Pac12 > B1G ?

[jonesy5960]

No, Iowa has only won a second round game 7 times so far- 55,56,80,83,87,88,99

You are correct. The 1970 team was in the sweet sixteen but did not win a second round game.

 

[jonesy5960]

In the lone Pac 12-Big 10 matchup of the tournament, MSU (9-11 in the Big 10) blew a sizeable lead to UCLA (13-6 in the Pac 12) and generally looked like the better team for most of the game. That said, the Pac 12 has won every other tournament game by double digits which is pretty impressive.

We beat a similarly ranked Oregon team 2 years ago, and we are much better now. Additionally, Oregon's leading scorer is a transfer from Rutgers who led the Scarlet Knights to a 14-17 (7-13) record two years ago.

It's unwise to make any conclusions from small sample sizes. This is a good Oregon team and I wouldn't be shocked if they pull an upset, but Iowa is rightfully favored.

I don't have the actual numbers but I'm pretty sure OSU, Illinois, and Purdue were double digit favorites and we saw what happened there so.... Don't get me wrong, I hope Iowa wins and I expect that they have a great shot, but this game looks like a toss up in my opinion with nothing to indicate a decided advantage by either team.

 

[Ronman]

I’m hoping we can keep it within 20 tomorrow.

I don't care how badly we stomp them. Beating them by 30 would certainly make a statement.

 

[IllQChawk]

I don't have the actual numbers but I'm pretty sure OSU, Illinois, and Purdue were double digit favorites and we saw what happened there so.... Don't get me wrong, I hope Iowa wins and I expect that they have a great shot, but this game looks like a toss up in my opinion with nothing to indicate a decided advantage by either team.

It very well might not guarantee a win today but I'd rather have the 2 time consensus All-American center playing for Iowa then having to deal with him playing for Oregon, don't you agree?

 

[JupiterHawk]

I think this is nonsense. These are a bunch of 20 somethings and most of them played a total of 3 games over the past 2 weeks before losing. Every team plays roughly the same amount of games.

It's not the number of games, but the style of play and what refs allow.

 

[BBHawk]

The B1G looked tight if anything. Teams that shot it well the rest of the year couldn't make the critical shots when needed. All of the losses were either in overtime or lost in the last minute of play, so I think they just choked on expectations.

 

[Fsanford]

Is Decourcy right?

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Kenny Smith had a good point, if given a choice of really good bigs or reallly good guards he would take the latter if simply because of the amount of time the guard has the ball.
Maybe the article should be more about how many dominant point guards are their in the Big 10. A guard who time and time again can breakdown the opponents D. And even then it does not always work

But if you look at Houston/Rutgers, the reason Rutgers hung around is because Houston's point guard was playing on 1 leg. And when drug himself back into the game Houston goes on the run at the end.

(Rutgers coaching also contributed to this, hold the ball til 10 seconds left every possesion last 4 minutes and then run your offense, just foolish)

Not sure if its fatigue or style of play that is the problem.

 

[jonesy5960]

It very well might not guarantee a win today but I'd rather have the 2 time consensus All-American center playing for Iowa then having to deal with him playing for Oregon, don't you agree?

Sure but basketball is all about matchups and in a game of matchups anything can and will happen.

 

[QChawks]

I’m jealous of their league

 

[ROCKY MOUNTAIN HAWK]

I’m very worried now about the game. The PAC12 is for real.

I had VCU beating Oregon so I wish they would’ve played.

I think Oregon’s guards will lock up our shooters & they’ll keep Garza in check enough that he won’t be able to win this game by himself.

I hope I’m wrong.

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