Heads22 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Kentucky survives Iona, 73-67. ISU may have lost to Iona by 17, but the Gaels certainly do not suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Ohio State in real danger of losing at home to Tennessee State, down by 2 with 10 minutes left in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted December 24, 2005 Author Share Posted December 24, 2005 QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Dec 23, 2005 -> 07:30 PM) Interesting Big 10 score. Indiana 51 Butler 46 6:42 left Butler has already played Michigan and Ohio St. tough this season. Never got closer than that. IU wins 73-55. Butler was able to play their slow game to keep the score lower, but it never really got scary. IU shot above 50% from the field again. Killingsworth had 27 points and 6 boards, and Vaden had a solid line of 22 points, 8 boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted December 26, 2005 Author Share Posted December 26, 2005 ESPN/USA Today Poll 1. Duke (30) 11-0 774 2. Connecticut (1) 9-0 739 3. Villanova 8-0 716 4. Memphis 9-1 667 5. Florida 11-0 643 6. Illinois 12-0 632 7. Washington 10-0 583 8. Gonzaga 9-2 533 9. Michigan State 10-2 470 10. Louisville 9-1 453 11. UCLA 10-1 444 12. George Washington 8-0 402 13. Boston College 8-2 342 14. Maryland 8-2 311 15. Oklahoma 6-2 304 16. Texas 9-2 287 17. Indiana 7-2 271 18. N.C. State 9-1 264 19. Kentucky 8-3 184 20. Ohio State 8-0 172 21. Nevada 8-1 168 22. Wisconsin 9-1 116 23. Pittsburgh 9-0 84 24. Wake Forest 9-2 79 25. North Carolina 6-2 61 AP Top 25 1. Duke (61) 11-0 1,714 2. Connecticut (7) 9-0 1,658 3. Villanova (1) 8-0 1,595 4. Memphis 9-1 1,459 5. Florida 11-0 1,401 6. Illinois 12-0 1,361 7. Washington 10-0 1,270 8. Gonzaga 9-2 1,267 9. Michigan State 10-2 1,136 10. Louisville 9-1 989 11. UCLA 10-1 987 12. George Washington 8-0 932 13. Boston College 8-2 801 14. Oklahoma 6-2 735 15. Texas 9-2 651 16. Maryland 8-2 638 17. Indiana 7-2 564 18. Kentucky 8-3 521 19. N.C. State 9-1 482 20. Nevada 8-1 413 21. Ohio State 8-0 392 22. Wake Forest 9-2 268 23. North Carolina 6-2 169 24. Wisconsin 9-1 136 25. West Virginia 7-3 135 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 #8 Gonzaga vs #4 Memphis Tuesday at 6:00 CT on ESPN2 I'd make sure to tune into this one. From the teams i've seen play so far, i think UConn is the best team i've seen...and i'd have to put Memphis 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Hudler Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Should be an interesting start to the Big Ten season for 3 of the conference heavyweights. 1st four games for Indiana, Illinois and Mich. St are: Indiana Michigan Ohio State @Michigan State Illinois Illinois Michigan State @Iowa Michigan @Indiana Michigan State @Illinois @Wisconsin Indiana @Ohio State These games could help separate a team from the pack right away or stick a team in a hole right away. I'm ready for some good hoops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Dec 26, 2005 -> 04:36 PM) I'm ready for some good hoops! Then watch the ACC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 QUOTE(Spiff @ Dec 26, 2005 -> 04:06 PM) Then watch the ACC And stay far, far far far away from the Big 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 QUOTE(Spiff @ Dec 26, 2005 -> 04:06 PM) Then watch the ACC Maybe they can get as many teams into the final four as the big ten does this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 27, 2005 -> 12:53 AM) Maybe they can get as many teams into the final four as the big ten does this year Maybe they can also win the title again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Well if you are going to talk about which is the better conference, using depth is a better argument than which conference has the best team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiff Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 27, 2005 -> 02:38 AM) Well if you are going to talk about which is the better conference, using depth is a better argument than which conference has the best team. I suppose I will use the fact that the ACC won the challenge for like the 7th straight year. That works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyWhiteSox Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Morrison can score. Just thought I'd point that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted December 28, 2005 Author Share Posted December 28, 2005 I only saw the first half, and Morrison had like 21 points giving Zags the lead 40-35. Looks like he ended up w/ 34, but the Zags lost to Memphis 83-72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlliniKrush Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Morrison ran out of steam at the end, he didn't score for quite a long time at the end of the 2nd half. It didn't help that Gonzaga's other bigs didn't have very good games. Memphis is a damn good team. Washington