College Basketball 2010-11

[NeifiIsMyHomeBoy]

Wisconsin only turned the ball over three times and still lost. Had they gone inside consistently I think they would have faired a lot better today. Demetri is miles beyond Taylor right now, but I was impressed by what I saw. Go Illini!

[illiniguy]

Bill Cole has been playing the best basketball of his life. He's gotten a lot of crap from me for not being Robbie Hummel, but he is probably my favorite senior right now.

You know DMac is a senior, right?

[Magnetic Curses]

good win

[illiniguy]

I loved seeing Leonard get some good minutes tonight and doing ok. I wish Crandall could find some minutes somewhere.

[NeifiIsMyHomeBoy]

Bill Cole has been playing the best basketball of his life. He's gotten a lot of crap from me for not being Robbie Hummel, but he is probably my favorite senior right now.

You know DMac is a senior, right?

 

I'm aware. I just expected this level of play out of Demetri.

[illiniguy]

good win

Yeah Pom had them at #10 I believe.

[illiniguy]

Bill Cole has been playing the best basketball of his life. He's gotten a lot of crap from me for not being Robbie Hummel, but he is probably my favorite senior right now.

You know DMac is a senior, right?

 

I'm aware. I just expected this level of play out of Demetri.

I am enjoying the crap out of him, I really hope he gets a better shake than Frankie did in the League.

[NeifiIsMyHomeBoy]

We got to the line 22 times compared to Wisconsin's 12. Impressive against Bucky.

[bukie]

Really good win by Illini today, as the only thing that kept it close was the turnover differential. Great job by McCamey of getting to the line, and good job on Leuer, who had his worst game of the year offensively.

[Magnetic Curses]

wisco shot 35 3's as opposed to the illini's 12. anyone who claims we are chuckers isn't paying attention.

[Flames24Rulz]

Bill Cole has been playing the best basketball of his life. He's gotten a lot of crap from me for not being Robbie Hummel, but he is probably my favorite senior right now.

You know DMac is a senior, right?

 

I'm aware. I just expected this level of play out of Demetri.

I am enjoying the crap out of him, I really hope he gets a better shake than Frankie did in the League.

 

If McCamey doesn't get fat, he'll get his shot and then some.

[abuck1220]

iowa state started the season with 9 players (8 on scholarship). one quit, one got suspended for a suspected DUI and one of the starters is hurt. so what do you do when you're left with 6 players (5 on scholarship)? why just grab a couple guys off the football team and throw them on the team.

[bukie]

Ken Pomeroy did a bunch of conference simulations, and presented the conferences from least competitive to most competitive here (for the latter half, second part coming soon).

 

To paraphrase, from least competitive to most competitive (well, least to 17th most competitive):

 

32. ACC (Duke 93.8%)

31. Pac-10 (Washington 91.2%)

30. WAC (Utah State 90.5%)

29. Atlantic Sun (Belmont 90.2%)

28. Big Ten (Ohio State 87.9%)

27. Big 12 (Kansas 83.5%)

26. Summit (Oakland 82.5%)

25. Southland (SFA 81.7%)

24. Big Sky (Montana 79.5%)

23. Horizon (Butler 78.6%, Cleveland State 20.9%)

22. Great West (South Dakota 78.1%)

21. Big West (Long Beach State 73.1%)

20. Big South (Coastal Carolina 71.7%)

19. SEC (Kentucky 63.5%, Vanderbilt 27.5%)

18. Patriot (Bucknell 63.3%, American 24.3%)

17. WCC (St. Mary's 61.0%, Gonzaga 36.6%)

[bukie]

Also, Pomeroy's top 10 POY candidates as of this week:

 

1. Jared Sullinger, Ohio State

2. Terrence Jones, Kentucky

3. Jimmer Fredette, BYU

4. Jon Leuer, Wisconsin

5. Derrick Williams, Arizona

6. Kemba Walker, UConn

7. JaJuan Johnson, Purdue

8. Jordan Hamilton, Texas

9. E'Twaun Moore, Purdue

10. Nolan Smith, Duke

[chuckywang]

iowa state started the season with 9 players (8 on scholarship). one quit, one got suspended for a suspected DUI and one of the starters is hurt. so what do you do when you're left with 6 players (5 on scholarship)? why just grab a couple guys off the football team and throw them on the team.

 

Or hold open practices for students. Duke did it when they needed a kicker.

[abuck1220]

the two football players got in the game last night for the last 10 seconds. tried out monday morning, played in the game monday night.

[bukie]

Ken Pomeroy did a bunch of conference simulations, and presented the conferences from least competitive to most competitive here (for the latter half, second part coming soon).

