Pete Posted October 15, 2023 Posted October 15, 2023 Kicking off the season with Iowa women shattering the women's attendance mark for the Crossover at Kinnick charity exhibition against DePaul. 55,646 in the house. Caitlin Clark went off for 34/11/10, which is also more points than the Hawkeyes football team has scored on their own field since 2021. 2
RIPPA Posted October 16, 2023 Posted October 16, 2023 Jase Richardson - son of Jason - has decided to follow in his Dad's footsteps and has committed to Michigan State
Pete Posted October 25, 2023 Author Posted October 25, 2023 Today's hilarious, unprovable Twitter rumor is that Kentucky got nuked by Chicago State 103-69 in a secret scrimmage. As you were.
RIPPA Posted October 26, 2023 Posted October 26, 2023 Fallout from football realignment - VCU is deep in talks to join the AAC as a basketball only program
Brian Fowler Posted October 28, 2023 Posted October 28, 2023 Ten days before the season starts, the NIT announced a change to their selection policy. Teams who win their regular season league title but not the conference tourney will no longer get auto-bids to the NIT if they don't make the dance. This is unlikely to matter to the big conferences, but a whole lot of mid-major conference commissioners are pissed and talking about it as something that will lead to them pushing and voting for an expansion to the NCAA tournament.
Tabe Posted October 29, 2023 Posted October 29, 2023 19 hours ago, Brian Fowler said: Ten days before the season starts, the NIT announced a change to their selection policy. Teams who win their regular season league title but not the conference tourney will no longer get auto-bids to the NIT if they don't make the dance. This is unlikely to matter to the big conferences, but a whole lot of mid-major conference commissioners are pissed and talking about it as something that will lead to them pushing and voting for an expansion to the NCAA tournament. Here me out, I've got an idea. A.......round robin tournament........ where every team in a league plays every other team twice. We'll award points based on wins and losses, 1pt for wins, 0 for losses. At the end of that tournament, the team with the most points gets the automatic berth into postseason tournaments. 1
Brian Fowler Posted October 29, 2023 Posted October 29, 2023 39 minutes ago, Tabe said: Here me out, I've got an idea. A.......round robin tournament........ where every team in a league plays every other team twice. We'll award points based on wins and losses, 1pt for wins, 0 for losses. At the end of that tournament, the team with the most points gets the automatic berth into postseason tournaments. That wouldn't really change the problem here that the NIT made a huge change to the rules that is going to almost certainly lead to more first place mid-major teams getting left out while like 9th place power conference teams get bids to the postseason. Even more, a lot of teams who will rant to play in the NIT will be left out for a bunch of disinterested teams that only cared about the big dance.
RIPPA Posted October 30, 2023 Posted October 30, 2023 Pace beat St John's in an exhibition game It should be noted Pace is a D2 school
Log Posted October 31, 2023 Posted October 31, 2023 On 10/30/2023 at 6:46 AM, RIPPA said: Pace beat St John's in an exhibition game It should be noted Pace is a D2 school And Louisville lost to D2 Kentucky Wesleyan. Now, I'd like to say these exhibition games are meaningless, but my Illini just beat Kansas in one, so obviously they are very meaningful. 1 1
worldcupfever Posted October 31, 2023 Posted October 31, 2023 4 hours ago, Log said: Now, I'd like to say these exhibition games are meaningless, but my Illini just beat Kansas in one, so obviously they are very meaningful. Yeah, I kept getting caught between, "eh, it's just an exhibition, I can do something else" and, "...but if they beat Kansas..." 1
The Comedian Posted November 1, 2023 Posted November 1, 2023 Multiple news sites are reporting that Bobby Knight has died.
SirFozzie Posted November 1, 2023 Posted November 1, 2023 yup, sounds like he was suffering froim Alzheimers No matter what you think about his personality, he's one of the greatest basketball coaches (pro or college) of all time
Contentious C Posted November 1, 2023 Posted November 1, 2023 A frequent member of the "Thought He Was Already Dead" club. 1
Tabe Posted November 1, 2023 Posted November 1, 2023 (edited) 22 minutes ago, SirFozzie said: yup, sounds like he was suffering froim Alzheimers No matter what you think about his personality, he's one of the greatest basketball coaches (pro or college) of all time I'll give Knight credit for one thing: being willing, at an early date, to call out the hypocrisy of John Wooden. Wooden cheated like crazy but everybody ignored it and Knight was willing to say something in the 1970s when Wooden was at his height. Edited November 1, 2023 by Tabe 1
odessasteps Posted November 1, 2023 Posted November 1, 2023 I became “not a fan” while I was there, but a. He made his players go to class. b. His sweater money was donated to the library, so I benefitted from it. since I was a manager for my high school team, I had the invitation to apply to be a manager on the basketball team. But my first semester was kinda chaotic, so it would have been a bad fit. 1
Brian Fowler Posted November 2, 2023 Posted November 2, 2023 (edited) Stat I saw on Twitter that I didn't fact check but does put Bobby Knight the coach into perspective (not Bobby Knight the human being who is, uh... Complex) He won three national titles and at one point had the most wins of any D1 coach ever. He had exactly one player in his entire coaching career that became an All-Star in the NBA (Isiah Thomas.) Edited November 2, 2023 by Brian Fowler 1
Mister TV Posted November 2, 2023 Posted November 2, 2023 18 hours ago, The Comedian said: Multiple news sites are reporting that Bobby Knight has died. He inspired a bunch of crappy coaches at every level that being a screaming abusive jagoff equaled great coaching.
RIPPA Posted November 2, 2023 Posted November 2, 2023 So the NCAA is claiming the changes to the NIT were made to compete against a new postseason tournament that is coming in 2025 Quote Gavitt said Wednesday the changes were necessary in order to compete with the new postseason tournament in the works. "The NIT has a new, credible and imminent challenge in the competitive postseason space. Every indication is that a new postseason event is planned to start in 2025," Gavitt said. "The event is well-organized, imagined and funded with a competitive broadcast component and location. "As a result of all that, we believe we needed to change and evolve the NIT to compete with the best available teams and conferences, given new postseason opportunities that are presented to them. The changes are a preemptive attempt to keep the NIT viable long-term, frankly." Gavitt was referring to a new tournament featuring the top 16 teams from the Big East, Big Ten and Big 12 that didn't make the NCAA tournament. The Messenger reported in September that Fox Sports is behind the event, which would be played at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
odessasteps Posted November 2, 2023 Posted November 2, 2023 Awaiting a Middle Eastern PIF or hedge fund to have their own “invitational” tournament for college football and basketball.
Dewar Posted November 2, 2023 Posted November 2, 2023 On 10/30/2023 at 5:46 AM, RIPPA said: Pace beat St John's in an exhibition game It should be noted Pace is a D2 school Go Setters!!!!!
Cobra Commander Posted November 7, 2023 Posted November 7, 2023 the first D1 losses to non-D1 schools of the season are... Mercer loses to D2 Clark Atlanta South Alabama loses to NAIA University of Mobile
Zimbra Posted November 7, 2023 Posted November 7, 2023 #4 Michigan State lost at home to mighty James Madison. #1 LSU women lost to Colorado
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