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It starts tonight!

Wes_in_VA said:
I'm certainly impressed by the Hokies. Not a big VT fan but I liked Seth Greenberg a lot and became a bit of a fan of the hoops team. I thought they'd take a hit when he left but it looks like that's not the case!

My Blue Devils are certainly performing better than the preseason prospects would have suggested. ...
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From what I've seen of them, Duke looks pretty darn good thus far. UNC, not so much (yet, anyway).
 
Duke appears to have Temple handled today, leading by 14 at halftime. Temple is a solid program, but they look out of their depth against Duke.

If Kansas broke a sweat today, it was because Bill Self made them do wind sprints after their game with Colorado. They won 90-54, and it was a worse rout than the score indicates.
 
From KneeOhFight: If Kansas broke a sweat today, it was because Bill Self made them do wind sprints after their game with Colorado. They won 90-54, and it was a worse rout than the score indicates.

:thmbsp:
 
WVU-VaTech was a very entertaining game between two unranked teams, a one point thriller win for WVU. It was interesting hearing Bobby Knight heaping praise on Erik Green of VT. He is not given to such words, but he was effusive in his praise for that kid. TV coverage here instantly switched to Wisconsin-Marquette here, perhaps finnbow's other favorite team will fare better than VT did today.
 
kneeOhFight said:
WVU-VaTech was a very entertaining game between two unranked teams, a one point thriller win for WVU. It was interesting hearing Bobby Knight heaping praise on Erik Green of VT. He is not given to such words, but he was effusive in his praise for that kid. TV coverage here instantly switched to Wisconsin-Marquette here, perhaps finnbow's other favorite team will fare better than VT did today.
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It was indeed a very entertaining second half, despite the Hokies falling a bit short. Erick Green is the real deal though, one of the best point guards in the nation. For the moment, he is the statistical best.

Marquette pulled by Wisconsin for a nice win. Another team I follow, Georgetown (Dad's alma mater), is playing some unusual ball. They're seem to be pretty good but have had two extremely low scoring games. Maryland's doing pretty well now too. Good stuff.
 
Anyone who missed the just completed overtime upset of top ranked Indiana by Butler missed a classic. Brad Stevens had those kids ready to play and win.

I guess the Duke Flop Devils will take over at the top of the rankings now.
 
kneeOhFight said:
No doubt. Illinois is who I'd pick to win, but its a border war type game, so, who knows.
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I haven't seen Illinois play yet, but they haven't lost yet so they are doing alot of things right. I have watched Missouri several games and IMO have a bunch of talent, they just haven't found their continuity. At times they look extremely good and other times struggle to get any flow. But with the talent they have, if they can keep improving, they can become a very good team.

Fun stuff!
 
www.records said:
I haven't seen Illinois play yet, but they haven't lost yet so they are doing alot of things right. I have watched Missouri several games and IMO have a bunch of talent, they just haven't found their continuity. At times they look extremely good and other times struggle to get any flow. But with the talent they have, if they can keep improving, they can become a very good team.

Fun stuff!
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I've seen both play twice this season, and Illinois looked more cohesive, and have at least as much talent. The Illinois games I saw were their defeats of Butler and Gonzaga, both away games against very legit NCAA tournament teams. Gonzaga could go far this year.
 
kneeOhFight said:
I've seen both play twice this season, and Illinois looked more cohesive, and have at least as much talent. The Illinois games I saw were their defeats of Butler and Gonzaga, both away games against very legit NCAA tournament teams. Gonzaga could go far this year.
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Those are some excellent wins, especially on the road. Most of Mizzou games have been against lesser teams at home. Let's see how they react against a good team.
 
Kansas really looked good beating Ohio State on the road. They have really come a long way in the past month. If they keep improving at this rate, look out Duke.
 
Nice win for Mizzou over Illinois. They answered some of my questions tonight. Still sloppy at times, but they have made some good strides.

And 75, Kansas did look really good today.
 
www.records said:
Nice win for Mizzou over Illinois. They answered some of my questions tonight. Still sloppy at times, but they have made some good strides.

And 75, Kansas did look really good today.
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It was a good game until about 12 minutes were left in the 2nd half, when it became close, ugly, poorly played game by both teams. Poor shot selection, poor shooting, poor ball handling, and selfish play by both teams, but they sure went at it hard. It wouldn't have looked more disjointed if they had put 5 balls out on the court at the same time. Up to that point, Illinois had no solution for Alex Oriakhi. If Missouri uses him to best advantage, they will be a tough team to beat as the season goes on. Illinois beat Gonzaga in their own gym by playing with composure and crisp ball movement, and getting good looks at the hoop. When it turned into a schoolyard tussle, they wilted today. I'd love to see these two teams play again in the post season.
 
I missed that part of the game. Had to go pick my wife up from work. When we got home there was 5 minutes left. I am glad I missed the sloppy part. Both teams played hard and it was a fun game to watch.

Yes, it would be fun to see them again come tournament time.
 
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