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Clitcommander didnt ask "Buck, Ayo, and Scumbag." He just asked Buck and Ayo.Comment -
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i havent been able to post for over 6 months because my roommate signed into my computer and got my account banned. I want to thank sonny, buck, and ayo for all the help you have given me and i just think you guys deserve some respect and credit. And to leave on a good note i want to sing the international winning song.
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Hey buck why am I feeling charlotte +12 tonight? I leave the nba up to you. Was that Grizzly game last night Under by any chance?Comment -
THE STORY: Jim Boeheim is the third-winningest coach in college basketball history. That being said, the hall of fame coach hasn’t had much success against Rick Pitino – his former assistant – in recent years. Pitino and Louisville have won seven straight meetings with Syracuse, a streak that has put Boeheim on edge with the local media. The latest rendition of this rivalry features two of the hottest team in the country and will almost assuredly be played at a frenzied pace. Both teams like to run and create offense from their defense. Syracuse is fourth in the nation in steals (9.8), while Louisville is sixth (9.4). In the last meeting, Kyle Kuric scored 23 points and hit five of the Cardinals’ 13 3-pointers in a 73-69 win last February. Louisville leads the series 13-4, and hasn’t lost to Syracuse since 2005-06, its first season in the Big East.
TV: 7:00 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN 3
ABOUT SYRACUSE (25-1, 12-1 Big East): Syracuse has won five straight since suffering its lone loss on the road to Notre Dame. Seven players average at least seven points for the Orange, which leads the Big East in scoring (77.8). Saturday’s 85-67 dismantling of Connecticut led Boeheim to proclaim, “this is the best we’ve played (offensively) all year.” Scoop Jardine, who’s fourth in the Big East in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.4), scored a season-high 21 points. Defensively, Syracuse’s vaunted two-three zone is holding opponents to just 38.5 percent shooting – the third-best mark in the Big East. The zone is anchored by seven-foot sophomore center Fab Melo, who is averaging 11.0 points and 3.6 blocks in three games since returning to the lineup.
ABOUT LOUISVILLE (20-5, 8-4 Big East): The Cardinals had a horrific start to the conference portion of their schedule – winning just two of their first six – but have won six straight since. The offense is finally catching up to the defense, which ranks third in the nation (37.2 field goal percentage defense). Louisville is averaging 75.3 points during its winning streak, compared to 67.3 at the start of league play. The matchup between Melo and the frontcourt of Gorgui Dieng and freshman Chane Behanan will be one to watch. Dieng leads the conference in blocks (3.24) and is fourth in rebounding (9.2). Behanan, meanwhile, is averaging 12.5 points and 8.8 rebounds over the last six games. The Cardinals are also starting to get healthy, and the return of highly-regarded freshman swingman Wayne Blackshear is a big boost.
TIP INS:
1. “Now we’re going to (write) that I’ve lost six straight to Rick Pitino? Why don’t we write that I beat him six straight (when Pitino was at Providence and Kentucky)? ” – Boeheim, speaking to reporters prior to last season’s loss to Louisville.
2. The Orange’s achilles’ heel has been rebounding (35.6 per game - 11th in Big East) and it could struggle against the second-best rebounding team in the conference (39.1).
3. Blackshear, a McDonald’s All-American who missed more than three months with a shoulder injury, scored 13 points on five-of-nine shooting against West Virginia, Saturday.Comment -
THE STORY: Kansas State, once viewed as a lock to make the NCAA Tournament, suddenly finds itself squarely on the bubble. The Wildcats, who climbed as high as 18th in the national rankings in early January, had a chance to move two games above .500 in Big 12 play for the first time all season on Saturday against Texas. But the Longhorns rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit to defeat the Wildcats, 75-64. Now, the Wildcats must try to bounce back against the 10th-ranked Jayhawks, who have dominated the series. Though Kansas lost last year’s meeting in Manhattan, it has won 11 of the last 13 meetings overall.
TV: 9 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN3.
ABOUT KANSAS (20-5, 10-2 BIG 12): All season long, Kansas has waited on Jeff Withey’s offensive game to develop. Withey, the Jayhawks’ seven-foot center, has been an accomplished defender — his Big 12-best 79 blocks providing proof. But recently, Withey’s offensive game has been just as strong. The junior had a career-high 25 points in Kansas’ win over Baylor on Wednesday, and then followed with an 18-point, 20-rebound effort in Saturday’s 81-66 victory against Oklahoma State. If Withey can continue to make an impact on the offensive end, the Jayhawks will be even more dangerous come March.
