2008 - 2009 NCAA Basketball News and Discussion Thread

[Skinny Bastard]

So... I know March seems like a long time away.... but I'm curious... if you had to make a guess today as to who will be in the sweet 16... who would it be?

Football is almost over.... it is time to get this discussion started...

Associated Press Top 25
1 North Carolina
2 Connecticut
3 Pittsburgh
4 Gonzaga
5 Oklahoma
6 Texas
7 Duke
8 Tennessee
9 Louisville
10 Xavier
11 Wake Forest
12 Notre Dame
13 Syracuse
14 Purdue
15 Villanova
16 UCLA
17 Memphis
18 Michigan State
19 Georgetown
20 Arizona State
21 Ohio State
22 Baylor
23 Davidson
24 Marquette
25 Kansas

Coaches Poll
1 North Carolina
2 Connecticut
3 Pittsburgh
4 Gonzaga
5 Oklahoma
6 Texas
7 Duke
8 Tennessee
9 Xavier
10 Louisville
11 Wake Forest
12 Villanova
13 Notre Dame
14 UCLA
15 Memphis
16 Syracuse
17 Purdue
18 Arizona State
19 Georgetown
20 Michigan State
21 Ohio State
22 Davidson
23 Kansas
24 Marquette
25 Miami (Fla.)

CBSSports.com RPI
1 Gonzaga
2 Clemson
3 Pittsburgh
4 Butler
5 Duke
6 Northwestern
7 Florida State
8 Xavier
9 Syracuse
10 Michigan
11 Oklahoma
12 North Carolina
13 Connecticut
14 UAB
14 California
16 Baylor
17 Georgetown
18 Illinois
19 Maryland
20 Texas
21 Memphis
22 Evansville
23 Dayton
24 Western Kentucky
25 Temple

[AYHJA]

I just don't get the sense that there will be many 'Davidson' type teams this year...I've been watching quite a few games, the early season tourney's are always pretty good entertainment, and the biggest observation that I've had is that there will be some surprise BAD teams, but the teams that we expect to be decent, if not good, will be just that...Texas is looking good and getting better, but with the way DJ is tearing up the NBA right now (50% from 3pt land..!??!?!?!) I can't help but think about what could have been for us this year...

North Carolin looks strong as always, without injuries, this may finally be their year....Duke will choke as always...But the top 10 this year looks VERY solid to stay that way the rest of the season...

[blixa]

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just curious as to what you guys think of Patty Mills....the press he gets here says he will be a top 10 -15 draft pic for the NBA eventually?...he's only 19..

[AYHJA]

Kinda short, he'll have to be CRAZY nice to jump to the NBA at that size...Is he going to school here..?

And MAN...That motherfucker from Kentucky went CRAZY last night..! Dropped Fidy-Fo on Tennessee..! Only missed like 6 shots the whole night, 10-14 from behind the arc...Man, I love to see dudes go lights out like that...College ball is good this year...

[Skinny Bastard]

AP Top 25 as of the 12th
1. Pittsburgh (70) 15-0 1,798
2. Wake Forest (2) 14-0 1,686
3. Duke 14-1 1,678
4. Connecticut 14-1 1,549
5. North Carolina 14-2 1,461
6. Oklahoma 15-1 1,440
7. Michigan State 13-2 1,356
8. Syracuse 16-1 1,232
9. UCLA 13-2 1,222
10. Clemson 16-0 1,153
11. Texas 12-3 1,009
12. Notre Dame 12-3 1,008
13. Georgetown 11-3 908
14. Marquette 15-2 752
15. Xavier 13-2 710
16. Arizona State 14-2 573
17. Butler 14-1 521
18. Minnesota 15-1 508
19. Purdue 12-4 490
20. Louisville 11-3 433
21. Baylor 13-2 364
22. California 15-2 299
23. Villanova 13-3 229
24. Tennessee 10-4 198
25. Michigan 13-3 153

[trashtalkr]

I'm shocked that UNC has lost the past 2 games. They have an NBA team right now, and I didn't think they would lose this soon in the season, let alone twice in a row.

Pitt is looking like money though...

[blixa]

Kinda short, he'll have to be CRAZY nice to jump to the NBA at that size...Is he going to school here..

yeah hes in his second year at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California,.....the whole NCAA basketball thing is rather confusing...I got lost in how teams are ranked and the different confrences etc etc.....

[AYHJA]

I'm shocked that UNC has lost the past 2 games. They have an NBA team right now, and I didn't think they would lose this soon in the season, let alone twice in a row.

Pitt is looking like money though...

Ooops..! Sports are getting too hard man, I doubt we ever see an undefeated anything anymore...Although, Penn State's women's volleyball team smashed all this year, and they didn't even loose a SET all season until the quarterfinals...That's some pretty dominating shit right there...

It sucks SO bad for me to say this, but...Oklahoma is looking good this year man...The Griffen boys don't have to have monster games for them to win, which is scary, cause they often have monster games...

[AYHJA]

BTW, North Carolina won the championship, lol...

[Skinny Bastard]

LOOOOOOL