College Bball Thread

[HoosierAloha]

4 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Delivering every single day.    It’s been a pleasure all year enjoying every single game possible with everyone in here.   Only on a IU basketball message board can we be losing our minds over a Big Sky 2nd round tournament game.   Never change BTBanners community and can’t thank you all enough for the joining me in my hobby 

And it's only beginning!

[Uspshoosier]

Rutgers plays Michigan in the 8/9 game.  Could be an elimination game honestly 

[BGVille Hoosierfan]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

Rutgers plays Michigan in the 8/9 game.  Could be an elimination game honestly 

How about the potential of a Purdue/Michigan game? That could be VERY fun!

[IUHoosier5]

Michigan matches up so well with Purdue. 

[BGVille Hoosierfan]

Just now, IUHoosier5 said:

Michigan matches up so well with Purdue. 

They would have Jett this time for their matchup too!

[tomallenfan1]

Iowa stays hot from 3 and wins BTT then gets bounced in 1st round of NCAAT. IU gets the top 4 seed and we complain that we should be a 3 seed.

[Hoosierfan1901]

Go Lafayette 

[lillurk]

41 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Delivering every single day.    It’s been a pleasure all year enjoying every single game possible with everyone in here.   Only on a IU basketball message board can we be losing our minds over a Big Sky 2nd round tournament game.   Never change BTBanners community and can’t thank you all enough for the joining me in my hobby 

I don’t comment in this thread as much as some but it’s a delight

[realTomCrean]

39 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Delivering every single day.    It’s been a pleasure all year enjoying every single game possible with everyone in here.   Only on a IU basketball message board can we be losing our minds over a Big Sky 2nd round tournament game.   Never change BTBanners community and can’t thank you all enough for the joining me in my hobby 

Been on here for over a decade under several different aliases. Never banned or removed, just forgot my passwords every few years. I have loved the community on this site, a ton of knowledge, wild takes, and the perfect amount of spice in interactions when someone posts something outrageous. BTB and IU Basketball are synonymous to me, without one the other isn't as fun. Kudos to everyone on here - proud to be a HOOSIER. @Uspshoosier is a big part of fostering a knowledgable fanbase on this site - thanks for all of your research. 

 

But the BEST IS YET TO COME. This place will be banana's with a deep March run and fellas Coach Woodson is gonna get us some - writing is on the wall. Hopefully see you all in Chi-town!!

[RaceToTheTop]

Big Ten two-game sweeps this year:

• Indiana over Illinois
• Indiana over Michigan
• Indiana over Purdue
• Northwestern over Indiana
• Iowa over Indiana
• Purdue over Minnesota
• Purdue over Penn State
• Purdue over Michigan State
• Purdue over Ohio State
• Michigan over Northwestern
• Northwestern over Wisconsin
• Michigan State over Nebraska
• Michigan State over Ohio State
• Maryland over Minnesota
• Penn State over Illinois
• Illinois over Wisconsin
• Illinois over Nebraska
• Illinois over Minnesota
• Wisconsin over Iowa
• Michigan over Minnesota
• Wisconsin over Penn State
• Rutgers over Penn State
• Wisconsin over Minnesota
• Nebraska over Minnesota

BTT matchup of sweeps:  Nebraska swept Minnesota, Penn State swept Illinois.

[Demo]

After watching a ton of Georgia HS ball since Rosemond came to Bloomington, can’t agree more with this. The depth of talent down there is mind-blowing. If KSU or Georgia St just keep the under-the-radar kids home, they’ll be tournament caliber teams year in year out. 

[Uspshoosier]

2 minutes ago, Demo said:

After watching a ton of Georgia HS ball since Rosemond came to Bloomington, can’t agree more with this. The depth of talent down there is mind-blowing. If KSU or Georgia St just keep the under-the-radar kids home, they’ll be tournament caliber teams year in year out. 

They are really fun to watch.   After they played at IU they were on my radar to watch as much as possible this year.     They play hard and they got some good guards.   

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

4 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Rutgers plays Michigan in the 8/9 game.  Could be an elimination game honestly 

And Rutgers has been turrible. 

[LIHoosier]

Dammit, Painter's gonna be around forever...

