2020-2021 B1G Basketball Thread

[TyphonInc]

I'm not seeing OSU ending up as a 1. And I'm pretty worried about tonight's game.

[medinabuckeye1]

I'm not seeing OSU ending up as a 1. And I'm pretty worried about tonight's game.

Agreed on both. Maryland is getting pretty desperate and the Buckeyes are going to their place.

[NickSmith4Three]

Michigan's women's team can play Purdue apparently on Thursday but the men can't host Illinois?

[MaximumSam]

I'm not seeing OSU ending up as a 1. And I'm pretty worried about tonight's game.

I worry about every game but I'm most worried about staying awake with that 9 pm tip

[Brutus Buckeye]

Giant cup of coffee before the game, and then a couple shots of Zzz-Quil after the game. 

[ELA]

Michigan's women's team can play Purdue apparently on Thursday but the men can't host Illinois?

It's quite weird how the Big Ten is taking care of them.  That's never happened before

[betarhoalphadelta]

Posting this here mainly so I can use the image... But thought some might think it's interesting.

[NickSmith4Three]

I see now that Illinois will travel to Nebraska on Friday for a make up.  Safe to assume that might have been in motion for a bit and assumed that the Thursday game with Michigan would be moved.  Illinois' game against MSU has been rescheduled to the 23rd.  A home game against Nebraska will be moved to March apparently.  

[MaximumSam]

Weird first half for OSU, where they struggled defensively and getting in the paint, but did get some threes.

[FearlessF]

really tough to watch the Huskers miss easy/open shots

dunks, layups, 3 footers, 6 footers, 10 footers, 3 pointers and free throws

[Abba]

Checking back Medina.  I'm thinking even if the Bucks lose out, at 16-11 with 9 quad 1 wins, they would get in.  Since Illinois can actually have a losing record, we can wait on them just a bit longer.

[Brutus Buckeye]

[medinabuckeye1]

Checking back Medina.  I'm thinking even if the Bucks lose out, at 16-11 with 9 quad 1 wins, they would get in.  Since Illinois can actually have a losing record, we can wait on them just a bit longer.

I agree on Ohio State. Obviously finishing on a seven game losing streak wouldn't be ideal but none of those (BTT possibly aside) would be particularly bad and, as you noted, the Buckeyes have a slew of quality wins.

I'm actually thinking that Michigan and Illinois might be locks as well. Even if they actually did play 20 regular season B1G games their worst case scenarios would be:

• 13-13/8-13 for Michigan
• 13-14/9-12 for Illinois

Both of those would be close but I highly doubt that either, especially Michigan, will actually play all 20 Regular season B1G games. Right now (near as I can tell) the Illini have a grand total of 18 regular season B1G games played and scheduled while the Wolverines have 15. If that is all they play then their worst-case-scenarios are:

• 13-8/8-8 for Michigan
• 13-12/9-10 for Illinois.

[MaximumSam]

Home stretch KenPom

1. Michigan (3)
2. Illinois (4)
3. Iowa (5)
4. OSU (7)
5. Wisconsin (11)
6. Purdue (22)
7. Rutgers (24)
8. Indiana (26)
9. Penn State (30)
10. Minnesota (40)
11. Maryland (44)
12. MSU (62)
13. Northwestern (72)
14. Nebraska (128)