The 2015-2016 Running Hoops Thread

[airboy]

UNC is #1 again this week.  This is after winning 3 straight games shooting less than 40% from the floor.

They get Boston College and then the schedule gets tough.

[MetalDog]

In what poll?  I thought I heard on the radio that Oklahoma was still number 1.

[Bison]

Two different polls one has Oklahoma #1 the other has NC #1.

[MetalDog]

I was listening to CBS Radio.  So that makes sense.

[Bison]

Big XII is a monster conference this year.  I think 1/2 of the conference gets into the 64 easily. 

[MetalDog]

I wish I could say I was paying attention enough to respond to this intelligently, but I'm not.  I know Iowa State took out Oklahoma and Kansas was number one for a while.  Outside that, I really don't know.

[Bison]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MetalDog]

Did they do something?

[Bison]

They beat the #1 team in the nation.

[bayonetbrant]

So I don't normally give two shits about the NBA, but if you can find the highlights from last night's slam dunk contest, go watch it.  There's a ball-around-the-back reverse slam, better-than-Jordan-between-the-legs-from-the-free-throw-line slam, a guy pulling the ball off the mascot's head and looping it under his legs while in the air before slamming it, and palming it off a mascot's hands while the mascot is spinning 360s on a hoverboard and slamming it (and that guy lost!).

I'm not big for crazy stunts like that in a game, but in an exhibition, it's fun, and watching the highlights from last night, they were having plenty of fun.

[bayonetbrant]

Just saw this about the NBA.  We're over 2/3rds of the way through the season, and San Antonio still has single-digit losses. 
They're 45-9 through 56 games, with 26 games to go, which is pretty damned good.

Yeah, they're still 4 games behind Golden State.

It's not like Golden State are feasting on a weak conference.  Sheesh.

[airboy]

This is a horrifying train wreck to watch.  Rutgers may have the worst Men's major conference Basketball Team in forever.

See: https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/by-the-numbers-rutgers-may-end-up-as-the-worst-major-conference-basketball-team-ever

Brant - NCSU is not NEARLY this bad.

Airboy - Auburn won one more conference game this year (5) than last year (4) - even with the train wreck of injuries and dismissing the leading scorer and only remaining point guard!  War Eagle!!

[bayonetbrant]

Brant - NCSU is not NEARLY this bad

Not from lack of trying!

[bayonetbrant]

[airboy]

UNC beat the spawns of Satan and clinched the ACC regular season.  Texas A&M won the SEC regular season - which was a surprise.