2019 NCAA Tournament Thread

Posted by: SalukiWorld

#15 Bradley gets #2 Michigan State in Des Moines

I predict that Mich. St kicks azz but Wardle suppresses the media so no one knows about it for a week!  😀 

How did we beat SLU?

Posted by: carrcar

How did we beat SLU?

The
y sucked then; they don't now.

Funny line by Kornheiser on PTI just now:

...assuming that both Kansas and Auburn win their first round games, they would meet in what might be called 'The Wiretap Bowl'.

It is a modern miracle (of sorts) that Bill Self and Kansas, for current and past transgressions, have not been fingered by the NCAA's enforcement team.

Posted by: carrcar

How did we beat SLU?

SLU could not make an outside shot. SIU stopped guarding the perimeter. It didn't matter, except that the strategy worked insofar as it clogged the middle.

Fun fact: Bobby Hurley's success at Buffalo helped him land the ASU gig a few years ago.  Now, he's in an 11-seed play-in game for a chance to play Buffalo.  😆 

I forget the Buffalo-SIU scores...but I think I know this.

They were way better than SIU. Way.

I saw both games; it had to be disappointing to Hinson--Buffalo's speed and athleticism was simply too much for a 'first-one-to-fifty wins'.

The SIU team that beat SLU was competitive with Kentucky disappeared after the suspension... team chemistry or whatever it was, was gone.  Disappointing for sure, thought we really had the talent to be more this year 

Posted by: 1987saluki

Funny line by Kornheiser on PTI just now:

...assuming that both Kansas and Auburn win their first round games, they would meet in what might be called 'The Wiretap Bowl'.

It is a modern miracle (of sorts) that Bill Self and Kansas, for current and past transgressions, have not been fingered by the NCAA's enforcement team.

 

 

 

last week: NCAA Opens Investigation into Kansas Men's Basketball, Football Programs

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2825777-report-ncaa-opens-investigation-into-kansas-mens-basketball-football-programs

Thanks for that link. 

Years ago, perhaps SIU's most accomplished basketball coach looked me straight in the eye and said the following, when asked whether he was recruiting a specific high - profile player:

"No. In order to get a player like that, you'd have to pay him, or pay his people."

A little bit off topic, but here are the NIT rule changes.

• The three-point line will be moved to be in line with FIBA standards
• The free-throw lane will be widened from the current college basketball standard to the current NBA standard
• After an offensive rebound, the shot clock will reset to 20 seconds instead of the NCAA standard of 30 seconds
• Team foul counts reset to zero at the 10-minute mark of each half, effectively dividing the game into quarters for the purposes of determining bonus free throws
• No more “one-and-ones”, as all bonus free-throw situations will result in two free throws for the non-fouled team
• Teams will enter the bonus after the fifth team foul in each 10-minute segment
• The team foul count will reset to zero at the start of overtime, and teams enter bonus with four team fouls in overtime
• Finally, the NCAA will adopt the NBA’s bonus rule regarding team fouls in the final two minutes of any period. Teams enter bonus on the second team foul in the final two minutes of any 10-minute segment or overtime period, regardless of the total team foul count at that point of the period

Posted by: Saluki 69

A little bit off topic, but here are the NIT rule changes.

• The three-point line will be moved to be in line with FIBA standards
  The free-throw lane will be widened from the current college basketball standard to the current NBA standard
• After an offensive rebound, the shot clock will reset to 20 seconds instead of the NCAA standard of 30 seconds
• Team foul counts reset to zero at the 10-minute mark of each half, effectively dividing the game into quarters for the purposes of determining bonus free throws
• No more “one-and-ones”, as all bonus free-throw situations will result in two free throws for the non-fouled team
• Teams will enter the bonus after the fifth team foul in each 10-minute segment
• The team foul count will reset to zero at the start of overtime, and teams enter bonus with four team fouls in overtime
• Finally, the NCAA will adopt the NBA’s bonus rule regarding team fouls in the final two minutes of any period. Teams enter bonus on the second team foul in the final two minutes of any 10-minute segment or overtime period, regardless of the total team foul count at that point of the period

I don't have a problem with moving the 3 pt line or resetting the clock to 20, but I'm not sure why these foul changes are needed. Is there a problem they're trying to fix? I really don't like enlarging the foul lane.

Posted by: 1987saluki

Thanks for that link. 

Years ago, perhaps SIU's most accomplished basketball coach looked me straight in the eye and said the following, when asked whether he was recruiting a specific high - profile player:

"No. In order to get a player like that, you'd have to pay him, or pay his people."

 

If it's who I am thinking of, his refusal to do (integrity) so cost him a job at another school.

Posted by: BKnight

Posted by: 1987saluki

Thanks for that link. 

Years ago, perhaps SIU's most accomplished basketball coach looked me straight in the eye and said the following, when asked whether he was recruiting a specific high - profile player:

"No. In order to get a player like that, you'd have to pay him, or pay his people."

 

If it's who I am thinking of, his refusal to do (integrity) so cost him a job at another school.

Winner winner chicken dinner.