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What to watch for in College Basketball Tonight
Posted by Trips Right on February 25th, 2009 under Basketball
Texas vs. Texas Tech
Look for the horns to pressure the Texas Tech perimeter and even press full court at times tonight. Texas needs to jump on the Red Raiders early and pressure is the way to go. Offensively the Horns should be able to get to the rim at will, so settling for early jumpers by anyone other than Abrams should draw a quick hook from Barnes
Marquette vs. UCONN
Marquette will be facing what should be a tough matchup considering the Golden Eagles’ lack of size. If they can somehow negate the Huskies’ huge advantage on the glass, Marquette should be able to exploit great matchups on the offensive end. I expect some 1-3-1 trapping halfcourt defense to try to entice UCONN into some tough midrange looks. Offensively, Jerel McNeal and Lazar Hayward should be able to pull Robinson and Adrien away from the bucket. With Dwight Burke setting high ball screens, the Golden Eagles will try to pull Thabeet out of the paint, going almost exclusively with a 5 out look. If UCONN turns the ball over, they’re toast. If they can control the ball and control tempo, they should be able to get Marquette in foul trouble. Marquette’s my darkhorse team, so I’m pulling for them.
Michigan State vs. Iowa
If you watch the game and aren’t an Iowa fan, a Michigan State fan, or a fan of defense then you’re a masochist. The total on the game should be under 90 combined points. Iowa might not score 30 in this game.
Duke vs Maryland
I’d put even money on Gary Williams getting a technical in this game. The Terps have to win to get a tourney bid, and Duke will likely get some home cooking at Comcast Center. Yes, I know Duke is visiting but you get what I’m saying. Greivis Vasquez’s play as a point guard makes my eyes bleed, but he has performed well against the Dukies. I give the Terps a decent shot at the upset.
Missouri vs. KSU
KSU is your micro cap mutual fund with a market beta of 5. Thank you Denis Clemente, a player that thinks he’s playing horse against the opposing five. If he’s hitting then look out. Mizzou’s beta is closer to 1 and I’d categorize their fund class as more growth and income, with the tandem of Lyons and Carrol as the fixed income part of the portfolio. Like most helter skelter teams, KSU has a shooters chance to beat the Tigers. If you’re a value investor, then you have to like MIzzou because they’ll get most of their work done inside. I love the Tigers here.
Clemson vs. Virginia Tech
Clemson is looking for a two seed while Va Tech needs a win to get above .500 in conference play to get a shot at the tourney. Dellano and Vassallo pack a big scoring punch on the perimeter, but I don’t think Va Tech can handle Booker inside. Va Tech blew a 20 point lead last time these two teams played, but I don’t see them getting revenge here.
Villanova at Depaul
Meh. Depaul is a whipping boy in the Big East. The Fighting Massiminos roll.
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Nickel Rover commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 1 hour, 38 minutes ago
06_UT: you are probably right. I thought about changing the post description to “least favorite Barnes team” because that’s more accurate but I didn’t feel like it.
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Who will the get? Mark Few?
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Prescient comment, Doc.
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We came up short.
Credit to Georgia Tech they worked the ball inside where they had the advantage and played great D on the perimeter. Matt Pilgrim is the most athletic big man we’ve had in years around here and he was irrelevant. When we tried to drive they collapsed like Chris Farley on a
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Phenomenal Smith commented on the blog post First Round: Clemson Tigers 5 hours, 13 minutes ago
Doc, the turnovers seemed to do the trick – there were great big chunks of time when Mizzou didn’t even have to get into a half court offense.
Great to see Ramsey have such a good game and pretty stifle Booker. As Euclid said during the game, even when Mizzou doesn’t play well
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dick commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 5 hours, 53 minutes ago
“Also because those other teams gave great effort almost every game. This team’s effort was questionable. Dumb and lazy, not a good combo…..”
This is what made this season so bizarre for me. This has never been a problem for Barnes’ teams. But I actually questioned this team’s heart and desire to play together
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srr50 commented on the blog post March Madness Open Thread Part Deaux 6 hours, 6 minutes ago
Travis Ford spent the 2nd half channeling his inner Rick Barnes — lot’s of standing around on offense while one player tries to generate something off a ball screen — then taking a forced shot.
So the Big 12 goes 5-2 in Round One.
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skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 6 hours, 11 minutes ago
This is the worst coached team ever in Barnes era. Period.
Worst defense over the whole season,
Offense sucked big time and the bench coaching was horrible, ransom’s attitude was better then the coach’s overall this season.
Trips write up pre and post better then the game plan and O schemes.
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dick commented on the blog post FLV March Madness First Round Bets 6 hours, 16 minutes ago
a great first round of the tournament from an excitement standpoint, very mediocre from a gambling standpoint.
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srr50 commented on the blog post March Madness Open Thread Part Deaux 6 hours, 32 minutes ago
Ga. Tech — last in the ACC in free throw shooting at 64% — 13 for 13 tonight.
