College Basketball 2023-2024

[gflore34]

Came out flat AGAIN, don't know what it about Underwood' teams that consistently under perform time after horsefeathers time.  Someone besides Shannon has the get their head out of their ass and wake the horsefeathers up.

[Rex Buckingham]

They've played fine. Morehead State shot really well. Gotta think Illinois has the firepower to pull away

[Tryptamine]

Shooting nearly 50% from 3 because of course they are.

[Tryptamine]

This Morehead St team lost to Purdue by 30, Alabama by 32 and Penn State by 23, yet they're beating Illinois. 

[Tryptamine]

Hilarious that 4 of the 5 starters have combined for 7 points. Meanwhile the bench has 25. 

[mul21]

Morehead shot out of their minds for the first 25 minutes.  I said to a buddy Illinois was going to win by 15-20 at halftime.  The depth is starting to wear them down and the hot shooting is cooling off.

[mul21]

26 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Came out flat AGAIN, don't know what it about Underwood' teams that consistently under perform time after horsefeathers time.  Someone besides Shannon has the get their head out of their ass and wake the horsefeathers up.

I don't think they came out flat but the defense was predictably soft early.  They've tightened that up significantly and it's reaping dividends.  

[Bobson Dugnutt]

37 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Hilarious that 4 of the 5 starters have combined for 7 points. Meanwhile the bench has 25. 

This is a really laborious way of saying Shannon and Dainja led the team in scoring.

[UMFan83]

Dayton has not looked like the same team the last month or so.  Figures that even my (distant) 3rd favorite team can't bring any excitement to me this year lol

[Tim]

53 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Dayton has not looked like the same team the last month or so.  Figures that even my (distant) 3rd favorite team can't bring any excitement to me this year lol

You used up all your excitement for the year early.

I actually can't believe you said this.

[soccer10k]

56 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Dayton has not looked like the same team the last month or so.  Figures that even my (distant) 3rd favorite team can't bring any excitement to me this year lol

[Derwood]

I'm normally so psyched for March Madness, but clearly my life is distracting to the point that I went to turn on Jeopardy today and was confused as to why it wasn't on (lol).

Jesus, I'm stressed

[UMFan83]

38 minutes ago, Tim said:

You used up all your excitement for the year early.

I actually can't believe you said this.

lol, different sport.  Just like if the Cubs won the World Series I'm still going to be disappointed if the Bears suck because the football season feels ruined. 

OK maybe bad example because the Bears always suck

[Derwood]

This UK vs. Oakland game is bananas

[NOLA]

Kentucky losing is always nice.  Gotta think that Calipari has a lot of heat on him now.  

[Old Style]

 

[soccer10k]

All of a sudden Kansas is only up 3 on Samford with 5 minutes left.

[Old Style]

Samford got boned hard by the officials who just saved Self’s ass. Terrible. 

[Brian707]

7 hours ago, Old Style said:

Samford got boned hard by the officials who just saved Self’s ass. Terrible. 

That was brutal.  Hope the Zags knock them out tomorrow.  

Edited March 22, 2024 by Brian707

[gflore34]

Whoa, what a minute, Underwood and the Illini making adjustments?  WTF? What's the world coming to?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BcntqGhxc

[Brian707]

Illinois 9.5 point favorite tomorrow.  Heaviest favorite for the Saturday slate 

[gflore34]

Believe the Big Ten will go 3-1 today, would be 4-0 if Northwestern wasn't so banged up.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

3 hours ago, gflore34 said:

Whoa, what a minute, Underwood and the Illini making adjustments?  WTF? What's the world coming to?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BcntqGhxc

What games stand out to you this season where BU didn’t make adjustments? Genuinely curious as I wasn’t able to watch a ton of games this year, but from what I did watch he seemed to lean on the versatility of the roster to adapt on the fly.

I’d agree that it was an issue in previous seasons but I wonder if that had more today with the limitations of his roster. With prominent players like Kofi (lived on the paint on both sides), Curbelo (turnovers), Trent (offense would completely disappear for entire games), you couldn’t take them off the floor, but there were certain things Underwood just had to live with.

[gflore34]

2 hours ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

What games stand out to you this season where BU didn’t make adjustments? Genuinely curious as I wasn’t able to watch a ton of games this year, but from what I did watch he seemed to lean on the versatility of the roster to adapt on the fly.

I’d agree that it was an issue in previous seasons but I wonder if that had more today with the limitations of his roster. With prominent players like Kofi (lived on the paint on both sides), Curbelo (turnovers), Trent (offense would completely disappear for entire games), you couldn’t take them off the floor, but there were certain things Underwood just had to live with.

You're correct, Underwood even mentioned their limitations with his previous teams, this team has much more versatility thus allowing for more adjustments.

All right Northwestern, 4-0 a possibility today.

Edited March 22, 2024 by gflore34

[Irrelevant Dude]

Good for Northwestern.  Now go knock off UConn.