2018-2019 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

Except Izzo can't beat K

He's like 1-12.  It's been over the course of like 20 years 

[betarhoalphadelta]

That monkey is coming off this year.

Hoping for another. Purdue hasn't been to the Final Four since 1980. Hasn't been to the Elite Eight (one monkey) since 2000 when we lost to Wisconsin under Dick Bennett (Tony was an assistant coach for that team).
Time to beat Tony Bennett and Virginia as payback.

[ELA]

Hoping for another. Purdue hasn't been to the Final Four since 1980. Hasn't been to the Elite Eight (one monkey) since 2000 when we lost to Wisconsin under Dick Bennett (Tony was an assistant coach for that team).
Time to beat Tony Bennett and Virginia as payback.

3 months ago, I thought getting a tourney bid was a solid season for this group.  Cline and Haarms development has been huge.  Would be crazy if it's a rebuilding year that shakes Purdues third weekend monkey.

[betarhoalphadelta]

3 months ago, I thought getting a tourney bid was a solid season for this group.  Cline and Haarms development has been huge.  Would be crazy if it's a rebuilding year that shakes Purdues third weekend monkey.

Well, I will say that this team has already broken one barrier. First time Painter has made it past the S16. Amazing that this is in a rebuilding year, with a team that started 6-5 (with a lot of losses to great teams, and a bad loss to ND). 
But yeah, I'd love to know what a Final Four feels like. The last time Purdue went, I was 2 years old and not exactly a Boilermaker yet lol...

[847badgerfan]

Boiler UP!!

[medinabuckeye1]

Boiler UP!!

+1

[Kris60]

Holy shit

[Anonymous Coward]

Dook has been exposed, and frankly should not be in the tourney anymore.

Why's that?

[Anonymous Coward]

Crushing end there. Was a great game. Had they found just a little more magic to win and advance, I wouldn't have been surprised to see Edwards take Glen Rice's crown as the all-time tournament scoring leader.

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been reading others' thoughts of the game and it got me thinking:

(1) It's hard to come down on Cline for missing that FT. Not only for the cliche reason that they couldn't have gotten here without him but also because he's a 71% FT shooter, which gave him almost precisely a 50% chance of making both.

(2) The final offensive series was unexpected. Why not go up the center of the court? Hindsight is hardly the best way to judge sports, so mostly I'm curious of Painter's thinking. He drew it up that way for a reason. Probably a good reason and Bennett just got him. I just want to be inside their heads about that.

[Kris60]

On the WVU board they were killing Painter for fouling at the end of regulation but I like that strategy.  It just didn’t work out this time.

Here is what I think was Painter’s thinking on the last possession.  I think he either anticipated UVA sending a double on Edwards once he crossed half court or anticipated Edwards being fouled. Either way he wanted to get the ball up court and get a shot off before either could happen.  But that pass up the sideline doesn’t leave a lot of room for error.

[medinabuckeye1]

Heartbreaking end for the Boilermakers. 

Hopefully MSU can win this evening.

[847badgerfan]

Major bummer. Mrs. 847 and I were rooting hard, to no avail. Dammit.

[847badgerfan]

Why's that?

Because they got bailed out by their buddies in black and white, last week.