November Game discussion thread

Post #1 » by **jman3134** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:33 pm

Here it is.

I predict a very close Duke-Southern Illinois contest. Game comes down to Lance Thomas. I see an upset alert in the works.

Polynice4Pippen · Post #2 » by **Polynice4Pippen** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:41 am

Man, playing Southern Illinois is like slugging it out in a back alley. No easy baskets EVER.

Post #3 » by **HMFFL** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:20 am

Seton Hall beat USC. Ouch!

Post #4 » by **Da Schwab** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 3:57 am

EDIT: UCLA trips up on Michigan, who advances to the CvC finals vs. Duke.

Looks like one athletic program has an upside in Ann Arbor.

Polynice4Pippen · Post #5 » by **Polynice4Pippen** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:47 am

Hail to the victors. If Michigan beats Duke tomorrow they'll be ranked for the first time in what, a decade? And UCLA's offense=YUCK. Can't Ben Howland hire an offensive coordinator or something? They were scoring a point a minute in the 2nd half until the final seconds. Brutal.

Post #6 » by **jman3134** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:27 am

Kevin Love = underrated?

Wow was I off, but Duke is a hit or miss so I'm not too down on my pick. Plus Zoubek scored in double figures....who could've guessed that?

Huge games for Seton Hall and Michigan. Both are looking good....

Polynice4Pippen · Post #7 » by **Polynice4Pippen** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 1:21 am

Dookies look good. First time in a while they've had an explosive backcourt with Nolan Smith and Gerald Henderson. Not quite Jason Williams/Brandon Ewing/Chris Duhon but Smith and Henderson can get to the basket and kick out to Scheyer, Singler and Poulus for open 3's. And Zoubek is having another solid game.

Post #8 » by **Da Schwab** » Sat Nov 22, 2008 6:48 pm

Its Daniel Ewing, not Brandon.

Post #9 » by **Da Schwab** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:32 am

Blake Griffin went for 35, 21 and 5 today vs. Gardner-Webb. Sure, its Gardner-Webb, but those numbers are insane. It would've been great to see Beasley stay one more year and have these two battle it out.

Polynice4Pippen · Post #10 » by **Polynice4Pippen** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:34 am

Da Schwab wrote:Its Daniel Ewing, not Brandon.

My bad. Thinking of my boy Brandon Ewing at Wyoming from Chicago. He's nice too though.

Led the Mountain West in scoring 2 years in a row.

Traveldude50 · Post #11 » by **Traveldude50** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 4:45 pm

Tonite there shld hopefully be a good game between #16 Miami and #2 Uconn at 6:30 . I love Kemba Walker but im pullin for UM. Miamis frontcourt only has 6-8 and 6-9 players so itll be intresting how they do against Thabeet and Adrien . Itll be intresting who Uconn will put on Mcclinton.

The big game on TV today is Memphis Xavier though. If its anything close 2 the finish of the Xavier Vtech game itll be great haha.

beertank23 · Post #12 » by **beertank23** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:41 pm

Traveldude50 wrote:Tonite there shld hopefully be a good game between #16 Miami and #2 Uconn at 6:30 . I love Kemba Walker but im pullin for UM. Miamis frontcourt only has 6-8 and 6-9 players so itll be intresting how they do against Thabeet and Adrien . Itll be intresting who Uconn will put on Mcclinton.

The big game on TV today is Memphis Xavier though. If its anything close 2 the finish of the Xavier Vtech game itll be great haha.

So who will win the Memphis game?

Also if anyone has any tips, please let me know as there's good money to be had here in Australia on college hoops, + i love watching it so hook me up, btw i am fairly conservative punter.

Post #13 » by **GYBE** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:56 pm

Best game of the season so far tonight. #7 Texas against #8 Notre Dame in Maui. Tip is in 5 minutes.

Winner will probably play UNC in the finals.

Post #14 » by **Atlanta Hawk Fan** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:15 am

How is Oregon supposed to be this season? They look pretty awful against UNC (I recognize the irony of me saying that as a UK fan). UNC looks dominant in the early going this season and not affected at all by some injuries that you would ordinarily think were significant.

Post #15 » by **GYBE** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:25 am

Notre Dame beats Texas in a thriller 81-80. Huge non-conference win, ND proves they're for real. Notre Dame-UNC tomorrow.

A.J. · Post #16 » by **A.J.** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:35 am

Anyone watching Syracuse vs Kansas?

Polynice4Pippen · Post #17 » by **Polynice4Pippen** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:08 am

A.J. wrote:Anyone watching Syracuse vs Kansas?

Yeah, these Kansas youngins are damn impressive. And Flynn and Collins are going at it. 2 great games tonight in Texas/Notre Dame and Syracuse/Kansas.

