College Bball Thread

[johnsoniu 6,469]

2 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Wofford/Furman locked in a good one with 15 min to go 

Tv#4

sadly, i have Furman -4.5 lol

[RaceToTheTop 25,968]

Temple at Houston was the last game today that could effect my top 25 WAR ratings, so I can post my Monday morning one early.  My system didn't like Houston prior to the loss, now doesn't really doesn't like them despite the 18-2 record.

Team/record/WAR

1.  Purdue 19-1 +6.54

2.  Alabama 17-2 +6.36

3.  Kansas 16-3 +5.41

4.  Kansas St. 17-2 +4.78

5.  UCLA 17-3 +4.40

6.Gonzaga 16-4 +4.35

7.  Arizona 17-3 +4.23

8.  Virginia 15-3 +3.90

9.  Texas 16-3 +3.82

10. Marquette 16-5 +3.75

11. Houston 18-2 +3.71

12. Xavier 16-4 +3.60

13. Iowa St. 14-4 +3.55

14. Tennessee 16-3 +3.50

15. U Connecticut 16-5 +3.32

16. Auburn 16-3 +3.24

17. Baylor 14-5 +2.99

18. Florida Athlantic 16-1 +2.96

19. Charleston 19-1 +2.80

20.  TCU 15-4 +2.75

21. Miami (F) 15-4 +2.49

22. San Diego St 15-4 +2.37

23. Memphis 15-5 +2.31

24. New Mexico 18-2 +2.28

25. St. Mary's 18-4 +2.11

Close:  Duke 14-5 +1.82, Boise St. 15-5 +1.80, Nevada 15-5 +1.77, Missouri 14-5 +1.73, Providence 15-5 +1.73.

I have IU now at +1.20 good for a 10 seed.

Last four in....lots of Big Ten teams:   Northwestern 12-5 +0.71, Oklahoma St 11-8 +0.63, Penn St13-6  +0.61, Iowa 12-7 +0.56.

First four out:  Wake Forest 14-5 +0.54, Creighton 11-8 +0.34, OKlahoma 11-8 +0.10, Utah 14-7 +0.04.

[Uspshoosier 45,899]

 

[Uspshoosier 45,899]

31 minutes ago, johnsoniu said:

Tv#4

sadly, i have Furman -4.5 lol

Looking good right now right?  Or not.     I’m not much of a gambler 

[johnsoniu 6,469]

32 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Looking good right now right?  Or not.     I’m not much of a gambler 

Yes looking good. Excepting the fact that I’m betting on a wofford/furman game lol

[RaceToTheTop 25,968]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

 

Timme is like 45 years old so he's seen his share of fair weather fans.

[monskisprodigy 1,939]

15 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Timme is like 45 years old so he's seen his share of fair weather fans.

Seems like Timme has been there forever…

But Race has been at IU long enough for me to have two more kids, buy and sell 3 houses and two different corporate moves. Crazy to actually type that out haha. 

[WayneFleekHoosier 48,465]

So Purdue at #1 tomorrow?

IU looking really good. We keep playing like we are we knock them off at home.

But I’d rather they take some extra Ls somewhere.


Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

[Uspshoosier 45,899]

4 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

So Purdue at #1 tomorrow?

IU looking really good. We keep playing like we are we knock them off at home.

But I’d rather they take some extra Ls somewhere.


Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

Personally I think they will be but I won’t at all be surprised if it’s Bama.    Bama has been torching SEC teams 

[southsidehoosier 5,044]

5 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

So Purdue at #1 tomorrow?

IU looking really good. We keep playing like we are we knock them off at home.

But I’d rather they take some extra Ls somewhere.


Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

I think they will be but Alabama has to be playing some of the best basketball 

[Joe_hoopsier 977]

18 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

So Purdue at #1 tomorrow?

IU looking really good. We keep playing like we are we knock them off at home.

But I’d rather they take some extra Ls somewhere.


Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

Purdue has 2 losses coming up. We just need one other team to help us out a little. Book it!

[craigyv88 384]

10 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

So Purdue at #1 tomorrow?

IU looking really good. We keep playing like we are we knock them off at home.

But I’d rather they take some extra Ls somewhere.


Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

I think the pollsters will give Purdue the benefit of the doubt with their one loss versus Bama's two and Purdue beating Gonzaga who gave Bama one of their L's.  But based on the most recent bracketology Purdue has only faced two teams solidly in the tournament since the Phil Knight Invitational on Thanksgiving weekend and they lost to one of them.  Meanwhile no one has came within single digits of Bama since they lost to Gonzaga on Dec. 17th, including a couple solid SEC teams.  In other words, Roll Tide tomorrow.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,694]

[RaceToTheTop 25,968]

Combined LCS/WAR poll points:

1T  Alabama and Purdue

3  Kansas State

4T Virginia and Kansas

6 UCLA

7 Houston

8 Tennessee

9 Marquette

10T Texas, Arizona, Gonzaga

13 Iowa St

14 Xavier

15 TCU

16 Auburn

17 Charleston

18 FAU

19 Connecticutt

20 Baylor

21 Providence

22 Clemson

23 St. Mary's

24 Miami

25T Kent St, San Diego St

[IUHoosierJoe 1,167]

Alright, you guys have inspired me to post my computer-generated rankings

1. Alabama

2. Houston

3. Tennessee

4. UCLA

5. Purdue

6. Kansas

7. Texas

8. St Mary's CA

9. Arizona

10. Gonzaga

11. Kansas St

12. Connecticut

13. FL Atlantic

14. Baylor

15. Iowa St

16. Virginia

17. Auburn

18. New Mexico

19. Marquette

20. San Diego St

21. Xavier

22. TCU

23. Boise St

24. Utah St

25. Kent

(Indiana #30)

[RaceToTheTop 25,968]

With Hoosier Joe's poll, here is the combined LCS/WAR/JOE poll. 

Could make this a weekly thing -- combined rankings of anyone posting a top 25 poll.  For the record, this week's combined rankings are:

Loaded Chicken Sandwich:  true top 25 poll

Brumdog's WAR:  poll measuring team's value above NCAA tournament at large minimum

HoosierJoe:  computer ranking

Top 25/points

1.  Alabama (2):  74

2.  Purdue (1)  73

3.  UCLA 62

4.  Kansas 61

5.  Houston 59

6.  Kansas St 58

7.  Tennessee 57

8.  Virginia 51

9.  Arizona 48

10. Gonzaga 47

11. Iowa State 40

12. Marquette 39

13. Texas 38

14. Xavier 33

15(tie) TCU and Florida Atlantic 27

17(tie) Connecticut and Auburn 25

19 St. Mary's 24

20. Baylor 21

21. Charleston 17

22(tie) New Mexico and San Diego St 10

24. Providence 9

25. Clemson 7

Also receiving votes:  Kent St 5,  Miami (F) 5, Boise St 3, Indiana 3, Memphis 3, Utah State 2, Kentucky 1.

*for the record, only LCS had Indiana in the top 25 so I can eat a little crow on my prior rant.

  

[Hoosierfan1901 6,339]

So far watching this Wisconsin/NW game, Ty Berry and Julian Roper just got injured and NW is down to 7 players

[RaceToTheTop 25,968]

4 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

So far watching this Wisconsin/NW game, Ty Berry and Julian Roper just got injured and NW is down to 7 players

Wildcats leading by 2 with 13:30 left, but game has the real feel that Wisky is going to win.

[Hoosierfan1901 6,339]

4 minutes ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Wildcats leading by 2 with 13:30 left, but game has the real feel that Wisky is going to win.

It’s definitely in Wisconsin’s favor right,  most of NW’s starters are in foul trouble except for Buie

[Hoosierfan1901 6,339]

Berry is back in for NW, good sign for the Cats