College Basketball/March Madness 2007

[PaulMiller]

Well, it's getting to be that time of the year again.  Plenty of college basketball partisans here, so we may as well get this thread going.  My Gophers are going nowhere, but Bulldog's TAMUCC Islanders may be getting into the party for the first time.

On a slight aside, when I go out to Price for the March 7-8 tapings, I'm staying for the weekend.  I think I'm also going to hit up the semifinal session of the Pac-10 tourney.

[GoldenBulldog]

Unfortunately, my Islanders blew a 12-point lead in the 2nd half and lost to fellow Southland Conference member Lamar by one friggin' point!  

[jhc2010]

How about that Big Ten this year...

All eyes will be on the Buckeyes/Badgers game this Sunday (#1 vs. #2)...

[heelsrule1988]

More like the Little Ten...

[PriceFanArmadillo]

Man, the end of this season can't come fast enough.  So many things have gone wrong, it's a miracle we're still standing, let alone an outside chance of dancing.  Suffice to say, all the good luck we've had the last few years dumped down on us at once.

(And is it just me, or is something wrong with the universe when Illinois's football team is worse than Northern Illinois's and their basketball team is worse than Southern Illinois's?)

[PaulMiller]

Heels, this year Big Ten basketball is a lot like Big Ten football back in the day: the Big Two (Becky and tOSU) and the Little Nine.  Big Ten is looking like a 3 bid (Becky, tOSU, and Indiana) league.  MSU may get a 4th bid if they can keep winning after bumping off Becky on Tuesday night, but that's it.

Oh, for those of you outside of Minnesota, Becky = Wisky = Wisconsin.

[joechopchop]

Looks like my A-10 won't have many bids this year.  Xavier looks to be the team to beat in our conference.

[catfan2002]

49-48 what a boring game to watch i hate ohio state and the big 10 but watched anyway since it was 1 vs 2.  My Bearcats are well out of it  thanks to someone who won't be ever said by my mouth again.  So this year i'm rooting for Kansas State to make it and for Ole miss both former uc coaches coach those teams.  Xavier is cruising right now and should get in even if lose in A-10 tourney which would give the A-10 2 bids.  Another local team Wright State has a shot to get in but would have to beat Butler again in the final of the Horizon league tourney at the moment that is a one bid league.

[shellgame69]

I'm glad this season is almost over.  Hard to believe, but NCAA Tourney time is 3 weeks away.

Missouri Tigers are still alive from the NCAA showdown.  They lost to Nebraska 82-77 in overtime Saturday, which was their key game to keep the NCAA hopes alive.

[jhc2010]

catfan2002 wrote: 49-48 what a boring game to watch i hate ohio state and the big 10

May I ask why you hate them...  Where's the love???

[sternal]

. I love Ohio state and I was born in  ohio hopefully they will win the ncaa basket ball touranment

[strongbad]

Michigan State is in for the 10th straight year.  They have won their last four games, all at home, over Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana.  Two games left, currently sitting at 21-9 (8-6 in the conference).  Great season for a team that wasn't really expected to do much after losing 3 players to the NBA in the offseason.

[joechopchop]

Likewise, La Salle is out for the 15th straight year, barring a miracle...

[PriceFanArmadillo]

Don't look now, but Illinois has won six of their last seven, has the same overall record as Michigan State (21-9), and is currently in third place in the Big Ten-And-A-Half (Penn State barely counts this year).  The Illinois/Iowa game on Saturday is practically a play-in game to the dance, as the winner will (probably) finish with ten wins and third (or maybe fourth) in a power conference.  I know I can't wait.

[UAB-Kirksville]

You'll do fine. Mike Anderson is a far cry better than the pretty boy who got you guys in this mess (and I should know, I'm a UAB alumnus and fan, and I was working at Mizzou Sports Information when Snyder was hired).

I guarantee you next year you will go dancing, and within two years you'll be in the Elite Eight or better, with Anderson at the helm.