College Bball Thread

[Alford Bailey 12,781]

IF PU holds on ahead of us in the league :(

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,722]

IF PU holds on ahead of us in the league :(

yep :(

But we should be happy about our success, remember?

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,722]

Anyone notice how seamless and easy PU inbounded the ball in a very critical time?

[Alford Bailey 12,781]

yep :(

But we should be happy about our success, remember?

Thats right. We only lost by 14 last night. the line was 15 :)

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,722]

Thats right. We only lost by 14 last night. the line was 15 :)

:)

[Alford Bailey 12,781]

Boilers win but have a tough road ahead including Btown. I think we finish ahead of them.

[biteoftheapple 4,115]

Hammons with a big hustle play. Thats a WTF moment.

[TheWatShot 14,801]

Purdue is in second place. What is wrong with this world. 

[Scooter D 928]

The Big 10 standing are sickening. 

[HoosierAloha 30,092]

Will Purdue make the NCAA tournament? I think so. Looks like they've finally turned the corner. 

 

They still have 5 B1G road games @MSU, @OSU, and @IU will be tough.  It'll be interesting to see how they play against Minny pressuring them and bigs that should be able to guard their bigs.  They're playing well right now but they have a ton of work to do. 

[AKHoosier 7,300]

Purdue's playing well but their schedule is kind of the opposite of ours.  Easier to start, ends pretty tough.  They'll level out and finish in the 5-8 range, squarely on the bubble.  I think they miss the tournament because of those early season losses.

[Alford Bailey 12,781]

Glad we don't go to Penn St. Chambers has them pretty competitive.

[HoosierAloha 30,092]

Graham scores the first 7, second half points for UMD and Turgeon yanks him.  He also made a few hustle plays.

[HoosierAloha 30,092]

MD has really struggled since their trip to Btown.

 

- Btown beatdown

- Lucky to beat NW at home

- Beatdown by the Buckeye$

- Struggling at home against PSU

[KingPG21 6,587]

Do you are care to elaborate?

It isn't accurate. There are examples of teams that suck defensively, any team coached by Mike D'Antoni, really the Cavs aren't all that good defensively outside of of LBJ now that Varejo is out. But defense wins out at a higher rate in the NBA . Also, it is worth noting that there are certain big rules in the NBA that strongly encourage defense, the verticality rule, and defensive three second call. Whereas neither of these exist, or in the case of verticality are apparent. Also, the talent difference between the offensive talent in the NBA and NCAA is pretty extreme. You aren't really comparing similar levels. The players in the NBA are the best in the world at what they do, there are so many college players that will never sniff the NBA.

For examples of defense being big in the NBA look at teams like the Pacers, Heat, Bulls, Grizzlies, and Spurs in recent years as examples of teams that pride themselves on defense that have dominated the league

[Uspshoosier 49,752]

Georgetown loses couldn't inbounds a pass with 10 secs to go and end up losing at home

[CR3AMnCR1MS0N 1,867]

If Purdue beats OSU tonight, they could come into Bloomington on a 7 game winning streak. Their next three games are Nebraska, Minnesota and Rutgers.

Or they could be Purdue and lose all three, then we beat them 86-50

[CR3AMnCR1MS0N 1,867]

They still have 5 B1G road games @MSU, @OSU, and @IU will be tough. It'll be interesting to see how they play against Minny pressuring them and bigs that should be able to guard their bigs. They're playing well right now but they have a ton of work to do.

We won four straight with two home wins over ranked teams, then lost 3 out of 4 with the three losses being road games. Purdue faces the same sort of stretch now. We'll see if they're really that great.

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,722]

Michigan crushed today at Home vs Iowa. We better take care of business. Honestly, should be an easy one.

[WayneFleekHoosier 49,722]

It's coming........................................

@AdamZagoria: The NIT says it will experiment with a 30-second shot clock and a 4-foot restricted area in its postseason tourney.