Arch Madness Day 2

[isuquinndog]

Big day with four games. Basketball all day long on Comcast Chicago and Fox Sports Midwest.

#8 Northern Iowa
#1 Loyola (12 pm)

#5 Bradley
#4 Drake (2:30 pm)

#7 Missouri State
#2 Southern Illinois (6 pm)

#6 Indiana State
#3 Illinois State (8:30 or midnight pm)

Updated bracket:

 

[chuckie1980]

Curious...was the atmosphere at ScottTrade better last night than years past?

 

[birdballfan]

Curious...was the atmosphere at ScottTrade better last night than years past?

Never much "atmosphere" at any Thursday night games!!! Relatively small crowd.

 

[Baltimore Bird]

Baltimore bird has arrived is fired up. Go redbirds

 

[ISU FAN 1]

UNI really seems to be intent of minimizing possessions in this game. I guess it’s working, as they are leading. I don’t think it’s Loyola’s defense, but UNI has had 3 last second of the shot clock prayers go unanswered. Limiting possessions and shortening the game may be a good strategy, but have to get better looks than desperation chucks at the end of the clock. Good strategy for limiting fatigue of playing last night also. Of course, we probably could not use this strategy, since we can’t hang onto the ball for 30 seconds.

 

[Retire 12]

UNI really seems to be intent of minimizing possessions in this game. I guess it’s working, as they are leading. I don’t think it’s Loyola’s defense, but UNI has had 3 last second of the shot clock prayers go unanswered. Limiting possessions and shortening the game may be a good strategy, but have to get better looks than desperation chucks at the end of the clock. Of course, we probably could not use this strategy, since we can’t hang onto the ball for 30 seconds.

Loyola makes you work hard on the defensive end.

If you milk the clock on the offensive end, you have to defend less.

 

[ISU FAN 1]

Koch looks like he’s running in moleasses now.

 

[Tpguy]

Loyola looks cold like they did against us, but they'll come back

 

[ISU FAN 1]

Feel free to raise your arm and close out on that last Loyola 3, Carlson.

 

[isuquinndog]

For those at work it's 33-31 Loyola with 14:00 to go in 2nd half.

 

[ThisIsTheLineup]

If you are Drake and Bradley - you have to be happy to see that Loyola had to play hard all 40 minutes. Reminds me of the Loyola-WSU game two years ago.

 

[V Boy]

Bradley in trouble.

If Drake wins I will be eager to see if Ben Richardson can slow down Timmer. If he can't I think Loyola might be in trouble.

 

[ISU FAN 1]

Good competitive and entertaining games so far. Waiting for the first blowout stinker of a game. Hmmmm.