College Bball Thread

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Barnhizer looks like he was halfway through a haircut then realized he had a game to get to and bolted. 

Reading this as I took a drink, I spit out and laughed out loud

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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Smith was 1-7 FG; 3r; 4a; 2s; 3t       Smith was 7-8 FT                      Loyer 1-6 FG; 3r; 1a; 0s; 2t   Loyer did not attempt a FT

If our team is starting to get the least bit over confident, this game should be a hard slap to the face.

[IUFAN1976]

36 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

I'm sure you already know, but for the autistic Purdoo fans, it's ALWAYS the officials fault. 

ETA: about 75% of Hammer and Rails game thread looks like this: 

 

That’s typical Turdue fans, have excuses but the actual reason why they lost!  It’s always someone else’s fault!

[HoosierHoopster]

So PU has @MD and us

NW has a gauntlet left, us, @MD, @Illini , @ Rutger 

if we can win @NW, and that will be a battle, we may win the conf with a W a PU, at least that’s a possibility—

starting to feel like the year with Vic, Cody winning the conf @MIch 

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Win out and someone else takes down Purdue we win B1G. Will be hard to do, but that is what I'm hoping for

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[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Purdue fans might go to literal war over the officiating lol. 

[IUFAN1976]

46 minutes ago, hoosierbgh said:

IMO, Purdue has no right to complain in any game where Edey is still playing at the end. He's good for 5+ offensive/rebounding fouls a game, few of which are called. 

I 100% agree!  He’s pushes way too much, goes over the back, and fouls while guarding 1 on 1

[Stuhoo]

Okay—here’s my favorite Purdue board thread:

Apparently there’s a discussion as to whether Audige’s go ahead three should have been a technical foul. On Audige.

Ya just cannot fix stupid at this level.

https://purdue.forums.rivals.com/threads/audiges-go-ahead-3.240125/

[Uspshoosier]

https://www.ktsm.com/news/false-imprisonment-sexual-contact-among-hazing-allegations-against-new-mexico-state-mens-basketball-players/

[RaceToTheTop]

One game separates second and ninth place in the Big Ten.  That's just nuts.

[HoosierAloha]

Imagine if we hadn't laid turds all over Carver-Hawkeye and Assembly Hall against Northwestern...

We are better than Northwestern. We were going through the motions for ~38 minutes in the first matchup while they attacked with straight line drives and we tossed the ball all over the gym. I hope we show up for revenge this go around.

[AKHoosier]

7 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

Imagine if we hadn't laid turds all over Carver-Hawkeye and Assembly Hall against Northwestern...

We are better than Northwestern. We were going through the motions for ~38 minutes in the first matchup while they attacked with straight line drives and we tossed the ball all over the gym. I hope we show up for revenge this go around.

It won't hurt that the gym will be close to 50% IU fans.

[Uspshoosier]

Lol 

[str8baller]

57 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

https://www.ktsm.com/news/false-imprisonment-sexual-contact-among-hazing-allegations-against-new-mexico-state-mens-basketball-players/

Man…based on those allegations shutting down the season seems extreme. But I guess if you couple it with the gun incident, then you figure they’re just going to clean house and start completely over. 

[Hoosierfan1901]

33 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

Imagine if we hadn't laid turds all over Carver-Hawkeye and Assembly Hall against Northwestern...

We are better than Northwestern. We were going through the motions for ~38 minutes in the first matchup while they attacked with straight line drives and we tossed the ball all over the gym. I hope we show up for revenge this go around.

Need to play a full 40

[RaceToTheTop]

6 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

WAR top 25 after the Purdue/Northwestern game.  Wildcats move up from 36th in WAR to 26, just outside the top 25.

