College basketball open thread

Submitted by jmblue on

Iowa currently leads Wisconsin early in the second half.  Do we have a rooting interest there? 

Any other games of note to keep an eye on?

B-Nut-GoBlue

February 23rd, 2012 at 10:22 PM ^

And besides rooting for Michigan (heh, rooting is an understatement) I cheer the Hawkeyes on.  The way this team is playing right now, they could be a NCAA tourney worthy team.  Buuuuuut, they went ahead and lost to Penn St, Nebraska, Campbell, and UNI throughout the season, which deservedly gets them maybe to the NIT.  Nobody else cares but it kind of pisses me off!  McCaffrey has them playing good basketball now and they should be looking at win 17/18 now instead of 15.  Beware the Hawkeyes, even next year, but in 2 and 3 years from now for sure.

snoopblue

February 23rd, 2012 at 10:25 PM ^

Iowa will make the NCAA if Minn and NW keep blowing it. However, Iowa is only good at home.

MSU has two more chances where they can lose.  @ IU and vs OSU. Let's hope they drop both.

B-Nut-GoBlue

February 24th, 2012 at 12:00 AM ^

They're 15-13 now.  Say they finish 3-0, which is very do-able with their schedule.  Let's say they win two Big 10 Tourney games, 20-13.  Are they still not in? Even though they'd have finished 6th in the Big Ten (regular season) and into the semis in the Big 10 Tourney?  I have tough time saying yes, but, well, a tough time saying no the way they hypothetically finish.

B-Nut-GoBlue

February 24th, 2012 at 12:22 AM ^

Realized I missed the last loss they'd have few minutes ago, again pondering this more.  Yea, I agree with you though, 14 losses and a horrible RPI I wasn't even aware of is hard to admit to the Dance.  The run at the end of the season they could possibly have is what gets me thinking possibility.  But again losses to CAMPBELL, Nebraska, and Penn St. is daunting to overlook.

aiglick

February 23rd, 2012 at 10:40 PM ^

Would have been nice for MSU to switch the Nebraska game with an away game at Iowa. They didn't have to do that this year.

Guess they did have to go to the Barn.

Interesting music.

MH20

February 24th, 2012 at 9:30 AM ^

Did anyone else notice Musberger have three or four senior moments during the beginning of the Gonzaga/BYU game?  I think the funniest was when he referenced John Stockton doing pick-n-roll's with Moses Malone.