ABOUT KANSAS STATE (17-7, 6-6 BIG 12): After failing to defeat Kansas at home for 24 straight years, the Wildcats have won two of the last four under coach Frank Martin. That includes last year’s 84-68 victory, a wire-to-wire win against the then-No. 1 Jayhawks. The Wildcats’ postseason fate will likely be determined in the next eight-day stretch. After playing the Jayhawks, the Wildcats will take on a pair of opponents ranked in the top 10 — No. 6 Baylor and fourth-ranked Missouri. Rodney McGruder, who scored a team-high 15 points in Kansas State’s 67-49 loss in Lawrence earlier this year, leads the Wildcats with 14.6 points per game.
TIP-INS:
1. Kansas State is 13-1 in February home games over the last four years.
2. The Jayhawks have won 20 or more games in each of the last 23 seasons.
3. Kansas is 18-15 in Big Monday road games since the Big 12’s inception in 1996.Comment -
John, your supporting system today for Syracuse -3 states the following:
Play against road teams where the line is +3 to -3 that are average three-point shooting teams making between 32 to 36.5% of those shot attempts and now facing an average three point shooting defense allowing 32 to 36.5% shooting after 15 or more regular season games and after a game where a team made 55% of their shots or better.
Syracuse is the road team here... what gives?
John ryan has good info here and it fits for sryacuseComment -
Syracuse is ranked No. 2 in the nation and for a multitude of solid facts and statistics. Louisville was ranked as high as No. 4 early in the season before losing five of the first seven Big east games and falling precipitously out of the Top-25 rankings. The Cardinals have come back together, are playing strong team defense, and enter this game ranked No. 23 in the nation.
These two teams will play each other twice with the second meeting taking place March 3 and marking the Big East and regular season finale for both teams. Syracuse continues to play a 2-3 defensive zone with great success. They have recently thrown in some wrinkles to that scheme and it worked extremely well in their last contest enabling them to pull away in the last 10 minutes from a pesky Connecticut Huskie team.
The Orange have too much 'length' for nearly every team in the country to handle and is the dominant reason they have mastered the 2-3 defensive zone. Rebounding will be a huge factor in this game. Louisville has improved greatly in this area and they have transformed themselves from a selfish offensive-minded team to one that works hard and puts defense first. Still, that will not be enough to overcome the Orange's edge in bench strength, rebounding, and overall team play.
Team rankings and matchups
Louisville has a great and improving freshman in Chane Behanan, who has elevated his play to one of the best forwards in the Big east. He, like so many young players become strong rebounders and become more complete players. In his case he views every rebound as grabbing money, which is a common drill on many AAU basketball programs. It is not a drill for getting an NBA type of contract, but simply focusing a player on a different way to view the unheralded job of rebounding the basketball. He has done a great job during Louisville's winning streak, but he cannot do it alone against a very deep Syracuse team.
Syracuse is an excellent offensive rebounding team ranked 46th in the nation averaging 11.6 offensive rebounds per game. Louisville, although improved, ranks 310th in the nation allowing 11.3 offensive rebounds per game. I strongly believe that the Orange will have a decisive edge in second chance scoring opportunities and the greater this edge, the high the probability they will win by double digits.
Simulator projections
The simulator and supporting statistical database shows a high probability that Syracuse will win this game by five or more points. Simulator shows a high probability that Louisville will score between 61 and 66 points in this game. In past games, Louisville is just 3-12 ATS losing 10.2 units per one unit wagered when they score 61 to 66 points in a game over the last three seasons.
Supporting system
Supporting this graded play is a system that has produced a 91-47 ATS mark for 66% winners since 1997. Play against road teams where the line is +3 to -3 that are average three-point shooting teams making between 32 to 36.5% of those shot attempts and now facing an average three point shooting defense allowing 32 to 36.5% shooting after 15 or more regular season games and after a game where a team made 55% of their shots or better. Of the 138 plays made based on the criteria of this system, 52 of them or 38%, have covered the spread by seven or more points. This under scores my expectations that Syracuse will win this game by double digits.
Take Syracuse as a 5* Titan Play
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Louisville freshman Chane Behanan takes former Pittsburgh standout DeJuan Blair's mindset to heart when it comes to rebounding by pretending each loose ball is worth money.
The Cardinals will need Behanan to cash in against visiting Syracuse.
"It's having heart, just going to get it," Behanan said. "Treat every rebound like it's dollar signs. That's what I started thinking about."
When the 19th-ranked Cardinals (20-5, 8-4 Big East) look to continue their recent dominance over No. 2 Syracuse (25-1, 12-1) on Monday night, the outspoken forward will face his biggest challenge. He will battle the length of the Orange while being expected to make things happen inside.
"He's just become more serious about the game and more serious about rebounding and playing defense and doing little things besides scoring," Louisville associate head coach Richard Pitino said. "He's got a chance to be one of the best rebounders in our league and I think he's starting to figure that out and he's taking a lot of pride in it."
The Cardinals have been surging, too, rallying from nine down midway through the second half Saturday at West Virginia for a 77-74 win, their sixth straight. Behanan has grabbed 53 rebounds, including 24 offensive, while averaging 12.5 points over the winning streak.
