January 22, 2011

Saturday College Basketball Open Thread

No football on Saturday in a long time, but thankfully we have plenty of college basketball. CBS will be showing a triple-header with the country divided watching the middle game. Either myself or Justin will have a Championship Sunday live blog tomorrow, but until then enjoy college basketball. Leave comments and don't be a troll.

Announcing schedule via the506.

11AM George Mason @ James Madison – ESPNU
12:00 Ohio State @ Illinois – CBS
12:00 Villanova @ Syracuse – ESPN
1:00 Arkansas-Little Rock @ Florida Atlantic – ESPN2
1:00 Eastern Kentucky @ Morehead State – ESPNU

2:00 Tennessee @ Connecticut – CBS 
2:00 Stanford @ UCLA – CBS
2:00 Kansas State @ Texas A&M – ESPN
3:00 Temple @ Xavier – ESPN2
3:00 Buffalo @ Ohio – ESPNU
4:00 Texas @ Kansas – CBS
4:00 Duke @ Wake Forest – ESPN
4:00 New Mexico @ UNLV – Versus  
5:00 Creighton @ Missouri StateESPN2
5:00 Louisville @ ProvidenceESPNU
6:00 Kentucky @ South Carolina – ESPN
   
7:00 Memphis @ UABESPN2
7:00 Boston College @ Florida StateESPNU
9:00 Michigan State @ Purdue – ESPN 

166 comments:

  1. Poor Gus is calling a Big Ten game.

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  2. How often does Weber wear that blazer?

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  3. Keith, it's at least once a year. Weber doesn't have it planned out like Bruce Pearl does for a specific rival.

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  4. But Weber would never wear that jacket for a game against Michigan because it's not a big enough game. #MartyMcSorleyCheapShot

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  5. Villanova are living and dying by the three against this Syracuse 2-3 zone.

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  6. Wayns! 10 point Nova lead after an 8-0 run.

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  7. Oh my gosh, Villanova! This is obviously unsustainable from behind the arc, but for now, wow.

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  8. "Malik Wayns continues to stroke it." - Dave Pasch

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  9. @RJBO: Thursday's Rome show was one of the funniest I've heard in a while. Some reader sent a picture of the "Southern Sando."

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  10. "It's raining 3's in Syracuse today. Forget the cold outside, Nova is on fire." - Doris Burke

    Actually, Doris, that is rather hard to do today.

    /It's freezing.

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  11. @49er16: I cracked up laughing at the "Southern Sando Shuffle."

    BTW, fuck WKNR for adding another hour of unfunny and Rome bit thief Rizzo at the expense of the 1st hour. I have to start listening to DFN again....

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  12. Good to see Nova get a field goal from inside the arc. You have to keep Syracuse honest and find a way to score when the 3's stop going down at a ridiculous rate.

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  13. @RJBO: That's who they gave the extra hour to in Cleveland? Hopefully this means we'll never have to hear him again guest host for Rome.

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  14. Geez, AnOSU starting to nail some 3s to get the lead back.

    @49er16: It's a guarantee Rizzo won't guest host ever. Enough people in Cleveland have to voice their displeasure to get that hour back. Not likely.

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  15. @RJBO: It reminds me of the situation in Sacramento at KHTK. Not enough people complained about cutting off Rome's first hour, so the station continues to air the unfunny morning show.

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  16. 40-29 Nova at the half. Wayns with 17 points in the 1st.

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  17. Talk about a 180 from last year's Nova-Cuse game at the Carrier Dome.

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  18. 34-33 Illinois at half.

    "Let's go to Tim Brando in New York."-Gus Johnson

    Let's not.

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  19. Damn. I blink and the Illini got the lead back at the half over AnOSU, 34-33.

    Brando? NOOOOOOOO! #ChangesChannel

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  20. I guess Bill Cowher couldn't make it in studio....

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  21. I get the crappy furd-fucla game as the 2nd game of the triple-headers instead of Tennessee-Uconn. I guess Spero Dedes will call that game.

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  22. GuJo: "(Diebler and Richmond) are doing a little hand fighting."
    Anthony: "A little judo?"

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  23. BTW, I sat next to that knob with the Illini Blue Hands at the Big Ten Tournament one time. Douche.

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  24. 2005. The Big Ten Tournament used to be in Chicago, and the United Center was full of Illini fans.

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  25. I hate this: 2 great games on at the same time. I'm having a hard time choosing...

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  26. I could just see a bitter/drunk RJBO sitting next to that guy in Chicago. I'm sure that was quite the sight.

    BTW, GuJo is ready to go Defcon 5.

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  27. GuJo: "50-42 Illini, defending the House of Paign."

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  28. Steve Fisher talk from GuJo. Must. Not. Break. Laptop!

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  29. At least Nova has kept the lead at around a 7-10 working margin most of the 2nd half.

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  30. "You have to go to the paint strong young fella. This is the Big Ten."-Anthony

    He's better suited for the studio.

