Other Games Tonight
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WVU now 6-4. Could they be the worst team in the Big 12?
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Absolutely possible they just don’t have the guard play to keep up with that style of play
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Oklahoma St was blown out last night by Nebraska. 2nd half belonged to the Cornhuskers
How good is St Johns? 10-0 and have played an absolute powder puff schedule. They have a very talented starting 5 but 10-0 inflates their profile a bit to reality.
TCU 8-1 and a team I think is on the rise since getting back two key starters. 5 guys is double figures a night is going to help them going forward.
Houston is also 10-0, they are very good again this year. They should be favored heavily to win their next 5 games at least. They might win their next 10 with how the schedule is looking. Could be the last undefeated team standing in a month or so.
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Oklahoma State is not good at all and Nebraska is arguably the third best team in the Big 10. I agree that St. John’s schedule is as soft as it gets but none of the computer polls rank them very high either; Virginia’s schedule, on the other hand, is equally bad and they are ranked in the top 5 of just about every poll. Nevada has the best chance to be the last unbeaten team left since they have likely played the toughest portion of their schedule.
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I think Nevada will drop a game before Houston. Nevada nearly lost to South Dakota St in a game Daum had probably his worst game of his career so Nevada was lucky to escape that one. Also I saw a stat that its been a very long time since a Mountain West team lost fewer then 2 conference games. Will be interesting to see if Nevada will have the motivation in conference play as they have put themselves on the map for an at-large bid.
St Johns has talent, at least 2 NBA talents. But to this point we know nothing about them. Immediate schedule doesn’t provide any answers either
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Nevada has not much competition moving forward. Their two toughest games will be against Utah State and Fresno State which are ranked #52 and #65 by Pomeroy. Their best win was over Arizona State at a neutral location and against South Dakota at home and I will guess that their pre-conference schedule was much tougher than the upcoming conference schedule.
Houston has a tough game against Utah State followed by 2 easy games coming up but it gets harder after that with games against Tulsa, Memphis, Temple, Wichita State, SMU and South Florida and while none is great team, they are all capable of having good nights and beating good teams like Houston. Tulsa can be very good and is 2-0 against Big 12 teams.
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Yeah on paper Nevada looks like they could be undefeated through conference play but History says they slip up somewhere and having seen a few of their most recent games I’m not about to call them dominate. The MWC is definitely down this year which helps their case.
Houston is a bit underrated I think, great depth, good defense and they have excellent guard play which is going to help them out in the AAC. The AAC is also down. I think Feb 7th against a good defensive UCF team on the road could be where they slip up first. Sampson has a good squad again.
Both teams could run the table although I’d expect both lose along the way.
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@BeddieKU23 Houston is a solid club, I watched them lose to Michigan after KU played last season in the round of 32. They returned a few of those guys, that Rob Gray kid they had last season was impressive. The only reason Michigan had a chance was Houston missed 3 of their last 4 FTs.
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Was that the guy with man-bun? He was super annoying.
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@JayHawkFanToo Yes, Gray was the guy with a man bun lol
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JayHawkFanToo said:
Was that the guy with man-bun? He was super annoying.
@JayHawkFanToo: Any man with a man-bun would annoy me
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Can’t argue with that…
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Lmao just saying he was a good player for them but yes I’m not a fan of the man bun movement
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I’ve always been highly in favor of the woman’s bun movement.
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Can’t argue with that either…
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Penny thinks Barnes is an a-hole? Sensitive much???
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@dylans wow
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Baylor just lost at home to SF Austin
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@Woodrow after beating az, crazy
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@dylans I think Penny let it get into his head a bit too much. I laughed at his “he said something back protecting himself” comment. Let’s be real a lot of guys talk trash and his player came right up to the Tennessee players face to start the whole thing, As Samuel L. Jackson says as Coach Carter when his team claims the other team was talking “So what? You can’t show some class and act like champions?”. His team already looks like they lack a ton of discipline and he seems to be on a slippery slope with that. On a side note who talks trash after a teammate hits a 3 to cut the deficit to 10 with less than a minute to go? What a dipstick lmao.
