2020-2021 B1G Basketball Thread

[LetsGoPeay]

Butler is still a distant third behind IU and Purdue. In general they are viewed as a likeable little brother. We like to see them do well and when they do manage to beat IU or Purdue, we're angry of course. But we also always know that they're still little brother and it won't happen too often. 

[bayareabadger]

It's starting to dawn on me that a stunning number of us have lived in Indiana at one point or another. 

[ELA]

Butler is still a distant third behind IU and Purdue. In general they are viewed as a likeable little brother. We like to see them do well and when they do manage to beat IU or Purdue, we're angry of course. But we also always know that they're still little brother and it won't happen too often.

And I think that's sort of true everywhere.  I know when EMU was good in the 90s, everyone in Michigan sort of got on board.  I was in Pittsburgh when Robert Morris got jobbed out of a 2-15 upset of Villanova, same deal.  But 99.9% of the time, nobody knows how those schools are doing.  It seemed to me that there were a good number of actual IU/BU or PU/BU fans.

Like I said though, Butler's profile in 2002 was very different than it is now.

[FearlessF]

I lived in a Holiday Inn in Logansport for over a year

does that count?

this was 1995-96 - Mike Alstott was making a run for the Hypesman

Coach Keady was in the middle of a 3-peat in the Big 10.

Bobby Knight was about 25 years in and his son Pat was a team capt

the Hoosier's football team sucked

Larry Brown and Reggie Miller had the PAcers knocking on the door

[Brutus Buckeye]

IU, Purdue, Butler, ND

Mid majors: Ball State, Indiana State, Valpo, IUPUI, Evansville. Fort Wayne is a distant last. Most people forget there's even a school there. 

Perfect, thanks. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Charlton Heston's character in Planet of the Apes was from Ft Wayne.

[medinabuckeye1]

Conferences by percent  of teams in the top-68 of the final (pre tournament, obviously) NET rankings:

• 71.4%, B1G, 10 of 14
• 70%, B12, 7 of 10
• 64.3%, SEC, 9 of 14
• 60%, ACC, 9 of 15
• 54.5%, B-East, 6 of 11
• 41.7%, P12, 5 of 12
• 36.4%, MWC, 4 of 11
• 35.7%, A10, 5 of 14
• 30%, WCC, 3 of 10
• 27.3%, AAC, 3 of 11
• 20%, MVC, 2 of 10
• 10%, Patriot, 1 of 10
• 9.1%, B-West, 1 of 11
• 9.1%, B-South, 1 of 11
• 8.3%, MAC, 1 of 12
• 7.1%, C-USA, 1 of 14

The other 15 league's (not counting the Ivy) had no teams in the top 68 of the final NET rankings. Their highest ranked was as follows:

• 71 Horizon
• 74 Southland
• 75 Solon
• 86 ASUN
• 90 OVC
• 107 WAC
• 114 B-Sky
• 115 AmEast 
• 123 Summit
• 127 NEC
• 128 SBT
• 135 CAA
• 138 MAAC
• 170 MEAC
• 201 SWAC

My new proposal:

• No auto-bid unless your conference has at least one team in the top 128 of the final NET rankings. 
• Eliminate play-in games, go back to 64 teams.

[Brutus Buckeye]

How can the HBCUs be so hilariously bad at basketball? 

[GopherRock]

Gophers sacked Richard Pitino yesterday, and he's hired this morning at New Mexico.

Pitino was a nice enough guy, but he was .350 in league play, and his 16-17 team was soooo bad that I lost interest in college basketball entirely.

[FearlessF]

I know how you feel

[Temp430]

Gophers sacked Richard Pitino yesterday, and he's hired this morning at New Mexico.

Pitino was a nice enough guy, but he was .350 in league play, and his 16-17 team was soooo bad that I lost interest in college basketball entirely.

New Mexico is a basketball school.

[LetsGoPeay]

New Mexico is a basketball school.

Being at the old Mountain West tournament at The Pit when Colorado State shocked BYU and the Reid brothers with a last second 30 footer is one of my favorite memories at a sport event. The entire place exploded. Loudest gym I've ever been in, hands down.

[bayareabadger]

How can the HBCUs be so hilariously bad at basketball?

Money, resources, structural organization. The schools that are the best schools don't invest much (I don't think). The less well-run ones, well, there's inconsistency all around.

When I was much younger I ended up at a HS football game between a school from one of the hardest parts of a Bay Area city vs a school from a wealthy suburb. I thought "these kids are def tougher." They didn't score until 8 seconds left and down 52. The tougher school didn't even have rosters handy. The other school had two kids just charting punts. 

Resources and organization make programs. 

[MaximumSam]

Practically PSU's whole team is in the portal. OSU definitely interested in the big guy, Harrar.