Flame on!

North Carolina 81 - Marquette 63
Kansas 77 - Richmond 57

These two games were ugly. UGLY. Let us not speak any more about them.

Duke, did you see the Sunrise yesterday morning?

Shhhh... Just watch. You'll understand.

Playing the part of Magnum P.I. was Arizona forward Derrick Williams. Playing Ivan was Michael William Krzyzewski.

(HT: The Blogfather, EDSBS)

VCU gives 18 reasons why they belong

The Rams slap the taste out of the Hoyas mouths 74 to 56

Virginia Commonwealth are on a mission, Special Ed style. In the interest of full disclosure we picked USC to beat VCU but does it matter? We also picked this:



Georgetown was ripe to fall. But that shouldn't diminish from the type of ass kicking basketball the Rams are bringing. If you hinder their ability to shoot from the perimeter they'll bury you in the paint. If you play the bully role in the lane as Georgetown did they'll just shoot threes all day. Pick your poison.

So henceforth we shall no longer disrespect VCU. They truly belong here and they are one team the Selection Committee got right.

Oh just shoot us already

After the emotional high of Wednesday we were "treated" to the following last night:

Notre Dame 89 - Cincinnati 51
Texas 74 - Oklahoma 54
Oregon 76 - UCLA 59
USC 70 - Cal 56
Texas A&M 86 - Missouri 71
Louisville 81 - Marquette 56

The only game that was remotely interesting was the Kemba Walker just shot you in the base of the skull and you didn't even see it coming game against Pitt. We hope this just means that the weekend will make up for it.

Happy Friday.

Musketeers brought something heavy to the deal

Xavier 100 - La Salle's morale 0

Ok, La Salle did score 62 points. But does it really matter? Xavier rained threes on the Explorers early and did not let up until midway through the second half. La Salle was inept from ANY range (34% FG shooting, 23% 3PT shooting). Just to bring home how breathtaking the Musketeers domination was last night just take a look at this chart. Shhhhh.... Don't speak, citizens. Just look....



And the fans. Cruel cruel fans. Their bloodlust was insatiable. Something straight out of Gladiator we tell ya. In the end it means absolutely nothing for Xavier. But it was morbidly fun to watch.

Temple beats up on Richmond for damn tacos

Temple 73 - Richmond 53

Tacos... The Owls put on a clinic and embarrassed the Spiders just so students could get free tacos at the local Qdoba Restaurant. The NCAA Selection Committee will remember this, Richmond:

Temple - IN
Richmond - BUBBLE BUT OUT

A boring Wednesday

Although it's rare, sometimes we will take a look at the schedule of games for a particular day and yawn. Yesterday was one of those days:

* Georgetown and Connecticut? UConn wins there, no surprises.
* Michigan and Illinois? Does it matter who wins at this point?
* Oklahoma State and Texas? You kidding me? There were probably fools in Vegas who bet on the Cowboys though.

So in the meantime enjoy the pic. We'll be back later today for something more substantive. Maybe.

By the way, we can't believe ESPN would show a game featuring St. Mary's and San Diego but not a single SDSU game. What up with that?

Bill Self: This is a beatdown

Kansas State 84 - Kansas 68

They said that KSU would need to play for their tournament lives and boy howdy did they. Kansas State played a perfect game on both offense and defense although guard Jacob Pullen needed to score 50% of the Wildcats total offensive production for them to win the game.

On the Kansas side there were looks of absolute shock. Like "Wow, is this is really happening? Weren't we ranked #1 just 6 hours ago?!" We were actually surprised the Jayhawks allowed themselves to get smacked like that.

And it looks like we may get our wish with Texas being ranked #1 next Monday.

Hammer meets nail

Texas 69 - TAMU 49

Well then. Maybe we should give more credit to the Longhorns. From the opening tip off Texas mercilessly pounded A&M. The Aggies couldn't even come close enough for people to start saying "Hey, it looks like they are staging a comeback!"

