2026 NCAA Tournament

[Pagoda]

I'd love for Matt to leave, but I think the chance is more or less zero. 

There are about 25 coaches you can place a bet on to take the UNC job, including insane long shots, and Matt isn't even on the board.

He's comfortable in his little world at Purdue and it works for his style of recruiting and coaching.  I'm not sure he'd do much better with the high dollar players given how he likes to run things.  The "star" guys have given him some issues in the past.

My hope is PU has peaked and realistically a best case is they're generally ranked #12-25 going forward and not really in the mix for big prizes.  Matt is a very good coach that has had things working very well for over a decade and I doubt they fade from the top-25 anytime soon.

[Home Jersey]

[go iu bb]

12 hours ago, BtownStrength said:

Most unlikeable Boiler of recent memory 

I've disliked him ever since his recruitment ended. Just the way he went about the whole thing. I'm glad he's out of eligibility, he won't be missed.

[LamarCheeks]

32 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I've disliked him ever since his recruitment ended. Just the way he went about the whole thing. I'm glad he's out of eligibility, he won't be missed.

What exactly happened with TKR's recruitment? That was five years ago -- and I can barely remember what I did yesterday. I might be misremembering, but didn't we think we had him? Again -- maybe I'm thinking about someone else, but I seem to recall many on this site thought he was headed our way. But as his commitment day got closer, the optimism shifted, and so did he -- to the Toiletmakers. 

[TheWatShot]

9 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

What exactly happened with TKR's recruitment? That was five years ago -- and I can barely remember what I did yesterday. I might be misremembering, but didn't we think we had him? Again -- maybe I'm thinking about someone else, but I seem to recall many on this site thought he was headed our way. But as his commitment day got closer, the optimism shifted, and so did he -- to the Toiletmakers. 

His announcement date was the same day as Archie Miller's birthday, which, given that we'd already endured 3 years of Archie Miller failures, gave us a glimmer of hope. That hope was dashed when Kaufman-Renn went to his high school's radio station to pre-record his announcement the night before, and the student running the station accidentally played it on live air later that evening. 

[TheWatShot]

Duke's men's and women's teams are playing Elite 8 games back to back today. Dreaming of the day we'd get to see something like that here. 

[JF87]

2 hours ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Odds on Hurley getting tossed tonight? What's the over/under?

I'm going with the under.  No way that he gets tossed in this big of a game.  

[Home Jersey]

1 minute ago, JF87 said:

I'm going with the under.  No way that he gets tossed in this big of a game.  

Agree, tend to think he will be on his best behavior tonight, but totally possible he gets an early T trying to spark something for his team and/or sees they're going to lose in the final minutes and decides to go out with a bang. Lol 

[OliviaPope40]

14 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Duke's men's and women's teams are playing Elite 8 games back to back today. Dreaming of the day we'd get to see something like that here. 

The women's team won on a buzzer beater against LSU. 

[Alford Bailey]

Crazy that Purdue was a preseason #1. Obviously not near that level. Then get a 2 seed after finishing 6th in conference with 7 losses. Way overrated the whole season.

[LIHoosier]

9 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

The women's team won on a buzzer beater against LSU. 

LSU lost (copyright USPS)

[Muskie plays the four]

39 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

His announcement date was the same day as Archie Miller's birthday, which, given that we'd already endured 3 years of Archie Miller failures, gave us a glimmer of hope. That hope was dashed when Kaufman-Renn went to his high school's radio station to pre-record his announcement the night before, and the student running the station accidentally played it on live air later that evening. 

Pretty sure some guys on the  high school boards. Had him at Purdue the whole time  Because  of what courses he wanted to take. IU didn't have them or something like that. 

[RoadRage]

4 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Crazy that Purdue was a preseason #1. Obviously not near that level. Then get a 2 seed after finishing 6th in conference with 7 losses. Way overrated the whole season.

I don't see Purdue as a national champion threat any time soon....this was their best chance and didn't quite have enough talent.

[TheWatShot]

5 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Crazy that Purdue was a preseason #1. Obviously not near that level. Then get a 2 seed after finishing 6th in conference with 7 losses. Way overrated the whole season.

I'm convinced Matt Painter has a few buddies on the selection committee. They've gotten terrific draws the last couple years. 

 

I recently went back over some old tournament games and came across Purdue-Wisconsin in the Elite 8 in 2000. Wisconsin finished 6th in the Big Ten that year and was an 8 seed. Purdue finished 6th in the Big Ten this year and was a 2 seed. 

[go iu bb]

 

48 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

His announcement date was the same day as Archie Miller's birthday, which, given that we'd already endured 3 years of Archie Miller failures, gave us a glimmer of hope. That hope was dashed when Kaufman-Renn went to his high school's radio station to pre-record his announcement the night before, and the student running the station accidentally played it on live air later that evening. 

I forgot about that part of it being Miller's birthday.

I'll add that after it was released he claimed it was fake and started throwing accusations around. His reaction is what really made me dislike him.

[BA47591]

The big 3 were defensively lacking at there position. You have to have Smith on the floor which means you can't really have Loyer out there too defensively. Not past the first weekend.  

[Alford Bailey]

12 minutes ago, BA47591 said:

The big 3 were defensively lacking at there position. You have to have Smith on the floor which means you can't really have Loyer out there too defensively. Not past the first weekend.  

It was a matter of when not if Loyer and Smith crap the bed. Cluff was their best player yesterday lol!

[eddy4iu]

3 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

It was a matter of when not if Loyer and Smith crap the bed. Cliff was their best player yesterday lol!

Yep - Cluff was their most effective weapon and got away with the same stuff TKR gets away with.  Just goes to show that even a caveman can do it. 

[RoadRage]

Early indications...refs don't like Dusty!

[fwgreenway]

Tennessee in beast mode on the OFB