2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[betarhoalphadelta]

Stick a fork in Purdue. 

[ELA]

Stick a fork in Purdue.

Can't spell Painter without N - I - T. 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Can't spell Painter without N - I - T.

Gotta finish. 500 to qualify for the NIT.

Would you put money on that? 

[medinabuckeye1]

Stick a fork in Purdue.

Yeah, that might be the end of the road for the Boilermakers. They now have 14 losses and 15 is the most ever for an at-large team so that isn't good 

[medinabuckeye1]

Yeah, that might be the end of the road for the Boilermakers. They now have 14 losses and 15 is the most ever for an at-large team so that isn't good

FWIW:
I do not think that Purdue is in the "Needs to win BTT" category quite yet.  I am just as literal with that as I am with "Lock".  Thus, I look at Purdue's best possible argument for an at-large bid.  At this point that would be:

• 14-14/7-10 now:
• Beat Indiana Thursday to move to 15-14/8-10
• Win at Iowa next Tuesday to move to 16-14/9-10
• Beat Rutgers Sat 3/7 to move to 17-14/10-10
• Win Thursday BTT game to move to 18-14
• Win B1G Quarter-final to move to 19-14
• Win B1G Semi-final to move to 20-14
• Lost B1GCG to finish 20-15

I think they would be in.  

[bayareabadger]

If Wisconsin can knock off Rutgers at home today, it should be a home northwestern win away from being all but a lock for the tournament

[847badgerfan]

I think you are right.

This team has had lots of reasons to implode, and it hasn't. That's a credit to the players and coaches.

[ELA]

Gotta finish. 500 to qualify for the NIT.

Would you put money on that?

The way I've been going lately, you should probably want me to

[betarhoalphadelta]

FWIW:
I do not think that Purdue is in the "Needs to win BTT" category quite yet.  I am just as literal with that as I am with "Lock".  Thus, I look at Purdue's best possible argument for an at-large bid.  At this point that would be:

• 14-14/7-10 now:
• Beat Indiana Thursday to move to 15-14/8-10
• Win at Iowa next Tuesday to move to 16-14/9-10
• Beat Rutgers Sat 3/7 to move to 17-14/10-10
• Win Thursday BTT game to move to 18-14
• Win B1G Quarter-final to move to 19-14
• Win B1G Semi-final to move to 20-14
• Lost B1GCG to finish 20-15

I think they would be in. 

Absolutely true. To be honest I could see them making it at 18-15. I still think 18 is the magic number, and 19 is a certainty. I think they missed a chance for a really good win against Michigan, but a road win over Iowa would be an even bigger win. 

What I'm saying is that I have absolutely no confidence this team will get to 18. I think 2-1 in our remaining regular season games is best-case the way this team is imploding, and I don't see them winning 2 BTT games, given how badly they've played on the road. I doubt we lose out in the regular season, but 1-2 wouldn't shock me at all to be below .500 heading into the BTT.

[ELA]

IU is perfectly capable of blowing a 19 point home lead, but assuming they don't, Maryland can all but wrap up a Big Ten title this afternoon.

[ELA]

IU is perfectly capable of blowing a 19 point home lead, but assuming they don't, Maryland can all but wrap up a Big Ten title this afternoon.

18-0 PSU run, right on cue

[bayareabadger]

UW offense and shooting showed up. A little ragged late, but I’ll take it. 

Badgers one win from being a near lock to dance. NW should be that, but if they want to beat Minnesota before then, I wouldn’t mind. At Michigan on Thursday, that ain’t gonna be good. 

[ELA]

UW offense and shooting showed up. A little ragged late, but I’ll take it.

Badgers one win from being a near lock to dance. NW should be that, but if they want to beat Minnesota before then, I wouldn’t mind. At Michigan on Thursday, that ain’t gonna be good.

MSU screwed up by burning the 2000s throwbacks against a good opponent.  Now nobody wants to roll them back out.

[ELA]

Absolutely true. To be honest I could see them making it at 18-15. I still think 18 is the magic number, and 19 is a certainty. I think they missed a chance for a really good win against Michigan, but a road win over Iowa would be an even bigger win.

What I'm saying is that I have absolutely no confidence this team will get to 18. I think 2-1 in our remaining regular season games is best-case the way this team is imploding, and I don't see them winning 2 BTT games, given how badly they've played on the road. I doubt we lose out in the regular season, but 1-2 wouldn't shock me at all to be below .500 heading into the BTT.

Purdue is still rated higher by KenPom than any SEC school, and all but 3 of the ACC schools, all but 4 of the Big XII.

Big Ten now has 12 of the top 36.  Honestly, all 12 deserve to be in, and would be if they were split out into the ACC, SEC or Big 12.

If the Big Ten tournament actually meant anything, it would be amazing this year.