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Topic: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread

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Re: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #532 on: December 30, 2024, 03:16:05 PM »
Massey Composite Rankings - 28 computers (last week in parentheses)

  • Auburn (1)
  • Tennessee (2)
  • Florida (4)
  • Duke (7)
  • Alabama (5)
  • Iowa State (3)
  • Marquette (9)
  • OREGON (11)
  • Kansas (10)
  • Gonzaga (8)
  • Houston (14)
  • Texas A&M (12)
  • Mississippi State (19)
  • MICHIGAN STATE (16)
  • Kentucky (6)
  • Connecticut (15)
  • UCLA (13)
  • ILLINOIS (22)
  • St. John's (-)
  • MICHIGAN (-)
  • Pittsburgh (18)
  • PURDUE (17)
  • MARYLAND (-)
  • Utah State (21)
  • Memphis (20)




  • 29. Wisconsin (31)
  • 33. Nebraska (45)
  • 34. Ohio State (50)
  • 37. Penn State (34)
  • 46. Iowa (48)
  • 48. Northwestern (60)
  • 52. Indiana (53)
  • 76. USC (89)
  • 85. Rutgers (75)
  • 93. Washington (98)
  • 119. Minnesota (126)

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Re: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #533 on: December 30, 2024, 04:51:12 PM »
Frankie Fidler is going to convince Izzo to never take a 1 year transfer again

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Re: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #534 on: December 30, 2024, 04:55:38 PM »
Wisconsin = UW
Washington = UDub

Ask @GopherRock about it. He knows, having lived out there.
For me, it's 
Wisconsin = Wis
Warshington = UW

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Re: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #535 on: December 30, 2024, 05:15:44 PM »
For me, it's FU.

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Re: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #536 on: December 30, 2024, 05:33:29 PM »
Frankie Fidler is going to convince Izzo to never take a 1 year transfer again
UW was chasing him some in the off-season. What a weird numerical profile. 

Guessing that defense hasn’t been it?

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Re: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #537 on: December 30, 2024, 05:44:26 PM »
UW was chasing him some in the off-season. What a weird numerical profile.

Guessing that defense hasn’t been it?
Nothing has worked.  He gets to the line, but that's about it.  Defense is bad, but that was known.  But he can't shoot worth shit, and defenses have figured that out.  They just drop, and don't foul him.  He's shooting 17% from 3.  I think he could be ok in a different system, but it simply isn't working here, and a large part of that is definitely Izzo's stubbornness.

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Re: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #538 on: December 31, 2024, 06:12:40 PM »
Let's see how just paying random highly rated players is going for Mike Woodson...


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Re: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #540 on: January 03, 2025, 04:53:09 PM »
Illinois' win over Oregon last night was the largest MOV true road win over an AP Top 10 team in the history of the poll

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« Reply #541 on: January 04, 2025, 07:33:34 AM »
These ain't your daddy's Badgers. Jeez.
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Re: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #542 on: January 04, 2025, 08:05:09 PM »
Chasing history at PBA 😤

With today’s win, Nebraska ties a program record 20 straight wins at home.

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Re: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #543 on: January 06, 2025, 02:32:07 PM »
So a lot of times on potential CFP days it's only the Big East playing basketball, because they don't have football programs.

Just realized the Big Ten scheduled 4 games for Thursday and Friday; MSU-Washington; Purdue-Rutgers; and UCLA-Maryland, certainly feels like a low risk that any of those 6 were going to be in the Final 4 this year.  But then also OSU-Oregon?  Seems like a weird game to put up against what was very likely going to be one of those team's CFP games.  Turned out they were on the side of the bracket that played Friday, but still an odd game to schedule for Thursday night.


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Re: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #544 on: January 06, 2025, 04:55:19 PM »
Hopefully I'm not jinxing tomorrow evening's game by saying it, but Michigan basketball is finally a decent thing to watch again.  When Juwan was first hired, I really hoped he was a decent replacement for Beilein because I absolutely loved Beilein, his style of play and who he was as a leader.. Tough replacement.. and Juwan was the opposite of the right guy. That being said, it's almost like he was needed to truly appreciate Dusty May. There's still a lot to clean up, especially turnovers, which seem to be the most common in pivotal moments in the 2nd half, but this is truly a fun style of bball to watch. Haven't enjoyed two big men like this since The Admiral & Tim Duncan paired up. Now, need to finish taking down the LA teams. 

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Re: 2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread
« Reply #545 on: January 06, 2025, 09:26:06 PM »
Wisconsin's little hiccup appears to have been nothing more than that, and Rutgers trying to throw two one and dones into that program is going as expected 

 

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