My, My College Basketball!

Good day sports fans! There has been a lot over the past few days in the world of sports! From Rafa’s early exit from the Aussie open, to the hype of the Super Bowl (If you haven’t heard its February 6^th!). What is still standing out to me the most is still College Basketball. Lots of storylines this year!

The Big East is a Beast. We all knew this coming into the season. This year it’s harder than anyone could have imagined! Just a few nights ago Seton Hall dropped 90 on Syracuse! When has that last happened? Last night Providence beat Villanova as well! Watch out whoever wins this conference. They will be in a good spot to win it all! Though if the season is too tough on the teams in the Big East, there could a draining effect on the teams. We will have to see about this in March!

Korie Lucious was dismissed from the MSU basketball team on Tuesday. This is just another blow to an underachieving Spartans team (12-7). They have been so close to the pinnacle the past two years. This year they were anticipated to beat everyone. After key loses to Syracuse and Duke they slowly fell in 5 other games. When you look at the numbers, MSU looks like a team destined for the bubble. A closer look reveals that the games they have lost have been on the road and close. They are a good team! They just haven’t been getting those wins that they usually can. By no means does this mean that they can just cruse through the rest of this season. They need to dig in and go win this game tonight. It could be the difference between a chance at an NCAA title or an NIT birth.

One last thing that has been interesting me is good ol’ Jimmer Fredette. No other player in college basketball is more talked about then this kid! It’s well deserved! When he can go out on any night and drop 40 on a team and shoot threes from anywhere but the hotdog stand! And I love how the how nation goes crazy for SDSU vs. BYU game. I hope that BYU can go far! Maybe Jimmer can lead them to a NCAA Championship!

Game picks

NCAAB

Vanderbilt @ Mississippi State – Vandy fights on the road!

Boston College @ Duke – Dukieeeeeessss

Illinois @ Indiana – Ill. Wins a key game on the road!

That’s it for tonight! More posts upcoming!