2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[847badgerfan]

UW has a chance to be really good on offense this year. We'll see about the defense.

They scored 105 points in the opener Monday night. Arkansas State, I know, but still. 105 and Wisconsin has never been a thing - first time hitting that.

Tennessee rolls into Madison on Friday. Catch it live on Pee Cock!!

One of the prize recruits of the 2023 class is on "leave" right now. Lots of speculation, but him ever playing in Madison seems to be in some doubt.

Gus Yalden Recruit Interests (247sports.com)

[medinabuckeye1]

Tennessee rolls into Madison on Friday. Catch it live on Pee Cock!!

I actually might be able to watch because it is on 🦚 right after aTm at tOSU

[grillrat]

I knew that Purdue had a decently tough schedule this year, but I just took a good look at it (and looked at the current, albeit early, Pomeroy rankings of each).

They are hard scheduled to play:
Xavier (39)
Gonzaga (5)
Alabama (10)
Arizona (6)

And then depending on the results of the Maui games, potentially:
Tennessee (9) or Syracuse (109)
Kansas (3) (or UCLA (26) / Marquette (13))

All the other Non-con games are against teams that are in the 250 range or better.  No 300+ games.

And to top it off, they only get the three (currently rated) worst Big Ten teams (Nebraska, Penn State, and Minnesota) once.

By my count, they have the potential to play 5 top 10 teams and 14 teams in the 11-50 range.  

In fact, looking at the overall schedule, as of this moment, Purdue potentially only plays 5 games out of 31 that are not against top 100 teams.  That's just insane.

And as a bonus, throw in the fact that they played an exhibition game against Arkansas (12) on the road....

[ELA]

I knew that Purdue had a decently tough schedule this year, but I just took a good look at it (and looked at the current, albeit early, Pomeroy rankings of each).

They are hard scheduled to play:
Xavier (39)
Gonzaga (5)
Alabama (10)
Arizona (6)

And then depending on the results of the Maui games, potentially:
Tennessee (9) or Syracuse (109)
Kansas (3) (or UCLA (26) / Marquette (13))

All the other Non-con games are against teams that are in the 250 range or better.  No 300+ games.

And to top it off, they only get the three (currently rated) worst Big Ten teams (Nebraska, Penn State, and Minnesota) once.

By my count, they have the potential to play 5 top 10 teams and 14 teams in the 11-50 range. 

In fact, looking at the overall schedule, as of this moment, Purdue potentially only plays 5 games out of 31 that are not against top 100 teams.  That's just insane.

And as a bonus, throw in the fact that they played an exhibition game against Arkansas (12) on the road....

Purdue has the toughest schedule in the league this year.

MSU may have their easiest in a while, but so far, whoops.

Big Ten-ACC is gone.  Their holiday tournament is just a 4 team thing in Palm Springs, designed to have an MSU-Arizona championship.  So while that game is there, the chance to play 2 or 3 marquee games like at Maui or Atlantis or Old Spice is gone.

So currently it's just
Arizona (6)
Baylor (7)
Duke (8)
Butler (84)

[847badgerfan]

OOC, UW has

#9 Tennessee
@ #53 Providence
#27 Virginia (Fort Myers)
#89 SMU / #65 WVU (Fort Myers)
#13 Marquette
@ #6 Arizona

And cupcakes to round it out.

Robert Morris, Western Illinois, Jacksonville State, Chicago State.

[SuperMario]

They are hard scheduled to play:
Xavier (39)
Gonzaga (5)
Alabama (10)
Arizona (6)

And then depending on the results of the Maui games, potentially:
Tennessee (9) or Syracuse (109)
Kansas (3) (or UCLA (26) / Marquette (13))

wow.. that's a no joke SOS. They also have the talent win a lot of those big games.

[OrangeAfroMan]

I don’t think you know what a Shawn Bradley is.

Also, rambling that on of the best 15 players of all time would do a number on someone is … kinda unremarkable. You know, I bet Michael Jordan would do quite a number on Scoot Henderson too.

Then ELA is pushing back on that unremarkable statement, lol.

[ELA]

Because that unremarkable statement is also wrong.

It's like saying Caleb Williams couldn't run the wishbone

[OrangeAfroMan]

I think most everyone has 33 year old Shaq in their minds and forgot Orlando Magic Shaq. 
But it's basketball, so I couldn't care less if I tried.

[ELA]

Even Orlando Magic Shaq never hit a 3 or guarded a guy who could.  It's apples and oranges.

But like I said, it's like complaining that Caleb Williams couldn't run the wishbone

[OrangeAfroMan]

Even Orlando Magic Shaq never hit a 3 or guarded a guy who could.  It's apples and oranges.

But like I said, it's like complaining that Caleb Williams couldn't run the wishbone

If the other team's offense relies on their 7'4" guy chucking 3s......you let them.  
Meanwhile, if they have him guard Shaq on defense, he'd fouling out A LOT.

[MaximumSam]

If the other team's offense relies on their 7'4" guy chucking 3s......you let them. 
Meanwhile, if they have him guard Shaq on defense, he'd fouling out A LOT.

Shaq needs to make 15 twos for every 10 of Wemby's threes to keep even

[ELA]

If the other team's offense relies on their 7'4" guy chucking 3s......you let them. 
Meanwhile, if they have him guard Shaq on defense, he'd fouling out A LOT.

Problem is they aren't chucking 3s.  They are good at them.  Unlike Shawn Bradley.  Again, if good back to the basket big men were valuable in the NBA, Zach Edey wouldn't be back in college this year

[OrangeAfroMan]

Problem is they aren't chucking 3s.  They are good at them.  Unlike Shawn Bradley.  Again, if good back to the basket big men were valuable in the NBA, Zach Edey wouldn't be back in college this year

So you're defending the GMs? 

Every single NFL fan is smarter than their team's GM, just ask them.  Why would NBA GMs be any smarter? lol


Anyway, Wembanyama's listed as a PF, so some other guy can guard him outside.  Since no one has a big center anymore, Shaq would score at will.  If a 7'4" twig is guarding him, he'd score at will AND that guy would foul out every time.

And jesus, guys, Victor is shooting 29% from 3.  WTF?!?  Why are you even bringing that shit up?  I had no idea it would be that low.
Like 45 seconds of research negates all your stuff.  Shaq shot 58% which is precisely double Wemby's 3-pt %.
On 100 shots each, Wemby has 87 pts.  Shaq has 116.  
No, that's not realist basketball, but the point is made.