Leave Jim Calhoun Alone

Listen we all know that Jim Calhoun does things his own way when it comes to recruiting. He has a bunch of violations and now a player he recruited Nate Miles is telling everyone he knew about the wrongdoing.

At the end of the day Calhoun has 3 championships, is up there in wins and should be recognized as one of the best coaches in NCAA history. Right up there with Bobby Knight, Coach K and John Wooden.

I hate that people give Wooden a pass saying he didn't do anything wrong. There is no way he gets all those players without some sort of NCAA wrong doing.

53 UConn, 41 Butler

UConn shot 34.5% and Butler shot 18.8%, yuck. This game was ugly and awful and I actually fell asleep in the second half as I got bored of watching Butler miss everything.

Just like I expected this was the worst championship of all time. Literally of all time. You can listen to the ESPN analysts trying to spin it as a good game, but it wasn't it sucked. Kemba didn't do anything spectacular but huck up shots and shoot 5 of 19. I'm not just saying this because I hate UConn and Kentucky lost. This game was awful.

It sucks because this was a great tournament and for it to end this way really stinks.

Geno Auriemma Still Talking About Something

Speaking of coaches that should keep their mouth shut this is what Geno said:
“I think it’s probably natural. I guess we need to win more. Everybody loves a winner, you know.

Maybe we should offer free parking, more giveaways. We should let some of the fans coach the team, maybe a guest coach every quarter.

We have a spoiled group of fans who assume we are going to win, who assumed we would be in Philadelphia and be at the Final Four.”

Geno Auriemma, was upset because only 5,729 fans showed up for the final home game of the season. You know what Geno, shut up you have been 112-1 with the most talented players for the past 3 years. You know why no one shows up? Because it's girls basketball and no one wants to see a lay up line drill against a crappy team. I'm sick of Geno all together, he ranted about the lack of respect for the game earlier this year and no about fan support. Someone needs to remind him that coach women's basketball and just be happy he's being overrated for being dominant coach for a b league and go along for the ride.

Geno Auriemma Has Something to Say About Something

After win No. 88 in a row was in the books, Geno Auriemma finally let loose: He thinks some people are rooting against his record-setting players because of their gender.

"I just know there wouldn't be this many people in the room if we were chasing a woman's record," the Connecticut coach said Sunday near the end of his postgame news conference. "The reason everybody is having a heart attack the last four or five days is a bunch of women are threatening to break a men's record, and everybody is all up in arms about it." ESPN

God I Hope my gf or any woman in my family doesn't read this... oh well, they will understand.

You know what Geno, fuck off. No one gives a shit about you're 88 win record, and the only reason people are in that room interviewing you is because of some title 9 bullshit that makes us "have to" pay attention to womens basketball. I respect the fact you have won so many games in a row, but it should be in two god damn categories. Men wins and woman wins. No way in hell you should be compared to John Wooden and his pyramid of success. You had a cute run in a league that no one cares about. When I think of legendary coaches in college basketball, I'll think of Wooden, Bob Knight, Roy Williams, Coach K and you a lot more mens basketball coaches before I get to Geno Auriemma. You know why? Because they are 2 different sports.

And also Geno, shut the hell up. The only reason I'm talking about this today is because you brought it to the forefront. If you truly didn't want there to be comparison you shouldn't have said anything. You had the opportunity to celebrate your team that you set up, but instead you marred it in controversy, way to go. You can't have it both ways. You want know one to show up? You now are belittling the sport by your comments, and giving us the fire to look deeper into your statements.

What Geno has done is impressive and it does deserves to get a blurb in the front page of a sports section, but don't you compare what you have done Geno with the likes of John Wooden. You have to face the truth Geno, you will be considered a great Women's coach along with Pat Summitt, but not in the coach's pantheon of Men's college basketball. It's disrespectful to Men's basketball to be compared to women's and visca versa, so with this win streak being impressive lets call it what it is. A great wins record in women's college basketball.

Candace Parker was the shit.

Die

UConn's Women Basketball Wins 71 in a Row

Cool...... Get back to the kitchen.


Women's basketball is cute.

Jesus' Weekly NCAAB Update

Last week's team of choice was Purdue, and following a win over Illinois and vaulting to #3 in the rankings I am still drinking the Boilermaker kool-aid. However, this weeks flavor of the week is definitely the UConn Huskies. The Huskies have finally begun playing the way they were expected to heading into this season. They've really responded to Coach Calhoun's tongue lashing a couple weeks ago with big wins over Villanova and now, West Virginia. Two top 10 teams! UConn has played their way back onto the bubble, and are looking good heading into the final few games of Big East play.
Joe Lunardi's bracketology has them as one of the first four teams out, (before yesterday's win) but Jesus believes otherwise. They have three tough games remaining, though that could work in their favor. "Look at the last 10 games," the tourney committee always says. Well, UConn's last 10 are against RPI top 70 with the exception of Rutgers and DePaul and Notre Dame, including Villanova, WVU and Syracuse- all top 10 teams! They'll probably need to win some games in the Big East tourney but I like the way they're playing. Breakneck pace and relentless on the glass at both ends.

