2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[betarhoalphadelta]

Not a bad first half from Purdue...

[Abba]

Not a bad first half from Purdue...

Purdue seems to be the most extreme example of good at home, bad on the road.  Doesn't even seem like the same team.

[bayareabadger]

I feel much less bad about Wisconsin‘s performance at Purdue

[ELA]

I feel much less bad about Wisconsin‘s performance at Purdue

And MSUs

[GopherRock]

Just saw that Purdue hung a C-note on Iowa. Was it as bad as the final score indicated?

Also, Wisconsin is currently fumigating the Barn with their rotten play.

[mcwterps1]

Purdue shot 536 3-pointers, and made more than half. Can't beat a team shooting like that. 

[847badgerfan]

Just saw that Purdue hung a C-note on Iowa. Was it as bad as the final score indicated?

Also, Wisconsin is currently fumigating the Barn with their rotten play.

Glad Wisconsin was able to clean up the dump, even while playing so poorly. Circle March 1 on your calendar...


 

[847badgerfan]

Straight out of the Justin Fields playbook, Kobe King is now playing the race card. So, he goes from not being a fit in the program, to hating Greg Gard, to this.


https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2020/02/05/allegations-made-uw-basketball-staffer-used-racial-comments-presence-kobe-king/4675859002/


Some team is going to get a decent player for next season. Precedent is set.

[fezzador]

Just saw that Purdue hung a C-note on Iowa. Was it as bad as the final score indicated?

Also, Wisconsin is currently fumigating the Barn with their rotten play.

Nobody in the country would have stayed within 10 points of Purdue last night the way they were shooting.

Mackey has some crazy voodoo.

[MaximumSam]

Straight out of the Justin Fields playbook, Kobe King is now playing the race card. So, he goes from not being a fit in the program, to hating Greg Gard, to this.


https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2020/02/05/allegations-made-uw-basketball-staffer-used-racial-comments-presence-kobe-king/4675859002/


Some team is going to get a decent player for next season. Precedent is set.

That article is kind of annoying.  It says Fields "claimed" that he was the victim of abusive language.  Yes, technically true, he did claim it, but also it was quite well documented and there was no question that it happened.  In any event, this ain't the 50's anymore and that type of stuff is unacceptable in any program.

[847badgerfan]

https://georgiadogs.com/sports/softball/roster/jaiden-fields/4590

[MaximumSam]

https://georgiadogs.com/sports/softball/roster/jaiden-fields/4590

Yeah well if someone called her a slut and ****** and from the stands and people were laughing you tell me why it's so important to not consider that in evaluating a transfer claim.

[Abba]

Straight out of the Justin Fields playbook, Kobe King is now playing the race card. So, he goes from not being a fit in the program, to hating Greg Gard, to this.


https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2020/02/05/allegations-made-uw-basketball-staffer-used-racial-comments-presence-kobe-king/4675859002/


Some team is going to get a decent player for next season. Precedent is set.

Has it?  It seemed like the NCAA changed their minds later in the year after approving almost everything for a short while there.

[medinabuckeye1]

Some teams have played 11 games, some have played 12 so we are now 55-60% of the way through the season.  Per the tiers thus far there have been 12 upsets:

The tiers (for review/reminder) are:

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

The updated projected final standings/BTT seeds are:

• 15-5/25-6 Maryland
• 14-6/22-9 Illinois
• 13-7/23-8 Penn State
• 13-7/21-10 Michigan State
• 12-8/19-12 Wisconsin
• 11-9/20-11 Iowa
• 10-10/19-12 Rutgers
• 10-10/20-11 Ohio State
• 10-10/17-14 Purdue
• 10-10/16-14 Minnesota
• 10-10/20-11 Indiana
• 8-12/17-14 Michigan
• 3-17/8-23 Nebraska
• 1-19/6-24 Northwestern

The tiebreakers:
For the tie between PSU and MSU at 13-7 for 3rd/4th the tiebreaker is H2H and PSU won in East Lansing.  

For the five-way tie between RU, tOSU, PU, MN, and IU at 10-10 for 7th/8th/9th/10th/11th:
The first tiebreaker is H2H2H2H2H:

• 3-2 Rutgers:  Does not visit Bloomington or Minneapolis, does not host tOSU
• 3-3 Ohio State:  Does not visit West Lafayette or Picastaway, lost at home to MN
• 3-3 Purdue:  Does not visit Minneapolis, does not host tOSU
• 3-3 Minnesota:  Does not host PU or RU, won in Columbus
• 3-4 Indiana:  Does not host RU

Rutgers wins that and gets the #7 seed.  Indiana loses and gets the #11 seed.  The other three proceed to record against the best team(s) in the league, then the next, then the next, etc:
15-5 Maryland:

• All three are projected to go 0-season against Maryland.  

14-6 Illinois:

• 1-0 Ohio State, does not visit Champaign.  
• 0-2 Purdue, lost at home to the Illini.  
• 0-1 Minnesota, does not host Illinois.  

Thus, Ohio State gets the #8 seed and the other two move on to the next best team(s):
13-7 MSU and PSU:

• 2-0 Purdue, they do not visit either East Lansing or State College.  
• 1-3 Minnesota, plays both twice, projected to lose twice to MSU and split with PSU.  

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

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

Thursday, March 12, 2020:

• #5 Wisconsin vs M/UNL, 2:30pm on BTN
• #6 Iowa vs IU/NU, 9pm on BTN
• #7 Rutgers vs #10 Minnesota, 6:30pm on BTN
• #8 Ohio State vs #9 Purdue, noon on BTN

Friday, March 13, 2020:

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

Saturday, March 14, 2020:

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

Sunday, March 15, 2020:

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