NCAA HOOP

I have no idea how you could pick this years tournament.

I got to think this is going to be pretty wacky but I will be disappointed if it ends up being old guard teams (except obviously IU).

IU can do it if they play Purdue in every game

houston is the only team with a top 10 offense and defense, per kenpom. bama and kansas rank in the top 20, while ucla and uconn just miss

Back when I was at IU, they used to call the lower seats the ‘gray line’ as when they built the place you could get same season tickets year after year. They started getting good with Knight second year the building was built and pretty much all the lower tickets were all a bunch of older fans for 30+ years hence below the gray line.

It’s not that way now and the odd configuration of the building built to keep ice for the hockey club( long gone) makes it an unbelievably loud place to play hoops.

It’s got to be one of the toughest places to play these days.

I just don’t want F’in Kansas or Arizona or Houston - any of those cheating Mf’ers to win.

https://i.redd.it/2mulch760dla1.jpg

haven't followed ncaa at all this season, but ayyy lookin good jerry!

Vanderbilt played out of their mind beating UK a couple days ago.

Kentucky has boodles of talent but they play so much like mismatched pieces. When it works they beat Kansas at home by 20+, then they lose games like this one. Pretty much N.C.A.A. hoops, only thing consistent is inconsistency.

farewell jim boeheim

and just as well before syracuse had to face legit questions about maybe having to fire him

the ACC final is 24-17 at the half

the two teams are 34% from the field and have combined for 8 assists and 13 turnovers

Virginia basketball

IU lost so Purdue has this locked up now.

you hate to see it

UNC announces that they have chosen to not participate in the 2023 NIT.

— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) March 12, 2023

lol

furman is my favorite team lifelong furman fan a college i know all about

15 princeton up 1 on 2 arizona with 2 left

they did it my alma mater princeton has pulled off the upset

zona didnt score for the last 5mins of the game lmao

gotta score buckets to move on to the next round

good thing virginia won that title i guess -- they have had some terrible tourney losses

shades of 1991 for arizona i guess

Ragin’ Cajuns gave the Vols a good game.

Arkansas/Illinois is the game I think could be fun to watch. That could be an old school Big East slug fest, as both teams play pretty bare knuckles on D and at times shoot up total wtf you doing shots.

well I might have chosen the wrong year to completely block out college hoops because this uconn team is actually really fun

Yeah I stopped following college hoops and regret not following nc state this year bc terquavian smith looks fun. Kid could turn into a good pro

Yeah I stopped following college hoops and regret not following nc state this year bc terquavian smith looks fun. Kid could turn into a good pro

purdon't

this is what were here for folks to see the 1 seed eat it

amazing

fun game too

how is this even possible

Double-digit seed losses by Purdue under Matt Painter:

16 seed (2023)
15 seed (2022)
13 seed (2021)
12 seed (2016)
11 seed (2011)

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) March 18, 2023

WE HAVE A FRIEND NOW

— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 18, 2023

FDU didn't even win their conference? they are here because of "merrimack's reclassification ineligibility" whatever that means?

just seeing the highlights but that giant guy on purdue looks like a complete stiff

i have now learned that FDU is the shortest team in division 1

just seeing the highlights but that giant guy on purdue looks like a complete stiff

― call all destroyer, Friday, March 17, 2023 10:43 PM (eleven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah it’s gotta be sad to be one of the 80% of 7 footers who don’t play in the NBA lol

xpost Merrimack is ineligible for the postseason for 4 years because they are transitioning from DII to DI. everyone hates the rule, but it's the rule. so FDU knew they were dancing when they won their conference semi.

Edey was fine last night - he let it get swatted away from him too many times, but overall, he was good. but FDU's gameplan + his so-so teammates + mounting pressure + Matt Painter's tactical paralysis killed them. Painter *had* to figure out a way to make it easier for them to get Edey the ball, and he didn't. Credit to FDU and their coach.

Purdue has not been to the final four since 1980.
30 tournament appearances
10 big 10 titles

Literally the poster child for Big 10 being terrible in March.

i guess it's tough to fire a guy who gets you a 4-seed or better every year, but three straight first-round exits as a 4-, 2- and 1-seed is absolutely brutal

Painter *had* to figure out a way to make it easier for them to get Edey the ball, and he didn't.

otm. 26 of their 53 shots -- against the smallest team in division i! -- were from three. they made five

building your team around a big ol slow footed post up center is not really something that strikes fear into ones opponents in the year 2023 i think is part of the problem

if you’re 7-4 and not a serious NBA prospect it’s fair to say you’re not that good at basketball

edey had 21 points and 15 rebounds on 11 shots. the rest of the team was 12-for-42. he doesn't have to be an nba prospect for a decent coach to realize that he should have gotten the ball more

i guess it's tough to fire a guy who gets you a 4-seed or better every year, but three straight first-round exits as a 4-, 2- and 1-seed is absolutely brutal

tbf, last year Purdue made it to the Sweet Sixteen before losing to a 15 seed (St. Peters who beat 2 seed Kentucky in the first round).

im sure they wouldve liked to get him the ball more but part of the problem with a guy like that is its just not that hard to disrupt a slow mechanical post up process xp

Arkansas/Kansas has been great

lag∞n's alma mater kicking ass again

so proud of my boys

if you’re 7-4 and not a serious NBA prospect it’s fair to say you’re not that good at basketball

you should play him one on one and see just how not that good he is!

like i know that's a goofy response but it's not fair to say the guy isn't good at basketball just because he isn't a great fit in the current NBA. he's about to be named national player of the year at the highest level of non-professional basketball in the United States.

nah hes a scrub

we're all spoiled by the level of NBA play and that's just how we like it

kansas state plays balls to the wall at all times. fun team

yeah I was just goofing, he’d poster me for sure