College Basketball 2020-2021

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Whatever outlet is willing to run an ORU story with an “Indianapolis Cults” headline will have my lifelong support

[Rex Buckingham]

Is it just me or is this year's tourney particularly insane?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Is it just me or is this year's tourney particularly insane?

Mostly the Friday/Sunday games, but yeah. It’s been fun.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Oregon State must really love Oklahoma State’s strategy of not giving Cade Cunningham the ball down the stretch.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

[CoolHandLuke]

I probably taught Cameron Krutwig everything he knows about earthworms

[gflore34]

This was the game, if they'd pulled it out Final Four at least, unfortunate thing is after such a great game. Loyola will be obliterated by Oklahoma State watch.

I doubt it. Loyola is good and play a style that can be a difficult matchup when you aren't used to it. I think they beat OSU and could make a deep run. This isn't making it a michigan thing or anything, but I would rather have faced any team from their region (including Michigan or alabama) instead of Loyola--and I would have said that before today's game.

 

That definitely showed, I wonder if Ayo wasn't completely healthy as well. He took another shot to the head late in the BTT Championship, coming off a concussion that was probably not helpful.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I probably taught Cameron Krutwig everything he knows about earthworms

 

By the looks of him I feel like he has extensive knowledge of what they taste like, so this is a risky claim to make.

[CoolHandLuke]

I probably taught Cameron Krutwig everything he knows about earthworms

 

By the looks of him I feel like he has extensive knowledge of what they taste like, so this is a risky claim to make.

 

There is definitely a non-zero chance that he ate some or all of a preserved specimen

[gflore34]

Saw some press saying Loyola is a championship contender, I believe they're getting a little ahead of themselves, while good, I do not believe they are a championship contender. Their gimmicky stuff worked for one game against a team that had about a day or so to prepare, with more time, I'm guessing there's a real good chance Oregon State' going to be able to exploit some of their weaknesses. Loyola gambled on Kofi not be able to effectively pass out of the post - they were willing to give up open looks for 3 - and it worked. Curbelo had a few TO's but, he was able to exploit Loyola' on D, had they gone to him instead of letting Ayo run the offense I'm thinking there's a good chance the Illini pull it out - that's on Underwood. In fact, if they could play again I'm thinking Underwood does put the ball in Curbelo' hands and the Illini win by 8-10 or so.

[UMFan83]

Big Ten really isnt going to get any teams in the Sweet 16 are they? Obviously Michigan can but the way things are trending its not looking good

[Old Style]

Big Ten really isnt going to get any teams in the Sweet 16 are they? Obviously Michigan can but the way things are trending its not looking good

The Bevo Conference is in danger of getting only Baylor into the Sweet 16 after being hyped as a dominant basketball conference all season.

[UMFan83]

Big Ten really isnt going to get any teams in the Sweet 16 are they? Obviously Michigan can but the way things are trending its not looking good

The Bevo Conference is in danger of getting only Baylor into the Sweet 16 after being hyped as a dominant basketball conference all season.

 

Thinking about it, Iowa and Illinois, MSU and to some degree Wisconsin were highly touted as title contenders going into the season with teams like Ohio State, Rutgers and Michigan being fringe Top 25 teams. Michigan and Ohio State starting rising in rankings once they started beating up Big Ten teams and due to the perceived strength of the Big Ten were talked about as elite teams. Iowa struggled during points of the season but the refrain was that they were bound to drop games in the big bad Big Ten. Illinois struggled early in conference season and stayed top 15ish for the same reason. It took Wisconsin losing 5 of 6 games and 8 of 12 games to finally drop out of the top 25, and same for MSU. Purdue is another example of a team unexpectedly rising in the rankings as they started beating Big Ten teams.

 

Similar situation with the Big 12. Kansas had to suck for like 3 weeks to drop out of the Top 25 and jumped right back in once they showed signs of life. Oklahoma came from nowhere to be ranked in Top 10, then started losing a ton of games while remaining in the rankings

 

Now this is a very simplistic way to look at it and advanced stats backed up the perception that the Big Ten (and Big 12) were very good conferences. So i dont think both conferences were secretly garbage but who knows.

[Soul]

If B1G really has no teams in the Sweet 16 it's going to be unbelievable to me. I guess that's why they call it March Madness. But holy hell, I usually don't root for the Wolverines but someone's got to win a damn game!

[Old Style]

I saw Drew Timme play in HS (against Jalen Wilson of KU and De'vion Harmon of OU) and I expected him to be a solid player at the college level but I did NOT see this coming at all. He has been amazing this season.

[UMFan83]

You’re welcome Big Ten

 

 

Don’t read any of my posts where I lacked confidence in this one. Man I love college basketball. Baseball will always be number 1 for me but CBB has creeped up quite a bit over the years

[soccer10k]

Big Ten really isnt going to get any teams in the Sweet 16 are they? Obviously Michigan can but the way things are trending its not looking good

The Bevo Conference is in danger of getting only Baylor into the Sweet 16 after being hyped as a dominant basketball conference all season.

