College Bball Thread

[Stuhoo]

26 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Ex-Northwestern player Johnnie Vasser viles an anti-trust lawsuit against the school.  Lots of allegations some you probably need to take with a grain of salt as is the case with most lawsuits of this nature.  

http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2016/11/15/johnnie-vasser-files-antitrust-lawsuit-against-northwestern-ncaa-over-transfer-rules/

 

Chris Collins regularly told Vassar he "sucked at basketball" in hopes that it would motivate the kid to transfer.

He's got nothing on this guy!

 

 

[VO5]

1 hour ago, biteoftheapple said:

One thing, is he is not in the NBA.

I didn't say he was?

[biteoftheapple]

I didn't say he was?

Then why use what you think he will be as a comparative tool?

[HoosierAloha]

Am I the only one who just isn't that impressed with Haas? I think Purdue has a good team don't get me wrong, but Haas has the benefit of just being bigger than everyone else. He doesn't have any moves down low except turn one way and throw up a shot off the glass or he just lays it in. That makes him a good college player by default, but in the NBA he'll be eaten alive by all the athletic 5s

These are my thoughts as well. He's huge! That allows him to get good position and finish around the rim. However, against a player with good size and skill he's outmatched. Can he even think about defending Bryant? Nope, I can see quick early fouls at AH when Bryant catches at the arc and Haas is in big man defensive purgatory. On the other end as long as Bryant can keep him from catching in the lane hell struggle to score. For smaller teams running a second defender at him throws him off as he's not quick enough, decision making or physically, to get the ball out. Hell really struggle with all the athletes at the next level.

[Crimson and Cream]

2 hours ago, VO5 said:

Am I the only one who just isn't that impressed with Haas? I think Purdue has a good team don't get me wrong, but Haas has the benefit of just being bigger than everyone else. He doesn't have any moves down low except turn one way and throw up a shot off the glass or he just lays it in. That makes him a good college player by default, but in the NBA he'll be eaten alive by all the athletic 5s

Agreed. He's not that good, he's just big. He'll struggle against teams that have actual centers, plus he's a major liability when taken away from the basket. 

[Crimson and Cream]

44 minutes ago, biteoftheapple said:

Then why use what you think he will be as a comparative tool?

Someone else mentioned that he has NBA potential

[Crimson and Cream]

Who does Purdue play in the B1G/ACC Challenge?

[Stuhoo]

8 minutes ago, Crimson and Cream said:

Agreed. He's not that good, he's just big. He'll struggle against teams that have actual centers, plus he's a major liability when taken away from the basket. 

I'm not sure I agree that he's not that good. Limited? Yes. But he's very, very good at certain things.  He has learned to push hard for interior position, and when he does, it's a foul or a basket almost every time. That can be very effective against good teams with smaller or inexperienced bigs. He drove Nova nuts in the second half last night. MSU and UM don't have an answer for him either. We are lucky; TB and DD both have better bulk to deal with him that almost any other team.

Nothing would make me happier than to see Ivan Drago body slam UK's freshman bigs in an NCAA tourney game.

 

[Crimson and Cream]

27 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

I'm not sure I agree that he's not that good. Limited? Yes. But he's very, very good at certain things.  He has learned to push hard for interior position, and when he does, it's a foul or a basket almost every time. That can be very effective against good teams with smaller or inexperienced bigs. He drove Nova nuts in the second half last night. MSU and UM don't have an answer for him either. We are lucky; TB and DD both have better bulk to deal with him that almost any other team.

Nothing would make me happier than to see Ivan Drago body slam UK's freshman bigs in an NCAA tourney game.

 

That's a fair assessment

[HoosierAloha]

52 minutes ago, Crimson and Cream said:

Who does Purdue play in the B1G/ACC Challenge?

They play Louisville.  It's their only other chance in the noncon to have a signature win.  After that they have some decent opponents in Notre Dame, Arizona State, and possibly Texas Tech. I believe they have a better "middle" of their noncon schedule but lack the number of top end opponents that IU has. 

