NOLA Hoosier Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said: Gonzaga is going to win it all. And it'll be okay. Records have to be broken at some point. Just part of it. The 76 team isn't going to be forgotten. I look at it like it’s way past time for it to happen, and maybe we can move on. New coach, new undefeated team, new beginning. Stromboli 1 Quote
Hoosierfan2017 Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 Gonzaga is legit this year. They probably would’ve been at the top of any of the P5 conferences this year. With that said, my sour grape self won’t see their undefeated season as legit for two reasons. First, they play in a weak conference. Second, this was a Covid season. They got to play in a weak conference in empty arenas all season. When you’re just flat out better than your opponents, getting to play on essentially neutral courts all year is a massive advantage. Kudos to them for showing up every night, but an undefeated season where you got to play in empty arenas against a weak conference is just different than an undefeated season in normal year of playing in a P5 conference and going on the road in hostile environments, imo. Str8Hoosiers 1 Quote
323SGrant Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 Gonzaga is legit. Have been for awhile, but their conference schedule each year pads their record. Call me a hater or whatever but, if you gave any of the past 45 champions (or however many there have been since the 76 team) Gonzaga's schedule this year we would have a lot more undefeated champions. My mind won't be changed and I will not respect their undefeated record. Good for them, congrats, but nope. Gonzaga is a very good team, but if they played home and away games in the BIG, I don’t believe they would be undefeated. Not much of a challenging environment for away games this year because there are no fans, but in a typical year, I would expect them to lose a game or two on the road in the BIG.Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app ElectricBoogaloo, taco corp and IUc2016 3 Quote
mdn82 Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 Baylor can get hot man. I love Few and Gonzaga, but I personally thought Kentucky the year they lost to Wisconsin was more likely to go undefeated. Weird things happen in a single elimination tournament. I would still only give the field at this point 20%. Great team in a weak conference. Few might be one of the smartest men alive. cthomas and hoosierbgh 2 Quote
Loaded Chicken Sandwich Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 53 minutes ago, 323SGrant said: Gonzaga is a very good team, but if they played home and away games in the BIG, I don’t believe they would be undefeated. Not much of a challenging environment for away games this year because there are no fans, but in a typical year, I would expect them to lose a game or two on the road in the BIG. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app I doubt they would have lost more than 1 or 2 games. They took it to teams like Iowa and West Virginia. They have 3 dudes that would be Top 5 players in the Big Ten. I know people want to act like the Big Ten is amazing, but it was super overrated this season. I wouldn't have been surprised if they still undefeated with a Big Ten schedule. Early in the season they beat Kansas 102-90, Auburn 90-67, West Virginia 87-82, Iowa 99-88 and Virginia 98-75. Quote
323SGrant Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 I doubt they would have lost more than 1 or 2 games. They took it to teams like Iowa and West Virginia. They have 3 dudes that would be Top 5 players in the Big Ten. I know people want to act like the Big Ten is amazing, but it was super overrated this season. I wouldn't have been surprised if they still undefeated with a Big Ten schedule. Early in the season they beat Kansas 102-90, Auburn 90-67, West Virginia 87-82, Iowa 99-88 and Virginia 98-75. I would take Iowa off that list. IU beat them twice. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app Quote
go iu bb Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 I think Gonzaga will win but there is always the possibility that the pressure will get to them. They're going for their school's first NC and the first undefeated season in 45 years. I'm sure they'll be asked about those things many, many times over the next week. All it takes is one off game or, at this point, just a few bad plays to end the run. I don't think it happens though and they win it all. Quote
Str8Hoosiers Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 28 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said: I doubt they would have lost more than 1 or 2 games. They took it to teams like Iowa and West Virginia. They have 3 dudes that would be Top 5 players in the Big Ten. I know people want to act like the Big Ten is amazing, but it was super overrated this season. I wouldn't have been surprised if they still undefeated with a Big Ten schedule. Early in the season they beat Kansas 102-90, Auburn 90-67, West Virginia 87-82, Iowa 99-88 and Virginia 98-75. The teams you mentioned (5 Teams) went 3-4 in the tournament with 1 not making it... the 4 that did all got "upset" by lower seeds the 1st weekend.... Plus as mentioned they played them early in the season without fans being present... I am 100% NOT on the bandwagon that is Gonzaga.... yes they are good, especially this year and in recent years, but they are no where near true undefeated good, and they most certainly don't play a tough schedule overall comparatively.... Hoosierfan2017 and 323SGrant 2 Quote
hoosierbgh Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 There's absolutely no chance Gonzaga could have gone through a BIG schedule and more importantly BIG refs without 2 losses. Every team has a bad night from time to time and there were only a handful of games Gonzaga could have slept through in the BIG this year. On the other hand, they only had to show up for one or two games all year in the WCC and that is being extremely generous. It bothers me less that Gonzaga would go undefeated if they do than the way they would do it, ie. a down year in college basketball, limited fan attendance, and being from a terrible conference. It just doesn't compare to Indiana not only doing it from a major conference but beating the national runner up for the 3rd time to do so. Michigan being the national runner up and IU beating them 3 times has always been the most impressive part of the undefeated season to me. Hoosierfan2017, Str8Hoosiers and 323SGrant 3 Quote
Loaded Chicken Sandwich Posted March 31, 2021 Posted March 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, Str8Hoosiers said: The teams you mentioned (5 Teams) went 3-4 in the tournament with 1 not making it... the 4 that did all got "upset" by lower seeds the 1st weekend.... Plus as mentioned they played them early in the season without fans being present... I am 100% NOT on the bandwagon that is Gonzaga.... yes they are good, especially this year and in recent years, but they are no where near true undefeated good, and they most certainly don't play a tough schedule overall comparatively.... They were still Top 25 teams outside of Auburn who is more on par with Northwestern and Indiana types. Iowa was a top team in the Big Ten. Virginia was a top team in the ACC. West Virginia and Kansas were top teams in the Big 12. All of that comparable to what they would have seen in the Big Ten and they averaging over 90 ppg on them. Str8Hoosiers 1 Quote
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Dave from Dayton Posted April 1, 2021 Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) Supreme Court is taking oral arguments and considering if NCAA has a monopoly over student/athletes. https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/supreme-court-appears-poised-to-break-up-ncaas-monopoly-power-over-college-athletes-in-landmark-antitrust-case/?utm_source=mostpopular Don't know if this is posted in the correct thread. Will this end college sports as we know it? Edited April 1, 2021 by Dave from Dayton IUc2016 1 Quote
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Class of '66 Old Fart Posted April 1, 2021 Posted April 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, HoosierFan1994 said: Seeing Roy Williams has retired..not sure if that is an April Fools joke or not. Believe only half of what you hear and read today and ignore the other half. Quote
vanendris Posted April 1, 2021 Posted April 1, 2021 Here's UNC's statement. Press conference at 4:00 PM. I guess we will find out then if they just fooled everyone. https://goheels.com/news/2021/4/1/mens-basketball-test-release.aspx Quote
reconmkd Posted April 1, 2021 Posted April 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said: And theyll probably raise their tuition and just pocket it. OS is actually really reasonable tuition wise. I got my bachelor's there through their online courses at the instate tuition rate. It was actually cheaper than what it cost me to attend classes at IU Southeast. Quote
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