2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

Kaleb Wesson hurts his knee

Edit: apparently fine

Netflix already bought the movie rights

[MaximumSam]

Netflix already bought the movie rights

I'm watching the prequel now

[Brutus Buckeye]

[medinabuckeye1]

Purdue and Ohio State had pretty easy wins as expected last night.  

Tonight we have the last of the first set of league games, MSU@NU.  One of two things will happen, either:

• MSU will break the home-team winning streak and remain alone in first place at 2-0 followed by a 12-way tie for 2nd-13th at 1-1 then NU in 14th at 0-2, or
• NU will keep the home-team winning streak going and all 14 teams will move into a 14-way tie for 1st-14th at 1-1.  

[medinabuckeye1]

I wanted to take a minute to acknowledge PSU's spot in the AP Poll and congratulate them and their fans.  PSU hasn't been ranked since the 95/96 season so this is a big deal in Happy Valley.  

They are 9-2 and should easily win their last two games in December to enter 2020 11-2 and ranked with not-terrible losses to Ole Miss and tOSU and some decent wins as well.  

[ELA]

This is a repeat from two years ago, when everyone played zone against us, and we couldn't shoot them out of it. The half-court offense doesn't look quite as lost as it did two years ago, we just can't hit the open threes we are getting. But flipside is that two years ago we had two lottery picks to help cover up some of that

[TyphonInc]

MSU ends the Home Team win streak.

[Brutus Buckeye]

So what would the Big Ten bracket look like if the season ended today?

[medinabuckeye1]

So what would the Big Ten bracket look like if the season ended today?

• #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

[Abba]

I admit I was slightly disappointed to wake up this morning and see that Michigan State beat Northwestern.  Oh well, gonna be a crazy Big Ten season.  Just a few more days until we get the updated tiers.  Will it be broadcast on ESPN Tuesday at 9, like the Playoff Rankings were?  MedinaBuckeye gets to have a goofy grin while Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg ask him questions?

[MaximumSam]

I admit I was slightly disappointed to wake up this morning and see that Michigan State beat Northwestern.  Oh well, gonna be a crazy Big Ten season.  Just a few more days until we get the updated tiers.  Will it be broadcast on ESPN Tuesday at 9, like the Playoff Rankings were?  MedinaBuckeye gets to have a goofy grin while Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg ask him questions?

I say we ask Bill Walton to announce them and also provide edible snacks

[betarhoalphadelta]

I admit I was slightly disappointed to wake up this morning and see that Michigan State beat Northwestern.

Agreed (although I was watching it, so I didn't wait until morning to be disappointed). I would have thought it really hilarious to have 14 teams all at 1-1 and all home games being wins. Plus that keeps MSU from being a game ahead of Purdue in the standings ;-) 

[ELA]

James Wiseman leaving Memphis and signing with an agent to prepare for the NBA Draft.

[ELA]

Josh Langford had another foot surgery, officially done for the year.