tOfficial B1G basketball thread.

[Moab]

Sparty is taking the huskers to the wood shed right now...up 20 early in the 2nd half

 

[mr.hockey4242]

I cannot fathom how Indiana is still only 7 teams away from dancing in Lunardi mind

 

[packerzrule]

Wisky really scuffling now


sigh

 

[osubuckeye89]

Nice of these guys to finally show up to play competent basketball when the season is already a waste.

 

[osubuckeye89]

I cannot fathom how Indiana is still only 7 teams away from dancing in Lunardi mind

Name recognition is the only fucking thing I can think of. It's a pretty awfully weak year for the bubble, but Indiana belongs nowhere near it. They are 13/14 in the B1G right now and Rutgers is the only thing keeping them from being in last. (not to mention the 15-13 overall record)

 

[ericd7633]

Name recognition is the only fucking thing I can think of. It's a pretty awfully weak year for the bubble, but Indiana belongs nowhere near it. They are 13/14 in the B1G right now and Rutgers is the only thing keeping them from being in last. (not to mention the 15-13 overall record)

Yeah, I don't get how IU is even relatively close, other than they have really good metric numbers(relatively speaking to what their record is) 45 in KenPom, 31 in Sagarin, 30 in BPI. So I guess if you average out those metrics they'd be like a 9/10 seed, but you just can't do that. Their RPI is 100, that would be 26 spots higher than lowest ranked RPI team to ever make the field. I mean they're 5-10 in a down B1G. Just doesn't make sense.

It's this shit right here why I hope they never go the analytical route to select the teams and ultimately seed the teams.

 

[osubuckeye89]

Yeah, I don't get how IU is even relatively close, other than they have really good metric numbers(relatively speaking to what their record is) 45 in KenPom, 31 in Sagarin, 30 in BPI. So I guess if you average out those metrics they'd be like a 9/10 seed, but you just can't do that. Their RPI is 100, that would be 26 spots higher than lowest ranked RPI team to ever make the field. I mean they're 5-10 in a down B1G. Just doesn't make sense.

It's this shit right here why I hope they never go the analytical route to select the teams and ultimately seed the teams.

I don't think they will.

There is no way you can justify putting a team that's way under .500 in their conference and 13/14th in the tournament, not matter what some advanced metrics say.

I'm guessing Lunardi just had to throw some teams up there to fill out his bracketology. Since the bubble is so weak this year coming up with a First 4 out Next 4 out is probably a difficult task.

Some guy from CBS had Ohio State in the tournament in his bracketology a few weeks ago. He literally said when asked about it "I just had to put someone there to fill the bracket"

 

[ericd7633]

I don't think they will.

There is no way you can justify putting a team that's way under .500 in their conference and 13/14th in the tournament, not matter what some advanced metrics say.

I'm guessing Lunardi just had to throw some teams up there to fill out his bracketology. Since the bubble is so weak this year coming up with a First 4 out Next 4 out is probably a difficult task.

Some guy from CBS had Ohio State in the tournament in his bracketology a few weeks ago. He literally said when asked about it "I just had to put someone there to fill the bracket"

Having done the exercise all year, it is difficult to find teams in the next 4 OUT category. But just looking at his, I'd probably have Rhode Island before Indiana, and hell I'd even have Illinois and Ohio State ahead of them as well. I mean Indiana is 8-13 against the top 200 teams they've faced. They are 5 games under .500 against the top 2/3rds of college basketball. That is awful, and it can't be understated enough.

 

[rmilia1]

Having done the exercise all year, it is difficult to find teams in the next 4 OUT category. But just looking at his, I'd probably have Rhode Island before Indiana, and hell I'd even have Illinois and Ohio State ahead of them as well. I mean Indiana is 8-13 against the top 200 teams they've faced. They are 5 games under .500 against the top 2/3rds of college basketball. That is awful, and it can't be understated enough.

I agree. I think Illinois and OSU both have better cases than Indiana. Shit Indiana is closer to Penn St and Iowa than they are Illinois and OSU imo

 

[osubuckeye89]

I agree. I think Illinois and OSU both have better cases than Indiana. Shit Indiana is closer to Penn St and Iowa than they are Illinois and OSU imo

I don't think we should have any case at all. Illinois maybe if they can win out, which is realistic since they play Nebraska, Michigan State and Rutgers. Their RPI sits at 57 right now so they at least have a shot at making a run for a at-large. They sit behind Sparty, Northwestern and Michigan in the pecking order currently though, if we are going by RPI.

Regardless Indiana belongs in the same place we do, nowhere near the tourney.

Indiana is actually below Penn State in RPI (Penn State is 82 Indiana is 101)

 

[douggie]

 

[Hitman Hart]

KU is in the Big XII, @douggie

 

[douggie]

KU is in the Big XII, @douggie

Yep, I screwed that up. Thanks!

 

[SDPaddlefish]

Another good job by the Gophers. 7 in a row and they're playing better every game it seems. Lynch with 11 blocks today!

 

[SDPaddlefish]

Wow! Michigan really taking to Purdue.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Michigan is in!

 

[jwolt92]

Michigan is in!

And gets to face FSU in the first round

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

And gets to face FSU in the first round

Michigan could be as high as a 6th seed just like FSU.

 

[jwolt92]

Michigan could be as high as a 6th seed just like FSU.

...okay

 

[jwolt92]

Michigan could be as high as a 6th seed just like FSU.

I'm sorry.. I just read this again and WHAT lol