College Basketball

[I30T]

Well, it's started. Who are you guys' teams?

Mine's Maryland, and we've got a really young team, yet still in the preseason Top 25 (which means absolutely nothing).

All i care about this season:

Beat UNC (They have the worst fans ever. and theres about 30 million of them. )

Beat Duke (Good fans, but they're our arch-rival. Always a great game between the two teams.)

Beat UNC as bad as in the 2002 National Championship season (Chris Wilcox, now of the L.A. Clippers, dunked from nearl the top of the key, prompting **** Vitale to go into a mental breakdown and scream "Jaaaaaaaam Ciiittayyyyyyy")

and I hope that UConn burns to the ground. I wasn't sure at first, and i was hesitant since big Calhoun was recovering from cancer, but this is too much.

Quote »by Gregg Doyel of CBSsportsline.com

Was that a shot at Connecticut? It certainly seemed like Maryland coach Gary Williams was taking a shot at Connecticut.

Williams, the beautifully blunt Maryland coach, last week lost a recruiting battle for 6-foot-8 wing Rudy Gay, the state's best high school player since Steve Francis. Gay signed with Connecticut.

Williams has lost recruiting battles before, and he will lose them again. It happens. But unless the connection between our ears and brain has been knocked akimbo, we're pretty sure Williams has taken this loss personally.

We're also pretty sure Williams was taking a shot at Connecticut on Tuesday night after the Terps lost their first exhibition game in a decade 81-72 to the Roanoke Dazzle. The Dazzle plays in the NBDL. Here's what Williams had to say afterward about that:

"I think we'll learn from this and get better," he said. "We could have scheduled an AAU team, and given them $25,000 like some schools I know."

Again, is it us -- or was that a shot at Connecticut?

Connecticut's final exhibition game was a 102-44 victory last week against the Beltway Ballers, a team that didn't exist a few months ago and didn't play anyone else this exhibition season. The Ballers were cobbled together by the AAU program that produced Gay, and given roughly $25,000 to play Connecticut.

Before Gay chose between Connecticut and Maryland, his AAU program asked both schools to schedule the Ballers. Maryland declined. Connecticut accepted.

Gay chose Connecticut.

Understand a few points. It is common practice for top Division I teams to offer guarantees -- $25,000 is a bit high, but not alarmingly so -- to barnstorming teams. And Connecticut merely was operating within that NCAA-approved system when it scheduled the Beltway Ballers.

On the other hand, for Connecticut to pay that sum to play a team that a few months ago didn't exist ... and wasn't going to be able to compete ... and had connections to the Huskies' No. 1 recruiting target ...

Hey, it is what it is. And Williams is angry. Can't blame him.

But the Huskies broke no rules, either.

Life goes on, but this incident sheds some light on the programs at Maryland and Connecticut -- does it not? [/quote]Sorry, i'm a little bitter about that.

[90Q45blue]

I'm rooting for my Kansas Jayhawks. Sure we lost Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison (the best 1-2 punch in college last year), but we did get a decent recruiting class (especially J.R. Giddens and David Padgett). Our weakness is outside shooting where we really need someone to step up and knock down some threes. Inside we've got Wayne Simien back from injury and the guy has been a beast in the pre-season.

I agree that UNC should die. They stole Roy Williams and for that should be destroyed. Hey I30t, did you get the "I don't give a sh*t about North Carolina either" shirt? You should pick one up. You may be able to still order one on http://www.kusports.com

I think Bill Self will be a good coach for us though. It's just going to be an adjustment. At any rate...Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk. KU!

Nick

[MainEvent212]

now that juan dixon AND steve blake are on the wizards, i really dont care about college bball...the terps were my boys 2 years ago...now im really just not into college sports anymore

[rydwhite]

I am Hoosier through and through. Yet I feel this year will be only mediocre. My other team (Butler) seems to be in the same boat. But, Butler is always good, no matter how many people they loose. But, neither will make a good run this year.

Yes, UNC and Duke and UCONN must go down and go down often. Otherwise, I think Michigan State looks really good this year.

[I H8 UR DSM]

Uconns the best team if vellenueva or however u spell it plays...but its college ball, anyone can win

i've always been a kentucky fan.

I am a St. Johns U. grad, so i always follow sju