2024-25 College Basketball Thread

[swingline]

I haven watched them a lot, but how was that Smith the Big Ten player of the year? His assist to turnover ratio has been like 1:1 every time I've seen him.

 

[BTExpress]

Purdue's looks like something from the 1950s. I think it's the arc of the letters that's far more extreme than it needs to be.

 

[I Should Coco]

In case you missed it the previous 20 times it was mentioned, Purdue is about 65 miles from Indianapolis.

 

[micropolitan guy]

And the 6-0 run at the end of the first half sends Arizona into the fetal position.

28th straight year with the champion coming from the Central or Eastern time zones.

Sorry Zona, Oregon, UCLA.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Purdue and Houston are playing in the Evil Irsay Dome in Indy. I expected a raucous atmosphere in favor of the Boilers. It sounds relatively dispassionate.

 

[I Should Coco]

Boilers mounting one heck of a comeback. A corner 3 ties it with 33 seconds left.

BTW, Braden Smith has 15 assists for Purdue.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Purdue forces one 3FGA after another in search of the tying points. But they get enough rebounds to keep trying. And finally, the most forced and least probable of the bunch -- heavily defended at the expiration of the shot clock -- goes in and it's 60-60.

 

[tapintoamerica]

Boilers mounting one heck of a comeback. A corner 3 ties it with 33 seconds left.

BTW, Braden Smith has 15 assists for Purdue.

Amazing. He has 15 of his team's 20 assists. And his team has been credited with an assist on 20 of its 21 field goals.

 

[I Should Coco]

Cougars get the easy layup off great execution of an inbounds play.

Purdue needs a miracle now.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Four SEC, two Big 12, one Big Ten and one ACC left

 

[tapintoamerica]

Purdue was so concerned about the lob to the rim that it failed to account for the guy who was standing about seven feet from the basket when he threw the ball in bounds.

 

[tapintoamerica]

I don't think I have ever seen an in-bounds passer unguarded on the pass thrown so close to the bucket. Amazing oversight by the Boilermakers, who played a tremendous game overall.