Duke getting absolutely smoked at Miami.
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CVilleBuff
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Said it before, I'll say it again. This is no coincidence what's happening at Miami. Jim Larranaga is the real deal and walked into a senior-laden team. That's been well known within Virginia for two decades (wonderful assistant at UVA during peak years, took George Mason to the Final Four). Now everyone else is getting to see it. Miami undoubtedly upgraded when Haith bounced.
been watching the whole game. Oregon just looks worse at home for whatever reason. Oregon going on a run, gotta feeling that they will pull this one out, but its college basketball in the Pac 12 at its finest. Anything can happen.
CVilleBuff
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Oregon comes back to defeat Wazzu 68-61 in Eugene. The Ducks definitely would have lost to any top Pac team tonight. Looked very vulnerable. Still, the Ducks improve to 17-2 (6-0) and Wazzu falls to 10-9 (1-5)
New Mexico held off Colorado State for a 66-61 win in Albuquerque. CSU falls to 15-4 (2-2).
Oregon State defeats Washington, 74-66. The Beavs improve to 11-8 (1-5), while the Huskies drop to 12-7 (4-2). Again, after that 4-0 start, we're going to see a massive drop off by Wasington. They've just lost to Utah and Oregon State back to back, and still have to play Oregon, Arizona and UCLA all twice.
Dayton improved to 11-7 (1-3) with a 96-51 win over Fordham. Dayton had a rough start to conference play facing VCU, Butler and LaSalle (LaSalle is no pushover, as Butler found out tonight). The schedule lightens up a bit for them, but the A-10 is a quality league and Dayton is going to have to get **** figured out and start playing good basketball if they want to get 20 wins.
Fresno State fell to 7-11 (1-4) with a 74-67 loss at Boise State. Fresno State is the worst team in the MWC, but they'll limp their way to a few more home wins.
Air Force improved to 11-6 (2-2) with a 90-48 home win over New Orleans. For those not familiar, New Orleans is a weird story. They've were a longtime D1 program in the Sun Belt, and knocked CU off in Boulder in Bzdelik's first year. However, they then announced they were dropping to D3, and were to have a few transition years to do so. We faced them again a couple years ago while beginning their transition, and beat them by 75 or so. However, now they've changed their minds. They're now to join the Southland Conference next season, competing this year as a D1 independent.
New Mexico held off Colorado State for a 66-61 win in Albuquerque. CSU falls to 15-4 (2-2).
Oregon State defeats Washington, 74-66. The Beavs improve to 11-8 (1-5), while the Huskies drop to 12-7 (4-2). Again, after that 4-0 start, we're going to see a massive drop off by Wasington. They've just lost to Utah and Oregon State back to back, and still have to play Oregon, Arizona and UCLA all twice.
Dayton improved to 11-7 (1-3) with a 96-51 win over Fordham. Dayton had a rough start to conference play facing VCU, Butler and LaSalle (LaSalle is no pushover, as Butler found out tonight). The schedule lightens up a bit for them, but the A-10 is a quality league and Dayton is going to have to get **** figured out and start playing good basketball if they want to get 20 wins.
Fresno State fell to 7-11 (1-4) with a 74-67 loss at Boise State. Fresno State is the worst team in the MWC, but they'll limp their way to a few more home wins.
Air Force improved to 11-6 (2-2) with a 90-48 home win over New Orleans. For those not familiar, New Orleans is a weird story. They've were a longtime D1 program in the Sun Belt, and knocked CU off in Boulder in Bzdelik's first year. However, they then announced they were dropping to D3, and were to have a few transition years to do so. We faced them again a couple years ago while beginning their transition, and beat them by 75 or so. However, now they've changed their minds. They're now to join the Southland Conference next season, competing this year as a D1 independent.
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CVilleBuff
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Thursday's games involving CU opponents:
Arizona 16-1 (4-1) hosts UCLA 15-4 (5-1). Should be a close game, do the refs cheat for Arizona again, or does karma finally come back and bite the Wildcats? Needless to say, crucial game in sorting out the top of the Pac.
Utah 9-9 (1-5) hosts Cal 10-7 (2-3). This could be a close one. Utah is coming off an impressive win at Washington and has been competitive in Pac-12 play despite their poor record (lost at Arizona by 3, to UCLA by 4, at ASU in OT). Cal meanwhile has been the definition of mediocre thus far this season. The Bears are 2-3 in true road games (wins at Denver and USC). There's no doubt that Cal has the big talent edge, but Utah is scrappy and will be feeling confident. A loss in SLC would be devastating for Cal's NIT hopes and dreams.
