3/22 Games Thread

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IlliniKat91

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Illini60613 said:
My 21 year old son has always wondering why we root for Big 10 teams in the tournament. I know we get more $$$ as Big 10 teams advance, but he has a point that you'd never root for an NFL divisional rival in the playoffs. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts about why you root for Big 10 teams this time of the year. I'm starting to lean more towards his perspective.
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I think it's because of the nature of college athletics. We're often judged as a conference based on how well all of our teams do (see: the Big Ten can't be the greatest basketball conference because they crashed and burned in this year's tourney!). Being perceived as better than the rest nets you more money and more resources that get passed on to everyone. The NFL doesn't work like that.

I want the Big Ten to do well against other conferences, but I don't cry when other Big Ten teams lose, either.
 
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Bigtex

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DFW
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JFGsCoffeeMug said:
They need to call a foul there then. With no initial foul call, you don't stop the play when NU is on the break.
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Ultimately they got it right. The fast break opportunity was partial created by the no call

Agree a foul should have been called in real time
 
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aaeismacgychel

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JFGsCoffeeMug said:
They need to call a foul there then. With no initial foul call, you don't stop the play when NU is on the break.
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I agree they needed to call it. But if a guy is holding his head screaming on the ground, I think you have to blow the play dead unless the other team has an immediate 1 on 0 direct path to the basket with no resistance.
 
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The Galloping Ghost

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Washington, DC
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illini510 said:
I don't think taking a team to a Final 4 is mid. That doesn't happen by accident. Taking a team to the Final 4 is what catapulted Jim Larranaga, Shaka Smart, Brad Stevens, and Porter Moser. Porter Moser may be in over his head. Hard to say Dusty May is or isn't
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Look at all those guys' resumes at their mid-majors, they're inarguably better than what May has done thus far. And that's the issue I have with May.
 
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aaeismacgychel

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1LL1NO1S said:
Not defending either position, but why is it a correct call? I thought Flagrant needed to be excessive or intentional in nature.
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NCAA put a point of emphasis on contact to the head, intentional or not. They've been more lenient this year it seems to account for basketball plays, but elbows to the head on block out and clear outs were basically the reason for that emphasis. It'll get called over 95% of times in leagues that aren't the B10
 
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IlliniMike_Aurora

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Straight outta Champaign
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IlliniKat91 said:
I think it's because of the nature of college athletics. We're often judged as a conference based on how well all of our teams do (see: the Big Ten can't be the greatest basketball conference because they crashed and burned in this year's tourney!). Being perceived as better than the rest nets you more money and more resources that get passed on to everyone. The NFL doesn't work like that.

I want the Big Ten to do well against other conferences, but I don't cry when other Big Ten teams lose, either.
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1LL1NO1S

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aaeismacgychel said:
NCAA put a point of emphasis on contact to the head, intentional or not. They've been more lenient this year it seems to account for basketball plays, but elbows to the head on block out and clear outs were basically the reason for that emphasis. It'll get called over 95% of times in leagues that aren't the B10
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Thanks for the explanation.
 
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