2023/2024 NCAA Season

[pdub]

Fair theory.

[RainbowsandUnicorns]

Nebraska beat #6 Wisconsin last night by 8 in OT after being down by as much as 19. Hoiberg has Nebraska playing pretty good finally. They beat the shit out of Purdue earlier in the year. If they can avoid any really bad losses then I think Nebraska might make the tourney, which is pretty remarkable. Right now they are in Lunardi's Last Four In as a 10 seed.

Nebraska is, historically, a career-killing dead-end job.

Glad to see Hoiberg turn it around.

They are having a very good season.
Their 5 top scorers are all Juniors or Seniors. Makes me think Hoiberg might be on to something.

[twocoach]

Three Top 10 matchups today and a fourth tomorrow:
#4 Houston @ #8 Kansas at 3pm
#7 Duke @ #3 Carolina at 5:30pm
#5 Tennessee @ #10 Kentucky at 7:30pm

#2 Purdue @ #6 Wisconsin tomorrow at 12pm

Gonna be a fun weekend of basketball.

[pdub]

Also ISU and Baylor I think are top 20.

[DCHawk1]

Nebraska beat #6 Wisconsin last night by 8 in OT after being down by as much as 19. Hoiberg has Nebraska playing pretty good finally. They beat the shit out of Purdue earlier in the year. If they can avoid any really bad losses then I think Nebraska might make the tourney, which is pretty remarkable. Right now they are in Lunardi's Last Four In as a 10 seed.

Nebraska is, historically, a career-killing dead-end job.

Glad to see Hoiberg turn it around.

They are having a very good season.
Their 5 top scorers are all Juniors or Seniors. Makes me think Hoiberg might be on to something.

He was great at the transfer game even before the portal. He should be in his element now.

[randylahey]

Hoiberg is just a really good coach. Plays pro style offense and finds mismatches. Not surprising he could turn even a shithole Nebraska situation into a good squad

[DeletedUser]

Hoiberg is just a really good coach. Plays pro style offense and finds mismatches. Not surprising he could turn even a shithole Nebraska situation into a good squad

I have always thought Hoiberg was sort of overrated....but maybe that's just because I really don't like Iowa State.

[KUTradition]

hoiberg was 3-9 vs Self while at isu, if my math is right

[DeletedUser]

hoiberg was 3-9 vs Self while at isu, if my math is right

Hell, that % is probably better than a lot of the Big 12 coaches since Self has been at KU.

[DCHawk1]

Sampson now 4-3 vs. HCBS

[randylahey]

hoiberg was 3-9 vs Self while at isu, if my math is right

So self is over 80 percent against everyone else but only 75 percent against hoiberg

Proof that hoiberg is good right

[jhawks99]

Heels curb stomping the pukies

[Shirley]

Heels curb stomping the pukies

It couldn't happen to a more deserving team.

[jhawks99]

Philip Kowsky is pretty easy to dislike.

[TDub]

Kansas wins
Duke Loses
UK Loses

it was a good day.

[KUTradition]

maybe i could get a walk-on spot at miami

[DeletedUser]

PDub:

Who are your contenders?

[pdub]

I guess by contenders I mean favorites...bc if someone is going to warp my words ( which they will ) then technically EVERYONE in college basketball a contender at this point.

UConn.
UNC.
Purdue.
Houston.
In that order.

Now please, I understand we beat two of those teams, at AFH, and yes, we CAN beat the best teams ( on our home court apparently ) but as Gutter said, can we do it 6 times in a row without an extra amount of luck ( and yes, there's luck in the tourney ) - I dunno, that's why I don't have our team as a favorite.

Here are my others in serious contention in this order:
Bama
Zona
Tennessee
Kansas
Auburn

We weren't the best team in 22 but we got to play the worst 4 seed, a 10 seed to make it to the Final Four, a Nova team without maybe their best player and an 8 seed. It's a tournament that doesn't always find the best teams so a lot can happen.

[KUTradition]

that’s a good breakdown, but i’m not sold on houston being in tier one, rather than tier two with KU

their defense is obviously stellar, but i just don’t think they are as adept offensively

[DeletedUser]

UConn....
Bad loss: Seton Hall (14-8 record)
Good win: Texas, UNC, Gonzaga, Creighton

UNC....
Bad loss: Nova (12-10 record), GT (10-12 record)
Good win: Tennessee, Oklahoma, Duke

Purdue....
Bad loss: Northwestern (15-7 record, kenpom #50, not really that bad of a loss)
Good win: Tennessee, Gonzaga, Marquette, Arizona, Alabama, Illinois, Wisconsin

Houston....
Bad loss: none
Good win: Dayton, Iowa State, BYU

Alabama....
Bad loss: Ohio State (13-9 record)
Good win: Auburn

Zona...
Bad loss: Stanford (11-10 record), Oregon State (11-11 record)
Good win: Duke, Wisconsin

Tennessee....
Bad loss: Mississippi State (14-8 record)
Good win: Wisconsin, Illinois, Alabama, Kentucky

KANSAS....
bad loss: UCF (13-8 record), WVU (8-14 record), KState (15-8 record)
Good win: Tennessee, UConn, Kentucky, Houston, Oklahoma

Auburn....
Bad loss: Appalachian State (19-4 record, but kenpom #85, worse than Kstate and UCF), Mississippi State (14-8 record)
Good win: none?