College Bball Thread

[Uspshoosier]

11 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Eh I don’t think I agree. Michigan with a healthy Livers is better, imo. Gonzaga’s weak conference puts less of a strain on their players throughout the season. Their conference also helps pad their record and inflate their seed every year. I just have a hard time respecting Gonzaga because they don’t face the same rigor as other teams throughout the season.  

Michigan lost to Minnesota during the year.     I get people wanting to put them down for the conference but all I can say is Baylor and Gonzaga were the 2 best teams i watched all year.  From the beginning of the season until now it was always those 2 that stood out to me.  Michigan had a chance to catch that group but in my opinion in watching all year these 2 teams were above the rest and it wasn’t even close.   

[Uspshoosier]

2 minutes ago, FightFor6 said:

I was quoting KenPom for reference.

I know I was just pointing out the one that the committee uses 

[cthomas]

2 minutes ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Eh I don’t think I agree. Michigan with a healthy Livers is better, imo. Gonzaga’s weak conference puts less of a strain on their players throughout the season. Their conference also helps pad their record and inflate their seed every year. I just have a hard time respecting Gonzaga because they don’t face the same rigor as other teams throughout the season.  

While all of that is true, you can only play who is on your schedule. They had a great team. Baylor was better. I like that the 76 team is the last undefeated national champion. Someone else doing it won't upset me that much. Way bigger things to worry about.

[Hoosierfan2017]

17 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Michigan lost to Minnesota during the year.     I get people wanting to put them down for the conference but all I can say is Baylor and Gonzaga were the 2 best teams i watched all year.  From the beginning of the season until now it was always those 2 that stood out to me.  Michigan has a chance to catch that group but in my opinion in watching all year these 2 teams were above the rest and it wasn’t even close.   

Minnesota finished 13th in the Big Ten but still beat the 3rd place team in the WCC twice this year, including by 15 one game. That shows the difference in opponents between a team like Gonzaga and a team like Michigan. Even the worst teams Michigan faces in its conference are as good or better than the best teams Gonzaga faces in its conference. They can only play whoever is on their schedule, and they very well could be the 2nd best team in college basketball but I’m still a critic of theirs.

[Skrappy]

THE Undefeated

[Brass Cannon]

I used to love Kenpom and still like it better than alternatives.  But KP still has Gonzaga as a vastly better team over Baylor 

[Josh]

When another team becomes undefeated champion, I won't hold them in high regard if they come from a lesser conference (I'm sure they won't care)

How difficult was IU's undefeated season?  The team they played to win the title was Michigan, a team they had to beat 3 times.  

[LIHoosier]

0:00-0:01 Okay we're good

 

[Alford Bailey]

Could almost see it coming. Took all the Zags had to get by UCLA and Baylor destroyed a good Houston team.

[Alford Bailey]

7 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Eh I don’t think I agree. Michigan with a healthy Livers is better, imo. Gonzaga’s weak conference puts less of a strain on their players throughout the season. Their conference also helps pad their record and inflate their seed every year. I just have a hard time respecting Gonzaga because they don’t face the same rigor as other teams throughout the season.  

I know Few schedules a tough non con and they were a great team but no way they go undefeated in a good conference.

[ebridges24]

3 Big10 teams in the top 6 in this way to early rankings for next year and PU 3rd.

 

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/page/earlytop25040521/gonzaga-ucla-1-2-way-too-early-top-25-college-basketball-rankings-2021-22

[IUc2016]

9 minutes ago, ebridges24 said:

3 Big10 teams in the top 6 in this way to early rankings for next year and PU 3rd.

 

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/page/earlytop25040521/gonzaga-ucla-1-2-way-too-early-top-25-college-basketball-rankings-2021-22

Purdue 3rd? Is North Texas 2nd?

[Trish]

No mention of Indiana in any Too Early Top 25's this morning. 

[Chris007]

Could you imagine waiting till today to interview Scott Drew?

[IUc2016]

It will be so fun when Woody kicks @$$ and this clown never tweets at IU fans again. 

[FightFor6]

9 minutes ago, Trish said:

No mention of Indiana in any Too Early Top 25's this morning. 

It will likely take some new blood coming in (X or Keion) for anyone nationally to take notice. If you're on the outside looking in, you see a team returning most of the same players from a 12-15 team except for IU's 2nd leading scorer and 2nd best post-player.

[HoosierCoop]

Just now, IUc2016 said:

It will be so fun when Woody kicks @$$ and this clown never tweets at IU fans again. 

Go wipe you A$$, er I mean your chin Goodman!  You have S*** all over it.

[FrenchConnection]

1 minute ago, IUc2016 said:

It will be so fun when Woody kicks @$$ and this clown never tweets at IU fans again. 

I thought you guys were overreacting, but at this point, he's just a Twitter troll. The lack of professionalism is stagering. 

[IUc2016]

1 minute ago, FrenchConnection said:

I thought you guys were overreacting, but at this point, he's just a Twitter troll. The lack of professionalism is stagering. 

Yeah he is obsessed with trolling IU fans who continually take the bait. Just a bit sad that he videos Scott drew in pure celebration and doesn't congratulate him but trolls another fanbase/AD. 

[FrenchConnection]

7 minutes ago, IUc2016 said:

Yeah he is obsessed with trolling IU fans who continually take the bait. Just a bit sad that he videos Scott drew in pure celebration and doesn't congratulate him but trolls another fanbase/AD. 

Maybe he gave Archie control of his Twitter account...