Running 2022-23 NCAA Basketball Thread

Sad news
Demetrius Calip, from the 1989 Michigan title team, dies at 53

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/s...-rtzSqgve4&mibextid=Zxz2cZ#Echobox=1675747228

 

So ... two blowout losses (NCSU in Raleigh, Miami in Coral Gables), but no bad losses. Duke is safely in barring a complete collapse.

And, last we checked, Miami was the ranked team and Duke was not going into the game.

 

Not at all saying they were bad losses. Just ugly ones. I still have no confidence in them winning more than once in the tunamint.

 

You're almost certainly not alone. Thing is, a year ago, people felt the same way about the program down US 15-501. Then look what happened.

 

They'll beat 27% shooting Tennessee in the second round.

 

They looked like they didn’t care. Absolutely indifferent ball-handling.

 

Arkansas is going to be a screaming nightmare for a couple of higher seeded teams in March Madness. Hogs starting to gel right on schedule again and could have Nick Smith Jr. back as soon as this weekend. Up eight at Rupp in the second half.

 

SEC will have several top 4 seeds.

 

I only see two unless Arkansas or Mizzou gets on a heater. Kentucky doesn’t have the non-conference wins and Auburn is starting to fade.

 

One of these days, teams going to Charlottesville will learn to carry some extra patience on the trip. Keep playing defense during those extended possessions. Stop rushing so many shots. Pass out of traps and double-teams.

 

Don’t look now but your team, your town, your store-bought Pitt Panthers* are tied for first in the ACC.

* - purchased at ROSS

 

If there were such a thing as quality losses, NCSU's losses are to Pitt, Clemson, UVa, Miami and Chapel Hill. Look at where the first four are in the standings. The fifth wasn't a shock given a road game, rivalry and all sorts of other factors. There was some panic after a slow start, but part of it was because of who they faced in those first few games.

In a better year for the conference, this might actually mean something.