College Bball Thread

[OliviaPope40]

Good thing I have this week off so that I can plan my schedule accordingly. 

[Uspshoosier]

I'm really having trouble getting excited by the dance this year. Yes it's the greatest time of the year without question but when your team is too ugly to get invited it's hard to watch.


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Glad I don't have that problem. I'm just as excited for the dance with iu struggling then I would be if they were better. I'm just as big of college basketball fan as a whole as I am an IU fan. Why would I deprive myself of some fantastic hoops just because my team is out of it. But I'm a hoops junkie as well as a iu fanatic. 2 weeks vacation started Monday. Live a little Buckle up and enjoy the ride even if iu isn't playing great. It will be worth it.


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[Crimson and Cream]

2 hours ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Good thing I have this week off so that I can plan my schedule accordingly. 

I used my vacation this week, love this time of year

[OliviaPope40]

53 minutes ago, Crimson and Cream said:

I used my vacation this week, love this time of year

Take the Thursday and Friday off of next week for the opening round games.

[Crimson and Cream]

Just now, OliviaPope40 said:

Take the Thursday and Friday off of next week for the opening round games.

Sorry I worded that wrong, I used my vacation for next week so I can see all the opening round games :)

[Uspshoosier]

Sorry I worded that wrong, I used my vacation for next week so I can see all the opening round games :)

U should consider extending your vacation 2 weeks. Champ week and next week. 2 best weeks of college basketball.


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[Crimson and Cream]

17 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

U should consider extending your vacation 2 weeks. Champ week and next week. 2 best weeks of college basketball.


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Yeah I do work this week but I'll get to see our game Thursday and if we by some miracle make it to Saturday I have that off too.

[OliviaPope40]

36 minutes ago, Crimson and Cream said:

Sorry I worded that wrong, I used my vacation for next week so I can see all the opening round games :)

Ah I guess I read that wrong.

[Crimson and Cream]

8 minutes ago, OliviaPope40 said:

Ah I guess I read that wrong.

No I just mistyped what I was meaning to say, it's all good

[ALASKA HOOSIER]

yes, please?

[Hovadipo]

Johnny Jones out at LSU.


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[LIHoosier]

Thanks to the need for every team to be in a conference tournament, RPI 257/KenPom 262 Milwaukee are playing for the Horizon bid and are still the game with 8 minutes left.

[Crimson and Cream]

Summit League championship South Dakota State vs Omaha has been a back and forth game all night. 1:30 left, State up 3.

[VeevlandBrowns]

Mid major names to watch for in moving up to Power 5 + 3 (Big East, American, A-10) jobs:

Kevin Keatts - UNC Wilmington

Joe Dooley - FGCU. Former KU assistant. 2nd straight NCAA bid.

John Becker - Vermont. 67% winning percentage overall and 81% in the league over 6 years. Playing for a Tournament championship and NCAA bid.

Pat Kelsey - Winthrop. Former assistant at Xavier and Wake Forest. 64% WP overall, 65% in league. Won regular season Big South titles the last two years and just won their Tournament on Sunday to earn his first NCAA trip.

King Rice - Monmouth. Second straight year he's won the MAAC regular season and failed in the tournament, so probably not going to be dancing. Still, I would think he's a name which will pop up on some openings.

Dan Muller - Illinois State. Regular season co-champ in the MVC. 62/63% WP in 5 years on the job and steady improvement every season. Have to think he's at least a second tier candidate at Missouri and Illinois if that job opens up. Nebraska as well if they decide to fire Tim Miles.

Eric Musselman - Nevada. Great results in two years in Reno but have to think most would be suspicious about long term goals, given his extensive NBA/CBA/DLeague background. That said, he was an ASU assistant for two years and an LSU assistant for a year prior to getting the Nevada job. 52 years old, so probably still young enough that age isn't a negative.

Leon Rice - Boise State. Not as hot as some of the other names here because his team didn't win its league or anything, but he continues to put up strong seasons (3rd this year in the Mountain West) and he's done it long enough that I think he'd make sense for someone, especially West of the Mississippi.

Nathan Davis - Bucknell. He's only had two years there but they've been very strong in the regular season (29-7 over those two years) and they play for a Tournament championship today. Before that, he was head coach at D3 Randolph Macon and had a 78/80% WP over 6 years, making the NCAA Tournament in every season and getting to one Final Four and an Elite Eight. Maybe more risk than some other names here because of the short period in D1 but you can't argue with the W/L record.

Brett Reed - Lehigh. A native of Waterford, they're playing Bucknell for that Patriot title today. He's got a good record 58% both overall and in the conference over 10 seasons. Still remarkably young given how long he's been a head coach (only 44). He doesn't have the knockout year in, year out consistency that some other guys here have but he's made two NCAA Tournaments already and today might make his third.

Steve Forbes - East Tennessee State. Sort of similar to Davis in that he's only got two years as a D1 head coach but they are really impressive ones...24-12 and then 27-8 with back to back 14-4 years in the conference. Just won a Tournament bid. Crazy good record at the JUCO level and then Gregg Marshall hired him to be an assistant at Wichita State. He's also done time at Tennessee and Texas A&M, so D1 power conference basketball is not unfamiliar territory at all.

Scott Cross - UT Arlington. Has a Sun Belt Tournament coming up but his record at UT-A is pretty sterling regardless. 14-4 and regular season champs this year, 3rd place last year. Overall he's "only" at 55% WP but he's young at 42 and I think he's going to be an appealing name based on recency of winning.

I've eliminated some guys whose records would indicate they'd be candidates but who are a bit old to get the nod... Kermit Davis at MTSU, Tim Cluess at Iona, Rick Byrd at Belmont, etc.

[OliviaPope40]

Should be a fun day of hoops. 

[OliviaPope40]

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/josh-jackson-suspended-kansas-ku-big-12-tournament-bill-self/1i32wpgk50ogf1jf4him17dtt0

[Uspshoosier]

Cuse loses. Wayne will be happy. Cuse is an interesting case. 3 top 15 wins at home and 4 sub 100 losses. 2 wins away from home. A lot of people have them in. With how the committee did things last year they should be in but honestly I have them right on the edge


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[BtownBanner6]

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/josh-jackson-suspended-kansas-ku-big-12-tournament-bill-self/1i32wpgk50ogf1jf4him17dtt0

Sounds like the young man needs driving lessons.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Cuse loses. Wayne will be happy. Cuse is an interesting case. 3 top 15 wins at home and 4 sub 100 losses. 2 wins away from home. A lot of people have them in. With how the committee did things last year they should be in but honestly I have them right on the edge


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I am confident they still get in unfortunately. The committee will take into account their run as a lower seed last year. There's no formula for it, but it'll be taken into account. Plus they bring viewership.


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[LIHoosier]

Sounds like the young man needs driving lessons.

You'd think the KU boosters could get him a car with a rear camera.