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You know as much as we seem to suck lately and as disappointing of a season as it’s been, we’re still (miraculously) only 1 game back from 4th place. 

19 minutes ago, KoB2011 said:

Michigan and Michigan State both have worse splits at home, which is surprising.

We actually have a bigger differential than Purdue, which I think will surprise a lot of folks. 

Nebraska interestingly has the biggest home/away differential it looks like. Which makes their 6-0 record at home in conference and 0-6 record on the road in conference make a lot of sense.

8 hours ago, Reacher said:

https://screenrant.com/jack-reacher-books-ranked-worst-best/#killing-floor-1997

Correct me if I’m wrong but you have read them all correct? Did you read them all in order? Thinking about getting into the series 

43 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

Not going to watch.  Will be attending a high school game instead.  

Same here except I'll be playing basketball instead. Rather have fun and get some exercise than watch in agony

3 minutes ago, Hoosier4Life53 said:

For what’s it’s worth, I thought it was funny. 😄 

Can't please everyone but at least someone appreciated it haha. We better get back on topic now...

Using the tool @Maedhros mentioned, I found a couple mid major guys that can really shoot from deep based on stats. Koby Brea from Dayton and Erik Reynolds II from St. Joe's are two guys that stood out. Brea doesn't start but gets starter minutes (27 mpg)... could be a good bench piece behind Gallo? He's in his fourth season currently but he is listed as a Jr

These two play head-to-head tomorrow night at 8 on CBSSN if anyone wants to watch.

53 minutes ago, Maedhros said:

Lets not do that here. This thread is about the transfer portal and not coaching. Plenty of places you can grumble about that.

My post was only a joke... not to be taken seriously. And far from grumbling lol

It’s really nice to see Mgbako expand his game lately. Still a lot to improve on (especially defensively) but he’s no longer just a three point threat. He’s able to drive and work in the post against smaller defenders. He’s progressed a lot in a couple months

Maybe we could get this guy in the portal

Nebrasketball in full effect right now

39 minutes ago, tdhoosier said:

Damn, @ledies22 you got me listening to that podcast again. He gave some interesting general numbers at the end that I might've missed the first time. 

He said in a typical game there's an average of 140 possessions, usually averaging 6 missed calls per game. Approximately 2 per ref. The conference does send officials tapes of these missed calls. Sometimes, the officials aren't even in the position to see the infraction. Typical there's 6 to 7 camera angles of the missed calls; many times only 1 of those angles will actually capture the bad call. Even so, if they see an official is missing 5 calls in a game (for example), they'll sit down and have a talk with him. If it's a pattern, they'll give them less games the next year. 

Maybe this is what happened to Scrote.

Can’t help but wonder what the conference says about the Purdue game (especially after last night). I’d have to guess they don’t see an issue with it since we see the same thing game after game

40 minutes ago, toonsquad said:

Fairly unbiased few from a couple college basketball fans who are tired of the way Edey is being officiated. 

 

That was pretty spot on

1 hour ago, btownqb said:

Should we look at Jalen Blackmon if he gets in the portal? 

I would be fine with it. 

Didn’t even realize he was still playing in college.. forgot how young he was. And after looking at the stats like @13th&Jackson mentioned, I’d be more than fine with it

14 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Why didn't Hawkins stupid ass just catch the ball? That's usually what I do when someone passes me the ball, compared to letting it smoke me in the chops. 

That review the other night was a joke. Smart play by X..... wow that was something I haven't had to type much. lol 

Lmao, seriously. And then he tried to play the tough guy act for 2 seconds

Just now, BruceDouglas said:

Courtney Green

Illinois fouls at about the same rate as Purdue

Clearly, lol

10 minutes ago, Stlboiler23 said:

NW gives up a ton of free throws and doesn’t take many. They take a lot of jumpers and don’t have a legit big guy down low to draw fouls and shoot free throws. At face value, the discrepancy looks bad but diving deeper, it’s not that far off. Collins said before the game he was going to use all 15 fouls for his bigs and then got mad that they were called.  Game isn’t close if we shoot like we normally do from the line though. 

Purdue also took a ton of jumpers. 27 3 point attempts for NW and 21 by Purdue. Sure they took several mid range jumpers too but don’t act like that’s all NW did. Regardless, that shouldn’t result in a 30+ FT margin. The difference is one team is allowed to be physical and the other isn’t 

1 minute ago, Maedhros said:

Presented without comment. Well okay, one comment: lol, lmao

 

It’s comical, honestly 

44 minutes ago, BeerBQ said:

This was a foul on Northwestern. 

Shhh you’ll upset the Purdue fans by giving them evidence they don’t wanna see

It only took *checks notes* 38 more free throws, but Purdue gets it done 

Idk what Collins was mad about but I know I’m on his side lol

That’s a good start

30 minutes ago, ForHumanity said:

Do we specialize in any aspect of the game?

2 point attempts

29 minutes ago, Hoosier4Life53 said:

Game was over when Reneau fouled out, but surprised it was that close when you go 0-9 from 3, 12-22 at the FT line, and get doubled up on the offensive boards 14-7.

On another note Gunn and Banks didn’t see the floor….anybody think they’re back next year?

 

 

 

Banks no shot… I think I heard he wanted to leave last season but his parents made him stay? Idk maybe I’m making that up in my head but I think I heard that. Gunn maybe but probably not back

Just now, tdhoosier said:

That couldn’t have been the call out of the timeout

We’ve ran that play for Mgbako to get a three before (I think late in the Kansas game). He just didn’t have a clean look and settled for a step back