College Bball Thread

[RaceToTheTop 25,953]

Illinois and Northwestern a combined 11 of 50 from three tonight.

[RaceToTheTop 25,953]

Northwestern answering everything Illinois every time they hit a big shot in OT.  Northwestern up 3 and on the line for an and one with 1:34 left.

Jackucionis -- Illinois freshman -- is really good.

[RaceToTheTop 25,953]

Northwestern beats Illinois in OT, 70-66

[RaceToTheTop 25,953]

Jakucionis 6 of 10 for three for Illinois;  the rest of the team was 3 of 24.

[TheWatShot 14,066]

15 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Northwestern beats Illinois in OT, 70-66

Not bad for a team that also needed OT to beat Eastern Illinois. 

[pappy1865 2,211]

Yes. I loathe Purdue. But, this man in the linked article? Was one of my high school teachers in the 90's and helped shape my life. One hell of a man.

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[RaceToTheTop 25,953]

14 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

Not bad for a team that also needed OT to beat Eastern Illinois. 

Yeah, and a really poor game from an Illinois team that was coming off a 13 point neutral court win over a ranked Arkansas team.  

Illinois is kind of the anti-IU team -- offense built completely around the three right now and when they are hitting they are hard to stop;  when they aren't, you get the offensive output they had against Northwestern.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,454]

Michigan St cooked Nebraska. Ohio State soundly beat Rutger.

 

Home court in the B1G is so tough. NW beating Illinois last night.

 

Gotta win the home games.

 

 

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[RaceToTheTop 25,953]

4 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Michigan St cooked Nebraska. Ohio State soundly beat Rutger.

Home cook in the B1G is so tough. NW beating Illinois last night.

Gotta win the home games.


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Over 60% of Rutgers scoring coming from their three stud freshmen.  But it's not like a normal PIkiell team.....have struggled on defense and are 5-4.  Best to play them early in the conference schedule -- IU plays them on January 2nd, which is probably a positive.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,454]

Over 60% of Rutgers scoring coming from their three stud freshmen.  But it's not like a normal PIkiell team.....have struggled on defense and are 5-4.  Best to play them early in the conference schedule -- IU plays them on January 2nd, which is probably a positive.

Yeah, they aren’t a tournament team even with the 2 superstars. That’s why I like the transfer portal. Age and experience is definitely a better recipe to winning college basketball games.

But Home Court in B1G is hard to overcome no matter the team. Well, besides maybe Minnesota.


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[Unexpectedflash 1,073]

Archie miller 9-0. Maybe it is us lol

[LamarCheeks 19,091]

Michigan 85, Iowa 83

Dusty May 1-0 vs. the Franimal. 

 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,454]

21 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Michigan 85, Iowa 83

Dusty May 1-0 vs. the Franimal. 

 

Sandfort was unreal at the end.  He was my completely unrealistic #1transfer hopeful.  
 

Rice, Gallo Sandort, McKneely, Reneau.  I like Ballo too if course. He’s the only Hoosier that likes to rebound. Defense might be a real issue though. lol. 

[Brass Cannon 24,856]

1 hour ago, Unexpectedflash said:

Archie miller 9-0. Maybe it is us lol

Maybe. Or it’s the 330th strength of schedule 

[RaceToTheTop 25,953]

IU transfer portal target Tony Perkins has been no bueno for Missouri.....injured for a couple of games, not very good in others.  22 mpg, 8 points, 2.0 reb, 2.5 assists and shooting 39/10/76.

Same with Connor Hickman.  25 mpg, 6.4 points.  Only shooting 29% from three.

Leland Walker has played pretty well at Florida Atlantic.  30 mpg, 11.1 points, 2.9 reb, 5.2 assists.

Amari Williams is the big man from Drexel that IU passed up in favor of Ballo.  Williams averaging 9.9 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.9 blocks.  I definitely prefer Ballo but Williams has been decent. 

Player I really liked but never gained any traction at IU was Toibu Lawal from VCU.  Wasn't really a fit at IU but kid is 6'8" and raw and can absolutely leap out of the building.  Was averaging a shade under 8 points and 6 rebounds at VCU.  Landed at Virginia Tech and is doing pretty well -- 11.4 points, 6.6 rebounds in 25 minutes and is shooting 60/33/72.

 

[str8baller 5,321]

44 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Sandfort was unreal at the end.  He was my completely unrealistic #1transfer hopeful.  
 

Rice, Gallo Sandort, McKneely, Reneau.  I like Ballo too if course. He’s the only Hoosier that likes to rebound. Defense might be a real issue though. lol. 

I actually can’t believe he didn’t transfer. Maybe Iowa ponies up a bunch of money.

[johnsoniu 6,464]

Butler having trouble getting the offense going at Houston. A LOT of trouble. 10-3 Sampsons with 11:20 left in first half

[go iu bb 6,184]

1 minute ago, johnsoniu said:

Butler having trouble getting the offense going at Houston. A LOT of trouble. 10-3 Sampsons with 11:20 left in first half

Sounds like Houston doesn't have much going offensively, either.

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,454]

I actually can’t believe he didn’t transfer. Maybe Iowa ponies up a bunch of money.

His brother is there and I think he likes his teammates, but he’s a weapon without a doubt.


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[johnsoniu 6,464]

30 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Sounds like Houston doesn't have much going offensively, either.

For sure, thank heavens I took the under