B10 Tournament (Bracket and general chat + poll)

[IUc2016 6,892]

Well, Michigan fans are quite confident they will be playing Illinois. I am sure their players are as well.

Let's ruin their party and show we aren't a doormat.

[Southside 1,914]

Picked PU, and lose to IL.

[Hoosierfan1901 5,790]

Nebraska will win it

[Chris007 41,870]

I have always thought we were a morning team, so the 11:30 start should do us good. :-)

[Southside 1,914]

8 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

Nebraska will win it

Lucky #13?

[Hoosierfan1901 5,790]

2 minutes ago, Southside said:

Lucky #13?

Yes, betting my live savings on it

[Class of '66 Old Fart 80,872]

8 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I have always thought we were a morning mourning team, so the 11:30 start should do us good. :-)

FIFY

[Southside 1,914]

2 minutes ago, Hooserfan1901 said:

Yes, betting my live savings on it

This year is a strange season for the B10 IMO. 

Not sure I'd bet on any team. I could see half the B10 winning it. IL, PU, Wiscy, Iowa, OSU, and either of the teams from Michigan. 

In short, any of the top 8 winning would not shock me. Rutgers probably would be the closest to surprising me. 

[HoosierAloha 29,880]

7 minutes ago, Southside said:

This year is a strange season for the B10 IMO. 

Not sure I'd bet on any team. I could see half the B10 winning it. IL, PU, Wiscy, Iowa, OSU, and either of the teams from Michigan. 

In short, any of the top 8 winning would not shock me. Rutgers probably would be the closest to surprising me. 

They have shot creators and makers. In a grind it out Big 1.o tourney game, they might be able to win in a low scoring defensive slug fest that several of these games will turn out to be. I believe they split with Iowa, Ill, and Michigan (?) this season.

[Trish 11,382]

Looks like I could be at the game this Thursday. Would be my first B1G tourney. 

[Southside 1,914]

5 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

They have shot creators and makers. In a grind it out Big 1.o tourney game, they might be able to win in a low scoring defensive slug fest that several of these games will turn out to be. I believe they split with Iowa, Ill, and Michigan (?) this season.

If you're talking about Rutgers, yup, agree. They have some very nice wins, but also some bad losses. Strange team and year for them. 

[Hovadipo 52,835]

It's like this about every year, but this is just a brutal conference tournament. No one really has a clear "easy" path unless Johnny Davis' ankle sprain lingers, then I could see Purdue getting into Sunday without a ton of trouble.

[Southside 1,914]

2 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

It's like this about every year, but this is just a brutal conference tournament. No one really has a clear "easy" path unless Johnny Davis' ankle sprain lingers, then I could see Purdue getting into Sunday without a ton of trouble.

Yup. I picked PU simply because of the semi-home-court advantage. 

My dark horse is Michigan though. Interesting season for them too. 

Anyone could get hot and grind it out with a little luck. 

[Hovadipo 52,835]

Just now, Southside said:

Yup. I picked PU simply because of the semi-home-court advantage. 

My dark horse is Michigan though. Interesting season for them too. 

Anyone could get hot and grind it out with a little luck. 

They could rally around Juwan coming back and get really hot, plus they matchup really well with Illinois imo. I am not looking forward to Thursday lol.

[Southside 1,914]

3 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

They could rally around Juwan coming back and get really hot, plus they matchup really well with Illinois imo. I am not looking forward to Thursday lol.

Agreed. They've been Jekyll and Hyde but when they are on, they are on. Difficult start of the year for them, but wouldn't be surprised at all if things started clicking for them, especially with JH's return.  

[Hovadipo 52,835]

20 minutes ago, Trish said:

Looks like I could be at the game this Thursday. Would be my first B1G tourney. 

I've been to a few and other than IU blowing it in all of them, it's a great time. Highly recommend picking up tickets for the other session and spending the whole day there.

[southsidehoosier 4,793]

45 minutes ago, Chris007 said:

I have always thought we were a morning team, so the 11:30 start should do us good. :-)

Morning Wood…..son

[coonhounds 8,690]

Yup. I picked PU simply because of the semi-home-court advantage. 

My dark horse is Michigan though. Interesting season for them too. 

Anyone could get hot and grind it out with a little luck. 

Plus michigan got a equivalent forfeit in their first game so that helps

 

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[Chris007 41,870]

Michigan hit 11 threes against us the first game with Dickenson hitting 3 of those. They average 5 a game for the season, he averages less than 1. Keep those in check we can win. Also if they shorten the game to like 38 minutes we are easily the champs. 

[ray 1,559]

Indiana loses the first round game to Michigan by a score of 87-86 in triple overtime with a half-court heave at the end of regulation by Ian Burns and Indiana’s March Madness hopes vanish.

Purdue wins the B10 tournament and is granted a #1 seed. They then lose to UMBC in the first-round with a UMBC-like thumping comparable to the one against Virginia in 2018. Some Indiana fans try to find solace in this to get them through the long offseason, while others throw their hands up with a loss of hope that Woody will ever get Indiana back to prominence. 

I chug a six-pack of 450 Nugs and try to remember the long-lost days of believing Indiana is the team to beat on any given night.