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Season Long College Basketball Thread

TheReff said:
Larranaga can flat out coach and just think, he had just suspended his starting PG for 3 games starting with this critical road game at UVa!
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Yes, he can. And he's doing it with a young team after losing a lot off of last year's team. They're close to a lock for the dance. What I found interesting last night was Larranaga started out in a 2-3 zone, which UVA didn't struggle with, and then went man for the rest of the game with the idea of denying London any air space. They did a terrific job of fighting through screens as well. I thought UVA would be able to take advantage of that Eastern Euro guard on D, but they only got him once on a lob. That was a stifling defensive game both ways.
 
TheReff said:
Larranaga can flat out coach and just think, he had just suspended his starting PG for 3 games starting with this critical road game at UVa!
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Last night was actually Newton's 3rd & final game of his suspension, but the Canes did end up going 3-0 w/o him which is very impressive.
 
Just the latest reminder that Shaka Smart's preseason top 25 Longhorn squad is now 10-18 (4-11), 2nd to last in the Big 12, 70th in KenPom, and hasn't won a game away from home all season.
 
Watching an interview of UNC's Luke May on WGHP Fox 8 and he sounds dumber than dirt. "We can't have no drop off." Apparently the academic issues at UNC are still there.
 
SpringChicken said:
Just the latest reminder that Shaka Smart's preseason top 25 Longhorn squad is now 10-18 (4-11), 2nd to last in the Big 12, 70th in KenPom, and hasn't won a game away from home all season.
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Top 10 recruiting class coming in next season. He'll turn it around.
 
CHillDeac said:
Top 10 recruiting class coming in next season. He'll turn it around.
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Had #17 class (2nd in Big 12) in 2015, and #5 class (1st in Big 12) in 2016. He's got 9 rotation players that were 4+ stars out of high school, including two seniors.

There's a reason they were preseason top 25. Not saying he won't turn it around, just saying where it's at.
 
Trap game alert:

Clemson @ VT:

VT is 18-8 (7-7) and has already beaten Clemson at Littlejohn. VT is also coming off a road win at Pitt, and a close loss at L'ville (94-90).

Clemson is 14-12 (4-10) has lost 6 of their last 7 road games, including a 6 point loss at Miami when Miami was missing their PG.

The line opened at VT -2.5. The line is now Clemson favored by 1, even though the public has been all over VT (73% of the bets are on the Hokies).

Obviously, the sharps have jumped on Clemson hard. Will be very interested to see how this game turns out.
 
SpringChicken said:
Had #17 class (2nd in Big 12) in 2015, and #5 class (1st in Big 12) in 2016. He's got 9 rotation players that were 4+ stars out of high school, including two seniors.

There's a reason they were preseason top 25. Not saying he won't turn it around, just saying where it's at.
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And I'm assuming he'll lose at least one guy to the draft, right?
 
scooter84 said:
And I'm assuming he'll lose at least one guy to the draft, right?
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Yeah, most likely Jarrett Allen (their 5 star PF/C freshman). Leading rebounder and blocker, leader in minutes played, and just barely in 2nd for pts.
 
Pilchard said:
Trap game alert:

Clemson @ VT:

VT is 18-8 (7-7) and has already beaten Clemson at Littlejohn. VT is also coming off a road win at Pitt, and a close loss at L'ville (94-90).

Clemson is 14-12 (4-10) has lost 6 of their last 7 road games, including a 6 point loss at Miami when Miami was missing their PG.

The line opened at VT -2.5. The line is now Clemson favored by 1, even though the public has been all over VT (73% of the bets are on the Hokies).

Obviously, the sharps have jumped on Clemson hard. Will be very interested to see how this game turns out.
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Very strange.

Go Hokies and Pack
 
Nice crowd in Waco to see #9 Baylor. Good seats still available
 
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State up 9 on GT at the half. That would be really helpful.
 
When talking about Clemson they're referring to us as a good win, that's a nice change.
 
Deac6 said:
When talking about Clemson they're referring to us as a good win, that's a nice change.
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They kind of have to do that to justify how a 4 win Clemson is on the bubble. If half their wins were garbage, that invalidates their bracketologist.
 
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