2018-2019 B1G Basketball Thread

[MaximumSam]

Healthy win for the buckeyes, powered by Kaleb Wesson scoring 21 in the first half.

[Brutus Buckeye]

[mcwterps1]

Was just looking over some Maryland/Wisconsin stats. In Maryland's home game, they shot 29 free throws to UW's 6. In Wisconsin's home game, they shot 23 free throws to UMD's 8.



Something has to change here. This is complete BS.

Is what it is I guess.  We lost by 8.  
When you see the offensive rebounding, and the shooting percentage, knowing how many easy put backs we SHOULD have made, and the poor FT shooting with what opportunities we did have, would have kept us within a point or in the lead, even without Bruno on the bench.
It was fairly even in the other categories, so the key was those 2 quick fouls on Bruno.  The offense really does go through him, and picking up the 3rd within 2 minutes sealed our fate.

[bayareabadger]

Michigan's lack of depth was obviously exposed last night. I thought by this point in the year, at least one of the other freshmen would've cracked the rotation, but since that hasn't really happened (except by necessity like last night), I doubt that'll change for the rest of the year. Michigan's defense is usually good when Teske is in the game, so I'm not too concerned about that, but it goes to show how important it is for him to be on the court.

As for the problems with the offense, there are just too many bad shots being taken. I've said this before, but Poole is struggling, Matthews doing too much, Simpson's outside shooting is inconsistent, while Brooks and Livers don't do enough. Fortunately, Brazdeikis is playing well, again, and Teske has been rather consistent.

Onto Rutgers, though. It'll probably be closer than it should be, but the defense should shut them down so that 60 points should be enough to win.

It’s weird, after UW’s run to the title game, I’m mostly convinced depth is a highly overrated thing. Granted, it’ll bite you every so often. 

[mcwterps1]

So, the entire MSU team slaps the floor when the ball is inbounded at the second half?

Anyway, the Indiana player puts his arm inside the arm of the MSU player, and the MSU player gets the foul?

Odd.

I think the tall white bald ref graduated from MSU, BTW. 

[boilerbanger]

McQuaid looks like the DPOY to me. 

[MichiFan87]

Is what it is I guess.  We lost by 8.  
When you see the offensive rebounding, and the shooting percentage, knowing how many easy put backs we SHOULD have made, and the poor FT shooting with what opportunities we did have, would have kept us within a point or in the lead, even without Bruno on the bench.
It was fairly even in the other categories, so the key was those 2 quick fouls on Bruno.  The offense really does go through him, and picking up the 3rd within 2 minutes sealed our fate.

The homecourt officiating is particularly pronounced at Wisconsin, Iowa, and Indiana for whatever reason. This season has been no different, at least with Michigan games, except for the Indiana game. Michigan still played bad in both of their losses, and good officiating wouldn't have changed the outcome, but both games would've been closer.
Incredible upset by Indiana tonight, especially with Morgan getting injured. The BigTen race just got a lot more interesting.

[ELA]

Worst regular season loss since the 2009 team lost to both Northwestern and PSU.  That team still won the conference by 4 games and reached the Final 4.  Don't see that here, but worth not freaking out over.

On one hand, Indiana outrebounded MSU, and shot 50% from 3, against the top rebounding and top 3 point shooting team in the conference.  So it's not like they found something to exploit, they just played really well.  And they got two guys back, one from injury, one from suspension, who combined for 59 minutes, 23 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists.  That is a better Indiana team.

On the other hand, all the fears about the Langford loss are coming to a head.  Teams that stay perimeter orientated exploit the fact that McQuaid might be Big Ten DPOTY, but beyond him, our guards and wings aren't good defensively without Langford.  Also forces McQuaid to give too much on that end of the court, and can't ever play on the ball offensively, which means Loyer has to play.  I'm not willing to write him off completely for his size yet, but he needs to learn how to play around it, and get an Offseason or two in the weight room.  He got absolutely abused tonight.  He has no business being on the court now.

[ELA]

Also, shooting 9-21 from 3, but 8-22 from the line can't be ignored.  Ward was worthless.  At least against Maryland he scored no points because he barely played with foul trouble, and wasn't hurting or helping us.  He actively hurt us tonight

[847badgerfan]

The homecourt officiating is particularly pronounced at Wisconsin, Iowa, and Indiana for whatever reason. This season has been no different, at least with Michigan games, except for the Indiana game. Michigan still played bad in both of their losses, and good officiating wouldn't have changed the outcome, but both games would've been closer.
Incredible upset by Indiana tonight, especially with Morgan getting injured. The BigTen race just got a lot more interesting.

Michigan was 5-11 in free throws in Madison this year. In the same game, UW was 7-9. So...

[847badgerfan]

Also, shooting 9-21 from 3, but 8-22 from the line can't be ignored.  Ward was worthless.  At least against Maryland he scored no points because he barely played with foul trouble, and wasn't hurting or helping us.  He actively hurt us tonight

1-9 from the line is brutal. There's your game.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Purdue with the opportunity to join the Michigan schools in first place. 

Down 8 at home to Minnesota with about 15 to play.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Make that 11 ugh .

[betarhoalphadelta]

Carsen! Nice of you to join us today! 

Purdue on a 21-4 run, up 4. Huge response. The team needed to step up.