Games Of Note/Bubble Watch 2024

[Art Vandalay]

Just now, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said:

Sooo Hunter Sallis is really freaking good.

His improvement is crazy good on his 3pt shoot. Might be in the NBA next year

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

3 minutes ago, Art Vandalay said:

His improvement is crazy good on his 3pt shoot. Might be in the NBA next year

Absolutely. He passes the eye test. He passes the stats test. He should be a 1st rounder.

[hskr4life]

4 minutes ago, Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty said:

Absolutely. He passes the eye test. He passes the stats test. He should be a 1st rounder.

Listed as the 23rd best SG on ESPN.  Gotta think that’s low.

[hskr4life]

KSU up 16 

[brfrad]

An Illinois player has 2 3 pointers today.  He hadn't even attempted a 3 this year.

[hskr4life]

Wake now in the field as of today.

 

Appeared Duke player got hurt in the storm.  Duke was down 4 with 1-2 seconds left.

 

Why Why Why do coaches keep leaving their best players on the floor for stormings!?!?  Sub in your other players, tell them to stand right next to the bench, and get the hell off the floor at the buzzer.  Shake hands later/not at all in these situations.

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

1 hour ago, hskr4life said:

Listed as the 23rd best SG on ESPN.  Gotta think that’s low.

He’s drafted 31st on nbadraft.net, which is the site I usually refer to. I think that’s underselling him too. I’d bet a lot of money he goes 1st round if he enters.

[Norm Peterson]

2 hours ago, hskr4life said:

KSU up 16 

 

NET #77 KSU wins by 10 over NET #11 BYU for a Quad 1 win for them, which should vault them back into being a Quad 1 win for us.

[royalfan]

Virginia, Miami, Grand Canyon all losing and Ole Miss getting blasted at home cannot be bad things I would think.  

[brfrad]

31 minutes ago, royalfan said:

Virginia, Miami, Grand Canyon all losing and Ole Miss getting blasted at home cannot be bad things I would think.  

Add to that New Mexico going down.

[TourneyBound]

Oklahoma was damn lucky. Give us them or Texas 1st round please!!

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

42 minutes ago, TourneyBound said:

Oklahoma was damn lucky. Give us them or Texas 1st round please!!

Facing McCollum would make for a fun storyline.

[royalfan]

47 minutes ago, TourneyBound said:

Oklahoma was damn lucky. Give us them or Texas 1st round please!!

Yeah that is a twenty percent shot that happened to go in this time.  

[Norm Peterson]

15 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

NET #77 KSU wins by 10 over NET #11 BYU for a Quad 1 win for them, which should vault them back into being a Quad 1 win for us.

 

KSU gets a bump into the top 75, now at #73. Now another Quad 1 win for us.

[Norm Peterson]

I'm guessing Cinci kept the score closer in their 11 losses, including two in Quad 3, than we did in our 8.

 

43	43	Nebraska	Big Ten	19-8	2-7	1-0	16-1	4-7	3-1	5-0	7-0
44	45	Cincinnati	Big 12	16-11	4-5	0-1	12-5	4-7	1-2	2-2	9-0

[Ron Mexico]

6 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

KSU gets a bump into the top 75, now at #73. Now another Quad 1 win for us.

Hopefully KSU gets back to their winning ways.

[hskr4life]

Results (2/26/24): Didn’t get a thread up Sunday as I was in Lincoln.  Yesterday just got away from me but here are the results.  KSU squeaked one out, and SC State… yes THAT SC St is now 7-4 and 2nd in their conference.

• Big 10 Games
  • None
• Non-Con Opponents Games
  • West Virginia 90 @ KState 94
  • MD Eastern 56 @ SC St 64
  • Alabama A&M 58 @ Fl A&M 76
• Other Bubble Games
  • Baylor 62 @ TCU 54

 

Games To Watch (2/27/24): Probably conflicting interests in that first game and I would think we want PSU in the 2nd B1G game.  Some conflicting interests in bubble games.  Especially since we’re currently fighting for seeding than getting in.

