2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[boilerbanger]

Expect a low scoring game between Purdue and Virginia, that is all I know for sure.  Interested to see IU play FSU since Purdue just played them, hard to gauge IU as they have played no one yet.

[MaximumSam]

ACC/B1G tonight with KenPom

Northwestern (107) at BC (127)
Iowa (48) at Syracuse (54)
Michigan (10) at Louisville (1)
FSU (15) At Indiana (26)
Rutgers (70) at Pitt (74)
Duke (5) at MSU (2)

[NickSmith4Three]

Illinois was pathetic in the first half and then stormed back from 27 down or something to make it close.  Very frustrating performance.

[medinabuckeye1]

Illinois was pathetic in the first half and then stormed back from 27 down or something to make it close.  Very frustrating performance.

I watched the ending, that was just sad.  They got so close!

[MaximumSam]

Northwestern and Iowa get nice wins. Michigan couldn't solve Louisville defense.

[medinabuckeye1]

Well Michigan is lost but that was expected. Getting two wins from road dogs really helps.

So now we are 3-2 with two games in progress and MSU/DOOK about to tip. We should be able to end tonight up at least 5-3.

Tomorrow's six games sorted from most favorable to the B1G to most favorable to the ACC:

• PSU -11.5 vs Wake
• UMD -9 vs ND
• Pur -3 vs UVA
• tOSU +3 @ UNC
• UW +4.5 @ NCST
• UNL +9.5 @ GaTech

[ELA]

Tillman and Henry's failure to take any step forward had been the story of the season.

[MichiFan87]

Michigan just didn't have it tonight on offense. Louisville has a very good defense to be sure, but Michigan had a lot of open looks that they just missed for whatever reason, which was particularly surprising from Livers. Maybe it was tiredness from last week, playing their first true road game in a hostile environment, or something else, but it was certainly an anomaly. Johns and Wagner had particularly bad games and never looked comfortable. As a team, they were better about not committing turnovers, though.

Defensively, they couldn't have done much better, though. They rebounded pretty well, didn't allow many 3s and defended them well, while forcing a lot of mid-range shots.

Iowa is next at home, though, which should be a favorable matchup.

[medinabuckeye1]

Now looking like the ACC is going to come back and tie this up tonight:(

[medinabuckeye1]

Now looking like the ACC is going to come back and tie this up tonight:(

Yep. 4-4 with six to go.

[MaximumSam]

KenPom matchups

Virginia (5) at Purdue (13)
Nebraska (143) at Georgia Tech (72)
ND (50) at Maryland (8)
Wake Forest (87) at Penn State (25)
Wisconsin (56) at NC State (44)
OSU (4) at North Carolina (10)

[medinabuckeye1]

KenPom matchups

Virginia (5) at Purdue (13)
Nebraska (143) at Georgia Tech (72)
ND (50) at Maryland (8)
Wake Forest (87) at Penn State (25)
Wisconsin (56) at NC State (44)
OSU (4) at North Carolina (10)

As I see it tonight there are two games where a B1G win would require a MAJOR upset:

• Nebraska at GaTech
• Wisconsin at NCST

There are two games where an ACC win would require a MAJOR upset:

• ND at Maryland
• Wake at Penn State

So assuming that the home favorites win those four, that gets the challenge to 6-6 with just two more games remaining:

• UVA at Purdue
• tOSU at UNC

Per KenPom, the better teams (UVA and tOSU) are only slightly better and they are on the road so these two games could easily go either way.  

This thing will likely come down to the latest game, tonight's tOSU@UNC game at 9:30.  

[FearlessF]

in the past the Huskers have been able to help in this contest - regardless how bad they were

hopefully pull a major upset tonight

[Brutus Buckeye]

On the bright side for Michigan hoops, their new coach already has more wins over top ten teams than Harbaugh does.