MVC v. B10

[MacabreMob]

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RESULTS:

11/23
Bradley 67-56 vsIowa (SP Island Classic)
IU 70-57 @ ISU

UPCOMING MATCHUPS:

12/1
Indy St @ Purdue
SIU vs IU

12/4
BU vs Michigan St

12/5
UNI vs Iowa

12/14
Drake @ Iowa

12/23
Mo St vs Purdue*

* potential matchup in Las Vegas Classic

[bert notorius]

Any B10 team that loses to the Valley should immediately have its membership revoked!


I see IU going down in Carbondale.

[J Money]

Any B10 team that loses to the Valley should immediately have its membership revoked!

That is one of the dumbest things I have heard in awhile. The Valley has proven in the last few years that it is one of the premier basketball conferences in the country. There is no shame in a Big 10 team losing to a top-tier Valley team.

[BradleyBrave]

Any B10 team that loses to the Valley should immediately have its membership revoked!


I see IU going down in Carbondale.

IU doesn't look to have much past Gordon. I wonder how the IU faithful will react should IU not meet expectations in Gordon's 1 season there. After all, they have basically sold their soul to try and restore basketball glory.

[Murph]

[quote=J Money;50259]

Any B10 team that loses to the Valley should immediately have its membership revoked!



That is one of the dumbest things I have heard in awhile. The Valley has proven in the last few years that it is one of the premier basketball conferences in the country. There is no shame in a Big 10 team losing to a top-tier Valley team.

Notice the winky thingy......

[IlliBraves]

IU doesn't look to have much past Gordon. I wonder how the IU faithful will react should IU not meet expectations in Gordon's 1 season there. After all, they have basically sold their soul to try and restore basketball glory.

It won't work out for them. You cannot buy a team, nor can one player make you a champion. It is my belief that a champion is built around a team of good but not great players who develop into great players over their four years. I do not like this rule the NBA has in place because I believe that it is ruining college basketball by forcing players who couldn't care less about college basketball to stay in school for a year.

[ser_solace]

It won't work out for them. You cannot buy a team, nor can one player make you a champion. It is my belief that a champion is built around a team of good but not great players who develop into great players over their four years. I do not like this rule the NBA has in place because I believe that it is ruining college basketball by forcing players who couldn't care less about college basketball to stay in school for a year.

I remember watching a NBA game with commentary from Bill Walton. He had thought it would be a good idea to maybe change the rule so that you can choose to go to the NBA straight out of high-school or if you chose to go to college you had to stay all four years. I think it was a Spurs game, and Bill was citing Tim Duncan as an example of how you could be a better basketball player by developing in college.

[Beninator]

I think that the players going to the pros out of high school or playing college ball for a year has been an equalizer between the big schools and the smaller schools.

[IlliBraves]

How so? I think it would make the field more equal by making players either play all 4 years or go pro right out of high school. Teams like us have done pretty well the past couple of years scrapping together teams of good but not great athletes who have developed into better players.

[cpacmel]

It won't work out for them. You cannot buy a team, nor can one player make you a champion. It is my belief that a champion is built around a team of good but not great players who develop into great players over their four years. I do not like this rule the NBA has in place because I believe that it is ruining college basketball by forcing players who couldn't care less about college basketball to stay in school for a year.

What about 2003 and Carmelo Anthony? They were national champs and it was mainly because of 1 player. His supporting cast was less than what Gordon has at Indiana this year.

[BUBraves06]

What about 2003 and Carmelo Anthony? They were national champs and it was mainly because of 1 player. His supporting cast was less than what Gordon has at Indiana this year.

I disagree. Hakim Warrick and Gerry McNamara were really solid. IU has some good guards and DJ White but that Syracuse team was more then just Carmelo. I know he was the superstar, but there was a lot more to that team then just Anthony.

[Rusty 54]

How so? I think it would make the field more equal by making players either play all 4 years or go pro right out of high school. Teams like us have done pretty well the past couple of years scrapping together teams of good but not great athletes who have developed into better players.

I always thought that high schoolers going right to the NBA gave mid-majors a better chance. Guys like Greg Oden and other top tier high schoolers going straight to the pros narrows the talent gap between so called "power" schools and us. We will get guys with about the same talent level regardless of if players are going pro straight out of high school, but take away a player like Kevin Durant from Texas last year and replace him with a less talented player and mid-major schools have a better chance to win more games.

[SFP]

I remember watching a NBA game with commentary from Bill Walton. He had thought it would be a good idea to maybe change the rule so that you can choose to go to the NBA straight out of high-school or if you chose to go to college you had to stay all four years. I think it was a Spurs game, and Bill was citing Tim Duncan as an example of how you could be a better basketball player by developing in college.

I've heard recently from major coaches, Coach K as one of them, saying that the NBA's ruling is hurting the college game and he would like to see a rule if a player goes to college they have to stay for two years before they can be considered for the draft.

I'm not sure how this would help the little guy since we never get a one and done but it probably would be good for the college game. This would allow the one and done go to the Pros right out of HS.

[bert notorius]

My intention is not to lessen Bradley's victory over a powerful B10 team, but Iowa this season could possibly be the worse team they have had in over 30 years. They will be lucky to win 4 more times this season.

[MacabreMob]

.... but Iowa this season could possibly be the worse team they have had in over 30 years. They will be lucky to win 4 more times this season.

Marking my calendar for March 1st (only cause I am a Schadenfreude).