2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[FearlessF]

tough to win on the road

[ELA]

Wow, Nebraska handles Purdue, on 1 day rest, without one of their three beat players

[FearlessF]

first EVER triple double in Nebrasketball history

maybe the Mayor can coach

[Abba]

Buckeyes in an offensive lull, trailing Minnesota 24-16 now.  This is usually where Washington sparks them with a 3 or a drive, so we'll have to see who else is going to step up.

[medinabuckeye1]

tough to win on the road

Pretty amazing, road teams are now 0-12 in B1G games with Ohio State down nine at the half in the Barn.

[Abba]

The Buckeyes' 2 big issues this year, defensive rebounding and offensive lulls showing up in this one.  Gotta find a way to get some other players going besides Wesson.  

[Abba]

Wow, did anyone notice that Wofford beat UNC?  They are just not a good team this year.  I guess you have to view their win over Oregon as a big upset at this point now.

[MaximumSam]

Welp. Minnesota can't miss, refs can't see, Bucks can't shoot - time to dig a little on the road.

[Abba]

Yeah, unfortunately a few questionable calls against Wesson to give him 4 fouls totally handicaps the team.  I do sometimes wonder if offensive fouls should count against your foul total.

[MaximumSam]

Could have made some money betting on Nebraska blowing out Purdue and Minny blowing out OSU

[FearlessF]

its tough to win on the road

[MichiFan87]

In retrospect, neither of today's outcomes should be that surprising. Minnesota has no bad losses still and Ohio State's (and Michigan's) win over North Carolina looks increasingly unimpressive, of course..... Likewise, I'm not sure how good Purdue's wins over VCU and Virginia are while Nebraska's losses to UCR and SUU really aren't as bad as you'd think in retrospect.

I wouldn't even be that surprised if Northwestern upset Sparty to complete the sweep of first conference home games.....

I still think the Buckeyes are probably the best team in the league, but this season is going to have a lot more parity than usual it seems....

[Brutus Buckeye]

Yeah, the entire conference is 1-1 except MSU (1-0) and Northwestern (0-1). If the Wildcats somehow hold serve at home, it will all be gridlocked heading into the New Year.

[medinabuckeye1]

Amazingly the home teams are now a perfect 13-0 in the conference games that have been played so far.  Thus, 12 of the 14 teams are now 1-1.  MSU at NU on Wednesday is the only remaining of this first set of league games and if the Wildcats manage to win then all 14 teams will be tied at 1-1 until league play resumes on January 2.  

In addition to the MSU/NU game on Wednesday there are a number of OOC games this week and weekend.  
Tuesday 12/17:

• Ohio State hosts SE Mizzou
• Purdue visits Ohio

Wednesday 12/18:

• Northwestern hosts Michigan State

Thursday 12/19:

• Maryland visits Seton Hall

Friday 12/20:

• Penn State hosts Central Conn

Saturday 12/21:

• Michigan hosts Presbyterian
• Indiana faces Notre Dame in Indianapolis
• Illinois faces Mizzou in St. Louis
• Purdue faces Butler in Indianapolis
• Wisconsin hosts Milwaukee
• Ohio State faces Kentucky in Las Vegas
• Minnesota faces OkSU in Tulsa
• Nebraska hosts North Dakota
• Michigan State hosts Eastern Michigan
• Northwestern visits DePaul
• Iowa faces Cincinnati in Chicago

Sunday 12/22:

• Rutgers hosts Lafayette

After Sunday's Rutgers/Lafayette game there are no more games involving B1G teams until Saturday, December 28.