2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

Oh man didn't realize we have some daytime basketball

Feast Week baby!

Granted these events are dwindling.  Maui and Atlantis are ok, but not as great as they were 5 years ago.  Other events have either really starting pumping in mid-majors, or gone from 8 teams to 4.  I think the Disney Event in Orlando and the Wooden Event in LA are either no more, or greatly diminished.  One year MSU played Wichita State, Maryland and Kansas in the Orlando Event.

Oddly the on campus MTEs are making a comeback.  Those were a thing 20+ years ago, but they had been mostly replaced by the destination events.  Those are generally trash with the host school and 3 garbage teams.  MSU used to sometimes get a low end high major to theirs.  Like I think Washington State came one year, DePaul came one year

[ELA]

And FAU upset Oklahoma State, so they got the Miami-Oklahoma State matchup they wanted...but in the consolation bracket.

In a bygone era, I would have said Dusty May left a pretty good roster behind him.  Instead they mentioned that the top 6 players in minutes from a year ago are gone.  So, like most teams, it's an entirely new roster, wearing the same laundry

[MarqHusker]

I have a micro cassette recording somewhere of Danny Nee expressing his POV and lamenting about the 'Ameritas Classic' etc where Nebraska would host so and so co&$ su#$ing schools.    

That guy never had a dull press conference. 

[FearlessF]

and great ties

[ELA]

I have a micro cassette recording somewhere of Danny Nee expressing his POV and lamenting about the 'Ameritas Classic' etc where Nebraska would host so and so co&$ su#$ing schools.   

That guy never had a dull press conference.

He's still just 79.  He's been a HS assistant in the Pittsburgh area for a decade.  I think he now head coaches JV at a pretty large district south of the city.  I think he liked coaching, and hated all the other bullshit of being a high major head coach.

The funny thing is after Nebraska, he went to Robert Morris, outside of Pittsburgh, was awful, and then a slightly higher Pittsburgh area school, Duquesne, hired him after one 6-22 season.  Their coaching recruitment budget must have been like $400.  He was then also awful at Duquesne.  He was fired after the 2006 season, and then a bunch of his players got into a shootout at a sorority party like a month later

[MarqHusker]

He played ball at Power Memorial HS w Lew Alcindor.

Was also a Vietnam combat vet in the Marines.  His was one of the best story tellers I've ever been around.

[grillrat]

there have only been 10 triple-doubles, and two of them belong to Draymond Green, who is a triple-double machine in the NBA.  

Points, rebounds, and flagrant fouls?  

[MaximumSam]

Points, rebounds, and flagrant fouls? 

Nut Shot Hall of Fame First Ballot

[CatsbyAZ]

Feast Week baby!

Granted these events are dwindling.  Maui and Atlantis are ok, but not as great as they were 5 years ago.  Other events have either really starting pumping in mid-majors, or gone from 8 teams to 4.  I think the Disney Event in Orlando and the Wooden Event in LA are either no more, or greatly diminished...Oddly the on campus MTEs are making a comeback.

I wondered about this while yesterday flipping between the Charleston Classic and the Myrtle Beach Invitational. Charleston's eight teams are a solid split of majors - Miami, Ok State, Seton Hall, and Vandy - along with mid-major programs that either traditionally or recently have a presence in the NCAA Tourney - Drake, Florida Atlantic, Nevada, and VCU.

However Myrtle Beach is watered down with nothing more than mediocre mid-majors or worse filling slots. Portland, Texas St, and Ohio for example.

And yes, there's a lot more campus MTEs than four or five years ago. Over fifty are listed according to this Bracket Tracking site.

Drake Vs Florida Atlantic is already underway in Charleston this morning.

[bayareabadger]

I need to figure out if there are any games to throw on the second monitor in the office.

Badgers play at five and I have done no research on the opponent, UCF. But I do need to get to a communal gathering somewhere in the matter out of the game so that’s annoying.

[ELA]

I need to figure out if there are any games to throw on the second monitor in the office.

Badgers play at five and I have done no research on the opponent, UCF. But I do need to get to a communal gathering somewhere in the matter out of the game so that’s annoying.

Just hope nobody gets hurt on this awful floor

[MaximumSam]

Aaron Bradshaw apparently no longer with the team under mysterious circumstances

[MaximumSam]

The leading rumor is they just found out he has an active warrant for an unpaid speeding ticket. Hopefully that is the case and nothing involving gambling or underage girls

[ELA]

OSU shoots a lot of 3s

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