College Bball Thread

[Stuhoo]

6 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

Their team sheet is crazy.   Rutgers is 1-6 in Q1 games.   Don’t have a Q2 or Q3 game  and they are 7-0 in Q4 games.    

They truly barely squeaked out some of those quad 4 games. At home.

[Demo]

Wow, AJ Hoggard just took an open 3 from about 6’ off the baseline and shot it off the side of the board. Think about that, with no backboard he would have airballed it to the left of the rim. Now that’s a miss. In other news, Northwestern is flat handling MSU right now.

[Uspshoosier]

10 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

They truly barely squeaked out some of those quad 4 games. At home.

And won at Seton Hall.   

[Ryno6284]

13 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

And won at Seton Hall.   

That blows my mind, Seton Hall is playing UP right now! Really tough team!

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

50 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

This could be the 2013 team and I would still think we will lose this game!

About like Minnesota that year against Mbakwe, Rodney Williams, the Hollins(not related, I know) and Coleman... Just knew we would lose. That same Minny team was #8 I believe when they came to Bloomington before that.

[Uspshoosier]

9 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

That blows my mind, Seton Hall is playing UP right now! Really tough team!

Just college basketball being college basketball.   Northwestern lost by 30 at Illinois and the next game has handled Sparty handily all game at home 

[Ryno6284]

1 minute ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

About like Minnesota that year against Mbakwe, Rodney Williams, the Hollins(not related, I know) and Coleman... Just knew we would lose. That same Minny team was #8 I believe when they came to Bloomington before that.

I still think this is worse than that, when is the last time we have won there?

[Uspshoosier]

6 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

I still think this is worse than that, when is the last time we have won there?

2107-2018 season 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

[str8baller]

14 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

They have played 2 road games so far and their home game was a full strength Illinois team that is a top 10 team.   Rutgers still should be favored in this game.  Winning on the road in conference is very difficult 

I agree with all of this. Tough place to win. 
 

The flip side is that there aren’t too many better matchups for us. They are bad on offense and bad 3point shooters. They’ll probably try and make it a rock fight, but I’d hope guys like X, Reneau and Galloway give us a slight edge. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

He may be a guard and he may be available but no thank you from me.

Bossi - 

A pair of Memphis freshmen are hitting the college basketball transfer portal at the midway point of the season. A source confirmed to 247Sports on Monday that guard Mikey Williams and wing JJ Taylor are entering the transfer portal and that the former high school teammates are interested in heading to the same destination if possible.

One of the most well-known high school players in the last decade, Williams had been listed on the Memphis roster all season long but never actually played for Penny Hardaway and the Tigers while he tended to legal matters at home in San Diego.

The No. 39 ranked player in the class of 2023, Williams is an explosive combo guard who posted huge scoring numbers as a senior at San Ysidro (Calif.) High. At 6-foot-2 he can finish above the rim in the lane, plays through contact and is a streaky shooter with deep range on his jump shot.

[HoosierCoop]

26 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

He may be a guard and he may be available but no thank you from me.

Bossi - 

A pair of Memphis freshmen are hitting the college basketball transfer portal at the midway point of the season. A source confirmed to 247Sports on Monday that guard Mikey Williams and wing JJ Taylor are entering the transfer portal and that the former high school teammates are interested in heading to the same destination if possible.

One of the most well-known high school players in the last decade, Williams had been listed on the Memphis roster all season long but never actually played for Penny Hardaway and the Tigers while he tended to legal matters at home in San Diego.

The No. 39 ranked player in the class of 2023, Williams is an explosive combo guard who posted huge scoring numbers as a senior at San Ysidro (Calif.) High. At 6-foot-2 he can finish above the rim in the lane, plays through contact and is a streaky shooter with deep range on his jump shot.

Louisville?

This screams Cardinal to me.

[Hardwood83]

1 hour ago, HoosierCoop said:

Louisville?

This screams Cardinal to me.

Good call, but why even pretend with college at this point? Just go the G-league or Europe or wherever. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

1 hour ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

He may be a guard and he may be available but no thank you from me.

Bossi - 

A pair of Memphis freshmen are hitting the college basketball transfer portal at the midway point of the season. A source confirmed to 247Sports on Monday that guard Mikey Williams and wing JJ Taylor are entering the transfer portal and that the former high school teammates are interested in heading to the same destination if possible.

One of the most well-known high school players in the last decade, Williams had been listed on the Memphis roster all season long but never actually played for Penny Hardaway and the Tigers while he tended to legal matters at home in San Diego.

The No. 39 ranked player in the class of 2023, Williams is an explosive combo guard who posted huge scoring numbers as a senior at San Ysidro (Calif.) High. At 6-foot-2 he can finish above the rim in the lane, plays through contact and is a streaky shooter with deep range on his jump shot.

I'd take Mikey Williams and I can guarantee Woody could sell the "father figure" pitch for him. I'll take any talented guard for next season. We NEED it.

[Stuhoo]

10 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I'd take Mikey Williams and I can guarantee Woody could sell the "father figure" pitch for him. I'll take any talented guard for next season. We NEED it.

Mikey Williams? Lol hell no. I'm not even sure he's that talented -- he was as a 14 year old but others caught up to and surpassed him. 

While there are no guarantees, we can most certainly do better in the portal than Mikey Williams.

https://sports.yahoo.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikey-williams-145149876.html

[Demo]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Mikey Williams? Lol hell no. I'm not even sure he's that talented -- he was as a 14 year old but others caught up to and surpassed him. 

While there are no guarantees, we can most certainly do better in the portal than Mikey Williams.

https://sports.yahoo.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-mikey-williams-145149876.html

Not sure who would touch him. Maybe Ignite, but he’s a textbook case of an early maturer and I doubt it would be worth it to them. ABL?

[go iu bb]

Seeing Izzo rant and whine after the NW loss makes me think he isn't going to be coaching for too much longer. I think he'll retire soon. I'm going to guess within the next 3 seasons.

I know I won't miss him when it happens.

[RaceToTheTop]

5 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Seeing Izzo rant and whine after the NW loss makes me think he isn't going to be coaching for too much longer. I think he'll retire soon. I'm going to guess within the next 3 seasons.

I know I won't miss him when it happens.

Meanwhile, Pom has 9-6 Michigan State at #19 and they are 28th in NET.

[TheWatShot]

19 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Seeing Izzo rant and whine after the NW loss makes me think he isn't going to be coaching for too much longer. I think he'll retire soon. I'm going to guess within the next 3 seasons.

I know I won't miss him when it happens.

I've thought this for awhile now, but like many other people from his generation, he just has to keep working because, well, he just does. 

[OliviaPope40]

44 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

Seeing Izzo rant and whine after the NW loss makes me think he isn't going to be coaching for too much longer. I think he'll retire soon. I'm going to guess within the next 3 seasons.

I know I won't miss him when it happens.

My grandma would be saying that he should retire before he has a health scare.