NCAA Tournament 1st Round Friday Games

[illinois_hustle]

Minnesota's intensity was nothing special; they had no answer for Crawford. They shot 30%.

Purdue started out strong, but how will they react now that Siena has caught them? I still question the team's ability to put the disappointment of losing Hummel behind them. Being young men, I'm sure they have been privately questioning the point of their season after being talked up as Final Four contenders for the whole season. Rooting for them big time though.

[4LaCosaNostra]

13-3 yesterday.. only lose s.d.state, richomd, an gtown ))

perfect today so far... office pool,, can win 400

[Dan]

Purdue showing life!

[4LaCosaNostra]

cant imagine the ripping on espn if it goes bad for bigten teams today..... digger,, the toolbag this morning when asked what happened to the mighty bigeast he said=" they beat each other up in the conference tourney and during conference play" the ultimate b.s. excuse diggerface.. what will he say if bigten blows today= underachieved all year , should have only got 3 teams in, no talent level, style of play etc.. yet he offers the most braindead answer today about the bigeasts blowup

[illinois_hustle]

Originally Posted by 4LaCosaNostra

digger,, the toolbag this morning when asked what happened to the mighty bigeast he said=" they beat each other up in the conference tourney and during conference play"

Agreed; terrible analysis. The "beat each other up" mantra only holds water if key players are injured or slowed in some physical way. Really lazy.

[4LaCosaNostra]

Originally Posted by illinois_hustle

Agreed; terrible analysis. The "beat each other up" mantra only holds water if key players are injured or slowed in some physical way. Really lazy.

exactly,, will he give purdue a break since hummel is out.. most likely not.. i hate him.. haha bye bye notre dame.. cry me a river... i hope cuse loses today like gtown did.. oh but their center is out..wtf.. i hate espn so much..

[AK Illini]

Originally Posted by 4LaCosaNostra

exactly,, will he give purdue a break since hummel is out.. most likely not.. i hate him.. haha bye bye notre dame.. cry me a river... i hope cuse loses today like gtown did.. oh but their center is out..wtf.. i hate espn so much..

lol, you always get so worked up by what talking heads on ESPN say, lol.

[zoggle101]

Kramer playing his game. Why didn't painter land a legit pf to back up Hummel and Johnson? They'd be in a lot better shape after today's game if they did.

[DaytonIllini]

Originally Posted by AK Illini

lol, you always get so worked up by what talking heads on ESPN say, lol.

He (CosaNostra) keeps me pleasantly amused.

[4LaCosaNostra]

Originally Posted by zoggle101

Kramer playing his game. Why didn't painter land a legit pf to back up Hummel and Johnson? They'd be in a lot better shape after today's game if they did.

i think he did .. martin but he transfered ,, he was like a poor mans hummel.. probalbly more of a 3..

[plooger]

Originally Posted by Kasino81

Coaches will always say that injuries are not an excuse.

Just ridiculous. Purdue has had minimal playing time to overcome the loss of one of their leading scorers. Just a few examples... MSU w/o Kalin Lucus, Illinois w/o Chester Frazier, Illinois w/o Kendall Gill.

It's one thing to lose a player during the regular season when the competition isn't as tough and you have some time to compensate and develop, but the energy and competition of a tournament isn't conducive to working out the kinks.

[4LaCosaNostra]

Originally Posted by AK Illini

lol, you always get so worked up by what talking heads on ESPN say, lol.

glad that my you lol so much.. you must live an exciting life:rolleyes:

[plooger]

Originally Posted by OrangeFever

It's weird that not a single Big Ten team played on Day 1. Is that a sign?

It's a sign that the committee was staffed with a sufficient number of d-bags to do that to the league, putting aside OSU's hosing at being paired w/ the #1 overall seed, and having MSU and OSU stuffed into the same region.

[4LaCosaNostra]

Originally Posted by plooger

It's a sign that the committee was staffed with a sufficient number of d-bags to do that to the league, putting aside OSU's hosing at being paired w/ the #1 overall seed, and having MSU and OSU stuffed into the same region.

wondered about that as well..took off yesterday to watch tourney..an what a surprise no bigten games at all.. that sucked but the tourney was so good i got over it... osu got ripped off,, but then so did kansas having to face them. they just did not do a good job in that backey hairpiece was crying about it.he probably does not want to face 2 bigten physical teams on his road to the final four.. duke got a gift to no ones surprise.. an because they won acc tourney= news flash so did osu

[plooger]

Originally Posted by OrangeFever

Minny goes down today, ...

