2018-2019 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

Purdue became substantially better once Painter figured out Williams is substantially better than Haarms.

[bayareabadger]

Purdue became substantially better once Painter figured out Williams is substantially better than Haarms.

Has that happened? Or did the grad transfer just get hurt/Purdue play in some blowouts/Haarms get that foul trouble?
Also, I like Purdue because they have an identity and just stick with it. They've got three bigs who seem good, but it seems (and someone can correct me) they only play one at a time, preferring to go with Edwards and three tall shooting guard types, give or take Aaron Wheeler, who played 17 minutes vs Wisconsin and I was so stressed, I can't recall a damn thing about his game. 
Painter really seems to have his thing these past few years. 

[ELA]

Has that happened? Or did the grad transfer just get hurt/Purdue play in some blowouts/Haarms get that foul trouble?
Also, I like Purdue because they have an identity and just stick with it. They've got three bigs who seem good, but it seems (and someone can correct me) they only play one at a time, preferring to go with Edwards and three tall shooting guard types, give or take Aaron Wheeler, who played 17 minutes vs Wisconsin and I was so stressed, I can't recall a damn thing about his game.
Painter really seems to have his thing these past few years.

I honestly haven't sat down and watched an entire Purdue game.  Even against MSU I missed until the under 4 timeout in the first half.  But I just didn't notice much of him in November and December, and have seen him playing seemingly substantially more, and responding, in January.  I can't speak to the circumstances as to why.  He looks like a major upgrade over Haarms and Boudreaux though.

[JerseyTerrapin]

Dang, Purdue, have a heart.  That's gonna' leave a mark...

[MarqHusker]

I had courtside seats to an NBA game tonight.  It does not want me to watch more hoops but it does emphasize how tiny and crappy I am at hoops at 6 foot 1sh.

[ELA]

I had courtside seats to an NBA game tonight.  It does not want me to watch more hoops but it does emphasize how tiny and crappy I am at hoops at 6 foot 1sh.

Most of the football players lived in my dorm my sophomore year, and I worked in the cafeteria in the adjacent dorm where basketball players among other athletes, lived.  It was always jarring how tall they were, even compared to football players, just based on who you were used to seeing them share the court with.  These guards, who were basketball small, would walk in, and I'd always be surprised they were still 6'3" 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Tre Williams is really good. Much better than any of us thought coming in. It's not just garbage time in blowouts. He went toe to toe with Nick Ward and Ethan Happ and held his own.

Coming into the year, we thought he was a "project" big. Dude is impressing everyone. 

[TyphonInc]

I'm not making any changes yet, we'll see what this week's results look like.  Games for those three teams:

• Maryland is at Ohio State on Friday.  [When] they win, the Terps move up.  

FIFY
OSU has cratered, they are not any good right now. Maybe it gets fixed, but not against Maryland.

[grillrat]

I honestly haven't sat down and watched an entire Purdue game.  Even against MSU I missed until the under 4 timeout in the first half.  But I just didn't notice much of him in November and December, and have seen him playing seemingly substantially more, and responding, in January.  I can't speak to the circumstances as to why.  He looks like a major upgrade over Haarms and Boudreaux though.

I read on the Purdue forums that part of his increased role in the rotation is due to his weight loss.  He got on to campus in the 280 range but has dropped about 30 to 40 pounds since then.    He has a ton of potential and is making the most of his opportunities.  

[medinabuckeye1]

FIFY
OSU has cratered, they are not any good right now. Maybe it gets fixed, but not against Maryland.

I'm as concerned as you are.  Note my earlier post about things getting tenuous for the Buckeyes.  If they don't get it fixed pronto their tournament chances are going to rapidly disappear.  They have already lost three in a row including a bad loss to Rutgers, a home loss, and a potentially bad loss to Iowa.  Their next four games are no picnic with Maryland and Purdue at home followed by Nebraska and Michigan on the road.  If this losing streak grows to seven it will be nearly impossible for this team to fight their way back into being a potential at-large tournament team.  
They are currently 12-4/2-3 so they basically need to go a little better than .500 the rest of the way to be a bubble team at 20-11/10-10.
If they lose these next four to drop to 12-8/2-7 then they would need to be near-perfect* the rest of the way (8-3) to get to the same place.  
*I realize that 8-3 isn't mathematically "near perfect" but in practice it is because those last 11 games include road games against MSU, UMD, and PU.  As a practical matter, if the Buckeyes can't beat those teams at home then they aren't very likely to beat them on the road so they'd need to win the other eight of their last 11 games which are made up of:

• Home games against RU, PSU, IL, NU, IA, and UW, and
• Road games against IU and NU

[ELA]

I read on the Purdue forums that part of his increased role in the rotation is due to his weight loss.  He got on to campus in the 280 range but has dropped about 30 to 40 pounds since then.    He has a ton of potential and is making the most of his opportunities.  

I know MSU took Bingham over him, because the general take was he was the higher upside guy, but Williams was the more sure thing, and with Ward and Tillman eating up all the bigs minutes this year, we didn't really need a guy to contribute right away.

But hell, even if Williams only gets a little better, he's really damn good.  Bingham looks like a project and a half.  Kithier looks like a guy whose commitment we probably accepted too early, but maybe missing his entire Senior year of HS is having a lasting impact.  If Ward goes pro for good this time, MSU will have to play a lot of small ball last year, because beyond Tillman, neither Bingham or Kithier look like contributors as sophomores.

[ELA]

Nebraska has the third longest home winning streak in the nation, and the longest among Power 5 teams.

[FearlessF]

hopefully the streak continues

[ELA]

hopefully the streak continues

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