The Big 5 College Basketball Thread

JK_Livin

Malik Wayans declaring for the NBA draft :shock: What's he smoking?

Johnny Abruzzo

Temple welcome to the Big East via Times Square:

http://mobile.bigeastcoastbias.com/2012/3/14/2870673/temple-gets-the-times-square-welcome-from-the-big-east-as-it-has-done

Alright, enough about the Big East - time for the NCAA's!

The Juggler

JK_Livin wrote:

Malik Wayans declaring for the NBA draft :shock: What's he smoking?

this was expected. he's just testing the waters like scottie reynolds did a few years ago.

he's got no shot to get drafted but i've read that he may consider taking the money from the d league or playing overseas as opposed to returning for his senior year.


he has till 4/10 to hire an agent. if not, he's coming back.

Jearlpam0925

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

i thought a 6 or 7 (but said best seed could be a 5 which they are) so i was off a line although dunph agrees with me that they are higher than expected. would think kind of weird trying to prepare for 2 teams instead of one. didn't see much of cal this year. think south florida wouldn't be a bad draw though. i think the owls are way better than that team.

Come on, you can do it. "I WAS WRONG." See, it's not that hard.

This is awesome.

JK_Livin

Well LaSalle dissappointed again last night but the season was a welcome surprise. Our coach needs to learn how to run an offense in a tight game. We need another big man with some lateral movement.

LaSalle got some free advertising with Galloway's dunk being #2 on the Sportscenter top 10.

Johnny Abruzzo

South Florida looked beastly last night against Cal. Don't know if they are just that tough or if Cal is a bunch of pansies. Think Friday night is gonna be a tough one though.

btw - glad Jay Wright found something to do in March. I shouldn't say too much - he has about 10 times as many tourney wins as Dunph. Hopefully that changes soon.

The Juggler

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

South Florida looked beastly last night against Cal. Don't know if they are just that tough or if Cal is a bunch of pansies. Think Friday night is gonna be a tough one though.

btw - glad Jay Wright found something to do in March. I shouldn't say too much - he has about 10 times as many tourney wins as Dunph. Hopefully that changes soon.

yeah. maybe focus on getting out of the first weekend for the first time since the clinton administration before talking shit on jay

and yeah, south florida is pretty tough. nova lost to them seemingly every other week this year. not a great shooting team but they will hammer you under the boards. temple should beat them though.

gonna be watching it my buddy's house tomorrow with a bunch of temple fans. the timing of the game is awesome with the sixers/heat on at 7. should be a fun night of hoops

Johnny Abruzzo

The Juggler wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

South Florida looked beastly last night against Cal. Don't know if they are just that tough or if Cal is a bunch of pansies. Think Friday night is gonna be a tough one though.

btw - glad Jay Wright found something to do in March. I shouldn't say too much - he has about 10 times as many tourney wins as Dunph. Hopefully that changes soon.

yeah. maybe focus on getting out of the first weekend for the first time since the clinton administration before talking shit on jay

and yeah, south florida is pretty tough. nova lost to them seemingly every other week this year. not a great shooting team but they will hammer you under the boards. temple should beat them though.

gonna be watching it my buddy's house tomorrow with a bunch of temple fans. the timing of the game is awesome with the sixers/heat on at 7. should be a fun night of hoops

Bush was president in March 2001. :P

The Juggler

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

South Florida looked beastly last night against Cal. Don't know if they are just that tough or if Cal is a bunch of pansies. Think Friday night is gonna be a tough one though.

btw - glad Jay Wright found something to do in March. I shouldn't say too much - he has about 10 times as many tourney wins as Dunph. Hopefully that changes soon.

yeah. maybe focus on getting out of the first weekend for the first time since the clinton administration before talking shit on jay

and yeah, south florida is pretty tough. nova lost to them seemingly every other week this year. not a great shooting team but they will hammer you under the boards. temple should beat them though.

gonna be watching it my buddy's house tomorrow with a bunch of temple fans. the timing of the game is awesome with the sixers/heat on at 7. should be a fun night of hoops

Bush was president in March 2001. :P

we're getting old.

Johnny Abruzzo

Welp, here we go. 16th game of the day. Lots of alcohol to be consumed tonight.

Cliffy6745

Brutal

pjhawks

ONE and DUNPH. ugly game. I like Fran as a coach but 2-13 in the ncca's, and 1-5 at temple is pretty awful. pretty much booted a lock appearance in the Sweet 16 last night. Thought Fran coached an awful game by walking the ball up the court and not applying defensive pressure to a team that is great in half court defense and wants to limit possessions as much as possible. fran's offense and defense last night played right into south florida's hands. losing by 14 to a team that didn't score a field goal for 18 minutes is almost impossible.

the best thing about temple losing was seeing the whiny sniveling butthole khalif wyatt T'd up after whining for the 9000 time this season. what a head case. he was disciplined 3x for being late, whines on every call...i wonder if Fran puts up with him next year or gives him the boot.

