2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread

[bayareabadger]

Hmmm. No Milwaukee for UW. That went to Kentucky.

First round opponent looks a bit odd, but not highly dangerous (though you never know). Second-round opponent is likely BYU, which is a lot of offense with some home court. Slightly irritating, but that's March.

UW also playing on Thursday, which is like the third time in the past decade-plus. Not the most ideal with the turnaround.

[medinabuckeye1]

First round opponent looks a bit odd, but not highly dangerous (though you never know). Second-round opponent is likely BYU, which is a lot of offense with some home court. Slightly irritating, but that's March.

As per usual, too many Western sites.

[bayareabadger]

As per usual, too many Western sites.

Yeah, and honestly a dearth of Southern sites.

Texas Tech is the most western top-15 team. Arizona is 16, Oregon at 19, BYU at 22, then UCLA at 25. 

[CatsbyAZ]

Five biggest "left-outs" according to YahooSports:

1. West Virginia (19-13) - in if they don't blow their conference tournament opener to B12 last place finisher Colorado

2. Indiana Hoosiers (19-13) - needed one more win (over Oregon) in the B10 tournament

3. Boise State (24-10)

4. UC Irvine (28-6)

5. Ohio State (17-15) - "In retrospect, it’s remarkable how clear the path to an NCAA bid looked for Ohio State entering the Big Ten tournament. Even at 17-14, even after slip-up after slip-up during Big Ten play, the underachieving Buckeyes were still in striking distance of claiming one of the final at-large bids. Predictive metrics still rank Ohio State as a top 40ish, NCAA tournament-caliber team." IMO, no matter how strong the predictive metrics, a barely above .500 record is difficult to overlook for a bid. I don't consider this a snub at all.

[SuperMario]

Michigan a 5 seed? Really?

[SuperMario]

Ok, who has been to the opening round of the tourney and what suggestions or advice do you have? Always been on my bucket list so this Friday the box is getting checked.

[OrangeAfroMan]

#1 overall seed finished 1-3 in their last 4 games.
h2h losses to Duke and Florida
.
What's the point?

[MarqHusker]

The 1st round of the ncaa is like attending a convention.   People are coming and going, unless there's a very close school it's almost never close to full.   It's also overwhelmingly attended by men.

I've gone about six times and mostly have bought tickets in secondary market.   4/6 times I've been a neutral fan.  

I like hanging out before and after at nearby bars w fans watching other games.  You hope you see good games but it's a dice roll. 

I might go to the regionals in two weeks despite watching about 20 minutes of hoops all year. 

[Kris60]

Five biggest "left-outs" according to YahooSports:

1. West Virginia (19-13) - in if they don't blow their conference tournament opener to B12 last place finisher Colorado

2. Indiana Hoosiers (19-13) - needed one more win (over Oregon) in the B10 tournament

3. Boise State (24-10)

4. UC Irvine (28-6)

5. Ohio State (17-15) - "In retrospect, it’s remarkable how clear the path to an NCAA bid looked for Ohio State entering the Big Ten tournament. Even at 17-14, even after slip-up after slip-up during Big Ten play, the underachieving Buckeyes were still in striking distance of claiming one of the final at-large bids. Predictive metrics still rank Ohio State as a top 40ish, NCAA tournament-caliber team." IMO, no matter how strong the predictive metrics, a barely above .500 record is difficult to overlook for a bid. I don't consider this a snub at all.

WVU was in all 111 of the brackets that comprise Bracket Matrix.  First time a unanimous selection in BM has been left out of the tournament.  That’s life as a WVU fan.

[OrangeAfroMan]

Five biggest "left-outs" according to YahooSports:

1. West Virginia (19-13) - in if they don't blow their conference tournament opener to B12 last place finisher Colorado

As a bubble team, you simply can't do this and then complain.  

[bayareabadger]

#1 overall seed finished 1-3 in their last 4 games.
h2h losses to Duke and Florida
.
What's the point?

There will always be some aspects to complain about. Always. 

[OrangeAfroMan]

Sure, but they should have told Auburn to rest their starters the last 10 days, lol.

[Temp430]

Michigan a 5 seed? Really?

That and the 10 PM EDT tip off on Thursday against UCSD.  UCSD is rumored to be the hottest thing since the macarena.

[Brutus Buckeye]

So there's San Diego, UCSD, and San Diego State? 

That's a lot of San Diegos