Week of 2/12 Other games

[BigErnMcCracken]

Lotta folks dressed up like blue seats at Pauley Pavilion.

 

[Revrat]

Minnesota is raining threes on Purdue so far. They were down 11 but now up 8 after 9 threes

 

[UconnU]

Are we the only top 10 team that consistently starts a freshman? This is a down year for freshman again. When will these covid lifers finally graduate?

 

[connVA]

Minnesota is raining threes on Purdue so far. They were down 11 but now up 8 after 9 threes

Cue the 30-0 run by Purdue

 

[millertime7774]

Minnesota up 8 at the half.

 

[Revrat]

Cue the 30-0 run by Purdue

No way they keep hitting shots at that pace and Edey will probably shoot about 20 free throws in the second half and they will be and 1's but its a great example of how Purdue gets knocked out of the tourney every year.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

LIU v FDU delayed due to FDU being stuck in elevator.

DePaul wished that happened to them last night.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

Minnesota up 8 at the half.

 

[RichCTBB]

Minnesota has come down to earth

 

[superjohn]

Penny loses to North Texas.

 

[auror]

Cue the 30-0 run by Purdue

Minnesota up 8 at the half.

Purdue now up 8.

 

[connVA]

Purdue now up 8.

Boneyard jinx has a good shot at the #1 seed in the West

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Compete? We need a strong 5.

I like Okpara

 

[BigTenFan]

Purdue now up 8.

Minnesota shot the lights out in first half
Coach's unnecessary technical changed the game in 2nd half

 

[aceboon]

UCLA has turned it around after the tough start, if Tad Boyle misses the tourney with that roster that's a bad look

 

[navery12]

Are we the only top 10 team that consistently starts a freshman? This is a down year for freshman again. When will these covid lifers finally graduate?

No, Kansas starts either Elmarko Jackson or Johnny Furphy (and sometimes both). UNC starts Elliot Cadeau. Duke starts Jared McCain and Caleb Foster has started a bunch too. Iowa State starts Milan Momcilovic

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I’ll be at Fairfield tonight covering the game.

After a two-year recovery, Alexis Yetna is finally back and healthy.

The Stags have yet to have a fully healthy squad all season, so even though they are in 2nd place in the MAAC we haven’t even seen what their ceiling can be.

If you’re nearby and haven’t seen Fairfield’s new arena, it’s super impressive! They also have a ticket deal for Sunday’s game.

 

[HuskyHawk]

No, Kansas starts either Elmarko Jackson or Johnny Furphy (and sometimes both). UNC starts Elliot Cadeau. Duke starts Jared McCain and Caleb Foster has started a bunch too. Iowa State starts Milan Momcilovic

Furphy is a pretty crazy story. Didn't start earlier on. Was a 4 star from Australia. The put him in the lineup because they had no shooting (partly because Timberlake was terrible) and now he's a projected 1st round pick in some mock drafts.

 

[gsmooth]

I’ll be at Fairfield tonight covering the game.

After a two-year recovery, Alexis Yetna is finally back and healthy.

The Stags have yet to have a fully healthy squad all season, so even though they are in 2nd place in the MAAC we haven’t even seen what their ceiling can be.

If you’re nearby and haven’t seen Fairfield’s new arena, it’s super impressive! They also have a ticket deal for Sunday’s game.

Alexis Yetna? Damn that guy has been in school forever. Well good for him, I am glad he is healthy.

 

[Tyler2Rings]

Alexis Yetna? Damn that guy has been in school forever. Well good for him, I am glad he is healthy.

He had 12, 8 and 4 blocks in a W over UConn January of 2019

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

Alexis Yetna? Damn that guy has been in school forever. Well good for him, I am glad he is healthy.

I was thinking the same thing.
Didnt we play him in the AAC when he was with USF ?
Or am i thinking of someone else ?

 

[navery12]

I was thinking the same thing.
Didnt we play him in the AAC when he was with USF ?
Or am i thinking of someone else ?

Same guy, he's been in college since 2017 (although it was a redshirt year)

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Same guy, he's been in college since 2017 (although it was a redshirt year)

Yep. Same guy. Yetna's been off the bench his first two games, so it's uncertain whether he'll start for them eventually.

Fairfield is a dangerous team because their strength is their backcourt (four guards, including former Cuse/Georgetown guard Brycen Goodine, averaged 26 mpg+ and averaged double-digit points-per-game) and their frontcourt was in shambles with Yetna and New Mexico transfer Birima Seck injured at the start of the year, forcing freshman Peyton Smith to every game this season before coming down with an injury.

Smith filled in admirably (solid defender, good passer and averages 8.3p, 4.6r, 0.9b in 23.7 mpg) and Seck returned in December and now Yetna is back.

They've yet to have a game with all their top rotation guys healthy, but this team can win in a variety of ways and veteran interim head coach Chris Casey has been excellent leading the Stags in how they can win in a variety of ways.

 

[superjohn]

I was thinking the same thing.
Didnt we play him in the AAC when he was with USF ?
Or am i thinking of someone else ?

Yes, he's 47 years old.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Cheese and rice.

Nova-28
Gtown- 19

At the half. WTF? Gtown and DePaul are historically bad teams.