^http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1976411-new-mexico-state-vs-utah-valley-ends-in-fight-as-fans-storm-court-after-game?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_t2

(oh no, bleacherreport,)

2/28/2014 10:07:33 AM

Yeah...that was pretty bad.

2/28/2014 10:22:16 AM

2/28/2014 5:58:44 PM

^ posted, of course, by GingaNinja

2/28/2014 6:06:32 PM

Maybe it is to psych everyone out since nobody will know who's fans are which

2/28/2014 7:57:46 PM

Virginia is misspelled

2/28/2014 8:06:38 PM

Or is Vagina mispelled exposed?

2/28/2014 8:29:08 PM

So this is going to be the lowest scoring game ever, correct? I think we could all drink for every point scored and drive to the store for more beer with ease.

2/28/2014 8:31:09 PM

nah it will probably be similar to the uva clemson game that was 63-58.

2/28/2014 9:37:53 PM

right now SU are 4 point dogs. i could see cuse pulling this one off in their usual fashion though. i'll definitely be pulling for them

[Edited on February 28, 2014 at 9:59 PM. Reason : .]

2/28/2014 9:58:48 PM

How UVA is only ranked 12 is absurd.

3/1/2014 4:38:34 PM

They are top five right now bit their OOC is bad.

As I've said all year Cuse is a solid 10-15 team. Elite Eight.

[Edited on March 1, 2014 at 4:48 PM. Reason : X]

3/1/2014 4:48:10 PM

thats cut but Its easier to say a great team will lose in the elite 8 and be right than it is to say one of the best teams will make the final four and be right. Just the way things work out. Duke haters have been using that same tournament vibrator for years to pleasure themselves every march.

3/1/2014 4:56:16 PM

I said it when they were undefeated. Their metrics simply aren't that of a truly dominant team. They have no one dominant facet of their game. UVa does (defense).

3/1/2014 5:44:52 PM

way back when we were looking for a coach I suggested bennet, larranaga, stevens, and marshall before they were in the limelight.

Too bad I wasn't AD. We certainly would have had one of those guys and would be winning competing for championships.

3/1/2014 5:51:47 PM

Luke Nadkarni is probably pretty happy right now.

And the ACC chant did get me kinda pumped for Virginia.

3/1/2014 6:01:18 PM

can't help but feel so good for uva. they do everything right. we'll just have to live through them for now because of our inept ADs

3/1/2014 6:03:44 PM

LOL @ Mick Cronin vs Teddy Valentine

What a couple of goons.

3/1/2014 6:25:24 PM

Quote :

"way back when we were looking for a coach I suggested bennet, larranaga, stevens, and marshall before they were in the limelight. Too bad I wasn't AD. We certainly would have had one of those guys and would be winning competing for championships."

Which thread was that?

3/1/2014 6:26:16 PM

i'm guessing one where he also suggested donks like brownell, keno davis, etc but he gets to cherry pick the ones he liked with hindsight

[Edited on March 1, 2014 at 6:28 PM. Reason : packpride wouldve already lynched bennett anyway]

3/1/2014 6:27:05 PM

Can the myth of Calipari please be laid to rest?

And can we stop crowning champions based on recruiting rankings?

3/1/2014 9:58:32 PM

can you stop being bitter about shit he did at umass two decades ago

3/1/2014 10:16:12 PM

NOBODY has been talking about Arkansas this year. all of a sudden, they have 20 wins, have won 7 of their last 8, and are tied for 3rd in the SEC. they have wins over SMU, Minnesota, Clemson, and Kentucky (x2)

tournament team?

[Edited on March 1, 2014 at 10:25 PM. Reason : ,]

3/1/2014 10:24:24 PM

I could see Florida going very far, final four minimum if not the final game.

Virginia however could get bounced early. Having the easiest SoS in the conference will open you up to getting bounced by a hot shooting team like Creighton

3/1/2014 10:47:30 PM

^^^ huh? It has nothing to do with that. I rooted for them in that Camby final four.

I just don't like him.

^ UF is good. Haven't lost all year as a full team.

3/1/2014 10:49:44 PM

Duke and UNC peaked at the perfect time IMO to bolster their resumes. UNC is due for a loss if not in the ACCT early on, could be a round of 32/16 loss knockout for them.

Wichita state is a mystery to me however. They haven't gone up against legitimate competition yet this year, but their returning squad is experienced. It'd be cool to see them make another run as i think they'll remain undefeated and go into the tourney with momentum.



[Edited on March 1, 2014 at 11:00 PM. Reason : .]

3/1/2014 10:58:01 PM

Pretty sure I was in the minority when I suggested Stevens and Marshall.

Also very sad that Tony Bennett can win the ACC with a much less talented squad than ours.

3/1/2014 11:42:19 PM

Much less talented? LOL. If Bennet could cherry pick anyone from our roster, TJ and maybe Cat or Kyle would be it.

3/2/2014 7:15:11 AM

Just a reminder that registration for the billion dollar bracket challenge begins tomorrow.

3/2/2014 1:11:22 PM

UNC is a real contender. Anything else is blind hatred.