The Juggler

it's pretty funny to see a st joes fan rip on temple's problems in the tournament.


in all seriousness, i think that game set basketball back about 20 years. that's gotta be a tough one to swallow johnny. especially with michigan losing. another rough year for the big 5.

pjhawks

The Juggler wrote:

it's pretty funny to see a st joes fan rip on temple's problems in the tournament.


in all seriousness, i think that game set basketball back about 20 years. that's gotta be a tough one to swallow johnny. especially with michigan losing. another rough year for the big 5.

typical nova fan response. what does my team sucking have to do with commenting on the temple game? since your nova squad was the 6th best team in the city does that mean you should stfu in this thread?

fyi: Martelli 6-5 in NCAA tourny, Dunph 2-13, 1-5 at Temple.

nuclear ukuleles

GO HOOSIERS!
I go to IU, and it's the first time we've done this well in ten years or so.

The Juggler

pjhawks wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

it's pretty funny to see a st joes fan rip on temple's problems in the tournament.


in all seriousness, i think that game set basketball back about 20 years. that's gotta be a tough one to swallow johnny. especially with michigan losing. another rough year for the big 5.

typical nova fan response. what does my team sucking have to do with commenting on the temple game? since your nova squad was the 6th best team in the city does that mean you should stfu in this thread?

fyi: Martelli 6-5 in NCAA tourny, Dunph 2-13, 1-5 at Temple.

right. you can comment on it all you want. but making fun of them for their tourney deficiencies is the equivalent of someone like metsfan making fun of the phillies for losing in the first round of the playoffs. reeks of sour grapes from a fan of a team who hasn't won a tourney game in 8 very long years.

come tourney time, to me at least, i think we should all get behind our fellow philly teams.

pjhawks

The Juggler wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

it's pretty funny to see a st joes fan rip on temple's problems in the tournament.


in all seriousness, i think that game set basketball back about 20 years. that's gotta be a tough one to swallow johnny. especially with michigan losing. another rough year for the big 5.

typical nova fan response. what does my team sucking have to do with commenting on the temple game? since your nova squad was the 6th best team in the city does that mean you should stfu in this thread?

fyi: Martelli 6-5 in NCAA tourny, Dunph 2-13, 1-5 at Temple.

right. you can comment on it all you want. but making fun of them for their tourney deficiencies is the equivalent of someone like metsfan making fun of the phillies for losing in the first round of the playoffs. reeks of sour grapes from a fan of a team who hasn't won a tourney game in 8 very long years.

come tourney time, to me at least, i think we should all get behind our fellow philly teams.

i was cheering for Temple and wanted them to win and really thought they were going to the Sweet 16 this year. you should know by now though Juggler when you take shots at other people and other teams, and pound your chest about your team, when your team chokes you have to expect it back. and frankly their whiny fan base deserves it as well.

The Juggler

pjhawks wrote:

The Juggler wrote:

pjhawks wrote:

typical nova fan response. what does my team sucking have to do with commenting on the temple game? since your nova squad was the 6th best team in the city does that mean you should stfu in this thread?

fyi: Martelli 6-5 in NCAA tourny, Dunph 2-13, 1-5 at Temple.

right. you can comment on it all you want. but making fun of them for their tourney deficiencies is the equivalent of someone like metsfan making fun of the phillies for losing in the first round of the playoffs. reeks of sour grapes from a fan of a team who hasn't won a tourney game in 8 very long years.

come tourney time, to me at least, i think we should all get behind our fellow philly teams.

i was cheering for Temple and wanted them to win and really thought they were going to the Sweet 16 this year. you should know by now though Juggler when you take shots at other people and other teams, and pound your chest about your team, when your team chokes you have to expect it back. and frankly their whiny fan base deserves it as well.

8 years. i believe my original point still applies.

nice to see drexel advance in the nit though

Johnny Abruzzo

I would actually say pjhawks summed it up pretty well. Dunphy coached terribly, especially waiting until they were DOWN BY ELEVEN before calling a timeout in the 2nd half. By then it was too little too late to come back. Probably the worst game Temple played all season and perhaps the worst loss in Temple basketball history, especially considering you had a MAC team waiting in the 2nd round. Yeah, it's a tough one to swallow.

No excuses from the "whiny" fan (seriously - I bitch about how we won and didn't deserve to about 5 times as often as the vice versa, so shut the fuck up already - just read through this thread) - my team played like shit and deserves to be knocked out.

pjhawks

Dominick Cheek declares for NBA draft. i actually thought it was a joke when i 1st saw it. nova could be really awful next year if they don't end up with a good transfer (tony chennault from wake forest or juco) that is eligilbe next year. pretty much pinkston and that's it.

hawks have everyone back next year. should have made tourny this year with the talent. if they don't make it next year it might be the end for Martelli. fans are not happy and word is a few of the big donors aren't too happy with him.

temple - wyatt and jefferson back right johnny? with dalton pepper eligible after sitting out. i think they have a few highly rated recruirts. devontae watson i think is a big guy who lost in one of the state finals and a wing player for jersey that i think is supposed to be pretty good - can't remember name at moment.

lasalle has everyone back except earl pettis next year so they should be a contender in A10. Umass could be favorite.

A10 talking about possibly Butler, VCU and George Mason to replace Temple and possible the exit of Charlotte and/or Umass for football reasons. If you add those 3 the league should stay strong and expect multiple bids each year.