 

Yeah, if it wasn’t for the Big 10 crapping the bed as bad as it did, the Big 12 would have had the worst tourney performance.

 

And your post came before Kansas lost by 30.

[gflore34]

You’re welcome Big Ten

 

 

Don’t read any of my posts where I lacked confidence in this one. Man I love college basketball. Baseball will always be number 1 for me but CBB has creeped up quite a bit over the years

 

 

Big Ten still crapped the bed, just a terrible overall performance considering the supposed "strength" of the conference and highly seeded teams. I didn't think it was a stretch to expect a least two Big Ten teams in the Sweet 16.

Man, I'm stilled pissed about the Illini' lose to Loyola, I'm convinced Curbelo was the answer, had they turned over the offense to him and gotten in that Krutwig' face they may have won. If I could see that, why the horsefeathers couldn't Underwood see it?

[Derwood]

Yesterday’s games (outside of UM v LSU) were as boring as Sunday’s were exciting. Even yesterday’s upsets were snoozefests

[pitchcs]

You’re welcome Big Ten

 

 

Don’t read any of my posts where I lacked confidence in this one. Man I love college basketball. Baseball will always be number 1 for me but CBB has creeped up quite a bit over the years

 

 

Big Ten still crapped the bed, just a terrible overall performance considering the supposed "strength" of the conference and highly seeded teams. I didn't think it was a stretch to expect a least two Big Ten teams in the Sweet 16.

Man, I'm stilled pissed about the Illini' lose to Loyola, I'm convinced Curbelo was the answer, had they turned over the offense to him and gotten in that Krutwig' face they may have won. If I could see that, why the horsefeathers couldn't Underwood see it?

 

Yeah, I would have much preferred Michigan just lost.

[bjam12]

Saw some press saying Loyola is a championship contender, I believe they're getting a little ahead of themselves, while good, I do not believe they are a championship contender. Their gimmicky stuff worked for one game against a team that had about a day or so to prepare, with more time, I'm guessing there's a real good chance Oregon State' going to be able to exploit some of their weaknesses. Loyola gambled on Kofi not be able to effectively pass out of the post - they were willing to give up open looks for 3 - and it worked. Curbelo had a few TO's but, he was able to exploit Loyola' on D, had they gone to him instead of letting Ayo run the offense I'm thinking there's a good chance the Illini pull it out - that's on Underwood. In fact, if they could play again I'm thinking Underwood does put the ball in Curbelo' hands and the Illini win by 8-10 or so.

 

I wouldn't say Loyola "gambled" on Kofi not passing effectively out of the post. If you've watched the Illini the past couple of years, he's shown that he doesn't pass out of the post much at all, he's got one thing in mind and that's to score. Porter also consistently put Kofi in a pick and roll situation, which again, if you've watched the Illini the past few seasons it's a great strategy.

 

I'm mostly upset that Underwood did not adjust AT ALL. He had too much Matt Nagy in him on Sunday.

[gflore34]

Saw some press saying Loyola is a championship contender, I believe they're getting a little ahead of themselves, while good, I do not believe they are a championship contender. Their gimmicky stuff worked for one game against a team that had about a day or so to prepare, with more time, I'm guessing there's a real good chance Oregon State' going to be able to exploit some of their weaknesses. Loyola gambled on Kofi not be able to effectively pass out of the post - they were willing to give up open looks for 3 - and it worked. Curbelo had a few TO's but, he was able to exploit Loyola' on D, had they gone to him instead of letting Ayo run the offense I'm thinking there's a good chance the Illini pull it out - that's on Underwood. In fact, if they could play again I'm thinking Underwood does put the ball in Curbelo' hands and the Illini win by 8-10 or so.

 

I wouldn't say Loyola "gambled" on Kofi not passing effectively out of the post. If you've watched the Illini the past couple of years, he's shown that he doesn't pass out of the post much at all, he's got one thing in mind and that's to score. Porter also consistently put Kofi in a pick and roll situation, which again, if you've watched the Illini the past few seasons it's a great strategy.

 

I'm mostly upset that Underwood did not adjust AT ALL. He had too much Matt Nagy in him on Sunday.

 

Definitely, as I said, Loyola didn't have an answer for Curbelo, I'm also thinking they could've pressed them to pick up some easy buckets or speed up the game. It's going to be really aggravating when Oregon State does a few of things Underwood should have done and has some success.

[gflore34]

I'm cautiously optimistic about next season for the Illini, in some ways Kofi and Ayo moving on might be a good result. Curbelo will take over at PG he's already close to a, if not better, play maker Ayo was, he can go left and right meaning a team can't shut him down by taking away his preferred direction like Loyola did to Ayo. Miller' going to get better and be more aggressive, wouldn't surprise me a bit if he turns out to be a better shooter than Frazier. They've got a shooter and a slasher coming in the recruiting class, plus I think they're going to get a couple of more commitments in a shooter from WI and a transfer from Texas Tech - Burnett. Of course, I been hopeful before and it turned to horsefeathers, see Bruce Weber and John Groce.

[pitchcs]

Not guaranteed that Kofi is gone either.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

At least the B1G ladies showed up?