2021-2022 B1G Basketball thread

[MarqHusker]

Fsn1 w the old nba on NBC jingle during its telecast.  Hmm, did not know that. 

[ELA]

Fsn1 w the old nba on NBC jingle during its telecast.  Hmm, did not know that.

It's been like 3 years now.  I think they missed the mark.  It's a great tune, but in a nostalgic NBA way.  Having it played during random midweek BTN games, meh.

I do wish in general, stations would return to having built-in music. I can still hear the old ABC or ESPN college football music and no what I'm watching. CBS seems to be the one broadcaster that sort of sticks to it

[ELA]

Never mind, go get Beilein

[MaximumSam]

Never mind, go get Beilein

Lol, buckeyes had 8 guys to play. Trying to remember the last time a team had this amount of injuries - nothing comes to mind.

[medinabuckeye1]

My predictions:

• Penn State over #6 Ohio State

I've gotten a lot wrong so far but I know my team.

[ELA]

Lol, buckeyes had 8 guys to play. Trying to remember the last time a team had this amount of injuries - nothing comes to mind.

Minnesota had five active players yesterday.

Ohio State has two first round 2022 NBA Draft picks, fully healthy.  I'm guessing that is at least tied for most in the Big Ten.  I would love to have that amount of NBA ready talent

[MaximumSam]

Minnesota had five active players yesterday.

Ohio State has two first round 2022 NBA Draft picks, fully healthy.  I'm guessing that is at least tied for most in the Big Ten.  I would love to have that amount of NBA ready talent

Minny finished dead last. And MSU has more talent than OSU, right now. Good lord we have Joey Brunk as our third option on offense. 

[bayareabadger]

Minnesota had five active players yesterday.

Ohio State has two first round 2022 NBA Draft picks, fully healthy.  I'm guessing that is at least tied for most in the Big Ten.  I would love to have that amount of NBA ready talent

Didn't they play a sixth guy for a little.

In either case, Holtmann has had quite a talent for taking the wind out of the sails.

[ELA]

Minny finished dead last. And MSU has more talent than OSU, right now. Good lord we have Joey Brunk as our third option on offense.

Joey Brunk will play as much in the NBA next year as anyone on MSUs roster.  Izzo is getting killed for what a disaster the 2018 class was.  Holtmann can't beat Maryland, Nebraska or PSU with 2 guys who will be first round NBA picks in a couple months.  I wouldn't fire him, but if you could get Beilein, that would change my mind.

[medinabuckeye1]

Joey Brunk will play as much in the NBA next year as anyone on MSUs roster.  Izzo is getting killed for what a disaster the 2018 class was.  Holtmann can't beat Maryland, Nebraska or PSU with 2 guys who will be first round NBA picks in a couple months.  I wouldn't fire him, but if you could get Beilein, that would change my mind.

I said before that it is a tough spot for the tOSU AD. Holtmann isn't so bad as to clearly need fired but he also clearly isn't achieving at the level tOSU should expect. The Buckeyes haven't won a league title or been to the second weekend of the Tournament in a decade. The first of those things did not change this year and it would now take a near miracle to change the second since the Buckeyes will probably be a #7 or #8 seed so if they win their first game (doubtful) they'll be playing a #1 or #2 seed in the second round.

Holtmann's teams are consistently pretty good but there are no signs of improvement and, as a fan, if we aren't making the S16 or AT LEAST threatening to win a regular season league title then as far as I am concerned we have nothing to lose because if we aren't doing one of those two things then I really don't care. 

[bayareabadger]

Joey Brunk will play as much in the NBA next year as anyone on MSUs roster.  Izzo is getting killed for what a disaster the 2018 class was.  Holtmann can't beat Maryland, Nebraska or PSU with 2 guys who will be first round NBA picks in a couple months.  I wouldn't fire him, but if you could get Beilein, that would change my mind.

If that class was better, wouldn’t it be contributing less because more guys went pro? (To be fair, I assume all big classes will be a mess on the fringes)

[MaximumSam]

Joey Brunk will play as much in the NBA next year as anyone on MSUs roster.  Izzo is getting killed for what a disaster the 2018 class was.  Holtmann can't beat Maryland, Nebraska or PSU with 2 guys who will be first round NBA picks in a couple months.  I wouldn't fire him, but if you could get Beilein, that would change my mind.

Calipari had two players drafted on a team that went 9-16. This idea that you can win games with one or two guys never works out. Nebraska has a first round draft pick, too. If you are forced to play guys 10-12 on your roster heavy minutes, I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised that it doesn't look that great.

[MaximumSam]

I said before that it is a tough spot for the tOSU AD. Holtmann isn't so bad as to clearly need fired but he also clearly isn't achieving at the level tOSU should expect. The Buckeyes haven't won a league title or been to the second weekend of the Tournament in a decade. The first of those things did not change this year and it would now take a near miracle to change the second since the Buckeyes will probably be a #7 or #8 seed so if they win their first game (doubtful) they'll be playing a #1 or #2 seed in the second round.

Holtmann's teams are consistently pretty good but there are no signs of improvement and, as a fan, if we aren't making the S16 or AT LEAST threatening to win a regular season league title then as far as I am concerned we have nothing to lose because if we aren't doing one of those two things then I really don't care.

I mean...I have to disagree again. Yes, the actual results aren't great. But the recruiting has only gotten better. We now have the NBA sniffing around, which wasn't a thing for most of the past decade. He has a strong class coming in. I'm resigned to the fact that Branham is probably gone. I guess you can say that's poor coaching - would you rather like Juwan Howard, who might get two higher rated recruits back because they weren't that good?

[Brutus Buckeye]

I can't believe that OSU is still projected to make the tournament. That's ridiculous.