2023-2024 College Basketball Thread

[romey]

What channel is tomorrow's game on vs. Illinois

[Mu8891]

PENN just beat Nova ....
Good for them

[Miss Katie’s]

What channel is tomorrow's game on vs. Illinois

FS1

[Daniel]

Purdue starting to pull away.  5 left. Up 12. Xavier hanging in there. Edey is a beast.  Puts his shoulder into everyone and doesn't get called

[Uncle Rico]

Top games today:

Schreiner @ Incarnate Word at 5PM on ESPN+

Oglethorpe @ Alabama State at 6PM, no TV

Oakland City @ Ball State at 6PM on ESPN+

Columbia International @ UNC-Wilmington at 6PM on ESPN+

Mid-Atlantic Christian @ NC Central at 6PM on ESPN+

Heidelberg @ Akron at 6:30, no TV

Fisk @ Austin Peay at 7PM on ESPN+

Reinhardt @ Troy at 7:30PM on ESPN+

Pacific Union at Sacramento State at 8:30PM on ESPN+

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Top games today:

Schreiner @ Incarnate Word at 5PM on ESPN+

Oglethorpe @ Alabama State at 6PM, no TV

Oakland City @ Ball State at 6PM on ESPN+

Columbia International @ UNC-Wilmington at 6PM on ESPN+

Mid-Atlantic Christian @ NC Central at 6PM on ESPN+

Heidelberg @ Akron at 6:30, no TV

Fisk @ Austin Peay at 7PM on ESPN+

Reinhardt @ Troy at 7:30PM on ESPN+

Pacific Union at Sacramento State at 8:30PM on ESPN+

Is the Heidelberg game an international friendly?

[HowardsWorld]

Purdue starting to pull away.  5 left. Up 12. Xavier hanging in there. Edey is a beast.  Puts his shoulder into everyone and doesn't get called

I just looked up his height. 7 ft 4 300 lbs lol. That's almost impossible to stop.

[Uncle Rico]

Is the Heidelberg game an international friendly?

I just provide the game times and tv. 

[tower912]

Xavier picked his pocket a couple of times with a well timed double team as he put the ball on the floor.   

Remember last year when Gold said Edey looked slow before the Purdue game?     I still think there was extra emphasis by Edey on his dunks over Ben.   

[StillAWarrior]

I just looked up his height. 7 ft 4 300 lbs lol. That's almost impossible to stop.

I've seen him in person and it's really hard to convey just how big that kid is. I've heard announcers say the same. Somehow, he seems bigger than "just" 7'4" and 300. He's massive. The kid was just born 30 years too late. He would have been a force in the 90s NBA. He's improved an awful lot since his freshman year and he's a much better player that he was -- he had a number of nice moves last night that he would have tripped while attempting a couple years ago -- but I still don't know if his skill set will transfer to the next level. But damn, he's huge.

[brewcity77]

I think the best way to try to handle Edey is just to mitigate the damage he does. Try to deny him the ball, force them to shoot threes so you hopefully get some odd careens on rebounds, and on the other end beat him with ball screens, pick and roll, and misdirection. The other issue is refs don't whistle him for a ton of fouls. He's only fouled out once in his career and that was as a freshman on the road at Miami in 2020. Since then, he's only been hit for 4 fouls in 6/98 games.

The key to beating them is not giving them a chance to get him the ball. Pressure their guards into turnovers before they have a chance to establish the offense. Last year, in their 6 losses, they lost the turnover rate battle 5 times. In addition, you need to be patient on offense. Don't let Edey get easy blocks. They won't turn opponents over, so you get the chance to run your offense and they count on limiting you to one shot. You have to make the first shot count. Pressure and efficiency to mitigate his impact and they can be beat.

[MU82]

I think the best way to try to handle Edey is just to mitigate the damage he does. Try to deny him the ball, force them to shoot threes so you hopefully get some odd careens on rebounds, and on the other end beat him with ball screens, pick and roll, and misdirection. The other issue is refs don't whistle him for a ton of fouls. He's only fouled out once in his career and that was as a freshman on the road at Miami in 2020. Since then, he's only been hit for 4 fouls in 6/98 games.

The key to beating them is not giving them a chance to get him the ball. Pressure their guards into turnovers before they have a chance to establish the offense. Last year, in their 6 losses, they lost the turnover rate battle 5 times. In addition, you need to be patient on offense. Don't let Edey get easy blocks. They won't turn opponents over, so you get the chance to run your offense and they count on limiting you to one shot. You have to make the first shot count. Pressure and efficiency to mitigate his impact and they can be beat.

That all sounds good to me, brew. I look forward to watching it work to perfection when we beat Purdue for the Hawaii tourney title next week!

[StillAWarrior]

That all sounds good to me, brew. I look forward to watching it work to perfection when we beat Purdue for the Hawaii tourney title next week!

My daughter graduated from Purdue this spring and we watch a lot of basketball together. I really liked everything about Purdue while she was there, so Purdue has unofficially become my second favorite team. We are both really looking forward to the Hawaii tourney and would soooo enjoy that matchup.

[MuggsyB]

Colgate up 43-27 on Syracuse.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Calling the Bagder's offense putrid would be far too kind

[MuggsyB]

Calling the Bagder's offense putrid would be far too kind

I have to give them credit for their discipline.  They used the entire shot clock and executed down 23 with under 3 mins to play. 

[MuggsyB]

GO COLGATE!!! 

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Colgate up 43-27 on Syracuse.

Brushing the Orange all over.

[Uncle Rico]

Northern Iowa beat Loras 90-50

[Uncle Rico]

Oregon State 9 Appalachian State 5 with 15:38 left in the first half on PAC-12 Network

[GB Warrior]

Oregon State 9 Appalachian State 5 with 15:38 left in the first half on PAC-12 Network

Guess the scoring only applies to football

[HowardsWorld]

Iowa and creighton in an absolute track meet

[Uncle Rico]

Gonzaga up 106-48 on Eastern Oregon with 7:54 left.  Available on ROOT and ESPN+

[StillAWarrior]

Gonzaga up 106-48 on Eastern Oregon with 7:54 left.

As someone said in another thread, it would be great if Gonzaga could get into the top 10 for next week. I'm not sure there has ever been five top 10 teams in an in-season tournament.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Zags edging them on the boards 55-19