Tough day for EIU hoops hopes

[CyPunch]

At his size, throw your arms up vertically and barely jump and they have to arc the shot over a 12' barrier

Yeah, he's a smart player and really good at it.

 

[Statefan10]

UConn?

They had some great big men last year but their guards were still the catalysts for the success. This team didn't win it, but the last really good big man that was dominant and truly led his team to the title game was Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin.

 

[Statefan10]

Purdue is very good this year and this could be the year they finally break through in the tournament but I'm not holding my breath. I just don't trust them against athletic backcourts that can also shoot the ball. When the opposing teams have guys that can get into the lane and kick it to shooters, Purdue struggles. Takes Edey out of the game defensively.

 

[CyCity]

If this is the attendance for the opening conference game on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in December, can you imagine what it's gonna look like in February?

Iowa is the epitome of fair weather fans.

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Holy hell

 

[Marcelason78]

Iowa State sitting at 8 shows how bad the NET formula is though.

Yup, although a better example is BYU sitting 3.

 

[Yaz]

Love it or hate it but the B1G does a phenomenal job promoting their brand.

It doesn't hurt that ESPN promotes the big10 and sec at every opportunity too. All part of the plan to separate them from the rest.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

It doesn't hurt that ESPN promotes the big10 and sec at every opportunity too. All part of the plan to separate them from the rest.

This isn't going to happen, the networks need the inventory.

 

[Cyched]

That was Jamie Pollard's fault. And the arenas fault. And they had to use a Wilson ball so that was the NCAA's fault.

All while complaining that Pollard gave us the favorable draw that included us playing Bucky in (checks notes) Milwaukee

 

[MeanDean]

So THAT'S where all the hok MBB recruiting money is being spent.

 

[CycloneVet]

I was in attendance. Crowd wasnt terrible as far as attendence goes, but it certainly wasnt loud. Best part of the game was Margret running around to the tunnel to give Fran a standing ovation as he walked off the court. She then proceeded to lean over the donors sitting courtside to yell at the refs on her way back to her seat.

That woman is a piece of work

 

[Prone2Clone]

So THAT'S where all the hok MBB recruiting money is being spent.

Recruiting players or recruiting fans...school's choice.

 

[Gunnerclone]

At his size, throw your arms up vertically and barely jump and they have to arc the shot over a 12' barrier

Oats had a great gameplan against Purdue. Got Edey switching the ball screen up top and that seemed to throw everything out of whack for Purdues defense, leading to a bunch of open 3’s. They just went absolutely ice cold for about the first 8 minutes of the 2nd half and momentum got away from them. It also opened up Bamas guys to crash the o-glass because lurch was just stuck out there on the perimeter.

I’m just not sure that any team in the Big 10 can play that way successfully against them. Not enough athletes at the 3-5 spots in that league.

 

[qwerty]

If this is the attendance for the opening conference game on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in December, can you imagine what it's gonna look like in February?

Iowa is the epitome of fair weather fans.

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Well, to be fair, that is 3:43 before tipoff. CHA is considered a temple and watching Iowa basketball a religious experience so everyone is probably waiting to rush in at the last minute like at church.

 

[inCyteful]

UConn?

I guess it gets into the definition of Big Guy. ISanogo was key but a Forward? They were big at their positions. I am thinking more of the Edey/May examples where everything went through the big guy.

 

[qwerty]

I was actually thinking about this the other day. Fortunately I played in the era where girls could only dribble twice. My handle was bad. Got hip checked once on a drive to the bucket, accidentally dribbled between my legs, somehow got the layup in, and the crowd of maybe two dozen people went nuts. We were maybe only down by 25 or so at the time.

downward go . . . . you could take four steps on the downward go and it wasn't traveling.

 

[CyPunch]

All while complaining that Pollard gave us the favorable draw that included us playing Bucky in (checks notes) Milwaukee

Playing the Big Ten champion an hour from their campus being a "good draw" has to be one of the most flawed Hok arguments of all time

 

[dafarmer]

I don't believe that for a second though. My guess it's how the expenses are recorded.

 

[madguy30]

Playing the Big Ten champion an hour from their campus being a "good draw" has to be one of the most flawed Hok arguments of all time

And ISU was an 11 seed.

 

[clonehome]

Especially when it look much more like 5000 actually in the seats

Check the attendance during the 8pm weeknight games when the weather is bad in Jan and Feb. With Caitlin and the women consuming all the oxygen in IC and the men sub-500 in a weak B1G there will be Lickliter crowds. Put the O/U at 3000.

 

[mwwbbfan]

It doesn't hurt that ESPN promotes the big10 and sec at every opportunity too. All part of the plan to separate them from the rest.

It will be interesting to see what ESPN does with promotion when they lose the majority of their B10 inventory. They tend to cover the teams on their network.