2013-14 College Basketball Discussion Thread

[Hondo]

Starting this, since I didn't see another one.

Almost every team  has played a game or two so far, how is your team looking?

[Jon]

I can't tell if losing to Coppin State at home is a good thing or bad thing to open the season. There in the top 5, right?

[Hondo]

I can't tell if losing to Coppin State at home is a good thing or bad thing to open the season. There in the top 5, right?

They're in Booker T's five anyway.

[Justin]

South Carolina is still a couple of seasons away from being any kind of good.  Once Frank Martin is able to recruit his players then we will be decent...until then....I just hope and pray for a miracle.

[Hondo]

I like Martin as a coach. A lot. I hope he does well, the SEC desperately needs some b-ball teams to step up and be major players. It only boosts the rest of the conference.

[Justin]

He is a heck of a basketball coach.  I still wish we would have went after Greg Marshall, but I will take Martin any day of the week.

[GM Franchise]

UNLV isn't looking too bad. I think we have better defense than last season which is a good thing since we didn't have too much of it last season.

[Hondo]

I'm really looking forward to the UK/Mich. St. game tonight. UK is my one true love, but I have a LOT of admiration for Coach Izzo and Michigan State in general. It will be a good game, that's for sure.

Also, I am HIGHLY impressed with Julius Randle so far. I was telling BD in the chat the other day about how he he has power forward size, but moves around like a point guard. He's going to end up a fan favorite when it's all said and done. I was bummed about losing out on Wiggins, but if Randle is the consolation prize, I'm a happy man.

[J-Reb]

I agree with Randle.  I was playing basketball at the gym last night and somebody compared him to Shaq.  The only difference is JR has the ball skills to play out on the wing and the power of someone like Shaq to just absolutely dominate on the interior.

I'm a big fan of these tournaments that have been springing up.  It doesn't get any better than UK/MSU and Duke/KU in one evening.

[Justin]

I only watched the second half....

Kentucky has no transition defense. With all their height they don't feed the post enough. They can't shoot free throws. Randle is going to be national player of the year. His first step is very quick though he needs to refine his moves some...at times he gets a little sloppy.

[Hondo]

It certainly was a good game to watch. Well, the second half at least. In the end, Kentucky was their own worst enemy. They shot free throws extremely poorly (around 50%, dont have the actual number before me), they played lousy transition defense and they made too many silly turnovers. Had they not done one of those three things, they would have won this game.

And Julius Randle continues to tell Andrew Wiggins to suck it.

[Cory]

That dude Randle was a beast.

If your a black man named Julius you better have an afro and be an unreal baller.

[Justin]

Jabari Parker is the truth. Wigguns has unbelievable hype amd I think he will live up to most of it but I would like to see a little more aggression out of him.

[Justin]

That should be aggressiom with thr ball in his hands

[T-Bonizzle]

I have loyalties to UNC, Duke (i know right?) and Wake Forest, but I don't really watch college ball. So I guess I leave it to you guys to tell me how they do.