College Basketball Thread - Page 320

badgerbacker · 03-20-2008, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by andyjo672

Can people stop calling Wisconsin "Wisky?" Nobody calls it Wisky that actually knows anything about the University.

I don't know. I hate it though. If I'm going to shorten it, I'll drop "Wisco" occasionally, but that's it.

Boston · 03-20-2008, 10:10 PM

I'm where a timeout meets, I'm sick of this commercial...

KCJ58 · 03-20-2008, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Boston

I'm where a timeout meets, I'm sick of this commercial...

haha i hate that commercial too

Gatz · 03-20-2008, 10:21 PM

Lol, and there were people picking USC to go further than UCLA...

PalmerToCJ · 03-20-2008, 10:23 PM

I wish Ramel Bradley and Joe Crawford could get their jerseys hung in the rafters. They've been absolutely amazing.

Crawford had one of, if not the greatest, games I've ever witnessed a UK player have. You absolutely knew he'd take the shots and he was just possessed, easily his best game ever. Sucks to see them go and it killed me when Joe was balling after the game.

I'm very pumped for the future of UK, the post game comments were awesome... This coaching staff means business and the players are buying in. I'm not doubting us being top 15 next year despite losing Joe and Ramel.

PS... If Joe Crawford doesn't play in the NBA next year it's a crime.

etk · 03-20-2008, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by P-L

I don't think Kansas State was terrible in the regular season. They had a bad stretch at the end of the season, but they were pretty good overall I thought.

I'm biased because I saw them in their bad games. That's what can happen in a 30-game season.

Lookin good with these 4 games right now...if all the teams hold on I'll be content with my day. I got a few losses but none that cost me more than 1 round.

adschofield · 03-20-2008, 10:30 PM

How in God's name was Brian Butch a McDonald's All-American? Didn't he take a redshirt?

HChu · 03-20-2008, 10:32 PM

Damn homerism got the best of me, there goes my Sweet 16 pick with Mason.

badgerbacker · 03-20-2008, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by adschofield

How in God's name was Brian Butch a McDonald's All-American? Didn't he take a redshirt?

He was a 6-11 guy with decent scoring ability playing against Wisconsin high school players.

M.O.T.H. · 03-20-2008, 10:42 PM

Nic Wise w/ the big three.

edit...Bayless just hit one.

Cashmoney · 03-20-2008, 10:54 PM

Upset to see Belmont blow it. But I'm doing pretty good with my pics right now.

M.O.T.H. · 03-20-2008, 10:55 PM

Arizona going home early, I told pretty much everyone i knew not to buy the hype. Hopefully, they listened to me.

Im_a_Romosexual · 03-20-2008, 10:55 PM

damn you arizona...

only sweet 16 gone

badgerbacker · 03-20-2008, 10:55 PM

Solid game for Wisconsin. Started off a little rough, but finally got CS-Fullerton to play our style. While UW isn't the most talented team in the nation, I think Bo Ryan is one of the best coaches around. We could beat any team in the nation on a given night in my opinion. No, I don't believe we'll win the championship, but I believe we can keep winning until we run into a team who has a night of great shooting.

thetedginnshow · 03-20-2008, 10:59 PM

Wow. Lowest ever first half in NCAA tourney history and lowest overall score by a team in tourney history. UCLA is nasty.

BigJohn98 · 03-20-2008, 11:00 PM

Miss. Valley State scored 29 points...

GB12 · 03-20-2008, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by badgerbacker

Solid game for Wisconsin. Started off a little rough, but finally got CS-Fullerton to play our style. While UW isn't the most talented team in the nation, I think Bo Ryan is one of the best coaches around. We could beat any team in the nation on a given night in my opinion. No, I don't believe we'll win the championship, but I believe we can keep winning until we run into a team who has a night of great shooting.

A 15 point win keeping the opponent in the 50s is a good victory for us. That was just above our average and CSF was 5th in the nation in scoring with 82ppg, 56 tonight was their lowest of the season. And damn can Akognon shoot or what. 31 points, 5-11 from three accounting for 55% of his team's offense.

Gatz · 03-20-2008, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by thetedginnshow

Wow. Lowest ever first half in NCAA tourney history and lowest overall score by a team in tourney history. UCLA is nasty.

Championship:)

Twiddler · 03-20-2008, 11:02 PM

Glad we (Wisconsin) won and I think we played a pretty good game. CS Fullerton was a solid team all around and Josh Akognon is really something special. If he wasn't playing Wisconsin I would have enjoyed his presence much more.

GB12 · 03-20-2008, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BigJohn98

Miss. Valley State scored 29 points...

They really should have been in the play in game not Mt. St. Mary's. I don'y understand why they weren't.

S4L · 03-20-2008, 11:28 PM

11 of 16 today = Frustration. At least all of my Sweet 16 teams are still alive. Tomorrow will be a better day.

Pitt had the best of Oral Roberts all day long. That Michigan State game will be intense.

yodapoop · 03-20-2008, 11:41 PM

My picks are in the shitter. However, 3 of my 4 final four teams played today and they all kicked ass, so thats great. Kansas and UCLA looked awesome, love my final pick after today even if they had victories over Portland State and Mississippi Valley State. Pittsburgh (my other Final Four team) looked great as well. All I can say is Pittsburgh is my only hope cuz every1 and their grandmother picked Kansas and UCLA, also UNC. SO GO PANTHERS!!!!

And oh yeah, WTF was I thinking when I picked Duke to the elite 8, they will lose to West Virginia. Shoulda lost to Belmont.

PalmerToCJ · 03-20-2008, 11:44 PM

I forgot to mention how classy it was that Dominic James went over to Joe Crawford before the game was over when Joe's head was buried in his towel crying... UK fan's took notice, very classy gesture.

Nitschke-Hawk · 03-20-2008, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by badgerbacker

He was a 6-11 guy with decent scoring ability playing against Wisconsin high school players.

Earlier tonight I was curious and looked at rivals star ratings of Wisconsin recruits and I was surprised by how many 4 star guys they've had. Cause I never hear of these guys til they hit Wisconsin so I thought every guy except Butch was just developed into what they are now. Anyway... Steimsma was a 4 star recruit, gets 3 points and 2 rebs each of the last 3 years, that's just awful. Those were the only guys I saw that have been busts to one degree or another. That surprises me more than the Butch thing. And yeah I think Bo Ryan is a top 5 coach... if only he could get a guy in there that would flat out dominate, or two guys that score about 36 total a game with a third guy around 10 a game= championship. I think he'd be willing to really go hard after a 5 star elite recruit if there was a another year added to NBA age requirement like it's been talked about and that would take the Badgers to the top 5. He strikes me as a guy that doesn't wanna get burned by the guys that leave early. And right now he's recruiting the absolute right way to win a lot of games with guys that fit the system and will stay. He's always going to a have a good experienced team because of it. I think in private he'd acknowledge he doesn't ever have a true Championship caliber team but he's gonna keep winning a lot of games.

yodapoop · 03-20-2008, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PalmerToCJ

I forgot to mention how classy it was that Dominic James went over to Joe Crawford before the game was over when Joe's head was buried in his towel crying... UK fan's took notice, very classy gesture.

I still hate Marquette and hope Stanford beats the living piss out of them, but very classy.