TheIronSheik
SUPER ELITE UPPER TIER
God, these polls are even more terrible than usual this year. What's that, the 4th or 5th top 5 team to lose to an unranked team?
Because they haven't started beating each other yet.Lunardi currently has 8 teams in the tourney from the Big East. That's crazy. How can you have 80% of the teams in a conference make the tourney?
A couple of changes but they evened themselves out for the most part. As of 12/26:Not that this matters too much since it will all come down to conference tournaments for these schools, but here's the current breakdown:
- 7 teams have records above .500
- 11 teams have records at or just below .500
- 21 teams are below .500
UC with losses to Bowling Green, Colgate, and Tulane.Mick Cronin reprimanded by the Pac-12 for complaining about officiating. Mick gonna Mick. I don't see him lasting long there.
Not one iota. No one is expecting season 1 to be a good year. I miss Huggins.UC with losses to Bowling Green, Colgate, and Tulane.
Miss Mick yet?
That SFA team Duke lost to is ranked above UNCYeah, while Duke suffered its most embarrassing loss in a long while - which is to take nothing away from a better-prepared, better-coached SFA team - honestly, this UNC edition is terrible. Naturally they have a huge ranking off the name alone as they do every year, but let Anthony get his and contain the rest of the team and they are more beatable than they have been in years. Shocking dearth of talent. Paltry OOC schedule, too.
11 teams above .500A couple of changes but they evened themselves out for the most part. As of 12/26:
7 teams above .500
12 teams at or just below .500
20 teams below .500
Of the 39 teams remaining, 5 of them would not qualify for their conference tournament if the season ended today.11 teams above .500
4 teams at or just below .500
24 teams below .500
1979 until today.Good chance Rutgers is ranked in the next poll.
Any guesses as to the last time that happened?
I watched the game yesterday. They aren't a pretty team to watch but they play hard and they're all tough as nails. Rutgers is the kind of team other teams hate to play. They kind of remind me of Leonard Hamilton's teams at Florida State.1979 until today.
nineteen ninety never?Good chance Rutgers is ranked in the next poll.
Any guesses as to the last time that happened?
De Sousa's going to be gone for awhileKansas and Kansas St. Game just ended in a bad bad bad way. Lots of emotions off the deep end. Players getting suspended for sure.
Agreed. He lost his #### big time. Glad he didn’t go nuts with that chair.De Sousa's going to be gone for awhile
Should be for good. Trying to fight with a chair. He doesn’t need to play again this yearDe Sousa's going to be gone for awhile
Brawl footage recorded by reporter seated courtsideKansas and Kansas St. Game just ended in a bad bad bad way. Lots of emotions off the deep end. Players getting suspended for sure.
He’s had a few good games but he’s mostly been a headache. His eligibility has always been in flux. Tested the draft waters last spring and got zero interest. Had every opportunity to be a rotation player this season and blew it. KU has switched to a four-out offense around one big, and De Souza dropped to the third big on the depth chart. If he’s dismissed from the team over this, he will only be missed if Azubuike gets hurt.DeSouza any good? That guy isn’t playing again.
He didn’t fight with the chair. I believe he dropped it by his own choosing. In the heat of the moment does he get no credit for making the right choice there?Should be for good. Trying to fight with a chair. He doesn’t need to play again this year
Someone pulled it out of his hands from behind, it looked like to me.He didn’t fight with the chair. I believe he dropped it by his own choosing. In the heat of the moment does he get no credit for making the right choice there?
I can see him missing games, but doubt he’s done for good at KU.
It looked to me like he let it go. That fan could have touched it, but espn keeps repeating that the assistant coach took it from him, and that seems to be not correct.Someone pulled it out of his hands from behind, it looked like to me.
OTOH, his chances of landing a WWE contract just went through the roof.Should be for good. Trying to fight with a chair. He doesn’t need to play again this year
Bagmen are gonna have to pony up some bonuses to a few jayhawks.Kansas game was a great deal. You got to watch a basketball game AND a fight that lasted longer than McGregor's fight... for free!
This is my thought as well. Going for the steal and layup was straight up bush league. It's lot like it was even some walk-on trying to score his first points. It was a scholarship player. Totally lame move. So although it's poor sportsmanship and probably triggered the fight, I have no issue with the post block stare down and step over. You want to pull some BS like that to try and steal 2 late points, you deserve what you get.Kansas guy played nice and tried to dribble out the clock. K-State guy messed around, picked his pocket, and then had his shot absolutely destroyed into next week. Without a doubt one of the best blocks of the year. K-State guy deserved to have the guy stand over him since he was the one messing around in the first place. Everything after that was WWF.
9 teams above .50011 teams above .500
4 teams at or just below .500
24 teams below .500
The WAC is truly WACky. Nine schools. 6 of them have never been to the tourney. Of the remaining 3, 1 of them hasn't been there since 1969.9 teams above .500
6 teams at or just below .500
24 teams below .500
5 teams currently would not qualify for the conference tournament
I assume there have been quite a few schools that went to the tourney from the WAC, but have since moved to other conferences. The list of former members on Wikipedia is quite longThe WAC is truly WACky. Nine schools. 6 of them have never been to the tourney. Of the remaining 3, 1 of them hasn't been there since 1969.
Yup. That's definitely true. But since 2007, it looks like only 3 other schools have won. And only 1 of those schools is still in the conference. New Mexico State owns that conference.I assume there have been quite a few schools that went to the tourney from the WAC, but have since moved to other conferences. The list of former members on Wikipedia is quite long
It is a shell of its former self.Didn’t realize the WAC still existed. Wow.
They still have an auto-bid?It is a shell of its former self.
it's basically a bunch of teams nobody wants and a few teams new to D-I.Didn’t realize the WAC still existed. Wow.
After coming back to College hoops after years, I have a hard time mentally cementing what teams are still in the ACC/Big East etcDidn’t realize the WAC still existed. Wow.