3/2/2014 1:24:12 PM

A real contender for what? They're not winning the NCAA Tournament. Greensboro? Sure

3/2/2014 2:13:37 PM

Turgeon loves running way out on the court during the game

3/2/2014 3:24:09 PM

if we are tied with UMD then how the hell are we the 9 seed and they are the 8? I really wonder if we play the 8-9 game if we could beat UVA AGAIN in the acc tournament. After they beat the piss out of us this year...but the 7 matchup against 10-15 doesn't seem much better the next round does it?

3/2/2014 4:23:16 PM

Its not only easy but statistically advantageous to take any one team, sit back and say they won't win it all vs. the field but that doesn't mean UNC is not a serious contender.

3/2/2014 5:26:01 PM

4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 22, 24 all lost

hell of a shakeup in tomorrow's poll

3/2/2014 6:18:29 PM

http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2014/march/dan-dakich-rightfully-destroys-ted-valentine.html

Quote :

" "TV" Teddy Valentine is the worst referee in sports. He's everything wrong with officiating, and specifically, college basketball officiating. He thinks every block/charge call is an Oscar winning performance, he antagonizes players and coaches, and he officiates a game like everyone in the building bought a ticket to watch him. This mindset throughout college basketball is perhaps the most frustrating aspect of the sport (aside from the 9,000 TV timeouts). On Saturday Valentine got in the face of Cincinnati head coach Mick Cronin like he was going to fight him on the court in an astonishing display of bravado and theatrics. It's incomprehensible behavior for an official who is tasked with making sure those things don't happen. Later in the day on ESPN, analyst Dan Dakich lit into Valentine (who he knows very well from his Big Ten days) during the Illinois-Michigan State broadcast and spoke for everyone fed up with TV Teddy's antics... "The issue is Valentine, he's lucky he didn't get punched right there." "Valentine's always been antagonistic, he's always talked trash to players, he's always acted like the game is above him... he's not even close to being a great official. A great official doesn't do that. But all these guys hire him and I don't understand it. I've never understood it quite frankly. That's totally on him. He's lucky he didn't get hit." This clip is why Dakich is so refreshingly blunt and honest as a college basketball analyst. The wide majority of people in college basketball are reticent in calling out anybody - coach, official, player, or anyone in between. But being outspoken and unafraid to criticize, Dakich can call a spade a spade and tell the truth about TV Teddy. Maybe if more people in college basketball were willing to speak out in the same way, the entire sport would be better served."

3/3/2014 2:58:17 PM

Wow, harsh:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/you-made-your-bed-john-calipari--now-lie-in-it-233738456-ncaab.html

3/3/2014 3:09:00 PM

how is UK even still ranked?

3/3/2014 3:20:16 PM

same with Iowa

sure they have some signature wins, but they've also lost 3 of their last 4. a team that's 20-9 should not be ranked

3/3/2014 6:38:22 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwcX8OnTTSA

Bet nothing happens to scumbag valentine.

Refs are really the worst part of college basketball. The refs should be robots or a team of replay analysts.

[Edited on March 3, 2014 at 6:53 PM. Reason : .]

3/3/2014 6:51:31 PM

Does the dean dome not have a buzzer?

3/3/2014 8:56:16 PM

in before haters say unc can't win it all because they've won close games.

3/4/2014 2:00:29 AM

^
Good call jumping on the UNC bandwagon, if they win it all, you'd have hit the TWW troll jackpot.

3/4/2014 2:11:25 AM

UNC is squeaking by.

Arkansas is playing inferior teams...they haven't really beaten anyone because Kentucky isnt that great. Just play in a weak conference. Same with Florida.


Kansas is overrated still.

I really like Louisville and still think Arizona is the best team in the country.
Wichita State is good but not last year good. they wont final four it again.
Nova and sneaky old Wisconsin aren't bad although perennial tourney underperformers

3/4/2014 2:49:16 AM

Quote :

"in before haters say unc can't win it all because they've won close games."

UNC can't win it all because they are one of the worst FT shooting teams in the country and that will come back to bite them at some point. Hell, it almost bit them against us except we were equally as putrid from the line.

3/4/2014 7:36:18 AM

Can we just take Pitt's spot in the tourney?

A deadly combination of not being good and being Pitt is surely yet another early round loss.

[Edited on March 4, 2014 at 9:09 AM. Reason : Kansas will win title. LOL, overrated? They are playing the hardest schedule in history.]

[Edited on March 4, 2014 at 9:09 AM. Reason : though UF hasn't lost as a whole team yet and are very good. but... sec.]

3/4/2014 9:08:50 AM

^you think the SEC is bad...Lunardi has the A-10 getting 5 teams in the tournament. Of those 5 teams, I think they have a combined 2 wins over Top 25 teams that are/were not in their conference.

3/4/2014 9:31:26 AM

^ unfortunately to the selection committee RPI is all that they care about.

3/4/2014 9:36:39 AM

Quote :

"Its not only easy but statistically advantageous to take any one team, sit back and say they won't win it all vs. the field but that doesn't mean UNC is not a serious contender."

They have a 0% chance of winning the tournament. Oklahoma State is a more serious contender.

3/4/2014 10:45:02 AM

if unc played any team right now. lets say kansas. what would be their chance of winning. pretty high.

the free throw thing is wrong because the ball is in paiges hands at the end of the game and hes 90 something percent. in reality, the paige effect makes unc one of the best late game free throw teams.

3/4/2014 11:23:27 AM