2025-2026 B1G Basketball Thread

[medinabuckeye1]

The football school gave the basketball school a scare in Bloomington, but the basketball school pulled it out

Now Wisconsin is leading Michigan about midway through the second half in Ann Arbor and Penn State is holding their own in West Lafayette so far. I'm not suggesting that I expect those scores to hold up but, intersting day so far.

[ELA]

Now Wisconsin is leading Michigan about midway through the second half in Ann Arbor and Penn State is holding their own in West Lafayette so far. I'm not suggesting that I expect those scores to hold up but, intersting day so far.

Wisconsin is on a 96 point pace against KenPom's #1 defense...and it's tied 65-65.  So seems unlikely

[FearlessF]

nice road win for the Badgers

[MaximumSam]

How bout them Badgers

[ELA]

Wisconsin is on a 96 point pace against KenPom's #1 defense...and it's tied 65-65.  So seems unlikely

Shows what I know

[medinabuckeye1]

Wisconsin is on a 96 point pace against KenPom's #1 defense...and it's tied 65-65.  So seems unlikely

Purdue looks safe even if the game is closer than expected but Wisconsin managed a huge upset in Ann Arbor, wow.

I expected that the Wolverines would drop a league game eventually but I figured it would be a road game, maybe on short rest.

[847badgerfan]

Didn't see that one coming.

Maybe the Badgers are finally coming together.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Penn State probably pushed Purdue further than they liked, but Purdue pulled away. With about 5:30 to go, PSU closed it to 7, but then Purdue stretched it to 15 in about 40 seconds of game time with a couple of steal / fast break / and-1 plays. 

Braden Smith scored 26 pts and dished 14 ast for his double-double, and Oscar Cluff dominated inside with 23 points in 30 minutes. 

[bayareabadger]

Didn't see that one coming.

Maybe the Badgers are finally coming together.

Greg Gard is still good at this.

Schedule sets up interestingly. At Minnesota projects is a bit of a tossup, then five games where they’re projected with a 65 percent chance to win or better. If they can win at least five from that, in great shape. Four or less, it’s a tougher road. 

After that, it’s two of the three toughest remaining games back-to-back, then five-ish tossups in a row, followed by a bad Maryland team at home, then at Purdue. 

Realistically, they need to pull at least eight more wins to dance, which seems the goal considering some transfer struggles. Hopefully that’s doable.