Arizona State 14-4 (3-2) hosts USC 8-11 (3-3). Goes without saying that these are two teams that CU needs to pass in the Pac-12 standings, and the sooner the better. The good news is one of them will be losing tonight.
Hartford 10-9 (3-3) at New Hampshire 4-13 (0-5). Hartford is struggling having lost 3 straight. However, they're still only 2 games out of first place in the America East. They've got to take care of business on the road against the worst team in the conference.
Wofford 7-12 (1-5) hosts Furman 5-12 (2-4). Wofford's young team has lost all confidence in the new year. This is a good chance to get it back against their big rival.
Murray State 14-4 (5-1) at Tennessee Tech 7-11 (1-5). Murray State should cruise in this one. It's important they don't slip up again, because while they're in control of the West Division in the OVC, they're facing strong competition from Belmont (6-0), Tennessee State (6-1) and Eastern Kentucky (5-1) all of whom are in the East Division. This is going to be a battle to the end for the OVC automatic bid.
Northern Arizona 6-12 (3-5) hosts Northern Colorado 5-11 (3-5). Good opportunity here for NAU to pick up another conference win. They were thought to be maybe the worst team in all of D1 entering the season, so kudos to them for being competitive and proving people wrong.
Wyoming 15-2 (2-2) at UNLV 15-4 (2-2). Huge opportunity for Wyoming. As of now, the Pokes are looking very bubbly, and another quality win (especially on the road) would be a huge step for their hopes of Dancing.
Arizona 16-1 (4-1) hosts UCLA 15-4 (5-1). Should be a close game, do the refs cheat for Arizona again, or does karma finally come back and bite the Wildcats? Needless to say, crucial game in sorting out the top of the Pac.
Utah 9-9 (1-5) hosts Cal 10-7 (2-3). This could be a close one. Utah is coming off an impressive win at Washington and has been competitive in Pac-12 play despite their poor record (lost at Arizona by 3, to UCLA by 4, at ASU in OT). Cal meanwhile has been the definition of mediocre thus far this season. The Bears are 2-3 in true road games (wins at Denver and USC). There's no doubt that Cal has the big talent edge, but Utah is scrappy and will be feeling confident. A loss in SLC would be devastating for Cal's NIT hopes and dreams.
Arizona State 14-4 (3-2) hosts USC 8-11 (3-3). Goes without saying that these are two teams that CU needs to pass in the Pac-12 standings, and the sooner the better. The good news is one of them will be losing tonight.
Hartford 10-9 (3-3) at New Hampshire 4-13 (0-5). Hartford is struggling having lost 3 straight. However, they're still only 2 games out of first place in the America East. They've got to take care of business on the road against the worst team in the conference.
Wofford 7-12 (1-5) hosts Furman 5-12 (2-4). Wofford's young team has lost all confidence in the new year. This is a good chance to get it back against their big rival.
Murray State 14-4 (5-1) at Tennessee Tech 7-11 (1-5). Murray State should cruise in this one. It's important they don't slip up again, because while they're in control of the West Division in the OVC, they're facing strong competition from Belmont (6-0), Tennessee State (6-1) and Eastern Kentucky (5-1) all of whom are in the East Division. This is going to be a battle to the end for the OVC automatic bid.
Northern Arizona 6-12 (3-5) hosts Northern Colorado 5-11 (3-5). Good opportunity here for NAU to pick up another conference win. They were thought to be maybe the worst team in all of D1 entering the season, so kudos to them for being competitive and proving people wrong.
Wyoming 15-2 (2-2) at UNLV 15-4 (2-2). Huge opportunity for Wyoming. As of now, the Pokes are looking very bubbly, and another quality win (especially on the road) would be a huge step for their hopes of Dancing.
Wasn't a lot of that D1-D3-D1 shuffle due to Katrina? I seem to remember that they were really struggling with that in the wake of the hurricane.
CVilleBuff
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Good night with Wofford, Hartford, Murray State and Northern Arizona all getting wins. Wyoming lost at UNLV, however.
Cal improves to 11-7 (3-3) with a 62-57 win at Utah. Utes fall to 9-10 (1-6).
