Time for another college basketball open thread. We have another round of conference games that should be a lot of fun to watch. So please leave comments, have fun and don't be a troll.Michigan State @ Michigan (ESPN, 7pm)- Dave O'Brien, Steve Lavin, Erin Andrews
Clemson @ Boston College (ESPN2, 7pm)- Mike Patrick, Len Elmore
Miami @ Maryland (ESPNU, 7pm)- Rob Stone, Drew Barry, Jon Barry
Kentucky @ South Carolina (ESPN, 9pm)- Brad Nessler, Jimmy Dykes, Jeannine Edwards
Rutgers @ Marquette (ESPNU, 9pm)- Mike Gleason, Mike Kelley
I worried about tonight's Maryland game. Miami has a beast in Dwayne Collins and 3 40%+ 3pt shooters.
ReplyDeleteOh and I find the Stoner annoying beyond words.
You don't like the Stoner? I'm disappointed.
ReplyDeleteOh, in case anyone has ESPN 360 or Full Court or lives in the East:
ReplyDeleteNorth Carolina @ NC State at 9PM on Raycom Sports
can't 1 of the Barry's break out their dad's toupee?
ReplyDeleteFor Rick Barry being the hugest dick in the world, he could not have raised nicer sons. I just figure his first wife must have been really nice person.
ReplyDelete@KT: Thankfully Brent still has hair.
ReplyDelete@Keith Brent won't if he ever takes a job at ESPN.
ReplyDeleteand I agree with your opinion about Mrs. Barry. She must have been a saint.
@KT: Rick Barry used to host a sports talk show on KNBR in San Francisco and he was God awful. The only sport he followed was the NBA so what he would do is take a long summer break after the NBA Finals then come back when the NFL season started. He even admited on air that he didn't watch the Giants (even though KNBR has owned the Giants broadcast right for over 20 years.)
ReplyDeleteThankfully he left the show after 2006, but he was replaced by Rod Brooks. And somehow Rod Brooks is even worse. Brooks is the local version of Stu Scott just by the way he speaks.
@Keith wow. i can't imagine Rick Barry talking competently about anything but basketball.
ReplyDeleteand if Greivis Vasquez played for any other team but Maryland I'd want to choke him with my bare hands. I despise his "shimmy shake."
@KT: Try being a Cal fan during last year's tournament. I can't stand watching Vasquez after that tournament.
ReplyDelete@Keith That NCAA tourney game was their most complete performance last season. Of course, it was a good matchup for the Terps as last year's Cal team had no interior size either.
ReplyDeleteAnd Vasquez played great that night.
Cal was way over ranked in the tournament last year. Them and Maryland should have switched rankings.
ReplyDeleteJon Barry just dropped a "What About Bob?" reference
ReplyDeleteGood ole Jon for you, KT. He was by far one of the most fan favorite Sacramento Kings of all-time.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry Kris, but I would never want to play for Garry Williams. I know he's done a lot for Maryland after the Bias death and the fallout from the Bob Wade fallout, but he just looks colorless to play for. No expressions except constantly looking pissed. I don't know why anyone would want to play for him.
ReplyDeleteTerps lead at halftime 48-31
ReplyDeleteDrew Barry says nothing unless Jon or the Stoner directly ask him a question. Jon Barry is really enjoyable though
Jon Barry is really solid. I'm surprised at how well he adjusted to the college game, despite mainly being an NBA guy.
ReplyDelete@Jay I agree with some of what you say. But Gary's a grad of MD(like me)and we all feel that Duke and UNC fans look down at us(eventhough we're the only ACC school outside of NC to win the National Championship)and his constant fighting and bitching over that lack of respect has endeared himself to Maryland fans. And his players love him, because he always has their back and always has them prepared to play. Gary's an underrated ingame coach. A much bigger factor in why guys don't play for Maryland are the academic restrictions imposed after the Bias death & debacle. For instance(and this isn't the only example)Kevin Durant wanted to play for Maryland(he's from suburban DC), but he couldn't get in to school, so Gary recommended Texas and his best friend in coaching Rick Barnes.
ReplyDeleteAnd what a shock. Jason Williams pisses all over Maryland's chances of contending for the ACC crown. If they keep shooting this well, they will be in the race.
@Keith you're watching the Terps game?
ReplyDeletewow BC is hammering Clemson.
@KT: Definitly agree about his ingame coaching. Highly underrated. I guess it's just his appearance that would turn me off.
ReplyDeleteAlso I do have a whole lot of respect for a guy who doesn't recruit AAU players and guys who will only stick around for a year, even though the Baltimore Sun and Wash Post took him to task about these things.
And it would figure a Duke grad wouldn't like Maryland's chances.
