2021-2022 B1G Basketball thread

[SuperMario]

Well down to Purdue. Let’s go Boilermakers. 

[medinabuckeye1]

Well down to Purdue. Let’s go Boilermakers.

You still have to love the madness of March.  I don't want to go back through this thread to find it but when RU got a play-in you were legitimately thinking that Michigan wouldn't even get into the tournament and less than two weeks later your guys were one of the last 16 teams standing.  

[medinabuckeye1]

speaking of #1s going down

the Zags are out

I absolutely hate Gonzaga so I cheer every year when they get eliminated!  

[Brutus Buckeye]

[FearlessF]

is this the Hotties thread?

[SuperMario]

You still have to love the madness of March.  I don't want to go back through this thread to find it but when RU got a play-in you were legitimately thinking that Michigan wouldn't even get into the tournament and less than two weeks later your guys were one of the last 16 teams standing. 

Ha. You’re not wrong. It’s always tough when your team’s season is over when you truly just love watching the game. Roller coaster season for sure and really going to miss seeing Eli Brooks play. Incredibly underrated Wolverine. To your point, March madness is crazy. There’s always a surprise and it’s always so much fun. 

on a negative side, I just can’t understand what the plan was tonight with player rotation. Villanova was the better team but that was a C effort from Michigan at best.

[Brutus Buckeye]

is this the Hotties thread?

I knew that you were going to say that. 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Dook escapes.

But looks like Zona goin' down.

And that's all the upsets we need in the S16...

[FearlessF]

Former South Carolina head coach Frank Martin has landed a new gig as leader of the UMass Minutemen.

[medinabuckeye1]

Dook escapes.

But looks like Zona goin' down.

And that's all the upsets we need in the S16...

Very unusual to be down to just one #1 seed already.  Average composition of the E8 in the prior 36 tournaments:

• 2.78 #1 seeds:  100 in 36 tournaments
• 1.81 #2 seeds:  65 in 36 tournaments
• 1.03 #3 seeds:  37 in 36 tournaments
• 0.58 #4 seeds:  21 in 36 tournaments
• 0.25 #5 seeds:  9 in 36 tournaments
• 0.42 #6 seeds:  15 in 36 tournaments
• 0.28 #7 seeds:  10 in 36 tournaments
• 0.22 #8 seeds:  8 in 36 tournaments
• 0.11 #9 seeds:  4 in 36 tournaments
• 0.22 #10 seeds:  8 in 36 tournaments
• 0.25 #11 seeds:  9 in 36 tournaments
• 0.06 #12 seeds:  2 in 36 tournaments

Basically that works out to:

• Six top-4 seeds
• One #5, 6, or 7
• One #8-12

This year we have:

• 0 or 1 #1 seeds depending on Kansas/Providence
• 2 #2 seeds
• 0 or 1 #3 seeds depending on Purdue/St. Peters
• 1, 2,  or 3 #4 seeds depending on UCLA/UNC and Kansas/Providence
• 1 #5 seed
• 0 #6 seeds
• 0 #7 seeds
• 0 or 1 #8 seeds depending on UCLA/UNC
• 0 or 1 #10 seeds depending on ISU/Miami
• 0 or 1 #11 seeds depending on ISIU/Miami
• 0 #12 seeds
• 0 or 1 #15 seeds depending on Purdue/St. Peters

Compared to the average as I laid it out above:

• Top-4 seeds:  Typically there are six.  We already have three and one more is automatic (winner of #1 Kansas vs #4 Providence).  If Purdue and UCLA both win we'll be right at the average.  If one or both lose we'll be below the average.  
• #5, #6, and #7 seeds:  Typically there is one.  We have one and that is that because no more are still playing.  
• #8-12 seeds:  Typically there is one.  There will be at least one this year (winner of #10 Miami vs #11 ISU).  If UNC beats UCLA, we'll have two.  
• #13 and below:  In 36 years there hasn't been one and there will not be this year either unless St. Peters manages to upset Purdue.  

[medinabuckeye1]

@betarhoalphadelta 

After this year we'll hear no more talk about how Purdue always gets the best possible seed in each round of the tournament. 


https://youtu.be/j3CANELyPo0

[betarhoalphadelta]

@betarhoalphadelta

After this year we'll hear no more talk about how Purdue always gets the best possible seed in each round of the tournament.


https://youtu.be/j3CANELyPo0

Yeah, but I'm a Purdue fan so I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. I've heard all week about these players from NY and NJ who are scared of nobody. Thinking the odds are no worse than 5:1 that someone pulls out a shiv and sends Ivey to the ER with a stab wound...

[medinabuckeye1]

What an embarrassment. 

[MaximumSam]

Welp