Midnight Madness kicks off the new college hoops season Friday. Should be another exciting season with
being the heavy favorites to start the season with
's next crop of one and done thugs arriving for their 1/2 semester of "academics"
Midnight Madness kicks off the new college hoops season Friday. Should be another exciting season with
If the alternate jerseys Maryland will be wearing against Kentucky on Nov. 9 appear to be merely the latest abominable example of college basketball's newfound infatuation with gray, then take a closer look.
Those aren't just basic ugly gray jerseys. They're ugly gray jerseys with a textured pattern meant to resemble wool.
Since the season-opening Kentucky matchup will be held at the brand-new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Under Armour chose the unusual look to honor the Brooklyn Dodgers. The faux-wool jersey is supposed to be reminiscent of 1950s-style baseball uniforms, while the Maryland script is both something the Terps have worn previously and another homage to baseball.
"The expectation is for teams to come out in unique uniforms for big games," Adam Clement, Under Armour's lead designer for uniforms, said in a statement. "We worked with the school to do something that showed the appreciation for sports in Brooklyn."
The gray jerseys are just one of a myriad of new looks Maryland will be unveiling next season. Expect the Terps to also don a "Pride" basketball jersey modeled after the state flag and reminiscent of the ones the football program wore during the 2011 season.
Whereas the preliminary design of the Pride jerseys appears to be bold yet tasteful, these Brooklyn jerseys don't hold the same appeal.
First, like most gray jerseys, they're not exactly aesthetically pleasing. And secondly, why should Maryland wear a jersey that honors the Brooklyn Dodgers? If the Terps ever play in Montreal, will they bring back the Expos logo?
Thankfully, the jerseys are merely a one-time-only experiment. As one commenter on the Maryland-themed site, Testudo Times, said, "They are ugly as sin and the University of Maryland basketball is paying homage to a Brooklyn baseball team. I don't get it."
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-...65--ncaab.html
Its an Under Armour response to what Nike did last year to non-Nike schools with the "Platinum" line forOriginally Posted by NatureBoy
If the alternate jerseys Maryland will be wearing against Kentucky on Nov. 9 appear to be merely the latest abominable example of college basketball's newfound infatuation with gray, then take a closer look.
Those aren't just basic ugly gray jerseys. They're ugly gray jerseys with a textured pattern meant to resemble wool.
Since the season-opening Kentucky matchup will be held at the brand-new Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Under Armour chose the unusual look to honor the Brooklyn Dodgers. The faux-wool jersey is supposed to be reminiscent of 1950s-style baseball uniforms, while the Maryland script is both something the Terps have worn previously and another homage to baseball.
"The expectation is for teams to come out in unique uniforms for big games," Adam Clement, Under Armour's lead designer for uniforms, said in a statement. "We worked with the school to do something that showed the appreciation for sports in Brooklyn."
The gray jerseys are just one of a myriad of new looks Maryland will be unveiling next season. Expect the Terps to also don a "Pride" basketball jersey modeled after the state flag and reminiscent of the ones the football program wore during the 2011 season.
Whereas the preliminary design of the Pride jerseys appears to be bold yet tasteful, these Brooklyn jerseys don't hold the same appeal.
First, like most gray jerseys, they're not exactly aesthetically pleasing. And secondly, why should Maryland wear a jersey that honors the Brooklyn Dodgers? If the Terps ever play in Montreal, will they bring back the Expos logo?
Thankfully, the jerseys are merely a one-time-only experiment. As one commenter on the Maryland-themed site, Testudo Times, said, "They are ugly as sin and the University of Maryland basketball is paying homage to a Brooklyn baseball team. I don't get it."