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

College Basketball Top 25 3/6

 

1. Houston Cougars(1)

2. UCLA Bruins(2)

3. Marquette Golden Eagles(4)

4. Alabama Crimson Tide(3)

5. Purdue Boilermakers(7)

6. Kansas Jayhawks(5)

7. Gonzaga Bulldogs(6)

8. Texas Longhorns(10)

9. Arizona Wildcats(8)

10. Saint Mary's Gaels(13)

11. Virginia Cavaliers(14)

12. Texas A&M Aggies(18)

13. Kansas State Wildcats(9)

14. Xavier Musketeers(16)

15. UConn Huskies(17)

16. Baylor Bears(11)

17. Miami-FL(20)

18. Indiana Hoosiers(12)

19. San Diego State Aztecs(15)

20. Duke Blue Devils(24)

21. Kentucky Wildcats(19)

22. Tennessee Volunteers(21)

23. Oral Roberts Golden Eagles(23)

24. Florida Atlantic Owls(25)

25. Toledo Rockets(NR)

 

Dropped: (22) Providence

 

Considered: Charleston, VCU, Kent State, Missouri, Providence

 

FINAL POLL will be released after the NCAA Tournament

[IUHoosierJoe]

Unlike the NET and KenPom, Indiana hangs on in the Top 25.  My computer-generated rankings through yesterday's games:

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

[RaceToTheTop]

LCS/WAR/Joe poll.  UCLA takes over the #1 spot despite receiving no first place votes.

• 1.  UCLA 27-4 (71 pts)
• 2T. Alabama (1) 25-6 (70 pts)
• 2T. Houston (1) 29-2 (70 pts)
• 4.  Kansas (1) 24-6 (67 pts)
• 5.  Purdue 26-5 (62 pts)
• 6.  Gonzaga 25-5 (59 pts)
• 7.  Texas 23-8 (56 pts)
• 8.  Marquette 25-6 (52pts)
• 9.  Arizona 25-6 (51 pts)
• 10. St. Mary's 23-7 (42 pts)
• 11T. Baylor 22-9 (40 pts)
• 11T. Connecticutt 24-7 (40 pts)
• 13. Kansas St 23-7 (38 pts)
• 14T. San Diego St 24-5 (34 pts)
• 14T. Tennessee 22-9 (34 pts)
• 16.  Xavier 23-8 (32 pts)
• 17.  Texas A&M 23-8 (22 pts)
• 18.  Virginia 23-6 (20 pts)
• 19.  Indiana 21-10 (18 pts)
• 20.  Utah State 23-7 (17 pts)
• 21.  Miami (F) 24-6 (16 pts)
• 22.  Florida Atlantic 24-3 (14 pts)
• 23.  Duke 23-8 (9 pts)
• 24.  Kentucky 21-10 (8 pts)
• 25. Creighton 20-11 (7 pts)

Also receiving votes:  Boise State 22-8 (6 pts), Missouri 22-8 (5 pts), Michigan State 19-111 (4 pts), Arkansas 20-11 (4 pts), Oral Roberts 24-4 (3 pts), Memphis 23-8 (2 pts), Toldeo 24-7 (1 pt)

[IUHoosierJoe]

I'll throw in something else here...I saw somewhere that someone had posted a Top 25 for the past decade.  I can't find where it is now, but just for discussion's sake, since the Big 10 is off for a couple days, I will post my computer ranking version of the Top 25 of the past decade.  It just takes games played into account (no "extra points" for championships won).  Indiana came in at #33.

1	Kansas
2	Gonzaga
3	Duke
4	Villanova
5	Kentucky
6	Virginia
7	North Carolina
8	Arizona
9	Michigan St
10	Baylor
11	Michigan
12	Louisville
13	Wisconsin
14	Florida
15	Oregon
16	Purdue
17	Wichita St
18	Ohio St
19	West Virginia
20	Creighton
21	Oklahoma
22	UCLA
23	Iowa
24	Xavier
25	Maryland

[OliviaPope40]

Still sitting as a 4 per Lunardi. 

[go iu bb]

3 hours ago, IUHoosierJoe said:

I'll throw in something else here...I saw somewhere that someone had posted a Top 25 for the past decade.  I can't find where it is now, but just for discussion's sake, since the Big 10 is off for a couple days, I will post my computer ranking version of the Top 25 of the past decade.  It just takes games played into account (no "extra points" for championships won).  Indiana came in at #33.

1	Kansas
2	Gonzaga
3	Duke
4	Villanova
5	Kentucky
6	Virginia
7	North Carolina
8	Arizona
9	Michigan St
10	Baylor
11	Michigan
12	Louisville
13	Wisconsin
14	Florida
15	Oregon
16	Purdue
17	Wichita St
18	Ohio St
19	West Virginia
20	Creighton
21	Oklahoma
22	UCLA
23	Iowa
24	Xavier
25	Maryland

#33 including 4 years of Miller... I'll take it, I guess.