***2023-24 Mens College Basketball Thread***

exCYtable

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Not gonna lie, Illinois scares me a little with their offensive weapons. They don't play a lick of defense though.
 

madguy30

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Not gonna lie, Illinois scares me a little with their offensive weapons. They don't play a lick of defense though.

They have athletes and speed.

UW is playing well now too. Kind of started chipping away at things two weeks ago.
 

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I used to be kind of jealous of Big 10 and ACC (I think) who got Selection Sunday afternoons to garner additional interest and eyeballs.

This seems so anticlimactic, and like filler, until reveal.
Why do you think they tried so hard to get Edey past Wisconsin yesterday.
 
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I used to be kind of jealous of Big 10 and ACC (I think) who got Selection Sunday afternoons to garner additional interest and eyeballs.

This seems so anticlimactic, and like filler, until reveal.

Big 12 should NEVER give up the Saturday 5 pm ESPN slot. The whole country is watching and still leaves time for seed adjustments. This Big 10 game is meaningless besides handing out a trophy
 

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End of the WAC Championship was wild. GCU had it won, but dude threw down a windmill dunk with 2.6 seconds left when they were up by 10. Got bumped very hard by one of the UTA players and also had the ball chucked at him by the UTA inbounder.


Can't say I blame the losing team
 

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While I don’t want the streak to end sparty doesn’t deserve to make the tournament (obv Michigan is out) so I’m cheering hard for a deserved #1 ISU seed or a #2 in a preferred region
 
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I've been watching the WI Illinois game. It's entertaining but does it seem soft(?) to anyone else? After watching the B12 all season it seems strange to watch games like this.
 

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While I don’t want the streak to end sparty doesn’t deserve to make the tournament (obv Michigan is out) so I’m cheering hard for a deserved #1 ISU seed or a #2 in a preferred region
Michigan State is a 10 on bracket matrix. I'd be surprised if they don't make it.
 

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Big 12 should NEVER give up the Saturday 5 pm ESPN slot. The whole country is watching and still leaves time for seed adjustments. This Big 10 game is meaningless besides handing out a trophy

That can work both ways though:

The sunday game also means your top seed probably takes less of a hit from a loss, and the title game is normally probably your most likely place that top seed loses.
 

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I've been watching the WI Illinois game. It's entertaining but does it seem soft(?) to anyone else? After watching the B12 all season it seems strange to watch games like this.

Unless there really is a bunch of offensive talent out there it doesn't look like either guards all that tight.

I do think the top 4-5 teams in the B1G are capable to go on a run.

It's the rest of the conference that is bafflingly bad.
 

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Big 12 should NEVER give up the Saturday 5 pm ESPN slot. The whole country is watching and still leaves time for seed adjustments. This Big 10 game is meaningless besides handing out a trophy

Honestly I would hate playing and ending right on the verge of the Selection Show. The nerves of watching the game immediately followed by any nerves of the Selection Show (it's always nerve-wracking to see where you end up, even if you're already in) would suck.

Compare that to Saturday - the past 20+ hours have been fun watching and reading all the coverage.