~2017-18 Big Ten Basketball Thread~

[ELA]

Here's Michigan's full schedule:
http://www.umhoops.com/2017/08/16/big-ten-announces-2017-18-conference-schedule/

My early prediction is 21-10 (11-7).

Hopefully the Monday night conference games is a one-year thing to allow for a condensed schedule as a result of playing the tournament in NYC.

I can live with the Monday nights if they get rid of Friday night.  Particularly the Friday-Sunday turnarounds.

[NickSmith4Three]

Big Ten programs are preparing for a 20-game league schedule in 2018-2019 season


https://www.fanragsports.com/news/rothstein-big-ten-programs-preparing-20-game-league-schedule/

[medinabuckeye1]

Big Ten programs are preparing for a 20-game league schedule in 2018-2019 season


https://www.fanragsports.com/news/rothstein-big-ten-programs-preparing-20-game-league-schedule/

Didn't we already hear this and discuss it on the old board?


Anyway, I'm in favor! 

[medinabuckeye1]

I just noticed this so I have to comment:


Over on ELA's football predictions thread he has Ohio State and Wisconsin playing in the B1GCG in Indianapolis at 8pm on Saturday, December 2. 


Now I just came here to see that the B1G has Ohio State playing a Basketball game against the Badgers in Madison on the same day.  I can't see how this could possibly be a good thing.  Even if my team isn't in the B1GCG, I'll still be more interested in the B1GCG on December 1 than in some early BB game.  It just seems silly to me to effectively compete against yourself for ratings. 

[NickSmith4Three]

Oh...probably, I'm forgetful

Didn't we already hear this and discuss it on the old board?


Anyway, I'm in favor! 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I just noticed this so I have to comment:


Over on ELA's football predictions thread he has Ohio State and Wisconsin playing in the B1GCG in Indianapolis at 8pm on Saturday, December 2. 


Now I just came here to see that the B1G has Ohio State playing a Basketball game against the Badgers in Madison on the same day.  I can't see how this could possibly be a good thing.  Even if my team isn't in the B1GCG, I'll still be more interested in the B1GCG on December 1 than in some early BB game.  It just seems silly to me to effectively compete against yourself for ratings. 

Well, they may play earlier in the day. I didn't see a time listed for the BB game. A lot of weekend games occur earlier. Especially if the seasons are working out such that it will be a likely conflict, the networks who get the BB game might deliberately avoid the conflict because they know the ratings would suck.

[847badgerfan]

I watched the Badgers play Oklahoma when I was in Indy last year.

[medinabuckeye1]

Well, they may play earlier in the day. I didn't see a time listed for the BB game. A lot of weekend games occur earlier. Especially if the seasons are working out such that it will be a likely conflict, the networks who get the BB game might deliberately avoid the conflict because they know the ratings would suck.

I guess, at least in theory, that the BB game might actually get better ratings if you scheduled it as a lead-in.  Ie, the B1GCG is scheduled for 8pm so if either Ohio State or Wisconsin is in it, they could set the BB game for 5 or 6 and I imagine that a lot of B1GCG game-watch parties would have it on as the pregame entertainment. 

I think, however, that it would be a lot more popular pregame entertainment in Wisconsin than in Ohio because I'm not expecting much from Ohio State's BB team this year. 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Looks like Purdue is @ Maryland on 12/1 and vs Northwestern on 12/3, so neither conflict with the CCGs... Looks like it'll be a good weekend for sports!

[ELA]

Yeah I remember being there in 2011, and a lot of Badger fans were watching their early afternoon basketball game against Marquette, so that was a pretty big game.

But with the Big Ten games, yes, you run a higher risk of playing a meaningful basketball game.  I think MSU played some creampuff during the afternoon the day of the 2015 CCG.

[847badgerfan]

Looks like Purdue is @ Maryland on 12/1 and vs Northwestern on 12/3, so neither conflict with the CCGs... Looks like it'll be a good weekend for sports!

Cool. You won't have to worry about missing a Purdue hoops game while you're in Indy watching Purdue Foo... Nevermind.   

[betarhoalphadelta]

Cool. You won't have to worry about missing a Purdue hoops game while you're in Indy watching Purdue Foo... Nevermind.   

Badge, you can't hurt me with your insults. Purdue's already done me dirty.

[Brutus Buckeye]

Andre Wesson has some sort of undisclosed medical issue that might be career ending.

[847badgerfan]

Good to see the Big Ten represent on this list of coaches who do it the right way, as voted on by other coaches. From CBS:


Who is the high-major coach you genuinely believe does everything by the book and operates completely within the NCAA's rulebook?   

Rank	Coach	School	Vote percentage
1.	John Beilein	Michigan	26.6 percent
2.	Mike Brey	Notre Dame	10.5 percent
T3.	Tony Bennett	Virginia	7.6 percent
T3.	Greg Gard	Wisconsin	7.6 percent
5.	Mark Few	Gonzaga	5.7 percent
T6.	Chris Holtmann	Ohio State	4.6 percent
T6.	Tom Izzo	Michigan State	4.8 percent
T6.	Bruce Weber	Kansas State	4.8 percent