2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[bayareabadger]

His number will never be in the rafters.

Ehhh, it probably should be. Even if he's a duplicitous dipshit. 

Also, at Iowa today. I don't know what to expect. But I hope it's UW's offense looking good, UW's defense looking OK enough and me not stressing too much at the end in a good way.

[bayareabadger]

I'm just saying there are a ton of "sure thing, Plan A" hires that don't work.  Then sometimes you miss on your first choices, and land on Jim Tressell, or your former coach games you into his top assistant, after the school wanted nothing to do with him.

It's all a crapshoot.

Is that a UW reference?

[847badgerfan]

Is that a UW reference?

Brad Soderberg, perhaps?


That really pissed Richter off...

[bayareabadger]

Brad Soderberg, perhaps?


That really pissed Richter off...

I was trying to ascertain if he meant Bo to Gard. Which wasn’t really correct. 

It was really too bad about Bennett. From everything I’ve heard he was an absolute gentleman. Maybe too nice for the job.

[medinabuckeye1]

If Illinois loses in College Park, Purdue is going to be awfully close to clinching mathematically. 

[FearlessF]

I don't usually root for the Badgers, (especially vs my home state team) but when I do, it's selfishly to help the Huskers

[bayareabadger]

Wisconsin defense was kind of a mess, and Iowa went Thermo nuclear for a stretch on long twos. It’s kind of a miracle the Badgers got it overtime.

That said, the Badgers just lost a pretty winnable game, and that is what we call effing annoying.

[847badgerfan]

Wisconsin defense was kind of a mess, and Iowa went Thermo nuclear for a stretch on long twos. It’s kind of a miracle the Badgers got it overtime.

That said, the Badgers just lost a pretty winnable game, and that is what we call effing annoying.

All of this. Truth.

[medinabuckeye1]

Purdue isn't realistically going to finish 2-4 or worse so the B1G Title is a two team race between 12-2 Purdue and 10-4 Illinois. 

Purdue beat Illinois in early January but that was in West Lafayette and they play again in Champagne-Urbana on March 5. 

If Illinois can win out that would get them within one game of Purdue but they would still need some help.

The race for the top four seeds (double-bye) is interesting. Purdue is almost a mathematical lock and Illinois will be there as well. Racing for the other two double byes are:

• Three 6-loss teams: UW, MSU, NU
• Four 7-loss teams: UNL, IU, RU, MN
• 7-8 Iowa
• Two 9-loss teams: UMD, PSU

At the bottom of the league, as of right now Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State, and Maryland would be playing on Wednesday but Indiana, Minnesota, and Rutgers have the same number of wins (6) as UMD/PSU and Iowa is only one game ahead of UMD/PSU.

[medinabuckeye1]

Today's games:
Purdue -8.5 at Ohio State, 1pm CBS:
Purdue is 12-2 while Ohio State is 4-10 so this would ordinarily be a snooze but with the Buckeyes firing their underperforming coach earlier this week who knows what to expect from them.

Nothing would really surprise me. It is entirely possible that the Ohio State players are all figuring out transfer portal destinations and working on NIL and not the least bit focused on Ohio State nor this season let alone the match-up with Purdue. Alternatively, the Buckeyes could come out inspired. Who knows.

Northwestern +2 at Indiana, 3pm FS1:
Northwestern is 1/2 a game behind UW/MSU so needs a win to stay on pace for a double-bye. Indiana needs a win to stay on pace to avoid playing on Wednesday in Minneapolis.

Rutgers +4 at Minnesota, 630 BTN:
The Scarlet Knights and Gophers are tied with Indiana at 6-7 so the winner here gets some breathing room while the loser falls dangerously close to a Wednesday start to the BTT.

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/CBKReport/status/1759053870263648294?t=DJdd96MDLxuZ-RTUY4xRdg&s=19

[FearlessF]

Juwan is still employed???

[medinabuckeye1]

Buckeyes with a halftime lead over #2!

[FearlessF]