College Basketball

There is always great basketball being played. Sometimes you have to find it.

Whether or not your point is valid, I think it’s been a great year. Parity has been the word of the year, as a new number 1 is crowned virtually every week, and even more have an argument that they should be the one on top. I think it’s been one of the best years to watch college basketball.

Is there anyone thats worth watching .I mean the game is not exciting anymore ,not like it use to be . I mean it was great when we had the chris pauls and the darren willams in the world . The tallent level just isnt the same anymore. You got like a couple good teams to watch but thats it .

i just browsed over these responses, but i agree with the idea 100 percent. three things stick out that tell me were in a down year: the bubble is weak, the draft will be soft, and i can’t really recall more than 3 games that had were fun to watch from start to finish.

- the fact gtown is on the bubble amazes me. sure they have the country’s toughest schedule, but they’re 6-10 in the conference. thats a joke. we’ve said before that they lead the nation in missed opportunities.
look at michigan – they were all the rage of a bubble team yesterday on gameday, but went through a stretch where they went 2 – 7. any other year both these teams are not even in the equation.

- the freshman class is very marginal compared to years past. brandon jennings was the 08 class gem— he’s only getting around 7 points a game overseas. granted its an remarakable transition to make from high school to professional play in a foreign country, but his skill isn’t at the level where he can just have his way with people over there. tyreke evans appears to be the frontrunner for frosh of the year, but the dude is just figuring how to hit a jump shot. not too impressed with him yet.

- what games have people watched that really stuck out this year? i can only think of duke – wake round 1, kentucky – louisville, and gonzaga – uconn. i think the lack of playmakers this year have been the cause for lack of ‘wow factor’ games.

im glad someone brought this up. always wanted to post about it, but never really got around to it. sorry this might read bad, it’s sunday morning so forgive me. but thanks john23 for this fanpost.

Because you backed up your conclusion that college basketball is way down by listing how many individual players you thought were worth watching. College basketball isn’t about individual stars; it’s about team basketball — which is why your initial statement is flawed.

Watching one guy break down a defense and jack up a shot is not good basketball to me, and that’s why I prefer the college game — which is as awesome as ever.