2021-2022 B1G Basketball thread

[ELA]

Izzo has seen plenty of guys have career nights.  Hell, this year alone we've seen plenty of them.  I've never seen a guy show his whole ass on a team that was a preseason top 5 team, gloating about maintaining a bubble status like Dickinson did tonight.  It takes quite something to be such an ass that you get a reaction from a 2+ decade opposing coach.  And even still, if his "meltdown" doesn't involve trying to fight others, and embarrassing my alma mater on an annual basis, I'll take it  

[betarhoalphadelta]

Dickinson is a douchebag.

[betarhoalphadelta]

You want a team to be greater than the sum of its parts. With Purdue at this point, equal would be an improvement.

[ELA]

It literally is as simple as PG play with MSU this year.  When they play well, MSU is decent, when they don't, they aren't.  I was concerned when Hoggard wasn't even on the bench in the 2nd half, but apparently it's non COVID flu, and he was in the locker room puking.

[ELA]

Did he call bank?

[ELA]

Is that the 4th team to court storm Purdue this year? Third weird one too

[betarhoalphadelta]

Well, that settles it.

This Purdue team, with this roster, is a failure without a Final Four. 

[ELA]

Is Greg Gard the easiest COTY choice ever?

I think Davis may have wrapped up POTY too

[bayareabadger]

I thought he was going to dominate, the way that first year went.  Instead it feels like a continuation of Matta.  Not that it's bad, but he hasn't finished higher than 5th in the Big Ten, not has he gotten out of the first weekend.  I said here he was going to make OSU the clear top program in the Big Ten.  Instead, he hasn't matched what he did in Year 1 yet

He's super weird. He keeps fielding these pretty good teams that both feel like they are better than the sum of their parts, but also have enough dumb upsets where you think they're underachieving. It's quite a feat. 

[bayareabadger]

Is Greg Gard the easiest COTY choice ever?

I think Davis may have wrapped up POTY too

Big Ten or National?

[bayareabadger]

I love this Wisconsin team. Mostly because I don't totally expect them to do any of these things, and I don't expect it to continue and it just keeps doing so. 

They have no bench star power, just five starters who are all in their zone. Three are gonna be back next year. No idea how BTT or the dance go, but they hang that banner with what turned over and what didn't come together, just right the hell up there. 

[MaximumSam]

I thought they had both Liddell and Branham.  Their only two double digit scorers.  And with both of them, and Wheeler, they had the three guys that lead the team in minutes played.  And were playing the last place team at home.  Injuries ain't the story here.  There's a reason they were still favored by 15.5

One if those guys is a true freshman and the other was on PSU last year and couldn't score. C'mon, obviously injuries are a story here. They are down FOUR guys in the front court.

[medinabuckeye1]

One if those guys is a true freshman and the other was on PSU last year and couldn't score. C'mon, obviously injuries are a story here. They are down FOUR guys in the front court.

Injuries are a factor, but we are talking about a home loss to a team that might be the worst team in B1G BB history.

The story is that, whatever the reason/excuse this is what we get EVERY year from Holtman:

• A finish outside the top-4 in the B1G
• Not a serious contender for the B1G title
• Tournament performances that leave us jealous of Purdue.

The exception is his first year, with Matta's guys.

As an Ohio State fan I feel that Holtman is basically the worst-case-scenario coach because he isn't good enough but at the same time he isn't bad enough to fire so we are never going to improve. 

[847badgerfan]

Is that the 4th team to court storm Purdue this year? Third weird one too

They didn't storm for beating Purdue.