can do everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomSlowik Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Dec 28, 2005 -> 01:06 AM) Morrison ran out of steam at the end, he didn't score for quite a long time at the end of the 2nd half. It didn't help that Gonzaga's other bigs didn't have very good games. Memphis is a damn good team. Washington can do everything. What's scary is that they are a young team that will probably get better as the season goes on. They start 3 freshmen and 2 sophmores. Rodney Carney is a very gifted player and he comes off the bench. They make some ugly decisions that result in some poor shot selection and turnovers, but they make up for it with great depth and athleticism. They'll be an interesting team to watch this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Anybody surprised at how good the Illini are? I didn't think they would completely fall off, and I know the real challenge will come when conference play starts, but they've gone above and beyond what I expected from them to this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnB Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 I definitely didn't expect to be undefeated at this point. The biggest reason for the illini being this good is because of jamar smith's ridiculous play for a freshmen. His shooting has saved us in several of these early games. Another win against another made up school tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 QUOTE(SnB @ Dec 28, 2005 -> 08:57 PM) I definitely didn't expect to be undefeated at this point. The biggest reason for the illini being this good is because of jamar smith's ridiculous play for a freshmen. His shooting has saved us in several of these early games. Another win against another made up school tonight. The defense has been even better than last year, IMO. And, yes, Jamar Smith has been a stud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 And ISU with way too much trouble with Tennessee State. A lot of people are disappointed with the 10-3 start this year, but last year we started out 8-8, 0-5 in conference. We're in fine shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 The Big 12 is so awful. Iowa State had way too much trouble with Tennessee State, Oklahoma trailed almost all game against Oral Roberts (who, although good, is still a Mid Con team). I honestly think the Missouri Valley Conference is better than the Big 12 this year. The Valley is really good this year and deep, as showcased tonight by undefeated Indiana State falling at home to now 9-2 Wichita State, Creighton beating up on Missouri State in a battle of 2 real good teams, and Bradley with an upset win in OT over Northern Iowa down in Peoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Heh, UNI still lost to ISU. The bottom of the Big 12 caught up to the middle and and the top fell. Honestly, how would you rank the teams in the conference? Texas and Oklahoma were vastly overrated at the beginning of the season. Oklahoma State got slapped tonight. Kansas has been all over the map. Iowa State with a BAD loss to Fresno and a big loss to an underrated Iona team. I'm pretty sure Colorado and Kansas State are playing over their heads. Baylor's undefeated, I suppose. A&M has been beating up on middle school teams. Texas Tech forgot how to win. Nebraska can't get their s*** together, getting skullf***ed by Creighton, and Missouri just plain sucks right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 If the Big 12 is represented in the 2nd weekend of the NCAA Tournament this year, it would be an absolute miracle. And the ISU win over UNI is simple to explain....HILTON MAGIC!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 No team deserves to win the conference thus far. I'm not trying to be a homer, but if ISU can win on the road they have a chance to be a top 4 team in the conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Hudler Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Dec 29, 2005 -> 04:19 AM) The Big 12 is so awful. Iowa State had way too much trouble with Tennessee State, Oklahoma trailed almost all game against Oral Roberts (who, although good, is still a Mid Con team). I honestly think the Missouri Valley Conference is better than the Big 12 this year. The Valley is really good this year and deep, as showcased tonight by undefeated Indiana State falling at home to now 9-2 Wichita State, Creighton beating up on Missouri State in a battle of 2 real good teams, and Bradley with an upset win in OT over Northern Iowa down in Peoria. As of last weekend, the MIssouri Valley was rated as the 3rd best conference based on RPI. That will change as the conference sched gets going, but that is a testament to the strength of the league this year. Being a top 8 league is very realistic, if not top 6 or 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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