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Post by This Just In on Mar 20, 2021 8:50:33 GMT -5
I think we are going to see the Big10 and SEC overrated and the ACC was underrated. The Big12 is the best conference. I expect to see more "upsets" than normal because I don't think the rankings are very good this year with the lack of games. I gotta give you credit Both 2 Seeded Ohio St loses #15 Oral Roberts and 4 Seeded Purdue loses to #13 North Texas Big 10 is 1-2 vs double digit seeds so far.
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Post by Filo on Mar 20, 2021 8:53:24 GMT -5
Purdue is about to be out of here also. They look terrible. I had Purdue in a knock-out pool. Why? I really have no idea. They looked real bad. North Texas looked so much better and should have won that game handily - should not have gotten to OT!
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Post by This Just In on Mar 20, 2021 8:57:59 GMT -5
Big Ten not looking so good. 2-3 with 2 big upsets (Ohio St & Purdue). Wisconsin & Illinois had good games though. ACC not good (0-2) - ugly loss by UNC & a loss VaTech. PAC-12 pretty good so far 2-0 - UCLA & Oregon State winning games they weren’t favored in. SEC has to be happy at 2-0 & Big 12 happy about 3-0, avoiding upsets. Clemson ends up getting beat late last night too Only ACC team to win is Syracuse ACC is 1-3 so far Big10 is now 3-2 Starting to have a feeling Michigan in our bracket the East is the weakest #1 Seed in the tournament.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2021 9:21:19 GMT -5
Purdue is about to be out of here also. They look terrible. I had Purdue in a knock-out pool. Why? I really have no idea. They looked real bad. North Texas looked so much better and should have won that game handily - should not have gotten to OT! Yeah, I don’t understand why Purdue can’t get better guard play. Carsen Edwards was tough but It seems like the same story every year. Ivey balled but the rest of their guys on the perimeter looked extremely average.
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Post by hoyainla on Mar 20, 2021 9:53:43 GMT -5
If Jay is going to insist on playing Arch he deserves to lose. You would've thought he would've learned after the losses to us and Providence that he can't play 4 on 5. I guess not. Who is Jay supposed to play? You can't run Moore at the 1 to much because you need his scoring and Antoine hasn't shown anything. Can someone tell me what Antoine used to do to make him a 5*? I haven't even seen him try to do anything on the offensive end. He can just not play Arch but surely should give Antoine a try. They don’t need a traditional PG to get their offense going. I’m sure anyone can give them more than 1 rebound and 1 assist and non existent defense. This is just Jay trying to prove a point or keep the culture. As we saw with Quinnerly it’s not that these guys get there and can’t play. If Arch brother wasn’t a Nova legend he would be at Quinnipiac which may even be a level too high for him.
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Post by DudeSlade on Mar 20, 2021 13:31:13 GMT -5
Thus far, PAC-12 is looking better than it was given credit for. Big Ten unsurprisingly looks worse. ACC looks very overrated. SEC & Big 12 about where you’d expect. We’ll see after Creighton & UConn how the Big East looks.
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Post by hoyazeke on Mar 20, 2021 13:46:01 GMT -5
I had Purdue in a knock-out pool. Why? I really have no idea. They looked real bad. North Texas looked so much better and should have won that game handily - should not have gotten to OT! Yeah, I don’t understand why Purdue can’t get better guard play. Carsen Edwards was tough but It seems like the same story every year. Ivey balled but the rest of their guys on the perimeter looked extremely average. The freshman #23 is really good and going to be 1st/2nd team Big 10 for the next few years. But like Dante he's a freshman and probably not quite ready.
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Post by hoyazeke on Mar 20, 2021 19:19:50 GMT -5
The Twerps are taking it to UCONN at the moment. Up 11pts at half. Don't really want to be the only BE team to lose but UCONN may be the best chance for a BE team to go deep in the tourney...
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Post by drquigley on Mar 20, 2021 19:24:37 GMT -5
The Twerps are taking it to UCONN at the moment. Up 11pts at half. Don't really want to be the only BE team to lose but UCONN may be the best chance for a BE team to go deep in the tourney... Agree. The only thing worse than our losing is the Terps winning. BTW, whatever happened to UCONN? When Booknight came back they looked like a final four team. But they looked awful in the BET and look even worse tonight.
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Post by drquigley on Mar 20, 2021 19:26:59 GMT -5
Thus far, PAC-12 is looking better than it was given credit for. Big Ten unsurprisingly looks worse. ACC looks very overrated. SEC & Big 12 about where you’d expect. We’ll see after Creighton & UConn how the Big East looks. Creighton was very, very, very lucky to win today. No way UCSB big man should miss that shot at the end.
