2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread

[medinabuckeye1]

• #5 Texas A&M vs. #12 West Virginia/OHIO STATE
• #1 Houston vs. #16 Southern/Bucknell
• #5 Saint Mary’s vs. #12 INDIANA/Oklahoma

I think you are missing a play-in game.  

[medinabuckeye1]

Relative to this discussion of a "good season", I find myself in a weird spot right now as a fan of a team on the bubble.  

@ELA 's current projection has Ohio State as a #12 seed play-in.  They would play WVU in Dayton with the winner facing aTm somewhere.  If Ohio State managed to win both of those they would probably play Louisville (possibly High Point) for a S16 berth.  

As much as I want my team to succeed, my goal is a S16 and that might be more likely as a #12 seed than as a #11 or #10.  

At this point, Ohio State's ceiling is probably on the 8/9 line where you get a challenging opener then a near-impossible second round game.  The Buckeyes aren't one of the 16 best teams, I have no illusions about that, but I've also never seen a S16 made up of the sixteen best teams in the Country.  I want my team to sneak in.  That is probably most likely as a #12 or maybe a #11 and gets LESS likely as a #10, #9, or #8.  

[ELA]

I think you are missing a play-in game. 

SE Missouri State should be pkaying Merrimack

[medinabuckeye1]

In Lunardi's latest projection the B1G has three bubble teams:

• Indiana has the last bye
• Ohio State is first among at-large play-in teams
• Nebraska is third among at-large play-in teams

All three play tonight. 

Indiana is at Oregon. 

Nebraska is at Ohio State. 

[FearlessF]

on Peacock

[medinabuckeye1]

Ohio State and Indiana are now locked in to the #9 and #10 seeds in the BTT.

They are tied at 9-10 and play each other this weekend. They can't catch any of the eight teams ahead of them in the standings and while the loser could mathematically end up in a tie for 10/11 with Minnesota, either would win that tie.

The Indiana/Ohio State winner plays #8 on Thursday. The Indiana/Ohio State loser plays #15 on Wednesday. 

[bayareabadger]

Geez. OSU pulled its nuts out of the fire last night.

Nebraska tournament hopes maybe on life support. 

[FearlessF]

Brice Williams can sleep in

[FearlessF]

I didn't watch the games because, Peacock.
I don't have an opinion
this is the headline I see this morning............

Nebraska MBB Recap: Huskers Jobbed by Refs in 116-114 Double OT Loss

[ELA]

I didn't watch the games because, Peacock.
I don't have an opinion
this is the headline I see this morning............

Nebraska MBB Recap: Huskers Jobbed by Refs in 116-114 Double OT Loss

I didnt see it either, but it says that headline is from cornnation.com, so...

The ESPN article doesnt mention the refs at all

[FearlessF]

yup, ya gotta expect some home cookin on the road

[ELA]

yup, ya gotta expect some home cookin on the road

The same it always was

[medinabuckeye1]

I can't comment on the officiating since it was on Peacock so nobody saw it.

It feels like the Buckeyes are weezing and coughing their way to the finish.

[ELA]

Once they expand the tournament, all the P4 needs to do is not be complete trash, and the regular season will become completely meaningless