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Pat Dye Field => Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum => Topic started by: Snaggletiger on November 12, 2013, 09:52:18 AM
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One thing you have to give college basketball credit for, is an abundance of good early match ups. Unlike college football, you don't have to worry about dropping a few games and playing a tough early schedule seems to prepare teams better when tournament time comes around. If you like the college round ballz, tonight will be a good night. #1 Kentucky takes on #2 Michigan State. Then #4 Duke matches up against #6 Kansas. A ton of freshmen phenoms in both these games.
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One thing you have to give college basketball credit for, is an abundance of good early match ups. Unlike college football, you don't have to worry about dropping a few games and playing a tough early schedule seems to prepare teams better when tournament time comes around. If you like the college round ballz, tonight will be a good night. #1 Kentucky takes on #2 Michigan State. Then #4 Duke matches up against #6 Kansas. A ton of freshmen phenoms in both these games.
Kansas has a badass freshman. Best hs prospect since Lebron teh experts say.
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Kansas has a badass freshman. Best hs prospect since Lebron teh experts say.
I know Kansas has #1 and Duke has the #2 rated HS player. I understand UK has some killer frosh as well. UK has been the poster child under Cal for complete turnover in the roster every season. I haven't paid attention to their roster this year but I found it odd they were the #1 preseason pick after a bad season by their standards and getting bounced in round one of the NIT last season.
I think Florida and Wisconsin play tonight too.
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So what you are saying is, that AU is really good early? Like early BEFORE the game! Like in warmups?
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Two great games last night. Watched all of UK/MSU but only stayed up for the first half of Duke/KU. A couple of observations. All 4 of these teams look like men among boys. Huge guys doing crazy athletic shit on the floor. MSU is loaded with returning players. The other 3 have plenty that returned but it was the true freshmen for each one that stood out. Andrew Wiggins for Kansas and Jabari Parker for Duke, the #1 and #2 HS players in the country, had 22 and 27 points respectively. Kentucky, however, has a freakin' man-child underneath. Freshman Julius Randle went off for 27 points and 13 rebounds. Haven't checked but he looks to be about 6'9" and 250. He was a load. And as the announcers said, if he gets in the gym and works on free throws, he may hit 30 points a game. He's just a beast and gets fouled every time he touches the ball.
The bad thing is the nature of the college game. Enjoy these guys now because all 3 are one-and-done. I love college basketball but it's getting harder because you can't really follow a team with the same interest given the yearly turnover.