**2022–23 College Basketball**

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5 games in to the 2023 BTT, and all 5 won by the lower seed so far.


If the Hawks hadn't been one of the victims of that fact, I'd be enjoying the living hell out of this.
 

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Cliff Alexander averages 24 ppg playing for Sagesse (Beruit) in the Lebanese Basketball League
 

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the Lebanese league is the bomb
He hasn't had anywhere close to numbers like that anywhere else. For his recruiting ranking, Cliff was a huge bust.

Those daily ATM withdrawal caps in Beruit probably fuck with a man's pimp game
 

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North Carolina likely going to the NIT due to a 1-8 Quad 1 record.

Illinois is likely to have the worst Quad 1 record of any at large team at 2-10
 

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Really hard to know how the bubble is going to shake out. A lot of those teams had a bad day today.

I was saying "knockout game" for teams the last couple days, now I'm not so sure.

Wisconsin or Michigan making it in would really surprise me, but it all depends on what is valued by the selection committee
 

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Rutgers beating Purdue tomorrow would not surprise me.

Only a 5 point dog, favourable matchups, more experienced
 

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Due to family circumstances I have 3 college basketball teams: Iowa, Marquette (2 siblings are grads and I live in Milwaukee) and Arizona State (Wife alma mater). All 3 teams are fun as hell to watch but so fucking stupid. The finishes to all 3 games today were infuriating. ASU takes the cake tho. It doesn’t matter the sport or the coach, ASU is so undisciplined but talented. It isn’t possible to happen but you couldn’t set the line high enough for a potential 7-10 Iowa ASU matchup or Iowa/ASU vs Marquette 2nd round matchup.
 

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Michigan went 14 minutes without a made FG in the 2nd half today. 15:01 to 1:00.

A team full of top 50 recruits. I'm not sure I've ever even heard of that level of offensive shittiness
 

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Remember when Illinois was nearly a consensus pick to win the Big Ten this year?

Is Hummel the best colour commentator in all of sports right now?
 

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Lunardi bumped us up to a 7 tonight after our loss.

Not sure what he's doing. There's just no way we are a 7 with our NET and record. 8-10 seed with 9 or 10 most likely.

An 11 is more likely than a 7
 

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The "Big 12 sucks" commentary is premature and completely dependent on how the tournament will be called this year.

If it's a rape fest like last year, the Big 12 will absolutely be the best league in the tournament. It's the most physical and "athletic" conference in the country.

That said, this NCAA tournament will be completely wide open. Kansas looks like the best team, but their coach just had a grabber, Dick has been super inconsistent, and they lack athleticism

Who the fuck knows
 
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Michigan went 14 minutes without a made FG in the 2nd half today. 15:01 to 1:00.

A team full of top 50 recruits. I'm not sure I've ever even heard of that level of offensive shittiness
A premier big man and two NBA wings. That shouldn’t be possible.
 
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The "Big 12 sucks" commentary is premature and completely dependent on how the tournament will be called this year.

If it's a rape fest like last year, the Big 12 will absolutely be the best league in the tournament. It's the most physical and "athletic" conference in the country.

That said, this NCAA tournament will be completely wide open. Kansas looks like the best team, but their coach just had a grabber, Dick has been super inconsistent, and they lack athleticism

Who the fuck knows
The Big 12 is garbage.
 

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Lunardi bumped us up to a 7 tonight after our loss.

Not sure what he's doing. There's just no way we are a 7 with our NET and record. 8-10 seed with 9 or 10 most likely.

An 11 is more likely than a 7
If the Hawks aren't a 7, and if it didn't mean an opening round game in Dayton, I would take an 11 seed for Iowa in a heartbeat!

Would have to take on a 6, which is basically nearly a 7 in a year like this, and then - if survive - get a 3 (or 14) vs a 1 or 2 in the second round.
 

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Lunardi bumped us up to a 7 tonight after our loss.

Not sure what he's doing. There's just no way we are a 7 with our NET and record. 8-10 seed with 9 or 10 most likely.

An 11 is more likely than a 7
two comments here:

1. There are an incredible amount of terrible teams in college basketball.

2. One of the funky things about the NET system is that losing can help you more directly than it could under the RPI
 

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Iowa is not getting a fucking 11. Jesus.
 

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For being a freshman who was a fairly low end recruit with a mostly mid major offer list, Derek Simpson for Rutgers is pretty fuckin good.

We held hands with him but didn't offer
 
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Bardo refuses to say anything about any call. He was adamant there was no flagrant/tech then went silent after they called a tech.
 

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Maybe we didn't play that poorly yesterday afterall...
 
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