2006-2007 season college basketball thread

[duke_shoot]

This team has a lot of talent, so much so that IF we had more good talent we could get to deserve a N01 ranking without Oden, With Him we still can achieve that stature if we are in good enough physical condition to survive the attrition of the season. It is not going to be easy with 9 players, even if one turns out to be the best player in college ball.
Too bad he won't be around next year. That would be awesome!.
Well we need to enjoy it while we can, it's is going to the best.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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TOP 25 BIG TEN
Texas Tech?s win ties Knight with Rupp for second all time

Thursday, December 07, 2006


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Texas Tech 66, Louisiana Tech 59 ? Bob Knight tied legendary Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp for second place on the career victory list last night as Texas Tech beat Louisiana Tech in Ruston, La.
Knight?s 876 th victory moved him three wins from tying former North Carolina coach Dean Smith for the most in Division I history.
Michigan State 80, Indiana - Purdue - Fort Wayne 43 ? Raymar Morgan missed Michigan State?s win over Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne in East Lansing, Mich., and could be out for close to a month because of a stress reaction of the right shin.
The 6-foot-7 freshman from Canton is averaging 11.7 points and 5.6 rebounds, both second on the team.
The Spartans (8-2) limited the Mastodons (3-6) to 26.5 percent shooting from the field last night.
No . 2 Pittsburgh 73, Du quesne 56 ? Aaron Gray had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Pittsburgh (9-0) beat city rival Duquesne (2-5).
Pittsburgh limited Duquesne to 38 percent shooting from the field.
No . 7 Florida 85, Providence 67 ? Al Horford scored a career-high 21 points and Florida beat Providence (6-2) in Gainesville, Fla.
The victory left coach Billy Donovan one shy of tying Norm Sloan (235) for the most in school history. The Gators? next game is Dec. 17 against Florida A &M in Tampa.
The Gators (8-2) played their third straight game without forward Corey Brewer (mononucleosis).
Florida plans to use the extended break to get healthy, hoping Brewer will return against Ohio State on Dec. 23.
No . 7 Duke 57, Holy Cross 45 ? DeMarcus Nelson and Josh McRoberts each scored 13 points to lead Duke (8-1) past Holy Cross (6-3) in Durham, N.C.
Tennessee 76, No . 16 Mem phis 58 ? Chris Lofton scored a career-high 34 points as Tennessee (7-2) built a big lead in the first half and beat Memphis (6-2) in Knoxville, Tenn.
No . 19 Connecticut 81, North eastern 53 ? Jeff Adrien scored a career-high 18 points and had 12 rebounds to lead Connecticut (8-0) over Northeastern (2-6) in Storrs, Conn. No . 23 Maryland 79, Fordham 59 ? Mike Jones had 18 points and Maryland (9-1) beat Fordham (4-3) in College Park, Md.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

Looks like Tennessee is starting to play better. Lofton has been lighting up the scoreboard as of late. They looked terrible in their game against Butler in the NIT. Should be a nice matchup when they come to schott...

Also the Dookies continue to either play down to the level of competition or just arent that dominant. At this point with the some of the top recruiting classes I think the Dookies class has been one of the more inconsistent and the upperclassmen are the ones that are pulling the games out for them. Also Paulus has struggled with an ankle, so I look for Dook to become one of the better teams by the end of the year, unless they lose a couple and take a confidence hit...

 

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MEN?S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Notre Dame hands Alabama first loss


Notre Dame 99, No. 4 Alabama 85 ?

Russell Carter scored a career-high 27 points, including two key baskets that thwarted an Alabama threat and sparked a 14-0 run, in Notre Dame?s victory last night in South Bend, Ind.
Alabama (7-1) had used a 7-0 run to cut Notre Dame?s lead to 85-82 as the Irish (7-1) appeared to be losing their composure with turnovers on three straight possessions. But Carter hit a three-pointer and an 18-footer to extend the lead to 88-82, and Luke Harangody converted on a three-point play, and then it was the Crimson Tide players who lost their composure, committing three straight turnovers. Kyle McAlarney had a careerhigh 20 points for the Irish and Colin Falls also scored 20.

