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| South Carolina State |
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3 | 5.26% |
| Miskatonic |
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| Florida International |
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3 | 5.26% |
| Trick question, there's no such school as Florida A&M |
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32 | 56.14% |
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Month Two. Kentucky still pulling their Platoon bullshit and probably won't just call it a rotation until January, Coach K got win number five thousand or whatever, Arizona pulled some victories out of their rear end, and last year's champion Connecticut is on a two-game losing streak. So what's next? Games to watch Syracuse v. Michigan - Dec. 2 Did you know that Jim Boeheim's and Jim Belien's combined age (131) is older than the length of basketball's existence (123)? Crazy world we live in. Ohio State v. Louisville - Dec. 2 Word is that Papa John and Urban Meyer are going to show up and have a bad pizza eat-off. Wisconsin v. Duke - Dec. 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwuaG-ojLQ8 Texas v. Kentucky - Dec. 5 Two lengthy teams lengthening it up. Florida v. Kansas - Dec. 5 Florida has yet to beat a team that didn't have a state/city combo in its name or "&" in its title. They'll be hungry. Virginia v. VCU - Dec. 6 Ah, yes, the Battle for Old Farmer Montgomery's Pitchfork. (That's probably not the nickname for this game.) Louisville v. Indiana - Dec. 9 The game that decides whether SAS hates Crean or Pitino more. (The answer is tie.) Iowa St. v. Iowa - Dec. 12 At some point in this game, a gangly white guy is going to make a layup. North Carolina v. Kentucky - Dec 13 Chances Vitale works this game - 110%. Chances that he will bring up Duke during it - 150%. Chances that he will do a ten-minute long spiel about a storefront Santa he saw on the way to Rupp? Over 200%. Gonzaga v. UCLA - Dec. 13 Of course this game would start at 10PM EST. Duke v. Connecticut - Dec. 18 There's not actually going to be a game then, they're just going to sit in a circle and reminisce about the time they beat Butler in a CG. Kentucky v. UCLA - Dec. 20 John Wooden rises from grave to taunt Calipari. Calipari smugly points out that at least his generational big men get to dunk. North Carolina v. Ohio State - Dec. 20 Ummm... Tar Heels and Buckeyes are kinda funny names. I dunno. Kentucky v. Louisville - Dec. 27 Either way, a couch is going to burn. And some others. Probably Magic fucked around with this message at 17:38 on Dec 7, 2014 |
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Dec 1, 2014 05:27
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Well, if you look at it from a long term perspective, it's actually really great that UConn lost twice in a row. It will make Kevin Ollie less attractive to the NBA and prolong UConn's relevance.
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Dec 1, 2014 05:33
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It's not going to be pretty, but UCLA plays Gonzaga on the 13th and then UK a week later.
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Dec 1, 2014 05:53
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I'm looking at Mizzou's schedule and I think they're going to enter conference play with 6 wins (SEMO, Elon, and Lipscomb coming up) 
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Dec 1, 2014 07:45
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Kentucky and UNC play on the 13th and should be a good game.
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Dec 1, 2014 13:58
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Probably Magic posted:
More like a gangly white guy is going to put his nuts in some fool's face. Aaron White is the best. When he fails to make the NBA I want him to travel from playground to playground in a White Men Can't Jump-esque scheme that leads to thousands of people being embarassed by a gangly ginger with acne dunking on them.
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Dec 1, 2014 18:17
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MourningView posted:More like a gangly white guy is going to put his nuts in some face. Go on...
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Dec 1, 2014 18:24
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VDay posted:It's not going to be pretty, but UCLA plays Gonzaga on the 13th and then UK a week later. vikingstrike posted:Kentucky and UNC play on the 13th and should be a good game. Added to OP. I was pushing ctl+f through someone's Top Non-Con Games to Watch article, and I think I thought that UCLA's two losses were to worse opponents then they actually were, so a mix of miss-ups got those omitted. There's probably some more, but I don't want the OP to be too lengthy. Assume that good basketball is happening all the time. (It's not.)
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Dec 1, 2014 18:58
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WVU and NC State should be pretty good on Dec 20th at MSG
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Dec 1, 2014 19:56
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Louisville might really literally beat Indiana by 40 points and I'm not exaggerating
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Dec 1, 2014 20:57
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Tonight's challenge games are crap.
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Dec 1, 2014 20:58
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SDSU lost to Arizona and moved from 16th up to 12th in the AP poll
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Dec 1, 2014 21:52
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ROSS MY SALAD posted:SDSU lost to Arizona and moved from 16th up to 12th in the AP poll Michigan went from 19 to 17 after losing to 'Nova.
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Dec 1, 2014 22:16
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how the heck did Iowa even get matched up with UNC, that is some horseshit. We should get to play like Clemson or something. Is it because of Marcus Paige? gently caress you Marcus Paige. The challenge is dumb and I hate it.
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Dec 1, 2014 22:18
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Yeah, I saw that the other day and was real confused. I'd rather Michigan play UNC than Syracuse. That zone is going to give the freshmen a ton of trouble.
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Dec 1, 2014 22:19
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Syracuse isn't that good and you have a bunch of dudes who should be able to shoot over the zone. You'll be fine. We'd have beaten them if we hadn't spent most of the game chucking the ball into the dang stands or kicking it out of bounds.
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Dec 1, 2014 22:20
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MourningView posted:how the heck did Iowa even get matched up with UNC, that is some horseshit. We should get to play like Clemson or something. Is it because of Marcus Paige? gently caress you Marcus Paige. I guess the SEC is doing its weird unbalanced challenge thing with the Big 12 that exists for some reason.
