The College Basketball Post

[Sonny Corinthos]

Marshal Henderson, 39 pts on 10 3 pointers...:x



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I still wouldn't want that crackhead on my team .


Dominic Artis should be coming back soon for the Ducks

 

[awwsome]

Dee, Deron, & Luther - the black law firm

He really just said this though



That Illi team was everything though

Marshal Henderson, 39 pts on 10 3 pointers...:x



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He's only worth anything when he's hot though

Expect a 3 for 16 game from him against stiff comp

 

[doitallpaul]

Marshal Henderson, 39 pts on 10 3 pointers...:x



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he shot 23 of them

 

[doitallpaul]

OU boys should be ranked this week

 

[superantigen]

Marshal Henderson, 39 pts on 10 3 pointers...:x



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he shot 23 of them

So?

'Melo and Kobe do the same damn ishh almost every night...



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[Sonny Corinthos]

So?

'Melo and Kobe do the same damn ishh almost every night...



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You know damn well Kobe and Melo don't take 23 shots from the 3 point line . They get their field goal attempts , but they are good enough to score in different ways . Redick and Salim weren't even taking that many shots from downtown in college.

 

[seymore cake]

Dee, Deron, & Luther - the black law firm

He really just said this though



That Illi team was everything though

EVERYthing

Broke My Heart To See Them Take That L

 

[primetime21]

EVERYthing

Broke My Heart To See Them Take That L

man we should have won the national championship that season

 

[superantigen]

So?

'Melo and Kobe do the same damn ishh almost every night...



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You know damn well Kobe and Melo don't take 23 shots from the 3 point line . They get their field goal attempts , but they are good enough to score in different ways . Redick and Salim weren't even taking that many shots from downtown in college.

He's their 3 point specialist. He's there to shoot 3's. He earned the green light.

39 points is still 39 points, and at 43% from behind the arc, it's noteworthy either way you cut it.

Sure, they lost, but what he did was still impressive especially if you saw how he single handedly brought them back in the waning minutes of reg.time.



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[ThaxbyChamblis]

Also, according to multiple contacts in Chapel Hill, don’t expect Leslie McDonald and P.J. Hairston to return this season.

 

[buc em]

Can't wait to see Glorified Corey Brewer again tomorrow vs Florida.

 

[woody2626]

Can't wait to see Glorified Corey Brewer again tomorrow vs Florida.

 

[buc em]

Was I supposed to be impressed by that one minute highlight reel of a loss to unranked Colorado?

 

[dacomeup]

Can't wait to see Glorified Corey Brewer again tomorrow vs Florida.

Can't wait to see Wiggins on the 6ers. CAN'T WAIT. 

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

 

[langfor5]

Haven't posted in here since the Duke game but right now KU looks like a team that is starting 3 freshman, a sophomore and 'senior.'

This is a team that is a work in progress and they need to continue to mesh and gel and they will be fine.

Was at the game in Boulder and unlike the previous years I have been there wasn't nearly the contingency of KU fans like there usually has been. Props to CU for finally keeping KU fans out.

Turned to my boy as soon as Booker let that shot go and said it was going to be nothing but net. I just had that feeling that something was going to go CU's way at the end. Gotta give love to Coach Boyle, who has def. turned that CU program around.

 

[dacomeup]

SMH @ PJ and Leslie being done. Still like how hard this team has been playing though. 

 

[shannonscrooks]

Maurice Creek, George Washington proving to be a match made in heaven
Rob Dauster
Dec 8, 2013, 9:57 PM EST
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Maurice Creek’s college basketball career was destined to be short-lived.

11 games into his freshman season at Indiana, the 6-foot-4 guard from Oxon Hill, MD, was averaging 17.6 points and shooting 45.3% from three, the star of Tom Crean’s first recruiting class at Indiana that also included Jordy Hulls and Christian Watford.

He was getting noticed by the national media and NCAA scouts alike. Putting up 31 points on Kentucky will do that to you. But that all changed four years ago this month when Creek landed awkwardly on his left leg after getting fouled on a layup attempt in an otherwise-irrelevant blowout win over Bryant. He had fractured his kneecap, the first of a series of three devastating injuries Creek would suffer while in Bloomington.

