2020-2021 B1G Basketball Thread

[Brutus Buckeye]

I tell my daughter all the time softball is the only team sport I know of where you are allowed to talk trash and not be penalized for it.  Teams often have organized cheers directed at a specific opposing player.  I honestly don’t think it’s meant to be mean spirited but it’s common and just seems to be an accepted part of the game.

If a pitcher is a high or low with a pitch they have a cheer for that.  If the a runner steals a base they have a cheer directed at the pitcher for falling asleep. If the catcher comes up and looks back a runner on a base they have this cheer where they basically say, “She won’t throw it, she’s too scared, she’s too scared.”

When I coached I told my girls they couldn’t have a cheer directed at the other team, only ones meant to support our team.  It made my daughter so mad.  Lol.

That's pretty much all women's sports. Chatty and catty. 

[bayareabadger]

I tell my daughter all the time softball is the only team sport I know of where you are allowed to talk trash and not be penalized for it.  Teams often have organized cheers directed at a specific opposing player.  I honestly don’t think it’s meant to be mean spirited but it’s common and just seems to be an accepted part of the game.

If a pitcher is a high or low with a pitch they have a cheer for that.  If the a runner steals a base they have a cheer directed at the pitcher for falling asleep. If the catcher comes up and looks back a runner on a base they have this cheer where they basically say, “She won’t throw it, she’s too scared, she’s too scared.”

When I coached I told my girls they couldn’t have a cheer directed at the other team, only ones meant to support our team.  It made my daughter so mad.  Lol.

Bless you for this. 

I have a somewhat engrained memory of being at a HS basketball game that was out of hand and in the last 70 seconds or so, when we all kinda just wanted to hit the road, some parent screaming to he kid on the team that was ahead "SHOOT IT." And I'm not the biggest stickler for "class" or whatever, but that irked me. That person was an adult.They don't need stupid bloodlust to rub it in. 

[Kris60]

Loyola outplaying the Illini so far.

[bayareabadger]

I wonder how much IU offering Moser.

[MaximumSam]

Illini need to get some stops. Defense looking ragged

[bayareabadger]

I'm thinking this is the last time I'll see this UW team this season. Hopefully they show some fight. 

[MaximumSam]

I'm thinking this is the last time I'll see this UW team this season. Hopefully they show some fight.

I think they got a shot. Baylor has been a bit messy to end the season. Wiscy should get good looks and just have to hit them

[medinabuckeye1]

Ugh

[MaximumSam]

Illini did get jobbed a bit by getting a top ten team on KenPom in the second round

[OrangeAfroMan]

idk what kenpom is, but I noticed some closer-than-the-seedings-suggest betting lines on games today.  Illinois was one of them.  And they lost.  So there's that.
B1G basketball - fun stuff.  Meh, OSU paved the way for my Gators to reach the Sweet 16, but nobody cares.  We just want our new QB to play well in the fall.

[Kris60]

idk what kenpom is, but I noticed some closer-than-the-seedings-suggest betting lines on games today.  Illinois was one of them.  And they lost.  So there's that.
B1G basketball - fun stuff.  Meh, OSU paved the way for my Gators to reach the Sweet 16, but nobody cares.  We just want our new QB to play well in the fall.

So, if I gave you a choice between Florida winning 5 titles in basketball or one in football over the next 10 years which would you choose?

[MaximumSam]

Of course, if Wisconsin wasn't planning on playing defense it doesn't matter

[bayareabadger]

Of course, if Wisconsin wasn't planning on playing defense it doesn't matter

Ehhh, Baylor can stress them a lot of ways. The turnovers to points is irritating, but the Bears are a hard solve. They pick, they roll, you have to pay attention to the guards, you have to rotate, the forwards create havoc or the other guards are open.

They have two 2021 top-30 draft prospects and two other good guards. Plus some nice complementary forwards.

[bayareabadger]

Illini did get jobbed a bit by getting a top ten team on KenPom in the second round

Baylor caught a top-12 KenPom team, and alas, it's working out.