2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[bayareabadger]

Early word for UW is that an athletic freshman who was the lowest rated recruit looks like a bit of a dog. 

He’s not a pure point, which means if he makes the rotation, four of the top 8 are wing types. Not the end of the world, but it means some real balancing with minutes there. If he can help at point, or last year’s backup can be more playable, that would be a good help. 

Still waiting to see if a freshman big can step up. One is hurt after a scooter accident, but I’ve been higher on the other one, anyway. 

[847badgerfan]

I think Gus Bus is gonna be really good. 

[847badgerfan]

For UW, Peacock gets the following:

Tennessee at Wisconsin
Michigan State at Wisconsin
Ohio State at Wisconsin
Maryland at Wisconsin
Wisconsin at Indiana


That's a lot of good content right there.

[ELA]

For UW, Peacock gets the following:

Tennessee at Wisconsin
Michigan State at Wisconsin
Ohio State at Wisconsin
Maryland at Wisconsin
Wisconsin at Indiana


That's a lot of good content right there.

They are putting a lot of good games on Peacock

[847badgerfan]

I guess I'm keeping it until the end of February.

[TyphonInc]

Peacock will stream the Buckeyes' home matchup against No. 12 Texas A&M Nov. 10 and the Big Ten-opponent games versus Nebraska Jan. 23, Illinois Jan. 30, Indiana Feb. 6, 2024, and Wisconsin Feb. 13, 2024.

[medinabuckeye1]

I guess I'm keeping it until the end of February.

I'm not going to buy it for football. I'll listen to that one game on the radio but I might get it for BB season. 

[bayareabadger]

I think Gus Bus is gonna be really good.

My main question for him will be defense. 

Is he the short, stocky, pudgy type who has issues in space. Or can he be the fire hydrant/some degree of mobile?

I’d always like him to be good in Year 1, but think he might be a Year 2 guy. (Ben Carlson also just left me gunshy about power forwards who seem a little limited defensively. I assume this is me being neurotic more than anything real).

[847badgerfan]

I see people say "well I'll just go to a bar and watch". (That's assuming the bar even has Peacock)

Going to a bar (alone) to watch costs more than 5 months * $5.99/month = $29.95. 

Friggin' burgers are $15+ now at bars.

I got Peacock.

[bayareabadger]

I see people say "well I'll just go to a bar and watch". (That's assuming the bar even has Peacock)

Going to a bar (alone) to watch costs more than 5 months * $5.99/month = $29.95.

Friggin' burgers are $15+ now at bars.

I got Peacock.

I need to reach out to my alumni watch group for this weekend. They’re not organized, and this could go sideways.

[betarhoalphadelta]

If you can, wait until Black Friday and look for sales. We just cancelled Peacock which we had gotten last October, at I think $15 for the full year, because they had a promotion going. My wife's friend got it Black Friday and I think a whole year was even cheaper than that. 

Looks like if you're a Spectrum customer they've got special deals as well, possibly also Cox...

[medinabuckeye1]

If you can, wait until Black Friday and look for sales. We just cancelled Peacock which we had gotten last October, at I think $15 for the full year, because they had a promotion going. My wife's friend got it Black Friday and I think a whole year was even cheaper than that.

Looks like if you're a Spectrum customer they've got special deals as well, possibly also Cox...

I'll watch for that.

If I can get Peacock for a year for a good price on Black Friday that would cover BB season and probably also whatever 2024 tOSU FB game is on it.

[ELA]

We get it for free with Xfinity.  Aside from binging The Office, which my wife hadn't watched, early in COVID, I don't think we had ever watched it before this football season

[FearlessF]

I see people say "well I'll just go to a bar and watch". (That's assuming the bar even has Peacock)

Going to a bar (alone) to watch costs more than 5 months * $5.99/month = $29.95.

Friggin' burgers are $15+ now at bars.

I got Peacock.

yes, but I go to bars anyway, so...

I'll be in a bar in the Old Market area of Omaha with my brother for the Friday night Husker game at Illinois.
And then most of the afternoon Saturday