2018-2019 B1G Basketball Thread

[Anonymous Coward]

It'd have been cool to see Michigan take the "hasn't finished with a margin lower than +17 points" streak deeper into Big Ten play. But that wasn't realistic or, perhaps even as healthy for the team as it is fun for the fans. Good to prove they could win close. Especially against a pesky (if middling team) in an arena where Michigan has bad recent history (had lost 3 in a row).

[ELA]

FWIW, my preferred metric for NCAA tourney seeding, SOR, now has Michigan #1 in the nation.

[ELA]

Massey composite rankings (35 rankings), with last week in parenthesis (remember it only updates through Sunday's results)...

• Duke (1)
• Gonzaga (2)
• MICHIGAN (4)
• Kansas (3)
• Virginia (5)
• Auburn (10)
• Nevada (14)
• Texas Tech (9)
• Virginia Tech (8)
• MICHIGAN STATE (6)
• North Carolina (7)
• Tennessee (12)
• WISCONSIN (16)
• OHIO STATE (11)
• NEBRASKA (17)
• Florida State (15)
• PURDUE (13)
• Buffalo (24)
• Kentucky (-)
• Cincinnati (25)
• Iowa State (-)
• Arizona State (23)
• Villanova (19)
• Oklahoma (-)
• MARYLAND (-)

• 30. Indiana (29)
• 34. Iowa (26)
• 47. Penn State (49)
• 54. Northwestern (54)
• 63. Minnesota (44)
• 70. Rutgers (75)
• 105. Illinois (118)

[ELA]

Which is also kind of making me start thinking about tiers, which I try to gauge by NYD

1 - Michigan (national title contender)
2 - MSU, UW, OSU, Nebraska, Purdue (legit Top 25 teams)
3 - Maryland, Indiana (tourney locks)
4 - Iowa, PSU, NW (could make the tourney with some breaks, but I'm guessing NIT)
5 - Minnesota, Rutgers (below average)
6 - Illinois (bad)

?

[betarhoalphadelta]

Purdue has dropped out of the top 25 in the AP, and is sitting at 24 in the Coaches poll... 

A lot of Purdue fans on the H&R comment sections are apoplectic that we can't beat ranked teams. Yet all the computer ranking still have us mid-teens.

Going to be an interesting couple of weeks with MD coming to town tomorrow, Purdue going to Texas this weekend, and playing ND in the Crossroads Classic next weekend. Purdue could go 3-0 or 0-3 in this stretch.

[ELA]

Notre Dame is not good.  If Purdue loses that game, they are in big trouble.  Maryland is good, but it's in West Lafayette.  None of Purdues big games have been at home yet, right?

[HailHailMSP]

Part of my Michigan formula for a loss played out last night. Foul trouble and some poor free throw shooting, combined with Simpson playing outside of himself. 

As seen at the Bryce Jordan and Welsh Ryan last night however, every road win in the B1G is a Great Win. With better balance to the conference than we have seen in years, they are going to be tough to come by. 

Collins went full Dukie last night flopping onto his hands and knees in the middle of the court and slapping the floor. 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Notre Dame is not good.  If Purdue loses that game, they are in big trouble.  Maryland is good, but it's in West Lafayette.  None of Purdues big games have been at home yet, right?

Correct, none of the big ones have been at home. VTech was a neutral site, and FSU and UM were both on the road.
Notre Dame will also be a neutral site, but I agree that this now appears to be a much easier game for Purdue than it looked preseason. 

[JerseyTerrapin]

 
Collins went full Dukie last night flopping onto his hands and knees in the middle of the court and slapping the floor.

I know I'm in the minority as a Maryland fan, but I always that was a cool signature move for Duke when they used to do it.  McwTerps is going to disown me...

[Anonymous Coward]

I didn't realize players slapping the floor had any kind of long tradition. I only know that MSU has 5-7 years of doing it in Michigan games when going back on defense ... then maybe getting scored on literally every possession except for one or two.
If Duke has a tradition of slapping the floor then actually backing it up, that's a lot cooler.

[JerseyTerrapin]

I didn't realize players slapping the floor had any kind of long tradition. I only know that MSU has 5-7 years of doing it in Michigan games when going back on defense ... then maybe getting scored on literally every possession except for one or two.
If Duke has a tradition of slapping the floor then actually backing it up, that's a lot cooler.

I think it started the first season Krzyzewski was there, like 1981 or 1982.

[MaximumSam]

Luther Muhamad back for the Bucks

[mcwterps1]

I know I'm in the minority as a Maryland fan, but I always that was a cool signature move for Duke when they used to do it.  McwTerps is going to disown me...

Bro.....
He looked like a sniveling little weasel.
His Dook roots were showing, that's for sure. 

[MaximumSam]

Bucks get a win over the Illini. 49 fouls called in the game.