Haven't seen Gonzaga play, yet. Hope to watch them against Baylor. Baylor also has an interesting team this year with a soft-handed 7-footer making 3s in Isaiah Austin (as thin as Camby but has surprisingly good post-up game and rebounds well. Doesn't block like Camby. very good passer), Also some other good inside players in Corey Jefferson and Rico Gathers. The team I like the most so far this year is Michigan. Trey Burke and Glen Robinson are very good prospects, I also like Tim Hardaway Jr.
Bfd. You also put yourself out there with bigoted statements against all religions but yours. That doesn't get you many points, either. SlyPokerDog is a blowhard. Go Blazers
If you're that big into college ball, let's get the NCAA forum going again. NCAA ball is my first love and the NBA is just my mistress. Let's get some talk going on that end of the spectrum. For example, what do you think about Duke falling to #3 after losing at NC State? I don't get that. Louisville took over the #1 spot, even though Duke beat Louisville, as well as Minnesota, Kentucky, VCU, and Ohio State. Duke being #3 just because they lost one game, on the road, to the preseason ACC favorite is criminal given their resume, in my opinion.
I would've loved to, but I'm working 50 hour work weeks lately. I catch as much college ball as I can and always watch my Zags games. I think Louisville won't last long as #1 as the Big East will be a bloodbath. IMO, the best team in nation right now is Kansas. Its one of those years where there's just no clear cut #1. I think it will juggle all year.
I hear ya,... I just left the sports marketing world to go to law school in the fall, so I've just got an unreasonable amount of time to post and watch games at the moment. It'd be cool if we could find some other NCAA fans on the forum though and get some good NCAA talk going. My main problem with Louisville being #1 is that they have the same record as Duke, and Duke beat them. I don't think that when the #1 team loses, you should drop them off their #1 spot just because of the loss. You should still assess their body of work, and Duke's body of work is unparalleled this season, with wins over Louisville, Minnesota, Ohio State, Kentucky, Temple, and VCU. They've got the #1 RPI for a reason. I hate Duke, but they deserve the #1 ranking. Louisville is a great team, but the problem I have with them is that their offense is generated by two players that are erratic... Peyton Siva and Russ Smith. Gorgui Dieng is the only real constant on the roster. Dieng is raw offensively, but he gets the job done on the boards and intimidates defensively. Siva and Smith, on the other hand, are complete wild cards ever single game. They both remind me of Greivis Vasquez at Maryland,... players that could easily go off for 20+ any given night, but players that could just as easily lose the game for you with their poor decision making.
I like when zags, or anyone prognosticates about draftees. I do discount anything you say about a gonzaga prospect, but that doesn't mean I totally ignor it. I will check out some gonzaga games, especially if they continue playing well. I don't watch many college basketball games until late in the season and especially madness. So reading others opinions gives me reason to check out certain games I might otherwise never watch play. I don't care about you supporting Morrison, I don't expect anyone, let alone forum posters to always be right, especially when they post their thoughts well ahead of proof.
Watching the game, there was really nothing to get excited about in the way he scored tonight. Only 19 minutes due to foul trouble and think that only one of the shots he had to create himself. Saw some things I liked, but he also seemed a bit robotic and slow IMO. Will keep watching to make a better judgement, but agree he is better than where he is currently slotted to be drafted.
Some clips of Kelly Olynyk [video=youtube;BNCLVJ4opzo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNCLVJ4opzo[/video] And here. [video=youtube;R4d_uAD1tmw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4d_uAD1tmw[/video]
WTF is robotic about him? A legit 7 footer that can put the ball on the deck and drive and face up jump shoot with ease is hardly 'robotic'.
