Week 5: Other Games

[Kolumbo]

Things that make you go WTF?!!!

BCU and L-ville are in the ACC

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Is that Steve Masiello’s giant head on the Iona bench? What is he, an unpaid intern or something a la Saban?

You are correct. He’s the “director of basketball operations”. Joined Iona soon after his Manhattan oust.

 

[elmcityboy]

didn't realize that epps from illinois was a providence decommit? he looked like a player. hit a huge three and sank two free throws to force overtime. rough for pc.

why decommit from a school that made the sweet sixteen last year?

 

[CTBasketball]

Ya just wins over Baylor and Illinois - who just knocked off #2 Texas - and true road win against Michigan...Yawn

we'll probably get sniped by 1 or 2 trash teams but luckily the litmus test is not "showing you" something

In fact, I do yawn when I watch their games.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

They've had an incredibly weak schedule (which I actually support since the program just needs to win games help build their culture) but with Binghamton, CCSU and VMI concluding their non-con slate, Fordham has a very realistic shot entering A-10 play 12-1.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

Jalen Gaffney getting FAU MBB Twitter account love.



Those might be the sickest free handouts I've seen.

With a 7-1 record, FAU is now ranked 56th in KenPom.

pretty funny. can't really understand what either is saying.
they should take a diction class, or just slow the heck down. i know that both are amped to the roof with their new exposure in success, but cheeze and crackers fellas, calm down. there will be plenty of times coming up for them to work on their interview game.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Florida Atlantic destroyed FGCU 85-53.

Look at this insane guard balance at the top of their lineup. Each player is between 6'0 and 6'4.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Small slate today, but two really good matchups against regional teams, both on ESPN+, all four teams within the top-130 in KenPom

UMass Lowell @ UMass
Marshall @ Duquesne

Each team with just one loss.

12/8/22 Northeast Mid-Major Slate Plus Thoughts on Iona's Victory over Saint Louis

stretchingthefloor.blogspot.com

UMass Lowell is the biggest surprise. They're surpassing Vermont and Bryant as the America East champs.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Awful crowd for the UMass Lowell @ UMass game. An intrastate game featuring two one-loss teams and the place is at best 20% filled. Lowell up 12 w 18 to go.

 

[auror]

Iowa up 15-0 over Iowa St without Kris Murray. It is at Iowa, but we'd love St to win games like this.

 

[Kolumbo]

Ruittie may pull an upset on the buckeyes. tie game 2 minutes left

 

[Kolumbo]

Oooph. Rutgers had the game, missed a free throw, Ohio State makes an impossible 3 ball for the win by 1. What a gut punch.

 

[Castlevania]

Iowa State is getting throttled by Iowa at the moment, down by 25 with 17 mins and some change left.
Osunniyi has 4 fouls too.

 

[Doctor Hoop]

UMass-Lowell just beat … UMass in Amherst. Just had to post that for the amusement factor.

 

[auror]

Iowa St 0/12 from 3, Iowa 9/16. That'll do it.

 

[TRest]

Awful crowd for the UMass Lowell @ UMass game. An intrastate game featuring two one-loss teams and the place is at best 20% filled. Lowell up 12 w 18 to go.

But they sent 400 people to the Harvard game.

 

[That Guy]

Definitely doesn't help our case for #1 that Iowa St. got absolutely destroyed by Iowa. Hopefully Bama takes care of Houston on Saturday and we can at least climb to #3 for now.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

UMass-Lowell just beat … UMass in Amherst. Just had to post that for the amusement factor.

Great response on Lowell Twitter:



Lowell now 10-1 and the clear favorites in the America East.

 

[Sphinx]

ISU's first true road game, and it had all the symptoms of it. Iowa jumped out in front 34-12 and sat on the lead the rest of the way. ISU's bigs were whistled out of the game early and were non-factors, Osunniyi getting 4 points and one rebound. ISU was outscored 15-5 at the foul line and was buried under a barrage of Iowa 3-pointers, 12 of 23, while making only 3 of 22 itself. Iowa played pretty much an iron-man rotation. three starters playing 36 minutes or more and the other two playing 30.

All that said, a 19-pt home court win is numerically less impressive than an 18-pt neutral court win, which UConn logged over ISU at the PK. Last night's result didn't seem to hurt UConn's KenPom SOS very much. Still, it's ammo for any who wish to belittle UConn's OOC victory string and makes this weekend's Alabama-Houston matchup a bit more interesting in that regard. A strongly competitive performance by Alabama would be nice.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Doomed. We can win out and still won't get an at large bid due to this catastrophe.

 

[Incursio007]

I think Alabama beats Houston tomorrow, which should alleviate your concerns going forward!

 

[Sphinx]

Doomed. We can win out and still won't get an at large bid due to this catastrophe.

No, I actually think if we win out, we'll get a bid.

 

[BlueMAB]

No, I actually think if we win out, we'll get a bid.

To the CBI

 

[Excalibur]

ISU plays defense by daring the officials to call a foul on every possession. The officials took them up on it.

They need to learn how to play defense with the same intensity without fouling.

 

[uconndennis]

I was in a bar in NYC last night that was having an ISU Alumni watch party.. it was quite the scene