This guy:

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ZINGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!

Ready for another great year of KU basketball again!! Good luck to everyone's teams!

heh

Most Big 10 basketball is pretty good.

Regrettably it's Wisconsin that drags that conference down and gives the conference a bad name for exceptionally boring basketball.

Bo Ryan is the Carl Peterson of basketball coaches. The university will always let him have the job, and the Badgers will always play shitty basketball that "just wins".

Thankfully I was a Jayhawks fan before I moved up here.

really excited to see KU's Ben McLemore.

Guy's gonna be a star

THere are some big IF's on this team....like Withey's offensive production, Perry Ellis ability to hit the ground running, and whether EJ can run the point or not.

If they all can...and do it well, this Kansas team will be a final 4 team (again)

Those guys don't look like basketball players

Meh, maybe when NFL and college football are done I'll pay attention to it.

Have the Jayhawks won the title yet?

WOOOHOOOO!!!!

im ready for some college hoops, go rock chalk jayhawk, they have unfinished business to finish up on !!!

And here come the t-shirt fans...

Because now that KSU is kicking ass in football, there are NONE of those, amirite? ROFL

Your friend has a sub 70 IQ for sure!

Friday November 9th.

#9 Syracuse vs #20 SDSU in San Diego on the aircraft carrier. Definitely the best week 1 matchup.

If the damn NHL cannot get thier shit together I will be following it more then usual.

...

Great matchup.

Don't like whole aircraft carrier though thing.

I guess I am.

Rock Chalkin' it baby. How are we there EVERY year? 24 straight trips to the tourney, 14 final fours, most tournament wins in last 5 years, most championship game appearances in last 10 years, 5 national titles overall, 8 straight conference championships. Come on man! Why? I'll tell you why. Because we're mother f'in' bosses that's why. :)

Gonna be a fun season again.

THIS.

Top 25 College Basketball games before 12/25

The college basketball season gets underway Friday. (I'm sure you've heard.) And this really might be the most interesting opening day we've had in a while, considering 10 of the nation's top 11 teams will be in action, thanks to a slate of games highlighted by the reigning national champs in Brooklyn and two national title-winning coaches working against each other on an aircraft carrier.

But it doesn't stop there. Next Tuesday night is also big. The week of Thanksgiving will be too. So what I've decided to do is provide a document you can print out, tape up and look at whenever you're wondering when the next big game will be played.

Seriously, just print this out.

Let's call it Top 25 before 12/25.

That means this list will get us through Christmas.

We'll just figure out the rest after Santa Claus comes and goes.

NOTE: This list only includes scheduled games, meaning it doesn't include possible second- or third-round matchups in early season tournaments. Put another way, I realize the title game of the Battle for Atlantis will be terrific regardless of who plays. But we don't know who will play. So that game between undetermined opponents isn't listed. And so on and so forth.

Nov. 9:
Lehigh at No. 19 Baylor
Can C.J. McCollum do to Scott Drew this week what he did to Mike Krzyzewski last March?

Nov. 9:
North Texas at No. 16 Creighton
Tony Mitchell vs. Doug McDermott should lure a few NBA scouts to Omaha.

Nov. 9:
No. 2 Kentucky vs. Maryland in Brooklyn
John Calipari's inexperienced Wildcats get their first test on a big stage up north.

Nov. 11:
No. 20 San Diego State vs. No. 9 Syracuse in San Diego
The season's first matchup of ranked teams will take place on an aircraft carrier.

Nov. 13:
No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 8 Duke in Atlanta
And their second test is on an even bigger stage down south.

Nov. 13:
No. 7 Kansas vs. No. 14 Michigan State in Atlanta
The undercard of the Champions Classic isn't bad, either.

Nov. 19:
No. 13 UCLA vs. Georgetown in Brooklyn
The Bruins vs. the Hoyas should be good ... with or without Shabazz Muhammad (almost certainly without).

Nov. 22:
No. 17 Memphis vs. Virginia Commonwealth in the Bahamas
Josh Pastner vs. Shaka Smart provides a matchup of two rising stars of the sport.

Nov. 22:
No. 8 Duke vs. Minnesota in the Bahamas
It'll be interesting to see if the Blue Devils can handle Trevor Mbakwe.

