2022 Big Ten Tourney Thread

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2022-03-09, 18:43

Nebraska may be hottest team in the league? Rolling right now early.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2022-03-09, 21:05

And Nebraska blows a 15 point lead with 15 minutes left

by **tGreenWay** 2022-03-09, 21:25

Sure glad our Spartans never blow a big lead.

by **DWags** 2022-03-09, 22:45

Minnesota played five guys until there were 3:40 left in the game. They were a 14 seed with a snowballs chance in hell to advance. Their coach came to my dark side and said screw it, I’m going down swinging. Best five played.

I like the crease in that man’s pants.

by **duffy munn** 2022-03-09, 22:58

DWags wrote:Minnesota played five guys until there were 3:40 left in the game. They were a 14 seed with a snowballs chance in hell to advance. Their coach came to my dark side and said screw it, I’m going down swinging. Best five played.

I like the crease in that man’s pants.

They ran out of gas and lost Dwags. To Penn St

by **DWags** 2022-03-09, 23:28

duffy munn wrote:
DWags wrote:Minnesota played five guys until there were 3:40 left in the game. They were a 14 seed with a snowballs chance in hell to advance. Their coach came to my dark side and said screw it, I’m going down swinging. Best five played.

I like the crease in that man’s pants.

They ran out of gas and lost Dwags. To Penn St

Look, I was a JV basketball coach for 3 games. I know what I’m talking about. My philosophy in a do or die contest would be: I’ll take my best player at 80% then a guy off the bench who is only 70% of that player. Now I don’t know if my math is correct, but unless any of you coached more games at a higher level than me you’re just going to have to acquiesce to my line of thinking.

(Honestly playing only five isnt my point Duffy. It’s when I see Hoggard make a steal then layup disrupt a pass then make another shot and get an assist in between there and there is a stoppage and he comes out is what confuses me. Sometimes it seems we have one or two guys just tearing it up, no mistakes, all pluses. Then it’s like some arbitrary clock goes off and they get subbed out. That’s what makes my bunions hurt)

by **NigelUno** 2022-03-10, 08:00

DWags wrote:
duffy munn wrote:

They ran out of gas and lost Dwags. To Penn St

Look, I was a JV basketball coach for 3 games. I know what I’m talking about. My philosophy in a do or die contest would be: I’ll take my best player at 80% then a guy off the bench who is only 70% of that player. Now I don’t know if my math is correct, but unless any of you coached more games at a higher level than me you’re just going to have to acquiesce to my line of thinking.

(Honestly playing only five isnt my point Duffy. It’s when I see Hoggard make a steal then layup disrupt a pass then make another shot and get an assist in between there and there is a stoppage and he comes out is what confuses me. Sometimes it seems we have one or two guys just tearing it up, no mistakes, all pluses. Then it’s like some arbitrary clock goes off and they get subbed out. That’s what makes my bunions hurt)

And that's why you made the JV Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2022-03-10, 11:14

tuning in from the comfort of my couch.. some 'experts' have Indiana as one of the last four in (Decourcy maybe?), others have them firmly out. Either way, a win this morning would be good for them.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2022-03-10, 11:23

UM -2.5

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2022-03-10, 11:36

Juwan Howard hasn't assaulted anyone yet.

by **duffy munn** 2022-03-10, 11:37

Robert J Sakimano wrote:Juwan Howard hasn't assaulted anyone yet.

But he was warming up his slapping hand pregame

by **DWags** 2022-03-10, 11:42

Was wondering if he got boo'ed at introductions.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2022-03-10, 12:23

DWags wrote:Was wondering if he got boo'ed at introductions.

it was pretty audible.

by **NigelUno** 2022-03-10, 12:28

Pretty cool the refs let UM play 14 minutes without calling a foul on them.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2022-03-10, 13:11

UM was up 17, Indiana has cut it to 8.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2022-03-10, 13:19

IU on a 15-2 run.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2022-03-10, 13:24

Choke

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2022-03-10, 13:29

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Choke

IU on a 24-4 run now.

they have the momentum, the crowd is obviously behind them. Hopefully they can hang on.

by **NigelUno** 2022-03-10, 13:32

by **NigelUno** 2022-03-10, 13:33

Elbow to the head.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2022-03-10, 13:46

by **NigelUno** 2022-03-10, 14:05

Gotta give Fife credit.

by **DWags** 2022-03-10, 14:08

I just don’t think Howard is a good in game coach. But what do I know.

by **NigelUno** 2022-03-10, 14:18

DWags wrote:I just don’t think Howard is a good in game coach. But what do I know.

