College Bball Thread

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

Maryland is 2-5 in the B1G with their 2 wins @wisky and @illinois. Lol. This league is drunk.   Good luck to anyone figuring out what’s going to happen game to game 

Big Ten losses at home to Iowa, Michigan, and Rutgers (when they were playing much better) and losses on the road to IU and purdoodoo. Those wins on the road to two of the best three Big Ten teams just don’t make sense.


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[RaceToTheTop 31,475]

7 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

Big Ten losses at home to Iowa, Michigan, and Rutgers (when they were playing much better) and losses on the road to IU and purdoodoo. Those wins on the road to two of the best three Big Ten teams just don’t make sense.


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Road wins are easy this year without fans.

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

Road wins are easy this year without fans.

They have the two best road wins in conference and zero other conference wins. WTH


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[Brass Cannon 25,531]

6 hours ago, brumdog45 said:

Road wins are easy this year without fans.

As of a few days ago Road wins were less common than last season. Don’t seem too easy. 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,703]

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[WayneFleekHoosier 51,671]

36 minutes ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

 

 

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Huggins quote on that was interesting.  

[ebridges24 2,738]

12 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Huggins quote on that was interesting.  

what was the quote?

[HoosierAloha 30,102]

what was the quote?

I believe it was something to the tune of “no” when asked if he’d take him back after Oscar took care of his personal matters.


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[Uspshoosier 54,601]

54 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

what was the quote?

Don’t want to speak for Wayne but probably the quote where he said Oscar had people in his ear to transfer from West Virginia 

[Brass Cannon 25,531]

15 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Don’t want to speak for Wayne but probably the quote where he said Oscar had people in his ear to transfer from West Virginia 

People in ear or $$$ in his bank account?

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 9,314]

UConn hits the Top 25 at 25th for the time since they were ranked #18 in the 2016-2017 Preseason poll. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 9,314]

Indiana was last in the Top 25 in the January 14th 2019 AP Poll... We have hit the two year mark. 

Edit: It is the 2nd longest streak for not appearing in the AP Poll for Big Ten Teams. Only behind Nebraska who last appeared in the December 31st 2018 poll. Just two weeks before Indiana was last seen. 

[TheWatShot 15,573]

4 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Indiana was last in the Top 25 in the January 14th 2019 AP Poll... We have hit the two year mark. 

bUT rANkInGS aRe POinTLesS! 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 9,314]

Just now, TheWatShot said:

bUT rANkInGS aRe POinTLesS! 

I've never understood that thinking. It means something. Recruits see it. Fans see it. Opposing fans see it. It's recognition from the people who will be covering you. Perception is important. 

[ebridges24 2,738]

3 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Don’t want to speak for Wayne but probably the quote where he said Oscar had people in his ear to transfer from West Virginia 

I wondered if it was something like that. Think we're gonna see a lot more of this with the new transfer rules. Especially from slime like Calimari.

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,703]

Uh oh. It looks like IU might be postponing some games

https://www.wcia.com/sports/breaking-illinois-vs-nebraska-postponed/

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[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,220]

Big Ten basketball tournament still up in the air

Kevin Brockway - CNHI Sports Indiana

For now, the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament is scheduled for March 10-14 at the United Center in Chicago.

But when asked about the status of the tournament in a Big Ten Network interview Sunday, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren was non-committal.

“We’re in the process of making decisions,” Warren said. “We want to make sure that, one, we keep our student-athletes healthy and safe and do all the right things but also afford them the opportunity to play, to win and to get ready for the NCAA Tournament. So we’ll be working through those issues.”

At issue is a 2021 NCAA Tournament health-and-safety protocol requiring all Tier 1 participants (student-athletes, coaches and essential staff) to record seven straight days of negative COVID-19 tests before entering a controlled environment at hotels in Indianapolis. That could put the status of the Big Ten men’s basketball tournaments and other tournaments that take place the week leading up to the NCAA Tournament in jeopardy. Schools may not want to risk putting their teams in a position to have a team-wide outbreak the week leading up to March Madness.

Last year, the Big Ten tournament played just two games in Indianapolis before the rest of the event was canceled due to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Minnesota beat Northwestern, and Indiana beat Nebraska on Wednesday night.

The relevance of conference tournaments has been debated in recent years. The NCAA Tournament rewards automatic bids for winners of conference tournaments, but sometimes, those tournament champions can serve as bid stealers if an unexpected team gets hot and pulls off an upset. Some in college basketball circles have advocated for those bids to be awarded to conference regular-season champions to reward a full body of work.

The flip side is the drama conference tournaments can create if a team gets on a roll or giving teams on the bubble a chance for a last statement win to boost their tournament resume.

Conference tournaments have always been money-makers for the Power Five, but with limited or no attendance likely due to the pandemic, the chance to produce significant revenue dramatically decreases.

Warren will likely weigh those factors when a decision is made, which could come by the end of the month.

[Brass Cannon 25,531]

So angry we didn’t create a big ten bubble 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 9,314]

12 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

So angry we didn’t create a big ten bubble 

Literally everything he does seems to be some stupid political move. Good awful commissioner. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 51,671]

what was the quote?

“Outside influences. 100% outside influences. It’s the world we live in, it’s better to steal than to work and earn things. It’s take the easy way out. I think there were people involved who saw where they could benefit, maybe profit, and work very diligently to get him out.”

Wowsa.


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