2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

There were some questionable foul calls that got their "star" player in trouble, the freshman (sophomore) in the MSU game, his 4th foul in that game was a complete phantom call ... I get it there may have been bad calls both ways, but to give him his 4th foul and limit his minutes in that game was impactful.

The game was called tight.  I literally said MSU got a home court whistle at the time.  Illinois and MSU were called for the same number of fouls and shot the same number of FTs.  Hell, if you could guarantee me that MSU would get equal calls in road games, I would absolutely take it.  But that wasn't his complaint.  His complaint was that his freshman "star" didn't get star treatment.  Even though that "star" is leading the Big Ten in fouls per minute among perimeter players.  And then he actually shot more FTs than Maryland in a 21 point loss, and still blamed the refs.

If you even have CLOSE to similar FTs on the road in the Big Ten, you got an extremely friendly whistle.  But I even acknowledged that MSU actually got friendly whistle at even FTs.  I recall an MSU-UM game in Ann Arbor that was 28-4 in FTs.  But either way, his complaint wasn't about the whistle in general.  It was called very tight, both ways.  Illinois was in the double bonus 8 minutes into the 2nd half.  He was just mad that he had spent his whole NIL on 3 guys, and one of them was in foul trouble.  Both teams were in foul trouble, but MSU had 10 dudes who could play, and he had 3.  And then he spent multiple days whining about it, instead of prepping.   It's been this way since the COVID season with him whining.  That year he was whining that UM and OSU got all of the calls because this was a football league disguised as a basketball conference.  Now he's whining about MSU and Maryland getting the calls.  I guess it's easier than him acknowledging that he's 4-4 with the most talent in the conference

[boilerbanger]

Not disagreeing with you at all but that 4th foul on the freshman was not a foul.  

[boilerbanger]

Boilers bounce back with a case of the red ass left over from Tuesdays game.  

[ELA]

Not disagreeing with you at all but that 4th foul on the freshman was not a foul. 

Of course not

[SuperMario]

I think we can keep Michigan on tier 3 as I suspected. Possibly tier 4 after that pounding.

[FearlessF]

good contest at Kansas

[FearlessF]

watching the badgers....
don't expect to watch very long
game has started as I assumed

[847badgerfan]

Huskers clawed their way back in. Down 12 at the break.

[FearlessF]

down 17, then down 3, then down 17

shit show

[847badgerfan]

down 17, then down 3, then down 17

shit show

Shit show on Badger defense.

They don't do it like they used to.

[FearlessF]

I'll have to agree, cause the Husker's struggle to run offense and/or make shots

[CatsbyAZ]

I wonder if high is just the norm, and rather than viewing it as dropping, and then rising, that if we review this in 50 years, it's consistently at the two peaks, and then that dip is the one dip.

What are a few college basketball podcasts worth recommending?

[ELA]

CBS' with Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander is the best.  Its enough off the grid over there, that they dont care what they talk about.  Field of 68 is good, but they almost pump out TOO much content, so you have to sift through like 3 hours of content every day.  Three Man Weave is good if you like dipping into the mid majors.  One Shining Podcast was the gold standard, but Titus took Barstools money, and neither host is nearly as good on his own

[bayareabadger]

Shit show on Badger defense.

They don't do it like they used to.

Ended up the second-best defensive game statistically for the team this season.