College Bball Thread

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,672]

Nothing better than watching Kansas getting every call. Dude for Texas gets all ball on a huge block so of course, it's a foul. 

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

1 hour ago, LIHoosier said:

Seems like it was scheduled. Most of the western conferences even the Pac 12 have Thursday/Saturday conference games every week so its not that out of the ordinary.

I really like how the PAC 12 does their travel partners/schedules.

[johnsoniu 6,421]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

Big Mondays stink when there is a blowout.   Not a lot of options other then Duke getting blown out 

Never give up too early. 
2-22 Wisconsin Green Bay knocks off 16-7 Wisconsin-Milwaukee 80-79 in OT. GB hits the go ahead 2 with 0.7 left after hitting two improbable 3s in last 30 seconds of regulation to force the OT, the tying one with 1 second left.

In other tales of teams from the dark side, Northern Arizona has lost 7 of their last 8, all by 5 pts or less….ouch

[Rico 3,037]

7 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

Duke is playing at Miami just 48 hours after hosting UNC. Was this a rescheduled game? Seems weird to have two games that close together. 

 

 

LOL.  Back in the day it was the norm in the Big 10.  Thursday and Saturday.  Then God created ESPN and things changed.

[Uspshoosier 45,679]

Bates and family will be featured on the next Journey just a heads up.   

[Henryville Hoosier 973]

9 hours ago, Rico said:

LOL.  Back in the day it was the norm in the Big 10.  Thursday and Saturday.  Then God created ESPN and things changed.

If my memory serves me right the games were on channel 4.

[craigyv88 384]

12 minutes ago, Henryville Hoosier said:

If my memory serves me right the games were on channel 4.

That brings back good memories.  The pre-BTN channel 4 days were some good times.  I remember having to rotate the big antenna outside at my parents' house to pick up those Saturday afternoon Big Ten slates but they were always fun.

[Henryville Hoosier 973]

14 minutes ago, craigyv88 said:

That brings back good memories.  The pre-BTN channel 4 days were some good times.  I remember having to rotate the big antenna outside at my parents' house to pick up those Saturday afternoon Big Ten slates but they were always fun.

Those were the good ole days. I remember trying to stay up late to watch the Benny Hill show. 

[Scotty R 2,127]

40 minutes ago, Henryville Hoosier said:

If my memory serves me right the games were on channel 4.

You also had travel partners which made it easy to remember your schedule

[HoosierHoopster 6,970]

14 minutes ago, Henryville Hoosier said:

Those were the good ole days. I remember trying to stay up late to watch the Benny Hill show. 

Benny Hill was the bomb!

[Rico 3,037]

58 minutes ago, Henryville Hoosier said:

If my memory serves me right the games were on channel 4.

Maybe for you, channel 33 for me.

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

Logical travel partners for the Big 1.o for shits and gigs?

Rutger - Maryland
Penn State - Ohio State
Michigan - Michigan State
Indiana - Purdoodoo
Illinois - Northwestern
Wiscy - Minny
Iowa - Nebrasketball
UCLA - USC

[RaceToTheTop 25,727]

1 hour ago, HoosierAloha said:

Logical travel partners for the Big 1.o for shits and gigs?

Rutger - Maryland
Penn State - Ohio State
Michigan - Michigan State
Indiana - Purdoodoo
Illinois - Northwestern
Wiscy - Minny
Iowa - Nebrasketball
UCLA - USC

It sounds like they aren't going to do anything in terms of scheduling and the 'randomness' of it.  Not sure why.  Personally I'm not a fan of 'locked' rivalries -- think it immediately turns into an advantage/disadvantage for a team to have a locked rival based on how good that team is.  I.e., if IU/Purdue are locked rivals and guaranteed to play each other twice/year, and Wisconsin/Minnesota are, then Wisky gets a big advantage in conference standings.

IMO, schedule should be based on balance as much as possible -- use the standings from the previous year.  I also don't like 20 games in conference and would prefer it cut to 18.

An 18 game conference schedule could be locked and balanced by even up the double games:

group 1:  teams that finished 1, 8, 9, and 16 the previous year.

group 2: teams that finished 2,7, 10, and 15 the previous year.

group 3:  teams that finished 3, 6, 11, and 14 the previous year.

group 4:  teams that finished 4, 5, 12, and 13 the previous year.

Each group plays everyone in their own group twice and all other teams once......OR 

each team in group 1 plays each team in group 4 twice and everyone else once and each team in group 2 plays each team in group 3 twice.  This would result in a 19 game conference schedule.

[Uspshoosier 45,679]

 

[reconmkd 4,400]

Good lord UNC, really! Would have preferred them to keep winning for our sake but really? Wake Forest?

[str8baller 5,253]

TCU vs Kansas St should have to use alternate jerseys when they play. Way too much purple. 

[Scotty R 2,127]

5 hours ago, HoosierAloha said:

Logical travel partners for the Big 1.o for shits and gigs?

Rutger - Maryland
Penn State - Ohio State
Michigan - Michigan State
Indiana - Purdoodoo
Illinois - Northwestern
Wiscy - Minny
Iowa - Nebrasketball
UCLA - USC

When there were 10 teams 

IU/OSU 

MSU/UM 

PU/UI 

UW/NW 

Iowa/ Minn.

[Joe_hoopsier 977]

10 minutes ago, Scotty R said:

When there were 10 teams 

IU/OSU 

MSU/UM 

PU/UI 

UW/NW 

Iowa/ Minn.

A semi kinda ok twist (but I only care today). 
Anaheim Cal hotel has the BTN channel. Hell the east coast Hiltons don’t have it. 

[HoosierAloha 30,068]

It sounds like they aren't going to do anything in terms of scheduling and the 'randomness' of it.  Not sure why.  Personally I'm not a fan of 'locked' rivalries -- think it immediately turns into an advantage/disadvantage for a team to have a locked rival based on how good that team is.  I.e., if IU/Purdue are locked rivals and guaranteed to play each other twice/year, and Wisconsin/Minnesota are, then Wisky gets a big advantage in conference standings.
IMO, schedule should be based on balance as much as possible -- use the standings from the previous year.  I also don't like 20 games in conference and would prefer it cut to 18.
An 18 game conference schedule could be locked and balanced by even up the double games:
group 1:  teams that finished 1, 8, 9, and 16 the previous year.
group 2: teams that finished 2,7, 10, and 15 the previous year.
group 3:  teams that finished 3, 6, 11, and 14 the previous year.
group 4:  teams that finished 4, 5, 12, and 13 the previous year.
Each group plays everyone in their own group twice and all other teams once......OR 
each team in group 1 plays each team in group 4 twice and everyone else once and each team in group 2 plays each team in group 3 twice.  This would result in a 19 game conference schedule.

The Big 1.o would never go for it but I’d be good with an EPL promotion and relegation style for shits and gigs.

[HinnyHoosier 4,981]

Maryland takes the lead back from MSU with 12 minutes to play after behind behind by as many as 12 (maybe more).


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