Beat a good Harvard team, 76-27 tonight.

Virginia is for real. Great defensive squad with great effort every night. They are a basketball purist' delight to watch. They will ultimately lose a game or two, but should go deep in March Madness.

I agree- legit top 5 team- will be interested to see how they perform against Duke UNC and Louisville. The ACC could have multiple Final Four teams this year.

i've watched them a couple times this year. a pure basketball TEAM. there is no "I" on that floor.

in the VCU game, they led most of the way and then VCU came back and hit about 3 three's in a one minute span to make it I believe a 2 or 3 point game and the crowd was going absolutely nuts.

Bennett called a time out, the team calmly huddled, came back out and put on a very San Antonio Spurs like clinic on sharing the ball, playing defense and not panicking. They went on a 16-0 run and buried VCU.

was about as impressive a display as you'll see from a college basketball team under adversity.

(12-22-2014 08:07 AM)BSKB 24 Wrote:  Virginia is for real. Great defensive squad with great effort every night. They are a basketball purist' delight to watch. They will ultimately lose a game or two, but should go deep in March Madness.

As good as both teams are, I feel that UVA is the anti-Kentucky. Great individuals vs great team bball. Would love to see that match up.

The Bennet's can flat out coach. Dick put Wisconsin-Green Bay on the map and Wisconsin hadn't been relevant for over 20 years until he took over.

I think I mentioned in the offseason, but if we lose Brady for whatever reason I think we absolutely need someone from the Bennett coaching tree. I could see W&M making a run at a Bennett assistant whenever their coach retires. There is still a place for fundamental/ defensive minded basketball and not just AAU 1 vs. 1 ball.

Gamer doesn't currently reflect the Harvard game, but has VA going 29-1 on the season. Harvard, believe it or not, had an RPI of 25 per that same site.

I don't see that happening because the ACC is a meat grinder. That is the beauty of the larger conference membership. Everybody can't win. Some of the premier bball programs will take it on the chin in conference play.

(12-22-2014 09:26 AM)HolyCityDuke Wrote:  

(12-22-2014 08:07 AM)BSKB 24 Wrote:  Virginia is for real. Great defensive squad with great effort every night. They are a basketball purist' delight to watch. They will ultimately lose a game or two, but should go deep in March Madness.

As good as both teams are, I feel that UVA is the anti-Kentucky. Great individuals vs great team bball. Would love to see that match up.

That's pretty much the Florida/Kentucky basketball rivalry every year. Dbag Calipari takes a shot at Florida about it every once in a while, saying things like that when you get the best players in the country every year you don't need them to stay four years like Florida. I'll take Billy B-Ball all day every day.

(12-24-2014 01:36 AM)KickItToScotty Wrote:  

(12-22-2014 09:26 AM)HolyCityDuke Wrote:  

(12-22-2014 08:07 AM)BSKB 24 Wrote:  Virginia is for real. Great defensive squad with great effort every night. They are a basketball purist' delight to watch. They will ultimately lose a game or two, but should go deep in March Madness.

As good as both teams are, I feel that UVA is the anti-Kentucky. Great individuals vs great team bball. Would love to see that match up.

That's pretty much the Florida/Kentucky basketball rivalry every year. Dbag Calipari takes a shot at Florida about it every once in a while, saying things like that when you get the best players in the country every year you don't need them to stay four years like Florida. I'll take Billy B-Ball all day every day.

I also think Calipari will be under NCAA investigation soon. He has to be doing something illegal in recruit, above what's typical for the big schools.