Outdoor Miner
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Reload for what exactly? Another Elite 8?kkaabboomm said:
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NCAA Men's College Basketball 2010-2011 Season OT
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Proelite
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Outdoor Miner said:
For the NBA. Calipari has said that time and time again, his main goal for Kentucky players is to get the players into the NBA. According to him, getting six players into the NBA last year was the greatest moment in Kentucky history.
He recently said that if his players won a national championship, and no one gets drafted, he'll be disappointed.
perfectchaos007
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Well basketball season starts today for UT! Hopefully we dominate the mid-shipmen and win the cancer classic!
As a Memphis fan, I can tell you that Calipari's main goal is to ensure his ugly mug is in the funny papers every five minutes.Proelite said:
This is amazing. It looks like a 40 foot duck took a flying dump in the middle of the court. You even have the cleanup crew standing around, debating how to tackle such a colossal mess.max_cool said:
DominoKid said:
Would you believe his line in his 1st exhibition game was 5 ribs, 6TO's and only 7 pts? Now obviously I don't believe that this is going to be an indication of his average performances this year, but there are going to be games that his shot disappears or he gets locked down. He's got more expectations thrust upon him than any UNC player I can remember in a while (03 fr class I guess) but he's still just a freshman.
Its also funny to think that he was believed to be Duke's program savior just over a year ago and a "luxury recruit" for UNC, thats totally been flipped now.
vas_a_morir
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Outdoor Miner said:
You act as if being one of the last 8 teams out of hundreds of other teams is a non-accomplishment.
The tourney is a crapshoot. WVU was hitting a ridiculous percentage from 3. It was a freaky game.
truly101 said:
That is crazy how that's all worked out. I still remember watching his presser and being so disappointed Duke lost him. He seems like a great kid by all accounts and I'm still sad he's not coming to Duke, but man what a difference a year makes
Also lol @ Calimari thinking he has any idea how he would react to winning a NC. If he'd honestly be disappointed none of his kids got drafted (thinly veiled slapfight towards Duke) then he's got some serious issues. If he's that concerned he could float his undrafted guys a couple 10k or so. He's got plenty to spread around, just think how rich he'd be if he actually won one.
goldenticket
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Before the first shot goes up, before the first rebound is grabbed - before the opening tip of the season - the Longhorns lost a basketball player.
Shawn Williams, a redshirt freshman reserve forward, has left the team.
Williams, rated a top-50 level freshman in the country last season by some recruiting services, played in just seven games before undergoing ankle surgery.
He averaged 1.6 points and 1.7 rebounds in 5.6 minutes. Under NCAA rules, Williams regained his freshman season of eligibility because he appeared in fewer than 30 percent of the Longhorns games before the injury.
Williams and coach Rick Barnes issued statements through the athletics department media relations office about the players departure, but neither specified why he left.
Williams, reached later, said, It was a mutual agreement between me and coach. It was a lot of stuff. I dont want to go into details.
A source familiar with the situation said Williams considered transferring to another school during the summer because of concerns about playing time.
The source said that Barnes gave Williams pep talks about his role on the team, but that Williams did not necessarily believe he would receive a lot of playing time.
The situation became worse recently. Barnes was hard on Williams, according to the source, because of mistakes he made in practice. Williams did not react well to the criticism, the source said.
Said Williams, He was no harder on me than anybody else. He was just doing his job.
Here is Williams statement: I have decided to leave the Texas Basketball program. I will continue to take classes at UT and finish the fall semester academically. This is a move that I need to make now in my best interest.
Barnes statement: We want to thank Shawn for being a part of our program for the last year and a half. He is a model student-athlete and a well-respected individual who comes from a great family. We wish Shawn nothing but the best as he moves forward.
Shawn Williams, a redshirt freshman reserve forward, has left the team.
Williams, rated a top-50 level freshman in the country last season by some recruiting services, played in just seven games before undergoing ankle surgery.
He averaged 1.6 points and 1.7 rebounds in 5.6 minutes. Under NCAA rules, Williams regained his freshman season of eligibility because he appeared in fewer than 30 percent of the Longhorns games before the injury.
Williams and coach Rick Barnes issued statements through the athletics department media relations office about the players departure, but neither specified why he left.
Williams, reached later, said, It was a mutual agreement between me and coach. It was a lot of stuff. I dont want to go into details.
A source familiar with the situation said Williams considered transferring to another school during the summer because of concerns about playing time.
The source said that Barnes gave Williams pep talks about his role on the team, but that Williams did not necessarily believe he would receive a lot of playing time.
The situation became worse recently. Barnes was hard on Williams, according to the source, because of mistakes he made in practice. Williams did not react well to the criticism, the source said.
Said Williams, He was no harder on me than anybody else. He was just doing his job.
Here is Williams statement: I have decided to leave the Texas Basketball program. I will continue to take classes at UT and finish the fall semester academically. This is a move that I need to make now in my best interest.