Not that it cost them the game, but wasted their last time out.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2022-03-10, 14:41

I’m just glad everyone made it off the court safely

by **kingstonlake** 2022-03-10, 14:51

Welcome back coach!

by **tGreenWay** 2022-03-10, 14:58

Hate to see it.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2022-03-10, 16:22

kid from Iowa fires up a three (and hits it) with less than 20 seconds to go, up 30 or so.

McCaffery was pissed. To Chris Collins's credit, in the handshake line, he grabbed (grabbed!) McCaffery's hand graciously, you could see him being like "dude, it's okay".. McCaffery was still pissed.

also, credit to Collins for not punching anyone.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2022-03-10, 16:41

so does MSU beat maryland? think we need a nordic game thread

by **Turtleneck** 2022-03-10, 17:21

UM should have fired him when they had the chance.

by **kingstonlake** 2022-03-10, 17:22

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:so does MSU beat maryland? think we need a nordic game thread

Hard pass. Betting wise anyway.

by **Heat Miser** 2022-03-10, 17:32

DWags wrote:
duffy munn wrote:
DWags wrote:Minnesota played five guys until there were 3:40 left in the game. They were a 14 seed with a snowballs chance in hell to advance. Their coach came to my dark side and said screw it, I’m going down swinging. Best five played.

I like the crease in that man’s pants.

They ran out of gas and lost Dwags. To Penn St

Look, I was a JV basketball coach for 3 games. I know what I’m talking about. My philosophy in a do or die contest would be: I’ll take my best player at 80% then a guy off the bench who is only 70% of that player. Now I don’t know if my math is correct, but unless any of you coached more games at a higher level than me you’re just going to have to acquiesce to my line of thinking.

(Honestly playing only five isnt my point Duffy. It’s when I see Hoggard make a steal then layup disrupt a pass then make another shot and get an assist in between there and there is a stoppage and he comes out is what confuses me. Sometimes it seems we have one or two guys just tearing it up, no mistakes, all pluses. Then it’s like some arbitrary clock goes off and they get subbed out. That’s what makes my bunions hurt)

I suck at BBall. So at MSU I'd put on a jacket and tie, roll up a magazine & "coach" intramural games. Yell at the refs, stomp around, & generally be a distraction. Does that count as higher level than JV?

by **DWags** 2022-03-10, 17:58

Heat Miser wrote:
DWags wrote:

Look, I was a JV basketball coach for 3 games. I know what I’m talking about. My philosophy in a do or die contest would be: I’ll take my best player at 80% then a guy off the bench who is only 70% of that player. Now I don’t know if my math is correct, but unless any of you coached more games at a higher level than me you’re just going to have to acquiesce to my line of thinking.

(Honestly playing only five isnt my point Duffy. It’s when I see Hoggard make a steal then layup disrupt a pass then make another shot and get an assist in between there and there is a stoppage and he comes out is what confuses me. Sometimes it seems we have one or two guys just tearing it up, no mistakes, all pluses. Then it’s like some arbitrary clock goes off and they get subbed out. That’s what makes my bunions hurt)

I suck at BBall. So at MSU I'd put on a jacket and tie, roll up a magazine & "coach" intramural games. Yell at the refs, stomp around, & generally be a distraction. Does that count as higher level than JV?

I’m pretty sure it does. Especially the rolled up program part.

by AvgMSUJoe 2022-03-10, 18:05

I coached a regional travel 6th grade team... I volunteered for the B team (my kid wasn't happy)... we got to the finals for the year end tourney.

Wife didn't let me do a year 2 cause of the swearing.

by **NigelUno** 2022-03-10, 18:07

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:Nebraska may be hottest team in the league? Rolling right now early.

Iowa

by AvgMSUJoe 2022-03-10, 18:09

So, will there be a single tourney thread or a new thread each game?
I am assuming multiple games.

by **duffy munn** 2022-03-10, 18:27

AvgMSUJoe wrote:I coached a regional travel 6th grade team... I volunteered for the B team (my kid wasn't happy)... we got to the finals for the year end tourney.

Wife didn't let me do a year 2 cause of the swearing.

I coached both of my boys from 3rd grade until they went to high school. Big fun and memorable stories.

Had a kid in 5th grade who had 66 rebounds in one game. 50 of them were on his own misses from really close range. He finished with 4 points.

Had a kid tell me in an early saturday morning pregame huddle that "I smelled like his Dad". Yes, I was out late friday night.

Also coached some talented players. 3 played on a state championship team at Lansing Catholic

by **kingstonlake** 2022-03-10, 18:38

Fuck it

Spartans ML

by **kingstonlake** 2022-03-10, 18:49

Well here's the five minutes cluster fuck offense turnover fest.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2022-03-10, 18:59

kingstonlake wrote:Fuck it

Spartans ML

-2.5

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