GDT: 2016-17 NCAA Basketball thread

[Unsustainable]

For those that watch:

WVU, Contender or Pretender?

Ranked #3

 

[DaveG]

Not sure I'd have them over Kansas (who ESPN'S BPI has two slots behind at #5) but they're definitely a contender. Mind you they're prone to inconsistency on offense, but they're probably the best team in the country defensively (#7 in scoring D, #1 in Turnover margin AINEC) and their offense is in the top 5 using a "by committee" approach (they're averaging 90+ a game with a leading scorer averaging 13... seriously).

They're probably not on that top tier of contenders because they don't have that individual talent that can take over a game, but they have to be considered because they do what they do so ****ing well as a whole.

 

[HisIceness]

I can see them as a Final Four team. I said the same thing last year though

 

[DaveG]

**** I thought they had as good a chance to win the whole ****ing thing as anyone last year. Til they got that first round draw.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

dave is not allowed to comment because he is a homer

did anyone on this board graduate from marshall?

they is who you should ask

 

[Unsustainable]

dave is not allowed to comment because he is a homer

did anyone on this board graduate from marshall?

they is who you should ask

My sister went to Marshall for a semester. That's all I got. My niece is in WVU and my dad went there.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

My sister went to Marshall for a semester. That's all I got. My niece is in WVU and my dad went there.

i am going to burn ur couch

 

[HisIceness]

Down goes Duke. Down goes UNC.

Down goes the N&O?

 

[Novacane]

Triple double for DSJ and still 4 minutes to go

 

[RodTheBawd]

He's terrible, couldn't get 5 more steals for the quad?

VT was due for a letdown, but they also aren't as good as that 12-1 record indicated.

We're still not good, I just hope they can ride the confidence of this game into Saturday.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Down goes the N&O?

What does this bit mean?

 

[HisIceness]

What does this bit mean?

I don't even know anymore!

 

[Sens1Canes2]

Hey who's all enjoying the Heels playing basketball today!!!!

 

[Wolfpuck]

rip in pieces wolfpack

 

[RodTheBawd]

I very rarely turn games off; I was done after 5 minutes.

 

[Joe McGrath]

So the Uconn women are pretty good

 

[HisIceness]

So the Uconn women are pretty good

Shocking I know. They're like the NE Patriots of women's basketball.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Shocking I know. They're like the NE Patriots of women's basketball.

They weren't supposed to be great this year, they still haven't lost and have played about every top team. It's ridiculous.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

So the Uconn women are pretty good

They'd beat the Wolfpack men handily.

 

[gocanes88]

rip in pieces wolfpack

I very rarely turn games off; I was done after 5 minutes.

 

[Sens1Canes2]

. Multiple

 

[Unsustainable]

WVU dominated #1 Baylor

 

[DaveG]

That game was an absolute beatdown, jesus. A season high in turnovers from a major conference team this year.

 

[HisIceness]

So yeah, thats the first time since 1995 NC State has won in Durham.

Dennis Smith Jr. is a good basketball player.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

So yeah, thats the first time since 1995 NC State has won in Durham.

Dennis Smith Jr. is a good basketball player.

NC State starts off the year by coming like 30 seconds away from losing to Georgia Southern, a school that I would be shocked if more than like one or two people here knew where it was without using Google, to beating DOOK in Durham.

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