Running 2011-12 College Basketball thread

Maybe this year the Panthers are getting their choking out of the way early.

 

Thank God, we're back to having Indiana teams that don't lose 20 games.

 

A John Daly is an Arnold Palmer with vodka.

 

Sweet tea vodka, to be precise. Or you could amp it up and do sweet tea vodka with limoncello.

 

There is a school of thought that the way college basketball does its "playoff" is vastly superior to the way college football does it but I would argue that is not the case at all and here is why.

In the first week of the season we've seen Duke-Mich State, North Caro-Mich State, Kansas-Kentucky, Ohio State-Florida and several other "huge" games and we've seen Long Beach beat Pitt, we've seen Vandy lose to a nobody -- and none of that is relevant come March or will be remembered in a week or two because all of those teams will be in the "playoffs."

Meanwhile Texas Tech upsetting Okahoma, TCU beating Boise, LSU beating Alabama in football are all relevant to the playoffs.

 

When/if Michigan State and Long Beach State are on the bubble, you come back to me about how no one will care.

 

And the title will still be decided on the court, rather than in a computer system and a poll. And every single team will have a theoretical chance at the title.

 

So why play the regular season?

 

For the meaningless tournaments now and during Christmas.

 

It will be interesting for those who choose to watch tonight as Sean Miller, who I really think is good as a coach (at AZ) matches wits with the guy (Steve Lavin) who made college basketball relevant again in NYC.
The pre-Christmas regular season gives you some good intersectional matchups and is a fun to watch.

 

Arizona will win. SJU has a bunch of noobs I don't think are ready for primetime this season.

 

Arizona's gonna be right there in the Sweet 16 and beyond, I think.
To get 91 points tonight showed their scoring power and damn that team gets athletic play from its roster.
Miller's a great successor for Lute, and is creating his own shadow to stand in.