2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[medinabuckeye1]

Just hanging my hat on my trophy.. I was wrong on my prediction trophy. Sorry about that one.

If you don't follow the Buckeyes closely it is hard to realize the magnitude of their ability to suck in January. Heck, @MaximumSam does follow them closely and even he is still trying to deny it.

[847badgerfan]

So, who do we thing Ross will make a run at?

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[bayareabadger]

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My phone keeps messing up that auto correct, but Ross refers to the new Ohio State A.D. and I’m interested who he tries to hire.

I wasn’t super bullish on Holtmann making it to next year even if they beat Michigan and Penn State, and losing to Michigan puts them in quite the hole.

[847badgerfan]

Ross Bjork from aTm?

Terrible hire, if true.

[bayareabadger]

Ross Bjork from aTm?

Terrible hire, if true.

That’s the reporting 

[847badgerfan]

I saw it and was gonna bring it here too. Bad hire.

[medinabuckeye1]

That’s the reporting

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[847badgerfan]

Sources: Ohio State targeting Ross Bjork for athletic director (msn.com)

[bayareabadger]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here&#39;s our story on Ohio State targeting Texas A&amp;M&#39;s Ross Bjork as the next athletic director. It will mark a distinct shift from the retiring Gene Smith and his extensive tree. It would also signal new direction under president Ted Carter. <a href="https://t.co/JI2HEVM8Ua">https://t.co/JI2HEVM8Ua</a></p>&mdash; Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) <a href="
https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/1746976535808975009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[MaximumSam]

I don't know the guy from anyone else. From what I've read he is good at raising money, which I suppose is the main qualification. As far as his personnel moves for glamour sports, he is known for signing Jimbo to a 95 million dollar contract and then firing him two years later. I think he also hired Kermit Davis at Ole Miss, which didn't turn out to be good. There is a basketball coach at Ole Miss who would be an upgrade - let's see how ballsy Bjork wants to be.

[medinabuckeye1]

Ross Bjork from aTm?

Terrible hire, if true.

All I can do is hope he learned his lesson from the massive mistake he made with Jimbo.

[MaximumSam]

All I can do is hope he learned his lesson from the massive mistake he made with Jimbo.

10 year 95 million dollar contract to Chris Holtmann, dedicated to MedinaBuckeye1

[medinabuckeye1]

10 year 95 million dollar contract to Chris Holtmann, dedicated to MedinaBuckeye1

I don't want them to give THAT big of a contract to Holtmann's replacement let alone Holtmann. 

[medinabuckeye1]

Pending any disagreement on tiers, here is what I have:

• Wisconsin, Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State
• Northwestern, Nebraska, Iowa
• Minnesota, Ohio State, Rutgers
• Indiana, Penn State, Maryland, Michigan

Based on those, there have only been four upsets:

The projected final standings/seeds for the BTT are:

• 17-3/25-6 Wisconsin
• 15-5/26-5 Purdue, wins tie over IL based on record against UW, IL does not host the Badgers
• 15-5/24-7 Illinois
• 14-6/22-9 Michigan State
• 13-7/22-9 Northwestern, wins tie over IA and UNL based on H2H2H of 2-1, no game in Iowa City
• 13-7/21-10 Iowa, second in tie with NU and UNL based on H2H2H of 1-1, no game in Lincoln and does not host the Cats
• 13-7/23-8 Nebraska, last in tie with NU and IA based on H2H2H of 1-2, does not host Iowa
• 9-11/18-13 Minnesota
• 7-13/15/16 Rutgers, wins tie with tOSU based on record against the 13-7 teams
• 7-13/17-14 Ohio State
• 5-15/11-20 Penn State, wins tie with IU based on record against Michigan, no game in Ann Arbor
• 5-15/13-18 Indiana
• 4-16/12-19 Maryland
• 3-17/8-23 Michigan

Based on that, the match-ups for the B1G Tournament at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota would be:
Wednesday, March 13 (Peacock):

• #11 Penn State vs #14 Michigan, 9pm
• #12 Indiana vs #13 Maryland, 630

Thursday, March 14 (BTN):

• #5 Northwestern vs IU/UMD, 230pm
• #6 Iowa vs PSU/M, 9pm
• #7 Nebraska vs #10 Ohio State, 630pm
• #8 Minnesota vs #9 Rutgers, noon

Friday, March 15 (BTN):

• #1 Wisconsin vs MN/RU, noon
• #2 Purdue vs UNL/tOSU, 630pm
• #3 Illinois vs IA/PSU/M, 9pm
• #4 Michigan State vs NU/IU/UMD, 230pm

Saturday, March 16 (CBS):

• UW/MN/RU vs MSU/NU/IU/UMD, 1pm
• PU/UNL/tOSU vs IL/IA/PSU/M, 330pm

Sunday, St. Patrick's Day, March 17 (CBS):

• UW/MN/RU/MSU/NU/IU/UMD vs PU/UNL/tOSU/IL/IA/PSU/M, 330pm

The only upsets since I posted this on Friday were Maryland winning in Champagne-Urbana and Iowa winning in Minneapolis so I will wait until Friday to update.