NCAA Tournament Sunday Discussion Thread

[Rutgers Chris]

The pain….

 

[RUfanSinceAnderson]

Let’s have an honest discussion about the B1G.
None of this is surprising.
The projected top of the conference (Indiana & Illinois) were very disappointing this season. That left Purdue alone at the top and the middle of the pack was basically 2-10 in the standings. Meanwhile the bottom, only had 1 team (Minny maybe OSU) that wasn’t competitive.
Yes, it’s great that the conference has a lot of teams that can compete and make a run for a tournament bid every year, but it’s not a good look when you keep struggling to get teams into the second weekend.
Conferences such as the Big 12 and SEC play better basketball. Even the top of the Big East was better than the top of the B1G this year.

As for this notion that the B1G schedule wearing the teams down, nonsense. The Big 12 plays just as difficult of a schedule. Indiana was just as pathetic early in the year against us as they were against Miami tonight. Zero resistance on D.

Big12? 7/10 made the dance. They have two teams left.

They have two teams left.
They lost a 1, 3, two 6’s and a 9

 

[RUsojo]

CBS panel ripping big ten and style of play at conclusion of round of 32

 

[RU848789]

I like the Zags to win it all

I'm thinking that way too, if they can get by UCLA and if someone can beat Bama, although unfortunately, Bama's road to the FF looks pretty easy (2/3/4 all gone in their region and the East only has 3/4/7/9 left, meaning MSU has a pretty good shot at the FF) and I don't know if the Zags can beat Bama.

 

[RU848789]

CBS panel ripping big ten and style of play at conclusion of round of 32

Your take is inaccurate. Jay Wright, who knows more about hoops than Seth or Parker, was not - he noted they simply haven't quite won the big one in awhile, but have had their chances in recent years. Parker thought the B1G was too focused on big men and not guards, but that doesn't mean she spoke for the whole panel.

 

[RUsojo]

Your take is inaccurate. Jay Wright, who knows more about hoops than Seth or Parker, was not - he noted they simply haven't quite won the big one in awhile, but have had their chances in recent years. Parker thought the B1G was too focused on big men and not guards, but that doesn't mean she spoke for the whole panel.

no lol is what it is they laid it out there dont sugar coat it with the G version

 

[BOGDANOVICH]

Do they still refer to Fairleigh Dickinson as Fairly Ridiculous?

Asking for a friend.

The origin of this story may be that, years ago, some Rutgers engineering students were complaining about the onerous work load in the engineering school, especially for freshmen, when some discovered that the FDU engineering program was much much easier with a fraction of the workload. It was then that , academically, FDU became known as Fairly Ridiculous.

 

[RUJMM78]

The biggest weakness of B1G TEN teams is the lack of players that can create and make shots off the dribble.Michigan State won because they had multiple players with that skillset.They also have the best head coach that makes game adjustments which result in wins.

 

[rob kight]

The biggest weakness of B1G TEN teams is the lack of players that can create and make shots off the dribble.Michigan State won because they had multiple players with that skillset.They also have the best head coach that makes game adjustments which result in wins.

One thing I have noticed, is when a MSU player makes mistakes and is pulled, Izzo reads them the riot act. When an RU player is not playing well and is pulled, we pat him on the back. Some we silently punish them by benching them for a long stretch.

 

[Plum Street]

One thing I have noticed, is when a MSU player makes mistakes and is pulled, Izzo reads them the riot act. When an RU player is not playing well and is pulled, we pat him on the back. Some we silently punish them by benching them for a long stretch.

Some coaches have different styles. What works for a hall of famer like Izzo is gonna be different than what pike can do and get away with .
Pike knows this. His mentor calhoun used to spend timeouts to berate his guys

 

[fatsam98]

One thing I have noticed, is when a MSU player makes mistakes and is pulled, Izzo reads them the riot act. When an RU player is not playing well and is pulled, we pat him on the back. Some we silently punish them by benching them for a long stretch.

And Izzo has looked like a complete *** on more than a few occasions. Their first four game a couple years ago comes to mind.

Underwood rips his players all the time too, how'd that work out for them?

 

[RU848789]

no lol is what it is they laid it out there dont sugar coat it with the G version

no, you made it sounds like they unanimously were ripping the B1G and that's absolutely not the case, as Jay didn't criticize the B1G at all; the others did.

 

[Loyal_2RU]

Hope the Zags can close this out. Always liked Few's teams and am tired of hearing about how good the Big 12 was this year.

Liked Jamie Dixon better. Loved him at Pitt.
Few won.

 

[JavaDunk18]

Funny thing is if we got that 11 spot that Providence did(& we should have) we could have ended up with a rematch w Michigan St at MSG..

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

 

[fatsam98]

That's awesome. Love Harlan