Miami snuck up on everybody...a bad loss early and two in a row (with one being to Arizona) kept them out of the polls up till now, but they have some solid wins and a great conference start. The also have 6 seniors in their top 7 rotation. That's a recipe for a really good season and a deep tourney run.

1/29/2013 12:53:45 PM

Actually meant to make this right after the Wake lost but now I got to add UNC

1/29/2013 1:23:04 PM

#19 on the AP rankings.

1/29/2013 1:28:38 PM

The miami game is going to be critical for us. At least we have the edge of only playing them once and at home.

1/29/2013 1:38:53 PM

Quote :

"Jon Pence ?@scacchoops interesting RT @SpencerHardison: Rumor of no Calvin Leslie tonight. Awesome."

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1/29/2013 1:41:18 PM

Quote :

"Joe Giglio ?@jwgiglio There is a chance CJ Leslie, who is sick, could miss tonight's game with Virginia. Pack Pride @PackPride Pack forward C.J. Leslie is sick, but has made the trip to Virginia for tonight's game. No update on if he will or will not play."

More official word. At least its not like he's got a broken leg or something.

[Edited on January 29, 2013 at 1:44 PM. Reason : traveled with the team]

1/29/2013 1:43:47 PM

INFECT ALL THE CAVS

1/29/2013 2:06:06 PM

More useful: CJ with a broken leg or Vandenberg at 100%?

I'm voting CJ

1/29/2013 2:10:21 PM

(there's a virginia game thread for specific discussion about the virginia game tonight, i'm just saying )

1/29/2013 2:16:58 PM

http://i.imgur.com/nahId.jpg
photo of CJL saving Privette; cant make it smaller for page, so linked it instead

[Edited on January 29, 2013 at 5:46 PM. Reason : link]

1/29/2013 5:45:33 PM

Good thing it's already been posted several times in this thread and many others

1/29/2013 6:04:05 PM

Quote :

"Lunardi's bracketology today has Duke as a 1 (somehow)"

somehow???

they have the best resume in the country

1/29/2013 7:09:00 PM

zero road wins = best resume in the country

1/29/2013 7:47:26 PM

They have more good wins than anyone in the country by a wide, wide margin and zero bad losses. I mean, they got their shit pushed in by Miami and they lost tot us, but losing to ranked conference foes on the road really doesn't hurt you.

1/29/2013 7:49:18 PM

they beat Ohio State, Minnesota, and Louisville without their best player

if 3 quality wins is the best in the country, I guess its still January

and i dunno how 3 good wins is a wide, wide margin over every other team

[Edited on January 29, 2013 at 7:54 PM. Reason : .]

1/29/2013 7:54:11 PM

A couple of observations:

Does anyone else think Richard would have 8 more points a game if he was not allowed the single power dribble he so loves? I'm not overtly criticizing Howell, I love the man and love how much he has improved over the last 2 seasons.

Tyler Lewis turns his back to the basket almost every time he crosses the time line when bringing the ball up. Doesn't he have the quickness and dribbles to drive past some of these clowns? Is he just lacking confidence?

For all you Vandy fans, he played .1% of the 1st half with CJL having flu like symptoms. Shows how much Gott believes in him.

Feel free to discredit and discuss

1/29/2013 7:55:24 PM

I don't think Lewis has the size to always bring it over the timeline with a defender playing him tight, but he manages to get it over in time...I remember when Archie Miller was our PG we'd have to throw it 30 feet into the backcourt for him to even get open, then he'd bring it up a similar way

I think Howell's dribble helps him more than it hurts him

and yeah, I don't think Gott really believes in Vandy most of the time (or Robinson, fwiw)

1/29/2013 7:57:41 PM

In his .1% in there, Vandy managed to give up an offensive rebound. The guy just does not know how to play basketball.

He tries to use his arms to establish rebounding position, when anyone who has ever played basketball before uses their body weight. That's why it's easy to push him around.

1/29/2013 8:02:25 PM

[Edited on January 29, 2013 at 8:04 PM. Reason : .]

1/29/2013 8:03:56 PM

^ Why did you edit? He lost that possession on the power dribble.

^^^ Can you explain the advantage of the power dribble? In my career as a 6' 1" point guard/power forward in middle school I never utilized this move and got a lot of put back points. Honestly, I think that they think it just looks cool and has become accepted practice.

1/29/2013 8:18:58 PM

it gets you balance and allows you to go up stronger and with a less awkward base...

1/29/2013 8:46:02 PM

So will anyone mention Brown out for 3/4 of the game?

Just like Curry didn't play at all in Raleigh.

1/29/2013 8:57:27 PM

I've been telling you guys for weeks that we are a bubble team. You guys just won't listen to reason.

