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NCAA HOOPS THREAD! -- K petitions to get Maui Jim Maui Invitational moved to Transylvania (2 Viewers)

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Don't you have to give more room on the sidelines inbounds pass than that? There's no room on the sideline.

 
Wow. Just wow. Feel bad for everyone that missed this whole game. Both teams with big leads and both fought back. So many great plays and big efforts.

 
Wow.

Loved seeing Mason accept the challenge of guarding a much bigger player. Adds a whole new dimension to the defense.

Self caught a lot of shade from KU fans for starting Graham over Greene and Svi, but he's been vindicated.

IMO Ellis didn't play as great as ESPN says he did, but he hit some big shots.

And Landen Lucas! Fifth in talent among the bigs, but got it done in OT.

 
Hooper31 said:
Wow. Just wow. Feel bad for everyone that missed this whole game. Both teams with big leads and both fought back. So many great plays and big efforts.
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I hope OU and KU play four times this season. Tonight in Lawrence, at Norman in February, in Kansas City in March, and in Houston in April.
 
Holy crap what a game. Buddy Hield Buddy Hield Buddy Hield.

Here's my only Buddy story: While I was an undergrad, I played basketball at the Huff all the time. We often played with Andrew Fitzgerald and Sam Grooms, especially in the summer after Sam graduated and was trying to make a D-League team (they were just there hanging out. Usually screwing around a little, unless someone pissed one of them off and then he would destroy you). My senior year, basically every single time I went to the gym (which was all the freaking time), Buddy Hield was alone, off on a corner goal, shooting alone. Doing shooting drills, shooting free throws, just kind of tossing the ball at the basket. He basically lived and breathed basketball. It sure has paid off. Never screwed around, always working.

May have to try and get my brother's student ticket and fly back when Kansas comes to Lloyd Noble.

 
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Instinctive said:
Holy crap what a game. Buddy Hield Buddy Hield Buddy Hield.
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Hield spent a lot of his courtside postgame interview talking about turnovers he committed and praising Mason's defense on him on the last play of 3OT. I was impressed he was that humble after tying the house record for single-game points by a visiting player.

Already looking forward to Feb 13 in Norman. Let us know if you make it back for the game.

 
Lonnie K did not have great game. They parked Hield in the deep corner for long stretches of the second half and just about every possession in the first overtime. Mason did a good job guarding him, but there were many trips where I could have guarded him just as well because he went to the corner and stood.

Was a fun game to watch, but I'm regretting it this morning!

 
That was maybe one of the most enjoyable sporting events I have ever watched. Everything about it - the setting, the level of play, the unbelievable individual effort by Hield. And I loved the display of mutual respect and sportsmanship by both teams at the end, as well as the fans. Nice to see two teams able to shake hands withe one another, rather than deal with a court storming.

Two fun facts - Hield tied a record for most points ever by a visiting player at Kansas.

The last time a #1 vs. #2 game went to 3 OTs, it was the 1957 title game with Wilt at center for Kansas vs. UNC.

 
Rustoleum said:
How is Kentucky not losing by 30?

I think I'd take Stevie Wonder over Bricko in a foul shooting contest.
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crazy thing is he was over 80% last year as a sr.

alex poythress can be the biggest ###### some games

...and agreed on how this is still a game???

 
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Wait. If you rebound your own air ball that's traveling isn't it?
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Only in the NBA.

In college and high school, you may rebound a shot attempt regardless of whether it makes contact with anything or anyone. The key is the referee's judgment that it was a true shot attempt. Now, I'm no longer certified to officiate at that level, so it may have changed in the last few years, but that is how high school officials were trained when I did it.

 
UConn 2014 team may make a run at a title-winning team whose roster went on to do the least in the NBA. Some cursory research shows that the 98 Kentucky team is way up there too.

 
Good Posting Judge said:
UConn 2014 team may make a run at a title-winning team whose roster went on to do the least in the NBA. Some cursory research shows that the 98 Kentucky team is way up there too.
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Oooh. This is an excellent question. Off the top of my head, 1987 Indiana Hoosiers would be a good pick. 2010 and 2015 Duke may be good candidates down the road.

There might be some champs back before the club teams and such got real organized that didn't do anything as pros. The 1966 Texas Western champs (the team from the movie "Glory Road") didn't have any big-time pros on it. David Lattin got drafted but did nothing in the NBA.

 
As far as I knew, for a while the '88 KU team was the only champion to have fewer than 3 guys who even played in the NBA. Just Manning.

This sounds weird now that I say it, but it was something like this. There was an article looking at how much eventual NBA talent was on each NCAA champion.

 
Bruce Dickinson said:
Good Posting Judge said:
UConn 2014 team may make a run at a title-winning team whose roster went on to do the least in the NBA. Some cursory research shows that the 98 Kentucky team is way up there too.
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Oooh. This is an excellent question. Off the top of my head, 1987 Indiana Hoosiers would be a good pick. 2010 and 2015 Duke may be good candidates down the road.