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-...65--ncaab.html
Pre-Season Coaches Poll out
RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Indiana (21) 0-0 761 2 Louisville (5) 0-0 738 3 Kentucky (5) 0-0 718 4 Ohio State 0-0 617 5 Michigan 0-0 605 6 North Carolina State 0-0 581 7 Kansas 0-0 563 8 Duke 0-0 516 9 Syracuse 0-0 502 10 Florida 0-0 422 11 Arizona 0-0 411 12 North Carolina 0-0 401 13 UCLA 0-0 396 14 Michigan State 0-0 391 15 Creighton 0-0 325 16 Memphis 0-0 307 17 Missouri 0-0 289 18 Baylor 0-0 266 19 UNLV 0-0 203 20 San Diego State 0-0 196 21 Wisconsin 0-0 191 22 Gonzaga 0-0 166 23 Notre Dame 0-0 122 24 Florida State 0-0 61 24 Texas 0-0 61
- Others receiving votes: Saint Louis 58, Virginia Commonwealth 40, Cincinnati 33, Murray State 30, Kansas State 13, Saint Mary's 11, New Mexico 10, Tennessee 10, Minnesota 9, Pittsburgh 9, Marquette 8, Stanford 7, Oklahoma State 6, Butler 6, Colorado State 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Saint Joseph's 2, Drexel 2, Georgia 2, Miami (FL) 2, Marshall 1
Christ, we already have to deal with this shit in football, now this shit in basketball too? Fuck Nike. Fuck Under Armour.
I see nothing wrong with that jersey. It looks perfectly fine to me.
I don't get the Brooklyn Dodgers connection though.
AP and Coaches Polls are now both out
AP Top 25 RK TEAM RECORD PTS 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
- Others receiving votes: Murray State 59, Virginia Commonwealth 58, Texas 46, Saint Louis 46, Minnesota 40, Butler 33, Pittsburgh 32, Saint Joseph's 25, Marquette 23, Tennessee 15, Oklahoma State 14, Kansas State 12, Georgetown 9, New Mexico 9, Ohio 9, Miami (FL) 8, Saint Mary's 6, West Virginia 6, Davidson 5, Drexel 5, Northern Iowa 5, Valparaiso 3, Stanford 2, Lehigh 2, Colorado State 1, Oral Roberts 1
- Dropped from rankings: Marquette 11, Murray State 12, Georgetown 15, Wichita State 18, Vanderbilt 20, New Mexico 21, Saint Mary's 24
USA Today Coaches Poll RK TEAM RECORD PTS 1 Indiana (21) 0-0 761 2 Louisville (5) 0-0 738 3 Kentucky (5) 0-0 718 4 Ohio State 0-0 617 5 Michigan 0-0 605 6 North Carolina State 0-0 581 7 Kansas 0-0 563 8 Duke 0-0 516 9 Syracuse 0-0 502 10 Florida 0-0 422 11 Arizona 0-0 411 12 North Carolina 0-0 401 13 UCLA 0-0 396 14 Michigan State 0-0 391 15 Creighton 0-0 325 16 Memphis 0-0 307 17 Missouri 0-0 289 18 Baylor 0-0 266 19 UNLV 0-0 203 20 San Diego State 0-0 196 21 Wisconsin 0-0 191 22 Gonzaga 0-0 166 23 Notre Dame 0-0 122 24 Florida State 0-0 61 24 Texas 0-0 61
- Others receiving votes: Saint Louis 58, Virginia Commonwealth 40, Cincinnati 33, Murray State 30, Kansas State 13, Saint Mary's 11, New Mexico 10, Tennessee 10, Minnesota 9, Pittsburgh 9, Marquette 8, Stanford 7, Oklahoma State 6, Butler 6, Colorado State 4, Middle Tennessee 3, Saint Joseph's 2, Drexel 2, Georgia 2, Miami (FL) 2, Marshall 1
- Dropped from rankings: Marquette 10, Murray State 16, Georgetown 17, Cincinnati 18, Vanderbilt 19, New Mexico 23, Xavier 24, Ohio 25
The game start for real on Friday night. Super excited for the upcoming season.
Pretty badass that they're playing on an aircraft carrier in Germany.
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South Carolina is picked to finish 13th in the 14 team SEC. It's going to be another looooooong year for Gamecock basketball.