Barnes statement: We want to thank Shawn for being a part of our program for the last year and a half. He is a model student-athlete and a well-respected individual who comes from a great family. We wish Shawn nothing but the best as he moves forward.
bucknuticus
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Went to OSU exhibition yesterday, sullinger is the real deal. This team won't have issues replacing turner, they now have the size and depth to make a deep run in the tourney.
sucks that I have to go with radio from yahoo to follow the game. :lol . Lets go Pitt, we can't lose already :/
Edit: fucking dweebs chanting USA wtf :lol
Edit: MOTHERFUCKIGN DUNK TO END THE HALF! okay lets get this shit done in the 2nd half.
Edit 3: Fucking sweet Khem Birch of 2012 is coming to Pittsburgh.
Edit: fucking dweebs chanting USA wtf :lol
Edit: MOTHERFUCKIGN DUNK TO END THE HALF! okay lets get this shit done in the 2nd half.
Edit 3: Fucking sweet Khem Birch of 2012 is coming to Pittsburgh.
TheOrangeKid007
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I think they were chanting USA because the one player is a foreign national on Rhode Island. Either way, not the most original form the ZOO
Elfforkusu
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Well, Illinois actually looks really good so far. We're actually trying and stuff. (and up by 30 in the first half, but it is just UC Irvine)
Elfforkusu
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I bet it will be. How good are you guys this year?jakncoke said:I think so cause him and patterson just got into something and they did it again. Kinda funny they do that considering Zanna is from Nigeria
Edit: GG Rhode Island. Pitt/Illinois shall be a good game
We're still very sloppy on offense, probably gave up 20 points off of turnovers. :lol Oh well, it's early.
Note: We've cloned Luther Head, everybody watch the eff out.
I'm hoping this season brings Northwestern its first NCAA appearance ever in school history.
Northwestern needs to be perfect in every non-conference game before the Big 10 schedule, play about 50/50 Win/Loss ratio in Big 10 play, and win one or two games in the Big 10 Tournament.
Northwestern needs to be perfect in every non-conference game before the Big 10 schedule, play about 50/50 Win/Loss ratio in Big 10 play, and win one or two games in the Big 10 Tournament.
Good job UT :lol :lol
perfectchaos007
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I went to the Navy v. UT game tonight. First half was bad, but the second half looked very promising for our young team. Jordan Hamilton will have to be good every game this year instead of every other game like he was last year. Gary Johnson is seemingly our team captain this year. I think we'll be fine and hopefully we'll get to the sweet 16 or better in March. I think we have a good shot....
Easy to blame Carmody, but he's done a lot for the program as Carmody's had a lot to deal with Northwestern's problems.Talon- said:
Biggest problem was that Northwestern had terrible recruiting. The school couldn't even recruit kids in their backyard. They could only obtain international students, mostly from Croatia, and only recently, has the program started to turn around to get better quality recruits. Slowly the program is turning around with that set on hold now.
As for the offense, Carmody along with others pioneered the Princeton offense. Players basically drain the shot clock to cause low scoring games, and the game plan lives and dies on backdoor cuts and three point shots.
We'll see. This basketball program is a lot better than when I saw it five years ago. For once, the team has been in an uprising improvement over the past years I was there, and I did catch a glimpse of it in my final year.
Okay im confused as fuck how does the 2k Sports Classic work? Last night they said we'd be playing the Illinois/UC-Irivine winner next. Yet I see us playing UIC and Maryland next 2 games and no Illinois till possibly. Unless I misheard and they were talking talking about UIC.
http://www.gazellegroup.com/events/cvc/cvc10_bracket.pdf
http://www.gazellegroup.com/events/cvc/cvc10_bracket.pdf
Elfforkusu
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The winner of Illinois/Texas will play the winner of Pitt/Maryland. Likewise with the losers.jakncoke said:
Fatalah said:
Lavin has entered the building! St. John's is back on the map. Lavin's successfully recruited top 100 talent and has assembled a dream team staff. He works like a bolt of lightning.
Needless to say, our fanbase is PUMPED!
Look at that hair!
Honestly though, I'd be excited to see St. John's come back as a strong basketball school. It's always so strange to me that we don't have any decent college bball programs in NYC (whereas North Carolina, Kentucky, and Kansas are powerhouses).
Proelite
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McNei1y said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvZFbTDL_uI&feature=player_embedded
Gary is not amused.
Proelite said:
I wouldn't be either. I'm sure he tore each one of them a new asshole. I mean that was 'pathetic' play but you gotta love the feeling of watching your team win at the end... Then after that, you realize it was a pathetic win. I hope we don't get our asses handed to us vs Pitt.
vas_a_morir
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Enes "kan't play" Kanter ruled ineligible.
Per Lexington sports radio.
Per Lexington sports radio.
GodfatherX
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thankfully the NCAA got one right.
goldenticket
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vas_a_morir
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Yep. He can never play.
Flizzzipper
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He'll have to settle for the NBA.
kkaabboomm
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Found out that Enes won't be freed. He's allowed to practice pending the long shot appeal at the end of the month.
Looks like we're going small 4 guard play all season. We'll be pretty good, but damn, that sucks.
Looks like we're going small 4 guard play all season. We'll be pretty good, but damn, that sucks.
Lavin strikes again with another top 100 recruit! This guy is amazing!
SJU is BACK baby! Now the 3rd best recruiting class for 2011.
SJU is BACK baby! Now the 3rd best recruiting class for 2011.
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