2025-2026 B1G Basketball Thread

[medinabuckeye1]

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

Or not

[ELA]

These 4 team MTEs with manufactured title games, like the one MSU is playing in, is killing these 8 team MTEs.

Might be the worst Maui field ever.  Atlantis has 6 mid-majors, plus Vandy and VT.  Preseason NIT I don't think exists.  MSU played in some decent field in those tournaments in Anaheim and Disney World.  I think the Anaheim one is gone.  The Disney one is 4 blah teams.

The Players Era event has good teams, but it's not a tournament.

Not having a good Maui to watch this week is a bummer

[medinabuckeye1]

These 4 team MTEs with manufactured title games, like the one MSU is playing in, is killing these 8 team MTEs.

Might be the worst Maui field ever.  Atlantis has 6 mid-majors, plus Vandy and VT.  Preseason NIT I don't think exists.  MSU played in some decent field in those tournaments in Anaheim and Disney World.  I think the Anaheim one is gone.  The Disney one is 4 blah teams.

The Players Era event has good teams, but it's not a tournament.

Not having a good Maui to watch this week is a bummer

Agreed, the old eight-team actual tournaments were so much more fun for fans.

[ELA]

These 4 team MTEs with manufactured title games, like the one MSU is playing in, is killing these 8 team MTEs.

Might be the worst Maui field ever.  Atlantis has 6 mid-majors, plus Vandy and VT.  Preseason NIT I don't think exists.  MSU played in some decent field in those tournaments in Anaheim and Disney World.  I think the Anaheim one is gone.  The Disney one is 4 blah teams.

The Players Era event has good teams, but it's not a tournament.

Not having a good Maui to watch this week is a bummer

Rhode Island-Towson playing in the first game of the Disney World tournament.

In 2008 we played Maryland in the first round of that tournament, which also featured ranked Tennessee, Gonzaga, Georgetown teams, plus Oklahoma State and Wichita.

In 2014 we played Kansas in the championship of that tournament, the semis were Kansas-Tennessee and MSU-Marquette.  The first round games were a little blah

[boilerbanger]

What is the reason for the drop in the 8 team MTE's ... you get 3 games instead of 2, not sure why schools are moving away from those?

[medinabuckeye1]

What is the reason for the drop in the 8 team MTE's ... you get 3 games instead of 2, not sure why schools are moving away from those?

I have to believe it is a money issue.  I think the organizers get better ratings (and thus more money) out of a guaranteed name-vs-name game than they do out of an organic Championship that *COULD* end up being a name team against some no-name.  

[ELA]

Rutgers sure shouldn't have been paid to attend

[MarqHusker]

This Maui scene is sad.  Zero chance I watch any of these games

[ELA]

I cant even fake hate Michigan, because they buy a whole new roster every year.  Its just a bunch of random dudes. 

I can at least hate Purdue because their players have been a pain in the ass for multiple years

[ELA]

This Maui scene is sad.  Zero chance I watch any of these games

I mean the Maui scene is great.  The Maui field is sad.  The Vegas scene is sad, but the field is good

[FearlessF]

[bayareabadger]

I cant even fake hate Michigan, because they buy a whole new roster every year.  Its just a bunch of random dudes.

I can at least hate Purdue because their players have been a pain in the ass for multiple years

I'd love to see lineup data on Michigan, mostly because that starting lineup they have is preposterous with the number of bigs they stuff in there.