Week of 2/12 Games Thread

[pruman91]

We'll see come tournament time. I'm not impressed with them.

What happened to purdont last year in the NCAA's with Edey........yeah , that's what I thought.......They lost to a # 16 seed........

they can lose , just like today to anybody......Someone's team gets hot and purdont goes cold and there you have it .....another embarrassing loss for Painter and purdont.....

BTW , I would NOT vote for Edey as POTY..........I would NOT have voted for him as POTY last year either......

JMHO.....

 

[Illini_1105]

Is Eady really the Best Player in mens college basketball?

Statistically top 5 all time

 

[doltmanns]

Not that it mattered, Edey with a two handed shove to the defender in front of him.

Edey is kind of an !!!. Late in the game against Minnesota, a Gopher got knocked down and had the foul called on him. Edey, instead of walking around the fallen Gopher or turning away, deliberately stepped over him. That is bush league, borderline intimidation. I will never, ever root for Purdont. They're gradually creeping into Iowa, Indiana territory.

 

[Illini_1105]

Guys....Senior night is Purdue at illinois on 3/5..... Hawk, TSJ, Marcus, this is it....there is no next year. nothing left to build on for them. It's all or nothing. Who says no?

 

[BillyBob1]

Indiana, what are you wearing?!

They want to make you not look at their candy crap pants!

 

[doltmanns]

22-13-3 with 3 blks and as always affecting things defensively in ways the stats don't reveal.

No other player impacts the game as much.

Only because of his size, not his skill.

 

[OrangeAndBlueBlooded]

Can somebody lay out the tiebreaker scenarios/rules?

Link to Basketball Seeding Tiebreakers on B1G website

 

[bleedorange and blue]

Only because of his size, not his skill.

Only thing missing is a few scars,some neck bolts,got the dead eyes,,it's FrankinEdey

 

[MAUI DERON]

Ha

 

[ChiefGritty]

Only because of his size, not his skill.

Size matters!

I'm not buying him for a second as an NBA player, but playing college rules against college opposition his presence dominates a game at a level no one else's does in this relatively talent-thin season of CBB.

 

[RockfordIllini]

On the subject of Edey, one thing I don’t get is the gushing over Klingan on UConn. Yes he’s good but to me he’s a very poor man’s Edey. Doesn’t have near the gravitational pull Edey does IMO.

And I still think UConn is very beatable despite their beat down of Marquette yesterday. UConn and Purdue 2 best teams but wouldn’t describe either as great.

 

[Second place is 1st loser]

Only because of his size, not his skill.

On top of being a mountain, he shoots 70%+ from the line. That's skill. He's impossible to stop at the college level.

Would you take him on our team?

 

[FreshlySqueezed]

Only because of his size, not his skill.

Edey is very skilled. Yes, he's also very tall, but there are a lot of tall basketball players who don't have the impact on the game that Edey does.

Is Zach Edey Just Tall?

An analysis of Zach Edey's dominance and whether it's just due to his height

blog.evanmiya.com

And I'm guessing you won't actually read that, because it doesn't align with your priors, but here's the closing paragraph:

"How good is Edey when we compare him not just to other giants, but to all college basketball players? The answer: Arguably the best we’ve seen in a long time. In my database going back to 2011, Zach Edey in 2023-24 has the highest overall Bayesian Performance Rating of any player. On a per-possession basis, he’s estimated to have a bigger impact on both ends of the floor than any player we’ve seen in college basketball in over a decade. Reasonable people can debate if he’s the best college player in that span, but the point is that he not only stacks up well against other tall centers, he bosses everyone."

 

[FromTheLogo]

Court drizzle?

Court scattered showers?

Court spurt?

 

[21ChampaignSt]

Edey is kind of an !!!. Late in the game against Minnesota, a Gopher got knocked down and had the foul called on him. Edey, instead of walking around the fallen Gopher or turning away, deliberately stepped over him. That is bush league, borderline intimidation. I will never, ever root for Purdont. They're gradually creeping into Iowa, Indiana territory.

They're kind of methy.

 

[Goillinikobd]

22-13-3 with 3 blks and as always affecting things defensively in ways the stats don't reveal.

No other player impacts the game as much.

How much of that impact can be attributed to his extreme stature?

consider Caitlin Clark, average size, skinny looking kid.

What is his vertical jump?

 

[ChiefGritty]

How much of that impact can be attributed to his extreme stature?

Do they give out player of the year awards on a per-inch basis or something?

If succeeding in basketball because of sheer body physics doesn't count, I guess we have to give back our 2022 Big Ten Championship.

 

[RockfordIllini]

Outside of Michigan, Indiana is the most lifeless team I’ve seen this year. Just a meh team all the way around. My guess is they change coaches this off season.

 

[kyillinifan]

You take Edey out of the lineup Pu looked middle road BT standing. osu took the lead when Edey went to the bench. I thought that when Key knocked the ball out of Edey hand was a move that 99.9 %of the time foul.

 

[IlliniReb]

It's head to head, then better record percentage against next best team in the final standings and so on.

In the current standings it would be WI, but both PU and IL would be undefeated against them so then it would go to MSU and if PU doesn't lose to them, they would win.

Hypothetically, the first team we have a better percentage against is Nebraska.

It does get a little more complicated if there are ties in the standings so it's hard to say definitively what games are good for our tie breaker chances vs bad. It's much easier to just root for IL and whoever is playing PU

Thanks, appreciate it!

 

[ChiefGritty]

Edey vs Caitlin Clark in 1-on-1 is kind of a fascinating idea.

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

Edey vs Caitlin Clark in 1-on-1 is kind of a fascinating idea.

If it's make it take it, whoever gets ball first wins.

 

[sacraig]

Edey vs Caitlin Clark in 1-on-1 is kind of a fascinating idea.

It's clear neither could defend the other. I'd assume Clark would win because she can hit threes at a higher rate by far.

 

[ChiefGritty]

It's clear neither could defend the other. I'd assume Clark would win because she can hit threes at a higher rate by far.

A men's player with a Clark-like skillset would destroy Edey because he'd just pull him out to guard the 3 pointer and dribble right past him. But Clark is a girl with a slow and low release and a below the rim finisher. Could Edey cause her more problems than it would seem?

And Edey is extremely limited as a dribbler/driver. Does Clark get steals in WBB? Anytime you make Edey pick up his dribble he's screwed.

C'mon you two, you're in the NIL business now, let's make this happen!

 

[The Galloping Ghost]

A men's player with a Clark-like skillset would destroy Edey because he'd just pull him out to guard the 3 pointer and dribble right past him. But Clark is a girl with a slow and low release and a below the rim finisher. Could Edey cause her more problems than it would seem?

And Edey is extremely limited as a dribbler/driver. Does Clark get steals in WBB? Anytime you make Edey pick up his dribble he's screwed.

C'mon you two, you're in the NIL business now, let's make this happen!

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