I’m really not advocating at all for Poole to cut into MAAR or Matthews’ time going forward in any serious way. I just think it was huge for a talented shooter like him to hit his first three of the tournament in a moment when we really needed it. If his confidence was down in any way…that shot could have been the spark he needed.
I’ll just be curious to see if this is really a “who does JB trust” thing or if it was a weird combination of the foul trouble early plus long breaks in the game. He claimed it was just because the defense was clicking…if so that’s totally fair. But if Teske and Poole are all but eliminated from the rotation for the whole postseason barring foul trouble, I think that would really take something away from this team.
Where in the past few years, I was all for “Donnal and Simpson should sit so Walton and Wagner can each play 40”. I don’t feel that way this season.
I’m a huge Poole believer, but it was a pretty understandable decision in a game Michigan was controlling with defense and Matthews was playing so well. He still played 8 minutes and got up a couple shots, and I think he’ll be fine.
Looks like the Big Ten might go 4 for 4. Not unexpected with high seeds but looking good. Anyone seeing any upset potential with Bucknell? Dylan has made some good points about taking MSU today, such as relying on interior 2 point scoring. I guess if I’m MSU I’m a little worried about Bucknell’s ability to take away the 3 and clean up the boards, then move quickly into offensive position. Maybe get a couple fouls on Jackson Jr., whose foul prone, and who knows.
On the other hand, you have got to get those calls right in a tournament game, especially when TV is showing replays to viewers at home and the scoreboard is showing it to fans in the arena. You sure don’t want the officials to be the only ones getting it wrong.
If only there were some way that–call me crazy–coaches could pick and choose which players they would like on their team…
“The millennials today, they don’t even watch college basketball,’’ the 50-year-old coach told reporters afterwards, via USA Today. “A lot of our guys didn’t even know who those cats [Texas Tech players] were because they don’t watch the game. They’re on their phone and doing that kind of stuff.
“I hate to say it, but as much as you or I or anybody in here watches the games, they don’t. Or the NBA. They might watch the slam-dunk contest in February on TNT or whatever, but that’s about the extent of it.”
DETROIT - Purdue head coach Matt Painter has announced that senior center Isaac Haas will miss the remainder of the NCAA Tournament with a fractured right elbow suffered in Purdue’s 74-48 first-round win over Cal State Fullerton.
Haas fell on the elbow midway through the second half while battling for a rebound. He would remain in the game but X-rays revealed after the contest a fracture in his elbow that will require surgery.
Haas is a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award given to the nation’s top center. He finishes the season averaging 14.7 points and 5.7 rebounds per game. He finished with nine points and 10 rebounds in Purdue’s win over the Titans on Thursday.
Purdue will play the winner of Arkansas and Butler in Sunday’s second round.
Well I guess we’ll get an early look at what Haarms will do as a featured five. Wonder if Painter will go Small a lot and try V Edwards and Nojel at the 5 with 4 shooters around them
Those freakin’ millennials! They’re ruining college basketball! Those Gen Xers are always complaining about the younger generation! We Baby Boomers LOVE millennials! One more reason to love Coach B. A Baby Boomer who is always classy, gives credit to the opponent, and NEVER blames Millennials!
I was so excited for the possibility of Bamba on our team. But every single game I’ve watched him play, he seemed inexistant in the ball game. Don’t know if it was such a big loss looking back now
Those Gen Xers are always complaining about the younger generation! We Baby Boomers LOVE millennials! One more reason to love Coach B. A Baby Boomer who is always classy, gives credit to the opponent, and NEVER blames Millennials! 