tOfficial B1G Thread 2017-2018

[Hitman Hart]

So Indiana lost to Fort Wayne. Rutgers lost to Stony Brook, Penn State lost to Rider and Northwestern got blown out by Oklahoma.

At least Nebraska took care of business against Delaware State

Those are some pretty bad losses. I wouldn't want to be a Big Ten bubble team this year. Committee has a history of sticking it to bubble teams from conferences that are having a weak year.

@jontaejones

think making fun of Rutgers is back on the table.

 

[rmilia1]

Iowa appears to be coming together a bit. Gotta win the next 3 and I'll start to feel very slightly optimistic again

 

[mr.hockey4242]

@ericd7633

Now we wait for the diagnosis.

Fuck

 

[ericd7633]

@ericd7633

Now we wait for the diagnosis.

Fuck

Didn't look good. Of course the best they look all year, they could lose him for a significant time.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Didn't look good. Of course the best they look all year, they could lose him for a significant time.

Looks like we dodge a big bullet

 

[ericd7633]

Looks like we dodge a big bullet

Day to day is a relief. Hopefully he can be back in time for the January 3rd game against Illinois. We shouldn't need him to beat Harvard, key word should.

 

[ericd7633]

Iowa appears to be coming together a bit. Gotta win the next 3 and I'll start to feel very slightly optimistic again

Probably need to go 12-4 the rest of the way in B1G play to have a chance at an at-large bid entering the B1G tournament.

 

[rmilia1]

Probably need to go 12-4 the rest of the way in B1G play to have a chance at an at-large bid entering the B1G tournament.

I tend to agree. I was thinking 12/13 more regular season wins. Of course the B10 tourney is always a wild card. The league is so down they may only get 4-5 teams in

 

[jontaejones]

Those are some pretty bad losses. I wouldn't want to be a Big Ten bubble team this year. Committee has a history of sticking it to bubble teams from conferences that are having a weak year.

@jontaejones

think making fun of Rutgers is back on the table.

If they can finish anywhere near .500 even in a down year in the B1G, it's a huge year for them.

I'd love for them to be relevant. I live like 10 minutes from the stadium.

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Day to day is a relief. Hopefully he can be back in time for the January 3rd game against Illinois. We shouldn't need him to beat Harvard, key word should.

God I hope we don't need him for Harvard

They suck this year

 

[osubuckeye89]

Wisconsin only beating Chicago State by 12 is a testament to how not good Wisconsin is this year

Every other power conference school they've played has beat them by 30+ Including 60+ point losses to Northwestern and Purdue

 

[rmilia1]

Well Iowa sits at 9-6. I had them at 11-4 right now preseason so could be worse. They've certainly started to button up some early sloppy play. Next 5 games are critical as they're all winnable. Gotta get at least 4 of them

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Michigan has a full on cupcake today then they play Iowa.

 

[osubuckeye89]

Ohio State's OOC was a general "success", considering they avoid a god awful loss, unlike the last 2 seasons. Wish we could have pulled out one of the Butler/Clemson games though, that would have been nice.

4 of the first 5 B1G games are definitely winnable, with Michigan State being the only one i'm confident we don't win. This team lacks talent depth though and is fairly young which is going to make any road games difficult.

 

[Lions=TeHsUcKs]

Well Iowa sits at 9-6. I had them at 11-4 right now preseason so could be worse. They've certainly started to button up some early sloppy play. Next 5 games are critical as they're all winnable. Gotta get at least 4 of them

Your boys choked against us.

 

[rmilia1]

Your boys choked against us.

Sadly we just stink I think

 

[Skerpokes]

Curious. As it stands now, 15 games in, which teams in the conference make the tourney based on what you've seen so far?

 

[Hitman Hart]

Curious. As it stands now, 15 games in, which teams in the conference make the tourney based on what you've seen so far?

Michigan State, Purdue, Michigan, Maryland, Ohio State and Minnesota will be in the hunt. Anyone else would have to have a surprising run during conference play to be in the discussion, which is always possible. Pretty confident that Michigan State, Purdue, Michigan and Minnesota get in.

 

[osubuckeye89]

Curious. As it stands now, 15 games in, which teams in the conference make the tourney based on what you've seen so far?

I'm sure they will end up with 4 or 5

but right now Michigan State & Purdue are the only sure things, IMO.

 

[Great Dayne]

Wisconsin only beating Chicago State by 12 is a testament to how not good Wisconsin is this year

Every other power conference school they've played has beat them by 30+ Including 60+ point losses to Northwestern and Purdue

I think you're overreacting a bit to that one game. They had a three game stretch vs all top 25 teams and they could've easily won all three of those games. After they win vs Rutgers in a couple games that will be six games in a row. The slow start was expected as they lost their entire starting five outside of Happ. They'll be fine and end up in the top 4 as they always do.