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Dec 1, 2014 22:33
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Basil Hayden posted:How do they even determine challenge matchups, anyway? I was never clear on how that worked. I thought I remembered reading that they more or less do it based on expected order of finish with the caveat that ESPN has final say on all matchups, so they can put together matchups that make for good TV. I don't know that that explains the UNC-Iowa matchup though.
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Dec 1, 2014 22:37
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Basil Hayden posted:How do they even determine challenge matchups, anyway? I was never clear on how that worked. Money. And it's going to be a poo poo show. 2014 SEC / BIG 12 CHALLENGE Wednesday, December 3 Auburn at Texas Tech Thursday, December 4 Arkansas at Iowa State Baylor at Vanderbilt LSU at West Virginia TCU at Mississippi Friday, December 5 Florida at Kansas Missouri at Oklahoma Texas at Kentucky Saturday, December 6 Kansas State at Tennessee Oklahoma State at South Carolina
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Dec 1, 2014 22:48
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In other generic white guy news, Connor Frankamp is transferring from KU to Wichita State. Nice little get for Gregg Marshall and WSU.
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Dec 1, 2014 23:15
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Illinois now ranked in both polls, woot. I think we're legit pretty good this year.
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Dec 1, 2014 23:40
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Duke also plays Wisconsin on Wednesday which is probably the biggest game this month
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Dec 2, 2014 00:33
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Sponsored arena names have now hit home and this time, they have gone too far!
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Dec 2, 2014 01:13
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Kull the Conqueror posted:Sponsored arena names have now hit home and this time, they have gone too far! That sucks. Hopefully they get to host the tournament again. Too bad they'll never host another regional / Final Four.
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Dec 2, 2014 01:40
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You can still call it the pit if you want to. Little known fact: the University of Michigan's football stadium is not actually named "the Big House"
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Dec 2, 2014 02:07
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Kull the Conqueror posted:Sponsored arena names have now hit home and this time, they have gone too far! that is terrible, but its still not as bad as the KFC Yum! Center also: 
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Dec 2, 2014 03:04
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B1G supremacy
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Dec 2, 2014 03:16
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stimpy posted:that is terrible, but its still not as bad as the KFC Yum! Center I guess, if nothing else, "Yum Center" is at least short.
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Dec 2, 2014 03:16
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Money. And it's going to be a poo poo show. Look at this boring rear end poo poo. Posers
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Dec 2, 2014 14:15
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Basil Hayden posted:I'm actually kind of surprised there's still no nickname for the place.
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Dec 2, 2014 16:20
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BI NOW GAY LATER posted:Money. And it's going to be a poo poo show. Arkansas @ Iowa State should be pretty good
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Dec 2, 2014 16:26
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MourningView posted:You can still call it the pit if you want to. Little known fact: the University of Michigan's football stadium is not actually named "the Big House" It never was. The Pit is the actual name of UNM's arena. This is more akin to Comiskie Park becoming U.S. Cellular Field or something. There will eventually be old New Mexico basketball fans (is that a thing?) angrily calling it The Pit while an ESPN commentator bellows "WisePies Arena is one of the toughest environments in basketball!" It's up there with Sleep Train Arena or the KFC Yum! Center.
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Dec 2, 2014 17:05
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Henchman of Santa posted:It never was. The Pit is the actual name of UNM's arena. This is more akin to Comiskie Park becoming U.S. Cellular Field or something. There will eventually be old New Mexico basketball fans (is that a thing?) angrily calling it The Pit while an ESPN commentator bellows "WisePies Arena is one of the toughest environments in basketball!" It's up there with Sleep Train Arena or the KFC Yum! Center. i bet people still mostly call it the pit
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Dec 2, 2014 17:21
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Just like most people still call "the Cell" Comiskey. I'm looking forward to Indiana-Pitt tonight; it'll be interesting win or lose.
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Dec 2, 2014 18:25
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The ACC is going to get taken to the woodshed this year (in the challenge). And I say that as a complete ACC homer.
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Dec 2, 2014 18:34
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Henchman of Santa posted:It never was. The Pit is the actual name of UNM's arena. This is more akin to Comiskie Park becoming U.S. Cellular Field or something. There will eventually be old New Mexico basketball fans (is that a thing?) angrily calling it The Pit while an ESPN commentator bellows "WisePies Arena is one of the toughest environments in basketball!" It's up there with Sleep Train Arena or the KFC Yum! Center. ESPN still calls Michigan Stadium 'The Big House'...?
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Dec 2, 2014 19:23
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Fisticuffs posted:Louisville might really literally beat Indiana by 40 points and I'm not exaggerating only if you guys have a major turnover problem. we haven't been able to run halfcourt offense for poo poo thus far
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Dec 2, 2014 19:40
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Indiana is much better with turnovers but so far they're allowing opponents to shoot over 50% and the best team we've played to this point is SMU without one of their best players. Indiana's defense is softer than table butter, I really don't know what to say. No offense is too crappy to score at will on Indiana, I don't think we've allowed less than a point per possession all year. It's truly ghastly. Maybe they'll show up better for Pitt since it's a name opponent? Maybe?
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Dec 2, 2014 19:58
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Fisticuffs posted:Indiana is much better with turnovers but so far they're allowing opponents to shoot over 50% and the best team we've played to this point is SMU without one of their best players. Indiana's defense is softer than table butter, I really don't know what to say. No offense is too crappy to score at will on Indiana, I don't think we've allowed less than a point per possession all year. It's truly ghastly. Maybe they'll show up better for Pitt since it's a name opponent? Maybe? Yeah, but Eastern Washington happened and all.
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Dec 2, 2014 20:16
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I don't get it, he's not really making excuses for Indiana...
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