2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

Tillman off to a terrible start to the season.

[ELA]

Anything this kid from Seton Hall throws up is going in.  Triple teamed three pointers banking in.  Just that kind of night.

[MichiFan87]

Michigan certainly could've and probably should've played better tonight, but they played pretty well in the second half, at least. Turnovers were the main issue tonight, whereas defensive rebounding wasn't. Elon is bad, and Houston Baptist might be even worse, so they have time to figure it out. I'm not too concerned yet, though....

[847badgerfan]

Good win for the Badgers yesterday against Marquette. Always good to beat that team.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Can't believe Wesson isn't wearing a mask. Dude broke his eye socket like two weeks ago. If that.

[mcwterps1]

Cockburn is going to be a problem. 

[NickSmith4Three]

Cockburn is going to be a problem.

Might need to get a cream for that...

[MaximumSam]

Couple weeks in KenPom

1. MSU (1)
2. OSU (8)
3. Purdue (10)
4. Maryland (14)
5. Michigan (26)
6. Indiana (33)
7. PSU (34)
8. Wisconsin (39)
9. Illinois (46)
10. Iowa (56)
11. Rutgers (80)
12. Minnesota (82)
13. Northwestern (99)
14. Nebraska (129)

[medinabuckeye1]

Couple weeks in KenPom
1. MSU (1)
2. OSU (8)
3. Purdue (10)
4. Maryland (14)
5. Michigan (26)
6. Indiana (33)
7. PSU (34)
8. Wisconsin (39)
9. Illinois (46)
10. Iowa (56)
11. Rutgers (80)
12. Minnesota (82)
13. Northwestern (99)
14. Nebraska (129)

Compared to our tiers:

• #1 MSU
• #8 tOSU, #10 PU, #14 UMD
• #26 M, #39 UW, #46 IL
• #33 IU, #34 PSU, #56 IA
• #80 RU, #82 MN
• #99 NU, #129 UNL

KenPom mostly lines up with our tiers with the major outliers being Indiana and PSU.  If they continue to impress and Illinois doesn't get the ship righted we'll have to make adjustments.  

[ELA]

I'm not moving Indiana, no matter how many cupcakes they blow out, until they play someone of substance.

[medinabuckeye1]

I'm not moving Indiana, no matter how many cupcakes they blow out, until they play someone of substance.

I agree.  


FWIW:  I was thinking we would not rearrange tiers until at least after the Challenge (December 2 - December 4) games in early December.  Then immediately after that we have two conference games each between December 6 (Iowa at Michigan) and December 18 (MSU at Northwestern).  

I guess the question I would ask right now is do we want to rearrange tiers on December 5/6 in between the B1G/ACC Challenge games and the first two conference games or wait until December 19 (after the first two conference games) or wait until the first of the new year when nearly everyone will be done with OOC games.  

So date for next tier rearrangement:

• Thursday/Friday, December 5/6:  Right after B1G/ACC Challenge and right before first two conference games.
• Thursday, December 19:  Right after the first two conference games for each team.  
• Thursday, January 2:  Right before conference play resumes.  

If it is ok with you guys, I would prefer to do it Thursday, December 19.  December 5/6 is right before the football CG's and right after the Challenge so we'll have plenty to talk about with those things.  January 2 is right in the thick of bowl season and more than a few people might be travelling.  December 19 is in somewhat of a lull in bowls where there aren't any REALLY big bowls yet but everything is set so there isn't all that much to talk about.  

[medinabuckeye1]

On second thought, we might want to wait a couple more days.  

As noted above, 12/18 is the last of the first two B1G games for each team (MSU at NU) but then there are a slew of good games on December 19 and December 21:

• UMD at Seton Hall
• IU at ND
• IL vs Mizzou at St. Louis
• PU vs Butler at Indy
• tOSU vs UK in Vegas
• MN vs OkSU in Tulsa
• Iowa vs Cincy in Chicago

Then there are no games at all involving B1G teams from 12/23 through 12/27.  

[ELA]

On second thought, we might want to wait a couple more days. 

As noted above, 12/18 is the last of the first two B1G games for each team (MSU at NU) but then there are a slew of good games on December 19 and December 21:

• UMD at Seton Hall
• IU at ND
• IL vs Mizzou at St. Louis
• PU vs Butler at Indy
• tOSU vs UK in Vegas
• MN vs OkSU in Tulsa
• Iowa vs Cincy in Chicago

Then there are no games at all involving B1G teams from 12/23 through 12/27. 

I thought we just waiting until Christmas, because teams basically just play one cupcake game in between that and the start of Big Ten play

[betarhoalphadelta]

Yeah, I'd say Dec 22/23 should be the target.