The Deuce: We had a lot of guys

Week of 1/26 other games thread - assassin January 26, 2026, 18:24:54

This UCLA-OR game is hideous. And I don’t mean the floor * - biclops Today, 22:17:07
Badgers are 1-12 from inside the arc for the first half. - larue33 Today, 20:54:31
- Everything about this game is trash. - tvillini Today, 21:54:51
- I got the Badgers +190 when they were down big. Minnesota is so bad in 2nd halves - OrangeSox Today, 21:38:41
  - Wish I bet more* - OrangeSox Today, 22:05:04
- Wow Minnesota might have the worst FT shooter I’ve ever seen. - OB25 Today, 21:36:32
- What a disastrous 2nd half from Minnesota so far* - OB25 Today, 21:31:24
Wisconsin is schizophrenic * - biclops Today, 20:53:28
The Bulls just choked their ass off to the pacers.* - Toonces Today, 20:41:17
I’ll say it for a second week: USC plays some of the dumbest basketball you’ll see* - opossum jenkins Today, 20:04:26
Jayden Epps is averaging 15 ppg for 10-10 Mississippi State. - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Today, 19:57:08
- DGL is the leading scorer for UNLV at 17/game* - Cheap Seats Today, 20:24:15
  - And I sincerely hope he's happy* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Today, 21:36:42
    - I doubt this season has been any fun. So, I just hope all the checks have cleared. * - assassin Today, 21:51:55
    - Likewise* - MtHoodIllini Today, 21:47:20
  - We had a lot of guys - jdl Today, 20:31:03
Muss not happy with the Carver Hawkeye Arena officiating - jdl Today, 18:48:05
- Maybe he should tell his guys to stop handing the ball to Iowa. * - larue33 Today, 19:18:43
completely missed til just now that vandy blasted UK. they stink* - John Coctostan Today, 12:01:50
- They are crazy athletic and deadly in transition. The only thing worse than their shooting - voiceofreason Today, 13:29:14
- to be fair, that did snap a five game run they went on* - assassin Today, 12:57:44
  - Gonzaga has lost one game all season, and it was by 40* - Sounder Today, 13:01:07
    - I know absolutely nothing about them this year* - illini21 Today, 13:04:50
      - They beat a bunch of high major teams but almost all haven’t turned out as good as expected - OB25 Today, 13:08:19
        
        man, they have 9 guys averaging over 20 mpg? - assassin Today, 13:10:35
        
        Just looked at their roster. Forgot about Braden Huff. - illini21 Today, 13:15:38
        
        Remembering back to some of our supposed original portal targets last year… - OB25 Today, 13:24:17
        
