College Bball Thread

[Dave from Dayton 3,924]

23 hours ago, IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy said:

Well, if the play in games weren't stuck in Dayton and on a network only degenerates watched one weekend a year, maybe people would give a **** about them.

Hey...

Consider this pushback.

Dayton sells those out.  Get your own tournament.  We own the first four.  Got it here, you can't have it.

It's a big deal.   

/s

[RaceToTheTop 28,648]

1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Uhh... Nah. You can get rid of the NIT. But leave those crappy mediocre P5 teams out.

If you look at who the committee left out last year, they indicated the first four out were Oklahoma, Seton Hall, Indiana State, and PIttsburgh.  Looking at the NIT bracket and seeing what teams turned down bids, teams that would be next would have been among a grouping of St. John's, Wake Forest, Utah, Villanova, Princeton, Cincinnati, and Ohio State.  If you are looking at mid majors beyond that group to try to replace some of 'mediocre P5' teams, you are looking at schools like the North Texas and UC Irvine's of the world.

I think that an expanded field of, say, eight teams is most likely going to consist of a about 60% P5 and (at best) 40% mid and low major.  But I also think it's pretty much the only chance that you'll see teams like Indiana State get at large invites.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 9,062]

2 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

If you look at who the committee left out last year, they indicated the first four out were Oklahoma, Seton Hall, Indiana State, and PIttsburgh.  Looking at the NIT bracket and seeing what teams turned down bids, teams that would be next would have been among a grouping of St. John's, Wake Forest, Utah, Villanova, Princeton, Cincinnati, and Ohio State.  If you are looking at mid majors beyond that group to try to replace some of 'mediocre P5' teams, you are looking at schools like the North Texas and UC Irvine's of the world.

I think that an expanded field of, say, eight teams is most likely going to consist of a about 60% P5 and (at best) 40% mid and low major.  But I also think it's pretty much the only chance that you'll see teams like Indiana State get at large invites.

And none of them deserved to be in. If anything, it needs to drop back to 64. That was a perfect number. The more you add, the watered down it gets with teams who can barely keep it over .500 and teams that can barely win 8 conference games.

[RaceToTheTop 28,648]

Memphis/Clemson in OT.  Dane Dainja (former Illini now at Memphis) with two buckets and an assist in the last minute in a half to get Memphis there.

[LamarCheeks 20,984]

PU and Texas A&M playing a tight one in Indy. 

Aggies up 47-44 with just over 15 minutes left. 

[Hovadipo 59,674]

Buckeyes getting treated like we did last year in Atlanta. 

[LamarCheeks 20,984]

Jeezus -- Braden Smith just hit one of the ugliest 3s I've ever seen. 

Splatted on the neck of the rim and almost got stuck there -- before falling in.   

A&M 52-47 with 12 minutes to go. 

 

[Uspshoosier 50,926]

10 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Buckeyes getting treated like we did last year in Atlanta. 

Sec is so much better then every other  league this year and it’s not close 

[Hovadipo 59,674]

5 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Sec is so much better then every other  league this year and it’s not close 

Watching Loyer just get thrown into the rafters fighting for the ball basically explains it. 

[LamarCheeks 20,984]

A&M kid and Fletcher Loyer both came down with a rebound. 

A&M kid ripped the ball free, sending Loyer flying like a rag doll. 

I chuckled. 

[Hovadipo 59,674]

Loyer is so bad lol. Imagine how scary they’d be if they replaced him with an actual good guard at some point over the last 3 years. 

[Uspshoosier 50,926]

Buckeyes down 24 

[RaceToTheTop 28,648]

Purdue without a point in the last five minutes.  A&M up 9

[Uspshoosier 50,926]

Illinois is probably the B1Gs best chance to make a deep run in March.  

[LamarCheeks 20,984]

A&M by a dozen -- 62-50 with 4:30 to go. 

[RaceToTheTop 28,648]

LOL at how bad that pump fake was by Loyer as his shot gets blocked.

[Stuhoo 85,699]

6 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Illinois is probably the B1Gs best chance to make a deep run in March.  

I’m also kinda partial to Penn State. Lots of skill, lots of intensity.

[Hovadipo 59,674]

Braden Smith’s “hustle” just about sent an A&M player’s knee into the Shaun Livingston Zone. 

[RaceToTheTop 28,648]

Just now, Hovadipo said:

Braden Smith’s “hustle” just about sent an A&M player’s knee into the Shaun Livingston Zone. 

That is as about a bad of a non-call as you will ever see.

[LamarCheeks 20,984]

Braden Smith barking at the A&M bench. 

He dived for a loose ball and took out an A&M player. 

Not sure how that wasn't a foul on him.