Wait a sec. Looks like we are getting a tweet from the Big 12 Commissioner now...



Ok, so where were we? Oh yeah, the Longhorns own the Aggies plain and simple.

We saw Duke naked and it wasn't pretty

St. John's 93 - Duke 78

The Red Reign returns and the top 25 carnage continues. In a week that saw 12 ranked teams lose this was the icing on the cake. The Blue Devils were absolutely pantsed in this game by the Red Storm's stifling defense, at one point trailing by 20 point. Duke's horrible beyond the arc shooting didn't help matters either. But you have to hand it to St. John's Lavin, he had something left in the coaching tank after sitting behind a desk at ESPN. Or maybe it's Gene Keady.

So hey Duke, go back to the ACC. You're not ready for the Big East yet.

Your Punch-Out game of the night

Seton Hall 90 - Syracuse PNWDED

Ummmm... Can we just start with this first? The Pirates were 8-12 overall and 2-6 in Big East action. Seton Hall had previously lost to Clemson, Arkansas, Dayton and Rutgers (if the Jersey boys sick together). They played this game at Syracuse. At the Carrier Dome. And they go in there and DESTROY the 10th ranked Orange by 22 fucking points!

This was as epic of a collapse as we have seen happen to a team. It was almost like Syracuse was HIGH out there. They really should piss test those guys immediately to see. The folks over at Troy Nunes are having full blown kiniption fits right now (really, wait a few hours before you click on that link). Some of them are actually counting down the days until the FOOTBALL season begins.

Wow. At Syracuse.

And another turnover

Louisville 88 - St. John's 63

The Red Reign is officially over coach Lavin. And when you turn the ball over 25 times you will get blown out.

You're sorry?!

Look away. The Hilltoppers are hideous.

On December 1st Western Kentucky played Vanderbilt and got disciplined to the tune of 82 to 62. It was embarrassing. So embarrassing in fact that Hilltoppers coach Ken McDonald issued a public apology and offered refunds to their fans:

"I told anyone that came to the game I'm going to write them a check for the gas money," McDonald said. "It's not right. It's not right."

We do admire his honesty. But with WKU sitting at 5 and 7 coach McDonald may be writing a few more checks to fans.

(HT: Ballin' is a Habit)

Right in the kisser

Yeah. That happened. Clemson beat Virginia last night. Badly:



'Nuff said.

Stop fouling!

We can't figure it out, was Georgetown that bad or Syracuse that good? The Hoyas got absolutely manhandled out there losing 56 to 73. The Orange outblocked Georgetown 4 to 1. Georgetown had twice as many fouls as Syracuse. There were chunks of time where the Hoyas did not score anything because the Orange either stole or blocked the ball. Georgetown coach John Thompson III begged his team on three different occasions to stop fouling Syracuse so he could get the hell out of there quickly.

And now, a special comment from a Syracuse fan...


(HT: Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician)

Not even close

Now playing: Runaway!, staring Darius Miller and John Wall!



There's only two teams in the SEC right now.

We believe in miracles

Remember when Notre Dame was a pre-season top 10 team? How about the beginning of the season when they were in the top 10? How about All American Luke Harangody who was suppose to destroy everyone in the Big East?

We do. But now? Stick a fork in them. No, that's not us saying that. That's the Fighting Irish's own students.

They belong in the Mountain West along with the rest of the Big East losers (ouch). Once again, Notre Dame's own fan base.

But they won against #5 Louisville! How did that happen?

Prayer, Mister Saavik. Lots and lots of prayer. We're serious. They prayed for that win.

Proof there is a God if we have ever seen it.

Syracuse played against Nova?

Cue the Mariah Carey redux:



Villanova says "It's like that" to Syracuse, pasting them 102 to 85. We would have much rather watched Mariah shake her boobs around than that fiasco. Wrong game to do a liveblog. But the nudity was ok.

Meanwhile, fans in Orange Nation are beyond pissed. We would be too if we got bitch slapped like that. It's like that.