Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Does Anyone Want To Be #1?

I don't know what the deal is this year in College Basketball, but it seems as though no team wants to be #1. As of today there have been five different teams ranked in the top spot (UNC, PITTx2, W.F., DUKE, UCONN). With PITT getting beat last night (is it just me or does their coach look like a young Pat Riley?) by Providence it looks as though we'll have a new #1 next week. It's probably going to be UCONN if they can beat Marquette tonight. It would have been Oklahoma if they hadn't lost two straight (Griffin got hurt), though I still think they are going to be one of the favorites come tournament time. Have you seen Blake Griffin? Guy is an animal. I did think Tikes' beloved 'Heels were asserting themselves as the nations elite again until Maryland and The Ugly Venezuelan Assasin stuck it to them. I was quite disappointed with the lack of heart UNC showed in that game. Pretty pathetic. I do think they'll be back and fighting for the title come tourney time though. As for my Dukies, they have a few big games coming up that they need to take care business. Maryland tonight (who they beat by 41 earlier this year), and then Virginia Tech and Florida State. If they can get through those games it will set up a huge game to end conference play against UNC. With Elliot Williams (freshman) now running the point instead of Paulus, Duke has started to play very good. If Henderson and Scheyer can continue to play well, they just might make a March Madness run as well.

3 comments:

Tikes said...

I agree....Pitt was as good against UCONN as anyone, and then they played like Carolina against Maryland.

I guess it goes to show that even to best have to play hard to win.

I hope that someday the Carolina team will realize that its their defense that will determine if they win it all, not their offense.


Besides that....what else did you expect from the ACC than a last game between UNC and Duke to determine the ACC championship.

Tobias said...

The UTES want to be #1... They pretty much are.

Riley Alexander said...

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