bierce Posted Thursday at 04:51 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 04:51 AM WVU lost by 14 at home. To Houston, so no shame there, but WVU is sinking fast. Santa Clara woke up to lose by only 13. St. Mary's will in all likelihood make the tournament and face an early exit again. It's what it does. I didn't include this game, but Rutgers won @ Northwestern. Northwestern, meet fork, Creighton beat Xavier by 9. Xavier will need to find some quality wins. UNT survived a close game. It if keeps playing close games, then it is bound to lose one or two along the way, and it can't afford that. SMU won against a bad Cal team. Still not a believer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted Thursday at 06:18 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 06:18 PM Boise State stayed alive with a 66-56 home win over Nevada. Three B1G games of interest tonight tOSU (28) @ PSU (48) PSU is getting desperate for some good wins. NET is still fairly strong, but 1-7 in q1 isn't helping. No good OOC wins and maybe the weakest conference schedule in the Big Ten (drew extra games against Rutgers, Minnesota, and Indiana). Might need to get to .500 in the conference or get some wins in the conference tournament. Mike Rhoades may prove to be a pretty good hire there. Illinois (10) @ Nebraska (62) Another desperate team at home. Nebraska on 6 game losing streak including two 30+ point blowouts and two home games against teams that won't make the field. Oregon (27) @ UCLA (33) One of UCLA's best wins this year was @ Oregon, one of Oregon's two q2 losses. The other was in its last game (@ Minnesota). UCLA on a 4 game winning streak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted Friday at 02:38 AM Author Share Posted Friday at 02:38 AM tOSU pasted PSU. Illinois down 40-31 at the half. Remember the Hoiberg teams at ISU that tried to get a shot up within 6 seconds of taking possession? Illinois plays that way this year, but it started 1/14 bta. In another game of import, NMSU broke its three game losing streak by winning at Middle Tennessee. It should now climb back into the top 160, moving that game back into q3. For now, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan91 Posted Friday at 02:49 AM Share Posted Friday at 02:49 AM 21 hours ago, bierce said: WVU lost by 14 at home. To Houston, so no shame there, but WVU is sinking fast. Santa Clara woke up to lose by only 13. St. Mary's will in all likelihood make the tournament and face an early exit again. It's what it does. I didn't include this game, but Rutgers won @ Northwestern. Northwestern, meet fork, Creighton beat Xavier by 9. Xavier will need to find some quality wins. UNT survived a close game. It if keeps playing close games, then it is bound to lose one or two along the way, and it can't afford that. SMU won against a bad Cal team. Still not a believer. West Virginia started well this year. I was completely surprised by it. Back to where I thought they would be now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted Friday at 02:59 AM Author Share Posted Friday at 02:59 AM 8 minutes ago, Jordan91 said: West Virginia started well this year. I was completely surprised by it. Back to where I thought they would be now. Losing Tucker DeVries was a big blow. Small has very little help on offense. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted Friday at 03:28 AM Author Share Posted Friday at 03:28 AM Illinois on a run with two transition baskets to cut it to 60-58 with 7:35 to go. Right after announcers bragged on NU preventing Illinois from scoring in transition. I don't usually declare late January games as must wins, but if NU doesn't pull this one out, then I think its season is done. Or doomed to NIT bid. NU got a score and a stop. And then they give up a transition layup. Back to a two point game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted Friday at 03:50 AM Author Share Posted Friday at 03:50 AM Nebraska Illinois go into OT. Nebraska had committed only 4 fouls, I mean had been called for only 4 fouls, before Illinois's final possesssion with 10 seconds to go. They committed two more to burn the clock. Illinois managed only a bad three and missed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobInHouston Posted Friday at 05:18 PM Share Posted Friday at 05:18 PM On 1/29/2025 at 1:33 PM, Neil Leininger said: Feels like a split this week @Ole Miss and @LSU would keep the momentum from last week's 2-0 record at home against two ranked teams. LSU is a danger spot. Short turnaround after a late game on Wednesday. Similar to the OU-Florida trip, in which they had a tough game (but won), then went to Florida and ran out of gas late. It's one thing to get stomped by Florida at home, and another to get whipped at LSU. I always could be overthinking this but I don't like the situation for Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted Friday at 06:21 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 06:21 PM Indiana @ Purdue is the only game of real consequence tonight. I mean, Butler has to win 75% of its remaining games to have a shot, Georgetown needs to win about 70%, and Dayton needs to damn near win out, so I'm not getting the least bit excited about their games tonight. Tonight's game is the midpoint of an 11 game run of q1 games for Indiana. It is 1-4 so far in that stretch. And this is the harder part of that stretch. Five of the six games left in the stretch are against teams in the NET top 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobInHouston Posted Friday at 11:16 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:16 PM Indiana's not gonna do anything this year, are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted Friday at 11:23 PM Author Share Posted Friday at 11:23 PM 5 minutes ago, BobInHouston said: Indiana's not gonna do anything this year, are they? