Props to Alabama. They get one of their top players ARRESTED in the days leading up to the tournament. Earlier in the season, their team is decimated by injuries. Yet it looks like they're headed to the S16.
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Alabama / Texas Tech is not a fun watch.
FeelYourPaign
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Bama up 24 with 10 to go. I think the day is over. See you all Thursday
The score of that game might be more shocking than Iowa winning entirely. What a brutal way to end a season. Insane.
By seeds they do.
Nebraska gets the #9 then either #3/#2.
Illinois gets the #2, then either the #4/#9.
Nebraska would play max of 12 (total seed lines) or 11.
Illinois would get 11 or 6.
Lower number is the tougher path.
I think this narrative is being over blown. They had TWO starters in Lowe and Quaintance not play the whole year.Kentucky: All that NIL and that's the roster Pope constructed.
That’s probably 2 of their 3 highest paid guys (along with Oweh).
No they don't. They have a clearer path to the Elite 8 but not the Final 4. If they win they have to face a 2 or 3 seed or for that matter a seed higher than their seed. The clearer path belongs to the team that wins between us and Houston.
When’s the last time a 4 vs 5 matchup was this bad a defeat?
TheDukeUIUC
- Twin Cities, MN
Announcers just said 31 is the biggest defeat for a 4/5 matchup.
They lost their last 3 games of the season before the tournament. It's like when a player gets a sprained ankle during the middle of a game and it playing off of adrenaline for the rest of that game then the next game they aren't as effective or have to miss a couple of games. That's how TT was for those first few games after Toppin got hurt but once things settled down the effect of that injury in those last 3 games plus this one tonight start to show up.
I feel that could happen to Iowa St if Jefferson doesn't come back. As the opponents get tougher that injury is going to exploit a lot of things.
RabidDawgClassic
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Illinois has played 9 games this year against half of the Sweet 16 field.
Nebraska x 2
Purdue
Michigan State
Michigan
Iowa
Alabama
UConn
Tennessee
With UConn/UCLA and Bama/Texas Tech rounding out Sunday night, we’ve technically played 11 games against the final 18 teams.
Say what you will about our record in close games… we’re certainly battle tested.
Nebraska x 2
Purdue
Michigan State
Michigan
Iowa
Alabama
UConn
Tennessee
With UConn/UCLA and Bama/Texas Tech rounding out Sunday night, we’ve technically played 11 games against the final 18 teams.
Say what you will about our record in close games… we’re certainly battle tested.
I dunno about this... Huge win, but Florida is coming off a natty. Just walk off.
Meh, they have the beat the same Houston team if we get taken out. Won't happen. The only thing that stands in the way of Houston absolutely waltzing their way to Indy is us.
Welp, they managed to get it down to 25.
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Plus they played Duke last year, Arkansas and Iowa State two years ago, Texas three years ago, Houston 4 years ago, and Arizona 5 years ago.
They regularly schedule and play the modern day elite programs.
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I root for every B10 team that isn't playing Illinois. So happy for Iowa fans.
I root for every B10 team that isn't playing Illinois. So happy for Iowa fans.
I want to give props to Sandfort (yesterday) and Stirtz, both team leaders and gunners who passed up hero ball opportunities to get an assist on last second game winners. Love the B1G doing well, and love that we are doing well with (mostly) good basketball and (mostly) good coaching. Hopefully Hoiberg and McCollum have long careers and make me forget about that Michigan state guy with the Christmas sweaters. And hopefully they enjoy their second and third place finishes behind Illinois.
They earned it. If anything, that taunt goes to Todd Golden as he thoroughly enjoys doing the gator chomp every chance he gets. That was one entertaining game by Iowa even if they are our rival and we don't like them
That Iowa Florida game was some of the most entertaining basketball I've seen all season. Just the contrast in styles but at the same time, Iowa playing faster than they did in the Clemson game which seemed like the same slugfest that we saw earlier when they played Nebraska in Iowa City. McCollum is one impressive coach to pull that off in that home Florida crowd. I don't root for Iowa and don't particularly care for their win but give them a lot of credit b/c they are clearly the less talented team but McCollum makes up for it with his coaching which is a point I brought up on the coaching carousel thread a week or two ago when talking about how he is leaps and bounds ahead of Mike Rhoades at Penn St. That Nebraska-Iowa came is going to be fun to watch. The rest of the country might not realize it but that is going to be a good watch
I had forgotten that Iowa hasn't made it past the first weekend since the late 90s. I thought it was when Luke Recker was there with Steve Alford but apparently it was the year before Alford became the coach. Man that's a long time ago
I had forgotten that Iowa hasn't made it past the first weekend since the late 90s. I thought it was when Luke Recker was there with Steve Alford but apparently it was the year before Alford became the coach. Man that's a long time ago
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It's because of the TV decisionmakers. They decided that Kansas-St John's needed to be a CBS nationally televised game b/c it would garner more viewers than any of the other matchups regardless of location. 2nd game from San Diego was 30 mins after the KU-St Johns ending...that simple
None... Interesting...No chance Iowa beats Florida.
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Give St John’s credit. They won despite TWO egregious calls in the final 2 minutes.
I mean playing Iowa + Illinois or Iowa + Houston is an easier path than playing Houston + Nebraska. Iowa is clearly the worst team out of the four and Nebraska is obviously guaranteed to play them. So I would agree they have the easier path.
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