• Big 10 Games
  • Wisconsin @ Indiana
  • Penn St @ Iowa
• Non-Con Opponents Games
  • None
• Other Bubble Games
  • Georgetown @ Villanova
  • Cincinnati @ Houston
  • Kentucky @ Miss St
  • Va Tech @ Syracuse
  • Pitt @ Clemson
  • BYU @ KU
  • Wake Forest @ Notre Dame
  • NC St @ FL St
  • Texas @ Texas Tech
  • Boise @ Air Force
  • Nevada @ Colorado St

Edited February 27 by hskr4life

[Ron Mexico]

2 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Results (2/26/24): Didn’t get a thread up Sunday as I was in Lincoln.  Yesterday just got away from me but here are the results.  KSU squeaked one out, and SC State… yes THAT SC St is now 7-4 and 2nd in their conference.

• Big 10 Games
  • None
• Non-Con Opponents Games
  • West Virginia 90 @ KState 94
  • MD Eastern 56 @ SC St 64
  • Alabama A&M 58 @ Fl A&M 76
• Other Bubble Games
  • Baylor 62 @ TCU 64

 

Games To Watch (2/27/24): Probably conflicting interests in that first game and I would think we want PSU in the 2nd B1G game.  Some conflicting interests in bubble games.  Especially since we’re currently fighting for seeding than getting in.

• Big 10 Games
  • Wisconsin @ Indiana
  • Penn St @ Iowa
• Non-Con Opponents Games
  • None
• Other Bubble Games
  • Georgetown @ Villanova
  • Cincinnati @ Houston
  • Kentucky @ Miss St
  • Va Tech @ Syracuse
  • Pitt @ Clemson
  • BYU @ KU
  • Wake Forest @ Notre Dame
  • NC St @ FL St
  • Texas @ Texas Tech
  • Boise @ Air Force
  • Nevada @ Colorado St

With the caveat that the goal is the NCAA Tournament and not BIG 10 Tournament seeding.

We need Wisconsin to win tonight. They are barely a Q1 win for us now and a loss to IU, even though it is a road game, would likely drop their NET to a Q2.

[unl]

1 hour ago, Ron Mexico said:

With the caveat that the goal is the NCAA Tournament and not BIG 10 Tournament seeding.

We need Wisconsin to win tonight. They are barely a Q1 win for us now and a loss to IU, even though it is a road game, would likely drop their NET to a Q2.

We’re in the tournament either way IMO. I am pulling for us to pass then and have one less hurdle for another (albeit secondary) objective which is getting a conference championship and auto bid. This team can win three games….we do not need Wisconsin for quad 1 unless the sky falls IMO. 

 

I realize Nebraska was 4th and snubbed before. This isn’t about that. This is about we’re already in so might as well go for a trophy. 

[royalfan]

1 hour ago, Ron Mexico said:

With the caveat that the goal is the NCAA Tournament and not BIG 10 Tournament seeding.

We need Wisconsin to win tonight. They are barely a Q1 win for us now and a loss to IU, even though it is a road game, would likely drop their NET to a Q2.

A reasonably close loss will easily keep them in q1

[royalfan]

Baylor beat TCU by the way 62-54. 

[jimmykc]

TCU's court should be worth minus 10 points.

[HuskerFever]

34 minutes ago, jimmykc said:

TCU's court should be worth minus 10 points.

 

TCU is ahead of their time. All of these universities are trying to find ways to prevent court storms, while TCU has designed an ugly court and lose big games to deter court stormers.

[Cookie Miller Wasn't Dirty]

8 hours ago, Ron Mexico said:

With the caveat that the goal is the NCAA Tournament and not BIG 10 Tournament seeding.

We need Wisconsin to win tonight. They are barely a Q1 win for us now and a loss to IU, even though it is a road game, would likely drop their NET to a Q2.

I agree I prefer a Wisconsin win, not necessarily because I’m worried about getting into the dance, but because it helps our seed if they can finish strong.

 

I’ll say though they’re not dropping to Q2 with a loss tonight. Teams are barely shifting at all at this point. Michigan State dropped one spot for a home loss to OSU. Wisconsin isn’t dropping more than a couple spots for a Q2 road loss (which is somewhat looking likely right now). If they finish on a skid then they could eventually fall out.

[hskr4life]

 

Will they even finish?