The Official 2011-2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Thread

[DaveR]

Nov. 26

Las Vegas Invitational: North Carolina vs. UNLV, ESPN2, 10:30

Now! ... especially since ND / Stanford is a snoozer

[DaveR]

UNLV trying to pick off #1 UNC

[DJSlick]

And it looks like UNLV is going to do it.....UNC overrated.

[DaveR]

And it looks like UNLV is going to do it.....UNC overrated.

it's not over yet ... UNLV has to stay strong & aggressive

[DJSlick]

It is over....was at the 6 min mark.

[DJSlick]

UNC just overlooked UNLV. Didn't guard UNLV'S best shooter and had problems rebounding.
UNLV 90 UNC 80

[DaveR]

Down goes #1 UNC ... gotta love college hoops

[DJSlick]

Going to be a lot of partying and boning in LV tonight...lol

[DaveR]

UNC just overlooked UNLV. Didn't guard UNLV'S best shooter and had problems rebounding.
UNLV 90 UNC 80

UNC probably did overlook them, but UNLV is in the 'others receiving votes' in the rankings - so they are no slouch

[DaveR]

Going to be a lot of partying and boning in LV tonight...lol

[DJSlick]

UNC probably did overlook them, but UNLV is in the 'others receiving votes' in the rankings - so they are no slouch

I agree, especially when teams haven't been in the top 25 in years it becomes harder to assess them. Good win for UNLV. Time for UNC to get ready for the ACC/BIG TEN challenge. It is next week right? Or the Following week.

[DaveR]

I agree, especially when teams haven't been in the top 25 in years it becomes harder to assess them. Good win for UNLV. Time for UNC to get ready for the ACC/BIG TEN challenge. It is next week right? Or the Following week.

Starts Tuesday

http://espn.go.com/ncb/topics/_/page...-ten-challenge

Nov. 29	Michigan at Virginia	7, ESPN2
Nov. 29	Northwestern at Georgia Tech	7:15, ESPNU
Nov. 29	Illinois at Maryland	7:30, ESPN
Nov. 29	Miami at Purdue	9, ESPN2
Nov. 29	Clemson at Iowa	9:15, ESPNU
Nov. 29	Duke at Ohio State	9:30, ESPN
Nov. 30	Indiana at NC State	7:15, ESPN2
Nov. 30	Penn State at Boston College	7:15, ESPNU
Nov. 30	Florida State at Michigan State	7:30, ESPN
Nov. 30	Virginia Tech at Minnesota	9:15, ESPN2
Nov. 30	Wake Forest at Nebraska	9:15, ESPNU
Nov. 30	Wisconsin at North Carolina	9:30, ESPN

[bkny11203]

Down goes #1 UNC ... gotta love college hoops

dam

[DaveR]

Nov. 27

Michigan State at Eastern Michigan, ESPNU, noon
Chicago State at Illinois, BTN, 1
Old Spice Classic in Orlando:
Fifth-place game: DePaul vs. Arizona State, ESPNU, 2
Third-place game: Indiana State vs. Fairfield, ESPN2, 4:30
Championship: Minnesota vs. Dayton, ESPN2, 6:30
76 Classic in Anaheim, Calif.:
Fifth-place game: Boston College vs. New Mexico, ESPNU, 4
Third-place game: Villanova vs. Santa Clara, ESPNU, 6:30
Championship: Saint Louis vs. Oklahoma, ESPN2, 9
Butler at Indiana, BTN, 7
Virginia Commonwealth at Alabama, ESPNU, 9:30

[djdub63]

dam

double damn

[DaveR]

Nov. 28

Xavier at Vanderbilt, ESPN2, 7
Long Beach State at Louisville, ESPNU, 7
Georgia at Colorado, FSN, 8:30
Tennessee at Oakland (Mich.), ESPNU, 9

[Mike Barnes]

On the low, Kid Capri(Kendall Marshall), Should have lost at least 10 pounds this past summer to improve his lack of quickness and lateral movement(That's one of the main reasons why that cat from UNLV and some cats from last year we're getting around him to the rim), Money(Kendall Marshall is too heavy for his position(6'4 195), Being asked to run with shorter and much faster and very athletic cats at that on Defense(Money reminds me so much of a left-handed Mark Jackson and that's not

Good on the defensive end of the floor/LOL), Kendall Marshall has to go up against Jordan Taylor(Being hailed as the top point guard in the country), For the University of Wisconsin on Wednesday nite, Then, Kendall Marshall has to go up against Marques Teague(The top HS point guard in the country in 2010), For Kentucky on Sunday, Puts Kendall Marshall in a very good position to get demo'd on D/LOL, Also, Roy Williams coaches against the players on his crew, Opposed to coaching

Against his opponent, What i mean by stating this is, Roy Williams inherited an reluctance to call time-outs when a crew is on a long run against North Carolina(Exhibit A:Like The run UNLV made against North Carolina in the 2nd half last Saturday nite), Because, Roy Williams elects his players to work through adversity and develop enough character as a crew to sustain any run by they're opponent(Money learned that from Dean Smith which saves mad time-outs at the end of games), Phil

Jackson incorperated the same kind of strategy from his days of playing for Red Holzman with the Knicks during the late 60's to mid 70's, Not to many coaches coach against they're crews(To develop character to overcome adversity as a crew), Also, Roy Williams knew North Carolina would lose at least one of those early games, Because of the schedule that North Carolina has lined up for this year(Which is one of the toughest in the country), Playing in San Diego against Michigan State to

Start off the year on a Friday nite, fly back to North Carolina after the game to play on a sunday afternoon(A game North Carolina won by 25 after flying thru 3 time zones/LOL), Then, Go back to the West coast to play at UNLV in a tournament(2nd trip to the West coast in 2 weeks/LOL), After the UNLV game, North Carolina plays against Wisconsin and Kentucky(Two of the top crews in the country), Roy Williams schedules games to prepare for the NCAA tournament and develop enough

Character to play in very tough environments and mad adverse conditions, I'm very surprised Roy Williams did not order Kendall Marshall to lose 15 pounds this past summer to work on Kendall Marshall's lateral movement and defensive techniques.

Much Respect
Mike Barnes

[SoundScience]

Tonight...9:30...a GAME!

[mhd]

Nov. 27
Chicago State at Illinois, BTN, 1

lol

[DaveR]

Nov. 29

ACC-Big Ten Challenge:
Michigan at Virginia, ESPN2, 7
Northwestern at Georgia Tech, ESPNU, 7:15
Illinois at Maryland, ESPN, 7:30
Miami (Fla.) at Purdue, ESPN2, 9
Clemson at Iowa, ESPNU, 9:15
Duke at Ohio State, ESPN, 9:30
LSU at Houston, CBS Sports Net, 8
North Texas at Texas, Longhorn, 8

[DaveR]

Gametime

[DaveR]

ouch, that was a serious ass whoppin' ... Ohio State looks scary good

... so good, that if history serves, they'll go out in the 2nd round of the tourney, to SW Peachfuzz State

[Fletch]

ouch, that was a serious ass whoppin' ... Ohio State looks scary good

... so good, that if history serves, they'll go out in the 2nd round of the tourney, to SW Peachfuzz State

If I'm correct, that SW Peachfuzz State team that beat them last year is in Lexington, and went to the Final Four!

[Fletch]

nm

[DaveR]

If I'm correct, that SW Peachfuzz State team that beat them last year is in Lexington, and went to the Final Four!

I mean many teams that have looked completely awesome during seasons past, often fall early & hard in the tourney