I can only hope that this year is better for WVU basketball when compared to football
Never too early for some Bracketology
MIDWEST (Indianapolis)
Lexington
1INDIANA
16CHARLESTON SOUTHERN /16SAVANNAH ST
8Marquette
9Saint Louis
Salt Lake City
5CREIGHTON
12Alabama
4Arizona
13SOUTH DAKOTA ST
Kansas City
6Baylor
11California
3North Carolina St
14MERCER
Austin
7Cincinnati
10Saint Mary's
2Florida
15MONTANA
WEST (Los Angeles)
Dayton
1Ohio St
16VERMONT
8Georgetown
9Miami (FL)
San Jose
5GONZAGA
12Temple
4UNLV
13BUCKNELL
San Jose
6Notre Dame
11MURRAY ST
3UCLA
14UTAH ST
Philadelphia
7Kansas St
10Saint Joseph's
2DUKE
15DETROIT
EAST (Washington, DC)
Dayton
1KENTUCKY
16ORAL ROBERTS / 16TEXAS SOUTHERN
8Minnesota
9Stanford
Salt Lake City
5San Diego St
12Purdue
4MEMPHIS
13Oklahoma St / 13Brigham Young
Auburn Hillls
6Texas
11OHIO
3Michigan
14ROBERT MORRIS
Philadelphia
7VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH
10DREXEL
2Syracuse
15IONA
SOUTH (Arlington)
Lexington
1LOUISVILLE
16LONG BEACH ST
8New Mexico
9Wisconsin
Austin
5Missouri
12DAVIDSON
4North Carolina
13Iowa St / 13Northern Iowa
Auburn Hills
6Pittsburgh
11Butler
3Michigan St
14PRINCETON
Kansas City
7Florida St
10Tennessee
2KANSAS
15MIDDLE TENNESSEE
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Moved down
No change
New team to bracket
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Well it starts tonight. Top 25 teams in action:
@ #8
@ #1
v. #3
#4v.
Slippery Rock @ #5
@ #6
State: @ #7
Why do they have to do the overnight marathon games on a freakin' weekday? Why not do it on a weekend starting on Friday and playing until whenever instead of on a Tuesday?
Just seems silly to me. There can't be that many people watching those games that late at night.
College bball has ALWAYS screwed up its beginning of the season IMHO.
IMHO they could really get some attention garnered with BIG "pre-season" tournys to start the season (especially if several of the title contenders were in the same tourny).
Unfortunately, most of the public pays ZERO attention until March.
Also, you forgot a few top 25 teams:
@ #19
5:00pm EST
@14"@"
5:30pm EST(only the Airforce Base ship thing)
@ #11
7:00pm EST
@ #25
7:00pm EST
@ #16
8:05pm EST
@ #10
9:00pm EST
@ #21
9:00pm EST
@ #13
11:00pm EST
LOTS of GREAT games on already. Thank god for college basketball and the NBA to get me the hell out of my terrible (NFL and NCAA) football woes.
I think they get screwed by when the season starts. You have NBA, NFL, and NCAA to contend with and the NFL and NCAA continue to expand when games are going to be played (NFL expanding to Thursday nights and the NCAA playing on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday nights now as well as already having a presence on Thursday nights).
So, NCAA Basketball gets to play second fiddle to most of the other sports and I think it ends up having the same issue as the NBA has with fan interest in the beginning: When you have so many games played, the excitement of a team losing just becomes a non-issue after a while. Sadly, part of that is the fact that March Madness is so huge (allowing so many teams in) which, fortunately for NCAA Basketball, is also what makes March Madness so amazing and it's something that the NFL has been able to grasp ahold of as well (seeing teams like the Giants go from a piddly 9-7 or 10-6 season to winning it all because they got hot at the right time).
The NCAA, last year, benefited GREATLY by the NBA not starting their season until Christmas. Sadly, the NBA stupidly went back to their normal 82 game season instead of smartly keeping the Christmas start that garnered the most watched season EVER last year.
The only thing that could make tonight's UCONN / Michigan State game at Ramstein Air Base better is if Rammstein was playing at halftime.
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Yeah, I won't even get to watch a single fucking game this year. We have remotes at work 7-9am, 11am-1pm, and 4-7pm on Tuesday (so I'm going to be tired as FUCK by the time I get home around 7:30pm that night), then I have to turn around and be into work by 5:45am Wednesday morning for a 6-9am remote.
Last year I got to catch some of the middle of the night games because I was on a reversed sleep cycle, awake from late evening, all night and until mid-morning, then sleeping during the day. This year, I'll be asleep by probably 10pm Monday night and will sure as hell be asleep within an hour of getting home Tuesday night.
Michigan State and UCONN put on a great show for the troops in Germany. I like Kevin Ollie. Hope he becomes a great head coach.
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