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Big 12 Hoops: Best in the Land

Posted by Vasherized on January 13th, 2010 under Basketball

Suck it, ACC and Big East. The best hoops is being played in the Big 12 this year. Yes, I realize it’s January.

Our conference is a collective 113-1 at home this year, which projects to a season total of 226-2! (Face palm, Huckleberry. Face. Palm.)

Incidentally, Lane Kiffin has promised USC boosters a similar record in football over his next 18 years at the school. That is unless Fresno State comes through with the right offer between now and next Fall.

You can thank Iowa State for marring an otherwise perfect non-conference home record with its loss to Northern Iowa on December 2. We’re also piling up some nice consecutive win streaks:

The Big 12 has eight teams with home winning streaks of at least 11 games and the two longest in the nation: Kansas at 51, Missouri with 30.

Here’s a look at the next five conference games for the Big 12 Contenders:

TEXAS
@ ISU 1/13
A&M 1/16
@KSU 1/18 (keep an eye on this one)
@UConn 1/23 (I’ve been dispatched with a $10K expense account for live coverage)
TTU 1/22

KANSAS
@NEB 1/13
TTU 1/16
BAY 1/20
@ISU 1/23
MIZ 1/25

KANSAS STATE
@COL 1/16
TEX 1/18
OKST 1/23
BAY 1/26
KU 1/30

MIZZOURI
@TTU 1/13
@OU 1/16
NEB 1/23
@KU 1/25
OKST 1/30

BAYLOR
OKST 1/16
@KU 1/20
MASS 1/23
KSU 1/16
@TEX 1/30

Texas has a tough few weeks ahead starting with the Big Monday game against K. State and a prime time game against Calhoun and the Huskies. A Pitt team we toyed with beat the Huskies on their home court but transitive math unfortunately doesn’t apply in college hoops but it at least gives us some film to look at. The Huskies’ 9 foot center from Mogadishu is now eligible. If we can contain Rip Hamilton we have a chance…

Any central Texans need to have their asses at the Erwin Center this Saturday at 5 p.m. to witness the first time your Texas Longhorns have ever walked onto their home court as the #1 ranked team in the land. The game is sold out but tickets should be readily available outside the drum before tipoff from some of HenryJames’ neighbors.

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  1. HenryJames said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 12:44 pm

    You can get all kinds of shit from my neighbors.

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  2. dick said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 12:55 pm

    The Huck’s of the world rebuttal:

    Ken Pomeroy’s got Big 12 as the #2 conference behind the ACC.

    http://kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2010&c=B12

    Delete post.

  3. Vasherized said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 12:57 pm

    Ha. That really is your neighbor. And who said blogs can’t be held to a higher standard of truth and accuracy?

  4. Huckleberry said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 12:58 pm

    The Real Huck’s Rebuttal.

    The compilation algorithm run by Massey shows that the Big 12 is fairly solid as the #2 conference behind the ACC from an overall computer perspective.

    Essentially, though, the ACC, Big 12, and Big East make up the top 3 and the rest aren’t close – as if we didn’t know that already. These rankings are based on a straight average of all conference members, though, and there are probably better ways to look at conference strength, particularly as it affects the best teams.

  5. Trips Right said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 12:59 pm

    Socks and sandles look. How Vasherized.

  6. Vasherized said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 1:02 pm

    dick,

    Take your hundredth of a point difference and parlay it with a bet on the joint successes of A&M basketball and Russian currency.

    Fortunately we don’t all dance naked at the altar of Ken Pomeroy as Huckleberry does. Top to bottom the Big 12 is the best conference and numbers will bear that out at the end of the season.

    Too bad Huck can’t tell us now exactly what those numbers will be but we’ve grown used to his limitations.

  7. Vasherized said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 1:03 pm

    Socks and sandles look. How Vasherized.

    I learned it from Scipio, who prefers argyles and Birkenstocks.

  8. srr50 said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 1:03 pm

    According to Dickie V of its the Big East — and John Calipari is the COY while John Wall is the POY.

    Oh, and the best front courts are in order: Kansas, North Carolina, Syracuse, Kentucky and West Virginia.

  9. SL Xpress said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 1:10 pm

    Not only does the transitive property not apply in basketball, but it particularly doesn’t apply in this case, since Jermaine Dixon, a starter — and Gilbert Brown, their primary backup — didn’t play against Texas.

    In other words, Pitt is literally a different team now.

    It’s similar to USC, which now has Mike Gerrity and Leonard Washington, except they’ve also been saddled with enough probation to cover basketball, football, and Lane Kiffin combined.

  10. Trips Right said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 1:11 pm

    We have the best five and the best four in the country. Patterson and Cousins are second. There’s a reason we are undefeated and ranked number one in the nation.