 

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LOUISVILLE 74 OHIO 71
Freshman lifts Cardinals over Bobcats

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Will Graves
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TIMOTHY D . EASLEY ASSOCIATED PRESS Louisville?s Terrance Farley, right, attempts to block the shot of Ohio?s Sonny Troutman in the second half.


LOUISVILLE, Ky. ? Rick Pitino loves to compare Louisville freshman guard Edgar Sosa with former Cardinals standout Francisco Garcia.
Both Sosa and Garcia are from New York. Both are emotional, fiery players. And, as Sosa proved during Louisville?s 74-71 win over Ohio University last night in the opening game of the NABC Classic, he can be just as explosive as his predecessor.
Sosa scored a career-high 22 points, including 10 straight late in the second half, as the Cardinals (3-2) remained undefeated at home this season.
"A lot of teams don?t think we can shoot it, but coach wants us to shoot the ball," Sosa said. "Andre (McGee) being out has given me a lot of confidence. When he comes back, I hope we can share time together."
Sosa showed it late in the second half after the Bobcats (4-2) cut a 16-point deficit to one with 5:54 to play.
Will Scott hit a three-pointer to push Louisville?s lead to 59-55 before Sosa went on his own personal run. He hit two three-pointers, a couple of free throws and a runner in the lane as the Cardinals eventually went back in front 69-63.
Sonny Troutman led the Bobcats with 22 points and Jerome Tillman had 18 points and 13 rebounds. "What I like is our resiliency," Ohio coach Tim O?Shea said. "We kept after it and kept rebounding and got ourselves some second-shot opportunities."

 

[crazybuckfan40]

UCLA had a tough game today against ATM edging them out by 3 pts. 65-62...

Also Pitt really struggled today against Buffalo, but came back to win by 3...

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

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TOP 25 ROUNDUP
Indiana State pins first loss on Butler

Sunday, December 10, 2006


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Gerald Henderson of Duke blocks a shot by Andre Smith of George Mason during the first half.


Indiana St . 72, No . 15 Butler 64

Gabe Moore scored a career-high 24 points and almost single-handedly ruined the nation?s most surprising start by leading Indiana State over Butler last night in Terre Haute, Ind.
Mike Green had 18 points for Butler (10-1), which shot an uncharacteristic 41.5 percent from the field and was only 8 of 28 from three-point range.
Moore sealed the win with a steal and layup with 1:31 left, then hit two foul shots in the final minute to end Butler?s last chance.

No . 3 North Carolina 94, High Point 69

Tyler Hansbrough had 24 points and host North Carolina (7-1) gave coach Roy Williams his 500 th career win.
Williams reached 500 wins in his 19 th season, faster than any other Division I coach. Jerry Tarkanian won his 500 th game in his 20 th season.
Arizona Reid had 26 points for High Point (6-4), whose threegame winning streak ended.

No . 4 Alabama 92, Alabama St . 58

Richard Hendrix had a career-high 34 points on 15-of-19 shooting from the field to help Alabama coast past Alabama State in Tuscaloosa, Ala., despite the absence of standouts Jermareo Davidson and Ronald Steele.
Alonzo Gee added 16 points for the Crimson Tide (8-1), which shot 68 percent from the field against the Hornets (2-5).
Steele missed the game with tendinitis in his right knee and a sprained left ankle after trying to warm up. Coach Mark Gottfried said before the game that Davidson, a senior center, had withdrawn from fall semester after missing some classes following the death of his girlfriend in a November car accident.

