2021-2022 B1G Basketball thread

[847badgerfan]

Thank you, Nebraska.  I have wanted to see this for a quite a long time.

Bite me.

[847badgerfan]

Who is Trey McGowens? 

[FearlessF]

Bryce McGowens little brother

[medinabuckeye1]

the Huskers looked good last night, but they're not going 2-0 in their last games

unless of course their opponents lay down to rest starters

Well?

Current streaks for B1G teams:

• W3:  IL, UW
• W2:  RU
• W1:  PU, MSU, M, NU
• L1:  UW, IA, tOSU, UMD
• L2:  IU
• L3:  PSU
• L4:  MN

So Nebraska finished with the longest winning streak in the league!  

They were 0-12 heading into the MN game on February 9 and since then they are a respectable 4-4 including three road wins with two of those being over tournament teams.  

[bayareabadger]

Who is Trey McGowens?

Older brother of Bryce McGowens. SC product, was a key player on some bad Pitt teams, transferred to Neb as they tried to land his 5-star bother. 

Generally a decidedly OK player who has been hurt and in a smaller role this year.

[grillrat]

Any chance someone wants to run the Big Ten Tournament game this year?
(The one where we drafted players and you had to gamble as to whether it was better to get one of the best players who could go off for 30 points in one game, but the team loses, or go for that solid 8 points per game guy, but could potentially play in 4 games)

[FearlessF]

Well?

Current streaks for B1G teams:

• W3:  IL, UW
• W2:  RU
• W1:  PU, MSU, M, NU
• L1:  UW, IA, tOSU, UMD
• L2:  IU
• L3:  PSU
• L4:  MN

So Nebraska finished with the longest winning streak in the league! 

They were 0-12 heading into the MN game on February 9 and since then they are a respectable 4-4 including three road wins with two of those being over tournament teams. 

could have make a boatload of money at the casino

[Brutus Buckeye]

Any chance that the Hoosiers run up the score, and then save all four of their second half timeouts for the final four seconds of the game? 

[FearlessF]

two more wins for the Huskers and I can live with this craptacular season

[847badgerfan]

Any chance someone wants to run the Big Ten Tournament game this year?
(The one where we drafted players and you had to gamble as to whether it was better to get one of the best players who could go off for 30 points in one game, but the team loses, or go for that solid 8 points per game guy, but could potentially play in 4 games)

I don't remember that at all. When was this?

[medinabuckeye1]

I don't remember that at all. When was this?

ELA ran it for years.

It is way to late to do it now. It needs to be set up before the final regular season games, then drafted before the tournament starts.

I think ELA quit when we expanded and added a day because it got too tight timewise.

[ELA]

ELA ran it for years.

It is way to late to do it now. It needs to be set up before the final regular season games, then drafted before the tournament starts.

I think ELA quit when we expanded and added a day because it got too tight timewise.

Yeah, I haven't done it since it was an 11 team field

[medinabuckeye1]

Interesting that the #8 Michigan vs #9 Indiana game Thursday at lunchtime is basically a Tournament game.  The winner picks up a quality win and even if they lose to Illinois on Friday that wouldn't really hurt them since it would be a "good" loss while the loser is probably out.  

My predictions:

• #13 Nebraska over #12 Northwestern
• #11 Penn State over #14 Minnesota
• #8 Michigan over #9 Indiana
• #5 Iowa over Nebraska
• #10 Maryland over #7 Michigan State
• Penn State over #6 Ohio State
• #1 Illinois over Michigan
• #4 Rutgers over Iowa
• #2 Wisconsin over Maryland
• #3 Purdue over Penn State
• Illinois over Rutgers
• Purdue over Wisconsin
• Purdue over Illinois

[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

March 8 update

NCAA
SOUTH

• #1 Baylor vs. #16 Nicholls State/Wright State
• #8 MICHIGAN STATE vs. #9 Wake Forest
• #5 Murray State vs. #12 South Dakota State
• #4 UCLA vs. #13 Chattanooga
• #3 Texas Tech vs. #14 Longwood
• #6 North Carolina vs. #11 Memphis
• #7 IOWA vs. #10 Loyola(Chi)
• #2 Tennessee vs. #15 Georgia State

WEST

• #1 Arizona vs. #16 Colgate/Texas Southern
• #8 TCU vs. #9 MICHIGAN
• #5 Saint Mary's vs. #12 Oklahoma/Creighton
• #4 Arkansas vs. #13 Vermont
• #3 Houston vs. #14 NM State
• #6 Connecticut vs. #11 Notre Dame
• #7 USC vs. #10 Boise State
• #2 Gonzaga vs. #15 UC Irvine

MIDWEST

• #1 Auburn vs. #16 Delaware
• #8 Seton Hall vs. #9 San Diego State
• #5 Texas vs. #12 North Texas
• #4 ILLINOIS vs. #13 Toledo
• #3 PURDUE vs. #14 Wagner
• #6 Alabama vs. #11 VCU
• #7 Colorado State vs. #10 Marquette
• #2 Duke vs. #15 Montana State

EAST

• #1 Kentucky vs. #16 Jacksonville
• #8 Iowa State vs. #9 Davidson
• #5 Providence vs. #12 SMU/Florida
• #4 WISCONSIN vs. #13 Iona
• #3 Villanova vs. #14 Princeton
• #6 LSU vs. #11 Miami
• #7 OHIO STATE vs. #10 San Francisco
• #2 Kansas vs. #15 Norfolk State

NIT
LARAMIE

• #1 Wyoming vs. #8 Alcorn State
• #4 Kansas State vs. #5 Colorado
• #3 South Carolina vs. #6 Florida State
• #2 RUTGERS vs. #7 Towson

CINCINNATI

• #1 Xavier vs. #8 Cleveland State
• #4 Belmont vs. #5 West Virginia
• #3 St. Bonaventure vs. #6 Drake
• #2 BYU vs. #7 Texas State

BLOOMINGTON

• #1 INDIANA vs. #8 Bryant
• #4 Saint Louis vs. #5 St. John's
• #3 Virginia vs. #6 Santa Clara
• #2 Texas A&M vs. #7 Northern Iowa

BLACKSBURG

• #1 Virginia Tech vs. #8 Jacksonville State
• #4 UAB vs. #5 Oregon
• #3 Mississippi State vs. #6 MARYLAND
• #2 Dayton vs. #7 Long Beach State

* - not excluding sub-.500 teams until their season is over

Remaining Big Ten teams

• Northwestern - #3 team out
• Minnesota - #11 team out
• Penn State - #12 team out
• Nebraska - n/a