2022-23 NCAA Men's Basketball Thread

[Skatastrophy]

I'd make fun of the A10, but weird crap like that happens at Providence all the time.

That Jonathan Xavier fiasco

https://www.youtube.com/v/MqVGMLBOqnY

[wadesworld]

That Jonathan Xavier fiasco

https://www.youtube.com/v/MqVGMLBOqnY

Best part is the timeout he calls.

[PGsHeroes32]

If Indiana loses this game they have got to be banned from the NCAA tournament.

[Tha Hound]

Do you really want to add a bad loss to our resume?  A nonsensical take, as are some anti-Badger takes.

Yes.

[Dickthedribbler]

I keep wondering how the guy got into the arena.

Reminds me of Spicoli getting the pizza delivered to Mr. Hand's history class in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

[wisblue]

Do you really want to add a bad loss to our resume?  A nonsensical take, as are some anti-Badger takes.

That game is not going to have any significant impact on MU's resume.

It's one thing to nitpick the resume when a team is on the bubble, but unless MU falls apart they should be comfortably in the 3-6 seed range. In that area, a small blip on the resume might make a difference of a spot or 2 on the overall 68 team seed list, but is going to have an imperceptible impact on the team's seeding and placement in the bracket and opportunity to advance in the tournament.

Teams aren't placed in the bracket strictly according to their place on the seed list because of the need to follow other placement guidelines like avoiding early matchups between teams from the same conference. With the number of Big 12 teams that will be in the top half of the bracket there is going to be some shuffling to accomplish that.

As long as MU wins the games it should win, and finishes no worse than 15-5 in the conference, they will be comfortably in the field with a decent seed and their hopes in the tournament will be based purely on matchups and how they play.

That having been said, I hope the Badgers lose every time they take the court and I would love to see them miss the tournament. But, I suspect that they will take advantage of their weak remaining schedule and sneak into the field.

[tower912]

Do you really want to add a bad loss to our resume?  A nonsensical take, as are some anti-Badger takes.

Not worried about it for a nanosecond.  Completely worth it.

[MU82]

Hilarious video of an Uber Eats driver making a delivery at the Loyola-Duquesne game -- and stepping right onto the court, just a couple feet away from a player with the basketball:

https://twitter.com/TheAthleticCBB/status/1618426156755177472?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=5982350

Here's the Pittsburgh Press-Gazette article:

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/duquesne/2023/01/25/duquesne-basketball-vs-loyola-dukes-won-72-58-uber-eats-delivery-clark-iii-gunn-reece-grant/stories/202301250109?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=5982350

[Uncle Rico]

🤨

[tower912]

MU82, it isn't like you to pull a Herman and post something like it is new when it has already been posted.   Are you OK?

[MU82]

MU82, it isn't like you to pull a Herman and post something like it is new when it has already been posted.   Are you OK?

If I had seen it posted earlier, I obviously wouldn't have posted this.

A bazillion apologies.

[pbiflyer]

I keep wondering how the guy got into the arena.

Delivery people are probably let in all the time. Usually for more mundane things, but probably fell into the category of flower , balloon delivery, etc.

But now I totally have a way to sneak into a sold out arena!

[tower912]

If I had seen it posted earlier, I obviously wouldn't have posted this.

A bazillion apologies.

[panda]

Hilarious video of an Uber Eats driver making a delivery at the Loyola-Duquesne game -- and stepping right onto the court, just a couple feet away from a player with the basketball:

https://twitter.com/TheAthleticCBB/status/1618426156755177472?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=5982350

Here's the Pittsburgh Press-Gazette article:

https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/duquesne/2023/01/25/duquesne-basketball-vs-loyola-dukes-won-72-58-uber-eats-delivery-clark-iii-gunn-reece-grant/stories/202301250109?source=pulsenewsletter&campaign=5982350

Hilariously fake

[tower912]

Malik Hall returns for Sparty tonight.  They need him

[mugrad_89]

Malik Hall returns for Sparty tonight.  They need him

Uh oh - less shots for Joey?  👀

[brewcity77]

What are the criteria?

High luck rating (#25), high seed (2/3) that doesn't match their analytics (#27 projects to a 7), narrow win margins with some ugly losses. "Elite" 3PFG% (#17) and FT% (#37) defense is another danger sign because with rare exception, those are just further functions of luck.

[PGsHeroes32]

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1618801680870670336

Not ideal

[Carl]

Watching this Purdue-Michigan game. Michigan doesn't seem great but Dickinson being an absolute monster down low + their play style,just seems like the type of team I'm really hoping we don't run into when it matters.

[Oldgym]

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1618801680870670336
Not ideal

Strange couple nights in hoops.

[Bo Ryan's Massage Therapist]

Hilariously fake

Disappointed to see this.  The video made me laugh but him wearing a microphone making it blatantly obvious this was a planned stunt is disappointing

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

USC knocks off UCLA by 13. No one wants a 1 seed

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

LIU got their first win against a D1 opponent!

[MarquetteMike1977]

Purdue beat Michigan at Michigan by the exact same score 75-70 that Marquette lost to Purdue by at Purdue. Not that it means much or anything.

[brewcity77]

LIU got their first win against a D1 opponent!

The NEC is so bad this year. Every team is sub-300 in kenpom.