A.J. · Post #18 » by **A.J.** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:14 am

I can't believe Stephen Curry got shut down tonight.

Polynice4Pippen · Post #19 » by **Polynice4Pippen** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:02 am

A.J. wrote:I can't believe Stephen Curry got shut down tonight.

He only took 3 shots and they won by 30. I'm more than sure Steph could've forced the issue and scored 30 if he really wanted to. No team in the country can keep him under 25. Just ask Georgetown, Wisconsin and Kansas, 3 of the best defensive teams in the country last season.

Polynice4Pippen · Post #20 » by **Polynice4Pippen** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:25 am

Pathetic.

DAVIDSON, N.C. (AP)—By the third possession, Davidson’s Stephen Curry had figured it out. Loyola (Md.) was double-teaming him. Everywhere, on each possession, no matter what the scenario.

So Curry decided to test the triangle-and-2 defense taken to the ultimate extreme. He went into the corner and two defenders followed him, setting up a 4-on-3 for his teammates.

Curry decided to keep standing there, and his teammates kept scoring—for 40 minutes—in a 78-48 head-scratching win for the 24th-ranked Wildcats that will be remembered for some time.

The nation’s leading scorer was held without a point and took only three shots. But the game was never in doubt because Davidson played the entire game on a virtual power play.

All this was courtesy of a bizarre coaching move by Loyola’s Jimmy Patsos.

“We had to play against an NBA player tonight,” Patsos explained. “Anybody else ever hold him scoreless? I’m a history major. They’re going to remember that we held him scoreless or we lost by 30?”

Some will remember the catcalls Patsos received from the fans when he stuck with the defense well after the game was decided. Davidson coach Bob McKillop was so annoyed he kept Curry in the game until the final minute.

“It seemed to me they were willing to risk the game at the expense of locking Steph up,” McKillop said. “When you put two people on somebody and you do it for 30 minutes and at the end of the game, you have to wonder what the reasons for that are.”

Curry, the darling of last season’s NCAA tournament, had scored a career-high 44 points in a loss at Oklahoma this month. He followed that up with games of 30 and 39 points.

“If Oklahoma can’t stop him, how is Loyola College going to stop him?” Patsos asked.

Trouble is, Davidson (5-1) has other options, and they often scored at will even if Curry didn’t reach double figures for only the second time of his career.

Andrew Lovedale provided the muscle inside with 20 points and 10 rebounds, Bryant Barr hit six wide-open 3-pointers and scored 18 points. Will Archambault hit three more 3s and scored 13.

And Curry, coming in averaging 35 points a game, joked that he had the best seat in the house.

“Every dead ball I asked them how long they were going to do this,” Curry said he asked his shadowing defenders. “They really didn’t say anything. They weren’t very conversational about it.”

Marquis Sullivan scored 16 points and went over 1,000 for his career for the Greyhounds (2-4), who hold the distinction of being the first team to hold Curry scoreless. The trouble is they shot 34 percent and trailed by as many as 34 points.

Plus, Brett Harvey, Loyola’s top scorer coming into the game, didn’t score as he spent most the game standing next to Curry in the corner.

“I know the fans are mad at me, but I had to roll the dice as far as a coach goes. I’m not some rookie coach,” said Patsos, a former longtime assistant at Maryland. “I won a national title as a top assistant coach to Gary Williams. For 13 years I spent on Tobacco Road. I coached a couple of No. 1 picks in the draft. And we scored 48 points. That’s the problem that Loyola basketball had today.”

But Curry’s teammates also overwhelmed the undersized Greyhounds.

Lovedale missed just once in his first seven shots. Archambault then had a layup on Curry’s only assist of the first half before drilling a 3-pointer to complete an 18-0 run for a 22-9 lead.

It was the second time in the four-round NIT that Loyola surrendered 18 straight points. The Greyhounds went five minutes without scoring against Boston College and nearly seven this time.

They fell farther behind even with Curry on the bench with two fouls. He was shuttled in and out of the game over the final 10 minutes, yet Barr made four 3s to close the half for a 39-17 lead.

Barr’s fifth straight 3—with no one around him—in the first minute of the second half continued the onslaught.

Curry didn’t attempt his second shot of the game—a long straightaway 3-pointer that clanged off the rim—until 14:57 remained. He then missed a foul-line jumper in the closing minutes.

“I don’t think irritate is the word. Just confused,” Curry said. “When they’re down by that much and still allowing us to get open shots. It kind of surprised me.”

It turned out pretty good for his teammates.

“Their coach obviously wanted guys other than Steph to beat him,” Barr said. “If you’re playing 4-on-3 against us, somebody is going to hurt you.”