2016-2017 College Basketball Thread

[SpongeWorthy]

Now I can say I've watched an entire half plus OT of women's baskerball. Itty Bitty is a legend.

[snoodmonger]

Feel bad for Frank Mason, hell of a player.

 

Some of your fans are insane, calling for Self to be on the hot seat..... He's, for my money, the best coach in college.

 

People are dumb. Who are you gonna get that's better? Coach K? Cal? Roy (who couldn't win here)?

 

I feel bad for Frank too. Basically a worst case scenario game. Jackson makes two dumb fouls. Graham--who's just a hero ball chucker who happens to hit at a decent clip--can't hit anything. We force a stop and fight each other for the board, losing it to them (twice). Their guy is banking buzzer beaters. It is what it is.

 

If I had one issue with the coaching it's that I wish Self could've gotten them to play a little smarter when when we were trying to close the gap. We had a bunch of consecutive stops, but the offensive possessions were pretty hero ball-y. But that team sorta was famous for that all season. Self let them be a little wild, and it worked. Until it didn't.

I honestly hear Danning Manning a lot and they point to the work he has done developing post players. I want to bring up that Manning is struggling at Wake and that Self turned Robert Archibald and Damir Krujpalia into pro post players before he ever worked with Danny, but I realize they're irrational and no one remembers those old Illinois players. lol.

 

Basically Carlton Bragg killed your team this year. His lack of development made your team uneven big time towards the wings.

 

lol, manning. I mean, I thought Danny did a nice job with our bigs, too, but c'mon.

 

And yes, Bragg was a disaster. Losing Udoka was a big blow, too.

[Guest]

living with tournament losses is like living with any top coach, they all lose in the tournament.

[soccer10k]

Miss St beats UConn on a buzzer beater. The last :30 are complete lulzville.

That was ugly basketball at the end. Both teams were clearly gassed. That said, amazing shot.

 

Refs tried to give UCONN the game with that bull crap flagrant foul call and the announcers were wholeheartedly agreeing with it.

 

It should have been a regular foul in the first place so it probably evened out anyway.

 

UConn bungled it at the end though. No reason to take a shot with 15 seconds left.

[Derwood]

So they are going to broadcast these two games entirely with drone cameras? They sure are in love with them

[bukie]

In the "nobody cares about your bracket" division...

 

I'm now a Gonzaga victory Monday from winning a $20 buy in 107 entrant 75-25 prize pool.

[soccer10k]

The guy who is currently winning the ESPN bracket pool has missed 8 total games. Three of them (including his only incorrect Elite 8 team) were because he picked UC Davis to win 3 games.

[illiniguy]

 

People are dumb. Who are you gonna get that's better? Coach K? Cal? Roy (who couldn't win here)?

 

I feel bad for Frank too. Basically a worst case scenario game. Jackson makes two dumb fouls. Graham--who's just a hero ball chucker who happens to hit at a decent clip--can't hit anything. We force a stop and fight each other for the board, losing it to them (twice). Their guy is banking buzzer beaters. It is what it is.

 

If I had one issue with the coaching it's that I wish Self could've gotten them to play a little smarter when when we were trying to close the gap. We had a bunch of consecutive stops, but the offensive possessions were pretty hero ball-y. But that team sorta was famous for that all season. Self let them be a little wild, and it worked. Until it didn't.

I honestly hear Danning Manning a lot and they point to the work he has done developing post players. I want to bring up that Manning is struggling at Wake and that Self turned Robert Archibald and Damir Krujpalia into pro post players before he ever worked with Danny, but I realize they're irrational and no one remembers those old Illinois players. lol.

 

Basically Carlton Bragg killed your team this year. His lack of development made your team uneven big time towards the wings.

 

lol, manning. I mean, I thought Danny did a nice job with our bigs, too, but c'mon.

 

And yes, Bragg was a disaster. Losing Udoka was a big blow, too.

I honestly forgot about Udoka. I think the fans here are insane, you guys win 30 games every damn year and they don't get everyone gets bounced in the tournament. Hell, Williams is as good as it gets and he couldn't win one at Kansas.

[SpongeWorthy]

foulfoulfoulfoulfoul

[Ding Dong Johnson]

what a stretch for NC

[soccer10k]

Officials called way too many ticky tack touch fouls in this game. Absolutely killed any flow. There's no need for both teams to be in the double bonus with 10 minutes left in a half.

[SpongeWorthy]

^^^ yup, both teams were shooting bad enough without the refs inserting themselves into every possession and killing flow

 

crappy overall tournament, tbh

[TruffleShuffle]

now that the tourney is over, north carolina's student athletes can return to their rigorous course work.

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[soccer10k]

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Was just coming to post this. Happened with 49.1 seconds left (so it was reviewable) and Carolina up 1.

[UMFan83]

Officials called way too many ticky tack touch fouls in this game. Absolutely killed any flow. There's no need for both teams to be in the double bonus with 10 minutes left in a half.

 

That was one of the worst "close" college basketball games I've ever watched. Like you said, there was no flow, both teams were bricking awful 3 point attempts. I was relieved when it was over.

[SouthSideRyan]

Officials called way too many ticky tack touch fouls in this game. Absolutely killed any flow. There's no need for both teams to be in the double bonus with 10 minutes left in a half.

 

That was one of the worst "close" college basketball games I've ever watched. Like you said, there was no flow, both teams were bricking awful 3 point attempts. I was relieved when it was over.

 

It was terrible, but at least it was better than Butler/Connecticut.

[SouthSideRyan]

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Was just coming to post this. Happened with 49.1 seconds left (so it was reviewable) and Carolina up 1.

 

It was called a held ball, and I'm not sure that's reviewable.

[soccer10k]

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Was just coming to post this. Happened with 49.1 seconds left (so it was reviewable) and Carolina up 1.

 

It was called a held ball, and I'm not sure that's reviewable.

 

Yeah, it wasn't reviewable. Saw that this morning. They might not have reviewed it even if it was since Few admitted he had no idea it happened until after the game.

[Guest]

Illini reach a deal with Orlando Antigua, Calipari's former ace recruiter.

[UMFan83]

Illini reach a deal with Orlando Antigua, Calipari's former ace recruiter.

 

horsefeathers, gonna have to worry about the illini again most likely.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

and then their top recruit asks out of his NLI

 

what's the point of being a fan of sports teams that aren't the cubs

[UMFan83]

and then their top recruit asks out of his NLI

 

what's the point of being a fan of sports teams that aren't the cubs

 

the fact that you are now saying that about the Cubs with a serious face is the point of being a fan of shitty sports teams.

[illiniguy]

and then their top recruit asks out of his NLI

 

what's the point of being a fan of sports teams that aren't the cubs

I really hope they don't waste another dime on recruiting this kid. I have heard so much noise about him not qualifying and then he pulls this, let him go.

[Guest]

and then their top recruit asks out of his NLI

 

what's the point of being a fan of sports teams that aren't the cubs

I really hope they don't waste another dime on recruiting this kid. I have heard so much noise about him not qualifying and then he pulls this, let him go.

 

his mom is confident that it works out for the Illini. but you never know.