College Hoops 2014/15 Edition

[PhillyPhreak54]

10 for Cincy has been awesome in the final couple minutes

Wow

[MDS]

im not doubting nova didn't want them in but everyone else either didn't care or didn't want them...theres just no way they were ever getting in a real big east nor did they deserve to....maybe in the chaney hey day they could have realistically thought that something like that was going to happen

and the big 5 is not special like it once was...even tho its still a one of a kind...if it was teams would play all games at the palestra and have double headers and shtein

rick pitino was stumping for temple....openly....numerous times. providence official told me "we'd love to have temple." then "talk to villanova" why they weren't in. stop arguing this.

it is fair to say that the big 5 aint what it was. its 2015. of course its different -- but they are bringing back the DHs next year at the palestra. but it still is something. and the relationship between the schools still is something. nova, like they did in the 80s, disrespected that.

lololol....how old are you a hundred?

no im a pro sports fan. i dont get my thrills from rinky dink college sports. i love watching it....its fun...history and traditions are tremendous....but i personally don't care who wins and loses.

alls i want from temple is to be in the big games. make the ncaas....face nova/the joe/duke/whoever in a big game. win some, lose some. the victory is the event. that's what college sports is all about. pro sports is all about them w's and l's.

[ice grillin you]

you actually care about cheating and graduation rates and shtein like that in college?

now that's where I will murder villanova....when rollie farged with the big 5

they are going to have real doubler headers next year?....not the fake ones they've done over the last ten years

[MDS]

you actually care about cheating and graduation rates and shtein like that in college?

now that's where I will murder villanova....when rollie farged with the big 5

they are going to have real doubler headers next year?....not the fake ones they've done over the last ten years

i dont care about ncaa rules at all...farg the ncaa. i just care that the coach is a decent human being. and in the case of temple, a philly hoops lifer. dunph passes with flying colors.

to my understanding it will be a DH with 4 of the teams...1 will sit out each year. they used to do a DH, then a nightcap with all 6 teams. it did well but they stopped doing it for some reason. if there's enough interest maybe they will include drexel and add a nightcap (nova/temple?).

[Don Ho]

Fun day so far.  I think all but 3 games have gone down to the wire.  Not the cleanest, crsipist basketball we've seen but still fun.

[SD]

Crazy finish Cincy/Purdue

[ice grillin you]

I harp on this obsessively but college is so farging stupid for not having the ability to advance the ball with a timeout...its one of the great rules in sports

[PhillyPhreak54]

Agreed on the advance rule Havas

Also Purdue has to push that and go for a higher percentage shot not a three ball. Get to the FT line are and shoot an jumper or keep driving

[ice grillin you]

you actually care about cheating and graduation rates and shtein like that in college?

now that's where I will murder villanova....when rollie farged with the big 5

they are going to have real doubler headers next year?....not the fake ones they've done over the last ten years

i dont care about ncaa rules at all...farg the ncaa. i just care that the coach is a decent human being. and in the case of temple, a philly hoops lifer. dunph passes with flying colors.

to my understanding it will be a DH with 4 of the teams...1 will sit out each year. they used to do a DH, then a nightcap with all 6 teams. it did well but they stopped doing it for some reason. if there's enough interest maybe they will include drexel and add a nightcap (nova/temple?).

you said dunph is the best at doing things other than winning and losing and can stay forever...what are those things?

they have had double headers with four of the teams for a while now...but they are day night double headers...you are too young to remember but may have heard that in the hey day the double headers were 12 and 2 or 5 and 7...is that what they are doing next year?....otherwise its just more of the same of what they have been doing

[ice grillin you]

Agreed on the advance rule Havas

its unbelievable how many endings are ruined because a team has to make a full court pass or some ridiculous miracle shot with 1-3 seconds left to win...give them the ability to set up a real basketball play that gives a realistic chance to win

Also Purdue has to push that and go for a higher percentage shot not a three ball. Get to the FT line are and shoot an jumper or keep driving

he shot it with .9 seconds left and had a good look fromt hat spot....not sure what more he could have done

[MDS]

dunph is a class act. philly guy. well spoken. terrific representative of the program and the school. well liked and respected across the city and the country. charitable. courteous with his time. no ego. he can be temple's coach for as long as he wants as long as he puts a halfway decent product out there.

all i know is that its supposed to be a DH...back to back games. one ticket for 2 games. not sure anything else. i dont remember the last time they did something at the palestra like youre talking about. then again this was my first year back in 5 years.

[ice grillin you]

they have had day night double headers for a while now....this year was the first year in I don't know....ten years that they didn't do it

one ticket two game double headers is what they did when I was growing up....that's farging awesome if they are going back to that...altho the tickets are going to be much harder to get

[PhillyPhreak54]

Agreed on the advance rule Havas

its unbelievable how many endings are ruined because a team has to make a full court pass or some ridiculous miracle shot with 1-3 seconds left to win...give them the ability to set up a real basketball play that gives a realistic chance to win

Also Purdue has to push that and go for a higher percentage shot not a three ball. Get to the FT line are and shoot an jumper or keep driving

he shot it with .9 seconds left and had a good look fromt hat spot....not sure what more he could have done

Didn't realize it was down to .9 I thought it was more

You'd think NCAA would change the rules because you're right the crazy full court passes aren't good for the game. Unless you're Laettner.

Nothing like watching a dude crow hop to make a full court pass like he's throwing in from RF to home plate

[MDS]

they did the DH/single game thing about 10 years ago and stopped when i was a youngin in college. it was pretty cool. it would be something like drexel vs. la salle then temple vs. penn for a traditional DH. then nova vs. the joe at night in a single admission jawn.

http://articles.philly.com/2015-02-05/sports/58800901_1_palestra-steve-bilsky-annual-big

thats the story. jerardi's boner could be seen from mars.

[ice grillin you]

you wouldn't believe how many cbb "purists" I talk to who hate the idea of that for no other reason than they don't want to be associated with the nba in any fashion