So Saint Mary's can probably kiss the tourney goodbye after tonight. Quite a small bubble at this point.

3/14/2009 8:28:28 PM

What are the numbers for Maryland getting in over Mississippi State? Obviously if MS State wins tomorrow they are in, but if they lose that is going to be an interesting decision for the committee to make.

3/14/2009 8:47:28 PM

Mississippi State? They aren't even considered a bubble team. The SEC is getting LSU and whoever wins tomorrow. Maryland has some really big wins.

I can't believe Lunardi has San Diego State still in at this point. Creighton should be sweating as well. And eight teams from the Big 10 was a joke. They should get six max...Penn State, Wisconsin, and Ohio State haven't done jack outside of that conference. I'd put in Saint Mary's over any of those teams.

3/14/2009 9:09:00 PM

But St. Mary's isn't from one of the Big 6, so unforunately I doubt the committee will look at them.

As for Maryland, didn't they go 7-9 in the ACC? Total 20 wins? But you're right they have some big wins against top-seeded schools because they get to play in the ACC.

And I don't see how the Big 10 gets 8 schools. I agree.

3/14/2009 9:13:32 PM

St. Mary's will get looked at, but they won't get in, imho. They had a good year, but a 25 point loss to Gonzaga in the conference tourney did nothing to help.

No way the Big 10 gets 8 bids.

3/14/2009 9:16:34 PM

devendorf is such a cocky cunt haha

3/14/2009 9:43:05 PM

i really like 'cuse, but devendorf makes it hard

3/14/2009 9:43:47 PM

sounds kind of personal...

3/14/2009 9:45:10 PM

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"The SEC is getting LSU and whoever wins tomorrow."

Tennessee is in win or lose.

They get at least 3 bids.

3/14/2009 9:50:04 PM

daaaaamn what a fall

3/14/2009 9:51:51 PM

Lucky he did not fall on his head

3/14/2009 9:53:02 PM

Did the announcer in the Big East final game just say "he got raped from behind?"

3/14/2009 11:10:46 PM

^that's what I heard too

3/14/2009 11:12:42 PM

Quote :

"Tennessee is in win or lose. They get at least 3 bids."

Tennessee wins tomorrow, who is the third bid?

3/14/2009 11:16:11 PM

Quote :

"its so funny to watch 5 minutes of a big eleven game after watching both the acc and big ten tournaments those 2 leagues are on a different planet"

i obviously meant big east instead of big ten

MY BAD

3/15/2009 12:27:57 AM

i think i realized during this pacific-northridge game that i have finally gotten my fill of basketball for the day and should rest up for tomorrow

3/15/2009 12:31:08 AM

http://www.gogoraleigh.com/2009/03/14/unc-gets-all-the-calls/#comments

3/15/2009 11:04:29 AM

http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/03/15/frank-haith-out-at-miami/

Come on home, Durand...

3/15/2009 1:46:53 PM

haha, everyone should check out the game going on on ESPN2.. both teams have players that look like they are about 4'11"

3/15/2009 2:08:53 PM

Granted it's not on the caliber of one of the five major college basketball conferences, but this SEC game is pretty good... Venardo is too good to be playing in a mid-major conference.

[Edited on March 15, 2009 at 3:03 PM. Reason : x]

3/15/2009 3:03:22 PM

the end of this ut/miss st game is a joke, right?

3/15/2009 3:19:04 PM

Quote :

"mid-major conference"

nice try... you've put it in several threads...

3/15/2009 3:20:56 PM

It was worth a try, no?

I figured I'd get one or two biters..

3/15/2009 3:22:55 PM

3/15/2009 3:24:12 PM

i always forget that Archie Miller is a coach at Ohio State

3/15/2009 4:48:19 PM

saw a stat about that varnado dude... more blocks this season by himself than 325 division 1 TEAMS... jesus

[Edited on March 15, 2009 at 5:21 PM. Reason : 1]

3/15/2009 4:59:14 PM

big ten basketball is so god damn boring

3/15/2009 5:22:09 PM

The announcers on the Lakers/Mavericks game have called out the NCAA refs a couple times on calling games in favor of certain teams, calling ticky tack fouls, etc... It was pretty funny.

