NCAA Men's Basketball

[Dreizehn]

[Bran4]

Thanks Calhoun for a lot of great memories.

[dubbr]

Just throwin' this out there for anyone here that remembers me... I'm alive, I just left the dub scene. First time signing into vortex in... well, a long ass time.

****in ACC. Ami right?

[Internal Combustion]

Come on down, Harrison twins.
2013-14 could be DEVASTATING. UK is in the running for 4 of the top 5 recruits, just got 2 of them

[ed rooney]

Give it time no way Kentucky is going to stay clean..With everyone going Pro after 1 year graduation rates have to be sub par. I don't care how many GPA improving and graduates he has on the bench..

[watanabe2k]

Give it time no way Kentucky is going to stay clean..With everyone going Pro after 1 year graduation rates have to be sub par. I don't care how many GPA improving and graduates he has on the bench..

I've been doing the math on the APR score for Kentucky... it will go south in about 3-5 years. They still have some time to get people making degree progress who went pro, but it generally isn't a good sign.

[Dreizehn]

Donors Contribute $24 Million for New Basketball Center at UConn

UConn Foundation to Secure Financing to Begin Construction Thanks to a Major Gift from Mark and Rosalind Shenkman.

STORRS, Conn. - Donors to the University of Connecticut have made it possible to begin construction of a major new basketball facility on the campus, adjacent to Gampel Pavilion.

The University of Connecticut Foundation announced on Tuesday that it has donations and pledges in hand for 75 percent of the construction cost of the UConn Basketball Development Center-$24 million of the $32 million needed-and will obtain financing for the project so construction can begin as soon as possible. Completion is expected to take about 24 months.

"UConn is fortunate to have many strong supporters across the nation, who have dedicated themselves to the academic advancement of the university, the research ambitions of our faculty and students, as well as athletics," said UConn President Susan Herbst. "As we continue to build and renovate so many facilities on our multiple campuses, an outstanding new home is needed for our championship men's and women's basketball programs."

Most recently, alumnus Mark Shenkman and his wife, Rosalind, committed $2 million to the facility. Mr. Shenkman is the chair of the UConn Foundation Board of Directors and previously made a $2.5 million gift to name the athletic training and student recreational facility that bears his name on the Storrs campus.

"Rosalind and I feel very blessed to be able to make this gift to the University of Connecticut. This gift represents an investment in the future of UConn basketball," said Shenkman. "After recently visiting the practice facilities at other institutions, I realized the importance that a practice facility can have in conveying the strength of a program. The completion of this basketball practice facility will certainly perpetuate UConn's preeminent position as one of America's college basketball capitals."

"The success of our men's and women's basketball student-athletes, in both the classroom and on the court, will be greatly enhanced by the UConn Basketball Development Center," said UConn Director of Athletics Warde Manuel. "I want to thank Mark and Rosalind Shenkman and all of our benefactors whose generosity are allowing us to begin construction of this project. We will continue to fund raise to obtain the entire cost of the project."

The UConn Basketball Development Center is one of the projects supported through the ambitious Our University. Our Moment. fundraising campaign launched publicly in September 2009 by the UConn Foundation. So far, $348.8 million of the $600 million campaign goal has been raised.

[GoRacers]

My Alma Mater got coverage on ESPN's midnight madness. Go Racers.

[Dreizehn]

Murray State has a fantastic season.

[GoRacers]

Murray State has a fantastic season.

Super excited that Canaan stayed. That kid is a BLAST to watch.

The Charleston classic should be neat.

[CPW12]

Canaan stayed?! Smart choice.

In other news, am I the only one that was 100% shocked that Indiana is the preseason #1 ranking? I mean, I was expecting one of the typical power houses, then all of the sudden Indiana shows up and steals the show. Good for them though!

[Internal Combustion]

Canaan stayed?! Smart choice.

In other news, am I the only one that was 100% shocked that Indiana is the preseason #1 ranking? I mean, I was expecting one of the typical power houses, then all of the sudden Indiana shows up and steals the show. Good for them though!