Louisville certainly has Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim's attention.
"They are playing great," Boeheim said after the Orange pulled away late to beat Connecticut 85-67 on Saturday, their fifth consecutive win. "I think they are playing the best in the league right now. It will be a tremendous challenge to go down there on Monday night."
Louisville has had an advantage over Syracuse in recent years, winning the last seven meetings. The Cardinals are looking for their first victory over a team ranked as highly as the Orange since beating them twice in the 2009-10 season when they were ranked No. 2 and later No. 1.
The Cardinals started the season 12-0 and rose to No. 4 before dropping five of seven to begin league play that sent them tumbling out of the rankings. But even after the fast start, Louisville's players felt they weren't together before a players' only meeting changed their course.
"At the beginning of the year, we were worried more about offense. Everybody was down because nobody was scoring," point guard Peyton Siva said. "Now that everybody is just locked in on defense and not worried about their shots -- shots are going to come, like Coach P (Rick Pitino) says -- but everybody's clamping down on defense and it's really helping us out."
Pitino continues to point to practice as the reason Louisville has improved after the Cardinals struggled with injuries early in the season as eight players missed at least one game. Two players are out for the year because of knee injuries -- Mike Marra and Rakeem Buckles -- and Stephen Van Treese (left knee) is out indefinitely.
"I haven't seen any difference in our team when they were 12-0, when they were in that brief losing streak they were in, and now. I think everybody looks for reasons why you win and why you lose. I'm a little more pragmatic than that," coach Rick Pitino said. "I think we're winning because we've time to keep a unit together in practice and execute. I think we're winning because we're executing better due to practice."
Now, the Cardinals will get to measure themselves up with the conference's elite.
But this is one of Boeheim's deepest Syracuse teams. The Orange have seven players scoring seven points or more while continuing their trademark 2/3 matchup zone, a look that Louisville has used at times this year.
"When every guy in your lineup is over 6-2, it's very tough to penetrate that zone, and they do a very good job of that. We've got to attack it the right way and be smart with what we're doing," Richard Pitino said.
"The one thing about them that's so important to them is they've got to get steals and they've got to get out on the break. So it's important for us to take care of the basketball and really value the basketball -- take good shots and keep them out of transition."
Syracuse's zone dares opponents to shoot 3s, and Kyle Kuric has done as good a job as anyone knocking them down. Louisville's senior forward is 9 for 13 beyond the arc against the Orange in the past two meetings, averaging 22.5 points.
Syracuse senior Scoop Jardine, who scored a season-high 21 points against the Huskies, has nearly matched Kuric in the last two contests, scoring 20 in each meeting.Comment -
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) -- Frank Martin has the utmost respect for Bill Self and fourth-ranked Kansas.
The Jayhawks have won seven consecutive Big 12 championships, and are tied with Missouri for first place as they pursue another down the stretch. The program spits out NBA prospects like an assembly line, yet always seems to have a budding superstar waiting in the wings.
Perhaps what most impresses the Kansas State coach, though, is the fact that the Jayhawks often get the short end of the scheduling stick.
Their national profile and winning ways means they're often picked by the Big 12's television partners for high-profile time slots, such as ESPN's Big Monday. And that means they routinely play two games in a span of three days, recovering from the first while preparing for the second.
"That's why I really respect them," said Martin, whose Wildcats play the Jayhawks on Monday night at Bramlage Coliseum, both teams having just played Saturday afternoon.
Since the inception of the Big 12 in 1996-97, the Jayhawks are 43-16 on Big Monday, though just 18-15 on the road. That includes a 24-8 mark since Self took over as coach.
Only recently has Kansas State risen to the level of such marquee matchups, making four Big Monday appearances last season. Their game against the Jayhawks is their only one this season.
"It will be a juiced atmosphere, and it's probably the hardest game to play in, but the most fun game at the same time," Self said. "It seems like they do a great job whenever they play us (in Manhattan), and we're going to have to play a team that is very, very hungry."
Especially the way the Wildcats performed in the second half Saturday.
Kansas State built a 15-point lead at Texas before foul trouble, turnovers and defensive lapses turned things around. The Longhorns stormed away over the final 20 minutes for a resume-building 75-64 victory -- and a humbling loss for the Wildcats.
Texas was a staggering 35 of 48 from the foul line, matching a school record for the most attempts in a Big 12 game. That included 22 made free throws in the second half, two points fewer than what Kansas State (17-7, 6-6) managed overall after the break.
"We are who we are. We're not going to reinvent ourselves in the next 24 hours. We're a good basketball team," said Martin, taking a defend-my-team approach to the monumental meltdown.
"Our kids have got nothing to apologize for," he said. "This is what drives me nuts about the Big 12. It's like we did something wrong. How about giving Texas some credit? How about giving our league some credit? You know what? This league has some real good teams."
