2021-2022 B1G Basketball thread

[RestingB!tchFace]

Gophers managed to pull off a win against Rutgers despite being down three starters....including their leading scorer, Battle, and their third and fourth leading scorers.  Six minutes played by the bench.  Three guys played the entire 40 minutes.....including Treyton Thompson.....who had played a total of 27 minutes all year leading up to this game.  Payton Willis tied the team record of eight threes....and that was on 13 total attempts.  Ended up with 32 points.

[Brutus Buckeye]

https://twitter.com/OhioStateHoops/status/1485019235302653952?s=20

[847badgerfan]

[FearlessF]

oh goody, another loss

well, at least UNL and the Haymarket bars and restaurants will make some bank

[ELA]

Marquette beat two ranked teams this week

[medinabuckeye1]

We had three more upsets this weekend but even with that all teams are within +/-1 of the projections and actually 10 of the 14 are dead on.  However, note that of those 10:

• 2 have no upsets (tOSU, UNL)
• 6 have one positive and one negative upset (MSU, UW, PU, IA, M, MN)
• 2 have two positive and two negative upsets (NU, UMD)

The other four teams are:

• +1 with a single positive upset (RU, PSU)
• -1 with a single negative upset (IU)
• -1 with a positive and two negative upsets (IL)

Here are all of the upsets so far:

Here are the "postponed" games that, to my knowledge, have not been rescheduled:

Finally, here are the projected final standings/BTT seeds:

• 14-5/21-7 Ohio State (wins tie with MSU based on H2H, no game in E. Lansing)
• 14-5/23-7 Michigan State
• 14-6/23-7 Illinois (wins tie with UW based on H2H, no game in Madison)
• 14-6/23-7 Wisconsin
• 13-6/24-6 Purdue
• 12-8/18-12 Rutgers
• 11-9/21-10 Iowa
• 10-10/19-11 Indiana
• 7-11/13-15 Michigan
• 7-12/12-15 Penn State
• 7-13/14-15 Northwestern (wins tie with UMD based on record against the 14-5 teams)
• 7-13/15-16 Maryland
• 6-13/15-13 Minnesota
• 0-19/6-24 Nebraska

Thus, the BTT match-ups in Indianapolis would be:
Wednesday, March 9, 2022:

• #11 Northwestern vs #14 Nebraska, 830 BTN
• #12 Maryland vs #13 Minnesota, 6 BTN

Thursday, March 10, 2022:

• #5 Purdue vs UMD/MN, 230 BTN
• #6 Rutgers vs NU/UNL, 9 BTN
• #7 Iowa vs #10 Penn State, 630 BTN
• #8 Indiana vs #9 Michigan, noon BTN

Friday, March 11, 2022:

• #1 Ohio State vs IU/M, noon BTN
• #2 Michigan State vs IA/PSU, 630 BTN
• #3 Illinois vs RU/NU/UNL, 9 BTN
• #4 Wisconsin vs PU/UMD/MN, 230 BTN

Saturday, March 12, 2022:

• tOSU/IU/M vs UW/PU/UMD/MN, 1 CBS
• MSU/IA/PSU vs IL/RU/NU/UNL, 330 CBS

Sunday, March 13, 2022:

• tOSU/IU/M/UW/PU/UMD/MN vs MSU/IA/PSU/IL/RU/NU/UNL, 330 CBS

[MaximumSam]

Michigan suddenly showing signs of life

[ELA]

Michigan suddenly showing signs of life

They are still the most talented team in the conference, give or take Purdue.  Just have to overcome an inexperienced coach

[medinabuckeye1]

They are still the most talented team in the conference, give or take Purdue.  Just have to overcome an inexperienced coach

I see them as the most unpredictable team in the league.  Their home loss to Minnesota was BAD but at the same time their road win over IU would be very good even if it was close and it wasn't.  

[medinabuckeye1]

I may be the only one, but when I look at the seed projections, one of the main things I want is for my team NOT to be #5.  This has nothing to do with tournament performance it is simply that, as a fan, #5 is the hardest to watch:

• #1 plays at noon on Friday, then weekend games.  I can take a late lunch on Friday for the first game and see the rest no problem.  
• #2 plays Friday evening, then weekend games.  
• #3 plays Friday evening, then weekend games.  
• #4 plays at 2:30 on Friday, then weekend games.  That 2:30 timeslot makes it tough to watch.  It is too late for a late lunch and too early to leave early so I end up missing the game.  
• #5 plays at 2:30 on Thursday then AGAIN at 2:30 on Friday, then weekend games.  That just doubles up the crappy 2:30 timeslot.  
• #6 plays Thursday and Friday evening then weekend games.  
• #7 plays Thursday and Friday evening then weekend games.  
• #8/9 play at noon Thursday and Friday, then weekend games.  See #1 above.  
• #10 plays Thursday and Friday evening then weekend games.  
• #11 plays Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evening games, then weekend games.  
• #12/13 play Wednesday evening, Thursday at 2:30, Friday at 2:30, then weekend games.  See #5 above (although less likely to be relevant)
• #14 plays Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evening games, then weekend games.  