UCLA goes into Tucson and beats Arizona, 84-73. Bruins improve to 16-4 (6-1), Wildcats fall to 16-2 (4-2). I'm just not buying Arizona as a 1 or 2 seed, no matter what people are saying at the moment. They most likely end up as a 3. I just don't really see Zona as a legit top 10 team..they're fringe top 10, more like top 15 IMO.
Goose, you're probably right about Katrina. A quick glance showed me they started to transition to D3 in 2010 after $1.3 million budget shortfall, stopped that process in late August 2012 when a new president and AD were hired.
Cal improves to 11-7 (3-3) with a 62-57 win at Utah. Utes fall to 9-10 (1-6).
UCLA goes into Tucson and beats Arizona, 84-73. Bruins improve to 16-4 (6-1), Wildcats fall to 16-2 (4-2). I'm just not buying Arizona as a 1 or 2 seed, no matter what people are saying at the moment. They most likely end up as a 3. I just don't really see Zona as a legit top 10 team..they're fringe top 10, more like top 15 IMO.
Goose, you're probably right about Katrina. A quick glance showed me they started to transition to D3 in 2010 after $1.3 million budget shortfall, stopped that process in late August 2012 when a new president and AD were hired.
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BehindEnemyLines
beware the habu
Agreed CVille. 'Zona has near miracle, last minutes wins, and a false win with zebra aid. Now they have a double-digit loss at home to an unranked team (who won't be that way for long).
I think we'll get a good gauge on Miller's coaching ability when the cats take the court for their next game. Will they let this game affect them to the point of losing the next one, too, or will Miller get them back on track?
I think we'll get a good gauge on Miller's coaching ability when the cats take the court for their next game. Will they let this game affect them to the point of losing the next one, too, or will Miller get them back on track?
They should beat USC. Hopefully they'll hold it together enough to give us a top-15 win on Valentine's Day.
BehindEnemyLines
beware the habu
hopefully ...........
CVilleBuff
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ASU/USC heading into overtime. They're both about equal in the standings, but USC pulling the upset is probably best for CU as ASU has a better chance than USC of being a threat to CU in the standings in the long run
CVilleBuff
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ASU holds off USC in OT for a 98-93 victory in Tempe. Sun Devils improve to 15-4 (4-2), Trojans drop to 8-12 (3-4).
We're now equal with USC at 3-4 (and have beaten them)
We'll move ahead of ASU, hopefully soon. UCLA should beat them on Saturday and then they head on the road to Washington and Wazzu where they'll drop at least 1, if not both.
We're now equal with USC at 3-4 (and have beaten them)
We'll move ahead of ASU, hopefully soon. UCLA should beat them on Saturday and then they head on the road to Washington and Wazzu where they'll drop at least 1, if not both.
CVilleBuff
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Buffs are making their climb back up the standings. Technically up to 7th right now. A victory over Cal on Saturday would move CU to 6th (keep in mind we were the 6 seed in the Pac-12 tournament last year due to slippage the final two games. it was a log jam of 1 game differences and tiebreakers). We need to aim to get that 4th spot and thus get a bye in Vegas. Due to our poor start, we've all but conceded the top 3. However, the 4 spot is up for grabs and CU can get it. It will involve protecting home court from here on out, and finding a way to get a few more road wins.
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Not sure if this is the right thread to post this but just got back to the dorms from the game and am watching the Arizona and UCLA game and their white out looks awesome. Has CU planned a white out game like they did for the Cal game last year and the Nebraska game a couple years back? Arizona would be an awesome game to do it.
CVilleBuff
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Yep. Need to beat Cal, take care of business at Utah in our only game next week so we head into Oregon at 5-4. Oregon State needs to be a win. We've got to beat the bottom teams in the league away from home, and you don't get anymore "bottom" than Utah and Oregon State. We're in business if we get out of Oregon at 6-5. The finishing slate is favorable to us. Need to get our aheads above .500 ASAP and we'll finish strong.
Washington's set to slide too, so we can make a move pretty quickly. Their next two games are at Oregon and Arizona at home and I'd expect them to lose both. If we take care of Cal and Utah, we could be sitting in a tie for forth going into the Oregon trip.
CVilleBuff
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Yep Washington still has to play Arizona, Oregon and UCLA all twice. They're going down. We can get to 4th if we play good basketball from here on out.
