Official NCAA Basketball Discussion Thread

[Travis40]

Oklahoma better be in the Top 3 when the polls come out...

Since we don't have a Womens Basketball thread (thank god), I decided to post this fun fact in here.

Most Straight Double-Doubles
NCAA Women's D-I History
112 Courtney Paris, OU 2005-09
19 Anne Donovan, ODU 1982-83
18 Cheryl Miller, USC 1984-85

Paris's streak was ended tonight against Tennessee.


I'm looking at Bracketology and it's pretty interesting. The #1 seeds are

UConn
UNC
Oklahoma
Duke


Personally, I don't think Oklahoma will make it past the 2nd Round, given their recent history in basketball no:

Here's the newest polls

AP Top 25

1. Connecticut (64) 20-1 1,792
2. Oklahoma (5) 21-1 1,691
3. North Carolina (3) 19-2 1,639
4. Duke 19-2 1,563
5. Louisville 17-3 1,464
6. Pittsburgh 19-2 1,427
7. Wake Forest 17-2 1,409
8. Marquette 19-2 1,358
9. Xavier 19-2 1,176
10. Clemson 18-2 1,077
11. Butler 19-1 1,051
12. Purdue 17-4 961
13. Michigan State 17-4 876
14. Memphis 18-3 798
15. UCLA 17-4 787
16. Texas 15-5 724
17. Villanova 17-4 698
18. Gonzaga 16-4 632
19. Minnesota 18-3 426
20. Syracuse 17-5 415
21. Kansas 17-4 316
22. Washington 16-5 216
23. Illinois 18-4 198
24. Arizona State 16-5 146
25. Utah State 21-1 99

ESPN/USA Today Top 25

1. Connecticut (28) 20-1 772
2. Oklahoma (3) 21-1 729
3. Duke 19-2 682
4. North Carolina 19-2 670
5. Pittsburgh 19-2 633
6. Wake Forest 17-2 609
7. Louisville 17-3 604
8. Marquette 19-2 586
9. Xavier 19-2 529
10. Clemson 18-2 487
11. Butler 19-1 456
12. UCLA 17-4 400
13. Purdue 17-4 369
14. Michigan State 17-4 356
15. Memphis 18-3 309
16. Villanova 17-4 298
17. Texas 15-5 274
18. Gonzaga 16-4 201
19. Minnesota 18-3 197
20. Syracuse 17-5 162
21. Illinois 18-4 126
22. Utah State 21-1 106
23. Arizona State 16-5 104
24. Kansas 17-4 100
25. Washington 16-5 78

Oklahoma > Duke AND UNC :laugh:

 

[PeepShow]

lmao @ Duke

 

[Travis40]

lmao @ Duke

lol that was epic, and they almost did it again today :laugh:

Blake Griffin strikes again today with his 20th double-double of the season.

 

[Millzy Pt. 2]

UNC vs DUKE TONIGHT!!!

 

[PeepShow]

:yawn:

2 EZ!~

Make it 4 straight wins for UNC over Duke at Cameron Indoor.

Ok whoever loses get a signature of the winners' choice and I know for a fact that Duke will kick UNC's ass.
Mark it on your calander, February 11th @ 9pm ESPN!
@ Cameron Indoor Stadium

lol

Should suffice, even though you won't log on for a week anyways.

 

[Wordlife]

Hansbrough is a monster.... easy win for UNC, sadly

 

[gamebreaker]

:yawn:

2 EZ!~

Only in the 2nd Half.
They pretty much shut Duke down there.

and rofl @ Notre Dame last night pretty much destroying L'ville.

 

[Travis40]

It seems that Oklahoma is going to get over the hump and become #1 for the first time in a VERY long time....as long as they don't fuck up against Texas. Playing Texas is harder than tits.

 

[gamebreaker]

Puh-leeze.
Oklahoma is a 1 man team. Just like Notre Dame.
But they will be the #1 team...
I want to see how they do against Texas whenever they play.
So far, this season is really interesting.

 

[Travis40]

A 1 man team? You're fucking kidding me.

There's Blake Griffin, Taylor Griffin, Tony Crocker, and Willie Warren. You talk about 1 man teams, Duke is in that category.

BTW Oklahoma vs. Texas is on ESPN Saturday at 7 CT

 

[gamebreaker]

lol @ Duke being a 1 man team.
OU can't win without Blake Griffin, just like last night

Looks like Pitt will be the #1 team. I'd put UCONN to #2, and UNC stay at #3.

Duke plays Wake Forest tonight. I really want them to kick the s*** out of the Demon Deacans. Like revenge from last time they played.

 

[Travis40]

lol @ Duke being a 1 man team.
OU can't win without Blake Griffin, just like last night

Looks like Pitt will be the #1 team. I'd put UCONN to #2, and UNC stay at #3.

Duke plays Wake Forest tonight. I really want them to kick the s*** out of the Demon Deacans. Like revenge from last time they played.

lol why would UNC stay at three when they lost :laugh:

but the Top 3 was Pitt, UConn, and OU

OU's losing to KU right now.I don't think this has anything to do with Griffin's injury. They were playing like shit WITH Griffin in the early part of the Texas game, and I think they've hit a rough spot. I knew it would happen, and it was just a matter of time before they started losing a little...nothing to worry about though. They lost to 2 great teams. Texas has been a good team for the better half of the decade, and Kansas won the National Championship last year, and could very well be a sleeper in this year's tourney. They'll probably still end up as a #1 seed.

 

[PeepShow]

Again, lol @ Duke

 

[PeepShow]

What a day of conference tourney bball. A lot of upsets including Kansas and Oklahoma, Pitt, Clemson, and then the big one, the 6 overtime game between Syracuse and UConn. One of, if not the best game I've ever seen. I feel sorry for anyone that missed it. Such a great day. MARCH MADNESS anyone?

 

[straight_edge76]

The 6 OT's was wild. I flipped to ESPN when Impact was a commercial and saw the game was still on, Then I noticed the 6 OTs I have to say that game was wild, the fans definetely got there moneys worth. I watched the end of it rather then Impact, which in most cases isn't to big of a deal haha. UConn isn't going to be a Number 1 IMO. OU shouldn't be either; without Griffin they can't seem to win.