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caw said:
The top 25 is so turbulent. This week (bolded teams undefeated this week, italics teams potentially can be undefeated this week):

#1 UConn 2-0 against SJU and PC
#2 Purdue 1-0 against Northwestern, game to play against Wiscy
#3 - UNC 1-1, loss at GTech, win against Duke
#4 - Houston 1-1, win at Texas, loss at Kansas
#5 - Tennessee - 1-1, loss against SoCar, win at UK
#6 - Wisconsin - 0-1, loss to Nebraska, game to play against Purdue
#7 - Duke 1-1, win at VaTech, loss at UNC
#8 - KU 2-0 against Houston and OSU
#9 - MU 2-0 against Nova and Gtown
#10 - UK 0-2, loss against UF and Tennessee
#11 - Arizona 1-0, win against Cal, game to play against Stanford
#12 - ISU 0-1, loss to Baylor
#13 - Creighton 0-1, loss to Butler
#14 - Illinois 1-0, win against Ohio St, game to play against Nebraska
#15 - Texas Tech 0-2, loss to TCU, loss to Cincy
#16 - Auburn 2-0, win against Vanderbilt and Ole Miss
#17 - Utah St 1-1, win against San Jose State, loss to SDSU
#18 - Baylor 2-0, win against UCF and ISU
#19 - New Mexico 0-1, loss to Boise St.
#20 - FAU 1-0, win against Tulsa
#21 - Dayton 2-0, win against GW and St Bonnie
#22 - BYU 1-0, win against WVU
#23 - Oklahoma 1-1, win against KSU, loss to UCF
#24 - Alabama 2-0, win against Georgia and Miss St.
#25 - TCU 1-1, win against Texas Tech, loss to Texas
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#3-7 all go 1-1 for the week.
#10, 12, 13 go 0-1.

Eight out of top thirteen are .500 or worse for the week.
 
uconngb said:
I think it’s hilarious that they are just coming to the realization now that he can’t coach. He’s been there what, going on 10-12 years??? Hello???

Why is this a new flash?? He’s not doing a damn thing differently.
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Well his first 6 years were Elite 8, Final Four, National champs, no tournament, Title game, Final Four. So it’s not exactly a shock their fans would a) think he’s good, or b) not care he’s bad.

Obviously the thing that’s different is he’s not getting those results lately.
 
7774 said:
Well his first 6 years were Elite 8, Final Four, National champs, no tournament, Title game, Final Four. So it’s not exactly a shock their fans would a) think he’s good, or b) not care he’s bad.

Obviously the thing that’s different is he’s not getting those results lately.
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I’m curious if that roster construction method is just not as good in the portal era. He was able to just overwhelm with recruited talent when everyone else was largely reliant on recruiting and developing their own guys. Now all the top teams are going to have been supplemented by experienced portal guys to fill any of the holes. So you have wildly talented teams with much more age and experience than Big Blue Basketball Babysitting.
 
Lefty2one said:
I was looking at box scores this morning and just remembered that Gavin Griffiths exists. He's really struggling at Rutgers. That has to be frustrating for that fanbase given he's their highest ranked recruit in eons.

Kid seemed like the perfect fit our offense/program. He went to Rutgers supposedly because of his father's relationship with Pikiell, right?
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I’m rooting for Pikiell and Griffiths to succeed, but man does Rutgers need to do something about their offense. Of course, Griffiths shooting 27% from 3 isn’t helping. You just can’t go very far with such a defense-heavy team every year.

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I haven't really looked closely at their recruits, but doesn't Rutty have a top 5 class coming in next year?
 
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ToolzieFan said:
Yes, they have Ace Bailey and Dylan Harper coming in. They’re the #2 and #3 recruits in the country, and their class is #3 overall. They must have finally gotten some NIL money.

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People are going to be so mad when those guys struggle on offense and it hurts their stocks, and then Pikiell is going to get so much heat.
 
ToolzieFan said:
I’m rooting for Pikiell and Griffiths to succeed, but man does Rutgers need to do something about their offense. Of course, Griffiths shooting 27% from 3 isn’t helping. You just can’t go very far with such a defense-heavy team every year.

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I've always really liked Pikiell as a person but I can't say he's a good coach. I get that Dylan Harper's brother went there and Griffiths has the local relationship but I find it incredibly weird these top recruits want to play for him.
 
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Lefty2one said:
I was looking at box scores this morning and just remembered that Gavin Griffiths exists. He's really struggling at Rutgers. That has to be frustrating for that fanbase given he's their highest ranked recruit in eons.

Kid seemed like the perfect fit our offense/program. He went to Rutgers supposedly because of his father's relationship with Pikiell, right?
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Griffiths is fine for a frosh. He won't ever be a first round NBA draft pick or anything, but he should have a productive college career at Rutgers.
 
