2022-23 NCAA Men's Basketball Thread

[MU82]

Not surprising at all to panda, who's been saying all season that Temple is by far the best team in the country.

[panda]

Not surprising at all to panda, who's been saying all season that Temple is by far the best team in the country.

And my take still had more substance than 98% of your posts.

[panda]

Still the best team in the country btw

[MU82]

By far!

[panda]

By far!

Yep thx

[Uncle Rico]

By far!

Metrics love them.  Benefit from playing a slow pace and in a terrible league.  Won't really be challenged that often.  Based on the eye test, I put Purdue and Alabama ahead of them.  Probably UCLA, too.  Case can be made for any of them.  Houston can win it all, no doubt.  Best team by far?  Not a chance

[MU82]

Metrics love them.  Benefit from playing a slow pace and in a terrible league.  Won't really be challenged that often.  Based on the eye test, I put Purdue and Alabama ahead of them.  Probably UCLA, too.  Case can be made for any of them.  Houston can win it all, no doubt.  Best team by far?  Not a chance

Take it back!

[panda]

Metrics love them.  Benefit from playing a slow pace and in a terrible league.  Won't really be challenged that often.  Based on the eye test, I put Purdue and Alabama ahead of them.  Probably UCLA, too.  Case can be made for any of them.  Houston can win it all, no doubt.  Best team by far?  Not a chance

Dominant bigs don't win in march and Purdue is far too reliant on Edey. Inexperienced back court will get eaten alive by a team like Houston(or any other high pressure defense) in the tournament.

Love Alabama. UCLA has limited scoring options and has lost to every team with a pulse they've played this year. Good not great.

[MuggsyB]

Dominant bigs don't win in march and Purdue is far too reliant on Edey. Inexperienced back court will get eaten alive by a team like Houston(or any other high pressure defense) in the tournament.

Love Alabama. UCLA has limited scoring options and has lost to every team with a pulse they've played this year. Good not great.

A lot can change by March panda.  I stated weeks ago there isn't a dominant team. 

[panda]

A lot can change by March panda.  I stated weeks ago there isn't a dominant team.

You haven't watched much Houston basketball then ole Muggsy

[PGsHeroes32]

You haven't watched much Houston basketball then ole Muggsy

Dominant teams don't lose to Temple at home

[panda]

Dominant teams don't lose to Temple at home

Don't sell temple short. They can grind it out with the best of them. And they did. And they won.

[MuggsyB]

You haven't watched much Houston basketball then ole Muggsy

Panda,

I just looked at Houston's resume.  I can't agree that they have been dominant. 

[panda]

Panda,

I just looked at Houston's resume.  I can't agree that they have been dominant.

I thought I knew you Muggsy

[Uncle Rico]

Dominant bigs don't win in march and Purdue is far too reliant on Edey. Inexperienced back court will get eaten alive by a team like Houston(or any other high pressure defense) in the tournament.

Love Alabama. UCLA has limited scoring options and has lost to every team with a pulse they've played this year. Good not great.

Teams that play as slow as Houston can also get eaten alive in March with a bad shooting night

[MuggsyB]

I thought I knew you Muggsy

I'm not saying they shouldn't be a 1 seed but perhaps we have different definitions of dominant/domination?

[panda]

Teams that play as slow as Houston can also get eaten alive in March with a bad shooting night

Houston is a great shooting team what are you talking about

[Uncle Rico]

Houston is a great shooting team what are you talking about

I said if.  Virginia in 2018 had roughly the same effective fg% and lost by 20 in the first round.  Slow tempo teams are as susceptible to losing early as Purdue because of how they play

[panda]

I said if.  Virginia in 2018 had roughly the same effective fg% and lost by 20 in the first round.  Slow tempo teams are as susceptible to losing early as Purdue because of how they play

Everyone is susceptible to losing when you really think about it

[wadesworld]

Dominant bigs don't win in march and Purdue is far too reliant on Edey. Inexperienced back court will get eaten alive by a team like Houston(or any other high pressure defense) in the tournament.

Love Alabama. UCLA has limited scoring options and has lost to every team with a pulse they've played this year. Good not great.

We said their inexperienced backcourt would be eaten alive by a team like MU with high pressure defense. They handled it pretty dang well.

[panda]

We said their inexperienced backcourt would be eaten alive by a team like MU with high pressure defense. They handled it pretty dang well.

Marquette was pretty inexperienced at that point in the season too.

[wadesworld]

Marquette was pretty inexperienced at that point in the season too.

So MU is more experienced now but Purdue is not?

[panda]

So MU is more experienced now but Purdue is not?

Improvement and growth is not linear

[The Thing]

Marquette easily could have won that game at Purdue. Just couldn't make a bucket late.

[wadesworld]

Marquette easily could have won that game at Purdue. Just couldn't make a bucket late.

Agreed. But it wouldn't have been because their inexperienced guards couldn't handle a high pressure defense. We forced Purdue into a whopping 6 turnovers. Their inexperienced guards are combining to average 3 turnovers per game. They are good and have proven to not really be phased by high pressure defense.