DICKnaggie
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Watching Virginia and Syracuse. I'd love to have another crack at Virginia. Also, JB has to be on his way out.
What HS kid will feel secure committing to a 78 year old HC? He’s already the oldest ever D1 basketball coach, by four years.Watching Virginia and Syracuse. I'd love to have another crack at Virginia. Also, JB has to be on his way out.
You and me both. I saw the value play on Iowa State ML pre-game but forgot to place bet. Once game started, Iowa State quickly started running away with game. As a result, I decided not to bet in-game.Wow... Was upset when I missed the bet on Iowa State when it started... Crazy way to get your first conference win
Yeah I missed it thinking -2.5 was a steal and then saw Iowa State jump out to the early lead. We dodged a bulletYou and me both. I saw the value play on Iowa State ML pre-game but forgot to place bet. Once game started, Iowa State was starting running away with game. As a result, I decided not to bet in-game.
Very happy I am forgetful, as that would have been a roller coaster of emotions bet.
In May, it will be 16 years since Syracuse established a succession plan by which Mike Hopkins (who threw in the towel six years ago to become HC at Washington) would replace Boeheim. I think everyone around the program was stunned when he didn't leave when his sons graduated.And as usual, Boeheim was a complete bag in the postgame press conference.
Can he just retire already?
Syracuse just signed a top 100 2024 recruit this week or last.What HS kid will feel secure committing to a 78 year old HC? He’s already the oldest ever D1 basketball coach, by four years.
Last name Boeheim?Syracuse just signed a top 100 2024 recruit this week or last.
Ha. No, Elijah Moore from the Bronx. Illini offered as well as Alabama and some others.Last name Boeheim?
The eye test disagrees. Their defense is a lot better and closer to what was expected when the season started and tjd has had a crazy stretch that can't be denied. Trust me, I hate this and was loving their collapse but they look different nowWas just looking at IU’s 5 game winning streak. Really don’t think it’s any more indicative of them turning a corner than our winning 6 of 7.
*Wins against Wisconsin and OSU who are both reeling (and we beat easily)
*Win against Minnesota, sub 200 on KenPom
*Home win against MSU, pretty solid
*And we are by far their most impressive win during that stretch, and we were essentially without or best or second best player and coming off a 19 days in a row stretch.
Maryland is tough at home. Think we will learn a lot more about whether IU has really turned a corner after tonight.
If we don’t come out flat tonight, that bodes well for us having turned the corner as it felt like several of our losses we didn’t play particularly hard. But our real test will be this weekend in Carver Hawkeye.
IU loses tonight, a crater hits Bloomington SaturdayIU loses tonight, takes down Purdue Saturday
The eye test disagrees. Their defense is a lot better and closer to what was expected when the season started and tjd has had a crazy stretch that can't be denied. Trust me, I hate this and was loving their collapse but they look different now
Fair. But as a counterpoint if we had kept our foot on the gas against OSU and Wisconsin and won both games by 17-20 points, how would we look from an eye test?
I guess my point was if IU has turned a corner so have we. But IMHO it’s still too early to tell, and we should learn more about IU after tonight and more about us after Saturday.
Agreed I think both teams are starting to live up to their preseason expectationsIMO we have definitely turned a corner. The quality of play that lost @ Northwestern is not the same as the quality of play the last 5 games. Even the IU loss didn't look the same by eye.
Torvik's system still doesn't like us a lot (39th vs a low of 46th) but others like NET and KenPom have shown a double-digit climb in ranking to back up the "eye test".
If the Wild Kitties manage to win this at Iowa, where it is not easy to win a game, I will be impressed!Thinking the squaks are going to run the kitties out of the building tonight. Yes, I hate both teams but they can't both lose.