College Bball Thread

[Uspshoosier]

20 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Here come the Trees.   They were down 18 but they have cut it to 6 and the ball with 3:14 to go 

Isu ended up losing 

[HoosierAloha]

Zona looks good 

I’ve only seen a little of them but they play without fear.


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[IU Scott]

At the half of the UM game they were showing the highlights of the PU game.  One of them said PU is trying to get to their first final 4 since 1980 which is correct.  Where are he announcer made a mistake and said the coach was Keady which is incorrect.

[Uspshoosier]

13 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

I’ve only seen a little of them but they play without fear.


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Miller didn’t leave the cupboard bare on his way out.  Lloyd has  some players 

[HoosierAloha]

Miller didn’t leave the cupboard bare on his way out.  Lloyd has  some players 

And they’re playing!! They look like they’re playing free, fearless, and with confidence.


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[Stuhoo]

Michigan better figure it out soon.

Zona in danger of running em out the gym 

[RaceToTheTop]

45 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

Probably to to young but this PU is not close to the Glenn Robinson Purdue teams.  I guess you can say that about most teams today compared to the teams in the 80'd and 90's.

I'm old enough to remember that team well.  And there aren't any signs those Robinson teams are better than this Purdue team.  Matt Waddell, Brandon Brantley, and Porter Roberts started on that team.  No rotational player was over 6'8".

 

[RaceToTheTop]

16 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Miller didn’t leave the cupboard bare on his way out.  Lloyd has  some players 

What's funny is that a good number of those brought to Arizona were paid through LOYD (the business where the bribes came from and would be given the rights to represent the players when they turned pro). 

 

[Stuhoo]

Michigan would play better if they played hard.

They haven’t, and they aren’t.

[Uspshoosier]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

Michigan would play better if they played hard.

They haven’t, and they aren’t.

 B1G still for the most part struggling in these marquee matchups.  Going to cost the league some bids come March 

[Stuhoo]

5 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

 B1G still for the most part struggling in these marquee matchups.  Going to cost the league some bids come March 

For sure.

So far this year, only Purdue, IU, MSU, Iowa, NW, and Minny haven’t disappointed. And three of those teams haven’t played a team in the top 200.

Mary, Ill, UM, PSU, OSU, Rut, Neb, and Wisc have looked weak or weaker than expected.

 

[Stuhoo]

Caleb Houstan is not bad defensively.

He is TERRIBLE 

[RaceToTheTop]

10 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Caleb Houstan is not bad defensively.

He is TERRIBLE 

Considering he hasn't shot the ball well all year, that's not encouraging.

[Uspshoosier]

Unlv/Wichita St about to tip off 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

XSN Top 25

[Stuhoo]

15 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

XSN Top 25

[HoosierHoopster]

9 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Unlv/Wichita St about to tip off 

My kid used to work out with Morris Udeze (in Houston) and played some AAU with him. Great guy, and fun to watch

[Uspshoosier]

10 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Unlv/Wichita St about to tip off 

Wichita St ended up winning it by 1.   I’m just catching up on the last 7 min of the game.  Etienne had another big second half.  He is really good.   Never thought when watching Porter in high school that he would be playing D1 ball.  I remember when he was in juco IU took a look at him and I never really gave it a thought.   Great job by him improving and earning his spot on Wichita St 

[Uspshoosier]

1 hour ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

XSN Top 25

With Purdue being 54-0 I would of had them in the 1 spot.     You had St Bonaventure unranked before this week? They are really good.  

[Uspshoosier]

Safe to say the top teams so far this year are Zags, UCLA, Purdue and Kansas.  You can make a case for each of them to be in the top spot.  
A bad trend this year in college basketball is turnovers are way up across the board. This isn’t just an IU thing this is a problem across the board, although Nova didn’t turn the ball over at all in the first half of their game.   A Memphis/W Kentucky game I watched had over 50 turnovers combined.   Ken Pom usually post interesting in season stats on trends so I can’t wait to see some of the numbers he comes up with