we did is disconcerting to say the least...

[Edited on December 9, 2008 at 8:58 PM. Reason : x]

12/9/2008 8:32:24 PM

State is currently #202 in the RPI

if Davidson wins tonight, we should move up a bunch of spots!

12/9/2008 8:49:00 PM

Hmmm... two of WVU's best players aren't even playing and they are right in this game. Doesn't bode well for our team...

Of course, Curry is cold tonight...

[Edited on December 9, 2008 at 9:21 PM. Reason : x]

12/9/2008 9:10:47 PM

yeah Curry was freakin 1 for 13 or something like that before he stepped up when they really needed him

they more they win, the less bad we'll look for it, but we could have and should have won that game on the boards

12/9/2008 9:30:11 PM

love the jimmy v speech

12/9/2008 9:35:38 PM

i'm not afraid to admit i cry every time i sit down and watch the speech

[Edited on December 9, 2008 at 9:38 PM. Reason : .]

12/9/2008 9:37:42 PM

brings me to tears every time too

DVR'ed it finally

12/9/2008 9:41:44 PM

the one in reynolds always chokes me up

12/9/2008 9:41:47 PM

it hadn't occurred to me until seeing this again today that Valvano coached at Rutgers. There's your story line for the papajohns.com bowl! ha

12/9/2008 9:42:22 PM

Really?

He also was a star on the basketball team there and graduated in 1967 from the school...

12/9/2008 9:47:38 PM

the one at Reynolds is good because it's NC State-specific

the ESPYs speech is just flat out the best speech I've ever heard. that man had the best presence I've ever seen. funny, sharp, great ad libs, great story teller....flat out amazing

12/9/2008 9:49:03 PM

The Reynolds one usually gets me pretty good. I'll sometimes cry on the ESPY one. It usually gets me at the end when he's talking about coming back and giving the award the next year. Grandfather died of cancer in a fairly slow way, and Jimmy V always reminds me of him. Good peoples.

12/9/2008 9:51:14 PM

back to the thread:

UGA beat Tech. not good for the ACC. UGA missed 11 of 21 free throws, but made a game winner with ~25 seconds left to win by 1

Quote :

"State is currently #202 in the RPI if Davidson wins tonight, we should move up a bunch of spots!"

up to 197 now!

[Edited on December 9, 2008 at 9:57 PM. Reason : .]

12/9/2008 9:55:33 PM

if his speech didn't do it, that little documentary sure did

as annoying as dickie v can be, seeing him break down on camera was pretty powerful

12/9/2008 9:58:45 PM

So I turn on the TV and turn it to Texas and Nova.

Within the first minute Dickie V is talking about North Carolina.

12/9/2008 10:44:02 PM

Jay Wright is like a less trashy version of Bruce Pearl... probably cleans up on higher quality trim than Pearl does too.

12/9/2008 10:53:16 PM

he is who i wanted to come here the most after herb left

i'm a big fan of what he's done

12/9/2008 10:54:48 PM

i swear i usually love watching scottie reynolds play

but he is playing like a timid bitch tonight

12/9/2008 11:26:33 PM

Yeah, he's a great recruiter and a very good game coach.

They are going to be NASTY next year when Cheek gets in the program. A lot of people think, and Rivals.com has already said, that if Cheek commits (which he will on Friday from what I've heard) they'll bump UNC from #1 on the 2009 class... good fans Nova has too in the Garden tonight.

As an aside, the BE Tourney at MSG >>>> anything in college bball in terms of atmosphere.

[Edited on December 9, 2008 at 11:27 PM. Reason : x]

12/9/2008 11:26:55 PM

Quote :

"As an aside, the BE Tourney at MSG >>>> anything in college bball in terms of atmosphere."

even Duke vs. UNC?

I wonder if Taylor King will get any playing time at Nova next year

12/9/2008 11:30:00 PM

Should have clarified.. that I've been to.

I've never been to Cameron for a UNC-Duke game though I'd like to... I do like the big city vibe on the semi-finals night at the Garden though..

[Edited on December 9, 2008 at 11:31 PM. Reason : damn, stokes is off...]

12/9/2008 11:31:14 PM

Dickie V just brought the BCS into the Texas-Nova game.

12/9/2008 11:36:39 PM

he brings the bcs into every game.

12/9/2008 11:51:18 PM

No way Villanova with the commitment of Cheek bumps North Carolina. They'll have a great class no doubt, but it won't be enough to overcome UNC. Now if State landed Wall and Favors/Cousins, then State would have a good chance at leap frogging UNC b/c State would then have the top PG and one of the two best big men in the class.

Name - scout/rivals * rating - position - position ranking - overall ranking

Villanova's class (w/Cheek)
Mouphtauo Yarou - ****/***** - PF - 10/5 - 28/14

Isaiah Armwood - ****/**** - PF - 12/18 - 31/62

Maalik Wayns - ****/***** - PG - 4/4 - 26/25

Dominic Cheek - *****/***** - SF/SG - 3/6 - 15/16


North Carolina's class
Leslie McDonald - ****/**** - SG - 13/13 - 63/55

Dexter Strickland - *****/***** - SG/PG - 4/3 - 18/17

Travis Wear - ****/**** - PF - 14/20 - 41/69

David Wear - ****/**** - PF - 15/19 - 42/68

John Henson - *****/***** - PF - 1/2 - 3/6

12/9/2008 11:59:44 PM

Greensboro Coliseum during the ACC Tournament > Madison Square Garden during the Big East Tournament

12/10/2008 12:02:46 AM

As much as it killed me, the semifinals atmosphere last year in Charlotte was really good.

12/10/2008 12:52:06 AM

good game between St. Joe's and Villanova right now on ESPN2

12/11/2008 9:35:58 PM