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Buffalo goes into the Carrier Dome and lights up Syracuse in the second half, winning 71-59. Everyone’s talking about Nevada going unbeaten this season, Buffalo has Marquette on the road Friday and if they get past them, they may be in that conversation before too long.
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Agree, great bunch Buffalo has this year. I think they beat Marquette as well
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Watching DeAaron Fox go toe to toe with Westbrook atm. Speed on speed! Exciting stuff.
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Ben Mac in
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And now he’s back on the bench, not sure he ever got the ball. Ball hogs
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KU ladies beat Washington State this afternoon down in Vegas 71-63. Lots of substitutions and combinations. Game wasn’t as close as the final score. 8-1.
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@approxinfinity i went with Fox instead of the higher priced Westbrook on Fan Duel, and made a little money last night.
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DUKE VS. TECH…GO RAIDERS!!!
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@KUSTEVE Excited to watch this game. Really want to see what Tech has. Their best win is Nebraska so they really haven’t played anyone.
Vegas opened the line at Duke -8 and it is now at 10.5.
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@Woodrow I think Tech wins a close one. Or…I should say…I HOPE they win.
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Tech has a good defense. Duke has a very good defense too. It’s important for Tech to execute on offense and not turn the ball over. That way they keep Duke out of transition and make them score against their half-court defense.
I think Duke will win by 10. Hope I’m wrong. Do everyone in college basketball a favor, tortilla bois.
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Should be a good test for both teams. Other than the pasting of UK in the first game of the season, the two other games Duke played agains ranked team were a 6 point win over Auburn and a loss to Gonzaga. It will be Tech. #1 ranked defense against Duke #2 ranked offense.
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@JayHawkFanToo This could be HUGE for the conference if Tech can pull it off. I can’t wait to watch it…
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@KirkIsMyHinrich i think Dook will be freaked out by the Tech defense, a little like we were the first time we played them last year. I’m going to call for an upset, as I have the Red Raiders winning by 2.
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Gunman said:
KU ladies beat Washington State this afternoon down in Vegas 71-63. Lots of substitutions and combinations. Game wasn’t as close as the final score. 8-1.
they play either Wichita St - or Northwestern tonight at 7 - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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KirkIsMyHinrich said:
Tech has a good defense. Duke has a very good defense too. It’s important for Tech to execute on offense and not turn the ball over. That way they keep Duke out of transition and make them score against their half-court defense.
I think Duke will win by 10. Hope I’m wrong. Do everyone in college basketball a favor, tortilla bois.
I just think in the end run it all comes down to Duke having more Athletes - -it’s just hard to go against Williamson & Barrett the other one that can just drain those three’s -think it’s just going to be to much. - -Now yes it’s on a neutral floor that will help some - -even Duke’s students on Christmas break so might not be to bad -yet I still could see this as up to a 15 point defeat. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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KUSTEVE said:
@JayHawkFanToo This could be HUGE for the conference if Tech can pull it off. I can’t wait to watch it…
Absolutely. It will tells us how much of an obstacle Tech will be in the Big 12 and also tell us if Duke will run over its ACC opponents or if teams like UNC and Virginia will also contend.
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That’s the 4th offensive charge called on Duke. Duke is getting Duked by Tech and I love it.
Also, Coach K shouldn’t be allowed to complain about charge calls.
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@JayHawkFanToo Tech looks REALLY good so far.
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and then they cough it up twice…lol. hope i didn’t jinx them…
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Tech turnovers really keeping Duke in the game.
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15 turnovers for Texas Tech but held Duke to only 28 points at halftime. So weird.
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@KirkIsMyHinrich Tech is just bottling them up defensively. They are supreme against 3 point shooting.
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Might have to rewatch the phantom travel again to see if it really was a travel. #dukewhistle
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Plus the Tre Jones poke in the eye. Have to make it interesting for the viewing audience. Otherwise may need to talk more about Zion’s name or how he likes anime.
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Go Tech! When do the refs really start to help dukie
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Hate ESPN announcers. STFU dukie v and partner
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Dick crying now that Zion is out with 4 fouls
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Dukie V wants 6 fouls because his heroes can’t not foul.
