The Official 2007-2008College Basketball thread

[Ghormeh Sabzi]

Right on man. Hey if it makes you feel better I hope MD beats the crap out of Duke and UNC. I like them out of any other ACC teams.

[persianbruin]

with all the injuries ucla had a 20 point lead. They played very sloppy because first team all american PG d collison wasnt playing but as long as they win izzz alll goooooood!

[mkbf2]

LOL wheres Dickie V when u need him huh dukie? I cant wait till Jan 26th, Duke in College Park Baby!!!!!

[Sherwin]

Look I'm just not a fan of Duke basketball it's nothing agaisnt coach K because I think he is a classy guy. I just hate how all of the commentators like Billy Packer and Duke Vitale always kiss Duke's you know what. Second of all I hate how Duke get's every freaking call their way.

PersianBruin I think there might be an opportunity for Ucla to play against Michigan State University because both of them are in a tourney in Kansas. Both UCLA and MSU won their tourney to have the right to play in this one. Both UCLA and MSU beat their teams, Maryland for UCLA and Mizzou for MSU.

That would be a nice meeting between two solid teams. I think MSU could give Ucla a run for their money especially with Collison out. Don't think for a second MSU is going to be a pushover my friend.

[Sherwin]

Excellent! i got to recruit more ppl for the anti-duke league lol. F@ck MD got taught today No 3 pointers for the first time in 8 yrs!

Man I thought that Maryland gave UCLA a run for their money and did a nice job to close that 20 point lead, but at the end UCLA just was too much for them. You can sign me up for the anti-Duke league.

No offense to Gormeh Sabzi I just don't like them. When you have more white players than black players starting there is something wrong with that picture. Just kidding race has nothing to do with this I just don't like them because they get all the calls their way.

[persianbruin]

Look I'm just not a fan of Duke basketball it's nothing agaisnt coach K because I think he is a classy guy. I just hate how all of the commentators like Billy Packer and Duke Vitale always kiss Duke's you know what. Second of all I hate how Duke get's every freaking call their way.
PersianBruin I think there might be an opportunity for Ucla to play against Michigan State University because both of them are in a tourney in Kansas. Both UCLA and MSU won their tourney to have the right to play in this one. Both UCLA and MSU beat their teams, Maryland for UCLA and Mizzou for MSU.
That would be a nice meeting between two solid teams. I think MSU could give Ucla a run for their money especially with Collison out. Don't think for a second MSU is going to be a pushover my friend.

with collison, keefe and roll out I dont think anyone is a pushover! With that said I like what I see so far

[persianbruin]

heartbreaking loss for MSU but congrats to them for a hardfought game. It definitely was an educational game for ucla as they will be pursuing their 12th banner. I ccant wait for collisona dn keefe to come back so we could see how good this team really is

[Sherwin]

heartbreaking loss for MSU but congrats to them for a hardfought game. It definitely was an educational game for ucla as they will be pursuing their 12th banner. I ccant wait for collisona dn keefe to come back so we could see how good this team really is

I must say congragulations to UCLA on a hard fought comeback victory. Now I know that they were saying all game hat Collison was injured, but our All American point guard Drew Neitzel(the little white dude) had a major flu.

I"m not trying to make any excuses UCLA won that game and deserves all of the respect in the world but we were not 100% healthy either. I am just happy that MSU can hang with a team like UCLA so they have a legitmate shot at the title, and Tom Izzo is going to have this team ready come march.

We have some excellent FRESHMAN recruits in Summers and Lucas. Now unlike Mr. Kevin Love, they are going to stay a few years at MSU, so they are going to be great players.

I am very confident in my team and I truly thing that State is going to win the big 10.

I expect them to be right with UCLA in the final 4.

GOOD LUCK the rest of the way bro.

[Saam]

Go SC we beat Southern Illinois convincingly and OJ wasn't running the show. Looking good, won the Anaheim classic

[persianbruin]

LOL wheres Dickie V when u need him huh dukie? I cant wait till Jan 26th, Duke in College Park Baby!!!!!

You can put your maryland avatar back. I just found out you guys beat us in basketball.....WOMEN's basketball!!!

[Sherwin]

You can put your maryland avatar back. I just found out you guys beat us in basketball.....WOMEN's basketball!!!

Actually Maryland played a decent game against UCLA. I know the score might indicate otherwise but at least they fought hard, and they were also able to cut the lead down a bit.

Now please let this be the last time we talk about womens basketball on this thread.

[mkbf2]

Actually Maryland played a decent game against UCLA. I know the score might indicate otherwise but at least they fought hard, and they were also able to cut the lead down a bit.
Now please let this be the last time we talk about womens basketball on this thread.

