Bracket Racket – 11/10/13

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Johnny Basketball

HHDpodsWelcome back to the Bracket Racket, the only combination videocast and podcast covering the entirety of college basketball! On tonight’s show, Galen, David, and Kyle take you through an intriguing first weekend of hoops action, focusing attention first on the silly yet effective dramatics of John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats as they take their behemoth parade of talent into Chicago for an early-season clash with stalwart Michigan State. We then turn our gaze to a smorgasboard of early-season clashes between notable teams, including Oregon’s Korean-set encounter with Georgetown, UConn’s surprising squeaker over Maryland, and Alabama’s offensive dismantling at the hands of Oklahoma.

We also take a look at the somewhat rough weekend start for the new Los Angeles-area coaches, and also examine the struggles that the Pac 12 ran into during its first weekend of play. Also examined are the first edition of the “WTF Games”. Finally, we focus on the upcoming tilts for the next couple of days, including UK-Michigan State, Kansas-Duke, Florida-Wisconsin, and Denver-California.

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Highlighted Games for Monday, November 11th

Posted on November 11, 2013 by David Griggs

HIGHLIGHTED MATCH UPS

-AKRON AT SAINT MARY’S. SMC beat a pretty good LA Tech team in their first game. Akron won their first game as well. This is a game between two good teams that are off to a good start.

-NEW MEXICO STATE AT HAWAI’I. The two old WAC conference foes face off. New Mexico State had a disappointing loss in their opener and Hawaii is trying to improve to 3-0.

-SFNY AT FLORIDA ATLANTIC. SFNY is looking for their second road win of the year. They had a nice win against Miami FL the other night.

-KENT STATE AT TEMPLE. These are two teams to keep an eye on throughout the year.

-BELMONT AT RICHMOND. Both seemed poised to have big years, and both managed wins in their first game. Both also are in need of notable wins, especially Belmont, because they won’t have many chances to impress the committee as they get into conference play.

-RHODE ISLAND AT SMU. SMU has been identified as a fringe tournament team. Both teams won their opener.

-RUTGERS AT UAB. Both teams won their opener, although both beat weak teams.

-COLORADO STATE AT GONZAGA. Colorado State is in major rebuilding mode, but a win tonight would really give them a huge boost. Gonzaga looked really impressive the other night in their opener against a pretty decent Bryant team.

-LONG BEACH STATE AT ARIZONA. Arizona shouldn’t have too much trouble winning this, although Long Beach will be one of the better teams in the Big West this year.

-BYU AT STANFORD. These are two teams that look to be good enough to make the NCAA Tournament, so a win for either one would be big.

-WESTERN KENTUCKY AT WICHITA STATE. This is the opener for both teams. WKU is one of the better teams in the Sun Belt who needs to pick up good wins out of conference if they want to impress the committee. Wichita State is coming off an improbable Final Four appearance and should be well within the bubble at the end of the season.

 

BUY GAMES

-Yale at UConn. Both teams won their first game.

-UMKC at Creighton.

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Highlighted Games for Saturday, Nov 9th

Posted on November 9, 2013 by David Griggs

HIGHLIGHTED GAMES

-USC UPSTATE AT VIRGINIA TECH. USC Upstate is one of the better teams in the Atlantic Sun and this is a chance for them to pick up a win against what appears to be a weak Virginia Tech team.

-BALL STATE AT INDIANA STATE. Indiana State may be a fringe tournament team and is worth keeping an eye on.

-MANHATTAN AT LA SALLE. Manhattan is one of the better teams in the Metro Atlantic, and La Salle appears to be a solid at-large caliber team. It would be a statement win for Manhattan if they end up pulling this off.

-NORTHERN IOWA AT OHIO. Both of these teams have potential. A win would be a great way for both teams to start the season.

-TEMPLE AT PENN (Big Five). Big Five action. Neither look to be likely tournament teams, but it’s early and you never know.

-BRYANT AT GONZAGA. This is a buy game, but Bryant does appear to be one of the better teams in the NEC and it’s worth at least pointing that out.

 

BUY GAMES

-CofC at Louisville. Louisville actually played at CofC last year, but for all practical purposes it’s a buy game.

-IPFW at Dayton.

-Emporia State (nondiv1) at Wichita State.

-Lamar at Butler

-Alabama A&M at New Mexico

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ACC, AAC and Big East Preview Podcasts

Posted on November 8, 2013 by David Griggs

Here are the final three Hoops HD Conference Previews. Sorry to stack them all up on you, but previews are of little use after the season begins, and the season begins in just a few hours.

Enjoy!!

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Under The Radar Podcast

Posted on November 8, 2013 by David Griggs

Until I can figure out how to do that fancy upload that Galen and Kyle know how to do, a direct link will have to suffice. Here is the inaugural Hoops HD “Under the Radar Podcast.

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Field of 68 – Preseason Edition

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Chad

Welcome to the Field of 68, Preseason Edition.  Below is my list of teams that I am currently predicting to make the 2014 NCAA tournament, broken down by conference.

America East (1): Vermont
American (5): Connecticut, Louisville, Cincinnati, Memphis, SMU
ACC (7): Duke, North Carolina, Virginia, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Maryland, Georgia Tech
Atlantic Sun (1): USC-Upstate
Atlantic Ten (4) VCU, La Salle, Richmond, St. Louis
Big East (5): Creighton, St. John’s, Marquette, Villanova, Butler
Big Sky (1): North Dakota
Big South (1): Winthrop
Big Ten (6): Michigan State, Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana
Big 12 (4): Oklahoma State, Kansas, Baylor, Iowa State
Big West (1): UC-Santa Barbara
Colonial (1): Towson
Conference USA (1): Louisiana Tech
Horizon (1): Green Bay
Ivy (1): Harvard
Metro Atlantic (1): Canisius
MAC (1): Akron
MEAC (1): Norfolk State
Missouri Valley (1): Wichita State
Mountain West (3) New Mexico, Boise State, UNLV
Northeast (1): Bryant
Ohio Valley (1): Eastern Kentucky
Pac 12 (5): Oregon, Arizona, UCLA, Colorado, California
Patriot (1): Boston University
SEC (4): Ketucky, Florida, LSU, Tennessee
Southern (1): Elon
Southland (1): Northwestern State
SWAC (1): Texas Southern
Summit (2): North Dakota State, Denver
Sun Belt (1): Georgia State
West Coast (2): Gonzaga, BYU
WAC (1): New Mexico State

Teams that just missed the field: Boston College, Georgetown, UTEP, UAB, Southern Miss, Utah State, San Diego State, Arizona State, Stanford, Missouri, Alabama, Ole Miss, Indiana State

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