College Basketball 2011-2012: The only basketball you have. Dill with it.

[Tyche]

USFs opponents point totals in the last nine games:
51
48
51
47
56 (Syracuse)
45
51
44

Less than 49 points per game

Ninth strait game they have held their opponent to at least 19 points under their season average.

Tomorrow in the big east: UCONN vs Syracuse, Georgetown vs Cincinnati, Louisville vs Marquette, USF vs Notre Dame

[Cail]

Federal authorities are investigating suspended Auburn point guard Varez Ward for alleged point shaving involving in at least two games this season, Yahoo Sports reported Thursday.

The report cited anonymous sources and said the FBI began an investigation in late February centering on losses to Alabama on Feb. 7 and Arkansas on Jan. 25.

Ward and guard Chris Denson were both suspended before a Feb. 25 game against Arkansas, but Denson returned for the next game. Denson was questioned and cleared of involvement in point shaving, the report said.

"Auburn officials were made aware of a rumor regarding an allegation two weeks ago and immediately reported it to the FBI, the NCAA and the SEC," Auburn said in a statement Thursday. "Because of the nature of the allegation, Auburn is not in a position to make any further comment on the situation."

The report said a player reported concerns to an assistant coach in late February.

Auburn coach Tony Barbee has said only that Ward and Denson violated team rules. Ward didn't play in the final three games of the regular season or travel with the team to New Orleans for the Southeastern Conference tournament, where the Tigers open with Thursday night's game against Mississippi.

Yahoo Sports reported that other Auburn players were questioned about whether Ward tried to get them to participate in the alleged point shaving.

Ward, a Texas transfer, has averaged 9.0 points a game and leads the Tigers in assists.

Ward scored three points and had six turnovers in the 68-50 loss to Alabama, playing 17 minutes. Vegas Insider said Alabama was favored by five points.

Ward lasted only 19 seconds after coming off the bench in the 56-53 defeat before crumpling to the floor. Barbee later said he took a knee to the right leg he had injured early in his sophomore season with the Longhorns, when he ruptured his quadriceps tendon on a dunk during pregame warmups. Auburn still covered the 9½-point spread.

In between those games, Ward had his hottest streak of the season. He scored 53 points in a three-game stretch, including 24 against Mississippi State.

Ward has not commented publicly since his suspension. His last Twitter post was on Feb. 24 when he tweeted, "Can't win for losing smh" (shaking my head). It was the last in a series of posts that day, the first saying that his knee was "hurting bad."

Ward sat out last season under transfer rules and has two years of eligibility remaining.

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[Ryany]

I'm curious if Washington would be left out of the tourney (listed as a bubble team right now), if they would be the first regular season major conference champ left out since things expanded to 64.

Either way, this year's Pac12 might be the worst major conference of the last 20 years.

[Cail]

new baylor uni's are awesome

[Tyche]

new baylor uni's are awesome

Wait til you see ULs uni's tonight. Adidas special-made Baylor, UL, and Cinci's tourney jerseys.

[Tyche]

So um...yeah, dem jerseys.

[Byrd]

Either way, this year's Pac12 might be the worst major conference of the last 20 years.

You might be right, but that's the only way Oregon State has a chance to win it, god damnit.

Go Beavs! Suck less!

[Tyche]

In 7 of Louisville's last 8 games they haven't scored more than 56. They put up 50 at the half. Dem jerseys.

[randomized]

being a marquette fan is painful. gg to louisville, wish marquette could have made it a little closer. whenever they play i cant help but feel louisville is just a better version of what marquette wishes it could be. any team that actually matches marquette's effort generally wins because their talent level is actually quite low and they make so many stupid decisions.

[Tyche]

Louisville has more offensive rebounds than defensive rebounds. I don't know what that means, but it's a ridiculous stat.

[randomized]

Also to anyone else that watched the game...is it just me or is it blatantly obviously gardner should not be out on the court? his mobility has been so bad since he returned from his injury and it just seems like he is a liability whenever he is out there

[randomized]

Louisville has more offensive rebounds than defensive rebounds. I don't know what that means, but it's a ridiculous stat.

have you watched gardner at all? he cant move lol. oh and yeah they have missed a lot of shots too. that helps

[Tyche]

Jamil Wilson looked like the only guy that came ready to play. I suppose Johnson-odom too, but Wilson played incredibly well.

I'm rooting hard for USF, I love that team and really want a rematch.

[randomized]

I haven't got to watch much of USF this year...I'm gonna assume they don't usually play this well

[Tyche]

USFs opponents point totals in the last nine games:
51
48
51
47
56 (Syracuse)
45
51
44

Less than 49 points per game

Ninth strait game they have held their opponent to at least 19 points under their season average.

Tomorrow in the big east: UCONN vs Syracuse, Georgetown vs Cincinnati, Louisville vs Marquette, USF vs Notre Dame

They've been ballin hard last 9 games.

[Tyche]

USF played as poor a final minute as I've seen in a long time.

On another note, teams (Baylor, Cinci, UL) are 4-0 in the new crazy neon uniforms.

[Bregor]

point shaving

Auburn? Cheating? Get right out of town!

[Byrd]

Even Facebook ignores the Beavers.



Although I'm surprised it was Oklahoma State and not Ohio State.

[Arvin]

People from Ohio State refer to themselves as tOSU!

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