College Bball Thread

[Tom White]

1 hour ago, MemphisHoosier said:

Gavitt Games announces - no Hoosiers to be found, but some great matchups.

Looks like he is practicing his Crane Kick for a future Karate Kid movie. You know, in case his coaching gig doesn't work out.

[LIHoosier]

2 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Some good ones….but Butler at Michigan State?  Michigan State should be favored to win the Big Ten next year and Butler could be in the Big East basement.

Not only that, they played each other 2 years ago as a Gavitt game at Hinkle. I'd have Creighton at MSU and Iowa at Butler.

[Demo]

2 hours ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Some good ones….but Butler at Michigan State?  Michigan State should be favored to win the Big Ten next year and Butler could be in the Big East basement.

 

[Brass Cannon]

2 hours ago, Scotty R said:

The Goergetown and Rutgers game could be interesting

Georgetown being interesting is a real step in the right direction for them 

[Scotty R]

4 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Especially if Cam Spencer suits up at SG for Georgetown.

That is my point because otherwise it wouldn't be interesting 

[lillurk]

7 hours ago, MemphisHoosier said:

Gavitt Games announces - no Hoosiers to be found, but some great matchups.

Gotta say, one reason to love this board and specifically this thread is I saw some chatter from Twitter Ball Knowers — even ones I like! — that complained about the matchups. But I agree with you: some really good ones. I’ll try to tune in for X@PU, Marq@Ill, UM@SJU, UMd@VU, and Iowa@Creighton.

[OliviaPope40]

On 5/22/2023 at 4:05 PM, RaceToTheTop said:

Some good ones….but Butler at Michigan State?  Michigan State should be favored to win the Big Ten next year and Butler could be in the Big East basement.

They've been the Big East basement for a long time. I remember reading an article by David Woods who talked about the move to the Big East didn't make sense given that Butler does not have as large of an endowment as say a Georgetown or another school with the same endowment. Even their move to the A10 didn't make much sense. They also didn't have many tournament chances in the Horizon but don't know what conference they should be in.

[OliviaPope40]

On 5/22/2023 at 8:17 AM, Scotty R said:

That block against Duke was in the sweet 16

Was it I forgot which one.

[OliviaPope40]

On 5/22/2023 at 11:31 AM, WayneFleekHoosier said:

It's virtually unfathomable he didn't get canned for that Public Relations nightmare.  I guess it says a lot about WVU and a certain amount about WV in general.  Geez..

She didn't like him as a coach but she wouldn't like him knowing this.

[Scotty R]

33 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Was it I forgot which one.

Beat Kent St. in the elite 8

[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, OliviaPope40 said:

They've been the Big East basement for a long time. I remember reading an article by David Woods who talked about the move to the Big East didn't make sense given that Butler does not have as large of an endowment as say a Georgetown or another school with the same endowment. Even their move to the A10 didn't make much sense. They also didn't have many tournament chances in the Horizon but don't know what conference they should be in.

Missouri Valley would have probably been a good fit.  Non-football conference who has years with at large possibilities for the NCAA tournament.  Butler took the success they had a few years in the NCAA tournament and sold high, but the past three seasons they've went 38-52 and 20-40 in conference.

[Stuhoo]

On 5/21/2023 at 11:00 AM, lillurk said:

Came here to post this but I see we’re already on it. Feels like we may be reaching the end of an epoch 

 

 

An article now on-line stating that all UK players are reporting for summer workouts next week.

If their whole team arrives, those three against four full-team scrimmages are gonna be epic!

 

[Demo]

Yup, though it’s #6 and then everything else. 

[Hovadipo]

4 minutes ago, Demo said:

Yup, though it’s #6 and then everything else. 

It's kinda shocking how rare #11 is.

[Stuhoo]

12 minutes ago, Demo said:

Yup, though it’s #6 and then everything else. 

Miller Kopp is truly an interesting guy. Could end up being our Hummel.

[Stuhoo]

 

Good.

Quality kid. Outstanding college player.

GO AWAY.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

46 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Good.

Quality kid. Outstanding college player.

GO AWAY.

Ditto.  
 

Painter scheduled that game in Toronto to help get the NIL to work out.  
 

I strongly dislike Purdue, but kinda love this kid.  So Edey getting drafted and Painter having to figure things out without Edey will make me very happy.  

[cthomas]

Edey or no Edey, Purdue will still be good and a tough out. Every time I they will suck, Painter pulls a rabbit out of his hat and they are better than expected.

 

 

[Tasmanian Devil]

14 hours ago, cthomas said:

Edey or no Edey, Purdue will still be good and a tough out. Every time I they will suck, Painter pulls a rabbit out of his hat and they are better than expected.

 

 

Purdue is a system team. Even without Edey, Painter’s system keeps Purdue consistently in games against more talented teams.

But as we learned against Miami, talent - especially long, athletic playmakers - becomes harder to overcome in the NCAA Tournament. When you have a kid like Edey you can negate that to an extent. But had Purdue shown even serviceable play from the guard/wing position they could have won a title, let alone never had the worst loss in NCAA Tournament history.
 

Between Smith, Loyer and Morton you have an extreme lack of athleticism. They’re all solid players, and if the other two -particularly the guard spots - are athletic and long you probably would be ok. Having Smith and Loyer to compliment Morton, however, exposed Purdue badly.

[Stuhoo]

15 hours ago, cthomas said:

Edey or no Edey, Purdue will still be good and a tough out. Every time I they will suck, Painter pulls a rabbit out of his hat and they are better than expected.

 

 

 

Except for those couple of years when Purdue under Painter finished dead last in the B1G.