For viewing as a fan my preference is:

• #2 or #3
• #1
• #6
• #7
• #8 or #9
• #4
• #5
• #10
• #11 or #14
• #12 or #13

[ELA]

Going to try to post an updated NCAA and NIT Bracketology each week, simply 2/3 SOR, and 1/3 KenPom.  Things should come into focus more as we go on.  Still have some outliers.

For auto-bid purposes, I'm assuming whoever is in first gets the autobid, but that the highest ranked KenPom team wins the tournament

January 24 update

SOUTH

• #1 Auburn vs. #16 Colgate/Howard
• #8 Marquette vs. #9 TCU
• #5 USC vs. #12 Arkansas/Creighton
• #4 Texas Tech vs. #13 UAB
• #3 MICHIGAN STATE vs. #14 Princeton
• #6 BYU vs. #11 Boise State
• #7 Wake Forest vs. #10 INDIANA
• #2 LSU vs. #15 South Alabama

MIDWEST

• #1 Baylor vs. #16 Texas Southern/Nicholls
• #8 IOWA vs. #9 Loyola(Chi)
• #5 Xavier vs. #12 Chattanooga
• #4 Tennessee vs. #13 Toledo
• #3 Houston vs. #14 Oakland
• #6 OHIO STATE vs. #11 Florida State
• #7 Connecticut vs. #10 West Virginia
• #2 PURDUE vs. #15 Towson

WEST

• #1 Arizona vs. #16 UC Irvine
• #8 Saint Mary's vs. #9 Texas
• #5 Providence vs. #12 Miami/Florida
• #4 Kentucky vs. #13 South Dakota State
• #3 UCLA vs. #14 New Mexico State
• #6 ILLINOIS vs. #11 North Carolina
• #7 Iowa State vs. #10 Wyoming
• #2 Gonzaga vs. #15 Weber State

EAST

• #1 Kansas vs. #16 Longwood
• #8 Seton Hall vs. #9 Murray State
• #5 Alabama vs. #12 San Diego State
• #4 Duke vs. #13 Wagner
• #3 WISCONSIN vs. #14 Vermont
• #6 Colorado State vs. #11 San Francisco
• #7 Davidson vs. #10 Iona
• #2 Villanova vs. #15 Liberty

NIT
COLLEGE STATION

• #1 Texas A&M vs. #8 Texas Southern
• #4 Fresno State vs. #5 Virginia Tech
• #3 SMU vs. #6 Seattle
• #2 St. Bonaventure vs. #7 Norfolk State

SOUTH BEND

• #1 Notre Dame vs. #8 Colgate
• #4 Kansas State vs. #5 Louisiana Tech
• #3 Mississippi State vs. #6 RUTGERS
• #2 Belmont vs. #7 Arkansas State

NORMAN

• #1 Oklahoma vs. #8 Nicholls
• #4 Stanford vs. #5 Central Florida
• #3 Ohio vs. #6 Saint Louis
• #2 MICHIGAN vs. #7 Cleveland State

EUGENE

• #1 Oregon vs. #8 Howard
• #4 Cincinnati vs. #5 VCU
• #3 North Texas vs. #6 Missouri State
• #2 MINNESOTA vs. #7 CS Fullerton

Big Ten teams who made neither...

• Penn State is the 9th team out of the NIT
• Maryland is the 6th
• Northwestern is the 15th

[ELA]

Not ideal for those of us who don't love Friday night games


https://twitter.com/FOXSportsPR/status/1485754914701594626?t=pyM5oZqLQBpFSBMzu9BYfg&s=19

[847badgerfan]

Wow. That's huge. I guess we'll be seeing many more Friday games now.

[medinabuckeye1]

I'm intrigued by the MSU/ILL match-up tonight.

About a week ago Illinois was 6-0 in the league and had just throttled the Wolverines and was generally looking fantastic. Then they lost at home to Purdue . . . Now, losing to Purdue isn't particularly damning considering that when Purdue is on their game they are possibly the best team in the country but Illinois followed that up with a loss to Maryland and neither game was very close.

Michigan State is an interesting story as well. On January 12 and 15 they barely survived Minnesota then lost to (checks notes) Northwestern, both at home. Their gaudy 5-1 record appeared to be nothing more than a product of their relatively lightweight early schedule and @ELA was busy telling us that the Spartans would finish five games out of first place . . . Then they went to the Kohl Center as a 5.5 point underdog and blew the doors off of the Badgers.

I have no idea what to expect.