2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[medinabuckeye1]

Same as last year:
I'll start with a prediction for my team:

In the 2022-2023 2023-2024 season the Buckeyes will finish st least three games out of the B1G Championship and their season will end before the second weekend of the NCAA tournament.

[ELA]

Please include a BTT performance prediction for completeness

[betarhoalphadelta]

Please include a BTT performance prediction for completeness

It's Medina. You know it's coming. He just needs to wait for his time slot on the supercomputer to crunch the numbers 

[medinabuckeye1]

Please include a BTT performance prediction for completeness

It's Medina. You know it's coming. He just needs to wait for his time slot on the supercomputer to crunch the numbers

Honestly I don't care with a few exceptions:

• If my team needs a win to make the dance,
• If my team is good enough to be in contention for a #1 seed.

Looking at the Buckeyes performance in the 2022 BTT, it was MUCH better than expected and a really impressive performance but I could care less because it wasn't enough to get into the big dance.

Other than that I enjoy it (I've been to two of them, 2015 in Chicago and whatever year it was in NYC). It is great entertainment but that is it.

[bayareabadger]

UW is aiming for a couple transfers. 

UW actually needs Hepburn to play like a good UW point guard (a high bar, admittedly), Crowl to play like one of UW's average starting centers (also a high bar) and Wahl to play not like trash. 

That'll determine if Gard has the job after next season. 

[847badgerfan]

I'd like to be a fly on the wall for Mac's end of season review of Greg Gard.

[medinabuckeye1]

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skull-sessions/2023/03/137828/skull-session-gene-smith-told-chris-holtmann-play-the-freshmen-kyle-mccord-becoming-a-leader-is-a-natural-transition-and

So Gene Smith and Chris Holtmann got their stories straight. 

IMHO, this is ridiculous. If true it seems that Smith is getting way too involved in the day-to-day operations of the BB program. Regardless, 2022-2023 wasn't Holtmann's first year. If it had been, then I'd be excited about the strong finish with a lot of young guys on the court. 

[FearlessF]

sure it wasn't Dean Smith?

He knew some basketball

[bayareabadger]

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skull-sessions/2023/03/137828/skull-session-gene-smith-told-chris-holtmann-play-the-freshmen-kyle-mccord-becoming-a-leader-is-a-natural-transition-and

So Gene Smith and Chris Holtmann got their stories straight.

IMHO, this is ridiculous. If true it seems that Smith is getting way too involved in the day-to-day operations of the BB program. Regardless, 2022-2023 wasn't Holtmann's first year. If it had been, then I'd be excited about the strong finish with a lot of young guys on the court.

That reads like a euphemism more than a command. 

I take "play the freshmen" to mean, "I'm not going to fire you, so do what you think helps next year." (And all this wouldn't be a thing at all but for a narrative they're kind of clinging to)

[medinabuckeye1]

Good news for Purdue!

The only other #1 seed to ever lose in the first round won the NC the next year.

[bayareabadger]

I look forward to a long, dumb portal grind ahead for the Badgers.

They don’t have the best thing you can offer a transfer, so if they can get anyone who’s really in demand, it’ll be coup. 

[MaximumSam]

Good news for Purdue!

The only other #1 seed to ever lose in the first round won the NC the next year.

Though that team did also get to play Purdue in the tourney

[LetsGoPeay]

Half of IU's team will be new next year. 

Expected back: Xavier Johnson, Trey Galloway, Malik Reneau, CJ Gunn, Anthony Leal, Kaleb Banks

NBA/Pro/Graduation losses: TJD, Race Thompson, Jalen Hood-Schifino, Miller Kopp

Likely transfers: Tamar Bates, Logan Duncomb, Jordan Geronimo

Incoming freshmen: 4* PG Gabe Cupps, 4* CG Jakai Newton


Gonna be an interesting year. 

[medinabuckeye1]

I was thinking about the BTT. I think we all agree that it is a straight up money grab and all of us care a LOT more about regular season titles than BTT titles, right?

If we are agreed on that then they should tweak the schedule to make it more watchable and grab more money.

I have two alternative suggestions:

Option #1, feed-in system:
Monday:

• #11 vs #14
• #12 vs #13

Tuesday:

• #9 vs lowest remaining team.
• #10 vs other Monday winner.

Wednesday:

• #7 vs lowest remaining team.
• #8 vs other Tuesday winner.

Thursday:

• #5 vs lowest remaining team.
• #6 vs other Wednesday winner.

Friday:

• #3 vs lowest remaining team.
• #4 vs other Thursday winner.

Saturday:

• #1 vs lowest remaining team.
• #2 vs other Friday winner.

Sunday:

• Championship Game 

Monday-Friday games all in prime time. Sell whatever you can to Fox, put the rest on BTN. Weekend games as is.

Option #2, day off method:
Tuesday:

• #11 vs #14
• #12 vs #13

Wednesday:

• #5 vs 12/13
• #6 vs 11/13

Thursday:

• #7 vs #10
• #8 vs #9

Friday daytime games:

• #3 vs 6/11/14
• #4 vs 5/12/13

Friday evening games:

• #1 vs 8/9
• #2 vs 7/10

Saturday:

• #1/8/9 vs #4/5/12/13
• #2/7/10 vs #3/6/11/14

Sunday :

• Championship Game 

Goal of both is to put more games and higher seeds in the evening.