~2017-18 Big Ten Basketball Thread~

[847badgerfan]

That would be really nice.

[MarqHusker]

Purdue needs some good karma for once.  Folks around here are pretty deflated.

[ELA]

I generally have mixed emotions about beating mod majors.  Even when we lost to MTSU, IIsort of was just happy for them. Not last night.  Bucknell was as dislikable as any mid major we've ever played.  One kid got the boot was a T, after running around head butting guys, while flopping himself.  And honeslty they could have booted a second.

The Syracuse zone on short rest is always a tall task.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Loyola is trying to notch the first upset of the Thirsty Thirty-Two. 

[MaximumSam]

Frustrating game. Gonzaga difficult to guard and can't miss.  Bucks have missed four bunnies

[TyphonInc]

I get so mad at NCAA refs.
1) They called the start of the 2nd half in a way that allowed the zags to keep their big lead. (I recall at least 4 offensive rebounds by gonzaga that started with a 1 or 2 handed shove on the OSU Box out player 
2) Then magically started calling ticky tack for OSU and the Bucks came storming back. (Tate is not worthy of an academy award, but the refs sure seemed to think so)
3) Swallowed whistles again and the zags muscled the lead back. 
4) Made several really bad calls to keep the Bucks hanging around much longer than they should have.

Congrats to Gonzaga, they are a real physical, solid, great shooting team.


Proud of the Bucks, way out performed preseason expectations, and played to their seed in the NCAA tournament. Fought incredibly hard after getting spanked 15-0 in the 1st 6 minutes of the game.

[Anonymous Coward]

11 days' rest saw their level of play fall so far that Michigan truly wasn't deserving to make the S16, and then the freshman who always plays like a hyper puppy hits a shot like that. Wow.

[Kris61]

The degree of difficulty on the shot the kid from Michigan hit was through the roof.  Not only was it deep but the kid from Houston was close enough to almost kiss his lips when he pulled it.

[MrNubbz]

Just reporting what I read elsewhere, which was apparently not accurate.

Ya that was De'andre Hunter and he was ACC  6th man of the year or sumsuch.I was going to take UVA to the NCG in my bracket.When I was making my brackets researching squads I saw this guy got hurt,so I backed off on UVA.But damn to lose to that team with THAT TEAM,March Madness indeed

[Brutus Buckeye]

Sunday will be a fun day in the Mountain State. WVU vs. Marshall.  I expect a good game.

This is going to be awesome. 
I can only hope that UC and Xavier are on a similar collision course. 

[FearlessF]

The degree of difficulty on the shot the kid from Michigan hit was through the roof.  Not only was it deep but the kid from Houston was close enough to almost kiss his lips when he pulled it.

hopefully the Boilers and Sparty don't allow it to come to that today

[MrNubbz]

Was going to try to stay up for the UM - UH match up.Too much St Paddy's day however,evidently I missed a good one

[Anonymous Coward]

You missed a great 3.6 seconds, Nubbz, but all the rest was...garbage to the average viewer. It was a defense-first game that was also tiiiiightly officiated (very "ticky-tacky") -- neither team ever found their flow.

[FearlessF]

Was going to try to stay up for the UM - UH match up.Too much St Paddy's day however,evidently I missed a good one

I planned accordingly, took a leprechaun nap before the start of the UM game