I wonder what is going to happen to Murray state wanton endangerment boy.


Not surprised about IU. CBB is down as a whole this year and they have Cody zeller. Who knows where they end up finishing last year if they dint run into us in the S16. Also they didn't lose anybody, they have watford and oladipo. I hope they don't pull it off of course but crean can ride a horse to victory (see 2003)

[watanabe2k]

Illinois at least looked like they cared for the first time in a few years in their exhibition game against Lewis. We'll see if that means anything when we play some real teams.

[watanabe2k]

[Adam@CheckeredFlagVW]

AP Top 25

1 Indiana (43) 0-0 1,592
2 Louisville (20) 0-0 1,568
3 Kentucky (2) 0-0 1,453
4 Ohio State 0-0 1,292
5 Michigan 0-0 1,290
6 North Carolina State 0-0 1,270
7 Kansas 0-0 1,210
8 Duke 0-0 1,094
9 Syracuse 0-0 1,062
10 Florida 0-0 936
11 North Carolina 0-0 904
12 Arizona 0-0 902
13 UCLA 0-0 840
14 Michigan State 0-0 789
15 Missouri 0-0 664
16 Creighton 0-0 622
17 Memphis 0-0 539
18 UNLV 0-0 488
19 Baylor 0-0 486
20 San Diego State 0-0 463
21 Gonzaga 0-0 384
22 Notre Dame 0-0 297
23 Wisconsin 0-0 285
24 Cincinnati 0-0 120
25 Florida State 0-0 101

[watanabe2k]

Should be a really good Big Ten vs ACC challenge this year.

[Adam@CheckeredFlagVW]

Should be a really good Big Ten vs ACC challenge this year.

Yes it will

North Carolina at Indiana
NC State at Michigan
Minnesota at Florida State
Maryland at Northwestern
Iowa at Virginia Tech
Nebraska at Wake Forest
Ohio State at Duke
Virginia at Wisconsin
Michigan State at Miami
Purdue at Clemson
Georgia Tech at Illinois
Boston College at Penn State

[crazy88]

Gus!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFAC0e_52LI

[Adam@CheckeredFlagVW]

UCONN!...

Same old sparty

[Juiced6]

well Purdue officially sucks

[Dreizehn]

F YEAH

[watanabe2k]

Man Oriakhi is a beast. Good to see Mizzou finally have some bigs that score, crash the boards, and can play some defense.

On another note, I saw that some people were saying the Illini would make the tourney this year... not sure about that. 20 turnovers against Colgate...

[crazy88]

well Purdue officially sucks

We'll be OK, but there will be a learning curve with such a young team. The first lesson is shot selection. Outside of that, I like what I saw... We're more athletic and balanced than before.

[spkn^GRMN]

Tar Heels 2-0

[strskatr05]

Cuse had a nice win against SDSU yesterday on the USS Midway. Nice to see the younger guys stepping up already

[spkn^GRMN]

Big game this evening, Duke v. UK at 930pm on espn.

[Juiced6]

Sparty taking down KU

pretty good game to watch

[Adam@CheckeredFlagVW]

[2004jettagli]

Quiet in here.....

[Dreizehn]

^^^ Floppers.

UConn

[2004jettagli]

^^^ Floppers.

UConn

Yeah love how he said that and then at the end of the game he can't remember saying it!!! What a loser!! So much for that 40-0 bahahahaha

They showed their youth last night. And some poor coaching too.

Am surprised by your Uconn boys.

[crazy88]

Ugly game in the Garden

[01tj]

Quiet in here.....

Loving the Blue Devils this year and hoping (with confidence) that the Mountaineers will step it up.

[2004jettagli]

Butler!!!!!

[Dreizehn]

Loving the Blue Devils this year and hoping (with confidence) that the Mountaineers will step it up.

It's impossible for any human being on this planet to like Duke AND another team.