That college career that was on the fast-track to the NBA had become a four-year battle with his health, as Creek endured three major surgeries that limited him to appearances in just 54 games as a Hoosier.

“I’ve been through a lot,” Creek said. “I don’t even want to look back to what I’ve been through.”

And that is why Creek is one of the best stories of the college basketball season.

Given a fifth-year of eligibility by the NBA and a chance to continue his collegiate career by George Washington as a graduate transfer, Creek, who is finally healthy, has taken full advantage. Entering Sunday’s game with Maryland in the BB&T Classic at the Verizon Center in DC, Creek was averaging 15.3 points and shooting 45.7% from three. A much needed dose of perimeter scoring pop, he’s been one of the major reasons that the Colonials were 7-1 on the season with wins over Creighton, Miami and Rutgers.

On Sunday, Creek hit the biggest shot of the season for GW.

After blowing a 14-point lead over the course of the last seven minutes of the game, the Colonials (miraculously) were able to break Maryland’s press and call a timeout at half court with 8.1 seconds left. The game was tied at 75, and after watching his team turn the ball over eight times in the final 4:11, there was no way that Creek was allowing anyone else to get the final shot.

“I just told coach I wanted the ball in my hands,” Creek told NBCSports.com. “He said, ‘Go get the ball.’”

Creek made his coach look like a genius, hitting a step-back 20-footer with 0.6 seconds left to give the Colonials the win, finishing with 25 points on 6-for-11 shooting from the field.

And with that, you saw why Mike Lonergan went out of his way to bring Creek into the program.

George Washington has athletes. They have talented, defensive-minded perimeter players. They have big men that can run the floor, that can rebound, that can block shots. What they were missing last season was a guy that could stretch a defense with his ability to shoot the ball. That’s what Creek does best. He also just so happens to be a kid that was once an all-Big Ten caliber player, a veteran that’s been to the Sweet 16 and that has the, ahem, intestinal fortitude to take and make a big shot in a big moment.

Creek was the missing piece, and his addition has been more than GW could have asked for.

“I came to great university, but they wanted me because they needed me,” Creek said.

But it works both ways.

Creek needed GW just as badly as GW needed him.

He needed a chance to play again, a chance to work his way to the top of a rotation and to see the court. Winning is great, and riding the coattails of Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo to Big Ten titles certainly has its benefits, but when you’ve experienced being a star, sliding into a role as a deep reserve on the bench in a tough pill to swallow. That’s what made the Buff and Blue a perfect fit. They needed a leader, they needed a star, and Creek needed a place to land.

With the first month of the season now over, it’s safe to say that the union has been a dream come true.

GW is now 8-1 on the year, the latest team to look like they’ll be willing and able to give VCU and UMass a run for their money at the Atlantic 10 title.

Whether or not that ends up happening will play out over the course of the next four months, but the bottom-line is that GW will have a puncher’s chance. They have the ability and they’ll have the opportunity, and for an athlete, is there anything else you can ask for?

“Everybody knows I worked hard to get to this spot,” Creek said. “To go through all that and now have this? Everything’s just clicking together.”

It’s about damn time.

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcspo...hington-proving-to-be-a-match-made-in-heaven/

 

[ricardo malta]

I thought Creek was gonna turn out to be a killer. Sucks to see injuries set him back so much but glad he's still playing.

 

[worldbeefreeg]

Good for Creek

Daniel Hamilton buzzer beater at Whitney over the weekend

 

[ballatician]

I wonder who's going to pick up Greg Whittington

 

[アミーゴ]

Was I supposed to be impressed by that one minute highlight reel of a loss to unranked Colorado?

Ur right, CU sucks.

 

[Chopper]

B1G with three of the top five teams

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

I'd love to see Marquette miss the tournament

 

[qstorm3]

I was at the game on Sunday and gw uses a lot of screens to get creek open, but really happy for the kid. Talked to head coach Lonergan after the game and he said Creek had an old man game now and wouldn't be surprised if his knees gave out, which was kind of surprising.