Games of interest - Rest of Season

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

Definitely would be better than he is now but still was way overrated coming out of HS

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

Crazy ending to Nevada CSU
Nevada comes from behind to win 85-82

Colo St is squarely on bubble now

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

A10 Semifinals exactly how seeds predicted.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

Saturday March 6
A10 Tournament

Saint Louis (-2) vs St Bonaventure 6pm CBSSN

Davidson vs VCU (-2) 9pm CBSSN

Other games

South Carolina @ Kentucky (-7.5) 12pm ESPN.

Sacred Heart @ Bryant (-8.5) NEC Semi-Final 12pm ESPN3

Georgetown @ UCONN (-9.5) 12pm CBS

South Florida @ Wichita State (-11) 1pm

#17 Oklahoma State @ #6 West Virginia (-7) 2pm ESPN2

#8 Alabama (-8) @ Georgia 2pm CBS

Arizona State @ Utah (-3.5) 2pm FS1

#4 Illinois @ #7 Ohio State 4pm ESPN

Old Dominion @ Western Kentucky 5pm

Seton Hall @ St John's 7pm FS1 Pick em

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

2 Atlantic 10 wars

I am thinking St Louis v VCU final ??

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

reef wrote: ↑3 years ago 2 Atlantic 10 wars

I am thinking St Louis v VCU final ??

I'm thinking Davidson vs St Louis in the Finals with Davidson winning out.

Davidson has won 7 of their last 9 games with both losses being to St Bonaventure. If Davidson gets by VCU, which I believe they will, I don't see Bob McKillop losing to St Bonaventure again, or lose to St Louis.

At any rate, the 4 best teams are in the Final 4 of the A10 - should be fun to watch.

Davidson completely dominated George Mason yesterday
They have such good 3P Shooting in Grady 40%, Lee 44% and Collins 39%
Excellent passing team, good help-out defensive play and solid rebounding.
Excellent height and strength:

Mennenga 6'9" 245 lbs - FRESHMAN - Auckland New Zealand

Brajkovic 6'10" 250 lbs - JUNIOR - Feldkirch Austria

Lee 6'7" 210 lbs - SOPHOMORE - Kong Ju City South Korea

Grady 6'5" 205 lbs - SENIOR - Boston MA

Collins 6'3" 190 lbs - SENIOR - Chapel Hill NC

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 3 years ago

ramster, you mean that Davidson is everything we're not? You left out very well coached. Getting better late in seasons.

I love watching college BB games where teams such as Davidson run a cohesive half court offense....everyone moving, good spacing, etc.

And then there's us....the human statues.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

Rambone,

Coaching for sure. But it's more than Coaching on the floor. I added to my list above where his players are from. People could say why would a player want to go to little Davidson NC?
McKillop has New Zealand, South Korea, Austria, North Carolina and Boston in his starting line up. Shortest player is 6'3". The rest are 6'5", 6'7", 6'9" and 6'10" and these guys are strong.

In addition he has a good mix of experience with 2 Seniors, 1 Junior, 1 Sophomore and 1 Freshman in the starting line up.

In addition he has players from Denmark, Sweden and England.

Think BIG, think Internationally.

McKillop knows what he is doing in X's and O's, recruiting, balancing a roster, emphasizing shooting/passing/defense and keeping players from transferring.He is not looking to have players transfer whereas we have a revolving door.

section(105) · Unread post by **section(105)** » 3 years ago

.......look up in a dictionary “basketball coaching system”......and there’s a picture of McKillop.....

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

Drake wins they win 71-69 on a layup with 2.8 left what a game now 25-3 punch their ticket

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

4 blocks for Osi for Bona wow in 8 minutes

Jersey77 · Unread post by **Jersey77** » 3 years ago

The Bonnies probably just punched their ticket with the win over St. Louis.
SLU may now be on the outside of the bubble.
Davidson may be our only hope of getting 3 teams in, if they win out.

The Bonnies will return their entire team, no seniors on the roster.
They can be scary good next year, maybe Schmidt decides to stay.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 3 years ago

Can we trade Cox plus 5 first round draft picks for Schmidt?

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

Oh yeah Bonnies are in regardless of what happens next week and probably on the 10 line

Rothstein just said very good chance they win a game too

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 3 years ago

Having a really good coach makes all the difference in college BB.