        Great point - Blazer Today, 19:00:19
        
        His fourth team, wow* - Sounder Today, 13:18:47
- Pope was such a bad hire* - illini21 Today, 12:19:25
Top 20 colleges STD rates - Sounder Yesterday, 23:37:16
- And people thought we couldn’t get a 1 seed.* - voiceofreason Today, 11:32:09
  - ASU feels pretty unbeatable TBF* - Sounder Today, 13:00:39
- This could also be that McKinley diagnoses everything as an STD.* - SurfTheBoneyard Today, 7:49:22
- Giving true meaning to the I-L-L in Illini* - illini222 Today, 7:34:04
4th in Kenpom. * - IlliniRunner Yesterday, 23:18:47
Remember when it was 2016 and John Groce was our coach and we had TNT and were 125th in Kenpom?* - biclops Yesterday, 22:18:34
- coffee is for closers.* - Ari Gold Today, 13:02:04
- I was thinking the other day it's just about 20 years since this place was really formed - jdl Today, 12:40:46
- There was a time when i was actually wanting us to lose to LND - illini21 Today, 12:21:18
- I remember having a real “what am I doing with my life” moment in the Groce era. - OB25 Today, 12:15:27
  - I met him a few times, he was an insanely nice and easy to get along with person - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Today, 12:25:32
- It was not, dynamite, as I recall. * - assassin Yesterday, 23:19:47
Miami dodges another bullet - jdl Yesterday, 22:15:45
Will Purdue remain a Q1 win? Many people are wondering * - biclops Yesterday, 22:05:01
We have to destroy IU.* - Toonces Yesterday, 22:03:27
- If nothing else, this game reminded me that I will always hate IU much more* - Blazer Yesterday, 22:10:21
  - Pretty much my thought the whole time. - JFG Today, 6:27:27
  - This.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 22:23:18
Purdue fans have been in absolute hell for 8 days straight* - UIHuskie Yesterday, 22:03:07
Oh fuck off, pre-pubescent play by play guy.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 22:02:59
- How dare you sir. That’s John Fanta!* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 22:04:22
  - He sounds delicious* - opossum jenkins Today, 18:52:45
- Cannot stand Fanta. No idea how he came to be a thing* - Blazer Yesterday, 22:04:06
  - Love Fanta but he has no business being a PBP guy. Hes really really bad at it* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 22:11:49
  - He really is the worst. No one wants to hear a voice like that. Particularly his excited - voiceofreason Yesterday, 22:06:06
  - I like him but not in this role * - jdl Yesterday, 22:05:25
Dagger from the DePaul guy * - jdl Yesterday, 21:54:48
Purdue is just an absolute mess right now* - Blazer Yesterday, 21:44:39
- They needed to fill out the roster with either another knockdown shooter or an athletic 3/4 - OB25 Yesterday, 22:34:51
  - If Benter, Loyer, Cox and Mayer aren't hitting threes - Blazer Yesterday, 23:15:08
- Braden Smith is an incredible player* - GMAW Yesterday, 21:51:29
  - The passing vision is fun to watch. That last one where he shot faked into a bounce - voiceofreason Yesterday, 22:04:15
  - Honestly, it’s a credit to Braden and Paint they’re as good as they are - Blazer Yesterday, 22:03:30
  - He really is, curious how it translates to the NBA* - Sounder Yesterday, 22:01:49
- It is kind of entertaining, but I’d rather IU not be in the tournament,* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 21:48:55
  - And don’t want to cheapen our win, either* - Blazer Yesterday, 21:52:35
- Also. #5 on IU looks like a cross of Rob Schneider and Miles Teller* - Blazer Yesterday, 21:46:07
Miznoz gets smacked around by Bama - jdl Yesterday, 21:43:05
Bring in a giant guy to defend the inbound who guards the inbounds like a moron. - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 21:36:59
- A core memory of the Groce era is Egwu jumping up and down repeatedly on inbounds plays* - OB25 Yesterday, 21:38:49
  - I haven't really understood our inbounds D for much of the Underwood era either, TBF. - Carl Spackler Yesterday, 21:41:43
    - see inbounds o as well.* - Ari Gold Today, 13:03:27
Interesting sitch between UMass and Miami U. - tvillini Yesterday, 20:56:51
Did we break Purdue?* - biclops Yesterday, 20:54:55
- Yes. PU drops 8 spots after losing to us. How many after this carp? * - illinijohn Yesterday, 22:04:16
- They are kinda stinky * - jdl Yesterday, 21:26:22
- Robbie Hummel should have to do the second half wearing an IU cheerleaders uniform.* - Toonces Yesterday, 21:03:00
- If anything it was UCLA. Also, they looked pretty mid going into that UCLA game. - tvillini Yesterday, 20:58:43
These damn Indiana fans look so happy* - illini21 Yesterday, 20:23:47
- Anytime somebody tells me that we should be happy for them, I reminded them that these are the same - ATL Yesterday, 20:32:52
9 point margin in OT helped them but Sparty dropped 2 spots in KenPom. We are now #4* - OB25 Yesterday, 20:07:58
Why are coaches allowing teams to run offense up 3?* - Blazer Yesterday, 20:00:30
How is Nebraska getting wide open threes? what was that defense* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 20:00:04
That’s a travel on Z* - OWWDig Yesterday, 19:55:59
I’ve seen enough. We’re the best team in the conference if Boswell gets healthy* - OB25 Yesterday, 19:54:00
- I think that these two teams have scored like 40 points in the second half.* - ATL Yesterday, 19:54:23
Nebraska getting homered a bit?* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 19:50:47
- Seems like it. They are also dead tired at this point. * - Chicago1995 Yesterday, 19:54:07
- Horrendous no call on the charge there* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 19:53:22
  - They haven't gotten a single call* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 19:55:42
Stauskus sounds like a BTN+ color guy* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:49:19
Such a shame Buttgers buttgered* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:45:29
