Official 2012-2013 Basketball Thread

[bicranium]

I know there are a few people who care about college basketball especially. Maybe a little NBA but not much.

 

OSU opens up the regular season on Friday in Charleston, SC playing on a mofuggin' aircraft carrier against Marquette. Deshaun Thomas is going to be shooting from the ocean.

[JuicedH22]

So much for that game... Oh well, would have been a great matchup though

[bicranium]

Yeah, both carrier classic games scheduled for last night ended up canceled for the same reason. OSU's in Charleston then Florida had a game in Jacksonville on another carrier. Definitely have to rethink doing those games late on the east coast.

[DaddyBuiltRacing]

Lmfao is all I have to say

 

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8658462/jack-taylor-grinnell-drops-138-points-collegiate-scoring-record

 

 

52-108 from the field

27-for-71 from the 3-point line

 

His arms had to be tired

[BStowers023]

Lmfao is all I have to say

 

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8658462/jack-taylor-grinnell-drops-138-points-collegiate-scoring-record

 

 

52-108 from the field

27-for-71 from the 3-point line

 

His arms had to be tired

 

I would hate to play on his team.

[JuicedH22]

Bearcats looking good so far. Sitting at 6-0, won the tourney in Vegas they went to, including big wins against Iowa State and Oregon. Our back court is looking pretty formidable, but will be interesting to see how the post game develops with no new big man standing out yet.

[bicranium]

#4 OSU @ #2 Duke tonight. Should get a better idea of just how good this OSU team actually is.

[BStowers023]

#4 OSU @ #2 Duke tonight. Should get a better idea of just how good this OSU team actually is.

 

I'd love to see us win tonight but I know Duke has this game circled because of what we did to them last year. The Big Ten is looking very tough so far though, Indiana dominated and Minnessota and Michigan also looked very strong.

[bicranium]

I can't believe how good Indiana is to be honest. I remember when OSU played Indiana in football this year on the BTN and the announcers were talking about Indiana likely being pre-season #1 for basketball and I kinda laughed thinking they were just misinformed idiots. Turns out that was me. Amazing how much difference the right coach can make.

[10phone2]

Indiana does look pretty dam good. OSU will have a solid season and pull the choke cord at the end in normal fashion.

[JuicedH22]

One word... Zeller

[Hahn]

Basketball is the reason i dont watch ESPN all winter long. blah

[10phone2]

can't be any worse then sportscenter filled with hours of analysis from over the hill mediocre former football players.

[bicranium]

This is the best winter of sports in a long time. Nothing but football and basketball. Baseball was done fast thanks to a sweep in the WS. Hockey is on strike. Glorious stuff.

[1fast5gp]

Stupid Duke, The Buckeyes needs to play both halves... O well, at least they won't drop much.

[BStowers023]

That game reminded me of the Kansas game last year in the final four. We controlled the majority of the game but Matta was outcoached. I want to know who was calling the offense, no reason to be taking half of the shots they took.

[DKilbourne]

That game reminded me of the Kansas game last year in the final four. We controlled the majority of the game but Matta was outcoached. I want to know who was calling the offense, no reason to be taking half of the shots they took.

 

It seemed like Smith and Scott would dribble for a second, then throw up garbage later in the 2nd half. They are better than that and Puke decided to actually rebound in the 2nd half, so it was one and done on the offensive end for OSU. I honestly didn't know what to expect out of OSU this game, but they played well enough to be ahead for most of the game at Cameron Indoor. Definitely surprised me a little. Thomas is still a scoring beast by the way.

[Geeesammy]

That was still a great game. Hate seeing Ohio State lose but they gave good indicators of what they are capable of. Hopefully they see what they did wrong, and more importantly fix it early on. I'd love to see this team make it deep into March. They definitely have the talent to, now they all just need to put it together and make it flow all the time.

[bicranium]

Was a very winnable game and I don't think I expected that. 5 easy wins coming up on the schedule then another chance to prove themselves a bit against Kansas just before Christmas.

[JuicedH22]

OSU looked good, even with the loss. Duke is always going to be TOUGH to beat. Good news is in the loss it showed OSU was a good team, not an overrated team.

[DKilbourne]

OSU looked good, even with the loss. Duke is always going to be TOUGH to beat. Good news is in the loss it showed OSU was a good team, not an overrated team.

 

Very true. Especially since I was wondering if they deserved to be ranked so high after losing the players that they did.

[JuicedH22]

Bearcats are now 12-0 and ranked 8th. Good game on Thursday ( after the Belk bowl) against ranked New Mexico.

[DKilbourne]

Bearcats are now 12-0 and ranked 8th. Good game on Thursday ( after the Belk bowl) against ranked New Mexico.

 

It should be a decent game, but it would have been more exciting if New Mexico hadn't just lost. Now lets see how high Cincy can go, since OSU has already lost 2 games.

[ForeverMaker]

Bumping this. Interesting day. Syracuse takes down Louisville in a very close game. Crazy last few minutes.

 

Butler wins at the buzzer.

 

OSU can't handle Michigan St.

[TimTaylor751647545500]

Thomas gets 28 when the next closest behind him is Smith Jr with 6. There is 0 balance with this team this year and no half court game either.