 

To paraphrase, from least competitive to most competitive (well, least to 17th most competitive):

 

32. ACC (Duke 93.8%)

31. Pac-10 (Washington 91.2%)

30. WAC (Utah State 90.5%)

29. Atlantic Sun (Belmont 90.2%)

28. Big Ten (Ohio State 87.9%)

27. Big 12 (Kansas 83.5%)

26. Summit (Oakland 82.5%)

25. Southland (SFA 81.7%)

24. Big Sky (Montana 79.5%)

23. Horizon (Butler 78.6%, Cleveland State 20.9%)

22. Great West (South Dakota 78.1%)

21. Big West (Long Beach State 73.1%)

20. Big South (Coastal Carolina 71.7%)

19. SEC (Kentucky 63.5%, Vanderbilt 27.5%)

18. Patriot (Bucknell 63.3%, American 24.3%)

17. WCC (St. Mary's 61.0%, Gonzaga 36.6%)

Part 2

 

16. MEAC (Hampton 60.2%, Morgan State 28.1%)

15. Atlantic 10 (Temple 55.0%, Richmond 27.1%, Duquesne 11.0%)

14. SWAC (Texas Southern 54.3%, Jackson State 41.8%)

13. Southern (Charleston 53.3%, Davidson 18.9%, Furman 14.7%, Wofford 12.5%)

12. Colonial (George Mason 53.0%, Drexel 30.4%, Old Dominion 10.9%)

11. Sun Belt (North Texas 52.6%, Arkansas State 21.3%, Florida Atlantic 12.7%)

10. Conference USA (Central Florida 51.9%, UTEP 18.8% -- WHY IS MEMPHIS RANKED?!?)

9. NEC (Quinnipiac 49.3%, Robert Morris 31.2%, St. Francis NY 13.2%)

8. MVC (Wichita State 48.3%, Missouri State 45.8%)

7. America East (Vermont 46.9%, Maine 31.7%, Boston U 17.2%)

6. Ivy (Princeton 46.7%, Harvard 45.7%)

5. OVC (Austin Peay 44.1%, Murray State 35.0%, Morehead State 25.0%)

4. Big East (Pittsburgh 44.1%, Syracuse 28.2%)

3. MAAC (Iona 43.2%, Fairfield 27.0%, Rider 24.5%)

2. Mountain West (BYU 42.3%, UNLV 31.7%, San Diego State 24.8%)

1. MAC (Ball State 37.8%, Kent State 18.1%, Buffalo 15.5%, Ohio 12.4%, Akron 10.2%)

[SouthSideRyan]

On bodog, Ohio State was something like 9/2 to win the Big Ten before the season started.

[Guest]

I'd definitely take the field in the Pac-10 and Big 10, maybe the Big 12 too.

[bukie]

On bodog, Ohio State was something like 9/2 to win the Big Ten before the season started.

Yeah, a combination of them playing like world beaters in every game plus a favorable Big Ten schedule (only one of the 5 good teams that doesn't play a road game against one of the others, with no game @MSU) bumps the odds well in their favor. The other boost comes from the fact there are only five real quality Big Ten teams (NU is the 6th at 47 on Pomeroy. Minny is 60).

 

The Big East is crazy this year because there are 11 teams in the KenPom top 40, and all could reasonably finish at least .500 in conference and make the tourney (because the other 5 are TERRIBLE).

[SouthSideRyan]

I'd definitely take the field in the Pac-10 and Big 10, maybe the Big 12 too.

 

I'd definitely take the field in Big 10 and Big 12. I'd have to think about the Pac 10. Although Washington might be the only team that isn't terrible. They are so bad.

[SouthSideRyan]

It's pretty much Minnesota's season on the line tonight.

[bukie]

I'd definitely take the field in the Pac-10 and Big 10, maybe the Big 12 too.

 

I'd definitely take the field in Big 10 and Big 12. I'd have to think about the Pac 10. Although Washington might be the only team that isn't terrible. They are so bad.

Washington has the Pac-10 in the bag already. There are 5 teams in the Pac-10 better than, say, Indiana, and Washington has already beaten two of them on the road. Coupled with Arizona's loss to an awful Oregon State team and Wazzu being swept in SoCal, Washington is a shoe-in.

 

I'd probably take Ohio State over the field in the Big Ten just because of their huge scheduling advantage. Even if you consider OSU even with Purdue/MSU/Illinois/Wisconsin, they get a leg up with the scheduling.

[hawkeyecub]

Why does Stephen Bardo have a job? He's awful. His list of three "underrated, under the radar" Big Ten players started with E'Twaun Moore and ended with Jordan Taylor.

 

What the [expletive] is he talking about?

[SouthSideRyan]

I turned this game on at halftime and have seen Oladipo miss 5 shots from 2 feet