Penders, Harrick, Kraft, Hurley. And to some extent Al.

And then look at the others over the last 40+ years.

Night and day.

Want to be good again, if even for a little while?

Need another home run hire.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 3 years ago

Love to see Duke get waxed by NC.

Right now they are out.

With Nova's injury issues, I can see UConn winning the BE tourney.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

Yeah Duke is 11-11 now so most likely done unless a miraculous run in ACC tournament

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 3 years ago

Duke misses the NCAA tourney on average once or twice every 20 years or so.

We make it about that often.

JimSidd · Unread post by **JimSidd** » 3 years ago

As badly as things went for Rhody this year, it could be worse. You could be an Arizona St fan. Started as a top twenty team and has had a miserable season: near the bottom of the PAC 12.
Given today’s 39 point shellacking by below .500 Utah, it appears they have mailed in the rest of the season.

Rhody_NYCT · Unread post by **Rhody_NYCT** » 3 years ago

JimSidd wrote: ↑3 years ago As badly as things went for Rhody this year, it could be worse. You could be an Arizona St fan. Started as a top twenty team and has had a miserable season: near the bottom of the PAC 12.
Given today’s 39 point shellacking by below .500 Utah, it appears they have mailed in the rest of the season.

How exactly do you explain that kind of a loss? It's a good thing his last name isn't Cox.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

JimSidd wrote: ↑3 years ago As badly as things went for Rhody this year, it could be worse. You could be an Arizona St fan. Started as a top twenty team and has had a miserable season: near the bottom of the PAC 12.
Given today’s 39 point shellacking by below .500 Utah, it appears they have mailed in the rest of the season.

Yeah a loss like that doesn’t reflect well on Hurley be interesting to see how they respond in Pac 12 tournament

Blue Man · Unread post by **Blue Man** » 3 years ago

JimSidd wrote: ↑3 years ago As badly as things went for Rhody this year, it could be worse. You could be an Arizona St fan. Started as a top twenty team and has had a miserable season: near the bottom of the PAC 12.
Given today’s 39 point shellacking by below .500 Utah, it appears they have mailed in the rest of the season.

One bad season after what would’ve been 3 tournaments in a row with a coach whos taken 2 teams to the dance.

I think they can understand an anomaly. Give me that situation instead of ours every day of the week.

ace · Unread post by **ace** » 3 years ago

UConn beat Georgetown yesterday 98-82 for their Senior Day. Dan got career win #200- nice of the guys to make it a blowout so Andrew could get in at the end. They’ll face either DePaul or Providence on Thursday in their first game of the conference tournament.

rambone 78 · Unread post by **rambone 78** » 3 years ago

UConn vs. PC I hope.

One has to lose.

Jersey77 · Unread post by **Jersey77** » 3 years ago

Drake (21-4) vs. Loyola (24-3) for the MVC Championship at 2:00 CBS
These are 2 very good teams with excellent coaches Darian DeVries (Drake) and Porter Moser (Loyola)

Rhody15 · Unread post by **Rhody15** » 3 years ago

rambone 78 wrote: ↑3 years ago UConn vs. PC I hope.

One has to lose.

Give me UConn by a billion and Tyrese with 30 please.

JimSidd · Unread post by **JimSidd** » 3 years ago

Blue Man wrote: ↑3 years ago
JimSidd wrote: ↑3 years ago As badly as things went for Rhody this year, it could be worse. You could be an Arizona St fan. Started as a top twenty team and has had a miserable season: near the bottom of the PAC 12.
Given today’s 39 point shellacking by below .500 Utah, it appears they have mailed in the rest of the season.
One bad season after what would’ve been 3 tournaments in a row with a coach whos taken 2 teams to the dance.

I think they can understand an anomaly. Give me that situation instead of ours every day of the week.

