tOfficial B1G basketball thread.

[mr.hockey4242]

Pitino ever consider tell Springs to never take a 2 point shot?

I've never seen someone so bad at lay ups.

Every game

 

[ericd7633]

Well this has Iowa blueprint written all over it. Up comfortably and then the other team goes on a big run in like 1 minute.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Springs makes a layup!!! Wow that was fucking lucky. Huge tip by Curry.

 

[rmilia1]

Man I swear. This league may not be great but fuck is it fun this year orcwhat?? Lol. Every other game is decided in the last 30 seconds

 

[ericd7633]

Springs makes a layup!!! Wow that was fucking lucky. Huge tip by Curry.

FML this team is gonna kill me. Curry was big down the stretch. Coffey was huge in the 2nd half. I hope McBrayer gets his head out of his ass soon. His demeanor on the court is terrible.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

FML this team is gonna kill me. Curry was big down the stretch. Coffey was huge in the 2nd half. I hope McBrayer gets his head out of his ass soon. His demeanor on the court is terrible.

Yeah he looks bad. Lynch needs to stop fouling out too.

Mason, Coffey and Murphy are the constants

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

Game of the year so far will be Maryland at Wisconsin on Sunday. I don't expect a win, I'm just happy they are 22-4 in a rebuilding year, but you never know. The Terps are tough as nails on the road.

 

[navamind]

Nice couple of wins this past week, but I'll feel a lot better if Michigan goes at least 3-3, especially if that comes with a win against Purdue and/or Wisconsin.

 

[douggie]

Nice couple of wins this past week, but I'll feel a lot better if Michigan goes at least 3-3, especially if that comes with a win against Purdue and/or Wisconsin.

When's the last time Michigan beat Wisconsin in MBB?

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Michigan in control now

They had to win this game at home with no Koenig

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Best win of the year for Michigan.

 

[bksballer89]

When's the last time Michigan beat Wisconsin in MBB?

tonight

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

Did the BIG remove the 3 second rule from their rule book or something? I don't think I have seen it called all year. I backed up a play in our last game and counted 2 guys in the lane for 3+ and a fourth was in the lane for 5 seconds. On the same damned lplay.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

Before their last games (Maryland wins at Northwesters, Wisconsin loses to Michigan) MD's RPI was 18 yet they were ranked 21 and Wisconsin, with the identical record and an RPI of 25 was ranked 11th. I get it the soft BIG has effected Maryland's RPI but they have been under appreciated all year. Are we really at the point where teams will be rewarded for running up the score?

 

[ericd7633]

Before their last games (Maryland wins at Northwesters, Wisconsin loses to Michigan) MD's RPI was 18 yet they were ranked 21 and Wisconsin, with the identical record and an RPI of 25 was ranked 11th. I get it the soft BIG has effected Maryland's RPI but they have been under appreciated all year. Are we really at the point where teams will be rewarded for running up the score?

I think Maryland is about where they should be to be honest(somewhere in the 18-22 range or 5/6 seed range). Wisconsin was severely over rated by the human polls mostly based on track record. They basically are what Arizona was last year. They certainly haven't accomplished anything to be ranked 11th in the country, even before their loss. Wisconsin is now just 2-5 against the teams that would be a sure fire lock to make the tournament(they have a win over Syracuse but they're on the bubble and might be on the outside looking in if selection Sunday were tomorrow).

Also, the RPI doesn't include MOV in its ranking system. That's why the RPI ranking for Maryland is higher than just about every other analytical metric that's out there. Which will probably end up being a good thing for Maryland come seeding time.

 

[wingsauce7]

Game of the year so far will be Maryland at Wisconsin on Sunday. I don't expect a win, I'm just happy they are 22-4 in a rebuilding year, but you never know. The Terps are tough as nails on the road.

yep, and Becky sucks ball-sacks.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

I think Maryland is about where they should be to be honest(somewhere in the 18-22 range or 5/6 seed range). Wisconsin was severely over rated by the human polls mostly based on track record. They basically are what Arizona was last year. They certainly haven't accomplished anything to be ranked 11th in the country, even before their loss. Wisconsin is now just 2-5 against the teams that would be a sure fire lock to make the tournament(they have a win over Syracuse but they're on the bubble and might be on the outside looking in if selection Sunday were tomorrow).

Also, the RPI doesn't include MOV in its ranking system. That's why the RPI ranking for Maryland is higher than just about every other analytical metric that's out there. Which will probably end up being a good thing for Maryland come seeding time.

Agree with most all of this, my comment was more about Wisconsin than MD. Maryland has a ton of wins against RPI Top 100 teams but I doubt they could really play with the big boys. I've got them as a 5-6 seed right now as well but they should be ranked a bit higher than they are, been that way all year IMO.

But systems that weigh MOV too heavily are flawed. Turgeon plays to win, with a 20 pt lead he took the air out of the ball which led to a drop in scoring and a big lead dwindled. But it also gave Northwestern little chance to win. They should not be punished for being smart. I heard one such ranking actually had them below Michigan by a spot recently which of course is insane.

 

[rmilia1]

Some really big games for B10 tourney seeding this weekend

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

MSU are getting destroyed by the two big men for Purdue.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

What a nasty injury to Harris. Hate to see it.