CVilleBuff
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Saturday's games involving CU opponents:
Arizona State 15-4 (4-2) hosts UCLA 16-4 (6-1). UCLA is coming off a big win at Arizona, can they show consistency and take care of business? Under Howland in recent years, it would be textbook UCLA to go out and lose this after a big win. This would be a huge win for Arizona State's postseason chances (NIT). Best for CU if UCLA wins, because we aren't catching UCLA in the standings, and we need to catch ASU.
Oregon State 11-8 (1-5) hosts Washington State 10-9 (1-5). Two coaches fighting for their jobs. Loser of this game will likely end up battling with Utah to avoid last in the Pac.
Oregon 17-2 (6-0) hosts Washington 12-7 (4-2). Oregon has an extremely favorable schedule to end the season. Washington is the complete opposite, and now hits the meat of their schedule. We're not catching Oregon, so it's best they beat Washington and help ensure that the Buffs will pass the Huskies in the standings.
Arizona 16-2 (4-2) hosts USC 8-12 (3-4). Arizona should bounce back after that disappointing loss to UCLA. Perhaps they'll have a bit of a hangover and let USC hang around. I know many disagree, but I'm just not buying Arizona as 1 or 2 seed material. USC has been competitive in conference play, but this is likely too much to ask.
Fresno State 7-11 (1-4) hosts Colorado State 15-4 (2-2). CSU will need to be careful on the road against a Fresno team that literally can win games by playing a style of basketball so atrociously ugly that they can beat you by putting you to sleep (see: our 50-43 win at Fresno, Fresno's victory over Wyoming holding them to 36)
Wyoming 15-3 (2-3) hosts Air Force 11-6 (2-2). Wyoming has to win this if they want to continue to be in the discussion for the Big Dance.
Dayton 11-7 (1-3) hosts Duquesne 7-12 (0-5). Dayton had a rough start to conference play, have to take care of business against bottom A10 teams like Duquesne.
Baylor 13-5 (4-1) at TCU 9-10 (0-6). Baylor has been playing better basketball in recent weeks. This should be a win for them, TCU is downright atrocious.
Murray State 15-4 (6-1) at Jacksonville State 13-7 (5-4). This game worries me a bit. Murray State has looked shaky in recent games, and they desperately need a win to keep pace with the likes of Belmont (undefeated in conference play).
Wofford 12-8 (2-5) hosts College of Charleston 13-7 (5-3). Wofford finally ended their slump with a victory over Furman. Need this win to claw their way back into the middle of the SoCon.
Arizona State 15-4 (4-2) hosts UCLA 16-4 (6-1). UCLA is coming off a big win at Arizona, can they show consistency and take care of business? Under Howland in recent years, it would be textbook UCLA to go out and lose this after a big win. This would be a huge win for Arizona State's postseason chances (NIT). Best for CU if UCLA wins, because we aren't catching UCLA in the standings, and we need to catch ASU.
Oregon State 11-8 (1-5) hosts Washington State 10-9 (1-5). Two coaches fighting for their jobs. Loser of this game will likely end up battling with Utah to avoid last in the Pac.
Oregon 17-2 (6-0) hosts Washington 12-7 (4-2). Oregon has an extremely favorable schedule to end the season. Washington is the complete opposite, and now hits the meat of their schedule. We're not catching Oregon, so it's best they beat Washington and help ensure that the Buffs will pass the Huskies in the standings.
Arizona 16-2 (4-2) hosts USC 8-12 (3-4). Arizona should bounce back after that disappointing loss to UCLA. Perhaps they'll have a bit of a hangover and let USC hang around. I know many disagree, but I'm just not buying Arizona as 1 or 2 seed material. USC has been competitive in conference play, but this is likely too much to ask.
Fresno State 7-11 (1-4) hosts Colorado State 15-4 (2-2). CSU will need to be careful on the road against a Fresno team that literally can win games by playing a style of basketball so atrociously ugly that they can beat you by putting you to sleep (see: our 50-43 win at Fresno, Fresno's victory over Wyoming holding them to 36)
Wyoming 15-3 (2-3) hosts Air Force 11-6 (2-2). Wyoming has to win this if they want to continue to be in the discussion for the Big Dance.
Dayton 11-7 (1-3) hosts Duquesne 7-12 (0-5). Dayton had a rough start to conference play, have to take care of business against bottom A10 teams like Duquesne.
