2021-2022 B1G Basketball thread

[betarhoalphadelta]

How are MSU's bigs this year? I think Illinois is best when Kofi can bully the opposing big, and Edey didn't let him. Then wasn't he out with concussion against MD?

[bayareabadger]

Rumblings are Wisconsin’s second- or third-best player might be out for a bit. Ideally they can get through the next two games but it could get a little rough for a stretch.

[bayareabadger]

How are MSU's bigs this year? I think Illinois is best when Kofi can bully the opposing big, and Edey didn't let him. Then wasn't he out with concussion against MD?

From what I’ve seen, one skinnier guy, then a set of more burly stout guys? Plus one kinda softer skilled guy. 

[betarhoalphadelta]

From what I’ve seen, one skinnier guy, then a set of more burly stout guys? Plus one kinda softer skilled guy.

Yeah, that's not the best against Kofi. Even Trevion Williams, who is a hell of a big, is in a bad matchup when he's facing Kofi because he can't use his heft against Kofi, and Kofi is just as skilled and athletic as Tre while being 3 inches taller. Edey was able to compete because he's got 4 inches of height on him and outweighs Kofi, AND has really good balance and footwork from his time playing hockey. But Edey couldn't do it last year--it took spending a year of battling and learning to get to that point, on top of having a B1G-level S&C program. 

A skinny guy will get muscled around by Kofi, burly stout guys are going to be down several inches AND probably 20 lbs on him so their heft is worthless, and a softer skilled guy might be able to pull Kofi out of the paint defensively, but will get destroyed by Kofi offensively. 

Kofi is a major mismatch for 98%+ of teams in the NCAA. 

[847badgerfan]

Rumblings are Wisconsin’s second- or third-best player might be out for a bit. Ideally they can get through the next two games but it could get a little rough for a stretch.

Not good. Really missed him last Friday.

[NickSmith4Three]

Haven't seen whether Kofi is in or out tonight yet.  Curbelo battling the flu the past few days.  Could make for an interesting night.

[ELA]

How are MSU's bigs this year? I think Illinois is best when Kofi can bully the opposing big, and Edey didn't let him. Then wasn't he out with concussion against MD?

Bingham's only memorable moment before this year was shutting Cockburn down a couple years ago with his length.  He can't body with him, but his length absolutely befuddled Kofi somehow.  He's been a much better overall player this year, but since missing two games with COVID, he hasn't been the same player.  Lack of conditioning is certainly parto f it, but he was arguably MSU's best player prior to Christmas, and hasn't been the same since

[medinabuckeye1]

In Lunardi's latest (updated after 1/24 games) the B1G has seven teams in and one (Michigan) barely out.  Michigan (#3 out) is the only B1G on Lunardi's bubble.  The teams in are:

• #2 Purdue
• #3 Michigan State, Wisconsin
• #5 Ohio State, Illinois
• #7 Iowa
• #8 Indiana

Based on the performance of those seeds since expansion to 64 teams, on average those seeds would result in:

• 5.01 teams in the R32
• 2.65 teams in the S16
• 1.22 teams in the E8
• 0.59 teams in the F4
• 0.31 teams in the NC
• 0.10 NC's

[NickSmith4Three]

Curbelo and Cockburn out against MSU

[ELA]

If it had just been Cockburn, I might say advantage Illinois.  Illini will just torch from 3.  Guess they are going to do that anyway.  Trent Frazier may or may not be older than Davison

[ELA]

At some point you may just have to see what you've got with Akins running PG.  Walker and Hoggard ain't it

[MaximumSam]

Chris Mack apparently getting drummed out of Louisville. Would he get on Maryland's radar?

[MaximumSam]

Man, was following up on Luther Muhammad, who played for the Buckeyes. I thought he was all in on Holtmann, but after the 2020 season he shockingly transferred to Arizona State, apparently because he was frustrated with his offensive role. He sat out all last season, and now is averaging 6 points a game and shooting 18% from three. He shot 34% while at OSU. Also, ASU is complete garbage this year. 

[ELA]

Man, was following up on Luther Muhammad, who played for the Buckeyes. I thought he was all in on Holtmann, but after the 2020 season he shockingly transferred to Arizona State, apparently because he was frustrated with his offensive role. He sat out all last season, and now is averaging 6 points a game and shooting 18% from three. He shot 34% while at OSU. Also, ASU is complete garbage this year.

ASU has been garbage with elite recruits for a couple years now.  Hurley should thank Penny for diverting attention