College Bball Thread

[TheWatShot]

4 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Indiana was last in the Top 25 in the January 14th 2019 AP Poll... We have hit the two year mark. 

bUT rANkInGS aRe POinTLesS! 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Just now, TheWatShot said:

bUT rANkInGS aRe POinTLesS! 

I've never understood that thinking. It means something. Recruits see it. Fans see it. Opposing fans see it. It's recognition from the people who will be covering you. Perception is important. 

[ebridges24]

3 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Don’t want to speak for Wayne but probably the quote where he said Oscar had people in his ear to transfer from West Virginia 

I wondered if it was something like that. Think we're gonna see a lot more of this with the new transfer rules. Especially from slime like Calimari.

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan]

Uh oh. It looks like IU might be postponing some games

https://www.wcia.com/sports/breaking-illinois-vs-nebraska-postponed/

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[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Big Ten basketball tournament still up in the air

Kevin Brockway - CNHI Sports Indiana

For now, the Big Ten men’s basketball tournament is scheduled for March 10-14 at the United Center in Chicago.

But when asked about the status of the tournament in a Big Ten Network interview Sunday, Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren was non-committal.

“We’re in the process of making decisions,” Warren said. “We want to make sure that, one, we keep our student-athletes healthy and safe and do all the right things but also afford them the opportunity to play, to win and to get ready for the NCAA Tournament. So we’ll be working through those issues.”

At issue is a 2021 NCAA Tournament health-and-safety protocol requiring all Tier 1 participants (student-athletes, coaches and essential staff) to record seven straight days of negative COVID-19 tests before entering a controlled environment at hotels in Indianapolis. That could put the status of the Big Ten men’s basketball tournaments and other tournaments that take place the week leading up to the NCAA Tournament in jeopardy. Schools may not want to risk putting their teams in a position to have a team-wide outbreak the week leading up to March Madness.

Last year, the Big Ten tournament played just two games in Indianapolis before the rest of the event was canceled due to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Minnesota beat Northwestern, and Indiana beat Nebraska on Wednesday night.

The relevance of conference tournaments has been debated in recent years. The NCAA Tournament rewards automatic bids for winners of conference tournaments, but sometimes, those tournament champions can serve as bid stealers if an unexpected team gets hot and pulls off an upset. Some in college basketball circles have advocated for those bids to be awarded to conference regular-season champions to reward a full body of work.

The flip side is the drama conference tournaments can create if a team gets on a roll or giving teams on the bubble a chance for a last statement win to boost their tournament resume.

Conference tournaments have always been money-makers for the Power Five, but with limited or no attendance likely due to the pandemic, the chance to produce significant revenue dramatically decreases.

Warren will likely weigh those factors when a decision is made, which could come by the end of the month.

[Brass Cannon]

So angry we didn’t create a big ten bubble 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

12 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

So angry we didn’t create a big ten bubble 

Literally everything he does seems to be some stupid political move. Good awful commissioner. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

what was the quote?

“Outside influences. 100% outside influences. It’s the world we live in, it’s better to steal than to work and earn things. It’s take the easy way out. I think there were people involved who saw where they could benefit, maybe profit, and work very diligently to get him out.”

Wowsa.


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[WayneFleekHoosier]

So angry we didn’t create a big ten bubble 

Unnecessary.


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[Brass Cannon]

10 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Unnecessary.


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With games getting cancelled sure seems necessary 

[Stuhoo]

1 hour ago, Brass Cannon said:

So angry we didn’t create a big ten bubble 

Bubble and college students who go to classes at their universities? Not sure how that could have worked.

it’s a lose/lose situation. Games will be missed but so many are still being played. 

[Brass Cannon]

6 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Bubble and college students who go to classes at their universities? Not sure how that could have worked.

it’s a lose/lose situation. Games will be missed but so many are still being played. 

My neighbor just got a masters without setting foot in a class room. It’s doable. My wife’s course got moved to 100% online.  

[cthomas]

10 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Bubble and college students who go to classes at their universities? Not sure how that could have worked.

it’s a lose/lose situation. Games will be missed but so many are still being played. 

One of the most unfortunate aspects of this virus is that it is stealing the college experience that these kids should have had. Don't want to get into a COVID argument, but these are years and experiences that the kids will never get back. Young people are resilient and they will undoubtedly be fine, but it just seems a shame. As a senior, I feel bad that they are sacrificing for me. But yeah, the bubble seems impractical.

[Hoosier Guy]

9 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Literally everything he does seems to be some stupid political move. Good awful commissioner. 

Which is ridiculous. Sports is sports and politics is politics. The two don’t coincide

[Honkyman]

Hoosier Guy said: "Sports is sports and politics is politics. The two don't coincide."

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"We live in  a political world where courage is a thing of the past." Bob Dylan.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

10 minutes ago, Honkyman said:

Hoosier Guy said: "Sports is sports and politics is politics. The two don't coincide."

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"We live in  a political world where courage is a thing of the past." Bob Dylan.

I guess if you want to take life advice from Bob Dylan..  then that's your choice. 

[Honkyman]

Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

"I guess if you want to take life advice from Bob Dylan..  then that's your choice." 

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It has nothing to do with "life advice." It is an observation that happens to be both insightful and applicable to the subject discussed, i.e, politics not courage drives the administration of college sports.

[Stuhoo]

 

Hey all--You don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows;  this is the college basketball thread. 

Everyone is being respectful, but if we stay on topic we are destined for sadness. So....back on topic please.

Thanks

 

[Josh]

13 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Hey all--You don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows;  this is the college basketball thread. 

Everyone is being respectful, but if we stay on topic we are destined for sadness. So....back on topic please.

Thanks

 

Pffft...you really think weatherman know what they're talking about??

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Sean Miller announced tonight on his Tucson radio show that Arizona's Jemarl Baker will miss the remainder of the 20-21 season due to a wrist injury.