2025-2026 B1G Basketball Thread

[847badgerfan]

Illinois goes down to Alabama.  Not good for the conference but it makes Purdue's win look better, so I'll allow it. 

And then Purdue loses to Illinois later...

[betarhoalphadelta]

And then Purdue loses to Illinois later...

It's possible, sure... But they only play once this season, and it's in Mackey, so I don't think it's all that likely. 

[MaximumSam]

It's possible, sure... But they only play once this season, and it's in Mackey, so I don't think it's all that likely.

Should be a great game. Illinois is still not healthy and are already pretty good. 

[FearlessF]

[grillrat]

The refs in that Purdue Memphis game were......not good.

[medinabuckeye1]

The Trojans needed 3OT but all our teams won last night. We have some tough games tonight:

Wisconsin is an underdog at BYU.

Northwestern is an underdog in Wedt Virginia against UVA.

#1 Purdue has #15 TxTech in the Bahamas. 

Nebraska is a 1.5 point favorite over KSU in KC.

The rest are double-digit favorites.

[betarhoalphadelta]

The refs in that Purdue Memphis game were......not good.

Yeah, that was an officiating mess. Glad Purdue still pulled it out.

Memphis is exactly the type of team that has given us fits in the past... Long and athletic. 

Hopefully it's not the same officiating crew tonight.

[FearlessF]

[betarhoalphadelta]

Purdue and Texas Tech were in a battle, until Purdue was up about 26-23. Then Purdue just went off. It was reminiscent to me of the Purdue vs Kansas NCAAT game years ago, where Purdue was hanging in until about 5 minutes into the second half, and then the hoop became the size of the ocean for Kansas and they simply made EVERYTHING they looked at. 

Purdue at 26-23 went on a 20-0 run and blew the game wide open, and went to halftime with a 49-26 lead. That pretty much broke TTU and Purdue cruised in the second to a 30-point victory letting depth players and then some walk-ons into the game with 4 minutes left. 

[847badgerfan]

Wisconsin shit the bed in SLC. BYU is really good. Money matters.

[medinabuckeye1]

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Nebraska was a 1.5 point favorite and won but didn't cover.

Rough night for the league:
Wisconsin got smoked. They were a road underdog so the loss was expected but not by 28.

Northwestern lost as expected.

Rutgers was a huge favorite and lost badly at home to Central Connecticut.

At least UCLA, Purdue, and MSU took care of business.

[FearlessF]

is that one of the metrics the committee considers at the end of the season???

covering the spread?

[ELA]

is that one of the metrics the committee considers at the end of the season???

covering the spread?

It's baked into some of the metrics.  Not covering the spread per se, but MOV/MOL

I'll say Purdue's A game is the best A game of any team in the country.  They looked scary good last night.  I think at their best, the only team that can play with them is maybe Houston, simply because their A defense can be shut down dominant

[medinabuckeye1]

Both PSU and Minnesota are slightly underdogs at home today so maybe we can pick up a positive upset or two.