UConn is number 1 again this week in The Associated Press’ poll. The Huskies, who are 8-0, received all 36 first-place votes from the national media panel on Monday. They went through a busy week of games, winning four games in only five days. The Huskies are playing an NBA-type schedule and this didn’t bother UConn at all. Thus type of play had no effect on the Huskies ability to win. They won all four games by an average of 52 points. This is what helped them earn all 36 first-place votes the the notional media panel. The Huskies do not play again until Sunday when the Huskies face Ohio State. The top 25 did not change this week or switch spots due to none of the top 25 teams playing each other this week. Also no one in the top 25 have fell out yet with just one team out of the top 25 loosing this week was the eighteenth-ranked Oklahoma (4-2), falling 82-76 to UCLA (2-2) on Sunday. This marks the first ranked team that the bruins have beaten this year.
Archive for November, 2013
The NCAA has implemented a new no hand check rule. If your a shooter this can be your lucky day. Shots will be flying and games will become a long, foul shooting, boring 89-87 game, instead of a hard fought intense 63-62 game. In my opinion if you are a defensive specialist this is the time to change your game or no longer have any value in the game of basketball. The purpose of this rule was to even out the offensive and defensive game and rise the scoring of basketball game to make them more interesting. Do you believe that implementing a no hand checking rule was the best way to do this? Not me! Hand checking is a way to get into the offensive player. Scoring should not come easy and it should be worked for. When someone is all in you and you still make the basket it is more rewarding and entertaining than the free throw shooting contest this new way of offensively triggered basketball to come. Let the girls and guys play basketball and stop putting the game in the refs hands. Let’s play ball girl’s and stop complaining about dumb fouls. Come on basketball is a rough sport if that’s not what you signed up for then you should stay on the sidelines.
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