The Wildcats will see another one Monday night.
Kansas rolled to a 29-point lead against Oklahoma State over the weekend before a ragged second half made things interesting. Still, Jeff Withey and Thomas Robinson contributed impressive double-doubles to help the Jayhawks (20-5, 10-2) roll to their 19th consecutive home victory.
They reached at least 20 wins for the 23rd consecutive season, and at least 10 league wins for the 18th straight year, despite losing the Morris twins, Josh Selby and several other contributors from a team that went 35-3 and advanced to the round of eight in the NCAA tournament.
The biggest reason there hasn't been a drop-off has been the big guys inside.
Robinson has gone from a contributor off the bench to a likely NBA lottery pick. The brutish junior forward had 24 points and 14 rebounds against the Cowboys for his 18th double-double, despite getting constant double- and triple-teams in the paint.
Withey has been an even bigger surprise.
The 7-footer averaged 2.3 points and 1.8 rebounds in a little over six minutes per game last season. But he's become a rock in the post alongside Robinson, averaging closer to 24 minutes and taking a lot of the pressure of his fellow big guy.
"It makes it a lot easier for me," Robinson said. "I feel like I'm not even working to score anymore now with the way Jeff is playing."
Withey has been especially good the past couple games. He scored a career-best 25 points in a victory at No. 6 Baylor last week, and followed that up with 18 points and a career-high 20 boards on Saturday against Oklahoma State. He also blocked seven shots against the Cowboys.
"I was definitely more aggressive," Withey said. "My teammates definitely helped me out by looking for me. Thomas takes so much attention, it leaves me open a lot of times."
Don't expect the Wildcats to have similar defensive breakdowns.
Robinson and Withey were a force inside against them earlier this season, leading Kansas to a surprisingly easy 67-49 victory in Lawrence.
"It's late in the year. You've learned the lessons you need to learn to prepare for this time of year," Martin said. "We can't go home and cry and pout. We've got a hard game on Monday."Comment -
After a tough week that likely ruined its Big 12 title hopes, Baylor doesn't have much time to regroup.
The ninth-ranked Bears try to avoid a third straight loss Monday night when they host Iowa State.
With a chance to move to the top of the Big 12 last week, Baylor suffered back-to-back defeats to then-No. 7 Kansas and then-No. 4 Missouri to fall two games back of both.
Neither loss was particularly close. The Bears (21-4, 8-4) shot 36.6 percent while falling 68-54 to the Jayhawks on Wednesday, then shot 36.2 percent in a 72-57 loss to the Tigers on Saturday. Baylor was outscored by 11 points in the second half of each loss.
Having been swept by both teams, the Bears have a serious uphill climb to claim the Big 12's top seed heading into the conference tournament.
"We just have to hope a lot of stuff goes our way," forward Anthony Jones said. "We've got to win out for the rest of conference and hope some games go bad for Missouri and Kansas."
It could be a moot point if Perry Jones III can't break out of his shooting slump. The team's leading scorer, Jones has combined for nine points on 3-of-20 shooting in the two defeats after coming in averaging 14.8 points.
Fellow big man Quincy Acy was held to seven points in the loss to the Tigers, his fewest in 10 games.
While Baylor's big men are coming off a tough game, Cyclones coach Fred Hoiberg is wary of their size. The Bears had a 40-27 rebounding advantage Saturday and a 21-5 edge on second-chance points.
"Their length is ridiculous," Hoiberg said. "That's a tough battle. Somebody's got to guard Perry Jones, he's 6-11 and you look at a guy like Chris Babb and he's 6-5. So we're going to be giving up some length, but if we go down there and play physical and play with confidence I'll take our chances."
Iowa State (18-7, 8-4) is feeling pretty good about itself having won four of five, including a victory over the Jayhawks on Jan. 28 and a 69-46 win against Texas A&M on Saturday.
Chris Allen scored a career-high 25 points against the Aggies, including 15 in the second half.
"This is the time where if you team isn't at the highest peak or peaking then there's really no point of you playing because teams are so much hungrier around this time," Allen said.
Allen appears to be peaking at the right time. The senior guard, who is averaging 12.7 points, scored 22 in a last-second loss at Oklahoma State on Tuesday and is 11 for 18 from 3-point range the last two games.
Iowa State defeated Baylor 72-57 on Jan. 15, 2011, in last season's lone meeting, but it has lost five straight in Waco.
Despite the Bears' losses last week, the Cyclones know ending that drought won't be easy.
"They're still a great team," Allen said. "This is when teams start to pick it up. They just haven't picked up that notch that they need. I don't want them picking it up against us."Comment -
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Passing on today. GL buck and everybody elseComment -
Ayo.....thanks buddy. lets all start working on tomorow and make this a week to remeber$Comment -
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