2021-22 Games of Interest Thread

[BrockLesnar]

You just confirmed why I hate salads. (kidding)

Way too watered down in my opinion. Three weekends in March hold the collective attention of the sports world. Anything more than that, and the tournament loses it's appeal.

Yeah, it would be a chore to seed all the teams. I like watching the Master's, College baseball, MLB etc. The short answer is to handle your business from the start to become an at-large.

[orangetennis]

Winning in the road in the Valley isn't the challenge that it used to be. 56% home winning percentage this year, 55% last year. Before that [and since 2002], the home winning percentage has been anywhere from 60% to 72%.

The lack of fans in the last 2 years would be the obvious explanation.

The double headers last year had a lot to do with the home teams winning percentage falling

[not a drake fan]

Drake up 2 on the Bears, 2:16 left.

[OnMcleod9]

Drake lost at home to MSU tonight.

[OnMcleod9]

Bradley leading Loyola by 3 with 6:30 left

[BCPanther]

I hate Brian Wardle with every fiber of my being but man we need him to finish this.

[ronfitch]

And Bradley takes down Loyola, 68-61.

[CyCarp]

Down they go. Big game on Sunday. If we can go into Chicago and steal one, good golly...

[sevelev711]

I'd agree on the A 10. It really helps our numbers to keep playing h-h with A10 teams. Creighton is coached by an alum. Yet, we can't get a game.

I really, really don't get this take. I don't want to see Creighton ever again. At least, their men's basketball program. It is not hyperbole to say that they're one of the big reasons that we're on the path of ruination that will ultimately lead to the school being shutdown within a few decades. I don't think it's possible to understate how good those teams would've been, not just to the basketball program, but for the school overall. Multiple 3 top-25 teams in a row, at least, and we know that the Tuttle year ended with us at #11, and who knows what kind of success we would've had in the tournament. You can't buy that publicity. Why would you want to play them again? Might as well as lament that Iowa State doesn't want to play Minnesota in football (and yes I know that the reasons are nowhere near equal, what Minnesota did is much much worse, that doesn't even need to be said, I was just making a comparison).

[BCPanther]

Sunday is our biggest regular season game in a long while.

Win and we're a game clear of everybody in the loss column and Drake has to go to Bradley Saturday.

[sevelev711]

Also lmao we're in first place. How'd that happen?

[BCPanther]

I really, really don't get this take. I don't want to see Creighton ever again. At least, their men's basketball program. It is not hyperbole to say that they're one of the big reasons that we're on the path of ruination that will ultimately lead to the school being shutdown within a few decades. I don't think it's possible to understate how good those teams would've been, not just to the basketball program, but for the school overall. Multiple 3 top-25 teams in a row, at least, and we know that the Tuttle year ended with us at #11, and who knows what kind of success we would've had in the tournament. You can't buy that publicity. Why would you want to play them again? Might as well as lament that Iowa State doesn't want to play Minnesota in football (and yes I know that the reasons are nowhere near equal, what Minnesota did is much much worse, that doesn't even need to be said, I was just making a comparison).

I'll go to my grave with the fact that if Dougie follows through and comes here, we're currently in the Mountain West. The Dome gets done and expanded. The McLeod Center gets expanded. We never have David Harris.

That one thing affected the University to it's core and it was nice of one of our 'great guy' alums and his 'friend hat' that did it.

[achrist70]

Creighton wouldn’t have left the Valley, Loyola wouldn’t have been invited and wouldn’t have a final four appearance. Let’s kick their ass 3 times in the next month.

[sevelev711]

I'll go to my grave with the fact that if Dougie follows through and comes here, we're currently in the Mountain West. The Dome gets done and expanded. The McLeod Center gets expanded. We never have David Harris.

That one thing affected the University to it's core and it was nice of one of our 'great guy' alums and his 'friend hat' that did it.

100% agree. That's why I can't fathom the idea of wanting to schedule a game with them. "But he's an alumni!" Yeah, and he used that to screw us over. The only time I want to face Creighton is in the Final Four of the NCAA tournament, and the only way I want that game to end is us winning by 80, and throwing down windmill dunks for the last three minutes, up to and after time expires. And then in the handshake line, I want Jacobson to reach out his hand for the handshake, only to pull it back at the last second and slick back his hair. Maybe give a d-generation x crotch chop at the Creighton fans that made the trip. McDermott slips and falls and then the entire team does the Allen Iverson-Ty Lue stepover.

That is the only condition I want to see Creighton ever again.

[BCPanther]

100% agree. That's why I can't fathom the idea of wanting to schedule a game with them. "But he's an alumni!" Yeah, and he used that to screw us over. The only time I want to face Creighton is in the Final Four of the NCAA tournament, and the only way I want that game to end is us winning by 80, and throwing down windmill dunks for the last three minutes, up to and after time expires. And then in the handshake line, I want Jacobson to reach out his hand for the handshake, only to pull it back at the last second and slick back his hair. Maybe give a d-generation x crotch chop at the Creighton fans that made the trip. McDermott slips and falls and then the entire team does the Allen Iverson-Ty Lue stepover.

That is the only condition I want to see Creighton ever again.

I mean, I'm in but Creighton can't get to the second weekend let alone the third.