2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[Hawkinole]

I didn't watch the game but this was a really remarkable upset.  Not only was Ohio State the B1G Champion but they finished seven games ahead of Maryland (16-2 compared to 9-9).  In addition, Ohio State beat Maryland not once but twice earlier this season:

• By eight in College Park back in January
• By 13 in Columbus less than two weeks ago. 

Upsets happen but this wasn't some buzzer-beater one-possession win.  Ohio State won the first quarter 17-12 but Maryland doubled up the Buckeyes in the second quarter (26-13) in the process taking a lead that they would never relinquish and Maryland continued to walk away in the last two quarters with a five point advantage in the third and an eight point advantage in the fourth for a 21 point final advantage.  #5 seed Nebraska is currently putting the finishing touches on their upset of #4 Michigan State.  Tomorrow the Buckeyes who went `16-2 to win the league and the Spartans who went 12-6 will be watching from home while the 11-7 Cornhuskers play the .500 Terps for the right to go to the CG on Sunday.  We'll find out tonight if the Hawkeyes and Hoosiers can avoid the fate of the other two double-bye teams. 

In WBB, Maryland is really good. They came up barely short all season, but improving along the way. Brenda Frese is from Cedar Rapids. Perhaps she will be the next WBB coach at Iowa. We will see.

[847badgerfan]

Lots of games today. Wow.

[bayareabadger]

Hoosier Hysteria....8500 for a regional.  Neutral site too.  1hr+ for both participants.  KU bound Flory Bidgunda and #4 Kokomo lost to #1 Fishers.

That’s a cool building 

[MaximumSam]

Women's championship, like three men's games, ISU-Drake, all in the 12-3 window.

[FearlessF]

headed to Lincoln to watch Hoops with my daughter

Will be there before the 11am tip

hopefully, she notices the new red car

[ELA]

This is now Michigan's worst Big Ten winning percentage since 1967, when they went 2-12.

The weirder thing about that one is that Michigan won three straight Big Ten titles from 1964-66, and lost in the Final 4, the national championship, and the Elite 8.  And then somehow followed that with what would be their worst season for the next 55 years and counting

[847badgerfan]

Not a good start at all for the Badgers.

[medinabuckeye1]

The top three seeds are now officially set:

• Purdue 
• Illinois 
• Nebraska 

Four will be either Wisconsin (if they win in Mackey) or Northwestern is UW loses.

Michigan is #14.

[MaximumSam]

This ISU game is awesome

[medinabuckeye1]

Every potential scenario for Ohio State:
The Buckeyes are 8-11/18-12 and play at Rutgers on Sunday (2pm, BTN).  The Buckeyes are currently 59 NET and 55 KenPom so getting to an at-large is a reach but, IMHO, it isn't impossible. 

Rutgers is and 92 NET and 87 KenPom so beating them isn't going to move the needle much but it will limit losses and add to win volume moving the Buckeyes to 9-11/19-12 heading to Minneapolis. 

With a win over Rutgers the Buckeyes will be 9-11/19-12 and their BTT seed will be:
[img width=274.381 height=176]https://i.imgur.com/pTOK5Q3.png[/img]
The tiebreakers there are:

• T3:  H2H2H is 3-1 for MN (swept PSU, split with tOSU), 2-2 for tOSU (split with both), and 1-3 for PSU (split with tOSU, swept by MN)
• T4:  H2H2H2H is 4-2 for IU (swept tOSU and MN, swept by PSU), 3-3 for both PSU and MN, and 2-4 for tOSU (split with PSU and MN, swept by IU).
• T6:  MN and tOSU split their series so it goes to record against the best team where tOSU wins based on their win over Purdue. 
• T7:  H2H2H is 4-0 for IU (Swept both) and 1-3 for tOSU and MN (Swept by IU, split with each other).  tOSU and MN move on to record against the best team where tOSU wins based on their win over Purdue.

The blowout win in Piscataway moved the Buckeyes up to #50 in KenPom.

Remaining BTT possibilities are:

• #3 from above (PSU and IU win), #10 seed
• #4 from above (PSU and MSU win), #11 seed
• #7 from above (UMD and IU win), #9 seed
• #8 from above (UMD and MSU win), #9 seed

Aa I see it we (Buckeye fans) should root for PSU and to a lesser extent MSU.

The Buckeyes are clearly out of the NCAA if they lose their BTT opener and 1-1 would only get them in with a REALLY soft bubble.

Assuming that the Bickeyes need two (or more) wins, I REALLY don't want game #2 to be Purdue.

[847badgerfan]

Wisconsin lost because of this:

5/24 from three.

[medinabuckeye1]

This IU/MSU game is nuts. 

Indiana dominated early and had a humongous lead then MSU stormed back and lately every few trips up and down the court the lead changes.

[medinabuckeye1]

Well crap

[ELA]

I have made a lot of money betting against MSU ML over the past month off the fallacy that MOV matters.  Bad teams lose, even if they lose close, which MSU frequently does.  And somehow the Vegas computers haven't figured that out