2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[FearlessF]

double digit seeds are more fun

[847badgerfan]

For the helluvit. My wife I watch the whole game. This was the most egregious of the non-calls.

Bad Sports Refs on X: "Zero fouls here on Zach Edey #MarchMadness https://t.co/L2wp4qTwl2" / X (twitter.com)
Bad Sports Refs on X: "Zero fouls here on Zach Edey #MarchMadness https://t.co/L2wp4qTwl2" / X (twitter.com)

Seth Davis on X: "Edey blasted Nembhard on that rebound and didn't get called for a foul. Ridiculous miss. Twitter is fine with that I'm sure." / X
Seth Davis on X: "Edey blasted Nembhard on that rebound and didn't get called for a foul. Ridiculous miss. Twitter is fine with that I'm sure." / X

Ryan Phillips on X: "Edey could hit someone with a chair and it’d be a no-call. So ridiculous." / X (twitter.com)
Ryan Phillips on X: "Edey could hit someone with a chair and it’d be a no-call. So ridiculous." / X (twitter.com)

Karnowski's Beard on X: "The refs protecting Edey… #gozags https://t.co/HiLE6LkRnT" / X (twitter.com)
Karnowski's Beard on X: "The refs protecting Edey… #gozags https://t.co/HiLE6LkRnT" / X (twitter.com)

[ELA]

Me: Let's go basketball gods, give me something good.

Basketball Gods: Got it, we will keep allowing Edey to commit uncalled fouls, and we will injure Houston's best player so Duke can advance.

Me: I'm converting

[medinabuckeye1]

Yikes, UCONN iss good!

The Illini tied it up at 23 late in the first half, they now trail 51-23

[medinabuckeye1]

Yikes, UCONN iss good!

The Illini tied it up at 23 late in the first half, they now trail 51-23

UCONN's run got to 30-0 before Illinois scored.

Time and situation between CONSECUTIVE Illini buckets:

• An Illinois bucket with 1:51 left before halftime tied it up at 23.
• An Illinois bucket with 12:39 left in the game pulled the Illini to within 28 at 53-25.

[ELA]

The task for the refs is monumental.  But I think theyll continue to pretend its impossible the officiate a tall guy.  Is UConn still too good?  Maybe

[Hawkinole]

National basketball phenom Caitlin Clark arrives in Albany with Iowa; LSU and Colorado touch down - WNYT.com NewsChannel 13
Hawkeyes, lead the way in WBB.

[847badgerfan]

I did not think Illinois would get crushed like that.

[847badgerfan]

Me: Let's go basketball gods, give me something good.

Basketball Gods: Got it, we will keep allowing Edey to commit uncalled fouls, and we will injure Houston's best player so Duke can advance.

Me: I'm converting

Purdue and the officials beat Tennessee today. Duke and the officials beat NC State today.

Officials next week: Now what?

[betarhoalphadelta]

The question, will Brad put the mortgage payment on Tennessee/Creighton?

I don't bet against Purdue. I did that once in football. Purdue was favored. I bet the other team, thinking that if Purdue wins and covers, I lost money but offset that disappointment with a Purdue win. If Purdue loses, I win money offsetting the disappointment of Purdue losing. If Purdue wins and doesn't cover, I win both. 

Purdue lost and I felt ashamed--winning the bet on the back of my own team's misfortune just made me feel dirty. 

So no, I'm not betting this one. 

[boilerbanger]

Boiler Up!!!  I know badge will be rooting for Edey and Purdue to roll today!!!

[medinabuckeye1]

@betarhoalphadelta :
I know you are a little younger than me but I'm not sure how much younger. Were you alive last time Purdue went to the Final Four or was that before you were born?

[betarhoalphadelta]

@betarhoalphadelta :
I know you are a little younger than me but I'm not sure how much younger. Were you alive last time Purdue went to the Final Four or was that before you were born?

Alive, yes. It was 1980 and I was born in 1978. But as you can imagine, I don't remember it. 

I also didn't get into college sports until I got to Purdue. Growing up in a pro sports town (Chicago), to parents who although college educated didn't go to schools with sports/fan cultures, and with the in-state schools (UofI/Northwestern) not exactly being sports powerhouses like say UM/tOSU, there just wasn't much to draw me. 

And unlike a lot of kids, I didn't grow up dreaming of going to a certain college. Especially not Purdue as an out-of-state school I wasn't really aware of it until I got into HS and started deciding to A) be an engineer and B) start investigating schools. For me it was probably almost a coin flip as to whether I'd go to Purdue or Illinois as both are excellent engineering schools, but I preferred the feel of the Purdue campus on visits...

So even if I'd been old enough to remember the Purdue Final Four, it would have been meaningless to me until about 1996 when I got on campus. 

[MaximumSam]

I hope Edey gets called for zero fouls today. The Vols are going to wrestle Purdue guards all over the court and then complain when Edey looks at them.