College Bball Thread

[HoosierAloha]

Portland v MSU is going to end before this game.

This has been a terrible end to the game. They've let the clock run well past the whistle or ball going through the net a handful of times. Pretty sure the officials and everyone else is over it by now.

[TheWatShot]

Always cracks me up when announcers bend over backwards praising officials for huddling during lengthy reviews and talking with their hands. 

[ziggyiu]

Seeing how horrifically UNC was coached throughout thr PK Invitational, I've gone from hoping IU beats UNC next week to being disappointed if IU doesn't beat UNC. 

[HoosierAloha]

FSU vs. Nebrasketball, that should be a doozy

[HoosierAloha]

Just now, ziggyiu said:

Seeing how horrifically UNC was coached throughout thr PK Invitational, I've gone from hoping IU beats UNC next week to being disappointed if IU doesn't beat UNC. 

In Assembly Hall, it really shouldn't be close with the way UNC has played to start the season.

[mike vannice]

Nate Oats coaching strategy-flip a coin to see who is going to go one on one.

[str8baller]

34 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

Buy games so far, according to KP:

• Morehead St - 258
• Bethune - 325
• Miami (OH) - 282
• Little Rock - 329
• Jackson St. - 302

Xavier - 31

Our current SOS is really poor (towards the bottom of D1 poor) but should get better soon with UNC, Arizona, and KU coming up. We could do some working on the area between the good and ugly part of the schedule.

Exactly. I could not care less about gaming the NET. I’m more worried about getting the team ready and those 250-300+ games are pretty worthless besides making the AD money.   
 

Every one of those games saw our guys out athlete those squads eventually, but that strategy was not helpful versus Xavier when we had to shorten the bench and play TJD most of the game. That’ll be more typical of B1G play than games where we get Banks and Gunn a bunch of minutes. I think we learned more about the team in the one Xavier game than all the other games combined. 
 

We play UNC and then start conf play. So only two real games to prepare for conf play. It’s not an optimal setup for performance. 

[Brass Cannon]

8 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Exactly. I could not care less about gaming the NET. I’m more worried about getting the team ready and those 250-300+ games are pretty worthless besides making the AD money.   
 

Every one of those games saw our guys out athlete those squads eventually, but that strategy was not helpful versus Xavier when we had to shorten the bench and play TJD most of the game. That’ll be more typical of B1G play than games where we get Banks and Gunn a bunch of minutes. I think we learned more about the team in the one Xavier game than all the other games combined. 
 

We play UNC and then start conf play. So only two real games to prepare for conf play. It’s not an optimal setup for performance. 

I wouldn’t say they were useless they let us play our bench even when they made mistakes.  Against a team in the mid 100s good chance we can’t do that and the guys don’t get experience.  

Do I think our schedule could be a bit tougher  Of course   But I think it’s very valuable that all of our freshmen and Bates have had the ability to play thru mistakes and learn  hopefully that pays off 

 

[Uspshoosier]

Sparty let Portland back in this game.   Sparty up 1 with 13 sec to go 

[Uspshoosier]

With the conference wanting 2  conference games early in the year almost every team will go into those games less prepared.  Unless you play in a pre tourney your competition is going into those games isn’t going to be the best.   B1G set the trend when they went to 20 games and know other conferences followed and play 2 early games.   Usually these games a sloppy as heck but still count like the rest. 

[Uspshoosier]

5 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Sparty let Portland back in this game.   Sparty up 1 with 13 sec to go 

Portland misses a layup to win it.  Sparty escapes. 

[Hovadipo]

What a play call by Portland. 
 

“WE GOT FU**ED” from their coach had me rolling. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

What a play call by Portland. 

 

“WE GOT FU**ED” from their coach had me rolling. 

Not sure I agreed with him specifically, but a hell of a play call and execution. Respect to Portland. Balled hard all weekend.

 

I did feel his pain though. Lol

 

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[IU Scott]

1 hour ago, mike vannice said:

Nate Oats coaching strategy-flip a coin to see who is going to go one on one.

That is why I never wanted him to be the coach at IU. There style of play is horrible to watch.

[HoosierAloha]

Exactly. I could not care less about gaming the NET. I’m more worried about getting the team ready and those 250-300+ games are pretty worthless besides making the AD money.   
 
Every one of those games saw our guys out athlete those squads eventually, but that strategy was not helpful versus Xavier when we had to shorten the bench and play TJD most of the game. That’ll be more typical of B1G play than games where we get Banks and Gunn a bunch of minutes. I think we learned more about the team in the one Xavier game than all the other games combined. 
 
We play UNC and then start conf play. So only two real games to prepare for conf play. It’s not an optimal setup for performance. 

There’s good and bad to it. I’d much rather have a few more games against solid competition over the 300+ teams. I believe that would help more than hurt. Some coaches and programs don’t want those possible Ls on their hands.


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[HoosierAloha]

FSU vs. Nebrasketball, that should be a doozy

This first half has been incredible-ly bad basketball.


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[FightFor6]

That Xavier win is going to look really good come March.

[Uspshoosier]

Xavier up 6 with 7 min to go 

Nebraska up 18 with 12 min to go.    

[str8baller]

1 hour ago, Brass Cannon said:

But I think it’s very valuable that all of our freshmen and Bates have had the ability to play thru mistakes and learn  hopefully that pays off 

Our top freshman and Bates would play through those mistakes against better teams and be better off for it. They’re going to play through mistakes against B1G opponents.  Trading that experience for our young rotation guys for garbage minutes for Gunn and Banks (both of whom I like) seems like a sub-optimal trade-off to me.  

[IU Scott]

17 minutes ago, str8baller said:

Our top freshman and Bates would play through those mistakes against better teams and be better off for it. They’re going to play through mistakes against B1G opponents.  Trading that experience for our young rotation guys for garbage minutes for Gunn and Banks (both of whom I like) seems like a sub-optimal trade-off to me.  

All top teams at buy games and by the end of the non conference schedule we will play as tough of one as anyone. People get caught up with feast week and see teams playing other top teams but that is just one week