College Basketball: 5th ranked Texas holds off K-State and Beasley

February 26th, 2008 khawe Posted in College Basketball, Kansas State Wildcats Basketball, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Texas Longhorns Basketball No Comments »

Future #1 draft pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, Michael Beasley, continues to show why he is the leading candidate for Player of the Year. Last night against the 5th ranked Texas Longhorns Beasley put up a game high 30 points and 15 rebounds, that kid can score on anyone. However, Beasley was once again not enough as the Kansas State Wildcats lost to the Longhorns 74-65.

The Longhorns (24-4) were led by D.J. Augustin who put up a team high 24 points, 5 assists and 4 steals. This was the Longhorns 8th straight win as they seem to be playing their best basketball of the season just in time for March Madness. However, they will need more help from other players to go far in the NCAA tournament. Last night the team was carried by the Longhorns two guards and did not get much help from anyone else on the offensive side.

Kansas State (18-9) could not get it going (outside of Beasley) as Texas shut down the Wildcats offensive (outside of Beasley) with an aggressive zone defense. The Wildcats shot just 32 percent on the night and were just 7 of 27 from behind the arc on their way to losing their 3rd straight game.

Watching this game last night I saw two teams heading into different directions. Texas, even with little offensive help from most of their starters, played tough defense (outside of Beasley) and should make a good run at the Final Four. Kansas State on the other hand has the best player in the nation - and that might win them a few early games in the NCAA Tournament, but for them to get to even the sweet sixteen they will really have to be more then a one man show.


College Basketball: Memphis stays at top of poll, Tennessee move up to #2

February 18th, 2008 khawe Posted in College Basketball, Duke Blue Devils Basketball, Georgetown Hoyas, Indiana Hoosiers, Kansas Jawhawks Basketball, Kentucky Wildcats Basketball, Louisville Cardinals Basketball, Maryland Terrapins, Memphis Tigers, NCAA Basketball Tournament, North Carolina Tar Heels, North Carolina Tar Heels Basketball, Texas Longhorns Basketball, UCLA Bruins Basketball, UCONN Huskies Basketball, Vanderbilt Commodores Basketball, Washington Huskies Basketball No Comments »

Well, we saw another crazy week in College Basketball where some of the top teams lost creating more shifts in the polls. The Memphis Tigers (25-0) stayed on top of the polls for the fifth straight week, while the Tennessee Volunteers (23-2) moved up to #2 after the Duke Blue Devils lost to Wake Forest last night. Having the Tigers and Volunteers atop the polls couldn’t have come at a better time as the two teams play each other this Saturday in Memphis.

Ironically the North Carolina Tar Heels moved up to the 3rd spot, while the Blue Devils dropped to #4 - didn’t the Blue Devils beat the Tar Heels not so long ago?  The Kansas Jayhawks also dropped a couple of spots, now ranked #5,  after their loss to Texas. The Texas Longhorns made the biggest jump of the week moving up 4 spots to #7 after their big win over Kansas.

Here is the full Top 25  poll for the 15th week of the 2007 - 2008 College Basketball Season.

1. Memphis 25-0
2. Tennessee 23-2
3. North Carolina 24-2
4. Duke 22-2
5. Kansas 24-2
6. UCLA 22-3
7. Texas 21-4
8. Butler 24-2
9. Stanford 21-4
10. Wisconsin 21-4
11. Georgetown 20-4
12. Xavier 21-4
13. Connecticut 20-5
14. Indiana 21-4
15. Purdue 21-5
16. Vanderbilt 22-4
17. Michigan State 20-5
18. Drake 23-2
19. Washington State 20-5
20. Saint Mary’s 22-3
21. Notre Dame 19-5
22. Texas A&M 20-5
23. Louisville 20-6
24. Marquette 18-6
25. Kansas State 18-6


College Basketball: #11 Texas beats #3 Kansas, poll madness to continue

February 12th, 2008 khawe Posted in College Basketball, Kansas Jawhawks Basketball, NCAA Basketball Tournament, Texas Longhorns Basketball No Comments »

We posted an article yesterday talking about the latest college basketball poll and how we saw so much movement because of top 25 teams losing. Well not even a few hours later what happens? The #3 ranked Kansas Jayhawks are upended by the #11 Texas Longhorns. Has there been a more exciting, and turbulent, couple weeks in college basketball history? I dont think so.

Last night the Kansas Jayhawks (23-2) came into Austin, Texas  to play the Texas Longhorns (20-4), the Jayhawks held the lead for a good portion of the game but couldn’t close the deal losing 69-72. The Jayhawks led the Longhorns 42-38 at halftime, however Texas took over under the boards in the 2nd half led by Damion Jones who grabbed 13 boards in the 2nd half alone - James finished with 14 points and 13 boards after missing most of the first half due to foul trouble. Texas got the scoring help they needed from Connor Atchley who scored 16 points, including 4 3-pointers. Kansas was led by Darrell Arthur who put in a game high 22 points. The Jawhawks kept it close to the very end, getting within 2 points with 32 seconds left - but a final desperation shot with time running out clanged off the rim.

Kansas will look to rebound against Colorado later this week, while Texas heads to Baylor and looks to crack the top 10 in the college basketball polls released next Monday.