~2017-18 Big Ten Basketball Thread~

[medinabuckeye1]

Big Ten = Bad

Yeah sounds like they ran out of gas in the first half.  Not really expecting them to beat Gonzaga under any circumstances, especially in the middle of the night

Pretty much a disaster day for the B1G:

• Purdue lost to WKU
• Nebraska lost to UCF
• Ohio State got run out of the gym by Gonzaga
• Michigan State won and it is hard to tell from summaries (I didn't watch) but they do not appear to have been all that dominant against a weak DePaul team.  

Like you, Max, I didn't expect Ohio State to beat Gonzaga but I certainly hoped they could do better than a 27 point blowout.  

From the game flow thing it appears that Ohio State played with Gonzaga for about the first 12 minutes, hitting a bucket with about 8:00 to go in the first half to make it a two point game at 33-31.  Then Ohio State went about 10 minutes without a point.  Almost two minutes into the second half Ohio State hit a bucket to pull within 14 at 47-33 but by then it was already over.  

The Buckeyes get Stanford tonight (9pm) and then, depending on whether they win or lose, the winner/loser of the Butler/PortlandSt game today.  

[ELA]

That was probably the ideal November game.  No Bridges, no Ahrens, Ward picks up 2 fouls before the first three timeout, Langford and Winston both with 4 with over 12 minutes left and a bunch of bench guys and walk ons put the game out of reach.  Some walk on with 6 offensive boards?  After how bad the rebounding was against Duke, I think that kid earned some PT with Izzo with that kind of effort.

Never know when you are going to need those guys to step up again

[ELA]

Wow, Arizona lost again too?  So we get a top 20 matchup in the 7th place game in Zona-PU

[ELA]

Yeesh, how big of a mess is Arizona?  They have to set a college poll record.  How can you still have them ranked?

[ELA]

KenPom, which usually lower than other methodologies because of their fast pace, and high turnover rate, somehow has them projected to go 30-1 after the win last night.

Can I take the under?

[Brutus Buckeye]

OSU has to play Butler on Sunday, much to the chagrin of Chris Holtmann. 

[ELA]

Somehow Minnesota win over Alabama might be the new Big Ten low point

[ELA]

OSU blows a 15 point lead in the final 5 minutes and loses to Butler.  Damn

[Brutus Buckeye]

OSU blows a 15 point lead in the final 5 minutes and loses to Butler.  Damn

Not exactly inspiring me to reverse my decision  to cut the cord after football season. 

[ELA]

Sounds like McQuaid is out.  Hopefully Bridges has more minutes in him, and Winston stays hot from 3.

[ELA]

Curb stomping UConn and UNC back to back takes some sting off of a loss to Duke

[ELA]

In fairness, UNC players probably thought shooting 1-18 from 3 was good, considering that score generally gets them an A- in whatever fake classes they are enrolled in this semester

[ELA]

Lowest PPP for UNC in the KenPom era.  If you like defense, this weekend for MSU sports was a lot of fun.  If you are my wife, it was boring.

[MaximumSam]

OSU blows a 15 point lead in the final 5 minutes and loses to Butler.  Damn

Sounds like they couldn't handle the press, which isn't surprising because they have no guards