BTT Semifinal Open Thread
The basketball fan in me kinda hopes Purdue wins. Our games against them the last two years have been really good games.
The Michigan fan in me is with you.
Tough to say, really. Purdue's the better team, but (a) Michigan owes them, (b) Michigan seems to be playing its best basketball of the season, whereas Purdue really isn't, and (c) seeding-wise, a game vs. Purdue is essentially house money; you might go up with a win but you won't drop with a loss.
I do like the idea of setting the record for overtimes in the World's Most Famous Arena™, though. I believe it's six... :)
KenPom just updated. Michigan now up to #10 in his system. Up to #9 (!) in Torvik. Defense #6 in KenPom and #5 in Torvik.
If these trends continue...
Bank on it.
Should be a great game. We shoulda had em in AA, and it was really, really close at their house.
Let's not pull an OSU and lose to the same team three times in one season.
If they lose today...are they in the tourney?
They do have quality Ws over OSU, OSU and OSU, for sure...but what else do they have? 13 losses is gonna stick out like a sore thumb.
they need to win today. There's too much time between now and Selection Sunday.
Their RPI (~70 with a loss) is very low for an at-large bid, even though the advanced metrics suggest they're a lot better than the RPI suggests. And they've got a couple of awful losses, including Rider and post-Lynch-supension Minnesota, both at home. (They also have a Wisconsin loss at home, and Wisconsin is down to 109 in the RPI so that's a quadrant 3 loss).
They'd need every other bubble team to lose in their tournament, and no bid theives, and they might still need some luck.
PSU might be in with a win and a loss to Michigan, but realistically I think they need the autobid.
Probably not in if they win today, honestly. RPI is still in the 60s.
I tossed them into RPI Wizard (at rpiforecast.com) and got an RPI of 65 with a Purdue win and a Michigan loss (since with a Michigan win they don't need an at-large bid). And that's with other teams around them having a chance to pass them. First Four at best, and they'd have to be rooting hard for every other bubble team to lose.
is 12 OTs.
Purdue, at their peak, is probably the best team in the country, but Painter never gets them ready at the right time, and we're going the other direction.
Penn St has a LOT to prove after getting waxed by us on Sr. day.
Regardless, we can take either.
Ever since I "banked" the Boiler win, they've been looking like shit.
Good deal.
Keep it up, Nits.
nobody's got a stopwatch? There are 20,000 smart phones in that building.
That's the Berlin wall.
Is our pep band still there?
Izzo gets to walk the entire arena and Chambers ges that BS call.
The best outcome for us would be PSU winning in a double OT draining game.
is PS shooting from Piscataway? Get Haas in foul trouble.
I want to beat Purdue. But I want to play PSU.
it'd be more fun beating them in the FF.
like Purdue should be up double digits but it's only 5. This could turn into quite the finish if PS can get their shtuff together.
shoe color makes them look like Timberlands.
That can't be comfortable.
Carr getting hosed.
a call for Purdue's moving screens.
he's an ACC guy.
Still not sure if they're beatable when they start shooting like this.