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LUC seems like they’re going to hold serve.
Hinkle Fieldhouse looks cool, even on TV
still hurts.
Do bowl games in football also tell us very little? 🙄
That’s weird. I recall this board being ecstatic when Fitz won his first bowl game. Why would we be so happy if bowl games are meaningless?In many cases, yes. I've seen quite a few good teams crap out in bowl games over the years.
That’s weird. I recall this board being ecstatic when Fitz won his first bowl game. Why would we be so happy if bowl games are meaningless?
The conference tournament champion is not the same as the conference champion. Teams do hang banners for being conference champions even if they don't win the conference tourney.If conferences want to hold tournaments as a qualifier for the NCAA tourney, it's up to them. But it's a terrible way to select a conference champion.
Collins apologist logic: The Tournament is stupid and we didn’t want to play in it anywayDidn't say they were necessarily meaningless, although probably nobody remembers who wins the Podunk Toilet Bowl except the fans of the participating teams. But the best team certainly does not always win in a one-and-done scenario. Was Michigan State a better team than NU this season? Didn't look like it to me, but they won their game with the Cats.
If conferences want to hold tournaments as a qualifier for the NCAA tourney, it's up to them. But it's a terrible way to select a conference champion.
I said almost all. Also lay off my Dragons I went there for two years before the dipshit AD dropped baseball. Still to this day never received a call from him.Drexel???
Collins apologist logic: The Tournament is stupid and we didn’t want to play in it anyway
What do you say about what Loyola just did to Illinois?Ohio St, plays in the Big Ten and Loyola, where again? Somewhere in a valley, I've heard.
Good lord.... I think it’s safe to say the BIG is waaay overrated and we are even worse than we thought. Watching even the mid major teams in this tournament is so much better basketball than the crap we played this year.What do you say about what Loyola just did to Illinois?
Does that mean, one of those mid major coaches might actually improve us?Good lord.... I think it’s safe to say the BIG is waaay overrated and we are even worse than we thought. Watching even the mid major teams in this tournament is so much better basketball than the crap we played this year.
I don’t think NU can recruit as well as some of these mid majors no matter the coach.Does that mean, one of those mid major coaches might actually improve us?
I was thinking the exact same thing. What a terrible finish to the game.Rutgers is playing NU late game ball. Dribble clock down to 5 seconds and take a difficult shot. Shhesh
I had not seen Houston play before this. Got the impression that in a playoff series they’d beat Rutgers.Rutgers looking great. Can they hold on in the last 5 minutes?
Contrast that with Loyola. Never panicking, always in control. Even against a #1Rutgers did that in the Clemson game and almost blew that one. Why do so many coaches stop running their offense late in games, especially with a small lead?
Rutgers looking great. Can they hold on in the last 5 minutes?
Iowa absolutely did not have one of the most efficient defenses in the league. They were very clearly bottom of the half even with the improvement they showed in February.Iowa had one of the most efficient defenses in the league yet gave up 56 in the first half... that's like 80-90% of a full Big Ten matchup.
If it gets Collins out of here sooner, so be it.Oh dear god... the net result of this is going to be reduced bids for the Big Ten next NCAA Tournament with a bubble-sitting NU being left out, isn’t it?
Oh dear god... the net result of this is going to be reduced bids for the Big Ten next NCAA Tournament with a bubble-sitting NU being left out, isn’t it?
The committee never looks at conference strength when deciding bids, the problem this year was that the teams in conference played a total of 29 games against the top 7 conferences, with 16 of those games coming against the weak ACC. Last year, for comparison, teams played 60 games against those conferences with 20 coming against the ACC. There just wasn't enough connectedness between the conferences to properly assess strength. The Big Ten has dropped considerably in Kenpom's conference strength just from the past 4 days. After today, there will have been 9 games between B1G teams and top-7 conference teams from the NCAA tourney, so that's already 1/3 of the entire season previously.Oh dear god... the net result of this is going to be reduced bids for the Big Ten next NCAA Tournament with a bubble-sitting NU being left out, isn’t it?
So the B1G is now left with an M&M? (Michigan and Maryland)
Expect number one seeded Michigan to beat 8 seeded LSU later today. Not betting the farm on Maryland as a number 10 seed pulling it off against No. 2 seed Alabama an hour later.