Baylor 13-5 (4-1) at TCU 9-10 (0-6). Baylor has been playing better basketball in recent weeks. This should be a win for them, TCU is downright atrocious.
Murray State 15-4 (6-1) at Jacksonville State 13-7 (5-4). This game worries me a bit. Murray State has looked shaky in recent games, and they desperately need a win to keep pace with the likes of Belmont (undefeated in conference play).
Wofford 12-8 (2-5) hosts College of Charleston 13-7 (5-3). Wofford finally ended their slump with a victory over Furman. Need this win to claw their way back into the middle of the SoCon.
CVilleBuff
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Should have realized that writing off Sendek was a mistake. The guy can coach, he didn't deserve to be forced out of NCSU.
ASU up 55-40 on UCLA in Tempe, still plenty of time though. ASU has had a home-heavy Pac-12 schedule thus far, we'll see how they fare on the road, but they are playing pretty good basketball and look to be a threat to finish higher than the 8th-9th range most (including me) had them pegged at.
ASU up 55-40 on UCLA in Tempe, still plenty of time though. ASU has had a home-heavy Pac-12 schedule thus far, we'll see how they fare on the road, but they are playing pretty good basketball and look to be a threat to finish higher than the 8th-9th range most (including me) had them pegged at.
jwhite17
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ASU is much better this year , both Carson and Gordon are huge for them. Carrick Felix is playing lights out too. They definitely have benefited from playing at home and playing oregon state without Moreland, so we will see if they can keep it up.
I doubt they make the NCAA because they played such a week out of conference schedule inflating their W/L record.
How is UCLA so up and down?
We seem to get the up UCLA when they came to Boulder. Are they playing so poorly today because Travis Wear is out?
I doubt they make the NCAA because they played such a week out of conference schedule inflating their W/L record.
How is UCLA so up and down?
We seem to get the up UCLA when they came to Boulder. Are they playing so poorly today because Travis Wear is out?
Yup, Sendek's teams made the tourney in each of his last 5 years in Raleigh and in 4 of those 5 years they won at least 1 game in the tourney. They missed him after enduring 5 years of Sidney Lowe.
Mahammad is not having a good game. The whole UCLA team is just flat and Arizona is playing good D.
Not just home heavy,but they've been pretty fortunate to have the tougher halves of the traveling pairs coming in after playing at U of A. They had to go to OT to beat Utah and $C in the first games of those weekends, then turn around and handle CU and UCLA pretty easily coming out of Tucson.
They've got two home wekends remaining - Cal followed by Stanford one weekend, Wazzu followed by U Dub the last one. Stll have the Washington, CU/Utah and LA trips to make, plus a trip to Tucson...
CVilleBuff
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Arizona State defeats UCLA in Tempe, 78-60. Sun Devils improve to 16-4 (5-2), UCLA falls to 16-5 (6-2). ASU now has to play on the road 7/11 times to end conference play. Still, they're playing pretty well and look to be NIT material. Meanwhile, same old UCLA lacking any consistency.
Baylor takes care of business on the road at TCU, 82-56. Bears improve to 14-5 (5-1) and look to challenge to be the #2 team in the Big XII, but they need to get more quality wins.
Northern Arizona lost at the final second to North Dakota in Flagstaff, 81-79. Lumberjacks fall to 7-13 (4-6).
Dayton beats Duquesne 72-56 at home. Flyers improve to 12-7 (2-3) and have clawed their way back to the middle of the pack in that brutal A-10.
And, completely non CU related, but Northern Illinois had 4 at halftime today (scored 25 for the game). It was just a few weeks ago they had 5 at halftime. They missed 36 straight shots today.
Baylor takes care of business on the road at TCU, 82-56. Bears improve to 14-5 (5-1) and look to challenge to be the #2 team in the Big XII, but they need to get more quality wins.
Northern Arizona lost at the final second to North Dakota in Flagstaff, 81-79. Lumberjacks fall to 7-13 (4-6).
Dayton beats Duquesne 72-56 at home. Flyers improve to 12-7 (2-3) and have clawed their way back to the middle of the pack in that brutal A-10.
And, completely non CU related, but Northern Illinois had 4 at halftime today (scored 25 for the game). It was just a few weeks ago they had 5 at halftime. They missed 36 straight shots today.
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