2020-2021 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

Ah great, always like visiting teams who are in must win situations

Didn't seem to matter last weekend

[medinabuckeye1]

Didn't seem to matter last weekend

It is a little different on Monday, the Buckeyes are visiting the (possibility) desperate opponent. 

[medinabuckeye1]

IMHO, this is the make or break week for the Spartans. In the eight days starting today they have:

• Vs Nebraska today
• Vs PSU Tuesday 
• Vs Iowa next Saturday 

Winning those three would get them to 11-7/5-7 and I think they would have a shot but any losses in there would be problematic because after that it gets tougher.  

They do seem to have improved dramatically over the last three games:

• Curb-stomped at Rutgers
• Solidly defeated at tOSU
• Close loss at Iowa.

They are all losses but #2 was a MUCH better performance than #1 and #3 was much better than #2 so the trajectory is good.

[MaximumSam]

Badgers can't get in striking distance

[bayareabadger]

Badgers can't get in striking distance

Missed open 3s, generally played not great beyond that, catching good games from both Illinois' stars. I'm not the most upbeat about it. 

I keep reading an in-game thread on a UW board, and man, it's inspiring me to be more sassy than I should be. 

[MaximumSam]

Ayo was an ace today, and Cockburn remembered he is built like Shaq.

[bayareabadger]

Ayo was an ace today, and Cockburn remembered he is built like Shaq.

I don't think UW made them work hard enough, but they also balled. This was gonna be UW's second-hardest game left. They didn't play as well as I hoped, but when you miss like seven open 3s early when the game is close, well, you're often gonna lose on the road against top-10 quality teams. 

I didn't mind them fighting back a little. Not maintaining the push was annoying, but it happens. 

[ELA]

This is the first MSU game I've watched since the WIN against Rutgers a month ago.  Same stuff.  MSU is always high in TOs, because they want to run.  So the turnovers are sort of balanced out by the easy baskets.  (Which Ken Pom doesn't really account for)

This team is just turnover prone, without the easy buckets

[ELA]

This many turnovers + this big of a foul discrpancy + no points from Houser = a loss against any other team

[Kris60]

Due to some rescheduling b/c of Covid WVU will now play 6 games over the next two weeks starting today.  Those 6 games are:

Vs. #23 Kansas- Won

@ #13 Texas Tech

Vs. #9 Oklahoma

@ #2 Baylor

Vs. #2 Baylor

@ #6 Texas

So, that should be fun.

[medinabuckeye1]

Due to some rescheduling b/c of Covid WVU will now play 6 games over the next two weeks starting today.  Those 6 games are:
Vs. #23 Kansas- Won
@ #13 Texas Tech
Vs. #9 Oklahoma
@ #2 Baylor
Vs. #2 Baylor
@ #6 Texas
So, that should be fun.

That is more quality opponents than Gonzaga will have all year including the tournament. 

[bayareabadger]

That is more quality opponents than Gonzaga will have all year including the tournament.

Yep. They Big Ten should let the Zags in as a basketball only member tomorrow. 

[847badgerfan]

Really thought UW would be better than they are this year.

[bayareabadger]

Really thought UW would be better than they are this year.

It’s annoying because there’s no good reason other than guys who can play reasonably well are not. It’s like the opposite of Brevin Pritzl last year.