2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[bayareabadger]

I just got done. Last one cancelled. Holy SHIT!

Schedule more meetings 

[medinabuckeye1]

We basically can't have any upsets through the first two days of the B1G Tournament because the favorites all won so far and in tonight's games the favorites by seed are underdogs by NET.

[FearlessF]

buckeyes looking for an upset

[medinabuckeye1]

buckeyes looking for an upset

Upset by seed but the Buckeyes were favored by the wise guys and ranked higher in NET.

[medinabuckeye1]

20 win season for the Buckeyes!

[ELA]

Bid thief coming from the A10

[medinabuckeye1]

Bid thief coming from the A10

Damnit.

[847badgerfan]

Schedule more meetings

I won't get to see much of today, if any. Dr. appointment and PT following that.

[medinabuckeye1]

Ohio State is listed among the "next four out" by Lunardi today. B1G teams:

• #1 Purdue 
• #4 Illinois 
• #6 Wisconsin 
• #8 Nebraska, Northwestern 
• #10 Michigan State (listed among "last four byes")
• Ohio State, "next four out"

Here is the whole conference by NET with KenPom:

• 3 Purdue, 3
• 16 Illinois, 10
• 21 Wisconsin, 18
• 24 Michigan State, 19
• 37 Nebraska, 30
• 52 Northwestern, 43
• 53 Ohio State, 49
• 61 Iowa, 52
• 81 Maryland, 65
• 86 Penn State, 77
• 91 Minnesota, 78
• 94 Indiana, 84
• 103 Rutgers, 103
• 134 Michigan, 129

Teams in bold are still playing. 

[847badgerfan]

I think OSU has the players to hang with Illinois.

[medinabuckeye1]

Today's games (all on BTN):

• Purdue -7.5 vs Michigan State, noon
• Wisconsin -3.5 vs Northwestern, 230
• Illinois -4.5 vs Ohio State, 630
• Nebraska -3.5 vs Indiana, 9pm

In the tournament's first two days the ONLY upset by seed was #10 Ohio State over #7 Iowa but that wasn't much of an upset because:

• Ohio State had the better NET and KenPom rankings 
• Ohio State was favored by the guys out in the desert
• Ohio State without Holtmann is pretty clearly a better team than Iowa

Wild scenario:
All four top seeds lose today. It isn't THAT farfetched. The biggest underdog is #8 Michigan State but how much do you trust Painter>Izzo in March?

The next biggest is #10 Ohio State but at this point I think everyone would agree that Ohio State without Holtmann is VASTLY better than Ohio State with Holtmann so maybe the much improved Buckeyes keep it rolling. 

After that it is #6 Indiana but they are on just as long of a winning streak as the Buckeyes and we all know that Nebraska's success this season has been almost exclusively in Lincoln. 

The #5 seeded Badgers are favored over Northwestern. 

Wild semi-finals that I want to see on Saturday:

• #5 Wisconsin vs #8 Michigan State 
• #6 Indiana vs #10 Ohio State 

[medinabuckeye1]

I think OSU has the players to hang with Illinois.

I just wish they hadn't held on to Holtmann so long. Unfortunately he dug the team into such a deep hole that the Illinois game is a must win. I think that if the Buckeyes had won just one more regular season game (perhaps one of the two in which they held 18 point second half leads yet lost) they'd probably be safely in at 21-11/10-10 instead of desperately needing a sixth consecutive win at 20-12/9-11.

[medinabuckeye1]

Beware the Ides of March!

Good omen for Ohio State:
Today is the Ides of March, not a good day to be on Brutus' bad side.

Et tu Brute?

If you need help with the above references ask someone old enough to have studied Shakespeare and Roman history.

[FearlessF]

Cincy is wandering around the far east