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan91 Posted yesterday at 12:08 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:08 AM 51 minutes ago, BobInHouston said: Indiana's not gonna do anything this year, are they? Thanks Bob, you have unleashed Bierce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobInHouston Posted yesterday at 02:11 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:11 AM 2 hours ago, Jordan91 said: Thanks Bob, you have unleashed Bierce. I think I have a thing going and will continue to call this play until it doesn't work anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted yesterday at 02:20 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 02:20 AM Indiana got out to a 7 point lead in the first half and took a 4 point lead to the lockers. Purdue scored the first 7 of the second half, helped by IU being whistled 3 times in the first 1:03, at least one of which was highly questionable. Make that 4 fouls in 1:43. IU has missed an ft, shot off the side of the backboard, and lost a rebound on the defensive end after having two guys get their hands on it. Now 48-42 Purdue and the crowd is electrified. The first time Bob asked about Indiana doing anything this year, I asked if firing the coach counts. Well, does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted yesterday at 02:33 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 02:33 AM 12:21 left, Purdue up 7. Next IU foul puts Purdue in the bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted yesterday at 02:41 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 02:41 AM 11-0 IU run. And no fouls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobInHouston Posted yesterday at 02:48 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:48 AM 27 minutes ago, bierce said: Indiana got out to a 7 point lead in the first half and took a 4 point lead to the lockers. Purdue scored the first 7 of the second half, helped by IU being whistled 3 times in the first 1:03, at least one of which was highly questionable. Make that 4 fouls in 1:43. IU has missed an ft, shot off the side of the backboard, and lost a rebound on the defensive end after having two guys get their hands on it. Now 48-42 Purdue and the crowd is electrified. The first time Bob asked about Indiana doing anything this year, I asked if firing the coach counts. Well, does it? I meant in terms of actually playing quality ball. But I suppose that's a step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobInHouston Posted yesterday at 02:49 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:49 AM It was IU five fouls to PU's one and now it is 6-6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted yesterday at 03:03 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 03:03 AM Another questionable call here against IU. IU guard trying to drive. Smith hooks arms with him. They call the foul on the Purdue guard. Reviewed it to see if Purdue guard was guilty of a f1. Hell, he wasn't guilty of anything, but they couldn't review that part. IU up 70-69 with 2:43 left. IU did well to come back after the early Purdue run in the second half. I still don't think IU will win or make the tournament, but it has generally played will off the last 10 minutes. Three point play for Purdue makes it 72-70. IU ball. Drive. Foul called. Ft coming. Going down to the wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted yesterday at 03:08 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 03:08 AM And Ballo puts the ball on the floor in the paint in traffic. Bad idea. Bad result. Purdue break to get the foul and go up 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted yesterday at 03:14 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 03:14 AM IU got the stop and got a bucket on a weird pseudo drive and set shot after the defender overran the play. IU up one. Purdue with the ball and 25 second to go. Purdue out of timeouts. IU has 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted yesterday at 03:15 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 03:15 AM Purdue hit a turn around in the paint. IU went down, was obviously fouled in the shot. No call. Purdue rebounds. IU was kind of jobbed, but that is the kind of stuff you have to overcome on the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted yesterday at 03:18 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 03:18 AM Purdue made both. IU ball down 3 with 3.3 left. It made the horrible mistake of calling its last time out after the made ft. You don't do that. You inbound as far as you can down the court, and then you call timeout. Now IU has to inbound from the baseline instead of from near midcourt. Dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bierce Posted yesterday at 03:19 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 03:19 AM IU threw it the length of the floor to a Purdue player. Extra dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobInHouston Posted yesterday at 03:21 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:21 AM And that's why Indiana won't do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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