2023-2024 B1G Basketball Thread

[Brutus Buckeye]

The scoreless tie is broken with a goal tending call. 

[medinabuckeye1]

Wild that we went through the whole song and dance about it not happening before the most logical thing in the world went ahead and happend.

It will be insane if they pay the buyout after having plenty of opportunities to let him go for cause.

[847badgerfan]

No Chucky Hepburn today. Blackwell starts. Gonna miss Chucky's D on Boo if he can't go.

[medinabuckeye1]

Uh huh. But it's not his fault.

Juwan Howard Asked Insanely Racist Question By Media Member (outkick.com)

I think this post illustrates just how hopelessly skewed race relations are in this country.

First because race is completely unrelated to the fact that Juwan's team finished dead last in the B1G by four games and missed the Tournament for the second consecutive year. That would get any B1G coach fired. 

Second because Juwan's prior anger issues would have gotten any white coach fired. He literally only survived those due to his race and yet some moron suggests the opposite. 

[ELA]

Juwan gone

https://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/1768719085729353839?s=20

[bayareabadger]

No Chucky Hepburn today. Blackwell starts. Gonna miss Chucky's D on Boo if he can't go.

Badgers with a nice win where they keep NW at bay though much of the second half.

Game was an ugly pace and level of play for a lot of it. Inconsistent reffing. UW shooting was nice. Defense was quite nice inside (40% on 2s).

Good game for a couple of bench guys helping here and there. Winter with a solid 9 minutes. McGee played 23 minutes well. Also AJ Storr threw up a 30-burger, which was nice. 

[bayareabadger]

It will be insane if they pay the buyout after having plenty of opportunities to let him go for cause.

They probably will, right? None of that other stuff is lingering unless there's a new lawsuit coming, or something. 

[medinabuckeye1]

They probably will, right? None of that other stuff is lingering unless there's a new lawsuit coming, or something.

My amateur legal opinion is that they'll have to because the timing makes it look like a performance based firing (which it is). 

[medinabuckeye1]

So we finally have only our second upset (by seed) of the B1G Tournament:

• #10 Ohio State over #7 Iowa
• #5 Wisconsin over #4 Northwestern 

In both cases the lower seed was both favored and higher ranked by the computers.

I'm hoping for two genuine upsets tonight, sorry @FearlessF and the one or two Illinois fans that occasionally post here.

[bayareabadger]

So we finally have only our second upset (by seed) of the B1G Tournament:

• #10 Ohio State over #7 Iowa
• #5 Wisconsin over #4 Northwestern

In both cases the lower seed was both favored and higher ranked by the computers.

I'm hoping for two genuine upsets tonight, sorry @FearlessF and the one or two Illinois fans that occasionally post here.

Is the IU support for some non-Ohio State reason?

[medinabuckeye1]

Is the IU support for some non-Ohio State reason?

No.
It is because happenings on the bubble haven't been good for tenous teams like Ohio State so I'm not confident that a win tonight over Illinois gets them in.

They obviously have to beat Illinois to have a shot so of they don't, I don't care who wins the later game. However, if Ohio State beats Illinois, then I'd rather them play Indiana than Nebraska on Saturday. 

[847badgerfan]

Badgers with a nice win where they keep NW at bay though much of the second half.

Game was an ugly pace and level of play for a lot of it. Inconsistent reffing. UW shooting was nice. Defense was quite nice inside (40% on 2s).

Good game for a couple of bench guys helping here and there. Winter with a solid 9 minutes. McGee played 23 minutes well. Also AJ Storr threw up a 30-burger, which was nice.

So, I left for my appointments and the Badgers were down 12.

I'm probably not gonna watch tomorrow.

[bayareabadger]

No.
It is because happenings on the bubble haven't been good for tenous teams like Ohio State so I'm not confident that a win tonight over Illinois gets them in.

They obviously have to beat Illinois to have a shot so of they don't, I don't care who wins the later game. However, if Ohio State beats Illinois, then I'd rather them play Indiana than Nebraska on Saturday.

FWIW, I think you'd want Nebraska if the goal is to make the tournament. Nebraska is a Q1 win, IU is a Q2 one (and on the border of Q3).

Now winning both might not be enough, but if you win both, you'd rather Nebraska be the team you beat. Of course, if the goal is only to win the tournament and assume at-large is lost, IU is better. 

[847badgerfan]

I think OSU has done enough to get in, TBH.