Coaches vs Cancer tourny tonite

[yagsy]

Great game right now on ESPN between Billy Donovan's unranked Florida Gators against (18) Wake Forrest Deacons.

Close game with 5 min left in the game.
64-59
Gators are leading

Love Billy Donovan, a Rick Pitino guy.

2nd Game tonite at 9pm is the 'Cuse against Bobby Knight's Texas Tech team. Should be another great game. If you get ESPN Full Court, you can watch UCLA play Temple. I really feel UCLA is going to be very good team.

(12)Memphis vs (14)Alabama on ESPN2 at 9pm too.

[Royce]

Go Wake! Good game, I'm switching on and off with the Rangers.

[yagsy]

Gators pulled it out for the win. Taureen Green was a pleasure to watch. Young team though so I guess we'll see this team improve throughout the season.

Score 72-77

[Baseball Guru]

Now this is more like it:thumbsup:
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NEW YORK - Syracuse had big runs in each half and the 16th-ranked Orange ran away to an 81-46 victory over Texas Tech on Thursday night in the semifinals of the 2K Sports College Hoop Classic.


The defending champion Orange (3-0) will play Florida in the championship game Friday night at Madison Square Garden. The Gators advanced with a 77-72 victory over No. 19 Wake Forest in the other semifinal.

The matchup of two of the winningest coaches in college basketball history was never much of a game. Jim Boeheim got his 706th career win and improved his record against Bob Knight to 4-1, although Knight's lone win was in the 1987 national championship game when he was with Indiana. Knight has 856 victories.

Gerry McNamara had 12 points and nine assists for Syracuse, which opened the game with a 20-4 run. The Red Raiders (2-1) missed their first 12 shots from the field and 16 of their first 17.

Demetris Nichols hit a 3-pointer just before the halftime buzzer to give Syracuse a 34-22 lead.

Dior Lowhorn scored to bring Texas Tech within 42-28 with 17:08 to play, then the Orange went on a 21-3 run to take a 63-31 lead with 9:13 to go.

In that span, the Red Raiders committed eight turnovers against the 2-3 zone and Knight called two timeouts and there was also a TV timeout. None of the talking on the bench helped. Syracuse led by as many as 39 points — 75-36 with 5:15 left.

Knight's worst loss in his four-plus seasons at Texas Tech was 90-50 to Kansas on March 9, 2002, his first season there.

Nichols and Eric Devendorf each had 11 points for the Orange, while Louie McCroskey had 10. Syracuse shot 51.6 percent from the field (33-for-64), including 8-for-25 from 3-point range. The Orange were a combined 7-for-35 from beyond the arc in their first two games with McNamara going 1-for-14. He was 3-for-7 against Texas Tech.

Lowhorn had 11 points for the Red Raiders, who finished 17-for-59 from the field (28.8 percent) and committed 18 turnovers, 11 in the second half.

[yagsy]

:Wow: If you didn't see tonite's games, then you missed some amazing college basketball. The first game between Texas Tech and Wake Forest ent into double overtime, with lead changes and most especially momentum changes with 3pointers at the buzzer. :Wow: Bobby Knight's Red Raiders rebounded nicely after last nite's trouncing by Syracuse. Wonderful game. Wake Forest was so tenacious and the story of Eric Dunn, a kid who grew up with Wake in his back yard, has no scholarshiip, helped to cement the nail on the coffin on the Red Raiders.

Then the 'Cuse vs Florida Gators - O.M.G. GREAT GAME I didn't think they could top the double overtime. :duh: Silly Me! You want offense? You want ouside shooting? You want amazing passing? This game had it! Wonderful job by both teams. In the end the UNRANKED Gators beat the 'Cuse Orange after some silly mistakes by the 'Cuse juniors.

I'm sure the write ups will give more specifics, I'm still basking in the glow of watching two games that lived up to my lofty expectations. :clap:

[Chisox73]

Great night for College Basketball at Madison Square Garden tonight. :thumbsup:

[Baseball Guru]

Cuse stunk it up in the 2nd half.... Congrats to the Gators for winning the championship.....