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3 hours ago, Uspshoosier said:

Problem is most people just look at teams like Northwestern and think they are bottom of the B1G when in reality they are a good basketball team that has had some tough close losses this year.  Doing a deeper dive they have been competitive in every game this year except for at Purdue which is the same as Michigan.  Minny is the worst team in the B1G and they still have a NET of 104 which is still in the Q2 area for a road game.   Conferences like the Acc, Big 12, Big East has teams where the top of the conference knows they are going to win game against those teams because they are really bad. Acc has 8 teams lower than Minny in the NET.  Some teams at the top of the B1G have separated itself Purdue and Sparty however the rest are bunched up together where there really isn’t much separation between the rest.   Protecting home court is huge and stealing some on the road is where teams will separate themselves.  Michigan had already won 3 road games in the B1G @ Wisky, @Ucla and @Usc and before last night lost the other road game in OT @Minny on a last second shot from just inside half court. 
 

northwestern losses this year 

@purdue -17

@Michigan -4 OT

Sparty-10 at home 

@ Penn St-4

@ Iowa-1

@ Dayton-5

N- Butler- 2 (kind of got screwed but it is what it is)

Im not sure I’d go as far as to call NW a “good” team, but I think what is obvious is Collin’s has identified a system to maximize the talent he can get at a place like that. And they execute it really well. I’d classify them more in the realm of really well coached which puts them in a position to be competitive against teams they probably shouldn’t be purely from a talent perspective. 
 

Their defense was, to me, very impressive, hard nosed and made things very tough on Ballo. He was forced into long (for him) 2s and generally looked uncomfortable at the offensive end to me. 
 

Offensively they are an absolute mess and looked like a less athletic version of us. You add a dynamic scorer like Booie, and that team is probably top3 or so this year, IMO. 

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