College Bball Thread

[Stuhoo]

12 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Secret scrimmage results don’t matter*. 

 

 

 

*unless colorado state beats you by almost 40

And here’s my ‘Purdue will slide’ point.

This year it is pretty clear that Minny will be terrible. Penn State is almost guaranteed to be bottom dwelling too, and Nebraska lost a ton after overachieving to a 9-11 conference record last year.

And Purdue, unlike last year, doesn’t have a double play against any of them.

And that outlook is with a ‘no one hurt last year’ mind set. If Edey or Smith go down?  Hmmmmm

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

And here’s my ‘Purdue will slide’ point.

This year it is pretty clear that Minny will be terrible. Penn State is almost guaranteed to be bottom dwelling too, and Nebraska lost a ton after overachieving to a 9-11 conference record last year.

And Purdue, unlike last year, doesn’t have a double play against any of them.

 

Penn State will surprise you.

[Stuhoo]

20 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Penn State will surprise you.

Bailey is supposed to be a strong, ultra-competitive kid, but he is a pretty inefficient scorer. The transfer from Temple is also good. Clary had a nice freshman year but limited minutes. Boyle is a super-slow footed wing that can shoot when open.

So every player that has had success is taking a step up in competition level. And playing with all new teammates.

The transfer from UMKC? terrible shooter. The NC transfers had two years  of opportunities and stunk. 

Wahab is their center; he wasn’t good enough for Maryland.

Maybe Rhodes can squeeze 6 or 7 conference wins out of them, but I can’t see them being good. Anything over 7-13 in conference would very much surprise me. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

14 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Bailey is supposed to be a strong, ultra-competitive kid, but he is a pretty inefficient scorer. The transfer from Temple is also good. Clary had a nice freshman year but limited minutes. Boyle is a super-slow footed wing that can shoot when open.

So every player that has had success is taking a step up in competition level. And playing with all new teammates.

The transfer from UMKC? terrible shooter. The NC transfers had two years  of opportunities and stunk. 

Wahab is their center; he wasn’t good enough for Maryland.

Maybe Rhodes can squeeze 6 or 7 conference wins out of them, but I can’t see them being good. Anything over 7-13 in conference would very much surprise me. 

They will be better than expected. Tough much raw talent.  Minnesota will be awful. 

[Rico]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

https://x.com/trillydonovan/status/1715836117449052254?s=46
 

 

[MemphisHoosier]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

https://x.com/trillydonovan/status/1715836117449052254?s=46
 

 

Unfortunate to see, by all accounts Ben Johnson is a great guy, but the situation with Minney hoops is a tough trek and I dont see him flipping the script.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

Bailey is supposed to be a strong, ultra-competitive kid, but he is a pretty inefficient scorer. The transfer from Temple is also good. Clary had a nice freshman year but limited minutes. Boyle is a super-slow footed wing that can shoot when open.

So every player that has had success is taking a step up in competition level. And playing with all new teammates.

The transfer from UMKC? terrible shooter. The NC transfers had two years  of opportunities and stunk. 

Wahab is their center; he wasn’t good enough for Maryland.

Maybe Rhodes can squeeze 6 or 7 conference wins out of them, but I can’t see them being good. Anything over 7-13 in conference would very much surprise me. 

I mean... Indiana is also relying on an entire roster of big question marks sooo.... The Big Ten as a whole is a big question mark outside of Purdue.

[Stuhoo]

10 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I mean... Indiana is also relying on an entire roster of big question marks sooo.... The Big Ten as a whole is a big question mark outside of Purdue.

Well…our starting guards aren’t really question marks at all. Not even a little.

And our four question marks from 3-5 are two top ten national ranked players, a top 25 sophomore that was pretty darn good as a freshman in the B1G, and a two year all-MAC player who averaged 13.4 and 8.6. 
 

Then there is Penn State you contrarian sandwich you!  :)

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

7 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Well…our starting guards aren’t really question marks at all. Not even a little.

