Big 12 Hoops: Best in the Land

You can get all kinds of shit from my neighbors.

The Huck’s of the world rebuttal:

Ken Pomeroy’s got Big 12 as the #2 conference behind the ACC.

http://kenpom.com/conf.php?y=2010&c=B12

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Ha. That really is your neighbor. And who said blogs can’t be held to a higher standard of truth and accuracy?

The Real Huck’s Rebuttal.

The compilation algorithm run by Massey shows that the Big 12 is fairly solid as the #2 conference behind the ACC from an overall computer perspective.

Essentially, though, the ACC, Big 12, and Big East make up the top 3 and the rest aren’t close – as if we didn’t know that already. These rankings are based on a straight average of all conference members, though, and there are probably better ways to look at conference strength, particularly as it affects the best teams.

Socks and sandles look. How Vasherized.

dick,

Take your hundredth of a point difference and parlay it with a bet on the joint successes of A&M basketball and Russian currency.

Fortunately we don’t all dance naked at the altar of Ken Pomeroy as Huckleberry does. Top to bottom the Big 12 is the best conference and numbers will bear that out at the end of the season.

Too bad Huck can’t tell us now exactly what those numbers will be but we’ve grown used to his limitations.

Socks and sandles look. How Vasherized.

I learned it from Scipio, who prefers argyles and Birkenstocks.

According to Dickie V of its the Big East — and John Calipari is the COY while John Wall is the POY.

Oh, and the best front courts are in order: Kansas, North Carolina, Syracuse, Kentucky and West Virginia.

Not only does the transitive property not apply in basketball, but it particularly doesn’t apply in this case, since Jermaine Dixon, a starter - and Gilbert Brown, their primary backup - didn’t play against Texas.

In other words, Pitt is literally a different team now.

It’s similar to USC, which now has Mike Gerrity and Leonard Washington, except they’ve also been saddled with enough probation to cover basketball, football, and Lane Kiffin combined.

We have the best five and the best four in the country. Patterson and Cousins are second. There’s a reason we are undefeated and ranked number one in the nation.

srr50,

How did you like his comments on baseball, “McGwire, Bonds, Sosa, they’re all cheaters! I don’t want to talk about cheaters! I want to talk about Kentucky, and my midseason coach of the year, John Calipari!”

Or words to that effect.

Unbelievable.

(sadly shakes head)

We weren’t the only ones to hear that.

SLX – Dickie V does a better impersonation of himself than anyone else — gets laughs everytime.

I also loved it when it was reported John Calipari rushed around telling reporter who was calling him, “Guess! Guess who is calling me, RIGHT NOW! That’s right! None other than John Wooden!” (How do you like DEM apples!! I’m validated now!)

Erin Andrews: “Guys, he was like a kid in a candy store. A name dropping kid in a candy store. Or a candy kid in a name dropping store. Or something like that.”

Mmm. I’d like to drop my kid in her store…. er, drop my candy in her kid. Wait, drop my candy cane in her store… ah fuck it I just want to nail erin andrews.

Trips:

That can’t be right. Remember UNC completely worked our frontcourt. What did they outrebound us by again?

Well said Nordberg.

I don’t give a shit if the conference is the best as long as my team is the best. In fact, I’d prefer it if OU and ATM sucked, even if it meant the Big 12 was ranked at Pac 10 levels. I’ll be in Houston watching the Horns in late March. I’ll be wearing tube socks and tevas.

Trips: But how do you feel about Wall/Bledsoe against Bradley/Doge+JCovan?

If Bledsoe plays like he did last night, I’d take Wall and Bledsoe.

All around, I like our chemistry and shot allocation much better than UK’s. If you can control Wall and make Kentucky find good shots, you can beat them. It so happens that Texas has the personnel to do exactly that.

Question about the starting lineup in the frontcourt

Now that we’ve gotten into the conference slate will Barnes substitute Jordan sometimes into the lineup for Mason? Strangly enough the Big XII teams have somewhat NBA lineups. Look no further than or matchup with Iowa State

PG 6-4
SG 6-5 Luca Staigger
SF 6-7 Marcus Gilstrap
PF 6-9 LeRon Dendy
BF 6-10 Craig Brackins

Not only will we be challenged by teams immediately zoning us on defense but they may run their offense right at Mason and whomever he’s guarding. The away games against KState and UCONN offer similar disadvantages to our starting lineups with UCONN being as big or bigger than UNC with four to five semi 7 footers. Now that we’re done playing Irvine and East Banjo State I just don’t see the reason to continue to start the 3 guard lineup.

Only impish aggy, who starts 3 guards and joke power forward nathan walkup, is comparable to what we trot out on the floor. That’s like us circa PJ Tucker when he was our starting 4. Sidenote I like Walkup’s game for aggy bball

I’d like to see Jordan get some starts. He doesn’t have to get them all just against lineups that warrant it

I correct myself aggy inserted 6-7 Porter-Gaud freshman Kris Middleton to give them a little more size

Bledsoe was sick last night. At this point their #24 is juuust a slight upgrade from ours.

Wall is going to do his thing but our guards could keep him out of the paint as well as anyone. Or at least make earn everything. Most of the game just comes so easy for him.

Also what is the reason the traditional powers of college basketball always seem to have a glut of power forwards and centers? Is it a combination of 3 things? They are slower to develop than the backcourt players, better recruiting, and the fact that THEY CAN!!!

Look at UCONN for example

6-10/230 Gavin Edwards(starter before 9 footer)
6-11/233 Ater Majok(Is this said 9 footer?)
7-0/240 Jonathan Mandeldove
6-9/240 Alex Oriakhi(Mickey Ds freshman?)
6-9/220 Stanley Robinson(starter)

They’re as big as UNC. So do the big guys go to UCLA, Kansas, and UCONN and then not develop? Sometimes they transfer out I know. But these schools seem to be just getting them left and right. 7-0 Jeff Withey just transferred into KU!!!!. Only schools like us and Villanova have an overflow of guards but we both run some 3 guard lineups. We have our own surplus too with Matt Hill and Clint Chapman.

Kinda like the ole DKR philosophy of keeping starters on our bench away from the in-state schools

“Vasherized Jinx” – Big 12 home teams went 0 for 3 tonight.