All that money on the 3 bigs and it’s just their meh guards taking every shot.* - OB25 Yesterday, 19:44:13
- Truly bizarre 16 mins of basketball from them* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 19:47:31
- Yeah, it’s glorious * - ATL Yesterday, 19:45:47
Fuck!* - Toonces Yesterday, 19:37:34
Dammit Buttgers* - OB25 Yesterday, 19:37:27
Nebraska is gonna run out of gas. They have no bench tonight. * - assassin Yesterday, 19:37:27
- Michigan’s guards keep taking terrible forced 3s though* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 19:43:50
What are you doing Pikell. Foul!* - Blazer Yesterday, 19:37:24
All the hook and holds we see and not even a peek at that?* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 19:37:23
Make your FTs, Rutgers.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 19:37:13
And that’s why they are Buttgers* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:36:51
- Oof * - jdl Yesterday, 19:37:05
You’ve gotta be fucking kidding me Buttgers* - ATL Yesterday, 19:36:23
Fears Jr is such an unlikable player* - CWR10 Yesterday, 19:35:43
- Fockerdale level dislike for him* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:37:21
rutgers in the double bonus so that should help.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:35:23
- so much for that.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:36:46
Benetti w the well timed jinx. * - assassin Yesterday, 19:34:16
You can really see what a luxury it is to have a guy like Wagler when watching NEB/UM - OB25 Yesterday, 19:33:42
Get a stop Buttgers * - jdl Yesterday, 19:32:22
- calling the blatant push off on the shooter might help too.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:33:14
lol at missing that sparty push off.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 19:31:51
- Just somewhat* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:32:23
Mentioned below, but Michigan’s crappy guards really limit them. I think they’re a better match - John Coctostan Yesterday, 19:31:42
lol the Michigan homer thinks that was close.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 19:29:21
Buttgers seems destined to blow this virtually all game lead.* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:23:21
- They've been awful down the stretch, tons of bad shots* - UIHuskie Yesterday, 19:24:21
  - And the lead is gone* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:25:28
    - I know they're bad but they appear to have no idea what to do* - UIHuskie Yesterday, 19:25:58
Gotta say I thought Michigan would throttle them.* - nash Yesterday, 19:18:12
- 15 turnovers has been an equalizer* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 19:20:46
- Counterpoint, this is scUM’s 2nd Q1A game all season * - ATL Yesterday, 19:20:22
I am dumbfounded by this Nebraska team* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 19:17:54
Wow, Jacobson.* - voiceofreason Yesterday, 19:17:19
This Michigan, Nebraska second half is the worst fucking game of basketball I’ve ever seen in my - ATL Yesterday, 19:14:19
Is Mast hurt?* - ATL Yesterday, 19:13:27
- Sick* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:13:50
  - Doesn’t stop Iowa* - ATL Yesterday, 19:21:50
Thus literally sounds like a game at Penn State or Ohio State.* - OB25 Yesterday, 19:11:27
Evraska doesn’t look like they’re going to be able to score enough the rest of the way. - OB25 Yesterday, 19:10:35
- If Sandfort's going to airball 3s they are in trouble * - jdl Yesterday, 19:14:22
  - Michigan with no FG’s in nearly 6 minutes is sure keeping them alive though* - OB25 Yesterday, 19:16:38
this is the kenpom #2 defense * - jdl Yesterday, 18:45:45
- while #1 continues to struggle at Buttgers - assassin Yesterday, 18:55:43
  - Their offense is struggling against the #158 defense * - jdl Yesterday, 19:03:11
nm* - larue33 Yesterday, 18:22:29
Sparty down 9 at the half at Rutgers* - UIHuskie Yesterday, 18:21:48
- Buttgers still up by 6 but making a lot of decisions like a 9-11 team* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 19:08:04
  - It's been a constant stream of terrible shots down the stretch* - UIHuskie Yesterday, 19:23:35
Big Ten coaches view Michigan the best job in the BT - assassin Yesterday, 12:15:38
- Indiana is waaaaaaaaay to high* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 18:37:07
- Im surprised IU is still that high* - bjl63 Yesterday, 15:36:57
I'm genuinely excited to watch scUM/Nebby* - GMAW Yesterday, 10:04:22
- Morez is going beast mode. Ugh.* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 18:33:02
- This is guard play. This game shows how much better Nebraska’s guards are* - opossum jenkins Yesterday, 18:25:22
- Fred should be runaway COY. This collection of players has no business doing what they are doing - Ron McDon Yesterday, 18:23:31
  - It's really impressive* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 18:30:23
- I hope Lawrence gets this out of his system * - Tooldresser Yesterday, 18:21:50
- High-level ball* - AintHatin Yesterday, 18:21:06
- Nebraska on pace for about 112* - assassin Yesterday, 18:19:21
- This is not a good broadcast - OB25 Yesterday, 18:09:17
  - It’s a travesty. What are we doing for a top 5 matchup. Where is Hummel?* - Blazer Yesterday, 18:24:33
    - Meanwhile, MSU/Rutgers gets Benetti/Raftery* - Blazer Yesterday, 18:50:55
      - To be fair, Nebraska-Michigan was a little watched blowout when the networks - voiceofreason Yesterday, 19:24:19
  - My feed just went out.* - Toonces Yesterday, 18:13:41
- (no subject) - OB25 Yesterday, 18:09:16
- Was shocked to see Michigan laying 11.5* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 11:25:54
  - Rumors that Mast may miss the game * - jdl Yesterday, 15:30:24
    - That puts a damper on things.* - OB25 Yesterday, 16:03:58
      - i see he didn't start, is he listed as out?* - assassin Yesterday, 18:14:34
        
