2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[MaximumSam]

Pretty even first half. Buckeyes better inside and have more rebounds and have drawn a lot of fouls. But they are struggling with the quickness of Kentucky's guards on both sides of the court. Also there backup center hit three threes.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Pretty good first half.

[TyphonInc]

Announcers have a hard on for Kentucky. It's annoying.

[TyphonInc]

SCREW THE BLUE!

That 3 pointer by Walker as the shot clock expired was a dagger.

[MaximumSam]

Hell yes

[TyphonInc]

OSU has vastly exceeded my preseason expectations for their OOC schedule. Got a win versus one border, next  has #25 WVU. Also let's see how they can handle the grind of the Bigger 10.

[medinabuckeye1]

I do not think they will actually move to #1 in the next poll, but the Buckeyes have a decent argument. 

[ELA]

I do not think they will actually move to #1 in the next poll, but the Buckeyes have a decent argument.

They certainly should be.

Easily the best team in the Big Ten this far

[MaximumSam]

Btw Purdue in a bit of a danger zone. 12th on KenPom, but not a lot of easy wins in their future and they are 7-5 already

[MichiFan87]

I get that KenPom / BartTorvik are predictive based on tempo-free stats and not results, but the discrepancy between how they rate Purdue (and to a lesser extent with Sparty) and their results to date is particularly large, even considering the losses have been close except maybe Nebraska, which is by far their worst loss, no less. I also know those ratings still might have some preseason bias, but I thought that would be lessened by this point in the season.

Just finished watching Michigan's unsurprisingly easy win since there were more interesting early games when it was going on and throughout the day. Livers' early injury was kind of strange, because it wasn't clear what caused it, but I suspect he'll just be out next weekend, if only for precautionary reasons. Apparently Johns was sick, as well, so Michigan had some unusual lineups even before the walkons came in..... I was hoping that Bajema would get more meaningful minutes, but he looked decent when he was in. Maybe next weekend he'll get more time, though UM Lowell isn't as bad as Presbyterian. It's hard to draw any positive conclusions in these big mismatches, though. I will say I was glad to see how they stayed focus throughout the game and never let Presbyterian make a run, unlike the App State game (though they've proven to be better than expected and could contend in the SunBelt this year).

[TyphonInc]

I am sick, and unable to sleep. So, I'm watching Minnesota vs. OkSU. 2 things of Note:

1) The announcers for this game (a non-Ohio State game) have talked more about how good OSU is than the announcers did during the Kentucky game. 

2) The refs are again really bad. Minnesota got a technical for "looking to intimidating" WAT?!?! OkSU flops a lot and each time the refs called a charge against Minn. Or maybe Minnesota is just that much more physical than OkSU. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Plus Cincinnati, and a chance at one more noncon scalp with W Virginia.

[medinabuckeye1]

I am now soliciting opinions on tiers.

[Abba]

Tier 1: Ohio State, Michigan, Maryland, Michigan State

Tier 2: Purdue, Indiana, Wisconsin, Rutgers, Illinois, Penn State, Minnesota, Iowa

Tier 3: Northwestern, Nebraska