2018-2019 B1G Basketball Thread

[Brutus Buckeye]

Well, thanks, but nah.

All of the participating Big Ten football teams won their last game of the season that year, except for one.

I don't think any of the Big Ten basketball teams are gonna win their last game of the season this year.

Don't sleep on the Hoosier daddies. 

[847badgerfan]

Meh. Different animal there. Winning the NIT is like being the tallest kid in 1st grade.

[Brutus Buckeye]

So it's exactly like a lot of those bowl games?

[betarhoalphadelta]

Meh. Different animal there. Winning the NIT is like being the tallest kid in 1st grade.

I resemble that remark 😂

[betarhoalphadelta]

Bad strategy by Wofford with 33 seconds left down 2. You either need to pressure and trap, or foul. Instead they burn 16 seconds, foul, and now down 4 with 17 left.

[TyphonInc]

I liked that Maryland Team. LSU did what was needed to win (including traveling.)

[bayareabadger]

Didn’t have a chance to watch all hit a few bits of the game. Sounds like many open shots were missed. Looked like Oregon hit a bunch of tough ones.

I figured UW was due for a disappointment, and the game played out mostly the way I feared. Oh well. Decent bounce back season. Little worried about next year, but that’s most offseasons.

[847badgerfan]

So it's exactly like a lot of those bowl games?

Some, sure. I wouldn't call an NYD6 or SEC bowl game the equal to an NIT birth though. All in all, the B1G gets some pretty good matchups in the postseason. Better than most/all conferences.

[847badgerfan]

I resemble that remark 😂

WE know, but you are still our tallest first grader. We love you.

[Anonymous Coward]

The first of many in the Big Ten: Michigan to the S16.

That gives us our first back-to-back 30-win seasons in school history.

[medinabuckeye1]

Sorry Gophers, I'm rooting for MSU. I think that MSU has a higher ceiling so an MSU win is better for the conference overall.

[MichiFan87]

Michigan played well in the second half today, at least. The offense wasn't great but good enough throughout, and fortunately the defense came through when the offense had its inevitable second half drought.

I'll be really interested to see the Buffalo v Texas Tech game tomorrow of course. UB looked much better in their first game against Arizona State than TTU did against Northern Kentucky yesterday.

Not to be redundant, but Michigan should have the fan advantage in Anaheim similar to LA last year against Buffalo or Texas Tech and Gonzaga (or hypothetically Florida State, but they looked very week defensively against Murray State today).

Purdue looked really good tonight, too, as did Sparty. Not expecting Iowa or Ohio State to pull off upsets tomorrow, but we'll see....

[mcwterps1]

Well, looking at the interwebs, it would appear that my conspiracy theory of ref f**kery still holds some water.

So many articles on how the refs blew that last call.

Oh well. 

Best of luck to those who remain. 

[medinabuckeye1]

It is obviously unlikely as they are playing a #2 and a #3, but I think we have something like a 33% chance of getting at least one more team into the second weekend of the tournament.
We can't be disappointed as it is. As a conference the B1G went 7-1 in the first round and, so far, 3-2 in the second. Even the 10-5 worst-case-scenario for the first two rounds is very good. For that matter, the 10-8 worst-case-scenario overall isn't bad at all.