2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[FearlessF]

if M can shoot free throws down the stretch

[NickSmith4Three]

Extend Howard

[MaximumSam]

Fire Gard

[bayareabadger]

That was an example of s&@&ing all over the floor by UW. 

[Brutus Buckeye]

To answer @Brutus Buckeye 's standing question, not happening unless:

• Ohio State beats Indiana on Wednesday
• Michigan beats Rutgers on Wednesday
• Ohio State beats Nebraska on Thursday
• Michigan beats Northwestern on Thursday
• Ohio State beats Michigan State on Friday
• Michigan beats Illinois on Friday
• Ohio State beats PU/UMD/PSU on Saturday
• Michigan beats UW/MN/IA on Saturday

FTR, I don't even really care to see it this year.

Although the scenario you presented would indeed be comical and entertaining, I don't want OSU to be the ones to send Tcun to the NCAA Tourney this year. 

[FearlessF]

Huskers aren't getting a road win

[847badgerfan]

That was an example of s&@&ing all over the floor by UW.

Yep.

They need to get their heads out of their asses.

Now.

[ELA]

Yep.

They need to get their heads out of their asses.

Now.

Basketball is like 90% how well you shoot 3s now.  Wisconsin has been awful the past 2 games.  That's been about it

[847badgerfan]

Last night's embarrassment is all about Steve Crowl. He was awful in his 19 minutes.

Not gonna win with stat lines like this.

[medinabuckeye1]

I will update projections tomorrow so that we can include the results of tonight's Iowa@PSU game.  We've had a slew of upsets since the last update but I think the tiers are still about right.  

[FearlessF]

Iowa/psu on the main screen here at the Buffalo wild wings in des Moines 

[medinabuckeye1]

Review of tiers:

• PU +1, UW (+1/-3), IL -1, MSU -2
• UNL, NU
• MN (+2/-1), UMD (+2/-1), RU +1/-1), IA (+1/-2)
• PSU (+3/-1), IU (+2/-1), tOSU -1
• M (+2/-1)

Upsets so far have been:

Projected final standings/BTT seeds are:

• 17-3/28-3 Purdue
• 15-5/23-8 Wisconsin (wins tie with IL based on H2H, no game in Champaign)
• 15-5/24-7 Illinois
• 13-7/23-8 Nebraska (wins tie with MSU based on H2H, no game in E. Lansing)
• 13-7/21-10 Michigan State
• 12-8/21-10 Northwestern
• 10-10/19-12 Minnesota
• 8-12/14-17 Penn State (tied for 1st H2H2H with RU, beats RU based on record against UW)
• 8-12/16-15 Rutgers
• 8-12/16-15 Maryland (last in tie with PSU/RU based on H2H2H, 1-3 lost to RU at home)
• 7-13/15-16 Iowa
• 6-14/14-17 Indiana
• 5-15/15-16 Ohio State
• 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 Iowa vs #14 Michigan, 9pm
• #12 Indiana vs #13 Ohio State, 6:30

Thursday, March 14 (BTN):

• #5 Michigan State vs IU/tOSU, 2:30
• #6 Northwestern vs IA/M, 9pm
• #7 Minnesota vs #10 Maryland, 6:30
• #8 Penn State vs #9 Rutgers, noon

Friday, March 15 (BTN):

• #1 Purdue vs PSU/RU, noon
• #2 Wisconsin vs MN/UMD, 6:30
• #3 Illinois vs NU/IA/M, 9pm
• #4 Nebraska vs MSU/IU/tOSU, 2:30

Saturday, March 16 (CBS):

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

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

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

I believe this is the first update in which MSU is projected to play on Thursday and that Nebraska is the only team other than PU/UW/IL/MSU to have been projected to get a double-bye at any point this year.  

[847badgerfan]

I think UW needs a drop.

[ELA]

I think UW needs a drop.

1: Purdue
2: Illinois
3: Everyone else

And I'm not really joking, I wouldn't be totally unconfident in putting those projections up against ours for the rest of the year