@KT: No, I just know how good Jon Barry is behind the mic. I'm watching the Mighigan-Sparty game and switching back and fourth to Chronicle Live the local sports show.
ReplyDelete@Jay that's an excellent point about Gary not going after AAU guys(see Rudy Gay)
ReplyDeleteof course, he almost pissed that away if Lance Stephenson had come to College Park. as to Gary's attitude, I know you'll never see him constantly screaming and touching guys ala Frank Martin.
Terps lead by 18
ReplyDeleteCaps lead 5-1 vs the Islanders
Lakers lead by 16 over the Wizards.
Good night for me so far!
@ kt: Well, are your Twerps losing to Miami yet? ;-)
ReplyDelete@JFein nah...they're up 63-39
ReplyDeletethe Barry brothers are talking about breaking out the family phots
Great piece on CSN Philly right now on the Villanova Wildcats and their elite 8 victory over Pitt.
ReplyDelete@ kt: And that's how you know your game is a blowout!
ReplyDelete@JFein is CSN aware 'Nova is the #3 team in the country?
ReplyDeleteMiami coach Frank Haith has his tie off. My brother once sat next to him on a Baltimore to Orlando flight.
Drew Barry:"I was scared of Gary Williams when I was playing Maryland."
ReplyDelete@ kt: Yes, I think they are aware. Just like they are aware of the fact that the Flyers do not play tonight, the Sixers do not play tonight, Villanova does not play tonight, and if there is a Philly school playing tonight (I don't know Temple's, SJU's, Drexel's, La Salle's, and Penn's schedules by heart), they don't have the game.
ReplyDeleteThey need programming. Villanova's documentary suffices just fine.
@Justin: Don't you just love those local documentary's by the local Comcast channels? Their the poor man's HBO/ESPN documentary's but there actually pretty well done. I highly enjoyed the one CSN Bay Area did on the 89 Earthquake World Series.
ReplyDelete@JFein I wasn't aware it was a documentrary. I thought it was a standard 5 minute report. I guess I'm surprised they didn't do a CSN+ and put the Caps-Isles game on.(not a CSN fan)
ReplyDeleteDrew: "I played in the NBA for 2 1/2 years"
ReplyDeleteJon: "And in Poland"
Drew: "Yeah, and in Poland"
Their commentary has become wildly entertaining during this blowout.
John Erskine and Jason Chimera have scored goals for the Caps tonight. I think this means Joe Beninati gets one before the game ends.
ReplyDelete@ kt: Yeah, it was a whole hour long thing.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing they edited out was that they put .5 seconds back on the clock after Reynolds game-winner in the Pitt game. Understandable because everyone thought the game was over, the local announcers gave their dramatic call after the Reynolds lay up, the celebration was more dramatic after that shot, and who needs to show a near over-half-court buzzer beater, right?
@ kt: I can't even try to picture Joe Beninati scoring a goal.......does he even know how to hold a hockey stick?
ReplyDelete@JFein good question. Beninati played lacrosse in college.
ReplyDeleteand way for Michigan to not fold when Sparty took the lead
Sparty down 1 with the ball..shades of Saturday?
ReplyDeletewow Lucas got kicked in the head...i don't remember ever seeing that
ReplyDeleteLUCAS! 3.5 to go SPARTY LEADS BY 1
ReplyDeleteMan Sparty is hard to kill.
ReplyDeleteDominating win for Maryland..81-59
ReplyDeletesuch a smart play by Green to commit that foul
ReplyDeleteOh! How did that not fall? What a perfect play by Michigan
ReplyDeleteAnd Sparty wins! I like Sparty to make the Final 4 again this year.
ReplyDeleteGMan "Instead of announcing we should just tweet each other during the game."
ReplyDeleteBrando: "I like that. Then I wouldn't have to talk to you."
I like it to. I wouldn't have to listen to you Timmy
"Long,tall,and lean; the young man from Tampa, Henson, with the Reeeeturn to Sender"
ReplyDeletedo I even need to identify the speaker?
Can John Wall save Kentucky again?
ReplyDeleteTim Brando on Larry Drew II: "Too much Drew Too(Two)" i'm not sure which he meant...
ReplyDeleteoh wow. basket and a foul for SC with 1 second on the shot clock
ReplyDeleteDowney has taken the game over for South Carolina
ReplyDeleteJohn Wall just got STUFFED
ReplyDeleteBig FT's for SC...up 1 with 23.9
ReplyDeleteand Wall fumbled it out of bounds
ReplyDelete1 SC FT should seal this game
ReplyDeleteNo more unbeatens in D-1 Basketball...
ReplyDeleteSouth Carolina beats Kentucky 68-62
SOUTH CAROLINA HAS UPSET #1 KENTUCKY!!!
ReplyDeleteVideo coming later tonight. Probably.