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Posted
13 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

Friday's Games of Interest:

 

Wofford/East Tennessee State - need ETSU to drop
Marist/Niagara - our 2nd favorite opponent to help our RPI
Ohio State/Indiana - only on here to try to get OSU that #1 seed

 

Updated.

Posted

Big day today. LET'S GET TO WORK!

 

Saturday's Games of Interest:

 

Michigan/Maryland - going with the Tier 1 win; #4 seed? we need to beat PSU anyway
Marquette/DePaul - need DePaul to step it up again
Providence/Georgetown - need Georgetown
Seton Hall/St. John's - win/win situation here
Baylor/TCU - tough one, but I think I'm going with TCU here
Louisville/Virginia Tech - another tough one, might go with VaTech
Boston College/Miami - win/win
LSU/Georgia - UGA is likely more than out of the dance
Oklahoma State/Texas - down with Texas
Illinois State/Loyola-Chicago - somebody's gotta knock off L-C
Villanova/Creighton - RPI, RIP, whatever
USC/Utah - going with the better of the bad options
Notre Dame/Wake Forest - ND should be done, but just in case
South Carolina/Mississippi State - knock off MSU
Ohio/Buffalo - knock off the RPI magicians
Texas A&M/Vanderbilt - need Vandy
Northern Colorado/North Dakota - RPI boost
Delaware State/Howard - will we see a winning streak from DSU???
Kansas/Texas Tech - sign. whatever.
SIU-Edwardsville/Eastern Illinois - RPI boost
Washington/California - could really use some help from Cal
Syracuse/Duke - knockout punch?
Arkansas/Alabama - tough one, might go with Alabama
Kansas State/Oklahoma - 7-game losing streak anyone? they're still in unfortunately
UAB/Middle Tennessee - go UAB
South Dakota State/Fort Wayne - don't need SDSU getting an at-large bid
Vermont/Stony Brook - somebody needs to beat Vermont
North Texas/Florida Atlantic - RPI boost
Old Dominion/Western Kentucky - beat WKU for good measure
Arizona State/Oregon State - why not go for OSU?
St. Bonaventure/VCU - beat the Bonnies
Louisiana Tech/UT San Antonio - RPI boost
Louisiana/South Alabama - somebody knock off Louisiana
Missouri/Kentucky - not sure it matters at this point, so beat UK
Auburn/Florida - may not matter, but going for Auburn
UMKC/New Mexico State - beat NMSU
Long Beach State/CS Fullerton - RPI boost
Arizona/Oregon - just for good measure

 

Sunday's Games of Interest:

 

Michigan State/Wisconsin - knock MSU to #2; if that's out of the question then go UW

UCF/Temple - RPI boost

Furman/East Tennessee State - knock off ETSU

Marist/Canisius - as if we didn't get enough Marist hoops in life

Illinois/Rutgers - going with Illinois since it was such a bad loss

UCLA/Colorado - need some help from CU

Penn State/Nebraska - no brainer

Florida State/NC State - knock off NC State

Posted

The most fascinating game today is going to be the Arizona-Oregon game.  Obviously the allegations against Sean Miller are damning and what happens today preceding Arizona's game is going to be telling.  I think there is a good chance that Arizona terminates Miller before the game and deem Ayton ineligible.  In looking at some Arizona message boards there is a growing sentiment that Arizona should immediately clean house and self inflict a postseason ban this year and next year to potentially soften the impact of the NCAA hammer that will be dropped.   The next several days are going to be extremely interesting.

 

I read on another thread a question about whether the selection committee will consider allegations against certain schools during its discussions.  I'm not getting my hopes up for this.  The selection committee is not going to be the judge, jury and executioner in any of these cases.  Hell, the NCAA has a hard enough time itself enforcing its rules and handing out punishment in an expeditious manner.  So, expecting the committee to play this role is likely just a pipe dream.  I'm guessing certain leaders at the NCAA are much more disappointed not in the alleged cheating but in the timing of this news getting out now prior to their annual cash cow getting started.

Posted
36 minutes ago, Nebrasketball1979 said:

I'm guessing certain leaders at the NCAA are much more disappointed not in the alleged cheating but in the timing of this news getting out now prior to their annual cash cow getting started.

I am curious as to the timing of the release of this also. It's been 5-6 months since the initial report came out. But guessing someone has there reason for the timing. Maybe need to let this have its own thread rather than taking over this one.

Posted
41 minutes ago, Tallbaby21 said:

Highly paid paper pushers are mad that a guy took 1.4% of what he’s worth on the open market. 

 

While that may be true, it’s still cheating right now.  Until they would start paying athletes, it’s still cheating.  Sorry, but when/if the conversation about paying athletes does come up, it won’t be anywhere near 100K either.  Way too many athletes and with title 9, they’ll have to pay everyone the same.  Which presents a problem for most all women’s sports because they do not pay for themselves.

 

Do I think athletes should get paid?  Yes probably a little bit.  100K?  Certainly not.

Posted

Sean Miller should be listed as one of the dumbest head coaches in the game.   How do you not have a fall guy funneling the money?  An assistant coach, who you are paying under the table, in case he gets caught.  Plausible deniability is key.