No . 7 Duke 69, George Mason 53

DeMarcus Nelson scored 24 points and freshman Jon Scheyer had 18, both career highs, for Duke (9-1), which led the entire way to beat George Mason (4-4) and extend the nation?s longest home nonconference winning streak to 48.
Will Thomas and Folarin Campbell each scored 13 points for the Patriots.
No. 10 Wichita St. 83, Wyoming 69 ? Kyle Wilson scored 19 points, including two big baskets in the second half, and Wichita State (7-0) held off Wyoming (7-2) at the Wyoming Shootout in Casper, Wyo.
Brandon Ewing scored 20 of his 29 points in the first half, helping pull the Cowboys to 37-30 at halftime.

No . 18 Gonzaga 97, No . 13 Washington 77

Derek Raivio scored 17 of his 25 points in the decisive first half as Gonzaga (9-2) raced to a big early lead and beat Washington (7-1) in Spokane, Wash., extending the nation?s longest home winning streak to 45 games.
Freshman Matt Bouldin, making his first collegiate start, scored 21 points for Gonzaga.
Spencer Hawes scored 20 points to lead Washington (7-1).

No . 16 Memphis 82, Mississip pi 70

Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 17 points and Jeremy Hunt had 16 to lead host Memphis (7-2) over Mississippi (7-2).
The Tigers, coming off a 28.6 percent shooting performance in an 18-point loss at Tennessee on Wednesday, regrouped to shoot 47 percent from the field.
Clarence Sanders had 18 points and Todd Abernathy added 16 for Ole Miss.

No . 21 Syracuse 79, Colgate 52

Demetris Nichols tied his career high with 28 points, hitting a school-record six straight three-pointers in the second half, for host Syracuse (8-2).
It was the 41 st straight win in the series for Syracuse, the longest active mark in Division I-A.
Syracuse has played Colgate (4-4) more than any other school ? 159 times ? and has a 114-45 mark against the Raiders.

Vanderbilt 73, No . 25 Georgia Tech 64

Shan Foster scored 25 points and Derrick Byars added 18, and Vanderbilt (5-3) snapped a nine-game losing streak against ranked opponents in Nashville, Tenn.
Vanderbilt hadn?t beaten a Top 25 team since topping then-No. 19 Alabama on Jan. 5, 2005.
Thaddeus Young had 19 points for Georgia Tech (6-3), which hadn?t played since losing to Miami a week ago in its Atlantic Coast Conference opener. The Yellow Jackets lost for the third loss in four games.

 

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NO. 1 UCLA 65 NO. 6 TEXAS A &M 62
Bruins win it with defense
UCLA makes key stops down the stretch

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Beth Harris
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UCLA?s Darren Collison, right, dives to steal the ball from Texas A &M?s Antanas Kavaliauskas in Anaheim, Calif.


ANAHEIM, Calif. ? The last time the rest of the country looked in on UCLA, the Bruins played their way into the national championship game with defense. They needed a big dose of it yesterday.
The Bruins survived their first serious challenge at No. 1 with late-game defensive stops in a 65-62 win over No. 6 Texas A &M in the John R. Wooden Classic.
"That was two teams fighting at it pretty hard," Aggies coach Billy Gillispie said. "A lot of mistakes made, but a lot of big-time plays."
Josh Shipp scored 18 points and foul-plagued Arron Afflalo had eight of his 13 in the final nine minutes for the Bruins (8-0). Darren Collison scored 15 points but had six of the team?s 13 turnovers.
"They came off a loss to LSU, so we knew we were going to get their best shot," Shipp said.
Acie Law scored 21 points for Texas A &M (7-2), which controlled the boards 34-23. Dominique Kirk added 12 points for the Aggies and Joseph Jones had 11 points and 13 rebounds.
"They stepped it up a little bit and they made plays and we didn?t," Law said. "The last five minutes we were in position to win, but we didn?t."
UCLA forced 20 turnovers that led to 22 points.
"It was like we couldn?t dribble the ball past one defender at half-court," Gillispie said. "Those exchanges are the ones that killed us."
Texas A &M came into the game leading the country in field-goal percentage defense, holding opponents to 32.2 percent. Both teams shot 25 of 51 (49 percent) from the field in the nationally televised matchup of up-tempo, defensiveminded teams.
"The intensity was going to remain high as long as the score was tight," Afflalo said. "Neither team got a chance to pull away."
Law?s basket with 41 seconds remaining cut UCLA?s lead to 63-60, and Collison stepped out of bounds near UCLA?s bench, turning the ball over. But Jones missed what could have been a tying three-pointer with 17 seconds to go.
"Perfect," Gillispie said about Jones? attempt. "We didn?t come here to play conservative. We had a better chance with that."
The Aggies were forced to foul, and after struggling at the line the entire game, the Bruins got two from Collison for a 65-60 lead. Shipp was fouled and missed before Law?s basket with two-tenths of a second left completed the scoring.
The Bruins led 33-27 at halftime, and extended their lead to nine points three times, the last on Lorenzo Mata?s putback that made it 44-35.
Law scored twice in a row to cut UCLA?s lead to 52-51, and a three-point play by Jones with 6:42 remaining tied it at 54. Afflalo got knocked down on a three-point attempt, but typical of the Bruins? poor free throw shooting, he made just one free throw, putting the Bruins ahead for good. They were 8 of 16 from the line.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

