2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[847badgerfan]

My wife can handle that.

[medinabuckeye1]

Do you think Northwestern and Iowa will make it 7-0 for home teams this weekend?

[ELA]

Do you think Northwestern and Iowa will make it 7-0 for home teams this weekend?

Not if Northwestern keeps playing like this.  This is the worst I've seen them at home all year

[FearlessF]

Northwestern got it done

Iowa not lookin good, but it's early

[FearlessF]

Husker women's basketball even got the home win over Clark

daughter is makin bank today

[medinabuckeye1]

daughter is makin bank today

?

[FearlessF]

She pours beers a few blocks from Pinnacle Bank arena where it was sold out for the Caitlyn Clark show.

Opened 2 hours early this morning and going strong post game

She's been known to pull down $1,000 in tips on a football Saturday - when they win

[medinabuckeye1]

She pours beers a few blocks from Pinnacle Bank arena where it was sold out for the Caitlyn Clark show.

Opened 2 hours early this morning and going strong post game

She's been known to pull down $1,000 in tips on a football Saturday - when they win

Nice!


And I assume the Huskers also kept Clark from breaking the all-time scoring record on SuperBowl Sunday which is good because now she can do it at home and on a day when she can be story #1.

[medinabuckeye1]

Nice!


And I assume the Huskers also kept Clark from breaking the all-time scoring record on SuperBowl Sunday which is good because now she can do it at home and on a day when she can be story #1.

Also, Ohio State is in East Lansing playing for sole possession of first place!

[FearlessF]

Nice!


And I assume the Huskers also kept Clark from breaking the all-time scoring record on SuperBowl Sunday which is good because now she can do it at home and on a day when she can be story #1.

yes, some Hawk fans are suggesting they lost the game for this reason

[medinabuckeye1]

So for those not following it, here is the situation in women's hoops:

• 12-1 Ohio State, lost at Michigan 
• 11-2 Iowa, lost at Ohio State and at Nebraska 
• 11-2 Indiana, lost at Ohio State and at Iowa

All other teams have at least five losses so the race is between these three only.

Games remaining among the above three:

• Iowa at Indiana 2/22
• Ohio State at Iowa 3/3

So here is the deal:
Ohio State controls their own destiny to an outright title. Even if they lose one game (most likely at Iowa in Catlin Clark's last home game) they still win at least a share of the title.

Iowa controls their own destiny to at least a share of the title.

Indiana needs help but they are likely to get it because I wouldn't bet against the Hawkeyes in Catlin Clark's last home game. If Indiana wins out and Iowa (or any other team) beats tOSU then Indiana gets a share of the title.

[medinabuckeye1]

So you may be wondering who wins the tie if both the tOSU and Iowa Women's teams win out until the finale and then the Hawkeyes beat the Buckeyes in Catlin Clark's last home game. Well, the answer to that is neither simple nor clear. 

In that case Iowa and Ohio State would both be 16-2 in the league. They would be 1-1 against each other. Iowa would be 1-1 against Nebraska, Ohio State would be 1-1 against Michigan, and they would both be perfect against each of the other teams in the division. 

The first tiebreaker is H2H which does not help because they would be 1-1. 

The next tiebreaker is record against the next best team(s) in the league, then the next, etc.

Third place in this case would be Indiana. Iowa would be 2-0 against the Hoosiers while Ohio State would only be 1-0 against them having not visited Bloomington. 

So you might think that Iowa wins because 2-0>1-0 but you would be wrong. The B1G rules state that this is based on percentage and explicitly state that 2-0 is NOT better than 1-0.

So we move on. 

If Nebraska finishes with a better record than Michigan, Ohio State wins. If Michigan finishes with a better record than Nebraska, Iowa wins.

Nebraska is one game ahead of Michigan right now and Ohio State still has to play and beat Michigan so that favors the Buckeyes.

You might ask what happens if Michigan and NNebraska tie? Well it depends. Ohio State only plays Nebraska once (Wednesday) and Iowa only plays Michigan once (Thursday) so both Iowa and Ohio State would be 2-1 against the two of them. However, if another team or teams were also tied with the Cornhuskers and Wolverines and that team or those teams did not play Iowa and Ohio State the same number of times that would be decisive. 

If that doesn't solve it then it goes to overall record where Iowa would prevail.

[medinabuckeye1]

I'm working on updating projections and not sure what to do with Wisconsin.  They are now -3 with one positive upset and FOUR negative upsets.  Also, the one positive upset was way back in early December while three of the four negative upsets have come in the last two weeks.  

The complication is that all except their recent loss at Rutgers would be upsets even if we moved them down.  The difference between Tier-1 (where they are) and Tier-2 is the projected result in road games against Tier-3.  Those teams are MN, UMD, RU, and Iowa but the Badgers do not visit College Park this year so we are down to:

• at Minnesota, W on 1/23
• at Rutgers, L on 2/10
• at Iowa, 2/17

So they are 1-1 with one more to play. I guess I'll drop them unless anyone has any objections.  

[bayareabadger]

I got married to 3 people and the two boys were potty trained.

I've yet to change a diaper in my life.

I get what it’s saying, but that phrasing threw me for a moment (and still kinda does)