Posted Saturday, April 03, 2010 09:30 AM
I really like this prop bet for tonight's game. Zoubek has had a great tournament. He easily went over this number against Purdue and Cal... and had 13 combined points/boards against a big athletic Baylor team in just 19 minutes (Foul trouble all game)
He is going to be the biggest/tallest player on the court tonight... Zoub will get his usual couple offensive boards for easy putbacks, and the rest will be done on the defensive glass. He also shoots free throws well for a 7 footer.
Zoub over 13.5
Posted Wednesday, March 31, 2010 09:18 AM
It seems as though this is going to be the last year in which the NCAA Tournament is the field of 64. Today on the front page of the USA Today it states that the field expanding to 96 teams is "probable" and "more than likely"
I know a lot of members on here are in favor of 96 teams, some with the reasoning of more cinderellas, some want more games to bet on, and others just want to see more teams with a chance. Just to put things into perspective how many 16 seeds have won the NCAA tournament? How many 15 seeds have won? In fact how many teams seeded 9 and higher have won the NCAA tournament. ZERO! And now we are going to add an additional 32 teams to the mix, some of them with records of .500? Is the entire Big East and ACC going to be invited each year?
The way this is going to work is that the top 32 teams would recieve a bye. Therefore teams playing in the first round of the NCAA tournament would play 3 games in a span of 6 days (If they advanced each round) That alone is pretty absurd.
The reasoning for 96 teams is they want to raise more money for sports that don't generate the money to keep their programs going. It seems ridiculous to be a school awards scholarships to athletes whose sport does not even generate the money to reimburse their scholarships. Essentially the NCAA tournament will fund swimming, lacrossee, tennis, water polo, and so on. ... [More]
Posted Monday, September 21, 2009 09:10 AM
Going to give a quick rundown of the ACC from top to bottom. Recruits ratings based on ESPN recruit overall grades. Let me know your thoughts folks: (These are not their rankings I think they will have, teams are in no particular order)
1. North Carolina
Additions: Henson (98) Strickland (95) McDonald (95) Wear Twins (Both 94)
Losses: Ginyard, Frasor, Green, Tanner, Wooten, Moody, Copeland, Hansbrough, Lawson, Ellington
Prediction: It seems like the whole UNC team has left and there is a completely new team coming in. UNC is losing a total of 74% of their offense from last year. Who will be the big names this year? Deon Thompson, Ed Davis (one of the best bigs in the country in my opinion) and count on Tyler Zeller having a good year and stretching defenses out. I think UNC is going to be better than most suspect this year. They finish 2nd in the ACC to Duke but make a deeper tournament run.
2. Duke:
Additions: Mason Plumlee(98), Ryan Kelly(97)
Losses: Greg Paulus, David McClure, Gerald Henderson
Prediction: Duke statistically speaking lost very little compared to the majority of ACC schools. The only school's to retain more offense in the conference are Virginia and Maryland. Duke is banking on Plumlee and Kelly to come in and do immediate damage in the conference. Couple with Jon Scheyer (most improved player in the conference last year in my o...
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Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 08:32 AM
Not sure if any of you heard this... but Ray Allen was on Mike and Mike in the morning for an interview. They were asking him what his most memorable moment was from his time at UConn. Ray Allen proceeded to tell a story about how at his final year at UConn... they had to travel to Rupp Arena to face the Kentucky Wildcats. The day before the game Jim Calhoun brought the entire team to a farm. Ray Allen recalled not understanding why they would go to a farm. Jim Calhoun then had 2 horses brought out and MATE in front of the entire team from beginning to finish. Jim Calhoun then said "guys... you think you are studs? This is what a real stud is"
Good Lesson Jim