College Hoops!
 

I know there's got to be some other pirates out there who follow college ball. I also expect there might be a separate tournament thread when March rolls around, but anybody want to talk basketball before then? Anybody have any favorite teams/players, early tournament predictions, etc? :rumgt7:

They might as well not play... just accept the inevitable and give Duke the National Title.

Duke...perfect season on their way to another national title.. you heard it here first

Eh, Duke is definitely looking solid as always but they weren't the best team last year (would have been smashed by Kansas or Kentucky if they hadn't choked out of the tournament early) and I'm not ready to say they are the best this year yet either...especially with Irving out indefinitely.

Edit: They will win the ACC and the ACC tournament though, especially if they have a cakewalk like they did last year.

Another team to watch is Michigan State.

i follow nba not into college until tournements then im siked

I'll definitely be following Michigan State, they had a couple tough losses to Duke and Syracuse but they are always good around tournament time. Heels are off to a rough start too with some stupid losses but hopefully this year's team will at least be better than last year's (and hopefully Harrison Barnes steps up his game and lives up to the hype). There is definitely some optimism and energy with Carolina fans that wasn't there last year, I can tell you the Dean Dome was more rocking in this year's win over Kentucky than any game last year, including the championship rematch against Michigan St and the rivalry game against Duke. If the Heels can pull off a win over Texas Saturday then I'll be a little more optimistic about the rest of the season. I won't really have any predictions about who is going to be super good this year till conference play gets rolling though. Loooooooove basketball season.

Bumping this thread as conference play gets rolling.

Two big comeback wins in a row for the Tar Heels and Duke falls to Florida St - ACC play this year will definitely be interesting, even with Duke being the only ranked team.

I am for Duke, Florida State, and Alabama.


for woman's I'll say Duke and Tenn.

I always like the little teams.

Heels redeemed that disgusting, embarrassing loss at GA Tech with a solid victory over Clemson. If anybody is familiar with The Streak, Clemson is now 0-55 in Chapel Hill.

Duke at NC State should be a good game tonight. Big disparity in talent, but Duke lost on the road at State last year. Also, apparently Irving gets his cast off in early February. Still no word on when (or even IF) he'll be back this season.

Syracuse lost to Pitt so now there's only 3 remaining unbeatens - Kansas, Ohio St, and San Diego St. The latter two play tonight I think, although out of those three I've only watched Kansas.

Let me just say.....

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.....ACC CHAMPS.

Anyone going to do a bracket?

Yeah no doubt.

I'm so disappointed that we're already to the Sweet 16 and there isn't any awesome basketball talk happening here. Come on now guys. It's not like there's been nothing to talk about either...this tournament's been crazy. My bracket is....dead.

Dude! My university lost their ticket by 1 point. And they were winning the whole game. I like UConn/Buttler. I didn't even bother with a bracket. I haven't watched a game out of the Tourney.

Let's see.... my bracket got screwed. Pitt out, ND out. So many more early round exits that screwed me. :/

I'm rooting for the Heels as always, and against dook (also as always) so I guess that could make me a UConn fan with you in the Elite 8. Other than Carolina the only team I'm really rooting for is Kansas since they are kind of our "sister school" but I do kind of like Butler too for no real reason. Oh and Florida St just because everyone talked about how down the ACC was this year and now we have the more teams remaining than any other conference... booya


Louisville... ND... Pitt... Texas... Syracuse... I just gave up on my bracket haha

Only 8 teams remain..... Ohio St down and Carolina stomps the heck out of Marquette. Heels vs Cats next, we beat them earlier in the season (knock on wood)

My only question at this point is....

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UConn, Buttler, VCU, and UK.

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uconn, uconn, uconn!!!

/sigh Well.... I guess now all there is for me to do is hope Kentucky loses. No real interest in any of the remaining teams but I do plan on making a lot of Calipari Final Four jokes. Wonder how long till the NCAA takes this one away from him too?

Buttler For The Win... This year Conan O'brien will get to use his joke of "The Buttler did it."

I got Butler and UConn winning tonight and Butler takes it all

Worst NCAA Championship game ever... UConn wins the snore war, congratulations and thank God its over. Curtains on this season.

I watched WWE Raw instead. It was That boring!