BruceDouglas

Mostly a rhetorical question but thanks.

Can we get a comparison on non-con performance of these 2? AAC does some funky scheduling, they have all their top teams play each other twice and the bottom teams play each other twice. So USF only played FAU, Memphis and SMU once each. Good exercise in understanding why conference record/standing can't be used.

Team was clearly inspired tonight with the news, good win in the Barn.

My one question is that Illini were letting Edey get his in the first half and keeping the supporting cast under control. Then to start the 2nd, we start doubling the post? Even though that strategy was abandoned fairly quick, it seemed to allow Purdue to get comfortable making some 3s and that was the killer. Also at the end I think Hawkins tried to foul Edey when he got the ball in the back court and of course that's the one time the refs don't call anything. Ended up with the strange forced shot from Jones that we couldn't rebound and then a Smith dagger.

NET still matters, just not as much as the resume. It's not all or nothing, they look at a lot of different data.

High level game, credit Purdue for hitting the big shots. Couple of 50/50 balls late that ended up with Purdue 3s that really hurt. 8 3s in the 2nd half for Purdue, 0 for Illinois, amazing it was close.

MSU's closest game vs a Q4 team was a 23 point win over Southern Indiana IU had 3 Q4 wins that were single digit victories All of MSU's Q3 wins were double digits IU had 2 single digit Q3 wins and 1 double digit loss It's not all that mysterious.

LOL. Any Illini fans who don't appreciate what Underwood has done to rebuild the program are morons. The Loyola game really scarred some of them. I don't think you want to bring in 5+ one year guys each season but probably as many transfers as HS recruits. I think finding some mukti-year guys will be important. It's the new reality. Could be, though Underwood comments made it sound like it was his idea? Goode's probably a role player, so if he wants starting minutes he may move on.

The pool will be smaller for sure, a lot depends on if the court ruling allowing multiple transfers holds up or not. I think the upcoming off season will be absolute chaos. Not worried about Catchings, Underwood will find talent. You need a bunch of teams to do the same and I'm still not sure it's some magic secret to beat NET. You still have to beat those teams by 40. And maybe start off by beating Army by more than 8 points, eh? 🤣

I don't think Purdue will suck, Painter is too good of a coach. I do wonder at their ceiling if they continue to be somewhat adverse to using the portal. And I will be glad to see Edey move on, just don't enjoy the style of basketball he enforces on the game. Yeah, the metrics love them a lot. But look at the resumes of the bubble teams, and they still look a lot better. Worst losses are to Iowa and Ohio St.

Well, it's a thread on Big Ten hoops. Better get busy recruiting some UCLA and Oregon fans for next year. 🤣

I think all 3 are decent candidates. I expect Baldwin will make it because many voters will go look at the stats and see that he leads the conference in steals (even though steals isn't really a great stat for defense). And Omoruyi will probably make it because he leads in blocks. All-defense teams are really kind of dumb when you think about it. So much of defense depends on the scheme/teammates and doing stuff that doesn't show up in stats.

His preliminary hearing was moved to May, until that happens there's nothing new to talk about. Media isn't bringing it up during Illini games either. Not sure what else you are expecting? Christie had 17 points in the first half, TSJ guarded him in the 2nd half and he had 2 baskets, one with only 2 1/2 minutes left. He and Hawkins are good individual defenders but (especially Coleman) the way they are being used doesn't allow them to show it. Davis was touting Ace Baldwin for his team and PSU's defense is worse than Illinois. There's that Boiler logic....

I didn't read all of it but thought Bardo was touting Shannon and Hawkins for the all defense team, not DPOY. In other news, Dug is travelling again.

Crowd sounds like a neutral court game. EDIT - on second thought, more Purdue cheers than scUM!

I remember Kevin Warren giving Alan Griffin 2 games for stepping on Steppedonavich from Purdue. SEC gave this dude ONE game....

And maybe you'll make a Final Four before the 50th anniversary of your last one. And no I wouldn't make that trade. Last 18 or 19, probably. 😂

"a few times" "a few times to double digit seeds" "a few times to double digit seeds including the biggest upset in NCAA tournament history" 🤣

You're right. In my defense, @IUFLA had it wrong and I just quoted him

Bailey came to PSU from VCU along with the new head coach, Clary was a Shrews recruit and one of the few guys who returned from last season. So probably some bad chemistry along with the academic issues. One less small guard for the Illini to chase around tomorrow night in Rec Hall.

Just like he denied knowing about all the stuff that happened at Louisville, no?

Just dropping in to comment on those uniforms.