I just can't get over the number of dominant freshmen this year in college basketball.

Watching Texas tonite with Durant and I think that the recruiting services really got it right with him #2 and just about any other year this kid is number one, but he had a once in a decade type player in front of him.

Impact Fros are Oden, Durant, Hawes, Budinger, Bouldin, Lawson, Wright, Ellington, Conley, Cook, Lighty, Scheyer, Henderson...

Just to same some that I have saw...I am sure there are going to be more pop over the course of the season...

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

darrell arthur is the leading scorer at kansas.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

Yeah I was just going off the top of my head...

Some more are Young, Crittendon, Augustin, Paul Harris.

Dickie V said tonite during the Texas game (which was a great game with Texas pulling the minor upset over LSU) that there are about 30-40 freshmen that are making considerable impacts at their schools. Also said UCONN was a young team, with frosh. THat is just an example of some teams that I have not seen that are also lead by frosh.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

oh... no, i wasn't attempting to say by any means that your list wasn't sufficient. arthur's just a freshman that has really impressed me this season. you can go around the country and list freshman after freshman that have had tremendous impact. i, too, watched the texas-lsu game this evening and recalled what vitale stated. i wonder how many of these impact freshmen would have declared directly for the nba.

 

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MEN?S BASKETBALL
Texas knocks off LSU in OT
Augustin?s 25 points pace ?Horns in exciting rematch
Monday, December 11, 2006

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</IMG> Ohio?s Stephen King drives in the lane against Saint Joseph?s Ahmad Nivins.


Texas 76, No. 9 LSU 75, OT ?

A.J. Abrams hit a three-pointer with 1:03 left in overtime and Texas beat Louisiana State last night in Houston in a thrilling rematch of a 2006 NCAA regional final that also went to overtime.
Damion James of Texas (6-2) missed two free throws with 17 seconds left in overtime and his team leading 76-75, giving the Tigers (5-2) a chance for the win.
After an LSU timeout, Garrett Temple?s three-point attempt from the top of the key bounced off the front of the rim and James grabbed the loose ball for the rebound as time expired.
D.J. Augustin had 25 points for the Longhorns, who won third straight game against a top 10 team. Freshman Kevin Durant had 10 points and 11 rebounds for Texas. James had 10 points and 13 rebounds.
Tasmin Mitchell had 23 points and 10 rebounds for LSU. Glen Davis had 21 points and 10 rebounds.

Boston College 73, No. 23 Maryland 62 ?

Jared Dudley had 20 points and 11 rebounds, and Sean Williams had 10 points, 11 rebounds and seven blocked shots to lead Boston College over Maryland in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams in Boston.
Tyrese Rice scored 17 points ? 12 in the first half when the Eagles (6-2, 1-0) opened a 19-10 lead and never trailed. Maryland (9-2, 0-1) tied it twice in the first half but never got closer than three points in the second.
James Gist had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Terrapins, who have lost two of three since winning their first eight games this season.

