Week of 3/9 Games Thread

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Iowa State is a dreadful FT shooting unit:

 

[Illini2010-11]

I'll love it if they knock a couple teams off though

I would love to see it too. They can definitely shoot the ball, but their defense has been very underwhelming and has allowed very bad teams to stick around. All credit to them for pulling out the games down the stretch, but that is not something that you can do against good teams.

 

[altgeld88]

Very tight Iowa OSU game right now, but my gut feel was Iowa needed to get at least a 12pt lead in this 1st half to win it and they haven't been able to. Think OSU will pull away in the 2nd half.

I'm cheering for OSU simply so that Bruce Thornton gets a tourney win under his belt and decides not to return for his eighth season.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Iowa State is a dreadful FT shooting unit:

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Illinois 4th:

 

[OrangeBlue98]

Miami OH down 2 in the MAC quarters to UMass with 2 left.

Selection committee sweating bullets right now.

 

[AyoDos11]

UMASS has 37 rebounds compared to Miami OH's 23 along with 16(!) offensive boards. This could be the game where Miami finally loses

 

[OrangeBlue98]

I'm cheering for OSU simply so that Bruce Thornton gets a tourney win under his belt and decides not to return for his eighth season.

Bruce stays around any longer, and he’s going to look like Granville Waiters.

 

[EmeraldCityIllini]

UMASS is 203 in Kenpom

 

[Goillinikobd]

Off topic, happy to see Coach Weber has a steady job on the BIG network. He does a decent job and brings enthusiasm to the discussion.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

UMASS fouls a 3pt shooter

 

[wc_illini]

It happened (Miami OH)

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

UMASS beats Miami OH!

 

[EmeraldCityIllini]

 

[TheChief4Life]

DOWN GOES MIAMI!

 

[From the cheap seats]

Clock struck midnight. Going to be really really interesting now for the committee.

 

[Fly Illini Fly!]

Legitimately a Quad 4 loss:

 

[wc_illini]

Legitimately a Quad 4 loss:

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Won't this likely move them up above 200 though?

Edit: in KenPom, UMass moved from 203 to 195, so they might, but it's close, and their next game could change that further

 

[Illini2010-11]

Won't this likely move them up above 200 though?

It is possible, but if UMASS gets beat up tomorrow, it can fall right back below the 200 line. I really do not think it will make a difference to the Selection Committee if it is a Quad 3 or Quad 4 game with respect to them getting in or not. I guess if it is ultimately a Quad 4 game, then maybe it pushes Miami into the play-in game though.

 

[Altgeld's Bells]

Stirtz on IA possibly injured?

 

[From the cheap seats]

If Miami (Ohio) does get in, one of the P4 teams on the bubble gets pushed out. While I don’t like Indiana, I hope it is Auburn that gets dumped.

 

[STLflyinIllini]

I want Miami to be the last team in and Auburn to be the first team out, just as a big #$%* you to Satan Pearl.

 

[aaeismacgychel]

Iowa in more than a bit of trouble right now as they're in a double digit hole. OSU just blitzing them.

 

[BillyBob1]

Iowa in more than a bit of trouble right now as they're in a double digit hole. OSU just blitzing them.

Thornton on a heater.

 

[Altgeld's Bells]

Iowa in more than a bit of trouble right now as they're in a double digit hole. OSU just blitzing them.

Koch isn't on fire today.

Tilly and Thornton are picking it up for OSU.

 

[nyc_illini]

how bad do we need Texas Tech to beat Iowa State? ie. how bad would Iowa State winning hurt our chance of being a 2 seed?