Nov. 27:
No. 11 North Carolina at No. 1 Indiana
James Michael McAdoo and Cody Zeller will face each other here, then again in the NBA someday.

Nov. 27:
No. 6 North Carolina State at No. 5 Michigan
Special shout-out to the ACC-Big Ten Challenge for giving us Lorenzo Brown vs. Trey Burke.

Nov. 28:
No. 4 Ohio State at No. 8 Duke
Can't wait to see what the Cameron Crazies have in store for Aaron Craft.

Nov. 29:
No. 3 Kentucky at No. 22 Notre Dame
This will be the first time the Wildcats play in a hostile environment.

Nov. 30:
No. 9 Syracuse at Arkansas
A trip to Bud Walton Arena will remind Jim Boeheim why he'd rather avoid November road games.

Dec. 1:
No. 20 San Diego State vs. No. 13 UCLA in Anaheim
Will Shabazz Muhammad be playing by the time this game rolls around? Probably not.

Dec. 1:
No. 19 Baylor at No. 3 Kentucky
Perhaps Isaiah Austin can go to Lexington and upstage UK's freshmen stars.

Dec. 5:
No. 10 Florida at No. 25 Florida State
This won't resonate like the football rivalry, but it'll still be nice.

Dec. 8:
No. 23 Wisconsin at Marquette
Bo (Ryan) and Buzz (Williams) make this one of the nation's best non-conference rivalries.

Dec. 15:
No. 2 Louisville at No. 17 Memphis
Might this be a preview of a future Big East tournament championship game?

Dec. 15:
No. 1 Indiana vs. Butler in Indianapolis
Brad Stevens vs. the Hoosiers is something I think everybody would like to see every year.

Dec. 15:
West Virginia vs. No. 5 Michigan in Brooklyn
It's John Beilein's old school against John Beilein's new school.

Dec. 15:
No. 10 Florida at No. 12 Arizona
Patric Young banging with Arizona's young bigs should be interesting.

Dec. 15:
Alabama at Virginia Commonwealth
Anthony Grant returns to Richmond, where he'll probably be an underdog.

Dec. 19:
No. 24 Cincinnati vs. Xavier in Cincinnati
No punches this time, please.

Dec. 22:
No. 7 Kansas at No. 4 Ohio State
I should be able to be in Columbus for this showdown and make it back home for Christmas, no problem.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...s-before-12-25

Wooo. So ready.

SDSU game vs Syracuse was postponed til Sunday, so nobody is gonna watch it, but I'm ready.

Are they gonna still have that 24 hour straight of college basketball to start the season?

Spend some of that dough on the football team :p

God I hope so.

Yes, starts on Monday, Nov. 12 (I'm pretty sure at midnight), and ends with KU/Michigan State and then Duke/Kentucky in NY on the 13th.

I'm gonna stock up on stimulants and try to make it the whole way.

****, I am ready for competitive bingo the way this season is going.

Go Terps

Hell Yes, my wife is gonna hate my that day

K-State weber KHATZ start on Friday, play North Dakota. I'll be there, but apathetic to what is going on. Wake me when they make it to MSG in the preseason NIT.

How're your Cats going to be this year?

Anyone not in the Big12 sucks - CJ Jizzles

The Big 10 is a fun brand of basketball because every team is so good defensively. - Bo's Pelini

I never said that but you did indeed say that quote. You also said Doc Sadler was a good coach ROFL

Please link me to where I said Sadler was a good coach and where I said every other basketball conference other than the big 12 sucked.

Best X's and O's coach in the Big Leftover

Dunno. 8 seed?

At least you guys will make the tournament. Unlike Nebraska and Iowa.

Hai thx fur yur coach. Hes a good 4th or 5th assistant.

So are you an Iowa fan or a KU fan?

Still waiting on those links, princess.

The search function isn't hard to use sweetheart.

I don't have to search for anything, because I never said either.

Dipshit.

Sigh...

Both. Born in Lawrence. Grew up KU fan from birth. Went to college at Iowa, graduatd HS in Iowa. Etc.

You and all the other beakers were slurpin Doc Sadler when he was coaching in the Big 12. William will back me up on that.