        The sideline reporter was less than clear pregame* - Ron McDon Yesterday, 18:22:08
- Definitely. Would not have thought that at all in the preseason* - illinilosch Yesterday, 11:07:27
- Yep. Had to miss BYU-Zona last night. Annoying. ** - Chicago1995 Yesterday, 10:31:29
- f peacock. but yes* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 10:29:17
  - Almost all the best Cock games are also on NBCSN now, including this one. - OB25 Yesterday, 11:04:15
    - sweet, didn't know they were doing that on yttv now. that's a win* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 11:10:57
    - Good. I've got the cock but hate not being able to change channels during commericals* - illini21 Yesterday, 11:08:34
    - YTTV carries NBCSN now.* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes Yesterday, 11:07:00
  - Blurgh. Hopefully also on NBC sports network* - illini21 Yesterday, 10:49:53
  - Hate the cock but I'll deal with it to watch this game. Go Nebraska.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 10:48:44
Haven’t seen a lot of Arizona this year. They are indeed quite good* - OB25 January 26, 2026, 20:58:19
- I watched a lot of that UConn game. They're not at all phased by big time environments. - tvillini Yesterday, 9:04:09
- Trying to give it away late. * - Philo January 26, 2026, 22:24:22
  - Oh damn I turned it off* - OB25 Yesterday, 0:31:16
    - Same. Had no idea until now that it came down to the very end* - illini21 Yesterday, 9:38:44
  - Down to 1, BYU ball with 11.6 left* - illini222 January 26, 2026, 22:29:05
    - AZ blocked a BYU layup left to hold on win by 3 after FT* - illini222 January 26, 2026, 22:32:49
      - that was a phenomenal play by that kid* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 8:46:38
Statement made by Duke, yikes. * - assassin January 26, 2026, 20:00:43
- I hate Duke. I hated Scheyer. But I can’t think of many other examples of replacing The Man - PapaDels January 26, 2026, 20:33:51
  - Yeah, super impressive* - gvibes Yesterday, 9:22:39
  - It helps that the ACC has become only a small step above a mid major conference.* - OB25 January 26, 2026, 20:36:01
    - It's better this year. Last year it was awful.* - Chicago1995 Yesterday, 10:29:00
    - True, but final 4 last year and elite 8 in 2024.* - PapaDels January 26, 2026, 20:41:26
OSU up by 8 vs PSU at home, 7:49 left * - biclops January 26, 2026, 19:51:34

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