Running NCAA Basketball Thread 2014-15

Welp, that was entertaining.
Wins over UW and UVA, both on the road, makes a pretty solid resume.

 

Sulaiman booted from Duke.

 

Good game. Duke sure drained a lot of threes down the stretch.

Important thing for the Hoos is to do well in March and hopefully make it to April.

The undefeated monkey is off their back. Learn from it.

 

Who is? Please don't say Gonzaga. And Duke lost this week, too.

Hopefully Bennett will learn from this. Can't take your foot off the gas against good teams. Evan Nolte and Devon Hall have no business on the floor in the second half against Duke.

 

Who's No. 2? Maybe Villanova ... maybe Duke ... maybe ... someone from the Big 12?

Despite what everyone around here says, it's not Gonzaga. The Zags have a good, solid team with lots of scoring options, but we'll see how they do in a grind-it-out, defensive struggle. They don't get those kind of games in the West Coast Conference, but they will in the NCAA tourney.

All that really matters for Gonzaga is getting a No. 2 or No. 3 seed so they can play their opening games in Seattle. Any wins after that are a bonus for this fan base.

 

Virginia is still the second best team.

 

I think you're right, but the Hoos are definitely out of sync. Tobey was awful tonight and Gill has been good, but can't stay on the floor. There are question marks.

Meanwhile, in Richmond, Briante Weber destroyed his knee and is out for the rest of his college career. Absolutely brutal.

 

UVa needs to pull a NC State and tell the ACC it doesn't want Jamie Luckie officiating its games any more. It's a joke.

 

Hoos better remember how to play interior defense.

 

I mean, he was baiting Bennett, right? He really seems to have a legitimate vendetta. To make that call and then follow him back to the huddle is uncalled for.

 

Also, what Xan said, although it's been better this half.

 

They're giving the Heels the high hard one.