~2017-18 Big Ten Basketball Thread~

[NickSmith4Three]

Leron Black confirms he is leaving Illinois to pursue a professional career.  That one certainly huts but I can't blame the guy for trying to earn a living.  He is getting married and thinking about his future.

[FearlessF]

Huskers usually play like crap on the road

they did again last night

[FearlessF]

most of you remember the General coaching Steve Alford

why wouldn't Lon Kruger run Young off multiple screens to get open looks?

kid can flat out shot the rock, Baby!

[MarqHusker]

Young has the hair of a mid 40s YMCAer.

[Entropy]

Nebraska looked pretty blah last night.  Basically their resume is handling business against a bunch of bad teams, but losing to every decent one, save one really good night at home against Michigan.

Penn State closed strong after a putrid first half offensively, to beat Temple and advance to play the 1 seed, Notre Dame, in South Bend on Saturday.

Seems like in recent years you get a bunch of 1st round NIT upsets where teams that just missed look to not care.  While Louisville and USC were pushed to the limits, overall, you have a really solid final 16.  The only lower seeded team that won was Washington, which was a 5 seed over a 4 seed Boise State.

UNL was one team at home, another on the road... add to it that the opponent had a decent big man, UNL was going to struggle.   the team really needed a home game and once the seeding was announced, I was the bad guy on a couple husker message boards for predicting a loss.  
Miles is s good recruiter... the questions UNL fans are asking today is can they do better.   I'm really uncertain.

[MarqHusker]

Small gathering in Dallas.  Atmospheres in my experience are really weird at 1st round games.  It's like being at a large convention.

[FearlessF]

UNL was one team at home, another on the road... add to it that the opponent had a decent big man, UNL was going to struggle.   the team really needed a home game and once the seeding was announced, I was the bad guy on a couple husker message boards for predicting a loss.  
Miles is s good recruiter... the questions UNL fans are asking today is can they do better.   I'm really uncertain.

I'm a bad guy too
they could do better, but they'd have to get lucky
they could also do worse
I say keep trying until ya get lucky

[Brutus Buckeye]

Wright State is off to an inauspicious start. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

[ELA]

Small gathering in Dallas.  Atmospheres in my experience are really weird at 1st round games.  It's like being at a large convention.

That's a great comparison.  Way more room than needed, an echo, something sort of going on, but people are there for what is happening later, you have people on their phones sitting by themselves, people coming in and out of the back doors constantly.

[MarqHusker]

yes, People coming and going, lots of indifference, crowded concourses (much like the vendor/sponsor room at a conference where the open bar is located).

[MaximumSam]

Fun game between Rhode Island and Oklahoma.  Young launching 40 footers wasn't smart basketbll, but it was fun to watch

[MaximumSam]

Zags getting all they want

[medinabuckeye1]

Zags getting all they want

It is getting interesting!

• #4 Gonzaga is tied up late and
• #16 Penn is still within striking distance (4 points) of #1 KU about half way through the second half.