2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice of the Big Ten to have our home game against Michigan with no students

Not clear on the verbiage - Are you saying Michigan plays away nine times during those opponents' student vacations?

[medinabuckeye1]

Not clear on the verbiage - Are you saying Michigan plays away nine times during those opponents' student vacations?

I think he is just saying that MSU hosts M while the students are on break.

[ELA]

Not clear on the verbiage - Are you saying Michigan plays away nine times during those opponents' student vacations?

Huh?  OUR home game.  The UM at MSU game is during Christmas Break

[Anonymous Coward]

Ah, a dyslexic moment for me. I thought you wrote "Nine of the Big Ten ..." instead of "Nice of  the Big Ten."

Nine is definitely more confusing than nice.

[ELA]

Maryland's 7'2" freshman Chol Marial possibly out for the year with stress fractures in both legs.

[JerseyTerrapin]

Maryland's 7'2" freshman Chol Marial possibly out for the year with stress fractures in both legs.

I doubt, unfortunately, that this kid ever gets on the floor.  There's a reason he went from five-star recruit to project.  Sadly, his legs aren't built to last...

[ELA]

I doubt, unfortunately, that this kid ever gets on the floor.  There's a reason he went from five-star recruit to project.  Sadly, his legs aren't built to last...

7'2" kids built like that rarely are.

Doubt he was going to be a huge factor this year anyway, those 6'9" bigs Maryland added are the impact freshmen.  It's more a concern going forward if he was ever going to develop into anything.

[ELA]

MSU gets a commitment from 2020 big Mady Sissoko from Mali, by way of Utah.  Kansas and BYU were his other finalists.

Rare for Izzo to go outside the MI-OH-IN footprint to get a recruit, and this might be the most out there commitment they've ever gotten.  Apparently the chance to work in a program at MSU that allows him to volunteer during the summers in Mali helped.

[ELA]

TV and tip times for Big Ten/ACC Challenge announced

2019 Big Ten/ACC Challenge

Date	Time	Matchup	Network
Mon, Dec. 2	7 p.m. ET	Miami at Illinois	ESPN2
	9 p.m. ET	Clemson at Minnesota	ESPN2
Tue, Dec. 3	7 p.m. ET	Northwestern at Boston College	ESPNU
	7 or 7:30 p.m. ET	Iowa at Syracuse	ESPN/ESPN2
	7 or 7:30 p.m. ET	Michigan at Louisville	ESPN/ESPN2
	9 p.m. ET	Rutgers at Pitt	ESPNU
	9 p.m. ET	Florida State at Indiana	ESPN2
	9:30 p.m. ET	Duke at Michigan State	ESPN
Wed, Dec. 4	7:15 p.m. ET	Nebraska at Georgia Tech	ESPNU
	7:15 or 7:30 p.m. ET	Notre Dame at Maryland	ESPN/ESPN2
	7:15 or 7:30 p.m. ET	Virginia at Purdue	ESPN/ESPN2
	9:15 p.m. ET	Wisconsin at NC State	ESPN2
	9:15 p.m. ET	Wake Forest at Penn State	ESPNU
	9:30 p.m. ET	Ohio State at North Carolina	ESPN

[bayareabadger]

Wisconsin added a three-star center last night, the No. 169 player in the 2020 class. 

Apparently about to add the No. 82 player in the class, a stretch 4 with Iowa State, Purdue, Xavier, Stanford offers. 

A bit of a surprise because the scholarships were sorta full, but not mad at it. 

[847badgerfan]

Seems encouraging. 

[847badgerfan]

https://twitter.com/bencarlson23/status/1174375656110592000


This is a big win for UW.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Purdue was in on Carlson, and I think many thought it was down to Purdue vs Stanford, as he wants to be an engineer. Seen a lot of players who talk about how highly the value academics then go to a decidedly non-academic school. As Wisconsin is a fine academic institution, I'm sad to see him not choose Purdue, but feel like it was a solid choice for him. 

[847badgerfan]

Purdue was in on Carlson, and I think many thought it was down to Purdue vs Stanford, as he wants to be an engineer. Seen a lot of players who talk about how highly the value academics then go to a decidedly non-academic school. As Wisconsin is a fine academic institution, I'm sad to see him not choose Purdue, but feel like it was a solid choice for him.

Yeah. All the "experts" had him going to Xavier lately, which made no sense at all, given his academic values. They don't even have an engineering program there, and they don't offer any doctorate.