Jordan Crawford was just too much during that stretch of the 2nd half, and Xavier's shooters were more accurate. They seemed pretty well matched aside from the shooting accuracy diff. Hope Minnesota doesn't lose Tubby.

edit: (though, of all the Big10 teams to lose, I'm moderately relieved I don't have to keep hearing about Minnesota's "great" Big10 tournament run)


p.s. I don't think I've expressed my loathing for CBS Sports, yet. I loathe CBS Sports. I *so* miss the old days of the tourney, when it was carried by ESPN. You were guaranteed to see whole games, either live or on overnight replay, and without all the unnecessary cutaways. (this postscript inspired by a cutaway from a compelling Purdue game, broadcast in the Chicago area, to Mizzou vs Clemson with 18:30 remaining. just pointless)

[plooger]

Originally Posted by OrangeFever

I feel sorry for Purdue and especially Hummel. ...
Once we get to the tourney, I root for every Big Ten team in every game unless it's Illinois against one of their conference brethren.

Agreed on Hummel/Purdue and Big10 support. However begrudgingly, I'll root for the Big10 teams throughout the tourney. Gotta represent. This is partly why I'm so annoyed with (1) stuffing 2 of our top-3 teams under the #1 overall seed, Kansas, and (2) the inevitable criticism of the Big10 for not getting more teams in the Final Four (necessarily ignoring the seeding dis and Hummel's injury).

[4LaCosaNostra]

Originally Posted by plooger

Jordan Crawford was just too much during that stretch of the 2nd half, and Xavier's shooters were more accurate. They seemed pretty well matched aside from the shooting accuracy diff. Hope Minnesota doesn't lose Tubby.

edit: (though, of all the Big10 teams to lose, I'm moderately relieved I don't have to keep hearing about Minnesota's "great" Big10 tournament run)


p.s. I don't think I've expressed my loathing for CBS Sports, yet. I loathe CBS Sports. I *so* miss the old days of the tourney, when it was carried by ESPN. You were guaranteed to see whole games, either live or on overnight replay, and without all the unnecessary cutaways. (this postscript inspired by a cutaway from a compelling Purdue game, broadcast in the Chicago area, to Mizzou vs Clemson with 18:30 remaining. just pointless)

um pretty sure espn has never had ncaa tourney.. this 27 straight years on cbs.. espn has only been around maybe 27 years or so.. i could be wrong but dont think so

[plooger]

Originally Posted by illinois_hustle

Looks like Minnesota going down ... Jordan Crawford (Xavier) deserves to go on and get noticed.

How painful to be a basketball fan from the state of Indiana, this year. Purdue's chances have been diminished by an unfortunate injury to one of their stars, Notre Dame goes out early, and IU supporters have to watch two of their former players (Armon Bassett/Ohio, Jordan Crawford/Xavier) lead their teams to first round victories.

[katu06]

Why is my sleeper for the Final Four struggling against Wofford.

fml

[plooger]

Originally Posted by illinois_hustle

Yea, Xavier looks very good ... we would have lost by much more. This is just the kind of team we can't handle; aggressive, penetrating, long, athletic. We'd let them score at will. Honestly, I think it would have been embarrassing.

I don't see Xavier as better than Ohio State, and we managed them OK in the BTT -- certainly better than Minnesota did.

[SaltLife]

Originally Posted by katu06

Why is my sleeper for the Final Four struggling against Wofford.

fml

maybe because Badgers are FAR from Final Four material

the quick athletic teams will eat them alive . . not that Woof-ford is

[CrazedUIFan]

Originally Posted by SaltLife

maybe because Badgers are FAR from Final Four material

the quick athletic teams will eat them alive . . not that Woof-ford is

And the fact that this is typical of Wisky.

[IlliniSteve]

Clemson must have 25 turnovers in this game so far. Jeez.

[plooger]

Originally Posted by illinois_hustle

Purdue ... Being young men, I'm sure they have been privately questioning the point of their season after being talked up as Final Four contenders for the whole season. Rooting for them big time though.

Yes, rooting for Purdue. (And for WISC to hold-off pesky Wofford.)

A bit of a tangent, but you have to wonder how the Texas players are feeling... going from a #1 ranking earlier in the season to out in the first round. Talk about disappointing.

[CrazedUIFan]

Originally Posted by plooger

Yes, rooting for Purdue. (And for WISC to hold-off pesky Wofford.)

A bit of a tangent, but you have to wonder how the Texas players are feeling... going from a #1 ranking earlier in the season to out in the first round. Talk about disappointing.

They took a serious nose dive the last month of the season. Then to lose on a last second shot in OT. Very frustrating for them and the fans.