 

		W	L	WAR
1	Alabama	22	3	8.02
2	Purdue	23	3	7.7
3	Kansas	20	5	7.44
4	Texas	20	5	6.19
5	UCLA	21	4	5.84
6	Houston	23	2	5.76
7	Arizona	22	4	5.65
8	Baylor	19	6	5.3
9	Kansas St	19	5	4.99
10	Virginia	19	4	4.89
11	Gonzaga	20	5	4.82
12	Marquette	20	6	4.64
13	San Diego St	19	5	4.48
14	Xavier	19	6	4.4
15	U Conn	19	7	3.96
16	St. Mary's	20	6	3.7
17	Indiana	18	7	3.62
18	MIami (F)	20	5	3.46
19	FAU	20	2	3.44
20	Missouri	19	6	3.37
21	Nevada	19	6	3.21
22	Tennessee	19	6	3.14
23	Michigan St	16	9	3.03
24	Iowa St	16	8	2.98
25	Creighton	17	8	2.93

Just out:  Northwestern 18-7 +2.57, NC State, 20-5 +2.54, TCU 17-8 +2.54, Illinois 17-7 +2.45, Memphis 19-6 +2.42.

Bump for others wishing to post their own top 25 list by Monday 8 PM that I'll tabulate everyone's rankings into a board top 25.  LCS is the original weekly top 25 poster and contributes every week, HoosierJoe has his computer rankings and the above is my WAR.  Would love to add other's thoughts to the group.

Separately, tomorrow (Monday) games are light.  

• 35 Miami (F) at 32 North Caroilna 7:00 PM ESPN
• 20 West Virginia at 12 Baylor 9:00 PM ESPN2
• 8 Texas at 66 Texas Tech 9:00 PM ESPN

[RaceToTheTop]

Current KenPom predicted final Big Ten standings:

• Purdue 15.6 - 4.4
• Rutgers 12.3 - 7.7
• Indiana 12.2 - 7.8
• Illinois 12.1 - 7.9
• Maryland 11.8 - 8.2
• Michigan St 11.7 - 8.3
• Northwestern 11.6 - 8.4
• Iowa 11.4 - 8.6
• Michigan 10.4 - 9.6
• Wisconsin 8.8 - 11.2
• Penn St 7.9 - 12.1
• Nebraska 6.9 - 13.1
• Ohio St 5.4 - 14.6
• Minnesota 2.0 - 18.0

[str8baller]

9 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Current KenPom predicted final Big Ten standings:

• Purdue 15.6 - 4.4
• Rutgers 12.3 - 7.7
• Indiana 12.2 - 7.8
• Illinois 12.1 - 7.9
• Maryland 11.8 - 8.2
• Michigan St 11.7 - 8.3
• Northwestern 11.6 - 8.4
• Iowa 11.4 - 8.6
• Michigan 10.4 - 9.6
• Wisconsin 8.8 - 11.2
• Penn St 7.9 - 12.1
• Nebraska 6.9 - 13.1
• Ohio St 5.4 - 14.6
• Minnesota 2.0 - 18.0

Kenpom always loves slow trans with good defenses. It historically loved those Bo Wisky teams. Rutgers is much the same this season.  
 

We really haven’t moved much in weeks and I doubt we will. 

[HoosierAloha]

59 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Kenpom always loves slow trans with good defenses. It historically loved those Bo Wisky teams. Rutgers is much the same this season.  
 

We really haven’t moved much in weeks and I doubt we will. 

Or it could be that 5 of 6 remaining games for Rutger are against 5 of the bottom 6 teams in the Big 1.o (counting Michigan as the last of the 8-6 teams) and a home game against Northwestern.

[IUHoosierJoe]

My computer ratings using games through yesterday:

1	Alabama
2	Houston
3	UCLA
4	Kansas
5	Texas
6	Tennessee
7	Purdue
8	Baylor
9	Arizona
10	St Mary's CA
11	Gonzaga
12	Connecticut
13	San Diego St
14	Virginia
15	FL Atlantic
16	Kansas St
17	Marquette
18	Creighton
19	Xavier
20	Nevada
21	Indiana
22	Arkansas
23	Iowa St
24	Oral Roberts
25	Utah St