3/17 Games

[pruman91]

BOILER UP........................................SET !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[foby]

 

[WWWWRocU]

And now will 12 Drake hold on against 5 Miami?

 

[FloridaMan]

The Refs were balanced. They missed calls (Charges, arm grabbing, blocked shots) equally in the last 5 minutes. But maybe the Big Ten will tell their officials to start calling all this shXX. Because B1G teams need to learn to pass and shoot, not just beat each other up. PSU and NW seem to play more of an NCAA game this year, than anyone else in the B1G.

Agree with you. But I have a complete and total lack of expectation that the B10 will even consider addressing their officiating. If they have not by now, it will never happen. They like getting 8 or 9 teams into the dance and do not care what happens after that.

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Purdue has lost consecutive tourney games to a 15 and 16 seeds. We'll probably never see that again.

And a 13 the previous year.

 

[FortWayneFan]

Bro just beat a 1 as a 16 he gets to be whatever he wants right now

Okay. True. Let’s chat after the next game.

 

[IllinistrandedinHouston]

If Edey comes back next year, we match up against them with 5 guard/wings

And when we layoff the threes, they will shoot 60% from beyond the arc. Why, Were Illinois!

 

[Navy_illini]

So does this loss guarantee that Edey comes back for his final year?

He has two years left. His senior year and then Covid.

 

[AdDoBe]

Think Painter is in the hot seat? I mean, he hasn't made past the 1st weekend in three years. /s

Except last year he was eliminated in the sweet 16 by St Peters

 

[jumpingjack]

Maybe Purdue losing reinforces that while not a complete crapshoot, this tournament was always going to be insane and people need to get off the #&$@& ledge about our own first round loss.
Winning in March isn't solely about the talent on your roster, the scheme, or motivation, it's about a million little things going right when they're trying to go wrong. Coleman nailed it in his postgame comments.

 

[purcy51]

Purdue made the sweet sixteen last year...

Crap. I thought it was second round?

 

[Mr. Roberts]

Purdue made the sweet sixteen last year...

Yes, and lost to a 15 seed there.

 

[jumpingjack]

Not only did Purdue lose to a 16 seed but they lost to a team that shouldn't have even been in the tourney!

FDU lost their conference tourney final to Merrimack but Merrimack was declared ineligible because they are still transitioning to D1.

That is beautiful. I had forgotten about that. Merrimack has to be like, seriously?

 

[pruman91]

Purdidn’t

Purdid.........................................

 

[Baskins Tiger]

We need a Darnell Brodie.. this man is a career 100% three point shooter

 

[battle]

huge block for drake ...

 

[21ChampaignSt]

Wouldn’t this also apply to Underwood?

Not really. Painter has been at Purdue, what... like 3 times longer than BU has been at Illinois?

 

[urbanite]

So now Matt Painter has lost in consecutive NCAA tourneys to a 13, a 15 and a 16 seed. And our fans complain that BU can't get out of the first weekend after losing to an 8, a 5, and an 8 consecutively.

It's even worse when you compare the KenPom ranks of teams (just prior to the tournament):

Illinois losses
Loyola Chicago: 9
Houston: 4
Arkansas: 20

Purdue losses
North Texas: 71
Saint Peter's: 118
Fairleigh Dickinson: 312

 

[Oldskoolkoach]

We get all over BU, but Matt Painter is one of the very best in the business, and went down as a 2 last year and 1 this year.

Would you trade coaches, even up?

 

[Thaillini22]

Maybe Purdue losing reinforces that while not a complete crapshoot, this tournament was always going to be insane and people need to get off the #&$@& ledge about our own first round loss.
Winning in March isn't solely about the talent on your roster, the scheme, or motivation, it's about a million little things going right when they're trying to go wrong. Coleman nailed it in his postgame comments.

And moments matter, too... I mean, there is a certain unlikely steal on an inbounds pass in our favor and a certain random bounce for a rebound opportunity in our opponent's favor which, had they gone the other way, would have completely changed how people view our entire history.

(I'm assuming people would rather have a championship in '89 and no Final4 in '05?)

 

[Dragons89]

FDU and their coach = MMM….Matthew Mayer Monsters. If only MM played to his potential in the 1st round and more, he would have had the marketing slogan all set. That team played with their hair down “so to speak”. I think that is the way BU wanted us to play. 1 for March from three….wow!

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

The terrible guard play in this tournament has been astonishing. Between Drake and Purdue, neither could break pressure from a High School teams press.

 

[21ChampaignSt]

So now Matt Painter has lost in consecutive NCAA tourneys to a 13, a 15 and a 16 seed. And our fans complain that BU can't get out of the first weekend after losing to an 8, a 5, and an 8 consecutively.

Honest, non snarky question. Why are you comparing us to Purdue?

 

[InDaAZ]

 

[spotter]

Holy crap on a cracker.