Purdue isn't nearly as good as they should be if they don't roll Northwestern today.

They are HUGE!! Ethan Happ really struggles against their size, he doesn't have a jump or set shot to combat his low post moves.

Between 1985 and 1999ish I don't think there was anyone in the USA who followed CBB closer than me other than people getting paid to do it. It was my favorite sport by far. Used to get Basketball Times subscription every year, great newspaper. There was a time when I could've told you all of the top 100 high school prospects and where they were going to school. Used to be able to name the college that every NBA player went to.

Lost interest after my doc told me I couldn't play hoops anymore. Just got back into it and am really enjoying it again. Love the parity that has resulted from all the one and dones. Sure it would be great to see these guys play out a few years, but I don't really mind it as it makes every season exciting in that you don't really know who is gonna be good.

This season has been great. Great games just about every day or every other day, lots of exciting finishes, lots of upsets.

ON top of that , its the best DVR sport. With creative fast forwarding (skipping all free throws, fast forwarding through whistles until shot clock is at 10) you can knock out a CBB game in 15-20 minutes.

They are HUGE!! Ethan Happ really struggles against their size, he doesn't have a jump or set shot to combat his low post moves.

Probably the weakest Kansas team in recent memory. The B12 is deep with solid teams but no really good team. Would not want to play West Va in the tournament though.

Unfortunately I missed the game as I set my DVR for it before I went out of town and then the game got switched to a different channel and I ended up with Purdue vs MSU instead


But, I wouldn't put too much stock in this game. WVU might be the toughest road game on anyone's schedule, but they are often a totally diifferent team when they get on a neutral court. I fell for WVU last year so going to be more careful this year. That said, they are a better offensive team than last year so that should help.

As for Kansas, they are far from the weakest Kansas team in recent memory. They might have the best backcourt in the NCAA, plus one of the best frosh in Jackson up front. They do lack some inside presence which could hurt, but I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss a team with that level of guard play.

Today's epic Kansas vs Kentucky game is going to be amazing assumiung that Fox is healthy and playing.

Big game tonight, West Virginia at Kansas. Louisville @ Syracuse and Baylor at Texas Tech shouldn't be ignored either, home team could surprise in either of those.


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Amazing night of CBB as advertised in this spot. Hope you guys checked out the undercard cause both of those games were great. Baylor got upset at Texas Tech and Louisville needed OT to beat Syracuse.

The finish to the Kansas game was unbelievable. Pretty amazing that West Virginia can't handle a full court press considering that's all they do. My guy Josh Jackson is a stud, but it was the Kansas guards who did most of the damage.

I learned my lesson on WVA last year and wasn't going to ride them in the bracket anyway, but last night sealed the deal for me.

Big game tonight, West Virginia at Kansas. Louisville @ Syracuse and Baylor at Texas Tech shouldn't be ignored either, home team could surprise in either of those.


This Gonzaga team is going to ruin a lot of brackets one way or the other. There's really no way to say how they measure up vs the other elite teams out there. They look the part, but they're doing it vs chumps. But, at least they are blowing all those chumps out of the building. They did beat Arizona early in the season, but that was while Alonzo Trier was suspended. Zona didn't start playing well till he came back.

I recorded about 20 games when i was out of town and watched them all in 2 days. Oregon vs UCLA was a helluva game, Lonzo is the man at UCLA even if he may not be the man in his own family. Last week his youngest brother, Lamelo, a sophmore put up 92 in a high school game. He's verbally committed to UCLA. The middle brother is supposed to be the worst of the group and he'll be at UCLA next season.

Another weekend, another come from behind win vs a top 10 opponent for Kansas. Frank Mason probably cemented NPOY award.


Northwestern limping to the finish, barely beat Rutgers the other night. One more win and they should be in if they aren't in already.

Here is my new segment, buy/sell for how teams will do in the NCAA tournament...


Big10: Buying stock = Purdue, Selling Stock = Northwestern
ACC: Buying stock = tobacco road, Selling stock = Virginia
Big 12: Buying = Texas Tech, Selling - West Virginia

Brick, is Purdue good enough to make a final four run this year?

I'll field this one......no.


But, that said, they do have the best big man in the country in a season where good big men are few and far between. But, Swanegan has feasted on bad teams in the big10 and his stats vs good teams are lower than his normal averages so it remains to be seen how he will do in the tourney once the comp picks up.

I would say sweet 16 is a realistic goal and maybe even the elite 8 if they get a good matchup, but that might be pushing it.