2012-13 Big XII Thread

[gocubs2118]

KU is the obvious favorite, 2-8 is a tossup, TCU and TT suck. Here is my predicted standings.

KU
Baylor
Texas
OSU
Iowa St.
Kansas St.
West Virginia
Oklahoma
TCU
Texas Tech

[Corey]

Ben McLemore is going to turn heads.

[gocubs2118]

Not a bad first game for us. First half sucked, Lucious was bad too but other than that, it was good. Ended up winning 82-59. Niang with 15 and 12 in his first game, Clyburn had 16 and 10 and Gibson had 17 and 10 as well.

On to the next one!

[metsfaninSTL]

Nice to see Bruce Weber get his first KState win last night

[CityofTreez]

Relaford has 19pts in the 1st Half against St. Louis.

[AP=MVP]

KSU v. Michigan
ISU v. Cincinnati

2 interesting upcoming games for teams that need to show something

[Corey]

So, Ben McLemore is a ****ing stud.

[gocubs2118]

He sure is. I'm glad he's going to be one and done.

[Corey]

We'll see. KU has a loaded class next year anyways.

[Devils05]

Glad KU got their act together in OT so our win over them still looks good

[gocubs2118]

So ****ing pissed off right now. This loss is going to sting for a LONG time.

[croce_99]

So ****ing pissed off right now. This loss is going to sting for a LONG time.

I always say...if you're up 3, you always foul with less than 8-9 seconds remaining in the game. Never allow a 3 point opportunity. At the very least, I'd rather give up a layup than a potential 3.

Can't believe they didn't double team him in that situation.

[gocubs2118]

I don't know, I was fine with the strategy. It took an improbable fade away bank shot to tie the game. It just ****ing sucks, they were seconds away from the biggest win in college basketball all year.

[croce_99]

I don't know, I was fine with the strategy. It took an improbable fade away bank shot to tie the game. It just ****ing sucks, they were seconds away from the biggest win in college basketball all year.

True. Say you foul with 8 seconds and they make the free throws.
Up 1 with 8 seconds left. Get the ball in and 1 second comes off the clock.
Chances are, you'll be in the bonus that late in the game. Make 1 out of 2 free throws. You're forcing the other team to go the entire length of the court in 7 seconds.

It would require a miracle/lucky shot (much like what happened with the 3 pointer)
I still think you foul. Oh well, easy to look back and say ' what if .'

[gocubs2118]

I understand that strategy, I think it's something you have to work on in practice though. You can screw up a lot of things trying to do something that you've never practiced before. It sucks that it happened but I'm not going to second guess Fred for not doing it.