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Post by hoyazeke on Mar 20, 2021 20:18:47 GMT -5
Thus far, PAC-12 is looking better than it was given credit for. Big Ten unsurprisingly looks worse. ACC looks very overrated. SEC & Big 12 about where you’d expect. We’ll see after Creighton & UConn how the Big East looks. Creighton was very, very, very lucky to win today. No way UCSB big man should miss that shot at the end. UCONN can't make freebies...gave away 6pts at the line in the last 4mins when they could've made a run. Maryland has real D so they can win a few games....
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Post by fellspoint on Mar 20, 2021 20:30:03 GMT -5
MARYLAND!
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Post by hoyaatheart55 on Mar 20, 2021 20:37:36 GMT -5
I wish they would make a rule change to de-incentivize fouling when up 3 at the end of games. Start calling intentional fouls there so its 2 shots and the ball back.
It’s the smart move, but it’s just incredibly lame to watch.
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Post by hoyainla on Mar 20, 2021 20:38:02 GMT -5
Creighton gets very fortunate and now likely will make the Sweet 16. The Big East should have 2 Sweet 16 teams now so it will look like a good showing for the conference though we know it was a very down year.
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Post by the_way on Mar 20, 2021 20:40:40 GMT -5
The Twerps are taking it to UCONN at the moment. Up 11pts at half. Don't really want to be the only BE team to lose but UCONN may be the best chance for a BE team to go deep in the tourney... Agree. The only thing worse than our losing is the Terps winning. BTW, whatever happened to UCONN? When Booknight came back they looked like a final four team. But they looked awful in the BET and look even worse tonight. UCONN and Booknight act like they can just turn it on whenever they feel like it. No sense of urgency. They aren't as good as they think they are to approach games like it. Maryland is an okay team. But they are gritty. Morsell and crew play defense and came from the Big 10. The better team won in that game. Maryland was in control the entire game.
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Post by hoyaguy on Mar 20, 2021 20:59:16 GMT -5
Agree. The only thing worse than our losing is the Terps winning. BTW, whatever happened to UCONN? When Booknight came back they looked like a final four team. But they looked awful in the BET and look even worse tonight. UCONN and Booknight act like they can just turn it on whenever they feel like it. No sense of urgency. They aren't as good as they think they are to approach games like it. Maryland is an okay team. But they are gritty. Morsell and crew play defense and came from the Big 10. The better team won in that game. Maryland was in control the entire game. Absolutely agree, UConn was definitely overconfident and honestly the team looked good against us (but only bc they outmatched us in our few strengths like rebounding and they lost poorly against Creighton) but Bouknight is so much of their team and anything can happen in March and Maryland has some great defenders so this was honestly good imo to knock them down a peg. The better performing team went through so I think Creighton will represent the BE deep but nova can too so it’s fine
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Post by daveg023 on Mar 20, 2021 21:22:35 GMT -5
Creighton gets very fortunate and now likely will make the Sweet 16. The Big East should have 2 Sweet 16 teams now so it will look like a good showing for the conference though we know it was a very down year. Funny how it when’s sometimes. If that layup goes in, Creighton leaves early and frankly has a pretty disappointing year. Now they are favored to go to the S16. It’s amazing how a narrative can change on one bounce of the ball. In that same vein, if UVA doesn’t have a fluke play at the end against Purdue in the ‘19 Regional Final, what is the story around Tony Bennett after yet another upset loss? Sometimes legacies are built or ruined on pure luck. I was thinking earlier if merely go 21-23 from the line against Nova, none of the last week would have happened, and the narrative is quite different around here. At the end of the day the key is keep putting yourself in position where the bounce may go your way, and play well enough to have a lucky play matter (something unfortunately that hasn’t been the case for us in any of our recent tournament experiences, as we mostly have lost by double digits). If you keep getting there, chances are you will get the lucky break and it may make all the difference.
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Post by Bigs"R"Us on Mar 20, 2021 22:15:23 GMT -5
Getting to the Final Four always involves the bounce of a ball or call. In ‘84 we almost lost our opening game to SMU, but Ewing tipped in a missed free throw. In 2007, there was Green’s non-walk to beat Vanderbilt and Wallace’s three against UNC.
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Post by hoyaguy on Mar 21, 2021 0:58:03 GMT -5
Texas out again in the first weekend (as a 3 seed here to a 14), do you think that winning the Big 12 championship this year will be enough to save Smart's job? I would be very disappointed, again, so I don't know.
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 21, 2021 1:41:40 GMT -5
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