Category: College Basketball (Page 50 of 153)

      #5 Villanova beats #4 West Virginia

      February 8, 2010 /

      The Wildcats upended the Mountaineers, 82-75, in Morgantown behind 21 points from Scottie Reynolds and 17 points from Corey Fisher.

      In Reynolds, Fisher and Reggie Redding, Villanova certainly has the guard play to make a deep run come March, but they lack the size inside to handle the likes of Kansas’s Cole Aldrich or Kentucky’s DeMarcus Cousins. I think ‘Nova will run into trouble in a matchup with Kansas and Kentucky because both teams have good guard play and the requisite size down low.

      The Mountaineers look like another Bobby Huggins-coached team. They’re physical and play good defense, but can go through long stretches where they have trouble scoring.

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      Coach K thinks NCAA’s one-and-done policy is a ‘sham’

      January 30, 2010 /

      Per SI.com (via the Dan Patrick Show)…

      “If [a kid is] good enough, he should be allowed to come right out of high school,” Kryzewski said.

      But Coach K thinks if a player does go to college, he should take academics seriously.

      “If they go to college, they should be there long enough to take core courses that could eventually lead to a degree,” Kryzewski said. “Otherwise it’s a sham.”

      When the NBA age-limit rule was implemented, I conducted a study that found that players that were drafted straight out of high school had a higher success rate than players that were drafted out of college or via international ball.

      I think the best system would be to allow high schoolers to be drafted, and if they go undrafted, they’re able to enter college. Once they do enter college, they’ll have to play a minimum of two years. That way, the players that are NBA-caliber at 18 can go straight to the league, while those that need seasoning will have to put in a couple of seasons on the collegiate level. The two-season minimum is to ensure that these players will put in some academic effort while in school (which will hopefully result in a degree somewhere down the line). One season isn’t enough. Right now, players have to pass just six hours in the first semester to be eligible to play for the entire year. That’s a joke.


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      UConn upsets #1* Texas, 88-75

      January 23, 2010 /

      *Texas lost earlier in the week to Kansas State, so they wouldn’t have been #1 on Monday.

      It was a tale of two halves for the Huskies, who turned the ball over 16 times in the first en route to an eight-point deficit at halftime. But after three more turnovers in the first three minutes of the second half, UConn didn’t turn it over again in the game. Amazing. How can a team turn the ball over 19 times in 23 minutes and then suddenly figure out how to take care of the ball?

      This ball security led to a 13-0 run for UConn, giving the Huskies a five-point lead that they would never relinquish. UConn outscored Texas 43-22 over the last 14 minutes and change.

      I have watched both Texas losses and it doesn’t seem like they have much of an identity. Verne Lundquist said that they can play any style of basketball, but when the chips were down, they didn’t seem to have a go-to play, or a go-to guy.

      Damion James scored 23 points on 9 of 11 shooting from the field, but only had two attempts in the first 16 minutes of the second half, and both of those were on the offensive glass. Texas didn’t seem to run any plays for its star.

      Jerome Dyson scored a career-high 32 points by getting hot from long range (4-8) in the second half. Kemba Walker added 19 points and 10 assists and Stanley Robinson chipped in with 17 points and 12 boards.

      It is a big victory for the Huskies, who needed a signature win and are still without their coach, Jim Calhoun, who is on medical leave.

      College Basketball, March Madness

      #9 KSU upends #1 Texas

      January 19, 2010 /

      It was an ugly game. Kansas State and Texas shot a combined 38% from the field, 17% from 3PT range and just 54% from the charity stripe, and committed a total of 36 turnovers. But the Wildcats prevailed, 71-62, behind some gritty defense, specifically on the Longhorns’ leading scorer, Damion James, who shot just 3 of 12 from the field and scored just nine points.

      KSU’s coach, Frank Martin, is a Bob Huggins disciple and it shows. Brent Musburger made a big deal about how “animated” and “intense” Martin was on the sideline, but really, when he wasn’t stomping around like a petulant toddler when things weren’t going his way, he was staring down or bitching out his players for one reason or another. I’ll never understand why some coaches lean on public humiliation as a motivational technique. They were players once upon a time…right?

      Anyway, Martin did have his kids playing defense, which led to a big home win. (But they looked wound tight as a knot at times offensively, which might explain the 8% shooting from long range and struggles at the free throw line.) With Bobby Knight doing the commentary, it was fitting that it was a defensive battle, but that didn’t stop Knight from belaboring the lack of movement in KSU’s offense or muttering under his breath every time a poor shot was taken. (“Oh, my…”) Knight is 69 years-old now, and while he has a ton of basketball knowledge to share, it’s like watching a game with grandpa — if you’re grandpa is Bobby Freaking Knight.


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