Top noncon opponents

IU - KU    pu - Nova

IU - UL    pu - UL

IU - UNC  pu - ND

IU - Butler  pu - Arizona State

[Josh]

Nothing would make me happier than to see Ivan Drago body slam UK's freshman bigs in an NCAA tourney game

You and I have different visions of happiness. Nothing would make me happier than to see both teams miss the tournament.

[OliviaPope40]

Ugh I'm waiting on this Kansas game it needs to come now I can't focus at work.


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[Baltimore Hoosier]

Anyone following former Hoosiers? Couple of them are having a nice start to the season.

Devin Davis - 19pts 12reb in 25 minutes for Houston

Hanner Perrea - 2 games in, avg 8.5pts 5.5reb for East Tennessee State

Stan Robinson - 2 games in, avg 9pts, 2reb, 2ast for Rhode Island

Luke Fischer - 2 games in, avg 12pts, 5.5reb for Marquette

Jeremy Hollowell - 2 games in, avg 21.5pts, 5reb, 2.5ast for Georgia State

[HoosierAloha]

19 minutes ago, Baltimore Hoosier said:

Anyone following former Hoosiers? Couple of them are having a nice start to the season.

Devin Davis - 19pts 12reb in 25 minutes for Houston

Hanner Perrea - 2 games in, avg 8.5pts 5.5reb for East Tennessee State

Stan Robinson - 2 games in, avg 9pts, 2reb, 2ast for Rhode Island

Luke Fischer - 2 games in, avg 12pts, 5.5reb for Marquette

Jeremy Hollowell - 2 games in, avg 21.5pts, 5reb, 2.5ast for Georgia State

Emmit Holt - 22 pts 5 reb 3blk for Providence

[Str8Hoosiers]

16 hours ago, hsrtxp said:

Yeah same thing happened to me. My 10 yo asked me who we were cheering for and I initially said I wasn't sure. Just couldn't bring myself to cheer for purdont. So we cheered for vanilla as he likes to call them.


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HAHA my 7 year looked at the screen last night and said "Go Vanilla".... I was laughing so hard i could barely correct him so we just cheered for Vanilla the rest of the game.

[Str8Hoosiers]

On 8/17/2016 at 9:18 AM, Str8Hoosiers said:

Just purchased tickets for the UofL game... so pumped... Can't wait to spend New Years Eve rooting on our Hoosiers 

I know multiple people mentioned in this thread that they had purchased their tickets for the UofL game on NYE.

Has anybody received their tickets or any info about them?

We haven't recevied ours (purchased from the UofL allotment) but heard from some people who purchased from the IU allotment that they are being given refunds because they purchased lower bowl tickets and no lower bowl seats are available. Apparently UofL got more of the allotment because they put them on sale first or something?

[Stuhoo]

6 minutes ago, Str8Hoosiers said:

I know multiple people mentioned in this thread that they had purchased their tickets for the UofL game on NYE.

Has anybody received their tickets or any info about them?

We haven't recevied ours (purchased from the UofL allotment) but heard from some people who purchased from the IU allotment that they are being given refunds because they purchased lower bowl tickets and no lower bowl seats are available. Apparently UofL got more of the allotment because they put them on sale first or something?

 

That's exactly what happened to me with the IU lower bowl request. Was able to cancel, and I have my upper level tix from the UL allotment as a confirmed purchase.

Have not received the UL tix yet.

[biteoftheapple]

Bama is up 2 on Dayton. Its been close throughout. Bama probably most lead time.

[HoosierAloha]

Bama is up 2 on Dayton. Its been close throughout. Bama probably most lead time.

Bama won't be confused with a good team but they're hanging tough. Dayton will have a decent team.

That was s goaltend..

I love college basketball!

[HoosierAloha]

Looking forward to the Oregon vs Baylor game. Excited to see Oregon in action this season.