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2006-2007 season college basketball thread

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Wow is about all I can say. Who would of thought that Butler would of pulled the 3 upsets they did over Notre Dame, Indiana, and Tennessee.

Then you had Zaga upsetting UNC tonite. What a hard fought game that was. Zaga is a good team about 6 deep and then after that is where they run into problems. They were up 15 and let UNC back in the game. Mainly b/c of depth.

This type of matchup for the NIT final (Zaga vs. Butler) would of never been expected a couple years ago with two midmajors upsetting the teams they did. Granted Zaga is not a mid major no more, but they still come from a mid major conference.

As for UNC I am not overly impressed with them. They are a very solid team and we are going to have our hands full, but overall I would say that Cook>Ellington and Conley>Lawson. Both the UNC guys were rated higher.

Hansbrough had an off nite while the big guy for Zaga(forget his name) really played a great game. Also the freshmen for Zaga Bolden is going to be a good one. He is another one in the long line of long haired white boys for the Zaga program.

There have been quite a few upsets so far. UNC and Kansas being two of the bigger ones going down.

Right now I would have a top 2 of Florida and UCLA. Everyone else seems to be feeling there way.

Also we play Tennessee later in the year. After seeing them tonite play horrible basketball and turn the ball over about 30 times against Butler(not exactally your pressure up in your face Defense). I don't think they will be in the top 25 much longer.

I also like what I have seen out of Ga Tech in the early season with Young and Crittedon(sp?) have shown, even tho they ran into a very tough UCLA team tonite.
 
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Gonzaga drops North Carolina in NIT semifinal

Thursday, November 23, 2006


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Gonzaga 82, No . 2 North Car olina 74 ? Derek Raivio scored 21 points to help Gonzaga upset North Carolina in an NIT Season Tip-Off semifinal last night in New York.
The Zags advanced to the championship game Friday night against Butler, a 56-44 winner over No. 22 Tennessee.
Trailing 65-50 with 11:52 left in the game, North Carolina used an 18-5 run to get to 70-68 on Tyler Hansbrough?s dunk with 4:16 left.
Gonzaga?s Jeremy Pargo scored a basket and was fouled. His three-point play pushed the lead back to five. North Carolina could get no closer than four points the rest of the way.
Josh Heytvelt added 19 points and eight rebounds for Gonzaga. Pargo had 16 points.
Brandan Wright led the Tar Heels with 21 points and 13 rebounds.
Butler 56, No . 22 Tennessee 44 ? Julian Betko scored 11 of his career-high 15 points in a decisive second-half run to lift Butler (5-0) over Tennessee (4-1) in an NIT Season Tip-Off semifinal.
With Butler leading by one, Betko hit three three-pointers and a layup to give the Bulldogs a 46-38 lead with 7:49 left.
Tennessee shot just 25 percent from the field. The Vols were 3 of 29 (10 percent) from the floor in the second half.
A.J. Graves added 15 points for Butler. JaJuan Smith scored 16 points to lead Tennessee.
No . 12 Memphis 80, No . 20 Kentucky 63 ? Freshman Willie Kemp scored 10 of his 12 points in the opening four minutes of the second half and Memphis (3-1) dominated Kentucky (3-2) in the third-place game of the EA Sports Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii.
Randolph Morris topped Kentucky with 18 points.
Robert Dozier had 15 points, and Chris Douglas-Roberts and Jeremy Hunt each had 13 for Memphis.
No . 14 Georgetown 73, Fair field 60 ? Freshman DaJuan Summers scored 17 points, helping Georgetown (3-1) beat Fairfield (1-6) in Bridgeport, Conn.
Georgetown opened the second half with a 17-2 run.
Jesse Sapp added 14 points for the Hoyas. Mike Van Schaick led Fairfield with 14 points.
No . 15 Arizona 86, Samford 57 ? Marcus Williams scored all of his 14 points in the first half and Chase Budinger added 12 of his 14 points in the opening 20 minutes, helping Arizona (3-1) rout Samford (1-3) in Tucson, Ariz.
Randall Gulina led Samford with 21 points.
No . 17 Syracuse 79, Charlotte 67 ? Demetris Nichols scored 21 points, freshman Paul Harris added 17 points and nine rebounds, and Syracuse (5-0) beat visiting Charlotte (1-2).
Josh Wright had 14 points and eight assists for Syracuse. Leemire Goldwire scored 14 points to lead Charlotte.
Providence 73, No . 23 Boston College 64 ? Geoff McDermott had 18 points and 16 rebounds and Providence (2-1) withstood Sean Williams? career-high 12 blocks to beat visiting Boston College (1-2). Sharaud Curry had 18 points and Weyinmi Efejuku 17 for the Friars. Tyrese Rice led the Eagles with 19 points.
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Gonzaga, Butler have surprising NIT championship shots
Friday, November 24, 2006

