2022-2023 B1G Basketball Thread

[medinabuckeye1]

Illinois vs Minnesota rescheduled for Feb 20th

Thank you!

[bayareabadger]

Wisconsin beats Penn State in OT. Some folks looked better, but not sure what to take from this, other than this team really lacks "give up," as I'd expect from a Gard team.

They still need to go 4-3 to be dancing. They either need to win all the notably winnables the rest of the way, or grab another upset. I think if they ended the regular season 17-13, they'd need two in Indy. 

Was nice to see Tyler Wahl look more in sorts. Roady to Nebraska will be interesting. 

[847badgerfan]

Another shocker.

[medinabuckeye1]

Another shocker.

Wisconsin's win in State College moves them up to the projected #10 seed because it moves them into a projected tie for #10/11 with PSU and they win that tie based on H2H. Thus, Wisconsin is now projected to start BTT play on Thursday with PSU (11), UNL (12), tOSU (13) and MN (14) starting on Wednesday. 

IMHO UW and PSU are now both in a precarious position wrt the NCAA Tournament. They are both 5-7 in the league. PSU is 1/2 game better overall at 14-9 but both have nine losses. Wisconsin is 1/2 game worse due to a December cancelation. Both have eight games remaining and not many losses to give. I'm not saying that either needs to win out, it isn't that bad yet, but neither has much margin for error.

[medinabuckeye1]

Purdue is probably already a lock but a win tonight in Mackey over Iowa would end any doubt.

My only hesitation in calling Purdue a lock already is that their worst-case-scenario would see them finishing on a nine game losing streak. 11-9/22-10 would ordinarily be an obvious Tournament Lock, but I'm not sure how the committee would respond to a team skidding to the finish line on a nine game losing streak. 

As a practical matter they are in but, as per usual, this thread generally uses a literal definition of "lock".

[847badgerfan]

Wisconsin beats Penn State in OT. Some folks looked better, but not sure what to take from this, other than this team really lacks "give up," as I'd expect from a Gard team.

They still need to go 4-3 to be dancing. They either need to win all the notably winnables the rest of the way, or grab another upset. I think if they ended the regular season 17-13, they'd need two in Indy.

Was nice to see Tyler Wahl look more in sorts. Roady to Nebraska will be interesting.

I'm thinking 5-2. They have to win at UNL and at MN. Without those, it's not happening. Probably gonna need to win at least one in the BTT too.

[bayareabadger]

I'm thinking 5-2. They have to win at UNL and at MN. Without those, it's not happening. Probably gonna need to win at least one in the BTT too.

18-13 is going to get a Big Ten team in the dance. Especially one with OK Q1 numbers and no bad losses. 

I’m not sure if that blizzard cancellation mattered, but another bad win would’ve been nice. 

But yeah, winning those road games would be vital. Then again. If they want to lose those, win four of the other five, it might kill me, but would be ok, I guess. 

[ELA]

Seth Greensburg mentioned on the broadcast how Purdue didn't get called for their 2nd foul until the 2nd half, and the crowd booed incessantly . Glad it's gaining steam

[ELA]

Iowa made it interesting for a minute, then Purdue got reengaged and it was over 

[Brutus Buckeye]

Honestly now, who loses at home to Northwestern? 

[bayareabadger]

Honestly now, who loses at home to Northwestern?

Rude 

[medinabuckeye1]

Honestly now, who loses at home to Northwestern?

No need to discuss here, people are sick of this discussion in this thread, but visit my other one to discuss:

https://www.cfb51.com/big-ten/basketball-coaching-carousel/14/

[boilerbanger]

Seth Greensburg mentioned on the broadcast how Purdue didn't get called for their 2nd foul until the 2nd half, and the crowd booed incessantly . Glad it's gaining steam

very few fouls in the first half were called in general, Iowa was shooting jumpers, therefore fewer opportunities to draw fouls.  Tied of this narrative.

[medinabuckeye1]

Almost 3/4 of the way through the conference season KenPom:

• 5 Purdue
• 17 Rutgers
• 21 Indiana
• 25 Maryland
• 26 Illinois
• 32 Iowa
• 39 Ohio State (yeah right)
• 42 Michigan State
• 51 Northwestern
• 52 Michigan
• 56 Penn State
• 64 Wisconsin
• 104 Nebraska
• 222 Minnesota

And NET:

• 4 Purdue
• 20 Indiana
• 21 Rutgers
• 26 Illinois
• 28 Maryland
• 35 Iowa
• 41 Michigan State
• 46 Ohio State (still, yeah right)
• 49 Northwestern
• 62 Penn State
• 64 Michigan
• 72 Wisconsin
• 103 Nebraska
• 237 Minnesota