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A poll of media buyers from the major agencies overhwhelmingly showed that advertisers believe that the NCAA will expand, and the tournament will join the BCS on ESPN.
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Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 7 hours, 31 minutes ago
I wasn’t trying to say they quit. They just didn’t play hard a lot of the time. Lazy = lack of effort. Example, our transition defense was about 75% effort and 25% stupidity. We loafed down court a lot. The kids didn’t like to lose so they would fight back,
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Patrick Bateman commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 9 hours, 4 minutes ago
This the most disappointing team because our talent level is higher than those others.
The DGib/Buckman team was the least talented, barely, after the injury to LaMarcus and Tucker’s suspension.
Last year’s team was the hardest to watch. Just watching AJ Abrams, who I don’t hate as much as most, run around like a
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uthookem commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 9 hours, 10 minutes ago
Agreed on Damo being my favorite Longhorn basketball player, I wish him all the best.
This was definitely the worst, by far.
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 10 hours, 24 minutes ago
And that’s all she wrote…relatively boring day so far. A&M out to a nice early lead.
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Art Vandelay commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Wake Forest: Post Mortem 10 hours, 27 minutes ago
Trips,
Great work all year long. Love the passion. The fact that you kept writing these (even around the birth of a child), is fantastic, shows your commitment, and is a little freaky. :-)
I think you showed great restraint in this post. It would have been easier to “go off” on Barnes.
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ghostofagroundgame commented on the blog post Barnes worst team 10 hours, 28 minutes ago
Second awesomest thing — Magnus gets his woman to go to Hooters with him.
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Hiphopopotamus commented on the blog post Big Dance: Day Two 10 hours, 34 minutes ago
Missouri going to hang on…
Sconsin clinging to a 2 point cushion
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dedfischer said:
February 25th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Thoughts? I’m going to put on my letter jacket with State Champs patch on it and hang out by the concession stand. But first, it’s a nice day, so fuck it, I’m gonna go ride my jet ski and use a bottle of Boone’s to finger Jessica.
Trips Right said:
February 25th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I had a feeling you were Stanley Bonewitz.
dedfischer said:
February 25th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Good guess, but not quite.
Stanley Bonewitz said:
February 25th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
We beat Texas twice 1996, I tell people I made the pass to Darvin Ham against UNC, whether it’s true or not.
Smashing!!
RRR said:
February 25th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I’m not sure I can stand to watch another Pittman-slap to the head in Austin, but there’s always hope that James will shoot 18-ft jumpers.
Tim said:
February 25th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Trips- Are you in finance? Just curious.
Scipio Tex said:
February 25th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
If loan sharking is finance, then yes, he’s in finance.
Vasherized said:
February 25th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Trips invented the pay option negative amortization ARMs that put the entire economy in the shitter.
But he easily makes up for it with the basketball previewsm
Call it a wash.
Work said:
February 25th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Better change your darkhorse…Dominic just broke his foot. I liked Marquette, too, but not anymore
Hawkman said:
February 25th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Fugly!!!
Vasherized said:
February 25th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Mizzou has K.State doubled up.
Scipio Tex said:
February 25th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
The play of this team makes me very sad.
Hawkman said:
February 25th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Nice pass by Mason…
Bront Bird said:
February 25th, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Dude, I had a little run in with the fluff on the jet ski. What the fuck’s happening?
DBH said:
February 25th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Apparently Pat Knight’s message to the Big 12 about officiating fell on deaf ears. We just shot our 41st free throw!
Vasherized said:
February 25th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Durant’s mom could have played for us in the first half.
A win is a win at this point.
Tim said:
February 25th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Hell of a game by the Raiders tonight, you can say a lot of negative things about Texas Tech teams, but you can’t say they don’t play with heart.
The only thing I’ll say about the refs, I understand the reason behind the lopsided calls. I mean when a coach calls out the refs, the refs and the conference are going to send a message, and you have to protect your conference bubble teams. That was just difficult to watch, I can’t imagine Rick Barnes wanted to win that way.
UT is going to have a really tough time in the tournament, they won’t be able to depend solely on driving to the hole, and they won’t have the comfort of the Big 12 refs.
On a side note, why retire a jersey from a guy that was only there 1 year, and didn’t even lead his team to a Sweet 16 victory. The guys a great player, but how much did he really do for the UT program?
CrazyJoeDavola said:
February 25th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Tune in next year, Tim. Then you’ll see what he did for the program.
dick said:
February 25th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Texas realizes the fortune of having one of the greatest and classiest players in my lifetime. if you stay longer than 2 years these days, you probably just aren’t very good anyways. fouling a lot was pretty goood strategy by Tech, it just didn’t work out with Texas making well above their average.
DBH said:
February 25th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
I’ll play. Easily the best player in UT history. Consensus national player of the year. Developing a strong following around the NBA. Potential recruits idolize him. Everywhere he goes, he sings the praises of UT and Austin.
Yeah, we probably shouldn’t recognize his efforts or capitalize on the goodwill he generates for our school.
But congratulations on the Red Raiders moral victory, Tim. Tech has to be one of the best two-conference-win teams in the country.
