2015-16 NCAA Basketball Thread

[rangerssharks414]

Coaches Poll:

1 Kentucky (11) 0-0 749
1 North Carolina (12) 0-0 749
3 Maryland (5) 0-0 723
4 Duke (3) 0-0 686
5 Kansas (1) 0-0 675
6 Virginia 0-0 667
7 Iowa State 0-0 541
8 Oklahoma 0-0 520
9 Villanova 0-0 498
10 Arizona 0-0 477
11 Gonzaga 0-0 468
12 Wichita St 0-0 461
13 Michigan State 0-0 386
14 California 0-0 350
15 Indiana 0-0 312
16 Utah 0-0 250
17 Wisconsin 0-0 181
18 Notre Dame 0-0 172
19 LSU 0-0 163
20 Vanderbilt 0-0 153
21 Baylor 0-0 145
22 Butler 0-0 132
23 West Virginia 0-0 125
24 Connecticut 0-0 110
24 Purdue 0-0 110

Others receiving votes: Michigan 108, Louisville 93, Texas A&M 58, UCLA 48, Georgetown 45, Cincinnati 43, NC State 36, Oregon 33, Texas 29, Florida State 25, Xavier 25, Miami (FL) 11, San Diego State 10, Iowa 8, Providence 5, Davidson 5, Boise State 5, Ohio State 2, Stephen F Austin 2, Belmont 2, Tulsa 1, Dayton 1, Marquette 1, Old Dominion 1

Thoughts about the upcoming season?

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[John Price]

not sure what unc has done to be #1

5 maybe

 

[rangerssharks414]

AP Poll:

1 North Carolina (35) 0-0 1,566
2 Kentucky (10) 0-0 1,520
3 Maryland (14) 0-0 1,487
4 Kansas (5) 0-0 1,410
5 Duke 0-0 1,350
6 Virginia (1) 0-0 1,347
7 Iowa State 0-0 1,185
8 Oklahoma 0-0 1,088
9 Gonzaga 0-0 1,047
10 Wichita St 0-0 1,032
11 Villanova 0-0 1,013
12 Arizona 0-0 917
13 Michigan State 0-0 838
14 California 0-0 757
15 Indiana 0-0 755
16 Utah 0-0 499
17 Wisconsin 0-0 433
18 Vanderbilt 0-0 393
19 Notre Dame 0-0 360
20 Connecticut 0-0 307
21 LSU 0-0 268
22 Baylor 0-0 265
23 Purdue 0-0 236
24 Butler 0-0 223
25 Michigan 0-0 126

Others receiving votes: Oregon 116, SMU 112, West Virginia 84, Texas A&M 72, Cincinnati 63, Miami (FL) 48, Louisville 46, Georgetown 23, NC State 19, Texas 18, Florida State 18, Rhode Island 17, Dayton 12, Xavier 12, Providence 10, Iowa 6, BYU 5, Valparaiso 5, Boise State 4, Old Dominion 3, San Diego State 2, UCLA 2, Oklahoma State 2, Yale 1, UC Irvine 1, Iona 1, Central Michigan 1

 

[darko]

St Mary's is going to be ****.

 

[John Price]

St Mary's is going to be ****.

I was watching ESPNU and they had the ACC coaches on discussing the upcoming season.

A major theme throughout this year is the implementation of several rule changes, including no coach timeouts (only players can call them), 30 second shot clock, and a very concerning "Freedom of movement" rule adapted from the NBA. Now I used to be a big NBA fan but when my boys in Detroit couldn't rough and tumble people anymore and Deeee-Troit Basketball was knocked off, then the game started to get less and less interesting IMO. A tap isn't a foul, boys. I grew up watching the Pistons, I grew up watching Big East basketball, I grew up watching physical play. That's basketball. Not 135-125 final.

So I'll always favor the college game over the pros. The boys play hard for the love of the game, the tournament's always a good thrill, and the coaches are great teachers, mentors, and personalities.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Three more days!

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Lol at Kentucky being that high. They won't be as good as last year.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Anybody see last week that a D3 team killed St. Johns at home?!

 

[HisIceness]

How UNC is still even eligible this season given all their academic fraud issues is beyond me. Most any other school would have been punished a long time ago.

 

[PredsV82]

Lol at Kentucky being that high. They won't be as good as last year.

Yes I agree they won't start 38-0...

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

Yes I agree they won't start 38-0...

Well that's easy but I don't even see them as a Final Four team. That team was a freak show and special. The tourney is a crapshoot but these rankings are all based on last year.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

The season is finally underway. Awful game though. No real good games tonight.

 

[rangerssharks414]

"Power" conference teams that lost to bad teams... Wisconsin, UCLA, Arizona State, Marquette, NC State, Georgia and Illinois...

 

[PredsV82]

Well that's easy but I don't even see them as a Final Four team. That team was a freak show and special. The tourney is a crapshoot but these rankings are all based on last year.

well, since Kentucky has been to the Final Four four times in the last 5 years maybe they were just playing the odds..

 

[John Price]

RT @DickieV Opening night was SHOCK CITY as UCLA -NCSU-WISCONSIN--MARQUETTE-ILLINOIS -GEORGIA were upset but UNC WAS SUPER!

 

[DaveG]

Not sure what to make of this WVU team this year. No real star with Staten gone (though Williams is a beast) but this may be a group that's a better team then last years.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

"Power" conference teams that lost to bad teams... Wisconsin, UCLA, Arizona State, Marquette, NC State, Georgia and Illinois...

Most of that isn't newsworthy to me but UCLA? That's embarrassing. Wisconsin? The same but at the same time they also aren't a power but under Bo have been consistently good. You wonder how good that team will be when he leaves. They also lost a lot. Wooden is probably rolling over in his grave.

 

[rangerssharks414]

Georgetown just lost on an almost buzzer beater to Radford at home in double overtime.

 

[Avs_19]

All the focus is on Simmons (rightfully so) but Jamal Murray looked nice out there for Kentucky. He could be a top 5 pick.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

The Citadel put up 71 and still lost by 73 to Butler.

 

[Eco]

Both of my teams won. Bama, in the wake of Avery Johnson's coming to the city, defeated Kennesaw State although it was tough to watch most of the time.

Purdue defeated North Dakota State.

So yeah, no upsets here.

 

[Eco]

Bama is playing Dayton tomorrow in Ohio. Not a huge deal expect the fact the game starts at 11 local here, which is noon there.

What the hell, I guess I'm going to have to try and stream the game from my iPad while at work.

 

[rangerssharks414]

The college basketball marathon starts in less than three hours! I just wish that they didn't show the same halftime show over and over.

 

[rangerssharks414]

#6 Virginia is in huge trouble at George Washington.

 

[Sports Enthusiast]

This marathon wouldn't suck so much if they had good games. All the good games are in the primetime slot both nights.