2021-2022 B1G Basketball thread

[ELA]

Yep. That “luck” is just the difference between how a team with that statistical profile against that schedule wild do, on average, and how they actually did.

That success in close games tends to not be predictive (ie, teams that win a lot of close games don’t tend to win close games at a high mark going forward overall), but if UW wants to keep doing it, I’ll take it

Until you get a team like Providence, who is #1, and then last night has their roof start leaking water, pausing a game they looked ready to lose to Xavier, and wind up pulling it out in 2OT.

They might just be having one of THOSE years.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Better to win games by 6 points than to lose games by 6 points.

I hope they win all of the rest of their games by less than 6 points.

I'll be happy, and I'll also lose weight because I'll be at target heart rate a lot.

Badge. Don’t do that to me. Let’s get some nice easy ones where we get to see how Gilmore and Ilver are coming along.

If it helps, I wouldn't mind Purdue jumping out to an early huge lead and cruising to a 15-point win over the Badgers. 

Y'all could just turn off your TVs and do other things stress-free, and it would help my heart survive too 

[bayareabadger]

Until you get a team like Providence, who is #1, and then last night has their roof start leaking water, pausing a game they looked ready to lose to Xavier, and wind up pulling it out in 2OT.

They might just be having one of THOSE years.

Ehh, UW gave up an 8-point lead in 1:01, lost their star, won anyway. Badgers and Providence are like peas in a pod. 

[bayareabadger]

If it helps, I wouldn't mind Purdue jumping out to an early huge lead and cruising to a 15-point win over the Badgers.

Y'all could just turn off your TVs and do other things stress-free, and it would help my heart survive too

I was looking back at some old posts after a Purdue game. Not good for my heart. 

That game is gonna be weird because of what might or might not be riding on it for UW, especially considering nothing would be "final" but it also kinda would be. 

[medinabuckeye1]

I was looking back at some old posts after a Purdue game. Not good for my heart.

That game is gonna be weird because of what might or might not be riding on it for UW, especially considering nothing would be "final" but it also kinda would be.

I highly doubt that it would be final, but I *THINK* that it could be.  

Follow this:

• tOSU beats IL tonight moving tOSU up to 11-5 and IL down to 12-5
• UW wins at RU this weekend moving UW up to 14-4
• PU wins at MSU this weekend moving PU up to 14-4

Heading into the PU/UW game next week they would be a game up on IL/tOSU in the loss column (maybe more since both tOSU and IL play another game before that) and tied with just one game remaining after that.  

The UW/PU winner would move to 15-4 and could do no worse than 15-5.  In this scenario that would lock up at least a share of the title for either and the title for PU since at that point they would win any tie.  Wisconsin would win almost any tie also and it really doesn't matter since their final game is at home against Nebraska.  Even if we maintain the mathematical possibility that UW *COULD* lose at home to UNL, they would still finish no worse than tied with PU/tOSU/IL.  

[medinabuckeye1]

Updated NET rankings for B1G teams:

• #10 Purdue, 7-3 in Q1, 0 Q3/4 losses
• #14 Illinois, 4-4 in Q1, 0 Q3/4 losses
• #18 Iowa, 1-5 in Q1, 0 Q3/4 losses
• #19 Ohio State, 4-5 in Q1, 0 Q3/4 losses
• #20 Wisconsin, 7-3 in Q1, 0 Q3/4 losses
• #33 Michigan, 3-7 in Q1, 1 Q3 loss
• #36 Michigan State, 3-6 in Q1, 1 Q3 loss
• #43 Indiana, 2-6 in Q1, 0 Q3/4 losses
• #77 Northwestern, 1-9 in Q1, 2 Q3 losses
• #83 Rutgers, 5-4 in Q1, 2 Q3 losses, 1 Q4 loss
• #85 Penn State, 1-8 in Q1, 1 Q3 loss
• #95 Maryland, 1-7 in Q1, 4 Q3 losses
• #101 Minnesota, 2-10 in Q1, 1 Q3 loss
• #188 Nebraska, 0-9 in Q1, 4 Q3 losses, 1 Q4 loss

[NickSmith4Three]

EJ Liddell questionable for tonight's game - flu

[medinabuckeye1]

EJ Liddell questionable for tonight's game

I didn't think Ohio State had much of a chance anyway but if Liddell is out or even just weakened then Ohio State really has no chance in Champaign on fairly short rest against a very good Illini squad.  

Realistically the Buckeyes would probably be better off to rest Liddell and just assume a loss in Champaign but hope to have him back at full strength for more winnable games coming up.  

[ELA]

What does a coach have to do to get fired in Lincoln?


https://twitter.com/JimmyWatkins95/status/1497000501740806150?t=hqkIhX5z3vkCiBpv6glrhQ&s=19

[Honestbuckeye]

What does a coach have to do to get fired in Lincoln?


https://twitter.com/JimmyWatkins95/status/1497000501740806150?t=hqkIhX5z3vkCiBpv6glrhQ&s=19

Hit an opposing coach?   🥴

[FearlessF]

What does a coach have to do to get fired in Lincoln?


https://twitter.com/JimmyWatkins95/status/1497000501740806150?t=hqkIhX5z3vkCiBpv6glrhQ&s=19

it's just basketball
no big deal
still selling tickets

[Brutus Buckeye]

What has to happen in order for Wisconsin and Michigan to square off early in the Big Ten Tournament? 

[bayareabadger]

OSU putting a dent in my dreams of making the conference title race any easier for Purdue or Wisconsin

[bayareabadger]

What does a coach have to do to get fired in Lincoln?


https://twitter.com/JimmyWatkins95/status/1497000501740806150?t=hqkIhX5z3vkCiBpv6glrhQ&s=19

Cost less to fire