2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

Grambling beating Southern moves Southern to an NIT auto bid, and knocks out Utah

[bayareabadger]

OSU gotta be dead, right? 

[ELA]

OSU gotta be dead, right?

Yup.

And it looks like Chris Holtman will be playing on with DePaul into the Big East quarterfinals

[medinabuckeye1]

Yup.

And it looks like Chris Holtman will be playing on with DePaul into the Big East quarterfinals

He still sucked at Ohio State and even if Diebler isn't the right answer, Holtmann obviously wasn't the right answer so canning him was is and will always be the right decision. 

[FearlessF]

hey, I'm one lucky guy.
the bar in Fort Dodge, IA had peacock
and a few hawkeye fans

the good news was that they also have the best wings in the state and great pizza - Bud heavy was flowing!!!

[FearlessF]

“I met with Ben in-person early this morning when the team returned to Minneapolis from the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament and informed him that we were making a change in leadership,” Coyle said. “I thanked him for his dedication and for guiding the program, one he cares deeply about, for the last four years. Ben is a terrific person, and we wish him well.

“These decisions are difficult and are made after careful consideration and evaluation. The expectation for our program is to compete for championships, and unfortunately, we have not done that in the last four years.

[GopherRock]

About time Ben Johnson got the sack.

Ever since spring 2017 and their token appearance in the NCAAs, the Gopher basketball program has been so resoundingly awful that I've lost interest in college basketball entirely.

[ELA]

About time Ben Johnson got the sack.

Ever since spring 2017 and their token appearance in the NCAAs, the Gopher basketball program has been so resoundingly awful that I've lost interest in college basketball entirely.

Apparently a big donor made a commitment based on firing Johnson.  Which I don't get, Minnesota had zero commitment, he wasn't the problem.  Lowest NIL in the conference by a LARGE margin


https://twitter.com/JustinThind/status/1900158898893709418

[ELA]

Updated seeds.  Green moving up, red moving down

NCAA

• 1 - Auburn, Houston, Duke, Florida
• 2 - Alabama, Tennessee, MICHIGAN STATE, Texas Tech
• 3 - St. John's, Iowa State, Kentucky, Texas A&M
• 4 - Clemson, MARYLAND, WISCONSIN, Louisville
• 5 - PURDUE, Kansas, BYU, Ole Miss
• 6 - OREGON, Arizona, Marquette, Saint Mary's
• 7 - MICHIGAN, UCLA, ILLINOIS, Memphis
• 8 - Missouri, Gonzaga, Mississippi State, Creighton
• 9 - Connecticut, New Mexico, Baylor, Georgia
• 10 - Oklahoma, North Carolina, Utah State, Xavier
• 11 - Drake, Arkansas, VCU, Vanderbilt/San Diego State
• 12 - INDIANA/West Virginia, UC San Diego, McNeese, Liberty
• 13 - High Point, Yale, Akron, Grand Canyon
• 14 - UNC Wilmington, Troy, Lipscomb, Montana
• 15 - Robert Morris, Norfolk State, Bryant, Omaha
• 16 - Wofford, Merrimack, American/St. Francis, SIU Edwardsville/Jackson State

INDIANA replaced OHIO STATE
Montana replaced Northern Colorado as Big Sky auto-bid
Jackson State replaced Southern as SWAC projected auto-bid

NIT

• 1 - SMU, OHIO STATE, Texas, Wake Forest
• 2 - Colorado State, Boise State, UC Irvine, San Francisco
• 3 - Cincinnati, NEBRASKA, Villanova, Dayton
• 4 - North Texas, NORTHWESTERN, George Mason, IOWA
• 5 - Central Florida, Kansas State, Stanford, Pittsburgh
• 6 - PENN STATE, USC, Utah Valley, Chattanooga
• 7 - Northern Colorado, South Alabama, Towson, Central Connecticut
• 8 - Quinnipiac, SE Missouri State, Southern, Bucknell

USC replaced Utah
TCU and RUTGERS dropped out to create new auto-bids for the Big Sky and SWAC regular season champs (Northern Colorado and Jackson State)

[GopherRock]

I've said for years that how there was no appetite in this town for NIL. While it's not as big of a problem in football, it's a huge mess for basketball. 

I think Ben started a covert PR campaign in an attempt to save his job. The last few weeks have suddenly seen an outpouring of support from local media figures. The gist of their cases was "Ben should keep his job because he's a good man."

Apparently a big donor made a commitment based on firing Johnson.  Which I don't get, Minnesota had zero commitment, he wasn't the problem.  Lowest NIL in the conference by a LARGE margin


https://twitter.com/JustinThind/status/1900158898893709418

The run-up to this firing felt a lot like spring 2006, when Dan Monson was circling the drain and it wasn't clear if Joel Maturi would actually fire him at the end of the season (Fucking hell, I'm old). Unlike then, Coyle actually pulled the trigger.

[bayareabadger]

I've said for years that how there was no appetite in this town for NIL. While it's not as big of a problem in football, it's a huge mess for basketball.

I think Ben started a covert PR campaign in an attempt to save his job. The last few weeks have suddenly seen an outpouring of support from local media figures. The gist of their cases was "Ben should keep his job because he's a good man."

The run-up to this firing felt a lot like spring 2006, when Dan Monson was circling the drain and it wasn't clear if Joel Maturi would actually fire him at the end of the season (Fucking hell, I'm old). Unlike then, Coyle actually pulled the trigger.

Ben Johnson was a man out of time.

he was more recruiter than tactician with the pitch of building and in-state heavy roster. And NIL makes that skill less useful, especially compared to maximizing the talent you have.

As for retaining him, his best year of 4 was 18-14, tied for 9th in the league with a soft non-conference. As much as I wanted them to keep him, it was just time. 

[847badgerfan]

Ben Johnson was a man out of time.

he was more recruiter than tactician with the pitch of building and in-state heavy roster. And NIL makes that skill less useful, especially compared to maximizing the talent you have.

As for retaining him, his best year of 4 was 18-14, tied for 9th in the league with a soft non-conference. As much as I wanted them to keep him, it was just time.

Those Minnesota kids go to Madison. Minnesota is in-state recruiting, which is fine because Gard can't keep Wisconsin kids home.

[bayareabadger]

Those Minnesota kids go to Madison. Minnesota is in-state recruiting, which is fine because Gard can't keep Wisconsin kids home.

At some point, I should probably do a closer look on who is getting out and what the story is on those.

it feels like the state produced a decent number of kids who either were plucked by high paying Blue Bloods or had that kind of Milwaukee public school disinterest in the UW energy. They did also have that one bad eval where they didn’t offer the stretch four who is starting for Iowa State right now.

[ELA]

Fran ending his Iowa career with an ejwction feels right.

I dont blame him, Iowa is getting a horrible whistle