Potential First Four Team Mississippi State gets obliterated by Alabama, their resume cannot improve and they will be left to the Committee's fate to ensure they are in and if they have to play in the First Four or not.
As I was putting that all together, I was genuinely shocked that we were near the top or tied for a lot of the championship milestones. I knew we were good in the first few years, but I just figured the Groce years, plus the tail end of the Weber and early Underwood years left us in the dust.I was blanking on our other Big Ten Championship game losses besides 99, 08 and 2004 and when I looked it up I was reminded that we also lost to MSU in the 2000 championship. Can't believe I forgot that one because it was the only Big Ten championship game I've ever attended in person.
But to be fair, we lost by 17 so it wasn't all that memorable. I think the lone highlight was Cleotis Brown hit a buzzer beating three before halftime to make it a ten point game.
That would be the rotten cherry on top of our seasonI know I should probably be cheering for Sparty today (to jump up to Q1) and for IU later (to stay in Q1)... but I just can't. Love the 13 seed cinderella run, hate the Hoosiers too much. Go underdogs!
Edit: fun fact, if IU and MSU both lose today and IU drops out of the NET top 30, we'll probably finish the season without a single home Q1 game.
I can. They're not a bad squad and they were picked ahead of us by some pre-season pollsters. They just had to learn to execute better on some ends and play with different lineups.Can’t believe they are beating MSU
Cha ChingI bet osu before the game then I saw sensabaugh was out... Thought about cashing out but said f it. Sometimes just get on a roll
I bet osu before the game then I saw sensabaugh was out... Thought about cashing out but said f it. Sometimes just get on a roll
2 more wins (after today) to receive the B1G's automatic bid.Ohio State looking like they put it together three weeks too late.
Next year if this OSU team stay together they are going to be trouble in the conference play.
Silver lining is we played Ohio State twice and MSU once, so it actually improves our strength of schedule (very marginally of course).That would be the rotten cherry on top of our season
I'm in agreement. It's hard for me to say that I enjoy watching another B10 team play, but I've really enjoyed seeing OSU make this run. Very very reminiscent of our 98-99 team that made their run to the title. If OSU can keep their young guys, I would not be shocked at all if they're a contender for the 2025 natty. They're coming together really well and playing great ball.It sure is refreshing to see a Cinderella emerge in the BTT........no-t-osu is playing as a team and are in an attack mode on offense AND defense.........being down with Key out and today losing Sensabaugh with a knee problem I have to congratulate Holtman and the players for overcoming major adversity to be the first 13 seed to reach the semi-finals is nothing short of miraculous and shows our loss to them maybe was them beating us instead of us beating us......or at least give more weight to them playing with nothing to lose..........one of their players just said exactly that " nothing to lose ".......wow , what a novel approach to winning a BTT BB game.......or really any game.......
I'll be rooting for them to win their last 2 games in the BTT and cop that automatic berth........This is a fun story......it really really is...
Got +220! Yummy!Cha Ching
North Texas goes down to UAB in the other semifinal in CUSA, upon further glance, it should not matter too much for FAU, as UAB is NET 57 in their own right, so it wouldn't be too bad of a loss if they did fall.This probably locks FAU as a higher seed than Illinois, assuming North Texas wins the other semifinal, even a loss wouldn't be a bad one. UNT is a bit of a paradox, they are not far from the cut line, but a win over UAB and loss to FAU is almost certainly not enough for At-Large, and while a win over FAU might make them good enough for an At-Large, a wins means they'd be Automatic and thus that question becomes irrelevant.