Agreed. Still, their fan base has to be upset at this season’s result, after what most experts thought about them pre season.
They certainly don’t have a problem with resources.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

Jersey77 wrote: ↑3 years ago Drake (21-4) vs. Loyola (24-3) for the MVC Championship at 2:00 CBS
These are 2 very good teams with excellent coaches Darian DeVries (Drake) and Porter Moser (Loyola)

Going to be a war I watched that a Drake game yesterday was fantastic

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

Games Sunday

#25 Wisconsin @ #5 Iowa Noon FOX

Drake vs #20 Loyola Chicago (-8) 2:10pm CBS - Missouri Valley Conference Championship

#18 Texas Tech @ #2 Baylor (-8) 4PM ESPN - Marcos Santos-Silva playing for Texas Tech

Loyola Chicago (21-4) NET = 16
Drake (23-3) NET = 40

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 3 years ago

Anyone see that Houston game??!!!!????!!! That was amazing!!!!

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

theblueram wrote: ↑3 years ago Anyone see that Houston game??!!!!????!!!

Omg miracle half court heave wins it for Houston 67-64
Big for StLouis as a Memphis win there puts them right in the discussion

RhodyKyle · Unread post by **RhodyKyle** » 3 years ago

Penny with that same foul to use strategy as Cox. Same result too.

theblueram · Unread post by **theblueram** » 3 years ago

reef wrote: ↑3 years ago
theblueram wrote: ↑3 years ago Anyone see that Houston game??!!!!????!!!
Omg miracle half court heave wins it for Houston 67-64
Big for StLouis as a Memphis win there puts them right in the discussion

Memphis with the three to tie at 1.7 seconds and then Houston with the miracle half court shot. I woke my wife from a nap with my reaction

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

RhodyKyle wrote: ↑3 years ago Penny with that same foul to use strategy as Cox. Same result too.

Lappas mentioned that he wouldn’t foul with 1.7 left cuz too much chance it would be in the act of shooting , devastating way to lose for them

RhodyKyle · Unread post by **RhodyKyle** » 3 years ago

reef wrote: ↑3 years ago
RhodyKyle wrote: ↑3 years ago Penny with that same foul to use strategy as Cox. Same result too.
Lappas mentioned that he wouldn’t foul with 1.7 left cuz too much chance it would be in the act of shooting , devastating way to lose for them

They were playing so tight on d that the Memphis player could have wrapped up the Houston player as soon as he caught it before shooting. I know it's arm chair quarterbacking based on the result of an almost half court shot going in, but when your tournament berth is on the line, you leave nothing up to chance.

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

RhodyKyle wrote: ↑3 years ago
reef wrote: ↑3 years ago
RhodyKyle wrote: ↑3 years ago Penny with that same foul to use strategy as Cox. Same result too.
Lappas mentioned that he wouldn’t foul with 1.7 left cuz too much chance it would be in the act of shooting , devastating way to lose for them
They were playing so tight on d that the Memphis player could have wrapped up the Houston player as soon as he caught it before shooting. I know it's arm chair quarterbacking based on the result of an almost half court shot going in, but when your tournament berth is on the line, you leave nothing up to chance.

Agree that’s the proper play just have to make 100 % sure it’s not in the act of shooting

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

Drake loses so they sit squarely on the bubble I hope they get in

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

ramster wrote: ↑3 years ago Games Sunday

#25 Wisconsin @ #5 Iowa Noon FOX

Drake vs #20 Loyola Chicago (-8) 2:10pm CBS - Missouri Valley Conference Championship

#18 Texas Tech @ #2 Baylor (-8) 4PM ESPN - Marcos Santos-Silva playing for Texas Tech
Loyola Chicago (21-4) NET = 16
Drake (23-3) NET = 40

Iowa beats Wisconsin. Wisconsin now drops to (16-11) and will drop out of the Top 25
#20 AP Ranked Loyola (24-4) Beats Drake (25-4) by 10 points to win the MVC Auto Bid
#2 Baylor (21-1) handily beats #18 Texas Tech (17-9). Marcus Santos-Silva 22 minutes 3-8 FG, 4 rebounds, 8 points, 3 blocks
Elon (9-8)(4-7) Upset Top Seeded James Madison (13-7) (8-2) in Quarterfinal of CAA

GAMES MONDAY

Elon (9-8) vs Hofstra (-4) (13-9) 6pm CBSSN SemiFinal CAA
Appalachian State 16-11) vs Georgia State (-5) (16-5) 7pm ESPN2 Sunbelt Final Championship Autobid
Mercer (18-10) vs UNC Greensboro (-3.5) (20-8) 7pm ESPN Southern Conference Final Championship Autobid
Drexel (-1.5) (10-7) vs Northeastern (10-8) 9:30pm CBSSN SemiFinal CAA

