It's practically March 4th and still nothing on College Basketball on here? I'm shocked... things are getting very interesting. It's March Madness Time! The conference tournaments are going to be very important this year. Me... I'm proud of my Red Raiders and Knight proved once again why he one of the best this game has ever seen. Dean Smith? Hell, look out win #1000! We're guaranteed a spot in the "Big Dance", how about your team?

Whoooo!! Go KU!!!

Go Kentucky Wildcats!

You must know that second picture I posted pretty well.

Let's roll, Cats!!!!!!

Ok, you know its coming...........Go DOOKIES!!!

Go UNC ....although no one will beat the Illini

From the day my heart broke, and never recovered:



Man, I hate that guy.

I like Wake, but my upset team is always NC State(hopefully they make it). Sad that I am on in NM and love the ACC. UNM will be lucky to go, they will need to win last reg. season game and prob. the MWC tourney.

I'm all PHILADELPHIA all the time, so I have to go with the hometown teams.

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Let's go NOVA!!!!

BTW, what's wrong with Ashley's feet in that pic?

Go Orange!

i dont care who wins as long as its not DUKE.

My team sucks this year.

That being the case, I'll pull for the Pac-10 in general (though none of the teams will get very far), and against the ACC (though all of the teams will get far).

This year sucks.

Why?

My guess is because dUKe seems to have the attitude that they should win every year. It's a bit arrogant, but I guess I can understand it, being a fan and alumnus of the winningest school in basketball history.

Three cowboys rode into town- a State fan, a Carolina fan, and a Duke fan. The Duke fan pulled out a whiskey bottle from his saddle bag, took a few drinks, then threw the bottle up in the air and fired a shot. The State fan was horrified. "What did you do that for?!"

"In Durham, there is plenty of whiskey and the bottles are cheap."

Not to be outdone, the Carolina fan pulls out a nice bottle of champagne from his saddle bag. He takes a few drinks, then throws the bottle up in the air and fires a shot. The State fan really doesn't understand this behavior. "What did you do that for?!"

"In Chapel Hill, there is plenty of nice champagne and the bottles are cheap."

The State fan thinks for a minute and then takes a bottle of beer from his saddle bag. He takes a few drinks, then chugs the rest of the beer. He puts the bottle back in his saddle bag and then shoots the Carolina fan. The Duke fan is stunned, "What did you do that for?!"

"In Raleigh, we have lots of Carolina fans, but the bottles are worth 10 cents."

Happy ACC Tournament Week!

the real question is WHY NOT?

Why not? I don't know. They are the top academic men's college program. They win. they don't cheat the system. They win with a far less recuiting pool. They have class. They have the best coach. They have great fans that don't burn down the city nor do they scream disgusting vulgar remarks towards the other team. Yeah, why not like them?

Now that's not true. You make it sound like it's Bobby Knight who takes a team of average no-name players and makes them excellent players. Most of Duke's players go onto the NBA compared to other schools. They have great recruits year after year and are always in the Top 25 for recruiting.
Still not better than his mentor and therefore, can't be the best!

they do have a much narrower recruiting pool. Not only do you have to have the skills necessary to play, but you need at least a minimum SAT of 1400 to play sports at DUKE. You can't say that about 95% of teams in the NCAA.

Yes, I love Bobby Knight. I love Dean Smith. I love Roy Williams. Geez, some guys know how to do it right.

While the standards to get into Duke are high, I have read on several sites that the average basketball player SAT scores are around 960. That is still high for sports, but no where near the 1400 you mentioned and doesn't sound like there is much of a "requirement".

It's DUKE, the fourth highest overall university in the country, including private ones. I think only Harvard, Yale, and MIT are better. Stats seem to change from year to year. Folks who ace the SAT (1600) sometimes don't get in because of the competition.

What did that have to do with what I said in regard to the basketball players? I already said that there is no doubt it's hard to get into Duke for the average everyday student.

To quote Gildna Radner of earlier SNL fame...." NEVERMIND. "

and the Aggies are off to the... NIT...

Hey, they'll take anything they can get... it's been a long time since they've danced ANYWHERE in March... :p