College Bball Thread

[Alford Bailey 12,779]

Purdue shot 55% at the line. Difference in the game

[RaceToTheTop 27,950]

36 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

Purdue shot 55% at the line. Difference in the game

Ivey was 3 of 9

[str8baller 6,261]

6 hours ago, brumdog45 said:

It’s hard to say a 24-6 team has underperformed, but Purdue sure has.

And got swept by Wisconsin. Hell, we did too, but I could make the case IU should’ve won one or both games moreso than Purdue. 

[Hoosier Guy 7,856]

Purdue failed to win even a share of the B1G championship. Yes that’s a massive failure

[AKHoosier 7,294]

2 hours ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Purdue failed to win even a share of the B1G championship. Yes that’s a massive failure

Can't they still get a share if they beat us and Wisconsin loses their last game? 

[IUc2016 7,121]

4 minutes ago, AKHoosier said:

Can't they still get a share if they beat us and Wisconsin loses their last game? 

nope. They have 6 losses in conference with 1 to play. Wisconsin has 4 losses in conference with 1 to play.

Illinois has a chance at a share if Wisconsin loses, but not Purdue

[NOLA Hoosier 1,267]

Louisville got beat by a school that hasn’t beaten them since 1991 and they only scored 43 points, the lowest in any game since 1981. I knew it would be bad after Mack, but wow it’s just imploded.

[NOLA Hoosier 1,267]

Also, fantastic article today:

https://www.si.com/.amp/college/2022/03/02/dean-smith-bob-knight-basketball-bromance-daily-cover

[Rico 3,382]

24 minutes ago, NOLA Hoosier said:

Louisville got beat by a school that hasn’t beaten them since 1991 and they only scored 43 points, the lowest in any game since 1981. I knew it would be bad after Mack, but wow it’s just imploded.

A season to forget for sure.

[IUc2016 7,121]

 

[Stuhoo 84,770]

4 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

 

 

Of course he's a great on-court coach. Great coaching wins against mid/small conference talent. At Maryland he'll be up against top tier coaches, top tier recruiters, and top tier player talent. He'd also be 70 before next season starts. And he's a dirtbag. 

If true, this is a serious roll of the dice.

 

[Demo 21,461]

12 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

 

Well, if there’s a guy with no compunction to jump into the DMV swamp, it’s that guy. But, sorry, no, that’s nuts.

[Hoosier Guy 7,856]

3 hours ago, AKHoosier said:

Can't they still get a share if they beat us and Wisconsin loses their last game? 

What 2016 said. Hopefully that’ll let out some of the air in Purdue’s balloon. Yes they still want to beat IU of course. However, Purdue would be lying if they said they didn’t expect to be playing for a B1G championship this Saturday

[Stuhoo 84,770]

17 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

What 2016 said. Hopefully that’ll let out some of the air in Purdue’s balloon. Yes they still want to beat IU of course. However, Purdue would be lying if they said they didn’t expect to be playing for a B1G championship this Saturday

 

No question that them not playing for the B1G title against us has got to be a little deflating. It doesn't make Ivey slower or Edey shorter, but it is still helpful.

 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 9,014]

42 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Of course he's a great on-court coach. Great coaching wins against mid/small conference talent. At Maryland he'll be up against top tier coaches, top tier recruiters, and top tier player talent. He'd also be 70 before next season starts. And he's a dirtbag. 

If true, this is a serious roll of the dice.

 

Right... He's never succeeded against top talent and top coaching before. 

[Hoosier Guy 7,856]

7 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

No question that them not playing for the B1G title against us has got to be a little deflating. It doesn't make Ivey slower or Edey shorter, but it is still helpful.

 

Helpful is all we can ask when playing at Mackey

[Stuhoo 84,770]

4 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Right... He's never succeeded against top talent and top coaching before. 

 

Of course he has succeeded before, snarky sandwich!

But every coach has a shelf life and every situation is different. I did not say he destined to fail; I said he's a great coach who is also a complete dirtbag and likely well past, or soon to be past his prime. And that makes hiring him at a P5 program a major roll of the dice.

 

[TheWatShot 14,781]

I was a little surprised when I saw Purdue was favored by 3 points last night. I found a link that shows the closing lines for all of their games this year. They've been favored in all but 2 games: UNC back in November and at Illinois.

https://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/teams/purdue/

 

I have no idea why they were such a heavy underdog to UNC, but it was before Thanksgiving. 

 

(Edit: They actually were favored against UNC. Must have been a typo where I looked.)

[Uspshoosier 49,456]

Radford/NC A&T tied with 8 sec to go 

[Uspshoosier 49,456]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

Radford/NC A&T tied with 8 sec to go 

OT in the Big South