And our four question marks from 3-5 are two top ten national ranked players, a top 25 sophomore that was pretty darn good as a freshman in the B1G, and a two year all-MAC player who averaged 13.4 and 8.6. 
 

Then there is Penn State you contrarian sandwich you!  :)

Except they are question marks because we have no clue if they'll be able to take the next step as players. Can they hit shots? Can they they handle being the focus of a defense? Can Trey handle being the defensive stopper AND pick up his scoring. This team is a massive question mark. And TJD really left that big of a hole.

[Stuhoo]

7 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Except they are question marks because we have no clue if they'll be able to take the next step as players. Can they hit shots? Can they they handle being the focus of a defense? Can Trey handle being the defensive stopper AND pick up his scoring. This team is a massive question mark. And TJD really left that big of a hole.

So we have very high talent, very high potential question marks, and they have (*checks PSU roster) Puff Johnson.

[Josh]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

And here’s my ‘Purdue will slide’ point.

This year it is pretty clear that Minny will be terrible. Penn State is almost guaranteed to be bottom dwelling too, and Nebraska lost a ton after overachieving to a 9-11 conference record last year.

And Purdue, unlike last year, doesn’t have a double play against any of them.

And that outlook is with a ‘no one hurt last year’ mind set. If Edey or Smith go down?  Hmmmmm

Smith?  Imo he was one of the main reasons when they struggled last year.  He was baaaaad

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

15 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

So we have very high talent, very high potential question marks, and they have (*checks PSU roster) Puff Johnson.

Well this year is just a question mark with a massive gap of potential. IMO(and I have it on record, saying it on my podcast), this team could be a 3 seed in the NCAA tourney and competing for a B1G title and it could be a 10 seed. Dudes gotta step up. We lost a lot. Race and Kopp were just role players but TJD is arguably a Top 10 Hoosier of All-Time. Lost the anchor to the offense and defense. I don't think we are in the situation we were in in 2013-2014. Maybe closer to 2016-2017. Lose an all time great, and go into the next season looking for someone to step up and be THE MAN.

[Uspshoosier]

2 buzzer beaters in exhibition games today.  Even when the games don’t count college basketball is delivering.    November 6th can’t get here soon enough 

[go iu bb]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

2 buzzer beaters in exhibition games today.  Even when the games don’t count college basketball is delivering.    November 6th can’t get here soon enough 

Until then, we have IU football to tide us over.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

3 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Until then, we have IU football to tide us over.

[Stuhoo]

15 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Well this year is just a question mark with a massive gap of potential. IMO(and I have it on record, saying it on my podcast), this team could be a 3 seed in the NCAA tourney and competing for a B1G title and it could be a 10 seed. 

Very fair for IU!

And my point was that Purdud is primed for a letdown in large part due to a tough schedule with single plays against Minny, Penn State, and Nebraska, whereas last year they had double plays against those three.

So where do you have those three? Any of them with ten conference wins? Seven? Five?

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

5 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Very fair for IU!

And my point was that Purdud is primed for a letdown in large part due to a tough schedule with single plays against Minny, Penn State, and Nebraska, whereas last year they had double plays against those three.

So where do you have those three? Any of them with ten conference wins? Seven? Five?

I've not actually put out my Big Ten predictions yet.. but even I do... Probably this coming week.. I'll send it to you.

[Stuhoo]

1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I've not actually put out my Big Ten predictions yet.. but even I do... Probably this coming week.. I'll send it to you.

So if you have Minny, Nebraska, and PSU in the bottom third of the B1G then I’m not sure why you’re pushing back at my point. And I’d imagine you will.

[Uspshoosier]

19 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Until then, we have IU football to tide us over.

I got Ohio St/Dayton tomorrow at 6 to tide me over 

[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I mean... Indiana is also relying on an entire roster of big question marks sooo.... The Big Ten as a whole is a big question mark outside of Purdue.

None of Penn State's answers to questions marks were burger boys.

FWIW, Torvik ranks them at #157 in terms of talent -- even worse than Minnesota.