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Despite being one of the elite teams of the last decade, Gonzaga has had to prove it still belongs each time a marquee player leaves.
Gonzaga now has its first big victory in the post-Adam Morrison era after an 82-74 win over No. 2 North Carolina on Wednesday night in the semifinals of the NIT Season Tip-Off.
The Bulldogs of Gonzaga will face the Bulldogs of Butler tonight in the NIT championship game in New York.
Butler has proved in its run to the final that it isn?t intimidated by highprofile opponents. The Bulldogs knocked off Notre Dame, Indiana and No. 22 Tennessee.
"I think Gonzaga and Butler in the finals is good," North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. "It?s not good for North Carolina right now, but I have no problems with that. I think it?s what makes our game the best game there is."
In games yesterday:

Arkansas 61, S . Illinois 53, OT ?

Charles Thomas scored 16 points and Arkansas (3-0) made 14 straight free throws in the final minutes to rally past Southern Illinois (2-1) in the Old Spice Classic at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
W . Michigan 71, Virginia Tech 68 ?

Michael Redell made two free throws with 52 seconds left to put Western Michigan (2-2) ahead for good in an overtime win over Virginia Tech (2-1) in the Old Spice Classic. at Disney World.
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No. 1 Florida 101, Western Kentucky 68 -- Corey Brewer had 20 points, nine rebounds and seven assists to lead the Gators in the Las Vegas Invitational. Taurean Green had 19 points and six assists, and Al Horford added 16 points and 11 rebounds as Florida (6-0) rolled over the Hilltoppers (4-1).
No. 2 North Carolina 101, No. 22 Tennessee 87 -- Tyler Hansbrough bounced back from one of the worst games of his college career to score 27 points in the third-place game of the NIT Season Tip-Off in New York City. He also had nine rebounds. The Tar Heels (4-1) led 56-35 at halftime. The Vols' (4-2) JeJuan Smith and Chris Lofton both had 18 points.
No. 3 Pittsburgh 88, Florida State 66 -- The Panthers went on a pivotal 13-0 run behind the outside shooting of Ronald Ramon and Antonio Graves not long after Seminoles star Al Thornton got into foul trouble in the first half. Graves scored 15 points and Ramon came off the bench for 12, all on 3-pointers for the Panthers (6-0). Pitt's bench outscored the Seminoles' (4-1) 41-5 overall to win the Colonial Athletic Association Classic in Pittsburgh.
Missouri State 66, No. 7 Wisconsin 64 -- Missouri State's Blake Ahearn hit 3-of-5 from 3-point range, made 6-of-7 free throws, and scored 25 points as the Bears shocked the Badgers in the semifinals of the South Padre Island Invitational in Texas. The Bears (4-0) led by as many as 19 in the first half, but they had to come back late in the game after Wisconsin (4-1) rallied. The Badgers took a 62-57 lead with 5:25 remaining.
No. 10 Kansas 64, Ball State 46 -- Mario Chalmers hit three key 3-pointers and scored 13 points for the Jayhawks (4-1) in the Las Vegas Invitational. Kansas missed 24 of its first 31 shots against Ball State (2-2).
No. 16 Washington 90, Eastern Washington 83 -- Justin Dentmon scored a career-high 23 points -- 19 in the second half -- as the host Huskies overcame a 12-point deficit. Freshman Spencer Hawes and classmate Adrian Oliver added 14 points each for Washington (5-0). Rodney Stuckey, the nation's leading returning scorer this season, scored 31 on 11-for-24 shooting for the Eagles (2-3).
No. 25 Maryland 81, High Point 63 -- Ekene Ibekwe scored 16 points before leaving with an injury, and James Gist and D.J. Strawberry each had 15 for the host Terrapins (7-0), who never trailed but led High Point (3-3) by only 4 points at halftime.
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Ohio State WILL be #1, the question I have is, Will the media put UNC in the #2 spot? 1) because their loss came earlier in the week, to a ranked opponent also and 2) to create more hype around the game. We've seen them do this in college football with the Ohio State-Texas game. I think we may just see it here also!
 
