2025-2026 B1G Basketball Thread

[medinabuckeye1]

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I miss those days (2010-11) in case that wasn't clear.

[medinabuckeye1]

Maryland is annihilating Penn State which will be the first league win of the season for the Terps leaving only PSU and NU winless.

[bayareabadger]

Maryland is annihilating Penn State which will be the first league win of the season for the Terps leaving only PSU and NU winless.

I thought PSU might have a little more gumption. Badgers head there on Thursday, which bears a little watching.

[Brutus Buckeye]

I thought PSU might have a little more gumption. Badgers head there on Thursday, which bears a little watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvlalDNxccw

[ELA]

Maryland is annihilating Penn State which will be the first league win of the season for the Terps leaving only PSU and NU winless.

Penn State has never had fans.  Maryland having no fans should be concerning to administration

[FearlessF]

[CatsbyAZ]

Will be at tonight's Purdue @ UCLA game.

[betarhoalphadelta]

Will be at tonight's Purdue @ UCLA game.

I'll wave as you drive by on the 5...

Incidentally, I'll be down in San Diego visiting customers tomorrow...

[ELA]

Florida and IU have traded being football/basketball schools.  Gators winning games on the road vs ranked opp.  We're a top 8 team that just happened to have a few 1-3 point losses vs other top 8 teams.

Just out of curiosity, because Torvik allows you to sort by date.  I sorted based on when Big Ten play started in earnest, after NYD.  Nebraska is the best team in the conference.  Florida is #2 nationally, and EASILY the best the in the SEC.  Texas is #2 at #24.

But behind Nebraska, Illinois is #6, MSU is #9, Wisconsin #18, Ohio State #21, Iowa #23 (while going 1-3), Purdue #28 and Michigan #30.

So I think the race is still open.  Purdue and Michigan I think are still the two best teams, but they've sort of been sleep walking for 3 weeks now, even while going a combined 7-1

[medinabuckeye1]

Ohio State is now 12-5/4-3.  My view of the bubble:

• 20-11 or better is almost certainly in even with a bad 1st game BTT loss.  
• 19-12 is probably in but might need to at least avoid a bad BTT loss.  
• 18-13 is on the bubble, would need to win a few games in the BTT.  
• 17-14 is almost certainly out but might sneak in with a run to the B1GCG.  
• 16-15 or worse is out without winning the BTT.  

So 'the bubble' is basically 17-19 wins meaning 5-7 more in the 14 remaining.  

Here are Ohio State's remaining games sorted by Torvik's likelihood of winning:

• 88% vs PSU 1/26
• 75% vs MN tonight.  
• 71% vs USC 2/11
• 69% vs at PSU 3/4
• 65% at Maryland 2/5
• 64% vs Wisconsin 2/17
• 52% vs Indiana 3/7
• 34% at Wisconsin 1/31
• 31% vs Purdue 3/1
• 22% vs UVA in Nashville 2/14
• 17% vs Michigan 2/8
• 17% at Iowa 2/25
• 15% at Michigan State 2/22
• 6% at Michigan on Friday.  

There is definitely a path but I think it is narrower than it appears.  If they just win the 50%+ games, that gets them to 19-12 and probably in.  The problem is that they have more close "should wins" than close "should lose".  The seven games that they "should lose" would take a pretty big upset to win any of those so they really can't afford to lose any of the 'should win' games.  

[ELA]

Massey composite rankings...47 computers (last week in parenthesis)

• Arizona (1)
• MICHIGAN (2)
• Duke (5)
• PURDUE (4)
• Gonzaga (8)
• Connecticut (7)
• Houston (10)
• NEBRASKA (11)
• MICHIGAN STATE (13)
• ILLINOIS (12)
• Iowa State (3)
• BYU (9)
• Vanderbilt (6)
• Virginia (16)
• Florida (17)
• Texas Tech (15)
• Alabama (14)
• Kansas (21)
• Louisville (20)
• Clemson (25)
• St. John's (24)
• Arkansas (23)
• Georgia (22)
• Saint Louis (-)
• IOWA (-)

35. Wisconsin (38)
39. Ohio State (44)
40. USC (41)
44. Indiana (37)
47. UCLA (45)
60. Washington (54)
89. Minnesota (83)
91. Oregon (92)
92. Northwestern (91)
118. Penn State (104)
121. Maryland (129)
132. Rutgers (133)

[FearlessF]

that's wack!

I can see some pollsters voting UNL up there because of number of losses - not massey

[betarhoalphadelta]

that's wack!

I can see some pollsters voting UNL up there because of number of losses - not massey

It's not Massey's own rankings. It's a composite of a bunch of other ranking systems. 

If you look at the site, it'll show you exactly where Nebraska is ranked in each: https://masseyratings.com/ranks?s=cb

Nebraska ranges from as high as 2 to as low as 19. 

[MarqHusker]

2nd!!!  In basketball!   Yeah right, and Indiana is #1 in football.