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  31. Doris Burke: "We have to get Providence on the air sometime." They're not Michigan, Doris. #MichiganShouldn'tBeOnNationalTVEither

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  32. "Haha....David Lighty taking off from Columbus."-GuJo

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  33. Anthony: "As my momma used to say, you need to pick your battles."

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  34. Yikes. 9-0 Cuse run in 1:55. I thought that game was over. #BillyPacker

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  35. I love how the CSN Bay Area and California have ramped up their programming and started airing WCC games involving USF, Santa Clara, and Saint Mary's.

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  36. Nova lucky to get the timeout instead of a 5 second call.

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  37. Villanova's free throw shooting is really coming in handy here.

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  38. Illinois spent too much time getting into their offense in the couple of possessions before the McCamey And-1.

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  39. Only a 3 point game in Illinois. The Illini can't let anOSU score here.

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  40. Villanova looks like they will survive and hold on.

    Being a good free throw shooting team has its benefits. John Calipari does not know about such novelties.

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  41. 68-65 AnOSU, 52.2 left. GuJo usually gets a good finish.

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  42. Sutton with the throw down! And the dagger to Syracuse! Game over. 83-72 Villanova wins and they have avenged last year's loss at the Carrier Dome.

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  43. They're checking to see if Tisdale was behind the line...he was clearly.

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  44. 71-68 AnOSU, 15.2 left. Typical GuJo game (not involving Michigan).

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  45. Timeout AnOSU to avoid the 5 second call.

    I know it was McCamey's fault, but I couldn't pass up the hackey "Tis-fail."

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  46. Mila Kunis for Betty White.

    /LA Angels Trades

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  47. Whoa! Harlan is calling the furd-fucla game with Dan Bonner.

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  48. The New Jersey Devils have a player named Sestito.

    I'm guessing he's Brent Musburger's favorite hockey player.

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  49. I guess the good version of Tennessee made it to Hartford. #VeryEarly

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  50. Ian Eagle and Bill Raftery are in Storrs for Tennessee-UConn.

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  51. furd is better this year than I expected.

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  52. 13-7 A&M over KState nearing the midway point of the 1st half. Brutal.

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  53. Raftery after a Williams screen: "That's why you got that belly, big fella. Use it!"

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  54. Another reason why A&M's floor blows: officials couldn't tell that a Middleton 3 was behind the line. He was in front of the State of Texas drawing, but well behind the 3 point line.

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  55. furd blowing out fucla and A&M-K-State is boring. Might be time to watch a movie, eat, and then come back for Texas-Kansas.

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  56. I'm flipping back and forth between the Flyers and the UConn game.

    Temple coming on in 8 minutes, so that will soon enter the mix.

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  57. Eye-an: "Melvin Goins! He's got it 'Goin' on." I'll let that slide...

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  58. Kemba Walker at the buzzer! UConn leads 32-31 at the half.

    Raftery: "Some really early onions!"

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  59. How long has it been since I've been inside Cole Field House?

    They've turned it into an indoor soccer facility.

    /shudders

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  60. Devils ice it with an empty netter.

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  61. John Boehner is in attendance in Cincinnati. Yay.

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  62. Shane Southwell fouled out for KState with 15:42 left. Yikes.

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  63. Haha. It gets worse for Southwell. The name on the back of his jersey's spelled "Souhtwell."

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  64. Maryland is going to find a way to blow this basketball game

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  65. I might dial up Clemson-Maryland as UConn starts to pull away from Tennessee.

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  66. "He's so explosive he can't quite keep up with his own explosiveness." - Bob Wischusen

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  67. Brant: "Coming up tomorrow afternoon, Maryland-NC State..."

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  68. @RJBO Brant, being a Maryland grad, has always led me to wonder if other perceive him as biased towards the Terps.

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  69. I'd rather watch paint dry than watch a Ben Howland team.

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  70. The East-West Shrine Game's on? Anything's better than watching Duke-Wake. #NFL-N

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  71. Mike Mayock & Charles Davis. Maybe I'm better off with Duke-Wake....

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  72. Texas-KU underway in Allen Fieldhouse.

    Grant with a chance to tie things in Maryland.

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  73. Thanks for the Maryland women's team plug, Timmy!

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  74. JOSH SELBY DUNK FAIL

    Still 8-0 Kansas to start the game.

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  75. I have to stick with furd-fucla until the bitter end.

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  76. Kellogg on the Selby blown dunk: "You never like to be rim jammed."

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  77. Kellogg: "That's a good cholesterol foul there."

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  78. Terps just can't shake Clemson. It's going to come down to free throws.

    /gets the Crown out

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  79. Wow that CBS cares commercial is creepy.

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  80. I was about to ask the same thing: "Why give a diamond when you can give the Family Jewels?" Really?

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  81. Clemson down 1 w/ 14.7 to go...

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  82. How is this game 76-75 Maryland with 14.7 seconds left?

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  83. Alexander: "I think we have a ballgame now"

    Brant (annoyed): "We've had a good one the whole way through."

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  84. Too bad the game got close. I was really enjoying Brant's Costas-esque soliloquy about getting Gary Williams Court out of committee as the game got kinda out of hand.

