BillyBob1
- Champaign
And what team held the #3 team on that list to zero made threes?
NCAA Tournament 2023 Thread
DICKnaggie
- Champaign
Curiously, the analysts just spent 2 minutes talking about how disadvantaged KU was due to injury and Self's health issues and then turned round and talked about how they "couldn't trust Purdue". What has Purdue done to garner that distrust?
But UNC is on that list……UNC Asheville
Lost to Saint Peter's last year and two years ago lost to North Texas.
Sad state of affairs.
The Pearl Effect?
I can't imagine a NBA scout looks at this and thinks "yup smart move. Let's draft him. No character questions there"
It's not like football where injury risk is very high each game. I know if he's good enough he will still get drafted but this can't help
It's not like football where injury risk is very high each game. I know if he's good enough he will still get drafted but this can't help
AyoDos11
- Southern Illinois
Averaged 2.2 ppg. Seems like he was tired of benchwarming and decided he had nothing to lose draft-wise so he just quit the team.
And he averaged 10 minutes a game.
Methinks that tweet oversold his impact on the team.
Playing fast and loose with words like “star” and “big loss”.
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To add, I have named this bracket "B1G Dunk Energy", because it just felt appropriate.
Believe it or not, he's actually projected as a late 1st/early 2nd round pick.
He played 1 minute in the conference tournament game against Arkansas and was a DNP for much of the latter part of the season, playing in only 9 minutes total in the last month without any apparent word of injury.
He is definitely not a "big loss", but let's call it what it is, it's not "opting out"... this isn't a random bowl game. This is quitting the team.
He is definitely not a "big loss", but let's call it what it is, it's not "opting out"... this isn't a random bowl game. This is quitting the team.
Hope this link to it on Twitter is more helpful
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
lol..............referred to as a star freshman and averaged 2.2 ppg.........something looks amiss in the reality of it all......JMHO..
Agree with all the "not a huge deal" above, but how long until a true big star does opt out? We had this discussion during bowl season and most there said this would not happen in a playoff situation, as the players would want to win. Not in this case apparently.
Michigan in no way should have been in. There have been like 3 teams in the history of the tournament that have gotten in with 15 losses on the year. And its not like they finished the year hot with their 3 game losing streak.
Good Question.
IMO They’ve done nothing wrong; except have the perception of being a slow-down, grinder stereotypical B1G team.
That, and the skepticism around Painter.
Which is garbage IMO also.
He keeps getting the “underperformer” tag from a lot of people. Purdue isn’t Kansas or Duke. Blah blah…It’s the usual, their blood ain’t blue enough to the casual fan, crap. Basically, Painter hasn’t been to enough Final Fours or won out.
He’s gonna have to pull a Baylor. Until then…they’ll never get the benefit of the doubt as a non blue blood.
That’s all the talking heads know; and they don’t usually care to look at anything else.
Like even this article from a year or so ago that purports to be objective:
Managed Expectations: Just How Good is Matt Painter in March?
After a first round exit there are naturally questions, but Painter is still a great coach.
www.hammerandrails.com
the whole opposing team’s player has their best game against us is no conspiracy. “Been a lot of Illinois destroyers” 
Seems pretty unlikely... in my view why opt out now versus in say, mid-January? Playing a few extra games probably isn't a make or break injury risk and I'd expect the players want to play in this (big reason they come to college basketball over G League or whatever), it certainly wouldn't be looked on favorably (if you're opting out of the NCAA Tournament for the Draft, who is to say you wouldn't opt out of the NBA Playoffs for Free Agency?)
For many of the pundits right now, the SEC and Big 12 are sexy conferences.
The latest AP Top 25 rankings:
Big 12: Kansas (4), Texas (5), Baylor (11), Kansas State (15), TCU (22)
SEC: Alabama (1), Texas A & M (17), Tennessee (20), Missouri (23)
The Big Ten teams spend all Season beating each other up in Conference so the loss side of the teams piles up. Also, the frequent ups-and-downs makes it harder for National observers to get a good read on the true strength of some Big Ten teams.
The Dance is the great reveal. That’s where you show your true place in line.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
hmmm.....Don't the Big 12 and the SEC do the same thing as the B$G does as far as conference play????..................