LMAO

First it was me, now it's the entire KU fan base. I can't speak for the entire fanbase. But I can assure you that I never said Sadler was a good coach.

But, keep backtracking. Schmuck.

billay, there is a search function.

Just type in Doc Sadler and the world is at your fingertips.

There were a buch of you saying it.

BTW your coach used to coach in the B1G and Kansas St. hired a coach who was fired from a B1G school. Tell us more about how shitty the B1G is.

I'm not saying there wasn't.

READ MOTHER****ER. Do you know how?

You keep saying me (or I) specifically said Sadler was a good coach. I'm still waiting on proof of the accusation.

Don't you know, you have to provide your own proof to sink your own ship!

I heard Billay liked rough anal.

Don't expect me to link that though.

You guys can use the search function yourselves.

I like Doc Sadler though. He looks as if he could be Eddie Suttons illegitimate drunk son.

I must have mistaken CJ for another beaker but there was a lot of them praising Doc Sadler.

Thank you.

Since billay indirectly apologized I will keep the KU bball talk to the KU repository thread.

Anyone with any super, super early F4 predictions?

Not Louisville and not Kentucky.

I don't have a problem with KU talk in here but why pretend like the B1G sucks we both know that isn't true.


Final 4 predictions: Louisville, Indiana, Kentucky, Arizona.

It is simply my opinion. I'm not a fan of Big 10 basketball. That doesn't make it right. Just an opinion.

Phog.net loved Doc. Said he was a great "x's and o's" guy.

On this board, ROY praised Doc as much as he praised Rich Scanlon.

I remember some people on here praising Doc, calling it a great hire, etc.

I just laid into Billay because he specifically said he was a "great coach."

When clearly I didn't.

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SLU basketball! should be beating KU in the CBE in KC

Michigan State
Tom Izzo
Magic Johnson
Mateen Cleaves

ROFL

Well played.

Goran Suton as honorable mention.

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Will Clyburn will be a great SF this year, and Korie Lucious will be a very good PG.

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Fred Hoiberg is building something special at Iowa State.

I really really with Royce White would have came back one more year, Iowa State would be a final four team. Now its just a tournament team this year again.. but hopefully not matched up with the #1 team round two.

Top three finish in the Big12.

I'm ready, tomorrow night can't get here soon enough.

Thamel - Georges Niang, Iowa State:
Early buzz from Iowa State practice is that freshman forward Georges Niang is already the Cyclones' best player. A natural scorer with a deft touch, polished mid-range game and solid range, expect the 6-7 Niang to win Big 12 Freshman of the Year and score bushels of points during his career in Ames. Niang's only issue is his sloppy body, as he's done a poor job ridding himself of baby fat. Consider this: Niang was the MVP of his prep school team, which featured Nerlens Noel as its star center.

And what were you saying Iowa State would do in football this year?

I said they would be better than last year, and like I said they are a better team than last year.

Even with Royce, ISU isn't a FF team this year. Sweet Sixteen maybe.

Iowa state is maybe sweet 16 without him(MAYBE). Clyburn would have been the best player on last years team, and Lucious would have been third right behind Royce. Actually having a PG this year will be huge.

Mo State will be young, but they should be fun to watch with the speed and athleticism they brought in.

RustShack may be right; but nobody will ever believe anything he has to say because he goes FULL HOMER every time for ISU. Just tone it down a bit man.

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5:30PM Connecticut v. Michigan State - ESPN
Armed Forces Classic at Ramstein Air Base in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

7:00PM Marquette v. ohio state - NBCSP
The Carrier Classic in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Being played aboard the USS Yorktown.

8:30PM Kentucky v. Maryland - ESPN
Barclays Center Classic in Brooklyn.

9:00PM Florida v. Georgetown - NBCSP
The inaugural Navy-Marine Corps Classic in Jacksonville. Being played on the deck of the USS Bataan.

****ing stoked I'm off work today!

I wish I had more excitement, but I am more in the "Let me know when it matters" camp right now.

Which is why college football >>>> college basketball and why a playoff system in excess of a plus-1 (4-team) format dilutes the college football regular season.

Yes.

The camo uniforms are terrible.

ROFL at Cyclone boy