Basketball Open Thread
Well, it sucks Michigan is out. But there’s always next year.
However there are a lot of games going on in many different conference tournaments.
correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe in the Big Ten Tournament the higher seed has only one 3 games?
Also MSU goes down, OSU still alive to make the NCAA tournament with a losing record.
Tennessee vs Missouri is a close game.
If they make it, they will be .500
Bummer that Michigan had a tough year, and hope OSU bows out tomorrow, but the parody between 14 average teams has made it unpredictable
Spelling 100% correct here. I'm fully expecting the Buckeyes to win this thing now, then subsequently join 8-9 other B1G teams in losing on the first weekend - an appropriate capper on this rather ridiculous B1G hoops season.
Agree. But the way this CBB season has gone this will probably be the year that the B1G wins it all. It would seem fitting.
"parody": typo or sly joke?
Definitely not intentional
March 10th, 2023 at 10:01 PM ^
I would definitely own that mistake, given this conference this season.
Pretty crazy there was not much difference at all between teams 2-13. I honestly don’t see any team making it much further than the sweet 16. Maybe Purdue, but they always seem to choke once they make it there, so they are no sure bet.
Purdue limped through the month of February after having a 22-1 record, they finished 25-6 so they had a 4-6 record for their last 10 games. They almost crapped the bed today against a so-so Rutgers team.
If I were a betting man, my money would NOT be on Purdue.
Watch this hookshot with my eyebrow.....
While we hover vaguely between on-topic and off-topic, I'm curious if anyone has thoughts about the Big Ten national championship drought. (Purdue seems unlikely to change things.)
I've read that Big Ten refs allow such rough stuff that when teams get to the playoffs, they're stuck in beast mode.
D'ya think that's the reason?
Or luck?
Playing in cold weather?
Or, for the engineers here, are the gods of math punishing the Big Ten for having more than ten teams?
Of course, the B1G has had 7 separate teams make the Title Game since MSU won in 2000. Any one of them wins, and this isn't really a topic.
Mostly bad luck, I'd argue (and bad calls by referees, yes, absolutely). The odds of a coin landing heads 7 straight times is 1 in 128. Roughly the same as a random American adult male being 6-foot-4 or taller.
Good point. And we almost should count Michigan for its shoulda-been win against Louisville.
P.S. Nittany, did you see the speculation of a half-dozen coaches who might replace Ewing at Georgetown included Penn State's coach?
I think it's the 1st time in 25 years I've seen a PSU coach being considered for another job!
PSU has a proven history of being cheap when it comes to basketball (actually, all sports that aren't football, including wrestling where Cael Sanderson wins annual titles and has had to fight battles for relative chump change). So I don't expect PSU to pony up the $$$ when other schools come calling.
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
Okay, one more time, this time with emphasis!
Try decaf…..your comment will post shortly.
Hoek, depending on the quality of your baseline posts you're going to get either a shitload of plusses or a shitload of minuses from me. :)
I know one game that a should have won a Big Ten team the Title!!! The fucking block was clean!!
WTF is going on here?
Stop this fucking bullshit posting a thousand times!!! This is the 2nd thread you have done this on.
Jeez, we get it already
Buckeye fans were ready to help Holtmann pack up and move two weeks ago, now they look to be the team to beat next year, as this run is being done with mostly freshman and add in what they have coming next year.
Sparty Nooooo!
It's pretty much impossible to engage in much schadenfreude when we suck too, and especially when it's a contest between Sparty and The Cooler Poopers.
Maybe if OSU wins the tournament they are at least stuck with Holtmann for another year? Bit of a silver lining?
March 11th, 2023 at 12:58 AM ^
After signing a contract extension last offseason, Holtmann has a $20 million buyout, so he was always going to get at least one more year.
Sticky return key strikes again I see. Dude, clean your keyboard!