2020-2021 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

I'm not sure how this is even close right now.  Bucky is shooting 63% from 3, and is on pace to force 20 TOs

[MaximumSam]

Heckuva first half

[GopherRock]

42 all at the break? What the hell is going on in the Big Ten? Usually that's a score for the end of regulation between these two, not halftime. 

[ELA]

Bummed that last year's team didn't get a chance to finish.  Too much experience walked out the door.  This team is too sloppy with the ball, and can't figure out how to use their defensive tools for good.

[medinabuckeye1]

Watched the ending, great game in East Lansing. Wisconsin with 85 points  wow!

[bayareabadger]

That was satisfying. Nip and tuck, tight to the end.

I'm smiling because preseason a lot of UW fans imagined this team would play super big, and I just assumed they'd play their normal and plug in freshman Johnny Davis in at the 3. They went with him and two guards for all of crunch time. Kid is gonna be a functional four-year starter. 

[847badgerfan]

Davis might be a 2-3 year starter the way he's coming out of the gate.

[ELA]

Davis might be a 2-3 year starter the way he's coming out of the gate.

He's got a few 8th year seniors ahead of him

[847badgerfan]

Really not sure who is coming back for another year right now. Trice, Ford, Davison and Anderson are not NBA players. Potter might be.

[bayareabadger]

Davis might be a 2-3 year starter the way he's coming out of the gate.

I assume the 2 would be if he got too excited and left early?

That kid is starting the next three years. And I kinda bet he'll finish this year top-5 in minutes. 

[bayareabadger]

Really not sure who is coming back for another year right now. Trice, Ford, Davison and Anderson are not NBA players. Potter might be.

Trice and Ford are both in their sixth years out of HS. Kids like that almost never come back. Anderson has already said he'll be back. Davison would be big, since they missed on like six ambitious SG targets after the Roper kid went to NW.

Potter is five years in and probably should take his shot. I know on the other board, they said Nate is very out. 

If Bowman wants to come back that'd be peachy, but I think they gotta grab a transfer somewhere in there. Front court looks reloaded and fierce. Backcourt feels a little light, though if they get Brad back, him, Davis, Anderson and the stud freshman should be passable with growing pains. 

[847badgerfan]

I assume the 2 would be if he got too excited and left early?

That kid is starting the next three years. And I kinda bet he'll finish this year top-5 in minutes.

I was thinking he might be NBA material after 2-3 years. He looks really good for an 18 y/o. How he was not rated in the top 150 out of HS is beyond me.

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/kylebaustin/status/1342571284295643136?s=19

[bayareabadger]

https://twitter.com/kylebaustin/status/1342571284295643136?s=19

Yeah. Some people on UW boards were like "Trice showed him!" 

And I'm thinking, nah, it was fine for MSU. In fact, if there hadn't been a surprise injury, Trice would've lined up year for year with Winston.