  11. SL Xpress said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 1:13 pm

    srr50,

    How did you like his comments on baseball, “McGwire, Bonds, Sosa, they’re all cheaters! I don’t want to talk about cheaters! I want to talk about Kentucky, and my midseason coach of the year, John Calipari!”

    Or words to that effect.

    Unbelievable.

  12. Bob in Houston said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 1:20 pm

    (sadly shakes head)

    We weren’t the only ones to hear that.

  13. srr50 said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 1:30 pm

    SLX – Dickie V does a better impersonation of himself than anyone else — gets laughs everytime.

  14. SL Xpress said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 1:38 pm

    I also loved it when it was reported John Calipari rushed around telling reporter who was calling him, “Guess! Guess who is calling me, RIGHT NOW! That’s right! None other than John Wooden!” (How do you like DEM apples!! I’m validated now!)

    Erin Andrews: “Guys, he was like a kid in a candy store. A name dropping kid in a candy store. Or a candy kid in a name dropping store. Or something like that.”

  15. nordberg said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 1:44 pm

    Mmm. I’d like to drop my kid in her store…. er, drop my candy in her kid. Wait, drop my candy cane in her store… ah fuck it I just want to nail erin andrews.

  16. jonestopten said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 2:14 pm

    Trips:

    That can’t be right. Remember UNC completely worked our frontcourt. What did they outrebound us by again?

  17. Vasherized said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    Well said Nordberg.

  18. dick said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 2:32 pm

    I don’t give a shit if the conference is the best as long as my team is the best. In fact, I’d prefer it if OU and ATM sucked, even if it meant the Big 12 was ranked at Pac 10 levels. I’ll be in Houston watching the Horns in late March. I’ll be wearing tube socks and tevas.

  19. jc25 said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 2:43 pm

    Trips: But how do you feel about Wall/Bledsoe against Bradley/Doge+JCovan?

  20. Trips Right said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    If Bledsoe plays like he did last night, I’d take Wall and Bledsoe.

    All around, I like our chemistry and shot allocation much better than UK’s. If you can control Wall and make Kentucky find good shots, you can beat them. It so happens that Texas has the personnel to do exactly that.

  21. UT wildcatter said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 4:28 pm

    Question about the starting lineup in the frontcourt

    Now that we’ve gotten into the conference slate will Barnes substitute Jordan sometimes into the lineup for Mason? Strangly enough the Big XII teams have somewhat NBA lineups. Look no further than or matchup with Iowa State

    PG 6-4
    SG 6-5 Luca Staigger
    SF 6-7 Marcus Gilstrap
    PF 6-9 LeRon Dendy
    BF 6-10 Craig Brackins

    Not only will we be challenged by teams immediately zoning us on defense but they may run their offense right at Mason and whomever he’s guarding. The away games against KState and UCONN offer similar disadvantages to our starting lineups with UCONN being as big or bigger than UNC with four to five semi 7 footers. Now that we’re done playing Irvine and East Banjo State I just don’t see the reason to continue to start the 3 guard lineup.

    Only impish aggy, who starts 3 guards and joke power forward nathan walkup, is comparable to what we trot out on the floor. That’s like us circa PJ Tucker when he was our starting 4. Sidenote I like Walkup’s game for aggy bball

    I’d like to see Jordan get some starts. He doesn’t have to get them all just against lineups that warrant it

    I correct myself aggy inserted 6-7 Porter-Gaud freshman Kris Middleton to give them a little more size

  22. Vasherized said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 4:46 pm

    Bledsoe was sick last night. At this point their #24 is juuust a slight upgrade from ours.

    Wall is going to do his thing but our guards could keep him out of the paint as well as anyone. Or at least make earn everything. Most of the game just comes so easy for him.

  23. UT wildcatter said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    Also what is the reason the traditional powers of college basketball always seem to have a glut of power forwards and centers? Is it a combination of 3 things? They are slower to develop than the backcourt players, better recruiting, and the fact that THEY CAN!!!

    Look at UCONN for example

    6-10/230 Gavin Edwards(starter before 9 footer)
    6-11/233 Ater Majok(Is this said 9 footer?)
    7-0/240 Jonathan Mandeldove
    6-9/240 Alex Oriakhi(Mickey Ds freshman?)
    6-9/220 Stanley Robinson(starter)

    They’re as big as UNC. So do the big guys go to UCLA, Kansas, and UCONN and then not develop? Sometimes they transfer out I know. But these schools seem to be just getting them left and right. 7-0 Jeff Withey just transferred into KU!!!!. Only schools like us and Villanova have an overflow of guards but we both run some 3 guard lineups. We have our own surplus too with Matt Hill and Clint Chapman.

    Kinda like the ole DKR philosophy of keeping starters on our bench away from the in-state schools

  24. Horn In Exile said:

    January 13th, 2010 at 10:19 pm

    “Vasherized Jinx” – Big 12 home teams went 0 for 3 tonight.

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