2020-2021 B1G Basketball Thread

[MaximumSam]

Yes, and I think we all are.

I think the only downside is the lack of the crazy endings.  Bryce Drew and Jordan Poole never happen.

I would love to see it in perhaps some of those noncon tourneys just to see what it looks like. I'm a fan but it would be a jarring change

[bayareabadger]

Ringer NBA podcast was discussing rule changes.  The two I kind of liked was a uniform three point line, which would eliminate corner threes and bring back mid-range game.  Other interesting one was on shooting fouls, you shoot the FTs from where the foul occurred, to eliminate guys just trying to draw fouls on threes

I wonder if that just bunches things up above the arc and has more folks looking to drive from the corner.

Perhaps it's because I root for 3-centric teams or because I'm a math dork, but I never really understood the fetishization of the mid-range jumper. It's a jump shot. It's a less valuable one, but one that complements a post game. It's perfectly nice, but it seems to often get talked up in just such a way. 

[ELA]

I don't think it's anything more than diversity.  I like seeing players with different skill sets.  Just like I'm not opposed to HRs, but I don't like an MLB made of of guys just hitting dingers or striking out, even if the numbers tell us it's smarter than trying to steal a base, or putting the hit and run on.

[FearlessF]

Lincoln – The Nebraska men's basketball program will resume one of its oldest rivalries beginning next season, as the Huskers and Kansas State have signed an agreement to begin a three-year series starting in 2020-21.

The series will begin on December 19, 2020, with a neutral-site matchup at the Sprint Center in Kansas City before shifting to campus sites the following two seasons. The Wildcats will make their first-ever appearance at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Dec. 18, 2021, while the Huskers will visit Bramlage Coliseum on Dec. 17, 2022, to conclude the series.

"We are excited to renew this series with Kansas State," Nebraska Coach Fred Hoiberg. "There is more than a century of history between the two programs, and this is a matchup that our fans will look forward to over the next three seasons.  The series upgrades our non-conference schedule as we build our program. Playing in the Sprint Center this December should also be a fun experience for our fans and student-athletes because of the number of Husker alums in the Kansas City area and the ability to make it a weekend trip around the holidays."

The series between the Huskers and Wildcats dates back to the 1905-06 season, as the schools were members of the Missouri Valley, Big Eight and Big 12 Conferences before the Huskers joined the Big Ten in 2011. The Wildcats lead the all-time series, 127-93, but the teams have not met since Feb. 23, 2011, a 61-57 Kansas State win in Lincoln. Nebraska's last win in the series was a 73-51 win at the Devaney Center in 2009.

[MichiFan87]

Livers is officially considering going pro, and it sounds like he's more likely to go than return even though he's not even projected to be drafted by anyone, though I do think he does have the potential to make it in the pros, if he improves his ability to drive and regains his 3pt shooting.

I don't get it, but it does explain why Michigan is looking at grad transfers.

It sounds like the other rotation players from last year should all be back, though, including Wagner.

[ELA]

I kind of wonder if a lot of kids are going to go this route, simply because of the uncertainty regarding the start of next school year.  Surprised to hear he's not projected anywhere.  I'd take him as a fringe 1st/2nd round guy, and if he's still there mid-2nd I'd nab him in a heartbeat.  When was POole taken last year?  Like #30?  I'd take Livers all day over Poole.

[bayareabadger]

UW's Potter said this to the Milwaukee paper looking ahead to next year: “It will be fun and we know it,” Potter said. “Obviously, we have to live up to the expectations. But our mentality is that we can do it. We proved we can do it through all of the adversity this season.”

I don't think he'd look at the NBA process, but a lot of folks do and he has some pop to his game. Hopefully for my nerves that's a sign he won't. 

[ELA]

PSU adds PG Sam Sessoms from Binghamton, who led the America East in scoring at 19.4 ppg.  Not a great 3 point shooter though.

[MaximumSam]

Bucks in running for Jamarius Burton, a transfer guard from Wichita State. Would be redshirting next year

[ELA]

Iowa's Cordell Pemsl leaving as a grad transfer.  Averaged 2.8 and 3.2

[MaximumSam]

Ouch. Guard Luther Muhammad transferring. That's a significant problem.

[ELA]

That's a head scratcher

[MaximumSam]

That's a head scratcher

I know. The guy started as a freshman and played tons of minutes. The rumors are he felt he couldn't expand his offensive game at OSU. 

[FearlessF]

Nebraska basketball picked up a huge addition on Saturday afternoon when former two-year Pitt starter, Trey McGowens, announced his commitment to transfer to the program. McGowens is expected to sit out the upcoming season, but would then have two years of eligibility.

This is the third transfer addition for Nebraska in this cycle, as the guard joins fellow guards Kobe King and Kobe Webster, both of whom have already made known their intentions to come to Lincoln for next season.

At Pitt, McGowens was a successful backcourt player, averaging 11.5 points a game each of his first two seasons. A former Top 100 player nationally, McGowens starred at Hargrave Military Academy before enrolling at Pitt.

The 6-foot-3, 175-pound guard will be expected to help out the Huskers in two years, after the Huskers lose Webster, a former three-year starter at Western Illinois, to eligibility.