In other top 25 news Ohio State beat Michigan State in a very entertaining game, and Evan Turner has supplanted himself as one of the very best players in the country. Those kind of go-to players can always carry a team to a few wins in the Big Dance. (Be on the lookout for Jesus' Bracketbuster tips for the office pool in the coming weeks.)

New Mexico...repeat...New Mexico, has entered the top 10. They only have three losses, and could be one of those Cinderella teams come March. Right now, they're one of the hottest teams in all the land.

Villanova has lost three of their last five games and opened the door for either Purdue or Kansas State or Duke (gulp) to grab the fourth #1 seed.

Butler continues to climb the ranks despite much smiting from Jesus.

And URI really fucked their chances at top 25, but is still on the bubble after an insufferable loss to St Louis led by walrus-man Rick Majerus.

Northern Iowa still sits at #24 and in Lunardi's most recent bracketology are faced up with...wait for it...the Rhode Island Runnin' Rams in a 6-11 match-up. Good! Maybe Rhode Island can resuscitate their dying season and stick it to this lame-ass team. It will all hinge on beating Charlotte on 3/3 and UMass on 3/6.

Here's a look at the top 25, with the last result and next game.
(record, points accumulated and previous ranking)

1. Kansas (61)
Last game: vs Oklahoma, W 81-68 (2/22)
Next game: Oklahoma St. (2/27) 26-1 1621 1

2. Kentucky (4)
Last game: at Vanderbilt, W 58-56 (2/20)
Next game: South Carolina (2/25) 26-1 1559 2

3. Purdue
Last game: vs Illinois, W 75-65 (2/20)
Next game: Minnesota (2/24) 23-3 1470 4

4. Syracuse
Last game: at Georgetown, W 75-71 (2/18)
Next game: Providence (2/23) 25-2 1455 5

5. Duke
Last game: vs Virginia Tech, W 67-55 (2/21)
Next game: Tulsa (2/25) 23-4 1323 6

6. Kansas St.
Last game: at Oklahoma, W 83-68 (2/20)
Next game: Texas Tech (2/23) 22-4 1302 7

7. Villanova
Last game: at Pittsburgh, L 65-70 (2/21)
Next game: South Florida (2/24) 22-4 1189 3

8. West Virginia
Last game: at Connecticut, L 62-73 (2/22)
Next game: Cincinnati (2/27) 21-6 1183 8

9. Ohio St.
Last game: at Michigan St., W 74-67 (2/21)
Next game: Penn St. (2/24) 21-7 1097 9

10. New Mexico
Last game: vs Air Force, W 59-56 (2/20)
Next game: Colorado St. (2/23) 25-3 997 12

11. Georgetown
Last game: vs Syracuse, L 71-75 (2/18)
Next game: Louisville (2/23) 18-7 846 10

12. Pittsburgh
Last game: vs Villanova, W 70-65 (2/21)
Next game: Notre Dame (2/24) 21-6 806 19

13. BYU
Last game: at Wyoming, W 85-63 (2/20)
Next game: San Diego St. (2/24) 25-3 795 16

14. Michigan St.
Last game: vs Ohio St., L 67-74 (2/21)
Next game: Purdue (2/28) 21-7 794 11

15. Butler
Last game: vs Siena, W 70-53 (2/20)
Next game: Valparaiso (2/26) 25-4 673 18

16. Vanderbilt
Last game: vs Kentucky, L 56-58 (2/20)
Next game: Georgia (2/25) 20-6 599 17

17. Wisconsin
Last game: vs Northwestern, W 70-63 (2/21)
Next game: Indiana (2/25) 20-7 528 14

18. Gonzaga
Last game: at Pepperdine, W 72-54 (2/20)
Next game: Santa Clara (2/25) 22-5 506 13

19. Tennessee
Last game: at South Carolina, W 63-55 (2/20)
Next game: Florida (2/23) 20-6 480 20

20. Temple
Last game: at St. Joseph's, W 75-67 (2/20)
Next game: Dayton (2/24) 22-5 452 21

21. Texas
Last game: at Texas Tech, W 71-67 (2/20)
Next game: Oklahoma St. (2/24) 21-6 445 15

22. Texas A&M
Last game: at Iowa St., W 60-56 (2/20)
Next game: Baylor (2/24) 19-7 225 24

23. Richmond
Last game: vs Geo. Washington, W 74-70 (2/20)
Next game: Xavier (2/28) 22-6 202 25

24. Baylor
Last game: at Oklahoma St., L 75-82 (2/20)
Next game: Texas A&M (2/24) 20-6 147 22

25. Northern Iowa
Last game: vs Old Dominion, W 71-62 (2/19)
Next game: Evansville (2/23) 24-3 128 NR