Good Early Hoops

[Snaggletiger]

One thing you have to give college basketball credit for, is an abundance of good early match ups.  Unlike college football, you don't have to worry about dropping a few games and playing a tough early schedule seems to prepare teams better when tournament time comes around.  If you like the college round ballz, tonight will be a good night.  #1 Kentucky takes on #2 Michigan State.  Then #4 Duke matches up against #6 Kansas.  A ton of freshmen phenoms in both these games.

[GH2001]

One thing you have to give college basketball credit for, is an abundance of good early match ups.  Unlike college football, you don't have to worry about dropping a few games and playing a tough early schedule seems to prepare teams better when tournament time comes around.  If you like the college round ballz, tonight will be a good night.  #1 Kentucky takes on #2 Michigan State.  Then #4 Duke matches up against #6 Kansas.  A ton of freshmen phenoms in both these games.

Kansas has a badass freshman. Best hs prospect since Lebron teh experts say.

[Snaggletiger]

Kansas has a badass freshman. Best hs prospect since Lebron teh experts say.

I know Kansas has #1 and Duke has the #2 rated HS player.  I understand UK has some killer frosh as well.  UK has been the poster child under Cal for complete turnover in the roster every season.  I haven't paid attention to their roster this year but I found it odd they were the #1 preseason pick after a bad season by their standards and getting bounced in round one of the NIT last season.

I think Florida and Wisconsin play tonight too. 

[CCTAU]

So what you are saying is, that AU is really good early? Like early BEFORE the game! Like in warmups?

[Snaggletiger]

Two great games last night.  Watched all of UK/MSU but only stayed up for the first half of Duke/KU.  A couple of observations.  All 4 of these teams look like men among boys.  Huge guys doing crazy athletic shit on the floor.  MSU is loaded with returning players.  The other 3 have plenty that returned but it was the true freshmen for each one that stood out.  Andrew Wiggins for Kansas and Jabari Parker for Duke, the #1 and #2 HS players in the country, had 22 and 27 points respectively.  Kentucky, however, has a freakin' man-child underneath.  Freshman Julius Randle went off for 27 points and 13 rebounds.  Haven't checked but he looks to be about 6'9" and 250.  He was a load.  And as the announcers said, if he gets in the gym and works on free throws, he may hit 30 points a game.  He's just a beast and gets fouled every time he touches the ball.

The bad thing is the nature of the college game.  Enjoy these guys now because all 3 are one-and-done. I love college basketball but it's getting harder because you can't really follow a team with the same interest given the yearly turnover.