2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/CBKReport/status/1729631462410862855?s=20

A non-zero amount of people who got up after the NFL game to go eat, and just didn't turn the tv off

[ELA]

Watching Lipscomb-Chattanooga on ESPN+ while working.

Not sure why more conferences don't sign weekday afternoon deals with ESPN+ as long as we are selling out to TV anyway.  Nobody is watching this game other than Lipscomb or Chattanooga fans if its tonight at 7:00.  Put it at noon, that gets eyeballs.

I know the COVID season, the Patriot League scheduled a ton of weekday afternoon games, so they would get exclusive windows.  Granted, we also didn't have fans in the stands to worry about

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1729696184258740404?t=GzX8rOHbH08HpXfK__k_6g&s=19

[847badgerfan]

What in the ever-loving hell was that?

[ELA]

Basketball in Minnesota

[847badgerfan]

Makes sense. It's rather Fleckish.

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1730302321567899893?t=1PQwpfkC8wMBrNSunxQzfQ&s=19

[847badgerfan]

I saw that. It does make some sense to leave out the bottom 4.

Didn't the old Big East do something like that? Seems to ring a bell.

[ELA]

I saw that. It does make some sense to leave out the bottom 4.

Didn't the old Big East do something like that? Seems to ring a bell.

Correct.

Honestly I think 12 is the right number if you aren't going to include everyone.  I hate the double bye

[betarhoalphadelta]

I hate the idea, but when you've got an 18-team conference, you really have no choice. 

Just another example why superconferences suck. 

[847badgerfan]

I hate the idea, but when you've got an 18-team conference, you really have no choice.

Just another example why superconferences suck.

I don't think there's anything "super" about this shit.

It's not even a conference anymore. Just a bunch of schools agreeing to schedule each other once in a while.

I'm not ready to say F it all - but it's not far off.

[847badgerfan]

Well, hello Purdue, I'm Wisconsin and it's really nice to meet you.

Oh, we're distant cousins? I did not know that.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Well, hello Purdue, I'm Wisconsin and it's really nice to meet you.

Oh, we're distant cousins? I did not know that.

I can just imagine when they realize USC's mom and Illinois' dad got married and now they're family...




(OK had to take artistic license with that one b/c despite Ferrell being a USC grad, Reilly went to DePaul, so I just threw in Illinois.)

[medinabuckeye1]

Conference play gets underway tonight with two games on BTN:

• Maryland +3 at Indiana at 7
• Purdue -5 at Northwestern at 9