~2017-18 Big Ten Basketball Thread~

[bayareabadger]

UW lost a tough one. Badgers watches a go-ahead layup roll off the rim with 2:11. Then they
- Gave up a 3 on some good offense. If bounced high off the rim and in.
- A freshman got overexcited and attacked, maybe drawing uncalled contact
- UW all but forced a turnover and ended up allowing a scramble 3
- Missed a jumper

So by that point, it was six points with under a minute left and Xavier ball, so in essence over.

I'm not really mad. UW stuck with a good team, fighting back from a lot of deficits. Badgers have Happ, last year's sixth man and one edge of the rotation guy back from last year, plus two guys outside the top 8. The fight they showed with that much youth, I'll take it. 

[847badgerfan]

UW lost a tough one. Badgers watches a go-ahead layup roll off the rim with 2:11. Then they
- Gave up a 3 on some good offense. If bounced high off the rim and in.
- A freshman got overexcited and attacked, maybe drawing uncalled contact
- UW all but forced a turnover and ended up allowing a scramble 3
- Missed a jumper

So by that point, it was six points with under a minute left and Xavier ball, so in essence over.

I'm not really mad. UW stuck with a good team, fighting back from a lot of deficits. Badgers have Happ, last year's sixth man and one edge of the rotation guy back from last year, plus two guys outside the top 8. The fight they showed with that much youth, I'll take it.

Mostly* overall, not bad.

* I said mostly. Trice was bad. You can't be 4-14 (1-5) and be good - he kept shooting and even forcing shots. Van Vliet is what he is. He's not a B1G player and probably won't be. All he has is tall.

Xavier was tough and was especially balls at the line. Shot 87 percent and 51 from the field. Also got far more rebounds. And they got their revenge.

[847badgerfan]

By the way.. this kid is a great player. He's also a dick.

Jp Macura‏Verified account @jpmacura 6h6 hours ago 


Great team win.. Roadkill

9:24 PM - 16 Nov 2017

[GopherRock]

Yup, re: Macura. He was a foul mouthed head case at Lakeville North, but he was a one man wrecking crew in the stretch of the 2014 Class 4A title game. Lakeville wiped out a 7 point deficit in the last minute to knock off the defending state champs from Hopkins. 

As for the foul shooting, any team that shoots 87% from the stripe is going to win a lot of ballgames. 

[medinabuckeye1]

Does anyone know where I can find a list of B1G teams that each B1G team plays:

• home and away
• home only
• away only

There are still 18 games and 13 teams for each to play so for each team there still should be:

• Four home only
• Four away only
• Five home and away

Also, I noticed in looking at Ohio State's schedule that the Buckeyes have Minnesota in NYC at MSG.  Are other teams doing this as well?  Are they all or just a few?  

For Ohio State it is:
Home only:

• Michigan State
• Maryland 
• Nebraska
• Illinois

Away only:

• Wisconsin 
• Northwestern
• Minnesota (actually neutral, MSG)
• Purdue

Home and away:

• Michigan (Dec and Feb)
• Iowa (early Jan and mid Feb)
• Rutgers (mid Jan and late Feb)
• Penn State (late Jan and mid Feb)
• Indiana (late Jan and late Feb)

I will say one thing for the new schedule:  For once at least Ohio State doesn't have any sets of home/away games in a short time.  This has been a longstanding complaint of mine and they appear to have rectified it.  The closest one we have this year is Penn State in Columbus on 1/25 and three weeks later in State College on 2/15.  

[medinabuckeye1]

Does anyone know where I can find a list of B1G teams that each B1G team plays:

• home and away
• home only
• away only

There are still 18 games and 13 teams for each to play so for each team there still should be:

• Four home only
• Four away only
• Five home and away

Nevermind, found it:  https://www.btpowerhouse.com/2017/8/1/16074578/big-ten-basketball-releases-2017-18-conference-matchups-opponents-schedule-indiana-purdue

[ELA]

Quote from: medinabuckeye1 on Fri Nov 17 2017 10:45:12 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

Also, I noticed in looking at Ohio State's schedule that the Buckeyes have Minnesota in NYC at MSG.  Are other teams doing this as well?  Are they all or just a few?  

Yes, I think this is the third year of it.  They do a basketball/hockey doubleheader as MSG.  It would make some sense if it was the same schools for both games, but I guess that would leave the non-hockey schools out of ever *getting* to play a dumb basketball game in an empty arena?

[medinabuckeye1]

I know it is early but we have conference games in two weeks.  Any thoughts on tiers?

[medinabuckeye1]

Things I don't like about the B1G BB schedule:

• IU/PU only play once (at IU).  
• UW only plays MN and Iowa once each.  
• Maryland only plays Rutgers once.  
• NU/ILL only play once (atNU).  
• MSU/M only play once (atMSU).  
• PSU/RU only play once (atPSU).  
• Iowa/UNL only play once (atUNL).  

I really don't get why they would fail to schedule instate (IU/PU, NU/ILL, and MSU/M) games once each.  Similarly, PSU, RU, and UMD are our eastern group and MN/UW/Iowa/UNL are our western group and it would make sense to me for those groups to play each other twice every year.  

[grillrat]

Top Tier:  MSU, Minnesota, Purdue
Next Tier:  NW, Wisc, Maryland
Next Tier:  OSU, Mich, Iowa
Next Tier:  Illinois, PSU, Rut, Neb
Lowest Tier:  IU

BUT

We are still really early in the season and I have only seen a couple minutes of most teams except MSU, Purdue, and NW.

[medinabuckeye1]

Lowest Tier:  IU

I think you Purdue guys are enjoying that a little bit!

[medinabuckeye1]

An interesting article on some of the odd quirks of scheduling this season.  

[Brutus Buckeye]

Things I don't like about the B1G BB schedule:

• IU/PU only play once (at IU).  
• UW only plays MN and Iowa once each.  
• Maryland only plays Rutgers once.  
• NU/ILL only play once (atNU).  
• MSU/M only play once (atMSU).  
• PSU/RU only play once (atPSU).  
• Iowa/UNL only play once (atUNL).  

I really don't get why they would fail to schedule instate (IU/PU, NU/ILL, and MSU/M) games once each.  Similarly, PSU, RU, and UMD are our eastern group and MN/UW/Iowa/UNL are our western group and it would make sense to me for those groups to play each other twice every year.  

They are rectifying the in-state situation going forward.

[medinabuckeye1]

They are rectifying the in-state situation going forward.

Finally!
I did see that, but thank you.