2017 B1G Tournament Game Thread

[Hovadipo]

Here's some actual on-court discussion. We play Thursday at 6:30 against Iowa. We also have new unis for March.

 

 

 

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[WayneFleekHoosier]

Let's win! Coach change be darned. (At this point-I'm convinced it's happening regardless)

Oh, and someone remind the boys to play defense.


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[Brass Cannon]

37 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Let's win! Coach change be darned. (At this point-I'm convinced it's happening regardless)

Oh, and someone remind the boys to play defense.


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Yep right there with you. Wish they would announce it first though 

[LIHoosier]

The candy stripes on the soles of the sneakers look neat.

[OliviaPope40]

 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

2017 Big Ten tournament forecast

Ken Pomeroy | March 6, 2017

Big Ten Conference (conference rank: 4th)
March 8-12
All games at Washington, D.C.
kPOY: Caleb Swanigan, Purdue
Regular season champ: Purdue (preseason #15 / 4th Big Ten, current #13)
Overachiever: Minnesota (preseason #71, current #32)
Underachiever: Ohio State (preseason #13, current #69)

The Big Ten tournament moves to the Verizon Center in Washington this season and the conference appears to have seven safe bids. The most likely possibility for an eighth bid appears to be Indiana who has about a 1-in-30 chance of winning the four games necessary to claim the automatic bid. Who wouldn’t enjoy the bracketing chaos that would ensue with a bid thief minutes before the selection show?

Michigan is the conference’s hottest team, at least on the offensive end which could draw comparisons to some of the best scoring units that John Beilein has put on the floor. The Wolverines scored at least a point per (estimated) possession in every conference game this season.

But Purdue is the favorite, if not an overwhelming one. The Boilermakers haven’t had a bad loss this season and while their offense isn’t as effective as Michigan’s, it’s a more balanced attack. They made over 40% of their 3’s this season, but with the beefy Caleb Swanigan and Isaac Haas on the floor, one can understand why Matt Painter doesn’t rely on the three-pointer more than he does.

Maryland gets a half-share of home-court here.

                  Rd1  Qtrs Semis Final Champ
 1 Purdue         100   100  64.8  46.8  30.0
 2 Wisconsin      100   100  68.9  41.5  21.6
 3 Maryland       100   100  61.1  30.0  13.4
 4 Minnesota      100   100  61.8  22.0  10.1
 8 Michigan       100  69.5  28.8  18.0   9.9
 6 Northwestern   100  65.7  28.6  12.2   4.8
 5 Michigan St.   100  66.9  29.2   9.0   3.7
10 Indiana        100  57.9  19.7   8.8   3.2
 7 Iowa           100  42.1  11.5   4.3   1.2
 9 Illinois       100  30.5   6.4   2.6   0.9
11 Ohio St.      70.3  27.8   9.2   3.0   0.9
13 Penn St.      56.6  20.1   5.8   1.1   0.3
12 Nebraska      43.4  13.1   3.2   0.5   0.1
14 Rutgers       29.7   6.5   1.1   0.2   0.02

[Scooter D]

Anyone else going?

[Alford Bailey]

This should be short and sweet, as usual.

[Sam_Boger]

PeterJok o/u 15 FT attempts?

[eljefe6]

I'll be in Reston, VA for work the rest of the week. I can't decide if I want to go Thursday night

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[Hovadipo]

I'll be in Reston, VA for work the rest of the week. I can't decide if I want to go Thursday night

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It's a fun event to take in at the very least.


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[recker222000]

This should be short and sweet, as usual.

One and done.

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[BtownBanner6]

PeterJok o/u 15 FT attempts?

Under but only just.

[HoosierAloha]

Let's win! Coach change be darned. (At this point-I'm convinced it's happening regardless)

Oh, and someone remind the boys to play defense.


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Maybe if the assistants made a sign and held it up they would play defense...? Just tossing out ideas.

[Scooter D]

So I made it to D.C. And I have seen fans for every school but IU...what gives?

[recker222000]

So I made it to D.C. And I have seen fans for every school but IU...what gives?

The fan base has become apathetic. Most aren't going to travel that far to see iu lose in the first game. Maybe some local fans show up.

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[Scooter D]

10 minutes ago, recker222000 said:

The fan base has become apathetic. Most aren't going to travel that far to see iu lose in the first game. Maybe some local fans show up.

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Yeah...I wouldn't be here if not for work. 

[IU Hoosier41]

I'm 2 hours from D.C. I can get FIRST LEVEL tickets for $9. Debating if I go Thursday or hope we win and go Friday for a better more meaningful game


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[Scooter D]

I would probably wait if I were you. 

[LIHoosier]

14 minutes ago, IU Hoosier41 said:

I'm 2 hours from D.C. I can get FIRST LEVEL tickets for $9. Debating if I go Thursday or hope we win and go Friday for a better more meaningful game


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Which begs the following questions:

1) Why have your conference tourney hundreds of miles from the majority of your schools? 

2) Is there the need to have every team in the tournament? C'mon everyone, Rutger went 2-16 but they're people too.