#1 Indiana loses

[CTPride]

On worlds easiest buzzer beater.

 

[dsturdy5]

Shocked at how easily he got free breaking to the hoop.

Strategy question: On a play like that with 0.9 left under your defensive hoop, would you take the defender off of the ball and basically play goalie? Obviously tonight, you'd say yes but in general? If you have an Emeka/Thabeet I'd probably do it.

 

[alexd]

crazy game....11-1 run by Illinois to win it....still weird to hear Joe Tessitore doing hoops. Seems like just days ago he was doing the sports at WFSB...

 

[tcf15]

Crazy

 

[Gurleyman]

Shocked at how easily he got free breaking to the hoop.

Strategy question: On a play like that with 0.9 left under your defensive hoop, would you take the defender off of the ball and basically play goalie? Obviously tonight, you'd say yes but in general? If you have an Emeka/Thabeet I'd probably do it.

Yeah but not with much more than that, to make sure you don't give up the pass back to the inbounder. I also think that the guy guarding the inbounds pass has to actually accomplish something. The Indiana guy did essentially two jumping jacks and then stood there with his hands down. If you are going to do that, might as well just play 5 on 4. I suppose there's a chance the Illinois inbounder could have hit him in the head with the pass, so he wasn't totally useless.

 

[Gurleyman]

Yeah but not with much more than that, to make sure you don't give up the pass back to the inbounder. I also think that the guy guarding the inbounds pass has to actually accomplish something. The Indiana guy did essentially two jumping jacks and then stood there with his hands down. If you are going to do that, might as well just play 5 on 4. I suppose there's a chance the Illinois inbounder could have hit him in the head with the pass, so he wasn't totally useless.

Sorry - on further review he did three jumping jacks. Didn't mean to short change him a jack.

 

[kyle]

I didn't see this game but IU doesn't feed the ball to Zeller in the post nearly enough in the games I've watched.

 

[dsturdy5]

Yeah but not with much more than that, to make sure you don't give up the pass back to the inbounder. I also think that the guy guarding the inbounds pass has to actually accomplish something. The Indiana guy did essentially two jumping jacks and then stood there with his hands down. If you are going to do that, might as well just play 5 on 4. I suppose there's a chance the Illinois inbounder could have hit him in the head with the pass, so he wasn't totally useless.

Right, with under a second there is not time to pass the ball for a shot, that is why I consider not playing the ball. At least with a player near the rim you make them think about throwing it outside and drastically reducing the chances of a clean catch and shoot.

 

[phillionaire]

it was like they were playing man down

 

[Dann]

just saw the end of the ucla game on sc. lol at them pointing out shabazz. talk about ego issues.

 

[Jerry1714]

just saw the end of the ucla game on sc. lol at them pointing out shabazz. talk about ego issues.

To be honest I am surprised how little press Shabazz has gotten this year. He is having a great year for a freshmen, I think he leads the nation in scoring among freshmen and shooting 46% doing it.

Him and Bennett have to be the leaders for Freshmen of the Year?

 

[dsturdy5]

just saw the end of the ucla game on sc. lol at them pointing out shabazz. talk about ego issues.

On behalf of Shabazz or ESPN? I can't tell...

 

[Dann]

To be honest I am surprised how little press Shabazz has gotten this year. He is having a great year for a freshmen, I think he leads the nation in scoring among freshmen and shooting 46% doing it.

Him and Bennett have to be the leaders for Freshmen of the Year?

-he plays at ucla(west coast) so his game hl's are always late night
-hes a real typical premadona punk
-for his game, the truth is hes 2 or 3 inches short and he will have a tuff time in the nba just like anyone with duke on there diplomas. he wont become a astar but he will be ok. so ppl are real confused right now where to draft him and how to use him. his value is a big ?

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

-he plays at ucla(west coast) so his game hl's are always late night
-hes a real typical premadona punk
-for his game, the truth is hes 2 or 3 inches short and he will have a tuff time in the nba just like anyone with duke on there diplomas. he wont become a astar but he will be ok. so ppl are real confused right now where to draft him and how to use him. his value is a big ?

All that being said, he's still a consensus top 5 pick.

 

[Dann]

All that being said, he's still a consensus top 5 pick.

whats your point? i didn't say he wasn't...