Arena The Madness Has Begun!: NCAA Basketball Discussion

Yeah, Virginia's been looking solid.

South Carolina beat Wofford the other day, behind some nice shooting from Bruce Ellington (5-6 from 3) and Damien Leonard (4-6 from 3)... really need Leonard to keep this up. He came in with a reputation of being a great shooter, but really struggled badly out of the gate. If he can emerge as an actual threat, that will help the team immensely. Another game at noon tomorrow against USC Upstate, which I'll go to as well - Ellington will miss this game (in Orlando for the bowl) but he'll be back for the game after this.

 

I'm tentatively getting excited about Murray State's success this year.

 

South Carolina squeaked by USC Upstate... the lack of Bruce Ellington really showed.

 

Tough loss at Indiana today for the Bucks. But, it's good to see Indiana back. College basketball doesn't feel right when Indiana is an almost guaranteed win on your schedule.

 

That's two huge wins for Indiana now, Kentucky and Ohio State. Very, very impressive.

Also, they showed pretty clearly that the win over Kentucky wasn't just a fluke.

 

No surprise that Tom Crean's having success at Indiana. Having a strong Indiana team is good for college basketball.

 

Clemson beats ETSU 65-58. Good win after trailing by 9 in the 2nd half. Devin Booker scored a career high 22. Booker has great talent, he just does not have the intensity or the desire that his older brother had. ETSU has a very good 6'6 PG named Sollazzo. He could be an NBA talent

 

Booker's a junior now, right?

 

Yep. Sampson left a royal mess there.

 

Most definitely. It's been a while, but IU is back.

 

Speaking of which, another solid victory for Indiana today against a good Michigan squad.

They'll be a dangerous team come March.

 

I was glad that they hung on last night. Michigan made a furious comeback, but couldn't take it all the way.


Pitt is continuing to free-fall right now...they lost their 4th in a row.

 

That game shouldn't have been as close as it was, but I'm glad IU won.

 

I'm surprised that RJ hasn't posted anything about that yet.

 

Can someone send a case of steroids over to the Pitt basketball team please wow losing to DePaul was not good.

 

I saw the second half. It was embarrassing.

 

Easily the best performance of the year from Clemson in the win over FSU. After the 14-10 score, we went on an 18-0 run and never allowed FSU closer than 16 points. Bobo had a big game as did Jennings and Young. They team looked very sharp. Going to need much more of that in the rest of the ACC play.

 

Had that game on but wasn't watching closely.

FSU has one little, tiny, minor weakness. Namely, they are completely and utterly incapable of putting the ball into the basket.

...yeah, ok, that's a pretty huge weakness

 

The Buckeyes were upset last night in Illinois. It was a frustrating game to watch, as several times it looked as if the Bucks were going to take control of the game, only to let it slip back to even, and then had the Illini have the clutch buckets.

 

I caught the highlights on SportsCenter. Paul had a monster game for the Illini, with 43 points and a huge block of Sullinger in the closing moments of the game.

 

That should be a good game. Florida State's down just a bit, but they're not going to be an easy out for UNC. Glad that it's on national tv.

 

Was that the sound of a young Hoosier team falling back to earth? A stunning loss - at home - to Minnesota. Methinks the real test will be how they respond to that setback. They visit Columbus on Sunday. I hope they don't respond well.