Tim said:
February 25th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Never mind,
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6281616.html
turns out if your a National Player of the year, UT automatically retires your jersey. Good for him, the guys a great player, and seems like a good kid.
beowulf said:
February 26th, 2009 at 4:09 am
Tim’s vagina is bleeding again.
dedfischer said:
February 26th, 2009 at 5:09 am
Tim owns BC.
jinx said:
February 26th, 2009 at 5:42 am
Yeah, UT and those automatic jersey retirements. Jeez…I mean you would think they would set the bar a little higher than just being the first freshman to ever win the player of the year award with teammates who are all freshmen and sophomores.
One of these days they will recognize players for actual achievements, not to just hang stuff from the rafters.
Spring Branch Horn said:
February 26th, 2009 at 6:10 am
Tim owns nothing
Bob in Houston said:
February 26th, 2009 at 6:16 am
I find it interesting that UT has been dragged to some extent into the “retirement” honor.
They have had great players in all sports but there has never been talk of retirement until Earl, and then nothing until basically the last 10 years or so. It’s as though people have come to think that a school (or a pro team) didn’t appreciate or respect the contributions of its great players unless it retired the number.
Nordberg said:
February 26th, 2009 at 6:34 am
“The only thing I’ll say about the refs, I understand the reason behind the lopsided calls. I mean when a coach calls out the refs, the refs and the conference are going to send a message, and you have to protect your conference bubble teams. That was just difficult to watch, I can’t imagine Rick Barnes wanted to win that way.”
You’re such as fucking dumbass.
Ag_in_TX said:
February 26th, 2009 at 6:37 am
I am a strong believer of never retiring anyones number, for the reasons Bob mentioned.
uthookem said:
February 26th, 2009 at 6:47 am
“I am a strong believer of never retiring anyones number, for the reasons Bob mentioned.”
That, and the fact that A&M has so few options to consider for number retirement…
(Sorry, couldn’t help myself)
Adam Bob said:
February 26th, 2009 at 6:52 am
WTF do you know about A&M?
Doc said:
February 26th, 2009 at 7:18 am
“That, and the fact that A&M has so few options to consider for number retirement…”
Just a question…Was Acie Law or Kevin Durant more deserving of a number retirement?
Stats Are For Losers said:
February 26th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Go To Oreadboomkings and watch the video they have posted of a dumb Ag. The guy needs to be in an institution.
NKOTB said:
February 26th, 2009 at 7:57 am
Tech was Hangin’ Tough for a while. Then Tom Izzo sent Rick Barnes a text at half time and 3000 offensive rebounds later, it’s a W.
Ag_in_TX said:
February 26th, 2009 at 7:59 am
See, I won’t even talk about the sipKiller vs. Durant question because it is nonsensical. That very type of question is why I think jersey retirement is silly.
I don’t think A&M retires jersey numbers, but I may be wrong – I pay no attention to it.
coolhorn said:
February 26th, 2009 at 8:09 am
aggy has enough other….ummm….unique customs. It’s probably a good thing that they don’t retire jerseys. Besides, they’d probably hang ‘em upside down, the same way they exhibit the Hook ‘Em handsign.
Ag_in_TX said:
February 26th, 2009 at 8:10 am
“Besides, they’d probably hang ‘em upside down…”
lol
Burnt Orange Wookie said:
February 26th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Apparently the aggies don’t retire jerseys. But they have hung up Acie Law’s in the rafters of…where ever they play.
“When asked how long Law’s jersey will stay in the rafters, Turgeon said, ‘Forever.’”
FOR-E-VER.
Nero said:
February 26th, 2009 at 9:00 am
A&M retires sheep pelts.
Nordberg said:
February 26th, 2009 at 9:24 am
“When asked how long Law’s jersey will stay in the rafters, Turgeon said, ‘Forever.’”
That’s an odd question. Are there teams/schools that take jerseys down from the rafters after a certain period of time?
Woody Bombay said:
February 26th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Tim, do you think Mike Leach “wanted to win that way”? Back when you were here calling everyone foul and bawdy names because they dared complain about the Red Raider Offensive Line Holdapalooza?
Yeah, I didn’t think so.
dick said:
February 26th, 2009 at 10:21 am
“sipKiller”
someone that was 3-6 against Texas is a sipKiller? that is pretty fucking gold.
dedfischer said:
February 26th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Woody with the burn.
Burnt Orange Wookie said:
February 26th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Nordberg: Since they did not technically retire his jersey I guess that means it could come down anytime, but the Turgeon has spoken. So it shall remain up there forever. Or until a superior “sipkiller” comes along that has a .500 winning margin against Texas.
…
It’ll remain up there forever.
Doc said:
February 27th, 2009 at 11:56 am
In light of Burnt Orange Wookie’s post, would this be a good time to bring up Durant’s career winning margin against Texas A&M?
Scipio Tex said:
February 27th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Doc:
If Durant was nicknamed AggieKilla! then it would probably be very appropriate.