2018-2019 B1G Basketball Thread

[bayareabadger]

 Hey, Wisconsin won. That 19th which should about make them a lock for the tournament. Four games left, all varying degrees of tricky. when should about make them a lock for the tournament. Four games left, all varying degrees of tricky.

It was a weird game. Happ Had some brutal stretches, but also some very nice ones. Trice hit shots for the first time in a while. Ford even hit a pair of threes, which has been overdue, and Iversen contributed.  If the team plays the way it can, those will be ingredients for a blowout.  Instead, the defense was a little dicey against what hasn’t been a great northwestern offense. In a game whereboth teams are good on defense and not so much offense, the scoring numbers were higher than I expected.

That was weird. Onto the next.

[Anonymous Coward]

For tomorrow:



The Matt McPoyle made me laugh.

[MichiFan87]

My main concern, as usual, but especially today, is if anyone outside the starters and Livers is forced to play 5+ minutes. Otherwise, presumably Michigan will go to go past their top 6 only when MSU does (ie. DDJ only plays against Loyer, Brooks against Brown, Johns against Kithier).

Michigan should have a decent advantage in not committing and forcing turnovers, rebounding should be fairly even, as should shooting after accounting for Ward's absence. Fouls and free throws are my main concern.

If Michigan plays its best (which they tend to do in big games, especially at home, to be sure), it could be another game like Villanova, North Carolina, and Purdue, but I certainly don't expect that.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Today, three become two.

[ELA]

UM oddly retrofitting the Fab Fives slogan and applying it to their 89 team.


https://www.amazon.com/1991-92-Michigan-Basketball-Shock-World/dp/B00190JZ6A

Using that on shirts they are giving everyone today to honor the 89 team.  Unless it's like in high school, where they didn't let us do cross dressing day for Spirit Week, so we'd do like "Silly Hair Day" and everyone knew what it meant.  Maybe it's a "we aren't recognizing the Fab Five team" day, wink, wink.

Also, apparently this is the 5th time in 9 road games that MSUs opponent used their shirt game on.  I suppose that's the inverse of being everyone's Homecoming opponent.

I still say if it's even single digits, I'll be pleasantly surprised.  Sticking with UM by 16

[Anonymous Coward]

16 just isn't realistic, imo. 5-8 is more likely. And, obviously, it wouldn't require an end of days for them to lose. Winston is a lot better than he was when Simpson got him last year.

[ELA]

Ahrens is at least out for warmups.  I can't believe we are at a point where I'm like "thank God we have a 70% Kyle Ahrens today"

[ELA]

16 just isn't realistic, imo. 5-8 is more likely. And, obviously, it wouldn't require an end of days for them to lose. Winston is a lot better than he was when Simpson got him last year.

Disagree.  And if it were flipped, and MSU was healthy, at home, with UM coming in without their best wing, best big, and best bench player, I'd feel the same about MSUs chances.  Healthy MSU with Langford, Ward and Ahrens, in EL, UM coming in without like Matthews, Iggy and Livers.  I'd expect blood.

[ELA]

FTR, I would pick UM at home even if MSU was healthy.  So it's just a difference in margin, not in outcome.  It's the return game in a couple weeks where I think it flips the outcome.

[ELA]

UM may have missed the mark on the slogan, but their uniforms are on point

[ELA]

Teske having a field day with wings trying to guard him, box him out.

[ELA]

MSU switching everything, and Teske keeps winding up with terrible mismatches.

[ELA]

Neither defense looking particularly competent.

[Anonymous Coward]

MSU switching everything, and Teske keeps winding up with terrible mismatches.

That's defining the early going as much as anything.