There might be some champs back before the club teams and such got real organized that didn't do anything as pros. The 1966 Texas Western champs (the team from the movie "Glory Road") didn't have any big-time pros on it. David Lattin got drafted but did nothing in the NBA.
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2010 Duke has a lot of bench/bounce-around-the-league kind of guys, Thomas, Kelly, Singler, Plumlees, etc. Barring something crazy, I think Winslow/Okafor take 2015 Duke out.

That Indiana team is strong in this respect though.

 
The '94 Razorback team should also be in the discussion. Williamson was their lone NBA regular with very minor bit parts from a few others.

 
Long Ball Larry said:
As far as I knew, for a while the '88 KU team was the only champion to have fewer than 3 guys who even played in the NBA. Just Manning.
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Manning was pretty much it. One of the guards, Kevin Pritchard (the POR and IND exec), played a few NBA minutes but nothing remarkable. Mark Randall was in the program but redshirted and didn't play for the title team. Scooter Barry played in pro leagues in seven countries but not the NBA, something you know keeps getting brought up at family reunions.

Of course, when Perry Ellis turns pro next year, he will be the third player from that 88 title team to play in the NBA.

This sounds weird now that I say it, but it was something like this. There was an article looking at how much eventual NBA talent was on each NCAA champion.
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NBA execs who spend most of the season tracking NBA talent and only watching college games live during Final Four weekend have a habit of drafting or extending camp invitations to players on the title team, passing over more talented players. Championship pedigree and all. That said, in the long run talent tends to overcome bad luck and coaching. For ever Butler and VCU that breaks through, there's a power conference team that started slow, or had injuries that healed, or just ran into a few buzzsaws on the road in the conference schedule.

 
I guess it's not really conference play for Self until his team drops a 55-point, 20-turnover steamer on the road.

Kudos to WVU - damn they play hard. Huggins is so good at finding players in his mold and playing the game in his vision. I respect what they are doing. But #### it's tough to watch your favorite team play against him.

Ignite your couches, Morgantown!

 
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A couple of fun things I saw today:

  • Villanova averages more 3 point attempts per game than any other major conference team. Yet they only shoot 31.5% from 3 as a team. Doesn't seem like a great strategy.
  • Max Hooper (Oakland University) has attempted 133 3-point shots this season and made 45% of those. Pretty good. He's also 0-0 on 2 point shots. For his career - he has 344 3-point attempts and 11 2-point attempts.
 
Don't look now, but Davidson might just have another all-american-level guard on their hands. Junior Jack Gibbs dropped 43 on UMass today, to go along with 8 rebounds and 8 assists, which might just lead to him being named the A-10 player of the week for the 5th time this season. He is 4th in the country in scoring right now.

He's an excellent 3-point and free-throw shooter, who also can take it to the hole and has great court vision. The only negative is that he occasionally tries to force things and gets a little out of control (IMO), but usually only when Davidson is really lacking offensively and he is trying to get something going.

 
whoknew said:
  • Max Hooper (Oakland University) has attempted 133 3-point shots this season and made 45% of those. Pretty good. He's also 0-0 on 2 point shots. For his career - he has 344 3-point attempts and 11 2-point attempts.
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That is pretty crazy. That team is out of control. They have the 3rd-leading scorer in the country and they are 8th in points as a team. But they are also 313th in the country in points allowed. As some probably remember, they took Michigan State to OT.

 
Long Ball Larry said:
whoknew said:
  • Max Hooper (Oakland University) has attempted 133 3-point shots this season and made 45% of those. Pretty good. He's also 0-0 on 2 point shots. For his career - he has 344 3-point attempts and 11 2-point attempts.
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That is pretty crazy. That team is out of control. They have the 3rd-leading scorer in the country and they are 8th in points as a team. But they are also 313th in the country in points allowed. As some probably remember, they took Michigan State to OT.
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They beat Washington, lost a close one to UGA, and played UVA tough too. Good sleeper to watch in March Madness.

 
In other news, something called Egidijus Mockevicius is leading the country in rebounds with 14.3, to go along with 17 ppg, helping Evansville to a 16-3 record. He apparently surpassed Jerry Sloan as the school's career rebounding leader in their most recent game.

Egidijus Mockevicius
 
lol Jarmal Reid from Oregon St was upset he didn't get a call. He was on the ground and intentionally lifts his leg as the ref runs past him and trips him.

At first I thought it was a horrible tech foul called but after watching the replay, it was definitely on purpose

 
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lol Jarmal Reid from Oregon St was upset he didn't get a call. He was on the ground and intentionally lifts his leg as the ref runs past him and trips him.

At first I thought it was a horrible tech foul called but after watching the replay, it was definitely on purpose
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Oh, wow. Didn't see this play until morning. It was exactly as you described: from the center court camera, the T came from out of nowhere, but from the courtside cam you could see the player decide to stick his leg out and trip the ref.I was stunned to see it happen at all, much less in a tie game with 3 minutes left. The T was his fifth foul, so it went him to the bench for good.

Bar is set high for "Worst On-Court Decision By A Player" this season.

 
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