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Topic: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

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medinabuckeye1

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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #574 on: December 09, 2023, 08:08:57 PM »
Happy New Year!

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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #575 on: December 09, 2023, 09:50:18 PM »
Penn State is 113th in KenPom AFTER beating Ohio State, the Buckeyes drop only to 26th with the loss.

The Nittany Lions had lost five straight to aTm, Butler, VA Commonwealth, Bucknell, and Maryland. 

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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #576 on: December 10, 2023, 07:52:57 AM »
Last night Maryland needed OT to beat PSU at home, Nebraska lost to Minnesota, and Rutgers got blown out by Wake Forest.

Is it just me or is the league as a whole, from top to bottom, weaker then it has maybe ever been?

Purdue and Wisconsin look really good but not altogether invincible.

Illinois and Ohio State look solid but not elite.

MSU looks mediocre but I think we all more-or-less assume that Izzo will have them ready in March.

Indiana and Northwestern look ok.

Nebraska, Rutgers, Iowa, and Michigan all look shaky if you ask me.

Maryland, Penn State, and Minnesota look terrible.
The only had four tournament teams in 2018. So hopefully better than that.

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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #577 on: December 10, 2023, 09:19:21 AM »
What if UW wins in Tucson this weekend?
Never mind.
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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #578 on: December 10, 2023, 10:01:58 AM »
Never mind.
No shame is losing on the road to #1. 

Illinois lost to TN.

Indiana got obliterated by Auburn. 

Ohio State went from looking like one of the best B1G teams to losing to a pathetic PSU squad.

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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #579 on: December 10, 2023, 10:28:46 AM »
Anyone watch the Indiana game?  What happened that they got smoked?  I was busy with the Purdue/Bama game which was a blockbuster of a game

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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #580 on: December 10, 2023, 11:07:21 AM »
Anyone watch the Indiana game?  What happened that they got smoked?  I was busy with the Purdue/Bama game which was a blockbuster of a game
I did not see but, according to KenPom:
  • Auburn is #12
  • Indiana is #78
I don't see that as a surprise result. 


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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #581 on: December 10, 2023, 11:16:35 AM »
Yeah, a rough day. Wiscy and Indiana weren't remotely competitive, which was surprising. Thought those games would be much better. 

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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #582 on: December 10, 2023, 06:47:27 PM »
Iowa coach Fran McCaffery was ejected from a basketball game against Michigan after taking issue with a call in the second half.

McCaffery received back-to-back technical fouls within six seconds of game time, with the second technical coming with an automatic ejection from the game.

Michigan was in the middle of an extended 25-5 run, and McCaffery was not happy.

The foul in question was a drive down into the paint by Ladji Dembele. He plunged his shoulder into Michigan’s Will Tschetter in the post and took him to the ground, but McCaffery didn’t seem to think the contact merited a charging foul.

He immediately began yelling at the officials and was hit with a technical foul.


Moments later he was still voicing his disgust with the officials and was tossed for a second technical foul for arguing with them. He was summarily escorted off the floor, leaving the Hawkeyes to fend for themselves down the stretch.

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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #583 on: December 10, 2023, 08:46:43 PM »
didn't see that coming in Lincoln
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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #584 on: December 10, 2023, 08:59:43 PM »
didn't see that coming in Lincoln
Have you watched MSU at all?  I think most of the computers favored the Huskers 

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« Reply #585 on: December 10, 2023, 09:07:46 PM »

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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #586 on: December 10, 2023, 09:24:33 PM »
Have you watched MSU at all?  I think most of the computers favored the Huskers
no, but I've watched the Hapless Huskers
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Re: 2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #587 on: December 11, 2023, 01:57:13 AM »
Yeah, a rough day. Wiscy and Indiana weren't remotely competitive, which was surprising. Thought those games would be much better.
I’m not so surprised. 

This UW team has nice pieces, but not top-end ones. Which is fine. 

Arizona was splashing from distance and connecting at a high rate inside. That ain’t gonna work out. 

 

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