2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[MaximumSam]

Kobe King interview where he basically just says he hates Greg Gard and doesn't want to play for him anymore.

https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/basketball/men/kobe-king-says-frustration-was-building-with-coach-greg-gard/article_02dae339-204e-5788-a891-c03e908d1b0a.html

[bayareabadger]

Kobe King interview where he basically just says he hates Greg Gard and doesn't want to play for him anymore.

https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/basketball/men/kobe-king-says-frustration-was-building-with-coach-greg-gard/article_02dae339-204e-5788-a891-c03e908d1b0a.html

I'm happy he said his peace. He wasn't super forthcoming, but I approve of when people actually say the things.

[847badgerfan]

If it is really true that other current players on the team feel the same, there is a major problem in Madison.

I wonder how much of this is related to Howard Moore not being there as a buffer. I mean, Krabby and Tucker played for Bo, and Gard had been with Bo his entire life (almost). Bo was no peach in the locker room.

[medinabuckeye1]

No upsets last night and for once we have a traditional Big Ten weekend with no games Friday or Monday and all teams playing either Saturday or Sunday.  They seemed to want to avoid trying to compete with the SuperBowl so their are six games Saturday and only one on Sunday.  

For review the tiers currently are:

• UMD, MSU
• IL, UW, PSU, IA, PU
• RU, IU, MN, tOSU, M
• blank
• UNL, NU

The upsets so far have been:

Thus, the projected final standings/BTT Seeds are:

• 15-5 Maryland
• 14-6 Michigan State
• 14-6 Illinois
• 12-8 Wisconsin
• 12-8 Penn State
• 11-9 Iowa
• 10-10 Rutgers
• 10-10 Purdue
• 10-10 Indiana
• 10-10 Minnesota
• 9-11 Ohio State
• 9-11 Michigan 
• 3-17 Nebraska
• 1-19 Northwestern

The Tiebreakers are:
For the two-way tie for 2nd/3rd between MSU and IL at 14-6:

• The first tiebreaker is H2H but they play twice and each team is projected to win the home game.  
• The second tiebreaker is record against Maryland.  They both play Maryland twice and are each projected to go 1-1.  
• The third tiebreaker is record against the 12-8 teams (PSU, UW).  This is also tied.  MSU plays both teams twice each and is projected to go 2-2 while IL does not host either PSU or UW but they won in Madison so they are projected to go 1-1.  
• The next tiebreaker is record against Iowa.  MSU wins this because they do not visit Iowa City this year so they are projected to go 1-0 while IL plays Iowa twice and is projected to go 1-1.  

For the two-way tie for 4th/5th between UW and PSU at 12-8:

• The first tiebreaker is H2H.  They only play once this year, in State College and Wisconsin won.  

For the four-way tie for 7th/8th/9th/10th between RU, PU, IU, and MN at 10-10:

• The first tiebreaker is H2H2H2H.  Rutgers is projected to go 3-1 because they do not visit Bloomington or Minneapolis this year so they win and get the #7 seed.  Purdue is projected to go 3-2 because they do not visit Minneapolis this year so they finish second and get the #8 seed.  Indiana is projected to go 2-3 because they do not host Rutgers this year so they finish third and get the #9 seed.  Minnesota is projected to go 1-3 because they do not host either Rutgers or Purdue this year so they lose and get the #10 seed.  

For the two-way tie for 11th/12th between tOSU and M at 9-11:

• The first tiebreaker is H2H but they play twice and each team is projected to win the home game.  
• The second tiebreaker is record against Maryland but both teams are projected to go 0-season against the Terps.  
• The third tiebreaker is record against the 14-6 teams (MSU and IL).  Michigan lost at home to the Illini so they are projected to go 0-4 against IL and MSU while tOSU has yet to play either and they are projected to go 1-1 with a home win over Illinois and a road loss to MSU.  

Thus, the BTT match-ups in Indianapolis would be:
Wednesday, March 11, 2020:

• #11 Ohio State vs #14 Northwestern, 9:30pm, BTN
• #12 Michigan vs #13 Nebraska, 6pm, BTN

Thursday, March 12, 2020:

• #5 Penn State vs M/UNL, 2:30pm, BTN
• #6 Iowa vs tOSU/NU, 9pm, BTN
• #7 Rutgers vs #10 Minnesota, 6:30pm, BTN
• #8 Purdue vs #9 Indiana (this would be a fun game in Indianapolis!), noon, BTN

Friday, March 13, 2020:

• #1 Maryland vs PU/IU, noon, BTN
• #2 Michigan State vs RU/MN, 6:30pm, BTN
• #3 Illinois vs IA/tOSU/NU, 9pm, BTN
• #4 Wisconsin vs PSU/M/UNL, 2:30pm, BTN

Saturday, March 14, 2020:

• UMD/PU/IU vs UW/PSU/M/UNL, 1pm, CBS
• MSU/RU/MN vs IL/IA/tOSU/NU, 3:30pm, CBS

Sunday, March 15, 2020:

