2022-2023 B1G Basketball Thread

[MarqHusker]

Apparently others notice this too.

[bayareabadger]

Apparently others notice this too.

The brand is very strong. 

[medinabuckeye1]

It seems there are lids on the rims in Bloomington today.

[ELA]

I think every Big Ten team except Purdue is going to go through a couple week stretch where they just look bad.  MSU, Iowa, Illinois all had it.  Indiana did, maybe they are coming out of it now.  Wisconsin and OSU are in it.

[bayareabadger]

This sucks extremely hard. 

[medinabuckeye1]

I think every Big Ten team except Purdue is going to go through a couple week stretch where they just look bad.  MSU, Iowa, Illinois all had it.  Indiana did, maybe they are coming out of it now.  Wisconsin and OSU are in it.

Really, only a week?  

Holtmann January?

• 18/19: Ohio State was 12-1 and #14 at the beginning of January then went 1-6 in January with the only win coming against a terrible Nebraska team. They had a secondary collapse down the stretch, losing four of their last five games.
• 19/20: The Buckeyes beat Kentucky in a top-6 game in Las Vegas just before Christmas to move to 11-1 and #2 in the poll. They then lost to WVU in Cleveland just before New Years and proceeded to lose six out of seven with the lone win coming, once again, against Nebraska.
• 20/21: Just before Christmas the Buckeyes knocked off #11 Rutgers at home to move to 7-1. Then they lost two out of three (if you guessed Nebraska as the exception pick a prize). They actually had a solid January for once but then imploded in late February to drop from 18-4, #4 nationally, and in the league race to 18-8 and, as always, nowhere close to the league title. Nonetheless the had a solid run to the title game in Indianapolis which got the a #2 seed in the big dance but they crapped the bed with an embarrassing loss to a #15 seed.
• 21/22: Ohio State was 8-2 heading into January. They were ranked #13 in part because both losses were close and to quality opponents. They went 5-3 in January which looks decent so long as you don't look closely enough to notice that the wins came against IUPUI, Nebraska, Northwestern, Penn State (barely and at home), and Minnesota. Most of February was pretty good but then they suffered yet another season-ending collapse. They lost three of their last four including at home to Nebraska before being sent home from the B1G Tournament after just one game by #11 seed Penn State.
• 22/23: On NYD the Buckeyes moved to 10-3 and #24 in the poll by beating Northwestern. Since then they've lost three straight and while the close loss to #1 is nothing to be too ashamed of they were not very competitive in College Park Maryland and I think that even Holtmann's most steadfast apologists will have to admit that the home loss to Minnesota was outright pathetic. Also, the Purdue game loss was avoidable. It isn't like they won because Edey simply overpowered a defender or they hit a tough shot. Nope, Purdue won because Ohio State committed a turnover when that was the one thing they HAD to avoid. Four of their five remaining January games are on the road and they open February by hosting Wisconsin then traveling to Ann Arbor. They may well leave Ann Arbor as a sub .500 team.

I'd take a week or even two with no hesitation.  

[ELA]

I said a couple week

[ELA]

If Sissoko and Kohler were one player, we'd have a chance.  Sissoko giving Edey trouble on defense, but can't score.  Kohler doing work offensively, but Edey abusing him on the other end of thencoirt

[ELA]

Granted it's also annoying that he did the thing that they created a rule for, to protect a Purdue player, but when a Purdue player does it, the refs look the other way.  Cue Purdue fans booing randomly

[847badgerfan]

Mackey Arena = House of Boo

[ELA]

Imagine if the away team have been given that ball that clearly went off them in Mackey?  They would have to cancel classes tomorrow because the students would still be booing.  Granted, that would have actually been a reasonable boo.  That's not their style

Oh well, another regular season title and March choke is a Purdue tradition going back a century.

MSU continues to be a very different team when Malik Hall is injured, this was actually their best game without him

[boilerbanger]

Imagine if the away team have been given that ball that clearly went off them in Mackey?  They would have to cancel classes tomorrow because the students would still be booing.  Granted, that would have actually been a reasonable boo.  That's not their style

Oh well, another regular season title and March choke is a Purdue tradition going back a century.

MSU continues to be a very different team when Malik Hall is injured, this was actually their best game without him

I think I watched the same game as you, on the replay I never saw a look that definitively showed who the ball went off, camera angles were not right to see it clearly.  To overturn is has to be clear or maybe I need my eyes checked.  And the March choke comment is uncalled for, you are better than that.

[grillrat]

Oh well, another regular season title and March choke is a Purdue tradition going back a century.

Boilerbanger took the high road, so I'll take the low one.  

[ELA]

Boilerbanger took the high road, so I'll take the low one.