RaceToTheTop

So IU puts up 43 shots and Illinois puts up 40, but the Illini get 24 free throws and IU 12? Okay.

Missed foul call against Durham......would have gotten three free throws. Instead Illinois gets possession. Time out granted to Illinois without possession. Another gained possession. BT refs are embarassing.

**** BIG TEN REFS

So I guess possession isn't required to get a timeout?

So I guess possession isn't required to get a timeout?

Win IMO.

Tired of Big Ten reffing BS. If you are on the ball ref, you have ONE.*******.JOB.

He'll be there next year.

BTW, should have been a jump ball there.

STOP.HEDGING.ON.COCKBURN.

We are playing 22 seconds of good defense.

Our defenders are going to have to stop the drives. You can live with the two threes they made from guys who don't normally shoot well. Can't let them blow by on offense, especially with the hedges too high. What I would give for this team being able to play a good zone. Would resolve a lot of issues considering that three point shooting is down in the NCAA.

Nothing will change. They'll keep their tip offs exactly two hours apart regardless of what games are being played.

And it's pretty easily fixed with ONE change.

I don't know what to say right now. I mean, I don't know what to say because I haven't seen a damn thing. **** BTN and **** foxsports.com.

Thanks. Still majorly annoying. Also loaded up IU/Illinois and they still have it on Iowa/Rutgers women's game even though it says IU/Illinois....and it's five minutes behind there.

The BTN use to have alternate channels on DirectV and would show and they would show multiple games. Somehow my tv bill hasn't gone down even though they got rid of them and cram games two hours apart now. ....and Rutgers runs no offense and chucks one up. ******* OT.

Jesus. Score here Rutgers.

For all that is holy, don't let the Iowa/Rutgers women's game go overtime.

I feel dirty rooting for Houston. The Xavier/Georgetown one is interesting because Xavier is currently at a 10 seed in the bracketmatrix while Georgetown is in only 1 of 103 brackets. A Xavier win should put them in the safely in category and basically eliminate Georgetown. A loss by Xavier probably drops them down to a worse 10 or high 11 and keeps Georgetown alive but still not in.

In you play 13 games against top 35 NETtish teams — 5 at home and 8 on the road — and win 5, you are a tournament team.

The problem is that most of us tend to try to think about selection using our own measures while USPS is approaching it from what the NCAA thinks. There is a reason that before yesterday UCLA wasn’t in anyone’s bracket despite leading the PAC 12.

Take a look at the last four in and last four out and see if you think their resumes are better than IU. Clemson is 15-13 with a ton of losses to similar 15-13 type of teams (and a loss to Yale).....Clemson is not seriously anywhere near the bubble. Texas has 11 losses and is .500 in a Big 12 conference that really only has two upper tier teams this year. Texas Tech is safely in right now and moving back.

While that may have predictive power, it doesn't have reflective power. Isn't it ultimately about winning and losing?

Two semesters is very doable. A lot of the seniors at the school I teach at do two classes in the summer.