The only conference I really paid attention to this year was the Big Ten. They have 6 teams with 20+ wins and 4 more with 18&19, how many of those teams will actually get into the tournament?

7 get in from the Big Ten

all of these teams are so physical, fundamentally-focused, and defensively-minded...I don't know what to think about the conference's outlook in the tournament.

I could see, say, Iowa going out in the first round OR defensively rebounding their way all the way to the Elite 8.

Did we all make each other better this year? Or are all of these teams going to be exhausted?

definites:

Maryland
Penn State
Michigan state
Illinois
Ohio State
Iowa
Michigan
Wisconsin

and maybe Rutgers at this point too. That would be 9 !

Couldn’t turn the corner on anybody, so ended up jacking and bricking a bunch of threes. Their defense has gone South.
Big Ten is a slugfest, 9 making the dance is a real possibility.

Safely in:

Maryland
MSU
Penn State
OSU
Iowa

Probably in, but vulnerable if they choke:

Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois

On the right side of the bubble, but very vulnerable:

Rutgers
Indiana

On the wrong side of the bubble, not impossible they get in:

Purdue

The problem is gonna be that these teams down at the bottom will likely cannibalize one another. Rutgers is playing at Purdue. If Purdue wins (they're favored), and then both Purdue and Rutgers lose early in the Big Ten tourney? Both are gone. A win on the road over Purdue would get Rutgers more breathing room but would be a death punch for Purdue, really. Same for Indiana-- they play Wisconsin, but if they beat Wisconsin, the Badgers become more bubbly, yet Indiana still wouldn't be safe.

I think the most likely scenario is 9, as I assume one of Rutgers or Indiana will win out and win a Big Ten tourney game against a definitely NCAA Tourney team (Rutgers being far more likely than Indiana, who has the tougher rest of regular season and the tougher Big Ten Tourney game). I'd say the top eight, assuming no major collapse occurs, are in.

 so it's hard for me to get excited about a potential first or
2nd round exit.


the last coach we had landed a top 5 class in his first
recruiting cycle and had is in the championship game in year
2. so far im underwhelmed ..beating the shit out of michigan
two times in one year is always nice though.


but none of these recruits will play in the NBA. maybe Luther
Muhammad. EJ Liddell is just ok. nothing special to write home
about.


hopefully someone other than Kentucky Duke or Kansas cuts down
the nets

>

but I did take immense joy in seeing the Vols come back from 17 points at Rupp Arena last night.

- I've watched 4 of the 6 all-time Tennessee wins at Rupp Arena
- Barnes is the only coach in Tennessee history that has won twice at Rupp
- Cal's first loss at UK while leading by double-digits at half-time (129-1)

most drastic is to cancel it of course...maybe playing games with no fans in the stands. That'd be right on par with the way this fucking year is going

Also did the Hotwire with hotels so will be out a grip regardless. Already had someone bail today, we’ve been doing these trips for 15+ years. Never thought a virus would break the streak.

>most drastic is to cancel it of course...maybe playing games
>with no fans in the stands. That'd be right on par with the
>way this fucking year is going

I don't think the former is on the table-- there's too much money involved. But they'd still get a *lot* of money if the games air on TV, so they'd follow the model that some countries in Europe and Asia are using with sports right now: have the games, don't let anyone attend, show them on TV.

games go on every night. I've heard about some smaller schools canceling trips to Seattle but I can't see them playing the NCAA tournament in empty gyms unless it gets really crazy then we'll all have a lot more than basketball to worry about lol.

"Limiting public attendance to approximately 1/3 of each venue's capacity through April 15 or until further notice"

https://gostanford.com/news/2020/3/3/stanford-athletics-coronavirus-update.aspx

Stanford Athletics Coronavirus Update
Campus leaders working on updated event attendance guidelines through April 15
03/03/2020 | Athletics
By: Stanford Athletics

In response to the rapidly evolving events surrounding COVID-19 (also called novel coronavirus), Stanford has activated an emergency operations organization focused on coordinating the university's response.

Earlier today, this organization published its first set of information and guidance, which included a recommendation to postpone or adjust large-scale events on campus between March 4 and April 15.

Per this recommendation, Stanford Athletics is currently working with Stanford Environmental Health & Safety to establish attendance guidelines for each competition venue and will limit the number of attendees at our competitions in order to allow for sufficient social distancing. These attendance guidelines will be published here as soon as they are finalized.

At this time, all competitions are scheduled to take place as originally scheduled, albeit with limited public attendance.

Updates regarding Stanford Athletics events will be published here as they become available. Additionally, we encourage you to follow us on Twitter (@gostanford).

General updates will be available for the university community at healthalerts.stanford.edu.

levels

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/486428-lebron-james-i-aint-playing-if-there-are-no-fans-due-to

Yea

Don’t know whose idea it was but Turgeon should’ve declined

Figured I’d cut you some slack, I’ll take your money on something else.

Sincere question, no snark. Whenever Duke loses in the Sweet 16, it’s obviously a crushing disappointment, because we’ve been past that round *so* many times, but I imagine there must be parades in College Park when you make it out of the first weekend. I bet those Sweet 16 parades are a blast! (The one of them you’ve had in the last fifteen years, I mean.)

Won't be the last one to do so, either. No one believes the numbers from the US government, and everyone sees from China and South Korea that the best way to slow/halt the spread of this is quarantine, cancellation, and isolation. Smart state and federal officials are going to urge ways of stopping this before we as a country get to an Italy situation.

ACC tournament has tipped off, Wake gone fishing.

..and any other org that continues to put lives at risk in favor of lining their pockets with $$$.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

but im surprised they havent cancelled the conference tourney.
it was funny watching ESPN show NBA coaches like "nah this is serious af. shut it down"
then they had Bill Self and all them up there in the postgames like "the kids just want to play. let them"

..Those kids are conditioned to do whatever it takes to play and the NCAA knows it.

Every health org in the world is asking people to do the right thing and these fools continue to ignore it in favor of $$$.

That is malicious intent.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

when the crowd didnt matter’ or some shit like that.

shit sounded like some dystopian midwestern re-education camp indoctrinating a forum full of disposable athlete clones.

coming out out multiple peoples pockets on multiple levels from owners down to popcorn salesmen its hard to just waive shit off.

They're saying caronavirus will bankrupt more people than it kills.

>They're saying caronavirus will bankrupt more people than it
>kills.

Because with complete inaction and the degree of infectiousness of this disease, it could very easily swing the other way.

It also doesn't *need* to bankrupt people, because the government could easily put forth relief efforts for small businesses impacted. That said, they won't, because small businesses aren't big banks.

The tournament is effectively cancelled once the blue bloods are out. Even if the NCAA *wanted* to have it, they don't have a choice. More schools will follow.

coach k such an underachiever with all that talent

Stumbled across Iverson’s Hoyas against Allen’s Huskies this morning.

YouTube has a lot of good full game replays. Watching umbc / Virgina now. Might watch Purdue/ UVa later is I get more morbid. HD too, so looks good on the TV. Not planing on leaving extended stay Corp apt I'm stuck in today