College Bball Thread

[Brass Cannon 24,803]

1 minute ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

Maryland beat Harvard

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Darn I was having a lot of fun with that till you brought reality into it

[Uspshoosier 45,686]

Maryland beat Harvard

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If Harvard gets healthy they will be tough to beat in the Ivy League. They need Seth Towns to get healthy. Nice showing against Maryland without him


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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,225]

If Harvard gets healthy they will be tough to beat in the Ivy League. They need Seth Towns to get healthy. Nice showing against Maryland without him


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I agree

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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,225]

Darn I was having a lot of fun with that till you brought reality into it

Sorry

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[mdn82 25,510]

Last 10 min of this game was a lot of fun


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Defense was optional, but both teams were hitting everything. But that last sequence was awesome!


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[GloryDays 5,920]

 Something tells me unranked Michigan will make a huge jump in the polls this week.Dykes said he thought they were the best in the Big and he may be right.

[mdn82 25,510]

 Something tells me unranked Michigan will make a huge jump in the polls this week.Dykes said he thought they were the best in the Big and he may be right.

I think right now I would take OSU, but I would not put up a big fight with UM being listed. I would put MSU at third right now. Not even sure they would currently be on that top tier. But come January it will be interesting to see where things shake out. I don’t know where others stand but it seems we have a tougher schedule. We only play Rutgers, Northwestern, and Iowa once. Because of that I wouldn’t list us in top 5.


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[monskisprodigy 1,923]

16 minutes ago, Woodson1980 said:

 Something tells me unranked Michigan will make a huge jump in the polls this week.Dykes said he thought they were the best in the Big and he may be right.

Would they have an argument for the #1 spot? Would have wins against Creighton, Iowa State, #6 UNC and #8 Gonzaga. What other team would have a better resume so far? 

Unranked to #1, Not sure that has ever happened, but from a pure resume perspective and eye test, they have  a case IMO.

[Uspshoosier 45,686]

Would they have an argument for the #1 spot? Would have wins against Creighton, Iowa State, #6 UNC and #8 Gonzaga. What other team would have a better resume so far? 
Unranked to #1, Not sure that has ever happened, but from a pure resume perspective and eye test, they have  a case IMO.

They play at Louisville on Tuesday. Crazy they will have played 3 top 10 teams in a row


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[GloryDays 5,920]

3 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

They play at Louisville on Tuesday. Crazy they will have played 3 top 10 teams in a row


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Can't wait for that game.

[mdn82 25,510]

There will be a couple of teams that separate themselves come March with their resume. But until then it’s fantastic not watching teams play Duke knowing they are going to lose. It seems every game I turn on right now goes til the end.


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[Uspshoosier 45,686]

Louisville has a sneaky game today on a neutral court with Western Kentucky. Bassey is NBA good


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[HoosierTrav 7,887]

Michigan looking really good. Crushing Gonzaga right now.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,674]

Michigan about to fly way up in the Polls.


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[DChoosier 8,447]

6 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Michigan about to fly way up in the Polls.


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They could go from unranked to being top 7-10. Hard to believe they were unranked but I guess they were because of new coach, lost top three scorers (although a very nice returning core) and picked to come in 6th or so in the BT.  Surprisingly looking as good as any BT team I’ve seen.

[Uspshoosier 45,686]

Very talented Michigan team. Only reason people overlooked them this year was because of the coaching change. I don’t blame people for doing it but they returned veteran players that have been use to winning. They would be my example of talent coming in many forms. Not one top 50 recruit. A senior (67) point guard surround by 3 and 4 star kids ranked over 100 that have developed over their time at Michigan. Beilein left Howard a ton of veteran talent


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[MikeRoberts 7,011]

As others have said, all I can say is if Michigan isn’t #1 by Monday then I don’t understand


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[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,674]

As others have said, all I can say is if Michigan isn’t #1 by Monday then I don’t understand


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I’ll definitely have to think about putting them top 5. If they passed UofL for #1... that’d make a very interesting game come Tuesday.


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[MikeRoberts 7,011]

I’ll definitely have to think about putting them top 5. If they passed UofL for #1... that’d make a very interesting game come Tuesday.


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What is there to think about? They are undefeated and played one of the toughest schedules in America, kicking the crap out of two top ten teams.

Who else has done that?


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[DChoosier 8,447]

9 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Very talented Michigan team. Only reason people overlooked them this year was because of the coaching change. I don’t blame people for doing it but they returned veteran players that have been use to winning. They would be my example of talent coming in many forms. Not one top 50 recruit. A senior (67) point guard surround by 3 and 4 star kids ranked over 100 that have developed over their time at Michigan. Beilein left Howard a ton of veteran talent


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I think the coaching change, not knowing how his system would work (I read a lot of comments from their players about learning new terms, more focus on going to the post, faster transition offense, etc.) and also losing their top three (over 60% of points) scorers were the big unknowns that led to the low ratings. That being said, as you mention what was left are some very talented players that have been in a winning culture.
They are going to contend for the conference.