Follow a College team thread

Sea Devils

Saw this idea on the American Football forum and thought something like this might work here. With the possibility of a shortened NBA season looking ever more likely I thought it might be interesting to see how many people would be interested in following a college basketball team for the year ? Assuming we get quite a few interested I can use random.org to put the names in order and then use the teams most likely to contend this year and match it with the first name. That way everyone can have a team to follow.

I'm a Stanford fan with a soft spot for New Mexico but it would be fun cheering on another team anyway.

So who's aboard? :P

People interested so far.
#15
slick89
moneyman
padraig f
Carcharodon
Paully D
cactus mac88
WHIP IT!
For Fork Sake
theboss80

#15

I'm not abroad, but I am aboard.:pac:

Sign me up. Moneyman will probably do it too.

slick89

I'm up for it!

moneyman

Ya, I'll do it too. I follow college basketball anyway so might not make much of a difference but it will be a bit of fun. Kentucky are usually my team, and themselves or North Carolina are most likely to win it next year.

padraig_f

my knowledge of college basketball is pretty much: Bird vs. Magic in '79, and Jordan hitting the winning shot in '82. so not sure if I'll stick with it, but yeah, I'll give it a go.

Carcharodon

Why not, I really only get into the college ball come march madness but would be interesting to follow it a bit more.

I live in between Stanford and Cal so I kind of follow their results, I have a soft spot for Butler since their recent performances in the finals too.

Sounds good though.

Paully D

Yes, I'll be interested. Very good idea IMO.

Cheers.

Yeah sign me up as well mate please.

WHIP IT!

Pencil me in lads - sounds like a larf... can I take Duke??

For Forks Sake

I'll go in, Kansas if you please

theboss80

Im in Tar Heels for me please...

Looking forward to this. Much prefer watching college ball

moneyman

I don't think we can choose our teams, but if we can I'll take Kentucky.

Sea Devils

I don't mind either way. I think it may be more fun to have the random.org system in place but if people want to choose their own college teams too then that's fine as well.

#15

Random IMO.

moneyman

I think it should only be random if there's competition for teams. Otherwise I don't see how it would be more fun supporting a random team than one you actually want to follow. It's more likely to be a success that way, too. But whatever the masses say I'll go with.

#15

moneyman wrote: »

I think it should only be random if there's competition for teams.

I want Kentucky.

moneyman

#15 wrote: »

I want Kentucky.

That's perfect, I like plenty of other teams. You take Kentucky and I'll take another team. Everyone's happy

peteb2

count me in!

D2D

Shur I might as well join

mikemac

Sign me up

I like watching but know very few teams or players

Eager to get stuck in and learn

Sea Devils

#15
slick89
moneyman
padraig f
Carcharodon
Paully D
cactus mac88
WHIP IT!
For Fork Sake
theboss80
peteb2
Dare-2 defy
mikemac
malachyscott
UCD AFC
Junior D


Thought I might as well update the list. We still have plenty of time before the season starts so there's no real rush to do anything yet but does everyone prefer the choosing your own team system ?

padraig_f

I liked the random idea, thought it would be an incentive to find out about a new team, and ensure a good spread of teams being followed (but then I have no particular allegiance to any team).

Maybe do a hybrid, randomly selected, but allow people to swap, or something like that.

theboss80

Well here's 3 of us already want Tar Heels so it should probably done randomly to be fair.

WHIP IT!

Yeah, random would be better craic - as padraig said, it gives ya a reason to get to know a team and follow it for the laugh.

peteb2

im for random!

GoldFour4

Count me on too

Random is best. Its worked well for us in the american football forum. Avoids any conflict. Also users should provide updates on their teams on a regular basis. A post with relevant backround info on the team should also be provided ( even though I'm yet to do this in the AM thread )

#15

I don't care who I get so random suits me. If people want to pick their own teams that's fine too. Maybe anyone who wants a specific team can take them (as long as there isn't a conflict) and the rest of us can take random teams?

UCD AFC

put me in please

Junior D

me too i suppose.... for the craic

Sea Devils

I definitely like the preview write up idea alright. People should definitely try a write up after an important game too like a paragraph etc. Would be interesting to read.

Sea Devils

Okay since it looks like the random system is fine for most people, thought I may as well do the draw now. Good luck everyone .

Peteb2 | Louisville| Cardinals
Junior D| Memphis | Tigers
cactus mac88| Texas| Longhorns
Paully D| Kansas | Jayhawks
#15| Sryacuse| Orangemen
UCD AFC | Baylor | Bears
Sea Devils | Butler| Bulldogs
Carcharodon | Connecticut | Huskies
slick89 | North Carolina | Tarheels
For Fork Sake | Kentucky | Wildcats
mikemac| Xavier| Musketeers
padraig f | Arizona | Wildcats
malachyscot| Duke | Blue Devils
moneyman| Ohio State | Buckeyes
theboss80| Pittsburgh | Panthers
WHIP IT! | Wisconsin | Badgers
Dare 2 defy | Florida | Gators