Saturday basketball thread

[lurkeraspect84]

Who was it hyping up Memphis this year, was it Borden? They look beyond terrible. 5 points in 10 minutes. Yikes

Might have been me.

 

[jhmossy]

Amazing how the scoring is so down. It's a shit product so far.

Bad year to move the 3 point line back lol

 

[JimboBBN]

Might have been me.

Lol good call lurk.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Bad year to move the 3 point line back lol

It used to be rule of 71, first one to 71 wins 9 out of 10 times. This year it seems rule of 60.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Lol good call lurk.

It's crazy they're still in it. only down by 12.

 

[coryfly]

Might have been me.

Well, they have looked a lot better than this in the few games I've seen them.

 

[JimboBBN]

It's crazy they're still in it. only down by 12.

Tennessee doesn’t look great either, but Memphis looks like they could use me out there to ball

 

[coryfly]

Man, Turner for UT is super cold. He is usually either on or off though. Bowden as well and he looks terrible. Memphis starting to score a little now.

Jeffries doing some work.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Lol good call lurk.

Look no further than @dukedevilz Pick'em thread to see my knowledge on college basketball.

 

[coryfly]

There is the first flop for Memphis. They have been much better about not doing that this year.

 

[coryfly]

This press has helped Memphis. Seems to have gotten them in rhythm.

 

[coryfly]

Not sure that was a great move as much as it was a walk but pretty entertaining if low scoring half. These teams are shooting just terrible.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Not sure that was a great move as much as it was a walk but pretty entertaining if low scoring half. These teams are shooting just terrible.

If a team can average 75-80 points per game this year, they're national title contenders.

 

[jhmossy]

If a team can average 75-80 points per game this year, they're national title contenders.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

I don't think the low scoring this year has anything to do with the 3 line being moved back. I've watched a lot of games and the "talent" is just missing shots. Even wide open.

 

[jhmossy]

I don't think the low scoring this year has anything to do with the 3 line being moved back. I've watched a lot of games and the "talent" is just missing shots. Even wide open.

I can’t speak for nationwide but the ACC pretty much lost everyone from their All-ACC teams last year and the incoming talent isn’t nearly as good. This seems like a really weak draft class to me.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

I can’t speak for nationwide but the ACC pretty much lost everyone from their All-ACC teams last year and the incoming talent isn’t nearly as good. This seems like a really weak draft class to me.

I would say "down year", but UL is currently ranked #1 and I don't want to be that guy.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Auburn down 8-0 5 minutes in to St Louis.

 

[coryfly]

Goodness. Let them play a little bit.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Even though Memphis fans absolutely hate UK. I still root for them.

 

[SpartanJD]

Rutgers 19 SHU 3

 

[coryfly]

Josiah James reminds me a bit of Kyle Anderson.

 

[coryfly]

UT/Memphis suddenly is an offensive explosion. This Lomax kid from Memphis is tough.

 

[Noahtogo24]

UT/Memphis suddenly is an offensive explosion. This Lomax kid from Memphis is tough.

Impressed by Memphis without Wiseman & Qunieores tonight.

 

[coryfly]

What the hell is Precious doing there? He is too important to be out of this game.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Great back and forth game.

It sucks I won't watch the ending.

 

[ExitFlagger]

Auburn down 8-0 5 minutes in to St Louis.

They seriously didn’t score in the first 5 minutes?

 

[coryfly]

Great back and forth game.

It sucks I won't watch the ending.

Oh yeah, UK plays GT don't they? I will probably watch a little until the Presidents Cup tees off.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

They seriously didn’t score in the first 5 minutes?

To be fair, they're playing St. Louis.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

flop warning. That's new.

 

[Noahtogo24]

Don't know about calling that last TO there...

 

[coryfly]

Memphis didn't shoot well but they shot better than Tennessee. Good win for them.

 

[AuHoosier420]

They seriously didn’t score in the first 5 minutes?

We are up 10 now so...

 

[lurkeraspect84]

It would be great if GT missed a shot.

 

[Noahtogo24]

Big surprise by Ga Tech so far- think Cuse beat them by 30 last week..

 

[coryfly]

Why are they looking at this? This is so dumb, though I guess if it takes them to the under 4 it doesn't matter much.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

Never underestimate the motivation of playing a blueblood.

I'm in rehearsal for being a smug arrogant prick.

 

[coryfly]

He literally hit the ball...got mostly ball. It was the definition of a play on the ball. That is an embarrassingly bad call.

 

[Noahtogo24]

Never underestimate the motivation of playing a blueblood.

I'm in rehearsal for being a smug arrogant prick.

Valid, but I think Ga Tech is use to it, since they play Duke & UNC every year.

 

[coryfly]

GT playing dumb basketball. Go from the last shot to a quick shot giving UK a 6 point lead instead of 4. That is why they will always suck. It warms my heart.