LOL. i also have no idea what happened to my avatar. heres the new rankings for this week:

As usual Duke is overrated, So. Illinois and Virginia are underrated

AP Top 25
1. North Carolina (28) 5-0 1,736
2. UCLA (25) 6-0 1,727
3. Memphis (18) 5-0 1,689
4. Kansas 5-0 1,577
5. Georgetown (1) 3-0 1,536
6. Washington State 6-0 1,360
7. Duke 6-0 1,353
8. Texas 5-0 1,240
9. Texas A&M 6-0 1,163
10. Michigan State 4-1 1,015
11. Tennessee 5-1 973
12. Louisville 4-1 964
13. Marquette 4-1 950
14. Pittsburgh 5-0 871
15. Indiana 4-1 766
16. Butler 6-0 742
17. Oregon 5-1 511
18. Clemson 5-0 495
19. Gonzaga 5-1 454
20. Wisconsin 5-0 234
21. Brigham Young 5-1 225
22. USC 5-1 217
23. Xavier 4-1 199
24. North Carolina State 4-1 173
25. Kansas State 5-1 163

But you'll probably love this poll:

ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. UCLA (12) 6-0 749
2. North Carolina (13) 5-0 745
3. Memphis (5) 5-0 719
4. Kansas (1) 5-0 688
5. Georgetown 3-0 654
6. Washington State 6-0 591
7. Duke 6-0 562
8. Texas 5-0 502
9. Texas A&M 6-0 498
10. Louisville 4-1 423
11. Pittsburgh 5-0 417
12. Tennessee 5-1 403
13. Michigan State 4-1 396
14. Marquette 4-1 352
15. Indiana 4-1 324
16. Butler 6-0 300
17. Oregon 5-1 233
18. Clemson 5-0 232
19. Gonzaga 5-1 206
20. Wisconsin 5-0 160
21. Villanova 4-1 114
22. Southern Illinois 3-1 109
23. Brigham Young 5-1 88
24. USC 5-1 69
25. Xavier 4-1 65

[mkbf2]

For all the Duke fanboys, last year at MD:

[Sherwin]

LOL. i also have no idea what happened to my avatar. heres the new rankings for this week:

As usual Duke is overrated, So. Illinois and Virginia are underrated

AP Top 25
1. North Carolina (28) 5-0 1,736
2. UCLA (25) 6-0 1,727 3. Memphis (18) 5-0 1,689
4. Kansas 5-0 1,577
5. Georgetown (1) 3-0 1,536
6. Washington State 6-0 1,360
7. Duke 6-0 1,353
8. Texas 5-0 1,240
9. Texas A&M 6-0 1,163
10. Michigan State 4-1 1,01511. Tennessee 5-1 973
12. Louisville 4-1 964
13. Marquette 4-1 950
14. Pittsburgh 5-0 871
15. Indiana 4-1 766
16. Butler 6-0 742
17. Oregon 5-1 511
18. Clemson 5-0 495
19. Gonzaga 5-1 454
20. Wisconsin 5-0 234
21. Brigham Young 5-1 225
22. USC 5-1 217
23. Xavier 4-1 199
24. North Carolina State 4-1 173
25. Kansas State 5-1 163

But you'll probably love this poll:

ESPN/USA Today Poll
1. UCLA (12) 6-0 749
2. North Carolina (13) 5-0 745
3. Memphis (5) 5-0 719
4. Kansas (1) 5-0 688
5. Georgetown 3-0 654
6. Washington State 6-0 591
7. Duke 6-0 562
8. Texas 5-0 502
9. Texas A&M 6-0 498
10. Louisville 4-1 423
11. Pittsburgh 5-0 417
12. Tennessee 5-1 403
13. Michigan State 4-1 396
14. Marquette 4-1 352
15. Indiana 4-1 324
16. Butler 6-0 300
17. Oregon 5-1 233
18. Clemson 5-0 232
19. Gonzaga 5-1 206
20. Wisconsin 5-0 160
21. Villanova 4-1 114
22. Southern Illinois 3-1 109
23. Brigham Young 5-1 88
24. USC 5-1 69
25. Xavier 4-1 65

Well there is no doubt in my mind that UCLA is the overall best team in the country.

Well despite Michigan State losing to UCLA, they decided to bump us up a rank. We were ranked #11 in the AP before the close loss to UCLA but now we are ranekd #10. It's because we gave UCLA a close game and our all american point guard was not 100%. We have four tough games comming up against NC State in the Big 10/Acc Challenge in East Lancing, against Texas at the Pallace of Auburn Hills MI(where the Pistons play), followed up by BYU and Bradley away.

No doubt I say MSU at worst loses only one game out of that slate. They should take care of business against Texas and NC State in Michigan. Now the BYU and Bradley games are the ones that worry me. They are playing BYU away, and they are ranked in the top 25. Bradley can also be a trap game because MSU has a tendency to overlook those teams.

[IranSoccer#8]

We gota big game against ODU wednesday. Hopefully Hibbert can have a big game.