Northeastern with a strong performance vs William & Mary. Chris Doherty, the transfer from Notre Dame and one time URI recruiting target, has a career high 18 rebounds in 32 minutes of play. He was 4-8 FG for 8 points with 2 blocks.
Sophomore Tyson Walker is playing very well for NE and Bill Coen, former URI Assistant Coach for 8 years.

ramster · Unread post by **ramster** » 3 years ago

GAMES TUESDAY

Boston College (4-15) vs Duke (-15.5) (11-11) 4:30pm ACCN 1st round game

Duke wins by 35

Iona (-6) (8-5) vs Quinnipiac (9-12) 5pm ESPN+ 1st round game

Iona wins by 24

Elon (10-8) vs Drexel (11-7) 7pm CBSSN.CAA Final Championship Auto-bid

Drexel wins by 7

Mount St Mary's (11-10) vs Bryant (-5.5) (15-5) 7pm ESPN2 NEC Final Championship Auto-bid

Bryant loses at home by 5

Oakland (12-17) vs Cleveland State (18-7) 7pm ESPN Horizon League Final Championship Auto-bid

Cleveland State wins by 11

Oral Roberts (15-10) vs North Dakota State (15-11) 9pm ESPN2 Summit League Final Championship Auto-bid

Oral Roberts wins by 3

BYU (20-5) vs #1 Ranked Gonzaga (25-0) 9pm ESPN WCC Final Championship Auto-bid

Gonzaga wins by 10

Jersey77 · Unread post by **Jersey77** » 3 years ago

ramster wrote: ↑3 years ago GAMES TUESDAY

Boston College (4-15) vs Duke (-15.5) (11-11) 4:30pm ACCN 1st round game

Iona (-6) (8-5) vs Quinnipiac (9-12) 5pm ESPN+ 1st round game

Elon (10-8) vs Drexel (11-7) 7pm CBSSN.CAA Final Championship Auto-bid
Mount St Mary's (11-10) vs Bryant (-5.5) (15-5) NEC Final Championship Auto-bid[/list]
Oakland (12-17) vs Cleveland State (18-7) 7pm ESPN Horizon League Final Championship Auto-bid

Oral Roberts (15-10) vs North Dakota State (15-11) 9pm ESPN2 Summit League Final Championship Auto-bid

BYU (20-5) vs #1 Ranked Gonzaga (25-0) 9pm ESPN WCC Final Championship Auto-bid

Rooting for Bryant and Peter Kiss who rejuvenated his career from Rutgers to become Bryant's leading scorer this year at 17 pts.
Game at 7:00 ESPN2

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

Cool rooting on Bryant Bulldogs

section(105) · Unread post by **section(105)** » 3 years ago

reef wrote: ↑3 years ago Cool rooting on Bryant Bulldogs

.........anyone watching.....?

Jersey77 · Unread post by **Jersey77** » 3 years ago

section(105) wrote: ↑3 years ago
reef wrote: ↑3 years ago Cool rooting on Bryant Bulldogs
.........anyone watching.....?

yes

reef · Unread post by **reef** » 3 years ago

Yeah Mount St Mary’s is hot as a pistol so far

DeanDome88 · Unread post by **DeanDome88** » 3 years ago

section(105) wrote: ↑3 years ago
reef wrote: ↑3 years ago Cool rooting on Bryant Bulldogs
.........anyone watching.....?

Yes

Jersey77 · Unread post by **Jersey77** » 3 years ago

reef wrote: ↑3 years ago Yeah Mount St Mary’s is hot as a pistol so far

and they have size

DeanDome88 · Unread post by **DeanDome88** » 3 years ago

They got some bad refs in the Bryant game.

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 3 years ago

DeanDome88 wrote: ↑3 years ago
section(105) wrote: ↑3 years ago
reef wrote: ↑3 years ago Cool rooting on Bryant Bulldogs
.........anyone watching.....?
Yes

I'm pretending they're Rhody

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 3 years ago

Bryant is done

PeterRamTime · Unread post by **PeterRamTime** » 3 years ago

Maybe not..