If we lose four straight to fall to 4-6 we will be currently out of the mix and need to get things together just to get in.

BTW, we covered again so we actually slightly overachieved against Maryland and UVA. Wake was the bad loss, the other two were to be expected.

[Edited on January 29, 2013 at 9:01 PM. Reason : a]

1/29/2013 9:00:01 PM

please shut the fuck up

1/29/2013 9:01:06 PM

uh no because all you fuckheads talk constant shit and then everytime im right you slink away like a bunch of little bitches. eat a dick

1/29/2013 9:02:36 PM

^just shut the fuck up. We aren't a bubble team and nothing shown so far indicates we will drop 4 straight.

[Edited on January 29, 2013 at 9:03 PM. Reason : As opposed to you who slunk away after the UNC game?]

1/29/2013 9:02:49 PM

No, you're a dickhole for bumping this shit to the top just to again announce you think we're a bubble team. you think we wanna hear that shit seconds after we lost?

1/29/2013 9:04:49 PM

i went out to the bar partying and hooked up with a girl after the UNC game it was a saturday fuckhead.


Yes, we are a bubble team and we've been a bubble team for the past 6 weeks. You guys have no idea what you are talking about you just kept saying WE'VE WON EIGHT GAMES IN A ROW WE'RE BLAH BLAH BLAH IN THE RPI.

and i explained over and over that the RPI wasn't factoring in our impending losses. And you guys all said we were going 15-3 or 14-4 and i TOLD YOU we were projected to go 11-7 but i had us going 12-6 becasue i couldnt believe we could continue to play so bad all year.

But you fags just cant be objective, EVER

1/29/2013 9:05:53 PM

Just ignore him

1/29/2013 9:06:03 PM

Yeah if brown is out we're a bubble team... Don't disagree with that

1/29/2013 9:06:03 PM

if we can't win a road game, then the season is over. let's be honest here, folks. I hate to agree with trollface, but that's just facts at this point

1/29/2013 9:07:28 PM

Good thing Pomeroy accounts pointspread into his weather forecasts since we're 6 points from being undefeated in conference

1/29/2013 9:07:35 PM

if brown is out we're less than 50-50 to make the tournament, clearly.

With brown we're probably 70% to make the tournament. We're a bubble team.

All season you guys said dont worry when the games matter we'll play great. Hasn't happened yet other than the Duke game, and it's starting to look like Duke ain't that great either. They got waxhawed the other night.

1/29/2013 9:07:47 PM

If brown is out we might as well book the nit.

1/29/2013 9:08:31 PM

1/29/2013 9:09:18 PM

Kenpom doesn't account for injuries, just playing an average team on a neutral court

So I'm going to enjoy how face reacts to his projections considering they don't at all factor in Brown's ankle

1/29/2013 9:09:22 PM

Hey face. Do tell me how we lose 4 straight and end up 4-6?! We are 5-3 nimwit

1/29/2013 9:09:33 PM

Are we all going to write "2" in sharpie on on our ankles now??

1/29/2013 9:13:18 PM

Goddamn this team is frustrating

1/29/2013 9:16:00 PM

We lose by three points without our 2nd best and most important player and suddenly we are a lock to drop 4 in a row.

1/29/2013 9:16:36 PM

if Zo doesn't come back, there's no way we don't drop the next 3

1/29/2013 9:17:20 PM

This was our easiest game of the next 3

1/29/2013 9:17:23 PM

As long as Zo can get back to 100%, we'll be fine. No way we lose this game with him. UVa is a tough team at home...especially without your best playmaker and the guy that runs your offense.

No reason to jump off the ledge after this game.

I also think we were fine with Lewis running the point. He makes less mistakes. We had too many turnovers with him sitting on the bench.

1/29/2013 9:17:53 PM

Time to adjust expectations so these losses don't hurt as much.

1/29/2013 9:17:56 PM

need the graph of TWW reaction after wins/losses

1/29/2013 9:18:17 PM

face really needs to sharpen up on his rpi skills. losing on the road doesnt hurt you that much. we're still #18 in the rpi and are project to finish the year with a sub 30 rpi if we go 22-9 (most likely imo). the only way we dont make the tournament is if brown is lost for the year and even then we probably still limp in if purvis can adjust to playing point and leslie stops turning the ball over 8 times a game

1/29/2013 9:30:22 PM

Quote :

"This was our easiest game of the next 3"

it was our 3rd easiest actually

or do you not worship kenpom?

1/29/2013 9:30:55 PM

Maybe we can stay ranked if we beat Miami.

1/29/2013 9:33:55 PM

lol you can't just split your games every week and be ranked. thats not how it works.

1/29/2013 9:39:01 PM

or you can be Louisville and lose 3 straight and still be ranked

1/29/2013 9:40:54 PM