A little trigger happy

C'mon, Cornell's good but...

Kansas got taken to the limit by Cornell yesterday, finally rallying to win 71 to 66. Yes, Cornell is good. Maybe great. But after one game to say they deserve the Ivy League conference auto bid or an at-large bid for the NCAA Tournament?!

What about Harvard? Yes, the Harvard with star guard Jeremy Lin. The Harvard universally predicted to get the auto bid. Cornell taking an at-large with the teams they play in and out of conference? Ummmm...

Sure.

One and done

Like our man crush Keith Olbermann would say, and now a special comment...

We want to officially go on record in saying that the NBA should adopt the NFL rule of players being 3 years removed from high school before being able to enter the pros. We have felt this for years as players such as Kobe Bryant went pro while we were left thinking "Could you imagine him at Duke?"

Then the NBA came up with this one year removed rule. This just pissed us off more. If you want to go pro, then GO! Don't waste our time and make a mockery of the collegiate system by enrolling, signing up for classes only to drop out when the semester is over. The term is Student-Athlete, not Possible-Millionaire-In-Waiting.

We were reading the Bible and John Gasaway made the following comment about Kentucky's super frosh John Wall:

I’m on the record as thinking one-and-done has got to go and, post-Wall, I still believe that. Wall should be in the NBA right now. (Duh.) To keep him out is unfair. But to love hoops as I do is to love what you’ve been seeing, however it came to be. Again, enjoy Wall while you can.

Yes, Wall is good but imagine if he remains at Kentucky longer? And when Kentucky loses (and they will) would that say Wall is NOT ready for the NBA? Should Michael Jordan have jumped ship and not played at UNC (or worse only play one year)? Was he THAT much better than the college competition?

Ok, we're done. < /soapbox>

My view of the SEC

#1 - Tennessee



Miscellaneous - Mississippi St., Arkansas, Vanderbilt, Florida, Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Auburn, LSU

(HT: The Bible: Basketball Prospectus)

Maybe Jewish people do not like college hoops

Funny crazy story out of Cleavland about a local TV station being sued because of news room fights, anti-Semitic comments and college basketball.

(former managing editor David) Eden didn't complain about (co-worker Ryan) Minnaugh's anti-Semitic remark until after the two newsmen clashed in the control room before a noon newscast. When Minnaugh proposed airing promotional graphics for the NCAA basketball tournament, Eden pushed him out of the room, slammed the door and wouldn't let Minnaugh back in.

Wow, remind me to keep my fucking mouth shut the next time I get invited to a Seder.


Hey, did you guys see Wisconsin's epic collapse against Duuu...

Bozeman's world

Great article from The Bible about Todd Bozeman's return and how he could be the most effective coach in all of Division I basketball.

In case you forgot, he was accused of making $30,000 in payments to the parents of Jelani Gardner and also cited for denying the NCAA violations and providing false and misleading information during the initial investigation. The NCAA sanctioned him for eight damn years!

I'm baaaaaaaaack....

Exit Sandman...

I know, we are a college hoops blog. But if we were blogging about college football, I would have given Virginia Tech our Always Be Closing Award. How can you lose a 10-0 lead with only 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter?!?!?

Congrats Boston College. You are #2 for another week.

First up, the bible gives us a preview of the Mountain West Conference. I would like to point out Mr. Pomeroy's opening statement:

This is year two of the Mountain West's grand experiment to televise its games on its own network. Unlike the Big Ten, which undertook a similar venture for the 2007-08 school year, the MWC took this step while simultaneously severing its relationship with ESPN. Because of a lack of exposure through satellite distributors, the MWC's network (called "the mtn."), and thus the vast majority of MWC basketball games, are available only to parts of a seven-state footprint in the west. The games that do appear on national television are relegated to networks that are not yet familiar to the casual sports fan (CSTV and Versus.).

In an era where the proliferation of televised games has driven the popularity of the sport to unprecedented levels, the MWC is playing a dangerous game.

Now, I said as much over a month ago when I responded to Steve Fisher's comment about getting "national" exposure:

Yeah, ummmm.... Right... I live in Los Angeles with a pretty good selection of channels on basic and cable. And I don't have The Mtn. (yes, I am pronouncing it THE MMMTNNN). Or VERSUS. Or CSTV. So how in the SAM HELL can he say we have NATIONAL TV EXPOSURE?!?!?!

Preach on, Mr. Pomeroy.

As far as what he had to say about SDSU? I'm not going to even link it. Go, just go stick your head in the sand like the rest of us and pray.


Yeah, feels good down here...

The USA Today's pre-season coaches' poll was released and it seems like universally (CSTV/Blogpoll/Coaches' poll) there are the same top five (Memphis, UCLA, North Carolina, Kansas, Georgetown), just in different orders.

Are Kentucky fans passionate or just fucking crazy? 23,313 of them showed up...for practice.


We're just talking about practice!

And it looks like Billy Donovan's back might save him from fresh technicals that the refs plan to give out this year for "bad" coach behavior. Hey, if you can't move you can't slug the motherfucker.

Hey, did you know Donald Trump (or his organization) is teaching people how to generate thousands of dollars in profit immediately? Ummmm, maybe he needs to take his own class. The man hasn't been profitable in years and has been living off of debt financing (and refinancing).

Happy Friday!

Sirens...

Those nappy headed hoes look like they will be fucking RANKED going into this season!!!


Thank you, Don... We'll be waiting for you by your car tonight, bitch.

With the ACC Media Days, people are talking about how N.C. State will be a force this year with Brandon Costner leading a very strong lineup. However most people are ranking UNC first, Duke second and N.C. State third in the ACC.

Really?

In reality it should be...

1) UNC
2) N.C. State
3) Duke

Think about it. What really does Duke have that could top the Wolfpack in that conference? The Bible agrees.

That was on purpose

Yes, I did not post on Friday because I wanted my post about Basketball Prospectus to be the top post for awhile.

Be back later with discipline madness!!!

Ok, this is important!

Achtung Baby!

Basketball Prospectus is now here. A college basketball venture from Ken Pomeroy, John Gasaway (Big Ten Wonk), Joe Sheehan and Will Carroll, this site features hard core analysis and in-depth features that you would expect from these guys.

On the site they already hit you with a primer on efficiency ratings!

And it is free. All free.

Bookmark it. Love it. Worship it. You will need it come November. Henceforth we will be referring to this site as "the bible".