2022-23 NCAA Men's Basketball Thread

[MuggsyB]

This post didn't age well

Yikes....what happened?  I just saw they were up 16 in the 2H. 

[JWags85]

Buddy in Cbus sent me a Twitter link of OSU missing 5 3P attempts in the final 25 seconds when down only 4, passing up multiple easy 2 chances.  What a disaster of a year there.  Thought what a fall from grace for Holtmann, but then looked and realized his entire tenure in Columbus has been underwhelming.

2018- top 10 team late in the year, losing 2 out of 4 down the stretch, upset by PSU early  in the B10 tourney, drop to a 5 seed, lose second round to Zags.

2019- Enter conference play top 12, lose 12 of 18 down the stretch, still make the tourney as an 11, upset ISU (Their only win over a higher seed in the tourney under Holtmann), dispatched in the second by Houston

2020- No horrific late fade but a stacked roster with multiple future NBA players  finishes 11-9 in conference, then COVID.

2021-Holtmann’s best year, top 5 mid Feb, half game back in the B10…lose 4 straight to end the year to finish 12-8, lose in OT in the B10 championship, still get a 2 seed….embarrassed by Oral Roberts in a first round exit.

2022-top 25 late in the year, lose 3 of 4 to end the year, upset by PSU again in the B10 tourney, win the 7/10 matchup as a 7 seed in the NCAA, then fall to Nova.

Now they are a disaster this year.  I don’t think he’s a bad coach but I totally get why OSU fans are ready to move on

[wisblue]

Rutgers had an early 10 point lead but managed just 45 points for the game in a home loss to Michigan.

The Big 10 might get a lot of teams in the tournament, but it’s hard to see too many of them advancing to the second weekend from the 7-11 seeds they’ll be getting.

[muwarrior69]

This should be an interesting press conference.  I wonder if the reporters will actually discuss this mess with Oats?

https://nypost.com/2023/02/23/alabamas-brandon-miller-taunted-with-lock-him-up-chants/

[romey]

Buddy in Cbus sent me a Twitter link of OSU missing 5 3P attempts in the final 25 seconds when down only 4, passing up multiple easy 2 chances.  What a disaster of a year there.  Thought what a fall from grace for Holtmann, but then looked and realized his entire tenure in Columbus has been underwhelming.
2018- top 10 team late in the year, losing 2 out of 4 down the stretch, upset by PSU early  in the B10 tourney, drop to a 5 seed, lose second round to Zags.

2019- Enter conference play top 12, lose 12 of 18 down the stretch, still make the tourney as an 11, upset ISU (Their only win over a higher seed in the tourney under Holtmann), dispatched in the second by Houston

2020- No horrific late fade but a stacked roster with multiple future NBA players  finishes 11-9 in conference, then COVID.

2021-Holtmann’s best year, top 5 mid Feb, half game back in the B10…lose 4 straight to end the year to finish 12-8, lose in OT in the B10 championship, still get a 2 seed….embarrassed by Oral Roberts in a first round exit.

2022-top 25 late in the year, lose 3 of 4 to end the year, upset by PSU again in the B10 tourney, win the 7/10 matchup as a 7 seed in the NCAA, then fall to Nova.

Now they are a disaster this year.  I don’t think he’s a bad coach but I totally get why OSU fans are ready to move on

I happened to catch that live while channel-surfing.  It was hectic to say the least - with every miss there was a tap out to a player beyond the arc, or a long rebound directly beyond the arc and and on the last one the guy got it and jumped backwards like James Harden.  Ridiculous

[PointWarrior]

Nice to watch Gameday and your team is mentioned during the segment “tell me teams that can not just make the Final Four but win the tourney”

[tower912]

MSU and Iowa on a pace to both score 40 in a half.   I thought that was prohibited in the B1G.

[tower912]

Dear, sweet Lord.   Wojo is sitting next to Crean on the ESPN set.   Gah!

[PGsHeroes32]

Dear, sweet Lord.   Wojo is sitting next to Crean on the ESPN set.   Gah!

Meanwhile we got our guy coaching us tonight!!

[tower912]

Watching 'Marquette #10' scroll behind and between them while they talked made me laugh out loud and rewind it to watch it again.

[Newsdreams]

Watching 'Marquette #10' scroll behind and between them while they talked made me laugh out loud and rewind it to watch it again.

Future Shaka assistants?

[Skatastrophy]

Watching 'Marquette #10' scroll behind and between them while they talked made me laugh out loud and rewind it to watch it again.

Still surreal to me seeing MU at the top of the standings with a #10 by our name. Hard to wipe a grin off my face after seeing standings pop up

[tower912]

Announcers talking about the pace of play in the MSU/Iowa game, 49-47 with 17 minutes to play.

"There are a lot of Big 10 games where this is the score after 40 minutes."

[Scoop Snoop]

Still surreal to me seeing MU at the top of the standings with a #10 by our name. Hard to wipe a grin off my face after seeing standings pop up

No need to wipe that grin off. Wear it proudly and milk the moment for all it is worth.

[CountryRoads]

Dear, sweet Lord.   Wojo is sitting next to Crean on the ESPN set.   Gah!

Joey is having a good game. Wojo may be forced to say something nice about him.

[tower912]

Sparty 11-13 from 3 through 36 minutes.

[MuggsyB]

So much for Iowa St. being on a higher seed line than MU. 

[CountryRoads]

So much for Iowa St. being on a higher seed line than MU.

That was a joke.

[wisblue]

TCU-Texas Tech coming down to the last 10 seconds on ESPNU with TT up by 1.

[MuggsyB]

I know it's the complete resume but I'm happy with the fact that we beat Baylor by 1000 pts. 

[panda]

TCU-Texas Tech coming down to the last 10 seconds on ESPNU with TT up by 1.

Tech is a really tough team. Lubbock is a difficult place to win

[wadesworld]

Tech is a really tough team. Lubbock is a difficult place to win

They’re 4-5 at home against power 6 conference teams. One of the wins is Georgetown.

[panda]

They’re 4-5 at home against power 6 conference teams. One of the wins is Georgetown.

They’re at full strength now. They’ve been playing great ball

[tower912]

Sparty hanging 100 on the road and needing all of them.   

[panda]

They’re 4-5 at home against power 6 conference teams. One of the wins is Georgetown.

Went undefeated at home last year. 11-4 the year before. 17-1 the year before covid