2022-2023 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

Are we sure this isn't just a replay of the 62-59 2OT win in 2006?

MSU went up 46-42 with 7:21 left, and OSU closed on the longest 4-0 run in basketball history to force overtime

[bayareabadger]

LoL, can I get MSU at 3:1?

I don't think BPI is taking the coaching situation into account. First, Izzo's teams typically improve over the course of a season much more than an average team and peak in March.

BPI doesn't take any coaching situation into account. Nor does it take into account the names of the teams at all. 

It's just a one size fits all thing. Teams with X and Y baseline metrics tend to win that percentage of games at home against teams with A and B metrics. On balance, it works out, but real life is of course different from the gambling odds. 

[medinabuckeye1]

Ohio State on pace to hold MSU to 54 . .  . and lose by 26.

Coaching staff doing a bang up job right Max?

[medinabuckeye1]

Halftime quote:
"Something is wrong with the Ohio State program."

Ya think?

[ELA]

MSU has blown nine 8+ point leads this year.  Some they've held onto to win (Villanova, Oregon, Portland, Michigan, Maryland), some they wound up losing (Gonzaga, Illinois, Indiana, Rutgers)

[MaximumSam]

Ohio State on pace to hold MSU to 54 . .  . and lose by 26.

Coaching staff doing a bang up job right Max?

A preview of our future if we hire the Dieblers

[ELA]

MSU has blown nine 8+ point leads this year.  Some they've held onto to win (Villanova, Oregon, Portland, Michigan, Maryland), some they wound up losing (Gonzaga, Illinois, Indiana, Rutgers)

And here...we...go...

We were actually up by more against Rutgers at this point last weekend

[MaximumSam]

And here...we...go...

We were actually up by more against Rutgers at this point last weekend

OSU specializes in bricking a shot, getting back on defense, then not finding the other team's best shooter in transition

[ELA]

OSU specializes in bricking a shot, getting back on defense, then not finding the other team's best shooter in transition

Sounds like my son's third grade team.  They argue over who is guarding who, and frequently nobody picks up the ball

[ELA]

Spoiled MSU fans have gotten increasingly angry due to going 2 tourneys without a Final 4, and now going on 3 years since their Big Ten championship three peat was broken


https://twitter.com/SpartansRivals/status/1624865162816794624?t=g_plgsbp-QV1gGzziJAMmg&s=19

[ELA]

Northwestern has been a road monster, but they pulled off a home upset?

[medinabuckeye1]

Northwestern has been a road monster, but they pulled off a home upset?

It is pretty amazing considering how awful Northwestern has been at home.

So we still have a league title race. Northwestern, Illinois  and Indiana are each two games down in the loss column and two of the three get a crack at Purdue plus the Boilermakers have two remaining road games (Maryland, Wisconsin) so the Wildcats, Illini, and Hoosiers are still in the hunt.

[boilerbanger]

Frustrating disappointing loss today at NW, had the game somewhat in control (up 8 with the under 4 timeout) and turnovers have become a problem.  You watch a finish like this and you feel like you aren't going to win another game, but shots weren't falling and the game got very physical and the refs let it go.  Need Smith to do a better job not turning it over at the end of the last couple games.  If you would have told me 22-3 at this point in the season before it started, I would have taken that all day every day, but damn, should have won this one.

[medinabuckeye1]

Road games are hard part 9 million:

Purdue is the best team in our league and by a large margin and yet here are their road games:

• Lost in Bloomington.
• Lost in Evanston.
• Needed OT in Lincoln.
• Won by a bucket in Columbus only because tOSU committed a bone-head devastating turnover to get the Boilermakers back in the game.
• Won by a single point in East Lansing. 
• Won by five in Ann Arbor. 
• Blew out Minnesota. 

That is . . . not terribly impressive.