2019-20 NCAA Basketball

[tripplej]

Basketball season for college is around the corner.

Season starts on Tuesday, Nov. 5th.

Below is the pre-season ranking..

from espn,

 

[tripplej]

Big upset in ncaa basketball. Number 1 Kentucky lost to unranked team..

from yahoo,

College basketball has its first big upset of the season. The top-ranked Kentucky Wildcats fell to Evansville on Tuesday by a score of 67-64.

 

[Todd Anderson]

Great to see Maryland back in the national conversation... they've got a VERY young squad. But, so does everyone else minus Mich State! ;-)

 

[tripplej]

Oklahoma State hit with Level I violation amid massive college basketball scandal

from yahoo,

Oklahoma State received an official notice of allegations from the NCAA on Friday, stemming from former associate head coach Lamont Evans’ ties to the massive FBI investigation into corruption within college basketball, according to TulsaWorld.com.

The notice included a Level I violation, alleging that Evans “violated the NCAA principles of ethical conduct when he knowingly solicited and received benefits for facilitating or arranging a meeting between student-athletes and financial advisors” from April 2016 to September 2017, according to ESPN.

Evans admitted in January to accepting $22,000 in bribes to send players to South Carolina and Oklahoma State. He was sentenced to three months in prison in June, just one day after former Arizona assistant coach Book Richardson received the same sentence for accepting $20,000 in bribes. Former USC assistant Tony Bland and former Auburn assistant Chuck Person were also arrested in the scandal.

 

[tripplej]

latest ranking,

 

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latest ranking..

 

[tripplej]

Big upset in college basketball, Stephen F Austin beat Duke at Duke. Final score 85 to 83.

 

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Marquette's Markus Howard Makes Big East History with 51 Points vs. USC

 

[tripplej]

Latest ranking with Louisville now number 1.

 

[tripplej]

Two players have been removed from the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team as of Monday evening. Point guard James Akinjo and forward Josh LeBlanc are both sophomores.

 

[Todd Anderson]

Terps are looking reaaalllly good this year.

 

[tripplej]

updated ranking..

 

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Baylor moved up in the rankings..

 

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Updated ranking..



Happy to see Houston in the top 25..

 

[tripplej]

Massive brawl breaks out at end of Kansas-Kansas State

 

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latest ranking..

 

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latest ranking..

 

[Tonto]

The ACC has 4 in the top 10. FSU has been steadily improving, I'm gonna watch the Pitt game when I get home! Hope we won!

 

[tripplej]

ACC does have some great b-ball teams..

 

[tripplej]

latest ranking..

 

[JStewart]

Selection Sunday —March 15, 2020. You can watch at 6 p.m. ET on CBS.
First Four — Tuesday and Wednesday, March 17-18, 2020
NCAA Tournament Round 1 — Thursday, March 19, and Friday, March 20, 2020
NCAA Tournament Round 2 — Saturday, March 21, and Sunday, March 22, 2020
Sweet 16 — Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27, 2020
Elite 8 — Saturday, March 28, and Sunday, March 29, 2020
Final Four — Saturday, April 4, 2020
2020 NCAA championship game — Monday, April 6, 2020

That and the infectious enthusiasm of Dick Vitale.
Yea Baby!

 

[tripplej]

Speaking of March madness, due to the coronavirus, there is talk of no fans attending..

From si,

"As concerns continue to grow over coronavirus, the National College Players Association is calling the NCAA to consider holding March Madness games without fans.
The NCPA recently released a statement urging the NCAA to use caution and protect athletes from the virus."

Of course, this would mean everybody would have to watch it 100% via TV..

 

[JStewart]

Speaking of March madness, due to the coronavirus, there is talk of no fans attending..

From si,



Of course, this would mean everybody would have to watch it 100% via TV..

I hear there’s talk of not allowing contact between football players in the fall too.

Just kidding but the absurdity is becoming a bit too much.

 

[tripplej]

lol. Yeah, fear is everywhere but to be honest, people should be more afraid of the flu here in the states than the coronavirus.

10K people already died from the flu here in the states this flu season and yearly, 19K people die annually...

 

[tripplej]

March madness news:

from wthr,

The upcoming NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments will happen but without members of the public in attendance due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus.
NCAA President Mark Emmert on Wednesday made it official in a statement on limiting attendance at NCAA events. Emmert explained the games will be played with "only essential staff and limited family attendance."

Good thing the games will be televised