2018-2019 B1G Basketball Thread

[mcwterps1]

Wow!

Wisconsin about to pull a Maryland. 

[medinabuckeye1]

Holy crap, OT

[Brutus Buckeye]

That was one improbable comeback to force the OT. 

[mcwterps1]

Buckeyes just need to slap the floor to let Wisconsin know they mean business. 

[medinabuckeye1]

Ohio State finished by losing six of their last eight.

Iowa finished by losing five of their last six.


Those two teams looked like easily tournament teams a while ago. Now Ohio State is questionable at best and Iowa is only slightly better.

[ELA]

Buckeyes just need to slap the floor to let Wisconsin know they mean business.

Last time they tried that, their best player separated his shoulder doing it

[ELA]

Ohio State finished by losing six of their last eight.

Iowa finished by losing five of their last six.


Those two teams looked like easily tournament teams a while ago. Now Ohio State is questionable at best and Iowa is only slightly better.

MSU had so many wins that felt big at the time, that turned out...meh.  At OSU, H/A iowa, at Nebraska

[Brutus Buckeye]

[bayareabadger]

If OSU wants to keep that up, I’ll take it. But I’ll long rue that effin 2017 game when a meh OSU team helped knock UW from the conference title race.

Medina, you ALMOST had me. Almost. 
 That game was deeply unpleasant. The 22 and nine is pretty good, especially with the top 10 schedule. It’s also a reminder this UW team still isn’t on the most stable ground. 

[medinabuckeye1]

Is Indiana-OSU a play in game?

According to Lunardi the Buckeyes (8-12/18-13) are currently the last team in, projected to face NCST in Dayton for the right to be a #12 seed and face Marquette in Hartford.  Meanwhile the Hoosiers (8-12/17-14) are the first team out.  
If Lunardi is right then it would appear that the #8 tOSU/#9 IU game is effectively an NCAA Tournament game in that the winner is in and the loser is out.  

[betarhoalphadelta]

If Indiana wins, what are the odds they take down Sparty again?? 😂

[FearlessF]

Wait Iowa choked?  Feels like the third time maybe they've had a February/March collapse under Fran.

the Hawk fans I know think it's the 4th or 5th time.  Ready to move on from Fran

[medinabuckeye1]

What do you guys think are the most and least important games of the BTT?

IMHO, the IU/tOSU game is the most important and the other 12 are tied for least important.  

My thinking on that is that I think IU/tOSU is probably for an NCAA Tournament spot.  

IMHO the top five seeds (MSU, PU, M, UW, UMD) are all locks while #6 and #7 (IA and MN) are probably locks as well.  Then I think that #10 through #14 would probably need to win the whole thing to get in.  That leaves #8 Ohio State and #9 Indiana.  

Outside of that I don't think anybody is probably even playing for an important likely seed improvement.  

[MichiFan87]

Michigan is definitely playing to avoid a 3 seed and at least get back to a 2 seed now, and I think they'd get a 1 seed if they win it (Gonzaga and probably Virginia will be 1 seeds but the others are open)..... Same goes for Sparty and to a lesser extent Purdue, whose non-con losses hold them back.

If Matthews can play major minutes if needed (even if he's the 6th man behind Livers and Brazdeikis, that's still good), I like Michigan's chances. Obviously, Simpson and Teske have been part of two BTT-winning teams despite playing 4 games in 4 days including the first one after the plane crash. The other main players aside from Brazdeikis were on the team last year, too..... The matchups appear favorable, too, with Sparty and Wisconsin on the other side (yes, Iowa beat Michigan, too, but that was in Iowa City when Castleton finally got his first real playing time backing up Teske, who had 2 early fouls that game, and I'm not sure they'll even win on Thursday with the way they're playing of late). Michigan still matches up well with Purdue, too, even considering their improvement since December.