2018-2019 B1G Basketball Thread

[medinabuckeye1]

Sorry to the Buckeye fans. That was just walking into a buzz saw today. Wire to wire, the way Purdue was playing there might not have been a team in the nation that would've beat this team.

That was kinda how I felt. When Purdue took off (after it was, IIRC 4-4 about 4 mins in) the Boilermakers made something like nine of 10 shots with a bunch being threes and the one miss being rebounded and dunked. I'm sure that Ohio State made a few defensive mistakes during that but I'm not sure that it mattered. Nobody should shoot that well against air. Just not a good day to be a visitor in Mackey.
Other than that it was a day for upsets in the B1G: IU beat MSU again, PSU very nearly beat Wisconsin, and somehow Rutgers walked into Carver-Hawkeye and knocked off Iowa.

[MichiFan87]

I'll be somewhere in the section behind the Michigan bench today.... There should be a decent contingent of Michigan fans (nothing like Michigan - Maryland football games, of course, where we just take over their stadium) there so it'll be interesting to see how that goes.

As with the first time they played, Michigan has to take advantage of the turnover margin (Maryland has one of the worst in the country), keep it even in rebounding, and avoid any dumb fouls, because otherwise it's a pretty even matchup, even without Matthews who's status is apparently doubtful, though he had one of his better games this season against Maryland..... I'm intrigued to see how Castleton will do against their big men. I'm sure Beilein will try to only sub him in when Fernando is out, but even so.

[ELA]

Depth.  With Ahrens being done, they are down to 5 guys, and one is on a sprained ankle, and can't shoot on it.  MSU was scoreless the last 5 minutes.  They simply dont have enough guys period, let alone to play two games in three days.  Only chance is to just lay the wood on some 14 seed and limit Winston to like 25 minutes.  But they can't beat decent teams right now without 40 minutes of Winston playing well, and getting role guys to play like starters.  They got that against Michigan, but it was clear today Winston is spent.  And since UM we learned Ahrens is done, and now McQuaid has a sprained ankle.
Has to be the worst football/basketball injury year I can ever remember.  Starting QB, RB, both WRs and best CB in football, then 2 of their 3 best players in basketball.  Hopefully we get some makeup luck next year.

Played the only 5 healthy rotation players for the final 12 minutes, and should be no surprise they didn't score in the final 5.  Not sure what the answer is, maybe there isn't one.  I do think Brown and Kithier need extended PT against Nebraska, we can't win anything without them . Hell, I'd probably do it again for the exhibition tourney in Chicago in a couple weeks.  They have to find a way to get them more minutes.  You can't ask Winston, McQuaid (on a sprained ankle), Henry, Goins, Tillman to basically play a whole game, and at a high level.  Two of those guys shouldn't even be starting.

[mcwterps1]

Long rebound after long rebound. 

Someone told me that it wasn't a real big issue, but watching Maryland will change your mind.

Never seen so many long offensive rebounds go against the Terps. 

[mcwterps1]

Would have blown them out if we could make a layup.

I've never seen a team miss so many layups in my life.

[Anonymous Coward]

https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status/1102336305093062656

[847badgerfan]

Long rebound after long rebound.

Someone told me that it wasn't a real big issue, but watching Maryland will change your mind.

Never seen so many long offensive rebounds go against the Terps.

That had to be frustrating to watch for you. Completely takes away the height advantage a team like MD has.

[847badgerfan]

So now, the Badgers have to win out to secure a double bye. I'm not really confident about this at all. They will get Iowa's and OSU's best shot to end the season. 



Of course, Iowa will be without their coach in Madison this week, which could make it a little tougher for them. But, UW is always circled on the Hawkeye calendar. And the Buckwipes? They could be looking for an NCAA birth. They could probably seal that with a win in Evanston this week, against Chicago's B1G team.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Northwestern defense just slapped the floor against Illinois. 

I'm not a fan of floor slapping. But some teams have at least earned it. Northwestern isn't one of them. 

[FearlessF]

northwestern is just bad tonight

[847badgerfan]

northwestern is just bad tonight

Now it's a good post. Not sure how much longer Doug's kid can last there.

Not sure why he even took that job. Also not sure why they put so much $$$ into making that HS gym into a better HS gym.

[FearlessF]

the eyeball test didn't lie

[847badgerfan]

the eyeball test didn't lie

It never does.

[FearlessF]

hopefully, you are someplace warmer, posting from a damn cell phone or an internet cafe