3/15/2009 5:29:40 PM

^^^yeah, that shits crazy. Looking at his stat sheet there are MULTIPLE games where he has like 7, 8 even 9 blocks in a game. His stat line is 13 ppg, 9 rebounds and 4.7 blocks per game

3/15/2009 6:00:31 PM

Hey Dave Leitao GTFO!
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/9340936/Sources:-Virginia-fires-coach-Leitao

3/16/2009 6:07:56 PM

Why is Providence playing at home if Miami is the better seed?

3/18/2009 7:17:01 PM

Good game between Kentucky and Creighton going on right now. Creighton could never get UK to come to the Qwest Center in the regular season, but that's what I like about the NIT. It sometimes forces the big boys to go to the smaller guys' arenas. Now obviously the Qwest Center (cap. 17,560) isn't small, but Creighton is a small, private university that mainly fills the arena b/c of them being the main basketball attraction in Omaha.

3/23/2009 8:55:55 PM

^^I'm pretty sure there were some concerts scheduled or something.

3/23/2009 9:02:57 PM

Seth Curry transferring out of Liberty

http://www.libertyflames.com/index.cfm?PID=10869&newsID=3750&TeamID=

3/24/2009 6:17:00 PM

UConn recruiting violations, I wonder what kind of penalties will be enforced because of this. Sucks to get in trouble for a kid that you don't even have on the team anymore.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=ys-uconnphone032509&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

[Edited on March 25, 2009 at 9:30 AM. Reason : detail]

3/25/2009 9:29:59 AM

yahoo did a six month "investigation" on something that no one cares about?

3/25/2009 9:57:30 AM

another UConn link: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4014188&

3/25/2009 10:07:42 AM

Quote :

"Why is Providence playing at home if Miami is the better seed?"

i remember someone saying the miami arena was going to be booked for some latin music concerts

3/25/2009 10:15:43 AM

UConn recruiting violations? no way! they run such a clean program up there...

3/25/2009 10:20:56 AM

Quote :

"UConn recruiting violations, I wonder what kind of penalties will be enforced because of this."

I don't know, let me check. Is the team NCSU? If no, just let it ride. Eventually the issue will fade from everyone's conscious. If yes, then destroy the program with impudence.

What ever happened to Florida State?

3/25/2009 10:41:24 AM

This is about Women's Basketball...

Okay, we can all bitch about how bad the Men's Tournament Committee is, but good lord, the Women's Committee has to be filled with a bunch of dykes that have never watched basketball. You win the ACC and get a number 1 Seed, and your reward... you get sent to Michigan State in a pod where Michigan State is a 9 seed... thus your reward for being a number 1 seed is playing at a number 9 seed in the second round. It also happened to Auburn, a number 2 seed... they got sent to Rutgers where Rutgers was a 7 seed.

Guess what happens... the home teams win and a 9 beats a 1 and a 7 beats a 2

Now I am all for upsets, but lets please make sure that the teams are rewarded not penalized for having a good regular season.

3/25/2009 11:01:11 AM

Wait, you're telling me there's a women's tournament too?

3/25/2009 2:33:24 PM

LOL. win.

3/25/2009 4:43:41 PM

was that duke or maryland?

^^^

3/25/2009 4:47:24 PM

fairyland

3/25/2009 6:36:11 PM

It was Duke.

3/25/2009 6:57:11 PM

patty millsowned

Quote :

"NIT COURT STORM"

[Edited on March 25, 2009 at 11:04 PM. Reason : ]

3/25/2009 10:54:28 PM

must have been a really big game to warrant that court storming

3/25/2009 11:08:35 PM

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/college_hoops/story/640284.html

Great article and interview with David Thompson. I didn't realize he was the one that started the whole cradling/cupping the ball when going up for a dunk, which he said was out of necessity since he didn't have long enough fingers to palm the ball.

[Edited on April 4, 2009 at 11:41 AM. Reason : a]

4/4/2009 11:17:17 AM

I wish they'd play a video on the scoreboard similar to this in the pregame at the RBC Center. I like how it shows old footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct5Jj8UXS0E

[Edited on April 4, 2009 at 4:46 PM. Reason : link]

4/4/2009 4:40:25 PM