ToolzieFan said:
I’m rooting for Pikiell and Griffiths to succeed, but man does Rutgers need to do something about their offense. Of course, Griffiths shooting 27% from 3 isn’t helping. You just can’t go very far with such a defense-heavy team every year.

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If Rutgirls miss the tournament, is Pikiell in the hot seat?
 
How Sway?! said:
If Rutgirls miss the tournament, is Pikiell in the hot seat?
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considering they are bringing in two top 5 recruits next year, probably not.

one of the benefits of being in a power conference is you actually can land blue chip recruits even if your team sucks.

you are fortunate to see one top 30 recruit in the entire church league every season. something like only 4 top 30 players have opted to join that league in the last 5-6 years combined.
 
If somehow Wisky sweeps Purdue, it should lead to some very interesting chaos regarding top 2 seed lines.
 
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Anybody catch the end of Gonzaga/St. Mary's. It was one of the worst officiating jobs I've ever seen and they let the place turn into anarchy at the end.

-At one point the refs called a foul and after 3 or 4 minutes of reviewing replays could not tell who the foul was on. The told the crew doing the game they didn't know who the foul was on yet. They figured it out a few more minutes later.
-Multiple times in the last few minutes, the Gonzaga student section because tossing bottles, cups, trash and other crap onto the floor causing multiple delays, and never called a "T", which they should have done. The floor was wet and had to be cleaned before play resumed.
-Missed calls including a player with his foot down out of bounds throwing a pass to save a possession and leading to a 3 pointer being made and a few more questionable (to say the least) calls.

St. Mary's won, and they should have, but their coach had to be furious with the crew. I know refs don't want a "T" to decide a game, but when play has to stop multiple times and dangerous conditions are created by the home team's students section, you have to do it. It's about protecting the players.
 
They just played Jellyfish Jam in Wisconsin and now I want them to play it at UConn games. Fits perfectly with U-C-O-NN

 
Spaceman213J said:
Anybody catch the end of Gonzaga/St. Mary's. It was one of the worst officiating jobs I've ever seen and they let the place turn into anarchy at the end.

-At one point the refs called a foul and after 3 or 4 minutes of reviewing replays could not tell who the foul was on. The told the crew doing the game they didn't know who the foul was on yet. They figured it out a few more minutes later.
-Multiple times in the last few minutes, the Gonzaga student section because tossing bottles, cups, trash and other crap onto the floor causing multiple delays, and never called a "T", which they should have done. The floor was wet and had to be cleaned before play resumed.
-Missed calls including a player with his foot down out of bounds throwing a pass to save a possession and leading to a 3 pointer being made and a few more questionable (to say the least) calls.

St. Mary's won, and they should have, but their coach had to be furious with the crew. I know refs don't want a "T" to decide a game, but when play has to stop multiple times and dangerous conditions are created by the home team's students section, you have to do it. It's about protecting the players.
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They also called a foul on the last play, then called it a shot clock violation, then went to the monitors for minutes and changed it back to a foul before the shot clock went off.
 
For some reason, Wisconsin keeps trying to post up against Edey

And somehow, it's working. Close game

EDIT right after I sent this, Edey stuffed a dude trying to shoot over him lol
 
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Purdue may edge by good guys as #1 ranked team tomorrow if beat #6 Wisconsin on road today....probably razor thin vote margin. I think UConn should still be #1 but who knows with voters. Go Badgers!
 
kobe said:
considering they are bringing in two top 5 recruits next year, probably not.

one of the benefits of being in a power conference is you actually can land blue chip recruits even if your team sucks.

you are fortunate to see one top 30 recruit in the entire church league every season. something like only 4 top 30 players have opted to join that league in the last 5-6 years combined.
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And yet 3 National titles in last 8 years excluding Covid year. Cincinnati- no national titles in last 50 years.
 
REB1094 said:
For some reason, Wisconsin keeps trying to post up against Edey

And somehow, it's working. Close game

EDIT right after I sent this, Edey stuffed a dude trying to shoot over him lol
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I really thought Wisconsin would run them out of the gym. They don't seem as fast as usual today
 
This kid Smith for Purdue just gives me tons of Scottie Wilbekin vibes like if we meet them in the tournament he’ll wind up embarrassed
 
Is AJ Storr way more athletic than he was last year? Or is everyone on the court in the B10 less so in comparison.

storrsroars said:
This is the third time I've watched Purdue this year, and every time I come to the same conclusion: we would slaughter them.
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They seem beatable, but it's not really a coincidence that the 8 best teams they've played they've beaten, including 6 of the current top 12 KenPom teams (Arizona, Tennessee, Alabama, Illinois, Marquette, and now Wisconsin). Only 2 of those 8 at home (plus 1 in Indy).
 
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