2018-2019 B1G Basketball Thread

[Anonymous Coward]

Michigan is looking sloppy on both ends right now. And slower than PSU, which is surprising me. Also, the rebounding is a head scratcher.

[bayareabadger]

It's weird to say that sometimes Happ is a liability. Everyone already knew about the FTs, but he's had low ORtg on high usage for the last two games, and that just destroys a team.

He is at times. There’s a weird question if the offer might run smoother next year, maybe not better, but smoother.

[Anonymous Coward]

Ha, has John Beilein been ejected from a game before ... ever? I'm sure any coach can deserve it and I have no idea what he said, but before giving the goodie two-shoes of college basketball two successive technicals, I might more strongly consider if his message is reasonable.

[Anonymous Coward]

Ew, that moving screen against Simpson looked ... well at first I said dirty, but I'm editing to say "obvious." But with the elbow in addition to the moving screen, I do think it could have been called as a flagrant, instead of fully uncalled. Beilein was right to be mad.

[ELA]

I thought the missed bunnies might do MSU in, but instead it was Happ being an offensive black hole.  He's amazing, but wasn't great today, and was absolutely never looking to kick the ball out.  If you can 100% commit to a double, it helps.

I think Izzo needs to figure out smart ways to buy Winston minutes, and he's not.  The under 12 ran way late, I think it was close to 10 when called.  MSU still had all 3 timeouts.  Winston looked gassed.  Take him out, call a full timeout the first time you get the ball under 8:30, and it triggers the under 8 with the new rule, and you still have 2 timeouts.  You've only taken Winston out for about 90 seconds of game time, but bookended it with two full TV timeouts.  That doesn't even feel like 400 level time management.

[Anonymous Coward]

A lot of breaks tonight for PSU, the weird Beilein double-T, the ignored double-dribble, etc. But it will still go down as by far Michigan's worst loss of the year, so you know it was earned on both sides.

[ELA]

Well tonight sure as hell went swimmingly for MSUs Big Ten chances.

[JerseyTerrapin]

A lot of breaks tonight for PSU, the weird Beilein doubt-T, etc. But it will still go down as by far Michigan's worst loss of the year, so you know it was earned on both sides.

I think all the teams in the top bunch have a game like that where they lost to somebody they'd beat 8, 9, or 10 out of 10 times...

[ELA]

I think all the teams in the top bunch have a game like that where they lost to somebody they'd beat 8, 9, or 10 out of 10 times...

Fortunately for Purdue, theirs were non conference.

[MichiFan87]

I missed tonight's games for an event, but I figured Michigan would lose a game that they shouldn't at some point. I wish it wasn't to PSU of all teams but sobeit. It sounds like Purdue continues to look beatable with their loss tonight, as well, so I figure that 16-4 will still win the BigTen if not 15-5.

[ELA]

I did enjoy Frank Kaminsky and Miles Bridges lighting up Dakich on Twitter during the game, as Dakich continues to point out every time Kaminsky has a bad game.  At least Vitale is full clown that nobody takes seriously, Dakich is still treated as somebody who should be paid attention to for some reason.  He even makes Joel Klatt grimace.

[betarhoalphadelta]

It's not about PC, and it doesn't even have to be about being a good person, but at least know your audience. Even if the rest of us were shitheads, you're posting with like 4 people about this game, people you post with often enough to have learned their personal details, so you must have learned that this was gross wording to read for one of them. It doesn't matter which filter you pick, but at one level or another, word your business differently.

It's not even about me... It's that there's no way that statement can go well.
One way to interpret it is that Purdue's roster is special needs kids. Which is basically saying that the team tied for the conference lead has players that don't deserve to be there. 
The other way to interpret it is that Painter could outcoach Turgeon with a roster legitimately of special needs kids. Which is absurd and outlandish. Hyperbole is one thing, but that's just assuming that Maryland's players should just destroy Purdue but Turgeon is squandering their talent. Again,  it comes off dismissive to Purdue, which is a pretty good team. 

[bayareabadger]

Painter out coaches Turgeon hands down with special needs kids.

Turgeon is a moron.

Beyond being gross, Md also won by 14 against a top 3 team in the conference. 
Our experience of angst during the game comes in all forms, as does our various ways of feeing about coaches. But somehow, Maryland will soldier on, being good enough to not fire the coach for yet another season. 

[Anonymous Coward]

It's not even about me... It's that there's no way that statement can go well.
One way to interpret it is that Purdue's roster is special needs kids. Which is basically saying that the team tied for the conference lead has players that don't deserve to be there.
The other way to interpret it is that Painter could outcoach Turgeon with a roster legitimately of special needs kids. Which is absurd and outlandish. Hyperbole is one thing, but that's just assuming that Maryland's players should just destroy Purdue but Turgeon is squandering their talent. Again,  it comes off dismissive to Purdue, which is a pretty good team.

I agree. I was just chasing a non-PC admonishment, and knowing one's audience (in the cfb51 case, friendship) came first. Yours are probably better.