College Bball Thread

[LIHoosier]

Hey, they know how to climb onto the court. Thank you, Richie Rich.

[hoosierpap]

Just putting this out there.  Every season it seems like every top B1G team has that WTF loss.  Maryland has yet to have that unless you count the home loss to Wiscy.  Does Maryland make it past Minny tonight or that their WTF conference loss?  That's their last real opportunity for a loss of that nature unless they all decide to slam Illini heads into the court and the refs decide to actually do the right thing and boot them. 

Smart man. 

[Uwe Robb]

Minny fans rushing the floor after every single conference win this year. Might be a new record.

[HoosierTrav]

Ok so if we can win our next 3 we are guaranteed at least a share of the title. 

If 1 of those losses are to Iowa, then no (assuming Iowa wins out). 

[mdn82]

Aloha

[HoosierAloha]

Now that's a bad loss

 

But, but they didn't have their best player that pushed an opponent's head into the floor.  Karma?

[Brass Cannon]

We win 3 of any 4 including Iowa we have a share. Crazy

 

True.  Honestly I think Iowa loses a few more.  I think we go 2-2 and we will have a share.  3-1 as long as we beat Maryland and we win it.  

[BGleas]

Reverse jinx complete!

Agree, but in. Maryland's defense they never lose these games. They might play bad, but they always pull come back in the end.

[HoosierAloha]

Smart man. 

 

To be fair, I later thought it might not happen because Minny is terrible from behind the arc.  However, they found their range tonight. 

[Brass Cannon]

If 1 of those losses are to Iowa, then no (assuming Iowa wins out). 

 

Iowa is our third game left. 

[cjvz20]

Love how sulaimon was going crazy after every basket he made and they still lost

[LIHoosier]

Minny fans rushing the floor after every single conference win this year. Might be a new record.

If they beat Rutgers and rush the court, they should be relegated to the Summit League.

[Brass Cannon]

But, but they didn't have their best player that pushed an opponent's head into the floor.  Karma?

 

Its gonna be funny if our game against them would have been for the Big Ten title if not for this loss.  They will all know who to blame. 

[HoosierTrav]

Iowa is our third game left. 

But they are tied with us currently. If they win out and we only lose once more (to Iowa), they'd have the 1 game edge. 

 

Unless I'm completely missing something here. 

[cjvz20]

Dakich just said Richard pitino has made Minny relevant what is he smoking

[Uspshoosier]

Joey king's interview and emotion after the game is the reason college basketball is the greatest sport. Good for him getting a win

[Brass Cannon]

But they are tied with us currently. If they win out and we only lose once more (to Iowa), they'd have the 1 game edge. 

 

Unless I'm completely missing something here. 

 

If we win our next 3 games, we would be beating Iowa. 

[MartintheMopMan]

The Indiana part says:

 

Indiana (21–6, 11–3): "Can they play all their games in Assembly Hall? If they did, they could win the title. [Freshman center] Bryant is a very poor defender, so you can really exploit that. A lot of big guys have scored against him. [Michigan State's Matt] Costello had 22 against him [on Sunday]. [Northwestern's] Alex Olah had 19 points in 20 minutes [on Jan. 23]. [Wisconsin's] Ethan Happ had 25 [on Jan. 26]. He's just young. He gets caught out of position and that leads to foul trouble. I do think they're better without [sophomore guard James] Blackmon [who was lost for the season with a torn ACL on Jan. 5]. He's a great talent, but it takes away another guy who wants the ball. They're at their best when [senior guard] Yogi [Ferrell] has the ball. [Junior forward Collin] Hartman and [senior guard Nick] Zeisloft are tremendous role players. This is the first time since [Victor] Oladipo and [Cody] Zeller were there that I've seen an Indiana team where everyone is happy offensively. They play so fast on offense that they don't have the same toughness and energy on the defensive end."

 

Websites might not like it, but whatever. If there is just a little blurb about Indiana then I appreciate when people pull it out so we don't have to all click links.

 

Anyway...

The Indiana write up is 100% true.

Not to nitpick, because I do agree with the general sentiment of the whole thing, but it's like 50% false. JBJ does not have a torn ACL that we know of. Costello, Olah, and Happ did not score those points against Bryant, they scored those points in games Bryant also played in. You can't count every point each player scored against Bryant, he played 18, 23, and 28 minutes in those games and was not the only one to send those guys to the line. It's unfair to pretend the starters play only against their counterparts the entire game.

 

Not that anyone cares about this article anymore, that Maryland game. Wow.

[Yogi'sBicep]

Best places to find relevant brackets?

[cjvz20]

Think if we go 3-1 down stretch we will at least be co champs. Need to win Saturday at least