2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread

[847badgerfan]

Not for me it isn't.  If I could watch these games I would and then they'd get my eyeballs counted in their ratings and get more ad revenue but I'm not buying Peacock to watch these games.  

Buy it when they run their special next summer. I'm paying $3.99/month, and I'll cancel after the CCG's are done. Simple.

[bayareabadger]

Not for me it isn't.  If I could watch these games I would and then they'd get my eyeballs counted in their ratings and get more ad revenue but I'm not buying Peacock to watch these games. 

The plan is to make you pay for a product. I suppose that means with you it’s a failure, but then you don’t get the product. So capitalism rolls on.

(I figured out an elegant solution for this one. I have friends who pay for it because they like some of the reality TV. And then I just use their login)

[ELA]

Massey Composite Rankings - 49 computers (last week in parentheses)

• Auburn (1)
• Duke (2)
• Alabama (3)
• Florida (6)
• Tennessee (5)
• Houston (4)
• PURDUE (7)
• Iowa State (8)
• St. John's (15)
• Arizona (16)
• Texas A&M (10)
• WISCONSIN (14)
• MICHIGAN STATE (9)
• Texas Tech (11)
• Kansas (12)
• MICHIGAN (20)
• Ole Miss (22)
• Kentucky (17)
• ILLINOIS (18)
• MARYLAND (19)
• Marquette (13)
• Missouri (21)
• UCLA (-)
• Saint Mary's (24)
• Gonzaga (23)

• 33. Ohio State (33)
• 35. Oregon (34)
• 38. Nebraska (46)
• 55. Indiana (52)
• 58. USC (53)
• 65. Northwestern (62)
• 67. Iowa (61)
• 68. Rutgers (76)
• 70. Penn State (60)
• 90. Washington (90)
• 91. Minnesota (95)

[ELA]

Depending on how you feel about home court advantage, tonight's game at home against Indiana might be MSU's easiest game left.  Only easier might be at Iowa, but again, road game...

• @Illinois
• PURDUE
• @Michigan
• @Maryland
• WISCONSIN
• @Iowa
• MICHIGAN

I'd sign up for 4-3 through that right now.  But if those 4 wins don't include beating Purdue, and at least a split with Michigan, I doubt that's enough to win a title.  I would never have guessed 15-5 wouldn't win at least a share preseason

[ELA]

Not playing zone against MSU should be a firable offense.  Particularly because Indiana actually plays a good zone, they totally shut down UM with it in the second half last week.  Down 12 they gonto it, and we are all tied up 

[ELA]

Eric Musselman showed everyone how to beat this team.  Fran wont play defense, so they might still beat Iowa, but I dont see another W on the schedule.

Bradley was so mad that he got an even whistle on the road last game, you know Illinois is going to come out blazing on Sunday.  That might be a 20+ point loss

[ELA]

Not playing zone against MSU should be a firable offense.  Particularly because Indiana actually plays a good zone, they totally shut down UM with it in the second half last week.  Down 12 they gonto it, and we are all tied up

https://twitter.com/itsAntWright/status/1889520975496007898

I believe they outscored UM by a similar margin, but there they waited until halftime.  Almost like they are a good coach away

[ELA]

2 more wins is the ceiling

[bayareabadger]

I love doomer sandbagging ELA. Not because I take umbridge with the Spartans, but just because it’s such a pure form of the art.

This zone thing is bad news for UW. Badgers basically don’t play it. 

[ELA]

I don't think many teams do anymore, because most decent teams have at least a LITTLE 3 point shooting now.  it seems like Indiana did so reluctantly.

They showed us that during the game that MSU is last in 3 point attempts and percentage in the conference.  I'd be curious to see how teams who finished last in both in the conference fared over the past 10-15 years

[bayareabadger]

I don't think many teams do anymore, because most decent teams have at least a LITTLE 3 point shooting now.  it seems like Indiana did so reluctantly.

They showed us that during the game that MSU is last in 3 point attempts and percentage in the conference.  I'd be curious to see how teams who finished last in both in the conference fared over the past 10-15 years

Good news, after last night, they're no longer last in attempts. USC fell behind them! So let's just look at percentages (and see if anyone was last at both)

13th (7-13)
T-5th (11-9)
T-1st (15-5)
13th (6-14)
4th (13-7, one game away from a split title)
T8th (8-12)
14th (3-15, also took the least)
14th (3-15, also took the least)
14th (2-16)
12th (5-13)
T10th (6-12)
12th (2-16)
T9th (6-12)
10th (4-14 took the least)
8th (7-11)

So it might be less damaging than it used to be.

[ELA]

Good news, after last night, they're no longer last in attempts. USC fell behind them!

Not sure the night you shoot 17% is the night you want to move up in attempts per game

[bayareabadger]

Not sure the night you shoot 17% is the night you want to move up in attempts per game

(That was tongue-in-cheek. I am a little flummoxed, how an Izzo team ends up shooting like a coach Cal team)

[medinabuckeye1]

More evidence for the "how can you make predictions" school of thought:

• One of first place Michigan's two losses was to 4-9 Minnesota
• Two of second place Purdue's three losses were to 3-11 last place Penn State and sub .500 Ohio State
• Two of third place MSU's three losses were to sub .500 USC and Indiana

Of the top-4 teams in the league, Wisconsin is the only one that hasn't lost to a sub .500 team.  Their losses were to 11-2 Michigan (H), 9-5 UCLA (A), 8-5 Maryland (A), and 9-6 Illinois (A).