2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[MaximumSam]

Well this ain't good. Kyle Young might have appendicitis and have surgery this week

[Brutus Buckeye]

Another "one win" January?

[medinabuckeye1]

The BB loss was just a kick in the nuts while we were already down after the CFP loss.

The tOSU crowd in Cleveland was seriously weird. I think we (tOSU fans) outnumbered the WVU fans but you wouldn't have known it from the level of crowd noise because the WVU fans were substantially more excited. 

I think all of us tOSU fans were just basically hung over from the CFP loss last night. We couldn't really get into the BB game because even if tOSU had shredded WVU we still would have just basically said "Eh".

[ELA]

Yikes, MSU's entire projected starting backcourt now out with injuries.  Henry and Tillman the only projected starters still playing.

[MichiFan87]

Non-con play is essentially over (there are few guarantee games left, none of which should be close). If December was any indication I certainly expect a lot of home wins this year. 15-5 could be enough to win the league (maybe even 14-6).

Michigan, Ohio State, and Sparty appear to be the top 3 teams in some order (when healthy). All of them have some good wins and no bad losses (even Virginia Tech is respectable).

Iowa, Maryland, and Penn State also have no bad losses, but their wins aren't that great, either. All of them could be contenders, but I'm not sold yet. We'll find out soon enough, though.

I'm probably more down on Purdue than most people, but they're too inconsistent, and even the VCU and Virginia wins probably aren't as great as expected. Same with Indiana, which lost a game they should've been able to win at home against Arkansas tonight and inflated their record with a weak non-con schedule. Illinois also appears to be on the same level, as well, as borderline NCAA/NIT teams.

Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Rutgers can all beat anyone in the BigTen, but they're also just as susceptible to mediocre losses. Finishing 1 or 2 games above .500 still might be enough for them (or anyone else in the league) to make the NIT, though.

Nebraska and Northwestern are clearly at the bottom of the league with all of the bad losses. They still have a few good wins between them, though. They'll still pull off a few BigTen wins against the rest of the league. The bottom of the league has certainly been worse before, though.

[medinabuckeye1]

Updated projections with OOC (assuming UW beats Rider tonight):

Simplified view:

[mcwterps1]

Updated projections with OOC (assuming UW beats Rider tonight):
[img width=273.429 height=126]https://i.imgur.com/UnYChKJ.png[/img]
Simplified view:

Not. Happening. 

I'd love if Chol were in his prime from HS, before his surgeries, MAYBE, but I think he's got a long way to go. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

• #1 would obviously be MSU
• #2, #3, and #4 would be tOSU, UMD, and IU but there is no way to break that tie yet because none have played each other. 
• #5 would be Penn State
• #6 - 9 would be IL, RU, M, and IA but I'm not figuring out that tie
• #10 would be PU
• #11-12 would be MN and UW but I'm not figuring that tie out either
• #13 would be UNL
• #14 would be NU

Did this pecking order get altered by the blast of Holiday Non-Cons?

[ELA]

I'd say the conference tourney will be fun this year, but, eh, the only interest in P5 conference tourneys is in bubble teams pulling an upset.

It would be interesting if they gave a reward for the P5 tourneys.  Like a bye to the Round of 32 or something.  Sometimes the winner is a 1 or 2 seed anyway, but frequently it's a solidly in team, but a team that's still only a 4 or 5 seed or something.  Or you only have 5 predetermined host locations, and the 6 BCS conference tourney champs get to host their pod?

[Brutus Buckeye]

In order to get a 1 seed in the NCAA tourney, you have to win both the regular season title and the conference tournament.

Make the P5 1-seeds that fail to win their Conference tourney square off against each other in the Dayton play-in games.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Just saw that Northwestern beat #12 Maryland, and was shocked until I realized it said NCAAW... 

[Brutus Buckeye]

That'll getcha every time.

[mcwterps1]

Just saw that Northwestern beat #12 Maryland, and was shocked until I realized it said NCAAW...

They've been very vulnerable this year as well. 

Haven't watched a single game, but they lost to SC at home big, so I figure this will be a challenging year. 

I believe they're young, but really haven't followed. 

[ELA]

I think Maryland's ceiling might be the highest in the league, but I also think they are most likely to drop a random midweek home game against Minnesota.