Ohio 79, Saint Joseph?s 72 ?

Jerome Tillman and Bubba Walther led Ohio with 19 points each in an NABC Classic victory over Saint Joseph?s in Louisville, Ky.
Rob Ferguson led St. Joseph?s with 16 points.
The Bobcats (6-2) led the entire game. The Hawks (5-4) got as close as a point twice in the second half, but the Bobcats held on. Ohio shot 60 percent from the floor, including 46 percent from threepoint range.
The Hawks? Jawan Carter made 5 of 7 three-pointers and finished with 15 points.
The Bobcats? Sonny Troutman had 18 points and his 198 th career steal, setting a school record.

Miami University 72, Oakland University 46 ?

Nathan Peavy had 16 points and nine rebounds to lead Miami University over Oakland University in Oxford, Ohio.
Alex Moosmann scored 13 points and Tim Pollitz added 10 for Miami, which shot 50 percent from the floor and never trailed.
Miami (4-6) took advantage of Oakland?s miscues, scoring 25 points on 17 turnovers by the Golden Grizzlies (6-5).
Vova Severovas and Derick Nelson each scored 13 points for Oakland.

Youngstown State 68, Wis.-Milwaukee 65 ?

Keston Roberts scored 21 points and Quin Humphrey 14 to lead Youngstown State (4-6, 1-1) over host Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2-9, 0-1) in an Horizon League game. Milwaukee was led by Paige Paulsen with 16 points and Allan Hanson with 14.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

oh... no, i wasn't attempting to say by any means that your list wasn't sufficient. arthur's just a freshman that has really impressed me this season. you can go around the country and list freshman after freshman that have had tremendous impact. i, too, watched the texas-lsu game this evening and recalled what vitale stated. i wonder how many of these impact freshmen would have declared directly for the nba.

I think Durant would of for sure and I think Oden and Hawes were clearly ready. Other guys probably would of but, as we have seen in the past 5 years that most young'n don't make that impact their rookie season and have much more of an impact in the college game, which is a win win for the NCAA and the NBA.

 

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No . 24 Air Force 70, Norfolk St . 47 ?

Air Force (11-1) celebrated its return to the national rankings by routing Norfolk State (1-5) behind 14 points from Jacob Burtschi and 12 from Dan Nwaelele in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The Falcons were 15 of 29 from three-point range. The Falcons moved into the AP top 25 Monday. The only other time Air Force made the rankings was in the poll of March 9, 2004. They were gone the next week after losing to Colorado State in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West Tournament.


Marshall 79, Wright St . 72 ?

Markel Humphrey scored 20 of his career-high 24 points in the second half and Marshall (3-6) used a 22-2 run to beat Wright State (3-4) in Huntington, W.Va.
The Thundering Herd, playing its first game after a nineday break for exams, overcame a 15-point halftime deficit.

Notables


? Center Jermareo Davidson, who withdrew from classes before final exams because he had missed so much class time after the death of his girlfriend in a car accident, was cleared by the Southeastern Conference to rejoin No. 9 Alabama for its game Saturday against Southern Mississippi.
Davidson, who leads the SEC in rebounding at 10.6 per game and is averaging 14.9 points and 4.1 blocked shots, has not practiced with the Crimson Tide since withdrawing from classes Friday.
On Nov. 12, Davidson and Brandy Nicole Murphy, a student trainer and his girlfriend, were involved in a car accident in Atlanta. Murphy died the following morning.
Five days earlier, Davidson?s brother was critically injured and remains in the hospital.
An NCAA waiver allows student-athletes who have endured tragic circumstances to withdraw from school for that semester and return to their teams and schools for the next semester.

? Florida center Al Horford has a high-ankle sprain and is questionable for the game Sunday against Florida A &M in Tampa, Fla. "It?s something that can really last a long time," coach Billy Donovan said.