• UMD/PU/IU/UW/PSU/M/UNL vs MSU/RU/MN/IL/IA/tOSU/NU, 3:30pm, CBS

[medinabuckeye1]

Each team plays this weekend (12 on Saturday, two on Sunday).  The games are:

• Indiana+1 at Ohio State-2 Saturday at noon on ESPN:  We project an Ohio State win.  If Indiana wins we might have to make some changes to the tiers.  
• Michigan State-1 at Wisconsin+1(+2,-1) Saturday at 1pm on Fox:  We project a Wisconsin win.  If Michigan State wins it just gets both teams back to even so no changes.  
• Rutgers vs Michigan-2 at Madison Square Garden in NYC, Saturday at 4:30pm on BTN:  We project a Michigan win but that is only because this replaces a Michigan home game and I have to treat it like a Michigan home game to keep my formulas straight.  If Rutgers wins we might have to demote the Wolverines to tier-4 but I'm not sure about doing that based on a "home" loss played hundreds of miles from campus and not far from the opponent's campus.  
• Penn State at Nebraska+2, Saturday at 7pm on BTN:  We project a PSU win.  If Nebraska wins we might have to promote them to tier-4.  
• Purdue-2 at Northwestern, Saturday at 9pm on BTN:  We project a Purdue win.  If Northwestern wins we might have to demote Purdue.  
• Illinois+3 at Iowa-1, Sunday at 1pm on FS1:  We projet an Iowa win.  If Illinois wins I think we will have to promote them and possibly also demote Iowa.  

[847badgerfan]

Wisconsin is playing with 6 scholarship players tomorrow. They are not beating MSU.

[ELA]

Wisconsin is playing with 6 scholarship players tomorrow. They are not beating MSU.

I wouldn't bet on it, but I think that's going to be a hornet's nest tomorrow.  If a bunch of Badgers just start raining threes, I wouldn't be shocked at all.  Cornered badger will come out swinging claws.  Maybe I still have Kohl PTSD

[FearlessF]

road games are tough to win

Nebraska doesn't have 4 scholarship players and they upset Iowa in the Bank

[847badgerfan]

I wouldn't bet on it, but I think that's going to be a hornet's nest tomorrow.  If a bunch of Badgers just start raining threes, I wouldn't be shocked at all.  Cornered badger will come out swinging claws.  Maybe I still have Kohl PTSD

The problem is that of the Badgers who have made a lot of the threes lately are not playing. One quit and the other one is a nut puncher.

[bayareabadger]

The problem is that of the Badgers who have made a lot of the threes lately are not playing. One quit and the other one is a nut puncher.

If Kobe had made threes, I woulda been a lot sadder to see him go. 

But yeah, six dudes, few who are high end, plus an upjumped walk-on it’ll be bad. I think this rotation could beat some Big Ten teams some years, but very few of them this year. Can’t tell if this is the ideal game to lose Brad or not. Probably. 

[FearlessF]

probably weren't going to win this game regardless of roster, so better to have the nut puncher back for the next winnable game

[JerseyTerrapin]

Each team plays this weekend (12 on Saturday, two on Sunday).  The games are:

• Indiana+1 at Ohio State-2 Saturday at noon on ESPN:  We project an Ohio State win.  If Indiana wins we might have to make some changes to the tiers. 
• Michigan State-1 at Wisconsin+1(+2,-1) Saturday at 1pm on Fox:  We project a Wisconsin win.  If Michigan State wins it just gets both teams back to even so no changes. 
• Rutgers vs Michigan-2 at Madison Square Garden in NYC, Saturday at 4:30pm on BTN:  We project a Michigan win but that is only because this replaces a Michigan home game and I have to treat it like a Michigan home game to keep my formulas straight.  If Rutgers wins we might have to demote the Wolverines to tier-4 but I'm not sure about doing that based on a "home" loss played hundreds of miles from campus and not far from the opponent's campus. 
• Penn State at Nebraska+2, Saturday at 7pm on BTN:  We project a PSU win.  If Nebraska wins we might have to promote them to tier-4. 
• Purdue-2 at Northwestern, Saturday at 9pm on BTN:  We project a Purdue win.  If Northwestern wins we might have to demote Purdue. 
• Illinois+3 at Iowa-1, Sunday at 1pm on FS1:  We projet an Iowa win.  If Illinois wins I think we will have to promote them and possibly also demote Iowa. 

Actually, Maryland is off for the weekend, as your schedule shows.They get to rest up for the Scarlet Knights.  I guess it's Mini-soda (6 oz) who is also off.  

[medinabuckeye1]

Actually, Maryland is off for the weekend, as your schedule shows.They get to rest up for the Scarlet Knights. I guess it's Mini-soda (6 oz) who is also off. 

My mistake.  When I was typing in the games I had my spreadsheet scrolled down so Maryland (top line) wasn't showing.  I have no idea how I missed the fact that Minnesota isn't playing this weekend, duh.  

[ELA]

Yup, Kohl trumps all