***Official 2021 NCAA Tournament Thread***
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Welcome to Valley ball Illinois. It will frustrate the hell out of you.
It's five players vs five players. There's no magic. It's effort and coaching.
There's not a single player on Loyola that Illinois would even think of talking to, let alone offer a schollie to.
I haven't heard "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" this many times in a two-day period since 1975.
1. Loyola is playing outstanding defense.
2. Illinois has not adjusted to said defense.
Both things can be true
Looks like the guy who gets picked last at the Y but then just clinics everyone.
That last lob by Illinois showed his limitations though.
Illinois started getting to the hoop there at the end and might prevail.
No one should be surprised by this score. Only Duke has a better winning percentage than Loyola in tournament history.
Probably a small victory to have it back to single digits.
Underwood and his staff better have good adjustments for the second half. Otherwise they won't get over the hump.
Loyola is a case study on how inept the selection committee is at least once per year. Ranked 1st in Defensive Efficiency, I think they are 10th overall on KenPom and 12th on BartTorvick, but yeah, totally an 8 seed.
For bracket-guessing purposes, I assumed Loyola would be a popular upset pick 'cuz of previous run. But I thought "that's too obvious" and didn't go with it.
For an 8-over-1 I was more inclined to try LSU-Michigan. Eventually I chickened out of that, too (in my $ pool).
For an 8-over-1 I was more inclined to try LSU-Michigan. Eventually I chickened out of that, too (in my $ pool).
Don’t forget JP was looking at other guys at the same time he was doing a deep dive on TJs future employment.
I am shocked in a year with minimal non-con to gauge the conferences the big 10 gets crowned the best conference and underperforms in the tournament.
A team that overwhelmed most of the Big 10 with athleticism and speed looks very ordinary athletically vs a Valley team.
A team that overwhelmed most of the Big 10 with athleticism and speed looks very ordinary athletically vs a Valley team.
They continue to undervalue mid-majors. They always have.
Moser is a good coach but it's taken him over a decade to build this program. Count me out for 57-52 wins over TCU in Hilton every year.
His style would be a horrible fit for Iowa State.
His style would be a horrible fit for Iowa State.
