2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

Meaningless at this stage, but Lunardi has Rutgers playing in the First Four in Dayton in his new Bracketology.

[ELA]

Seth Towns, who was HM AP All-American and Ivy League POTY as a sophomore in 2018, before missing all of last year and this with injuries, has entered the transfer portal, with Ohio State as the presumptive landing spot.

[MaximumSam]

Seth Towns, who was HM AP All-American and Ivy League POTY as a sophomore in 2018, before missing all of last year and this with injuries, has entered the transfer portal, with Ohio State as the presumptive landing spot.

Interesting - I didn't know he went to Northland.  OSU getting tight on numbers - they already have 12 guys coming back next year, plus 2 freshmen.  I would assume Kaleb Wesson is looking to turn pro after this season. So that's still 13 unless someone else leaves. DJ Carton could conceivably leave early if he looks good down the stretch.  Justin Ahrens has struggled to find minutes.  

[medinabuckeye1]

Meaningless at this stage, but Lunardi has Rutgers playing in the First Four in Dayton in his new Bracketology.

He now has 10 B1G teams in plus Illinois among the "Next Four Out".  

Here they all are by seed:

• n/a
• MSU
• tOSU, UMD
• M
• PSU
• n/a
• IA
• UW
• n/a
• IU, PU
• n/a
• RU (play in)

Percent chances by round based on past tournaments since the expansion to 64 teams:
Chance to win the Round of 64 game:

• #2 MSU:  94.29%
• #3 tOSU, UMD:  85% each
• #4 M:  79.29%
• #5 PSU:  64.29%
• #7 IA:  60.71%
• #8 UW:  48.57%
• #10 IU, PU:  39.29% each
• #12 RU:  50% to win play in, 17.86% (1/2 of a 12 seed's chance)
• Cumulative:  Should result in 6.14 teams advancing to the round of 32

Chance to win Round of 32 game:

• #2 MSU:  63.57%
• #3 tOSU, UMD:  52.86% each
• #4 M:  47.14%
• #5 PSU:  33.57%
• #7 IA:  19.29%
• #8 UW:  9.29%
• #10 IU, PU:  16.43% each
• #12 RU:  7.50%
• Cumulative:  Should result in 3.19 teams in the Sweet Sixteen

Chance to win Sweet 16 game:

• #2 MSU:  43.1%
• #3 tOSU, UMD:  25.71% each
• #4 M:  15%
• #5 PSU:  6.43%
• #7 IA:  7.14%
• #8 UW:  5.71%
• #10 IU, PU:  5.71% each
• #12 RU:  0.36%
• Cumulative:  Should result in 1.43 teams in the Elite Eight

Chance to win Elite Eight game:

• #2 MSU:  20%
• #3 tOSU, UMD:  12.14% each
• #4 M:  9.29%
• #5 PSU:  5%
• #7 IA:  2.14%
• #8 UW:  3.57%
• #10 IU, PU:  0.71% each
• #12 RU:  0%
• Cumulative:  Should result in 0.66 teams in the Final Four

Chance to win Final Four game:

• #2 MSU:  8.57%
• #3 tOSU, UMD:  7.86% each
• #4 M:  2.14%
• #5 PSU:  2.14%
• #7 IA:  0.71%
• #8 UW:  2.14
• #10 IU, PU:  0%
• Cumulative:  Should result in 0.31 teams in NC

Chance to win National Championship:

• #2 MSU:  3.57%
• #3 tOSU, UMD:  2.86% each
• #4 M:  0.71%
• #5 PSU:  0%
• #7 IA:  0.71%
• #8 UW:  0.71%
• Cumulative:  should result in 0.11 teams winning NC

Source:
There have been 35 tournaments since the expansion to 64 teams in 1985.  Thus, there have been 140 of each seed.  Here is how many of each seed that have won in each round:

[MaximumSam]

Kyle Young doubtful to play tonight

[ELA]

Kyle Young doubtful to play tonight

I'm surprised its that positive.  I assumed at least a couple more weeks.

[mcwterps1]

Let the blowout begin. 

[MaximumSam]

Pretty ugly first half

[mcwterps1]

Pretty ugly first half

Agreed. 

Maryland hasn't shot the 3 like that all year. Difference in the game so far. 

[MaximumSam]

Ugh I usually like Dakich but for gods sake pay attention to the game

[mcwterps1]

I don't know what they're talkin about. Ayala turns the ball over every time he drives down the lane, and no one misses more layups than Maryland.

[MaximumSam]

Bucks never close to solving Maryland's defense

[3degrees]

Rutgers beats PSU without their best player. Maybe a bit better than people think ( outside of those familiar with all college basketball) or is PSU overrated. It may be a while before RU gets Geo Baker back but they’re managing ok. 

[medinabuckeye1]

Remember when Ohio State was 11-1 and in the top-5?That was fun. 

Now 11-4, three games back in the league and barely clinging to a spot in the top-25 with a trip to Bloomington looming.

I've never seen a team go from having a legitimate argument to be #1 to not even having an argument to be ranked at all this quickly.