2021-2022 B1G Basketball thread

[MaximumSam]

Fringe prospects Aaron Wiggins of Maryland and Duane Washington of OSU got last second NBA Combine invites after participating in a G League thing.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Purdue SO Jaden Ivey and incoming FR Caleb First both selected for the Team USA U-19 squad in the world basketball cup tournament in Latvia.

SO Zach Edey (who had apparently grown to 7'6") has apparently made the Canadian men's national team. They're in a qualifying tournament in BC amongst 5 other countries for inclusion into the Tokyo games.

Great honors for all of them, and great experience for them to bring back in advance of this season.

[ELA]

Purdue SO Jaden Ivey and incoming FR Caleb First both selected for the Team USA U-19 squad in the world basketball cup tournament in Latvia.

SO Zach Edey (who had apparently grown to 7'6") has apparently made the Canadian men's national team. They're in a qualifying tournament in BC amongst 5 other countries for inclusion into the Tokyo games.

Great honors for all of them, and great experience for them to bring back in advance of this season.

I remember an MSU site posted side by side articles, written by the same local reporter in 2004 and 2005(?), in 2004 saying how great it was that Paul Davis and Mo Ager were selected to Team USA, and they'd bring such great experience and teaching back with them.  Then after that MSU team disappointed, both declined their offers the next year, and the same reporter had a story about how they spent the previous summer in Europe, away from their teammates, and that by choosing to spend the summer in East Lansing, they were totally bought into MSU this year.

[betarhoalphadelta]

I remember an MSU site posted side by side articles, written by the same local reporter in 2004 and 2005(?), in 2004 saying how great it was that Paul Davis and Mo Ager were selected to Team USA, and they'd bring such great experience and teaching back with them.  Then after that MSU team disappointed, both declined their offers the next year, and the same reporter had a story about how they spent the previous summer in Europe, away from their teammates, and that by choosing to spend the summer in East Lansing, they were totally bought into MSU this year.

I get that. In this case obviously Ivey and Edey are already Boilers, and Furst had a signed LOI and is in the summer before FR year, not the summer before his HS SR year.

For someone who is only a verbal commits, doing it prior to their HS SR year you worry the added high profile and connections with other recruits might cause issues. One being offers from blue bloods, the other being your case where a disappointing season knocks the shine off their offer and commit and now they've got better options to boot.

[847badgerfan]

UW's Johnny Davis also made the team. Good to see.

[FearlessF]

Nebraska and Colorado will square off in men’s basketball in a charity exhibition game Oct. 31 in Lincoln.

[ELA]

Nebraska and Colorado will square off in men’s basketball in a charity exhibition game Oct. 31 in Lincoln.

Wrong sport

[MaximumSam]

Duane Washington staying in the NBA draft. Definitely alters the landscape for the Bucks a bit. Expect a lot of minutes for true frosh Malaki Branham. 

[ELA]

Wow, didn't expect that

[medinabuckeye1]

Each B1G team plays seven of the other B1G teams H&A, three home only, and three away only.  Here are the six league games for each B1G team 2021-22 games NOT to be played:

Illinois:

• @ tOSU
• @ PSU
• @ UW
• vs IU
• vs MN
• vs UNL

Indiana:

• @ IL
• @ M
• @ RU
• vs IA
• vs MSU
• vs NU

Iowa:

• @ IU
• @ MSU
• @ NU
• vs tOSU
• vs RU
• vs UW

Maryland:

• @ MN
• @ PSU
• @ UW
• vs M
• vs UNL
• vs PU

Michigan:

• @ UMD
• @ MN
• @ NU
• vs IU
• vs PSU
• vs UW

Michigan State:

• @ IU
• @ UNL
• @ PU
• vs IA
• vs tOSU
• vs RU

Minnesota:

• @ IL
• @ PU
• @ RU
• vs UMD
• vs M
• vs UNL

Nebraska:

• @ IL
• @ UMD
• @ MN
• vs MSU
• vs PSU
• vs PU

Northwestern:

• @ IU
• @ RU
• @ UW
• vs IA
• vs M
• vs tOSU

Ohio State:

• @ IA
• @ MSU
• @ NU
• vs IL
• vs PU
• vs RU

Penn State:

• @ M
• @ UNL
• @ PU
• vs IL
• vs UMD
• vs UW

Purdue:

• @ UMD
• @ UNL
• @ tOSU
• vs MSU
• vs MN
• vs PSU

Rutgers:

• @ IA
• @ MSU
• @ tOSU
• vs IU
• vs MN
• vs NU

Wisconsin:

• @ IA
• @ M
• @ PSU
• vs IL
• vs UMD
• vs NU

Games in bold are games that I think should be played every year.  It makes no sense whatsoever to me to skip in-state and border-state contests.  Those games should have the highest demand for tickets because they are generally close enough that students, alumni, and fans of the road team will help bulk-up demand.  

My other scheduling proposal is this:
Wherever possible, why not schedule those early season league games to match up with football games?  Ie, if Ohio State and Michigan need to be scheduled to play each other early, why not have it at Crisler the night before the football game at the Big House?  That way any travelling fans (of both teams) could have the opportunity to take in both games in one trip.  

[MaximumSam]

Marcus Carr withdraws from the draft. But still may transfer from Minnesota. OSU has an open scholarship...

[ELA]

Marcus Carr withdraws from the draft. But still may transfer from Minnesota. OSU has an open scholarship...

MSU has 2

But it looks like Kentucky

[ELA]

Kofi Cockburn transferring out of Illinois?

What is going on there?

[betarhoalphadelta]

Kofi Cockburn transferring out of Illinois?

What is going on there?

Really?

Dude's a beast. One of the only teams that as a team of talented bigs I hated to face, because Cockburn had the size to handle Trevion Williams and the height to handle Zach Edey...

Can't even understand why. He was the starter in Sharpie, I'm not aware of any coaching turnover there...

What happened?