Basketball

[egor110]

Now it looks like the nba wil be up and running by xmas , thought it might be a good idea to see if anyone follows it or the american college league or even the the scene in the uk?

[egor110]

I watch nba on espn and college on espn america and also use the espn website to keep up to date.

[egor110]

@ Ben jk- i watched plymouth just before christmas, as my home town team were playing plymouths ebl team earlier in the day.
Nba's ok but colege basketball is where it's at, look up the duke-temple game or the michigan state-wisconsin game.
I have no idea why the games not more popular in this country it's safe to take your family/kids to, it doesn't cost loads, theres lots of action and as a spectator you can do your part when the opposition has free throws.

[egor110]

Well it's been interesting in college basketball we've had :
fights-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT1LbaCakck&fea...

unranked indiana beating #1 ohio and #2 kentucky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KbNmJQllmg&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBaHps5ITEU

and shot clocks not all saying the same time drama )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPonl86KBJU

I've found the following websites/blogs pretty good:
http://www.ballinisahabit.net/ us college
http://www.mvp247.com/ uk basketball

[egor110]

Well it's been interesting in college basketball we've had :
fights-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT1LbaCakck&fea...

unranked indiana beating #1 ohio and #2 kentucky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KbNmJQllmg&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBaHps5ITEU

and shot clocks not all saying the same time drama )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPonl86KBJU

I've found the following websites/blogs pretty good:
http://www.ballinisahabit.net/ us college
http://www.mvp247.com/ uk basketball

[egor110]

re okc, 3 wins in 3 nights good stuff, bit of a bummer eric maynor the rest of the season though.

[egor110]

Sat's denver- spurs game looked a good one 121-117 didn't need to go into o/t either!
See you've got new orleans hornets today, you should win that with the form gallinari , al harrington and ty lawson are in , wonder if corey brewer will get more court time tonight?
Not sure if you've heard of this blog but think you'll like it:
http://www.roundballminingcompany.com/about-roundb...

In college basketball indiana won again this weekend , 16- 3 pointers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eikmhqtrhXU

Lastly here's todays buzzer beater, we all love them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbu1bENmdEY

[egor110]

I don't think you can get into the arena earlier than a hour before tip off, there are loads of food stalls around msg or if you want to splash out book a table at the club bar and grill.
http://www.thegarden.com/about/bars-restaurants.ht...

Before a game they normally drop the lights pump up the music and introduce the away team then the home team.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDvbAHlBshk&fea...

Remember at basketball when the away team takes a free throw it's your job to put them off , some people shout, some boo, some stamp there feet some go further:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7wwk8Gc4E4&fea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpHB6W_r9ag&fea...
Or pre game in utah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44YUnOoye58&fea...
post game in utah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARpzavb7PQk&fea...

[egor110]

@Bungleiao - not sure where in the midlands you are but worcester have a very good basketball team if you want to check a game out before you go:
http://www.worcesterwolves.com/

[egor110]

I don't think living in the uk helps if you want to watch the knicks live, gets expensive.
Do watch some uk teams, the team i support are now in division 3 of the ebl, have been in division 1 then down to 4 now back up again, however all the players are local and i've watched the team for over a decade and nothing beats when some london team comes down to somerset and gets beaten by us

[egor110]

http://www.tauntontigers.co.uk/

[egor110]

We've been in the national league since at least 2005.
We won up 05-06 /06-07 and went from div 3 to div 1 of the ebl where i think we stayed for 3 seasons. Then we realised we couldn't really finance the players needed at div 1 withdrew and the ebl dropped us to div 4 , where we won up to div 3 in our ist season.
One of our ex players is now playing for leicester riders and another at plymouth raiders

[egor110]

Who did you play for in nbl ?

I've been down plymouth a few times to watch raiders.

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BUG4LIFE said:

egor110 said:

Who did you play for in nbl ?

I've been down plymouth a few times to watch raiders.

I know Jamie Burchell from the Raiders.

The team i watched in the mid 2000's was taunton tigers because they played round the corner from my 1st house.

Was a awesome ride as we went on a run winning up a league each year , at one point greg streete was coming down from bristol to play for us .

Unfortunately a pokey little somerset town wasn't the right place to have a basketball team as they couldn't get sponsrs and eventually the men's team went tits up , was a great ride though for those few years.