Posted

 

Michigan 24/Maryland 59 - 11am ESPN Michigan - 1 1/2  Need Michigan
Marquette 57/DePaul 175 - 11am on some fsn regions so those with satty might get it somehow  Marquette - 2 1/2 Need DePaul
Providence 48/Georgetown 133 - 11am  CBS SportsNetwork  Georgetown - 1 1/2  Need Georgetown
Seton Hall 22/St. John's 76 - 11am FOX St. Johns - 2 1/2   Need St. Johns
Baylor 58/TCU 20 - 11am ESPN2  TCU -5 Need TCU
Louisville 47/Virginia Tech  49 - 12pm CBS  Va TEch -3  Need Virginia Tech
Boston College 98/Miami  29-  1pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3  Miami - 7 1/2  Need Boston College
LSU 75/Georgia  70- 1pm ESPNU Georgia - 4 1/2  Need Georgia
Oklahoma State  93/Texas 53 - 1pm Texas -5  Longhorn Network only I believe Need Oklahoma St
Illinois State 86/Loyola-Chicago 32 - 1pm ESPN2  Loyola - 12 Need illinois St
Villanova 3/Creighton  41 - 1:30  FOX Villanova - 6 1/2  I am going with Villanova here.  There is a real shot of Creighton falling out, opening up a bid.  I think it is worth the risk potentially but neither result bad here.  

 

USC 35/Utah  42- 1:30  Pac 12 Network  utah -3  Not sure but lean USC as home loss would shake up the apple cart more perhaps
Notre Dame 68/Wake Forest  130 - 2pm ESP Full Court/ESPN3  Pick em  Need Wake Forest
South Carolina  72/Mississippi State 63 - 2:30 SEC Network Mississippi St. -7 Need South Carolina
Ohio 218/Buffalo 37 - 2:30 ESPN3   Buffalo - 13  Need Ohio
Texas A&M 27/Vanderbilt  112 - 3pm ESPN2  Texas AM - 1 1/2  Need Vanderbilt
Northern Colorado 123/North Dakota  227 -3pm  pluto tv online  N. Colorado - 5 1/2  Need N. Dakota

Delaware State/Howard - 3pm http://www.hubison.com/showcase/embed.aspx?Live=45  Not sure it will work   no line   Need Delaware St
Kansas 7/Texas Tech 17 - 3:15 ESPN Texas Tech - 1 1/2  Need Kansas
SIU-Edwardsville/Eastern Illinois - 3:15  http://ovcdigitalnetwork.com/watch/?Live=6320&type=Live  E. Illinois -6  Need E. Illinois
Washington 54/California  210- 3:30 Pac 12 Network Washington - 2 1/2  Need California
Arkansas 34/Alabama 28 - 5pm SEC Network  Alabama -5  Need Alabama
Kansas State 52/Oklahoma 33 -  5pm ESPN2  Oklahoma - 5 1/2  Need Kansas St. IMO as I don't think OU as secure as many bracket folks and Kansas st. 9-6 in that league is going to dance
Syracuse 46/Duke 4 - 5:15 ESPN Duke -13  Need Duke

UAB 193/Middle Tennessee 23 - 6pm Facebook live  Middle Tennessee St. -8  Need UAB
South Dakota State 60/Fort Wayne 191 - 6pm http://www.gomastodons.com/watch/?Live=598&type=Live  S. Dakota St -1  Need Fort Waye
Vermont 51/Stony Brook  219- 6pm ESPN3  No line  Need Stony Brook
North Texas 209/Florida Atlantic 272 - 6pm fausports.tv may be premium  N. Texas - 1 1/2  Need N. Texas
Old Dominion 73/Western Kentucky 62 - 6pm https://watchstadium.com/live/odu-at-wku/ Western Kentucky -2  Need Old Dominion
Arizona State 30/Oregon State 173 - 7pm ESPNU  Arizona St -2  Need Oregon St. 
St. Bonaventure 25/VCU  128- 7pm CBS Sports Network  St. Bonaventure - 1 1/2  Need VCU
Louisiana Tech 181/UT San Antonio  189 - 7pm  http://conferenceusa.com/watch/default.aspx?Live=3631&path=utsa  UTSA -2  Need UTSA
Louisiana 39/South Alabama 265- 7pm https://www.usajaguars.com/watch/?Live=1001&type=Archive Louisiana - 10 1/2  Need South Alabama
Missouri  40/Kentucky 16 - 7:15 ESPN Kentucky - 6  Need Kentucky IMO
Auburn 6/Florida 65 - 7:30 SEC Network Florida -2  Need Auburn
UMKC 243/New Mexico State 55 -8pm ESPN Full Court/ESPN3  no line Need UMKC
Long Beach State 202/CS Fullerton  153- 9pm ESPN2  Fullerton - 4 1/2  Need Long Beach St
Arizona 18/Oregon 82 - 9:15 ESPN Oregon -4  Need Arizona

 

Others

 

Santa Clara 252 at St. Mary's 36   5pm ESPN Full Court  St. Mary's - 18 Need Santa Clara

Posted
1 minute ago, HuskerFever said:

 

I can only foresee self bans happening right now unless the NCAA actually steps in for once during this whole debacle. Should make for an interesting Selection Sunday.

That’s what they are predicting to protect themselves from future violations 

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