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  85. I think Andre Young just bailed Maryland out

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  86. Half court heave hits off the backboard; Maryland wins

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  87. 16-0 East over the West. Scott Tolzien looks overmatched.

    Despite the booth (Burmeister-Mayock-Mangina), at least the NFL-N has Lindsay Soto & Stacey Dales on the sidelines...

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  88. Why couldn't Wes Byrum have missed that FG inside the 10 "for all the Tostitos?"

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  89. KU leading 35-23 at the half. That 18-5 start had me watching more of the East-West Shrine Game than I imagined.

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  90. they still play the Shrine Game? I thought the NFL run Senior Bowl was the only one of those games left.

    /Bring back the Blue-Gray Classic!

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  91. I used to love the Shrine game. Then the Senior Bowl was created and the Shrine game was ripped out of the Bay Area so I stopped following it.

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  92. Terrible mental lapse there by Temple.

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  93. Scott Tolzien wishes the Shrine Game didn't exist: He's been a turnover machine so far. #NFL-N

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  94. I wish I had CBS College Sports for I could watch the SDSU-BYU game.

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  95. Maybe they'll do another "free preview," Keith.

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  96. 46-40 Duke. It's still early in the 2nd, but liking the life by Wake.

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  97. This KU-UT game has turned ugly.

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  98. Texas back within 5 at 42-37, with lots of time left.

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  99. Now it's 58-42 Duke. So much for Wake "keeping it close."

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  100. How is Duke only beating Wake Forest by 14?

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  101. *rewinds DVR*

    I hope Mike Mayock was talking about another former linebacker-turned-coach named Sam Mills "out there on the field" because the one I remember passed on a while ago.

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  102. Refs throwing out technical's in the KU-UT game like Dilly Bars.

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  103. @RJBO: Sam Mills kid is named Sam Mills and he's a coach.

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  104. Thanks, Keith. Mayock made no distinction that Sam Mills' kid was out there.

    J'COVAN BROWN! WOW

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  105. Now UT is beating KU. This game is ugly.

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  106. "We've seen Plumlees grow throughout this year." - Mike Patrick

    I'm sure you have, Mike. I'm sure you have.

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  107. Who's hosting the live blog tomorrow?

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  108. Clark Kellogg analyzing football > Pierre McGuire analyzing football

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  109. @Justin: I'll take care of the live blog for tomorrow.

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  110. Double technicals on Selby & J'Covan Brown.

    Kellogg: "Nose to nose. Breath to breath."

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  111. Tough last 5 seconds for New Mexico's Kendall Williams: terrible turnover to an open man for a 3, steals the inbounds pass & gets fouled, only to miss the game tying FT. Poor kid.

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  112. Never, ever count out a team going against Rick Barnes

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  113. "He's been Dairy Queen." - Clark Kellogg

    Okay........

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  114. Goodbye Allen Fieldhouse streak. #TooSoon?

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  115. Texas has never won at Allen Field House? I thought only Clemson had a streak like that going

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  116. Cue the weepy college girls shots...

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  117. 0-7 isn't 0-55 or whatever Clemson's streak is.

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  118. I CAN'T WAIT (#BartScott) for SDSU-BYU Wednesday. #CBSCollegeSportsSubscriber

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  119. @RJBO no, it's not. I could have sworn Verne mentioned 69, which I think was KU's overall home win streak...thus my reaction

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  120. I'm pretty sure I just heard Charles Davis mention something about a "backfoot bang."

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  121. I'm watching the Hurricanes-Penguins game on FSN Pitt. No plane crash jokes from Steigerwald yet.

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  122. Michigan is in a competitive game with Minnesota? This is a good day for you, RJBO!

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  123. 45-41 Minny at the under 8:00 timeout. Here comes another 11-0 Gophers run....

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  124. BTN Commercial: "The Big 10 Legends Division. Coming Fall 2011." C'mon Delany. Reconsider the reconsideration and change those names.

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  125. Holy shit. I didn't realize KState is now 11th in the Big 12 Standings. Pullen might get his wish of "not playing in the NIT."

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  126. "I still think Michigan is going to be a major force in the NCAA Tournament." - Dick Vitale

    Thanks for stating the obvious, Dickie V! Tom Izzo's team is a tough out every year.

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  127. Purdue up 39-28 on Michigan State. In the first half. For real.

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  128. The court in Colorado St looks ridiculous

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  129. Jimmer is amazing...28 pts with about 12 minutes left in Colorado St

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  130. Really looking forwards to SDSU/BYU in Prono on Wednesday Night

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  131. Zags on the verge of losing at San Fran...again

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  132. Not sure storming the court is necessary if you beat these guys last year, Dons.

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  133. Fans storm the court way too much these days.

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  134. Rams now down by 6 at home to BYU...until Jimmer responds with a triple on his own...might be the dagger down by 9

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  135. This could be a very long 5:15 in Fort Collins, both teams now in the double bonus

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  136. Is this a school record for Purdue?

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  137. Jimmer has 42 points now...just another day at the office for him

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