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They could very well rank them just to see that, also.
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I'd like to see that, and IMO Ohio State has the edge in this game... It looks to me that UNC is turning the ball over way too much, Ohio State needs to step up and shut down Hansbrough and Wright, but I think Othello Hunter and Matt Terwilliger could handle them. It will be a very interesting game!

Another HUGE game coming up for Ohio State is right before Christmas against Florida!
 
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It's funny...but right now, without Oden, are we really the #1 team in the country? What have we done to earn that? It'd be fun to be #1, but part of me kind of feels like we should have to do more to deserve it.

I guess I really don't care if we are #1 now...hopefully we are #1 later in the season. If this team is the best in country without oden...then what does that make us when he comes back?

GO BUCKS!
 
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I think this team is very strong even without Oden. With Oden, that just makes the Buckeyes scary! He could potentially be back for that game against Florida which would be HUGE... His return was expected back by early January, but due to quick recovery he's expected back by mid-December now.
 
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Taking a look at this week's current Top 10 (coaches), only Ohio State, Pittsburgh, UCLA, Alabama and Texas A&M survived the week without a loss.

As far as moving up goes, one knock on OSU is that we haven't played ANYONE, and both Florida and UNC lost to Top 25 teams.

However, I am going to take a slight issue with 27 here. Yes, hoops polls don't work like football, but last week Kansas got dumped nine spots, from #3 to #12, for their loss to Oral Roberts. So it's possible that OSU could get elevated to #1. Of course, it's also possible that voters thought that Kansas was already a weak #3, and think that we're a weak #3 also. :biggrin:

The only other Top 10 teams to lose thus far are G-Town (dropped from #8 to #16 this week) and Arizona (dropped from #10 to #16 last week).

One thing to look at is the voting point totals. We're 99 points behind Florida, and 63 behind UNC. That means that we have to move several spots on a LOT of ballots. The average ballot has us two slots behind UNC and three behind Florida, roughly. We must be splitting places with UCLA, Pittsburgh and others on quite a few ballots.

Don't discount UCLA passing both us and Pitt. UCLA had a good week, with two solid wins over ranked teams. They've got the best resume so far this season.

What I DON'T see is how you dump Florida below UNC for losing in OT to Kansas. Florida played well and looked good, whereas UNC didn't, and lost to a much lower ranked team.

Either way, it's best for us if those teams don't drop too far, if at all. They certainly will be two of the top teams in the country this season, and it would be a shame if we played them at their lowest ranked points.

We shouldn't be #1 (yet), and I think that smart fans shouldn't want to see us with that bullseye on our backs at this point.
 
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I know the arguments. This team is very good without Oden, but we probably aren't the #1 team in the country yet. We haven't played anyone of real substance. North Carolina is tough at home.

Won't bother me at all if we lose a close one but I think we could win it.
 
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