2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[Abba]

It's February!  It's so beautiful.  Buckeyes rolling over the Hoosiers as expected.  Next victim: a reeling Wolverine team.  Gonna be a great month.  January is over and done with!

[MaximumSam]

It's February!  It's so beautiful.  Buckeyes rolling over the Hoosiers as expected.  Next victim: a reeling Wolverine team.  Gonna be a great month.  January is over and done with!

Speak it into existence!

[847badgerfan]

Yup, Kohl trumps all

I'd love to be wrong about today.


It's only halftime. The good guys are playing big minutes. That can come back later.

[bayareabadger]

Thanks Izzo and thanks ELA. 

[bayareabadger]

KenPom gave UW a 47 percent chance. Ha. 

Brad wasn’t there to punch any balls, but UW sure showed some today. 

[847badgerfan]

They sure did. Makes you wonder about King's statement, that there are others on the team who feel the same as him.

Sure didn't look like it today. Lots of resolve is what I saw.

[ELA]

They sure did. Makes you wonder about King's statement, that there are others on the team who feel the same as him.

Sure didn't look like it today. Lots of resolve is what I saw.

That's what I assumed you would see. A galvanized team.  MSU scored enough, but giving up 43 points in the first half is inexcusable

[ELA]

Also twice now tell man has missed easy layups to win games on the road in the Big Ten

[bayareabadger]

So looking at this, UW got a bit boost for the tourney hopes, which was all this team was really in line for at season's start and moreso now. Their schedule is such that they need to get to whatever arbitrary number of wins is "minimum" if you believe in that sort of thing, which mostly seems like 18-13 in the regular season.

This puts them five away with at Neb and NW at home as two very good chances. They have six other games with a win expectancy between 40 percent and 65 percent, with at Minnesota being considered harder than at IU, which I didn't expect. Anyway, they need three of those six with four at home. If they also want to upset Michigan in Ann Arbor, that'd be cool too. 

[MichiFan87]

Great win for Michigan today and fun to watch in person, even surrounded by Rutgers fans. That's how it was for that NIT Championship win back in the day though too.

Johns really came up big finally, which was huge. There were some really dumb turnovers and bad rebounding, but the team finally made more than their share of open shots while getting a lot of good stops early (though giving up those 3s in the second half was frustrating, along with the turnovers).

Michigan also probably got more than their share of breaks from the refs, which is rather unusual, but I'll take it, especially surrounded by a bunch of angry Rutgers fans.

Huge games next week, though, now.....

[bayareabadger]

ELA, how are MSU fans feeling about Rocket Watts?

[ELA]

ELA, how are MSU fans feeling about Rocket Watts?

Fine in this role, and good with an increased role going forward, but not as the primary 1.  Loyer isn't that either, and I don't want to hand the keys to a true freshman in Hoggard next year.  My guess is they at least take a serious look at grad transfer PG options.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Purdue managed a road win!

Sure, it was only Northwestern. Sure, they didn't score the go ahead basket until there were only three seconds left after trailing most of the game (brief leads here and there, but none since very early in the 2nd half).

But it's a conference win, away from Mackey!

[JerseyTerrapin]

Purdue managed a road win!

Sure, it was only Northwestern. Sure, they didn't score the go ahead basket until there were only three seconds left after trailing most of the game (brief leads here and there, but none since very early in the 2nd half).

But it's a conference win, away from Mackey!

Boiler Up!   (hopefully I'm saying that right, I'm a B1G newbie).

I don't think we've heard the last of Purdue.  They have talent and excellent coaching.  To be continued.