end of SU-UCONN is on ESPNU right now

Duke does not have a decent inside game and could definitely lose a game if their shots aren't falling or the refs aren't giving them calls. For me the list of teams that can make a serious run maybe is four deep... UNC, Pitt, Louisville and maybe Memphis....maybe.

Not the to say some other team won't get hot or that the other teams on your list won't make a run. I think those teams need favorable matches in order to make a serious run. While Pitt, UNC and Louisville can play with anyone... Memphis also to a certain degree.

Texas up by 6 over Baylor at the half, 39-33.

As a fan of a Big Ten team, I would like to point out that Louisville/Villanova is unwatchable.

Baylor 9.2 seconds away!

Baylor knocks off Texas with a strong second half.

Maryland gets a huge win over Wake Forest that might get them into the NCAA tournament. I'm not convinced that they're in for sure unless they win tomorrow, but they're right there now.

WVU-'Cuse time!

I hope we don't come out flat after beating Pitt. I don't want tourney week to end (for us) yet! :)

That makes the Big XII overtime a game for bubble watchers since if Baylor wins, that will open up another spot.

SI

Go CSUN!!!

speaking of Duke having issues - it's only halftime but they're having issues with B.C. so far tonight (they're down by 7)

Mizzou is down by 2 at halftime and they are shooting HORRIBLE!!!!!!

Good grief......

Come on. From all of the posts I have ever read by you I know you are a true fan. We are a second half team. Anderson's philosophy is depth and conditioning. Our two first half goals are to wear them down and get them into foul trouble. And then we dominate the second half. We will win by 10+.

:)

Ok.. I panic a little bit... they (ok st) do have two of their best players out, one with 3 fouls and the other one with a leg injury.. I hope he's ok though.

If we could just start playing better in the first half.. :D

Both teams are shooting horrible right now. That's the good news.

And, yeah, while being a good 2nd half team helps, every day that passes in March is one day where it's going to be that much harder to do that. There are no easy games from here on out.

True, but as long as we can minimize the time that Denmon, Paul, and Lawrence are on the floor at the same time we can out athlete almost every team. Our bench is deeper than even the power Big East and ACC schools. I don't claim we match up 5 on 5 starters but when they start to get tired we are so deep and athletic that we can keep running them.

Plus it doesn't look like Eaton is coming back. (Or as the play by play guy keeps saying eat-TAHN. :-) )

EDIT: Well that was a jinx. Eaton just keep running on the court 25 seconds after that post. Sorry for the jinx!

I'm listening to the OSU feed because the Mizzou feed on Yahoo is premium. OSU talking heads said they're taping the ankle and gonna see how that works out for him.

Question: If there is a 4th "stand by" official at a game why not just ref the game with all 4 guys? Seems like they could just post a ref under each basket and only have two refs running back and forth.

Great comeback so far by UW but I think it may have taken to much out of them for the finish

We are starting to get stronger.. but damn are we shooting bad.

Apparently the Cowboys are playing aggressive and not making any fouls, huh?

We are taking many outside shots.. OKST is going inside.

ACC and Big East games both set up for awesome endings, if WVU makes this last free throw Syracuse might be playing mroe overtime.

I want to see WVU/Syracuse go into OT, just so I can hear the announcers go into apoplexy about it being the last thing the 'Cuse needed.

Alright! Let's go to 7 this time.

BC down 1 vs Duke with the ball and 10.6 left in the game.

USC/UCLA about to face-off in the PAC-10 semis. Bug and Chief should make a sig bet or something.

thats just cruel

I see Duke has some festive watermark designs on their unis. I think I saw another team with them recently. Must be this years "tight unis"

bah - that ending was monkeyshit.

from the point where our backup PG (who is only playing cuz the stud freshman got hurt in the game) threw it into the 2 dukies with 17 seconds left i pretty much thought we were done, but that was a pretty horrible last shot...would have rather they let them play out the last 5.5 after getting the ball cross halfcourt rather than call time and go for a set play.

they had it right there to win and just barfed it up.

Ping: Mizzou/Okie State watchers- what's with all the threes taken (missed) in that game? 3 for 20 and 6 for 30?

SI

Dude, you jinxed it by calling me. By the time I got to my room, they were back down by 9.

Both teams played good defense and well, both teams shot bad from the arc.

but....

MIZZOU - BAYLOR for the BIG 12 Championship!!!

Woo Hoo, GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ugh, it happened so fast

Baylor will win. Every year a big conference has an unexpected winner. Syracuse a few years back, Georgia last year, et...

Mizzou, I could have easily seen... Baylor, not so much. They have talent but really haven't put it together all the Big XII season. I mean, they were ranked at one point this season but just collapsed in conference.

SI

Demar DeRozan is going to be an amazing player. He said he's going to stay at USC for his sophomore season, but if he has a big coming out party in the PAC-10 and NCAA tourneys, then I could easily see him getting swept up in the hype.

Damn... hated to lose, but I am impressed with Syracuse (minus Devendorf).

What sucks is that his 55-footer really ended up being the difference in the game.

Unreal that 'cuse won, I wouldn't want to face them in the tourny

Al Thornton's the FSU guy you were thinking of, not Horford. It was bugging me so I had to look it up. Can't believe I couldn't remember his name.

Thats it!

You also must be a 'Nova fan.........:p (seriously, Louisville played pretty bad in the first half, but turned it up a couple notches in the 2nd half).

Cougar, I was just having some fun throwing around a phrase I've been hearing over and over again. At the time I posted that both teams were playing good defense and bad offense. Lots of bad turnovers, only points were garbage points, both teams were missing threes, etc.

Louisville's defense was really, really disruptive last night all game long.

You're wrong.. Mizzou comes out hot and beats Baylor by 10 or more. :D

Cuckoo and I will be at the Big XII Championship game today. It should be a good time. Go Bears! Fuck Mizzou! :D

Maybe the North should break off and form their own league like you guys always talk about in football. ;) Who did Mizzou and KU lose to from the weaker division this year? Somehow OU still will get the higher seed though.

KU: 5-2 vs the South including 2-0 against powerhouses OU and Tex
Mizzou: 7-1 vs the South including 2-0 against powerhouses OU and Tex


We will demolish Baylor. It's their 4th game in a row against a team built on stamina. The dream ends today.

To be fair, we beat OU without Blake Griffin (tho it was in Norman)

SI

Okay, but what other team could enter the tournament losers of 4 of its last 6 with 2 1/2 of those losses at full strength and be considered the best team from their conference? If Mizzou limped in like that we would be an 8 seed. I don't think there is any doubt OU will be seeded higher than KU or Mizzou and I never thought I would be defending you guys but its complete horse shit!

I think they looked like ass and cant for the life of me figure out why they did that. It doesnt match at all IMO.