Running 2011-12 College Basketball thread

Matt Stephens · Mar 8, 2012

Boise State was just down by eight a few minutes ago. Game is now tied at 62 with 0:20.9 remaining. SDSU ball for last shot.

Matt Stephens · Mar 8, 2012

WOW! MWC Player of the Year Jamaal Franklin with the shot at the buzzer to win it for SDSU, 65-62, over Boise State.

dreunc1542 · Mar 8, 2012

So we get play-by-play of Boise-SDSU, but nothing about Cinci and Georgetown going to double OT?

Ben_Hecht · Mar 8, 2012

Big Circus said:

That's the game that Coach K continues to lie about to this day - the "here's to never forgetting" game. K claimed as recently as November that Ralph Sampson played the entire game when he actually scored 18 points in 14 minutes. The rat-faced prick used that to justify running up the score with his starters during the down years at UVa.
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Classy family, yes.

Can't WAIT until that book's written.

Sam Mills 51 · Mar 8, 2012

Big Circus said:

That's the game that Coach K continues to lie about to this day - the "here's to never forgetting" game. K claimed as recently as November that Ralph Sampson played the entire game when he actually scored 18 points in 14 minutes. The rat-faced prick used that to justify running up the score with his starters during the down years at UVa.
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It was 1983. Vince Taylor had just left. Five guys - Johnny Dawkins, Mark Alarie, David Henderson, Jay Bilas and Weldon Williams - were completing their freshman seasons. They didn't lose to Virginia again.

Say what you wish about Mike Krzyzewski, but those guys took it to heart. Tommy Amaker came in the next season, and I don't think he lost to the Cavaliers, either.

Sam Mills 51 · Mar 8, 2012

da man said:

Big Circus said:

mb said:

Don't know about the shoes. But for someone who grew up on the ACC Tournament, it's pretty sad to tune in and see 15,000 empty seats.
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As someone who's been to about a dozen ACC tournaments, it ain't what it used to be. The extra four games on Thursday are just overkill, and I say that as someone who loves basketball. A fan of a good team might have to sit through seven games before seeing his team play, and that's exhausting.

Also, I question the sanity of a Maryland or Wake fan who takes 2+ days off work to drive to Atlanta for the 8-9 game.
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I used to cover the ACC tournament regularly and I've watched many a game surrounded by sections full of empty seats -- usually the earliest or latest game of the first day. A lot of fans of teams that aren't playing in a session won't show up for that session, or at least they won't come early or stay late.

The game that springs to mind first for empty seats at an ACC tournament was in the early years of Coach K at Duke -- I think Vince Taylor was still Duke's star at the time, or maybe he had just left -- the Blue Devils got absolutely clubbed by Virginia in the first round at the Omni in Atlanta. It was the last game of the night and it got started late because the previous game had run long. A large part of the crowd cleared out before the game started and by the end, the place was pretty much deserted. You could hear echoes throughout the building.

Just looked it up -- it was 1983 (the year after Taylor left), and Virginia won 109-66. And yes, it was that brutal.

As an aside, that day -- and I believe it was during that game -- was the first time I ever actually saw Dean Smith smoke. He was hiding in a corner trying not to be seen, but there he was.
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Wasn't it Dean Smith who once responded to Mike Krzyzewski's colorful language: "I drink and I smoke. If I swore, my mother would kill me." ... or something to that effect.

Krzyzewski doesn't smoke and probably drinks only a glass of wine on occasion, if that. But the swearing part? Yeah ... Duke-Maryland games had to be fun for game-day audio engineers. Between Gary Williams and Krzyzewski, that's a lot of new words for children to learn.

micropolitan guy · Mar 8, 2012

Until yesterday, I didn't realize Oregon State had 18 wins this year. Now the Beavers are leading Washington in the first half. For as sorry as the Pac-12 is, that's a fine job by POTUSBIL.
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Make that 19. Just knocked off top-seeded Washington in the Pac-12 quarterfinals.

Matt Stephens · Mar 8, 2012

Tulsa and Marshall in a great game over on CBS College Sports. Now in 2OT.

zagoshe · Mar 8, 2012

micropolitan guy said:

Until yesterday, I didn't realize Oregon State had 18 wins this year. Now the Beavers are leading Washington in the first half. For as sorry as the Pac-12 is, that's a fine job by POTUSBIL.
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Make that 19. Just knocked off top-seeded Washington in the Pac-12 quarterfinals.
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Does Washington still get in or is the Pac-12 a one-bid league?

rmanfredi · Mar 8, 2012

I would think its a two-bid league, although Washington certainly didn't do itself any favors. They'd be wise to be rooting very strongly for Colorado to knock off Oregon tonight.

micropolitan guy · Mar 8, 2012

I think it would be unprecedented for the regular-season champion of an AQ football conference to be left out of the NCAA tournament. UW did not do itself any favors today, the Pac-12 is down somewhat this season and I'm probably guilty of some regional bias (like everyone else) but I think the Huskies are better than teams 7-10 in the Big East.

Matt Stephens · Mar 8, 2012

Third overtime between Tulsa and Marshall.

Colorado State has seen its 21-point lead evaporate into a 13-point one.

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