2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

Random afternoon Horizon League game on ESPN+.  Didn't realize how far the Bo Ryan apple fell from the tree

[847badgerfan]

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[ELA]

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He was the coach at UWGB the last 3 years, and was historically bad.  They are 9-8 and favored to win today.  They won 15 games total in his 3 years

[847badgerfan]

You talking about Will?

Is he coaching somewhere still? Who would actually hire him? He's no gouda.

[ELA]

You talking about Will?

Is he coaching somewhere still? Who would actually hire him? He's no gouda.

Yeah, he went 15-61 over the past 3 years at UWGB.  He does not appear to be coaching this year

[medinabuckeye1]

I don't think anyone will disagree but:

• Northwestern has to move up. As is they have three positive upsets (vsMSU, vsPU, @PSU).
• Purdue needs to move into what was Tier-2 because they have two negative upsets (@NU, @UNL).

[boilerbanger]

I don't think anyone will disagree but:

• Northwestern has to move up. As is they have three positive upsets (vsMSU, vsPU, @PSU).
• Purdue needs to move into what was Tier-2 because they have two negative upsets (@NU, @UNL).

Agreed

[bayareabadger]

He was the coach at UWGB the last 3 years, and was historically bad.  They are 9-8 and favored to win today.  They won 15 games total in his 3 years

He was very in over his head. Shouldn't have been hired.

Their old PG is UW's backup. Their new one was committed to UW as a transfer, but reportedly turned down money to play for his brother, a GB assistant. 

Kid is balling out. 

[MaximumSam]

Man, Roddy Gayle is in a real funk. 

[boilerbanger]

The Holtman buckeyes have shown up like clockwork in January 

[bayareabadger]

Real nice win for UW.

It was honestly a battle. The Badgers got up 6 with 12:26 left, but OSU roared back in to go up by four with 6:14 left.

But then Wofford transfer Max Klesmit took over. UW ripped off a 14-4 run, pulled away late. Had some weird moments. Thornton is a very good ball-player, but he missed some big free throws. Tyler Wahl had some nice moments, and Storr carried thing early. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

The Holtman buckeyes have shown up like clockwork in January

Yup

[medinabuckeye1]

The Holtman buckeyes have shown up like clockwork in January

Yup

Wow, I'm not even the one leading the charge anymore.

I'm trying to be optimistic about this season but given Holtmann's history it is obviously difficult to do that.

Pessimistic view:
It is worse than "Holtmann January". The Buckeyes only have one impressive win all season and that came the day before Thanksgiving. Also, that one has lost a lot of it's luster because Alabama has lost to every decent team they've played and dropped from the rankings.

Starting with the PSU loss on December 9 the Buckeyes have looked nothing like a Tournament team. Since then:

• A loss to the worst team in the league: PSU
• Two wins that sound good but really aren't: WVU, UCLA
• A blowout win over a terrible team: NOLA
• A close home win over a bad team: RU
• A road loss to a not good team: IU
• A home loss to a good (maybe great) team: UW

Optimistic view:
They are still 4-3 over that stretch and 12-4 overall. This is recoverable.

The next two games (@M, vsPSU) *SHOULD* be two of the easiest games in the league. IF they win those they'll be 14-4 overall and over .500 in the league.


As I said a while ago, these next two games are critical. If they win these two they'll be 14-4/4-3. Go roughly .500 from there they finish about 21-10/11-9 or 20-11/10-10 and probably make the tournament. If they lose the next two they'll fall to 12-6/2-5 and they are toast.

[MaximumSam]

The Buckeyes can't win with Gayle playing like that. They already have limited offense from two starters - it can't be three. Wisconsin shows how good it can be to have a deep and veteran team.