2020-2021 B1G Basketball Thread

[NickSmith4Three]

Illinois can't score and can't get stops.  Terrible performance.

[ELA]

If MSU is ever +15 in FTs ON THE ROAD, and whining to the officials, I promise you, I will be embarrassed

[MaximumSam]

Aw nuts Sparty is good again

[ELA]

We might have an NIT run in us

[bayareabadger]

That was weird. 

[medinabuckeye1]

Aw nuts Sparty is good again

I suspected this might happen

[847badgerfan]

Gonna be an interesting couple of weeks for seeding 2-6. I suspect UW will win maybe one more game. Illinois, @Iowa and @Purdue.

They might not even win one.

[ELA]

I suspected this might happen

Aaron Henry I believe has played 79 minutes over the past two games.  I don't know if that's sustainable with this every other day makeup schedule

[betarhoalphadelta]

Gonna be an interesting couple of weeks for seeding 2-6. I suspect UW will win maybe one more game. Illinois, @Iowa and @Purdue.

They might not even win one.

Sagarin predictor ratings:

• Home Court Advantage: 2.01
• Wisconsin: 87.94
• Illinois: 90.85
• Iowa: 91.94
• Purdue: 86.83

Sagarin's predictor is simple: add HCA to the home team's rating, and then higher rating wins.

• vIllinois: Illinois even with Wisconsin having HCA is 0.9 higher... Very close.
• @Iowa: With Iowa having the HCA and higher rating, this one should be less close. Iowa is now 6.01 higher.
• @Purdue: Wisconsin has the higher rating but since the margin is smaller than HCA, Purdue is 0.9 higher... Also very close.

Sagarin's method can also turn rating differences into a Win%. I don't have his equation, but looking at his site there's a game scheduled with a 0.86 difference in rating for a win percentage of 53% to the favorite. When you get up to a rating difference of 6.04, it's a Win% of 71% to the favorite.

Wouldn't be surprised to see them win anywhere between 0 and 2 games inclusive out of that stretch. Both the Illinois and Purdue games project to be toss-ups, so a good or bad bounce this way or that could mean two wins or zero wins. 

[MaximumSam]

Aaron Henry I believe has played 79 minutes over the past two games.  I don't know if that's sustainable with this every other day makeup schedule

Should probably rest him tomorrow

[bayareabadger]

Sagarin predictor ratings:

• Home Court Advantage: 2.01
• Wisconsin: 87.94
• Illinois: 90.85
• Iowa: 91.94
• Purdue: 86.83

Sagarin's predictor is simple: add HCA to the home team's rating, and then higher rating wins.

• vIllinois: Illinois even with Wisconsin having HCA is 0.9 higher... Very close.
• @Iowa: With Iowa having the HCA and higher rating, this one should be less close. Iowa is now 6.01 higher.
• @Purdue: Wisconsin has the higher rating but since the margin is smaller than HCA, Purdue is 0.9 higher... Also very close.

Sagarin's method can also turn rating differences into a Win%. I don't have his equation, but looking at his site there's a game scheduled with a 0.86 difference in rating for a win percentage of 53% to the favorite. When you get up to a rating difference of 6.04, it's a Win% of 71% to the favorite.

Wouldn't be surprised to see them win anywhere between 0 and 2 games inclusive out of that stretch. Both the Illinois and Purdue games project to be toss-ups, so a good or bad bounce this way or that could mean two wins or zero wins.

The way UW has played since January, I expect bad bounces/inconsistent play. Would love to be wrong.

[GopherRock]

This kid from Stewartville is A) heading to Michigan next fall on a basketball scholarship, and B) putting in a strong bid to replace Sir Christopher Lee as The Most Interesting Man In The World.

https://www.kare11.com/article/sports/stewartvilles-will-tschetter-stands-out-on-and-off-the-court/89-bf88d582-4be7-4426-a51b-85f3eacee78e?fbclid=IwAR2ApEpgnMaaBAihZE5RU9cNy341pU7LuGISsAKqY2f4yNkJto1TWX-axjM

[ELA]

Was listening to a podcast that noted that Duane Washington took over 20 unofficial visits to MSU over his sophomore and junior year, and MSU offered...Foster Loyer.  

In fairness, Loyer was offered earlier, so it was probably Gabe Brown who got that scholarship, but still.

Between that, and deciding to take Marcus Bingham over Trevion Williams in the same class, we are where we are

[grillrat]

Hearing that Illinois Ayo out with a broken nose for at least two games.  Maybe more (possibly up till BTT).