Big Ten Basketball 2020-21 Discussion (Part 1)

Gach gets my vote for worst player in the conference

yeah not to be rude but he has looked unbelievably bad every time I see him with the ball in his hands.

Itā€™s not like Minnesota is playing well. MSU just sucks

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The last few minutes of this game have been the worst stretch of combined basketball Iā€™ve seen in a while. Oof

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I mean this entire start to the B1G season has been near perfect from a Michigan fan perspective. Tonight is possibly the highlight. So no, youā€™re not alone.

Now Iā€™m very aware we may join the ranks of a pissed off fanbase soon by losing either @ Maryland or at home to Minnesota or NW. But until that happens Iā€™m enjoying every second of it.

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Are we happy about Maryland over Wisconsin?

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Minnesota doesnā€™t even look good. Carr will be tough for Brooks to stop and Robbins will cause some problems as a stretch 5, but this has been bad vs awful.

The best part about this game is that Minnesota has not looked good.

I wouldnā€™t say ā€œworstā€ā€¦ Just has the biggest difference between talent and usage or confidence.

I am. Maryland looked competitive regardless of whether they won or lost, so at that point let them give Wisconsin a rare home loss. Also now there hopefully wonā€™t be any sleepwalking or overlooking them on Thursday.

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Very happy. Michigan can win this thing if NPOY Hunter Dickinson emerges

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Iā€™m right there with you. I just canā€™t believe how bad MSU looks. Yeah there offense is awful, but their defense is just on another level of how bad theyā€™ve been. Donā€™t know if Iā€™ve seen them be this bad multiple games in a row like this. And that was supposed to be what they could rely on until their offense figures itself out.

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MSU is so bad. I feel like Iā€™m living in a simulation.

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I didnā€™t listen to the podcast but I pretty strongly disagree with this. As @Umhoops mentioned, they have played a lot of zone offensive possessions, so that rate will inevitably fall. But, there is nothing inherently bad about scoring on a lot of assists, if anything it probably leans towards being a good thing.

Iowa barely runs ball screens and consistently has a super high assist rate (8th this year), but probably has the 2nd best offense in the country. Gonzaga has a high assist rate this year and is obviously an elite offense. The same for Baylor and Wisconsin.

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The best PG in the BIG10 is the PG of whatever team MSU played most recently.

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Michigan also has a high assist rate fwiw.

Carr looks great this year. I was never a big fan of him last year, but he is proving me wrong this year with his play.

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Oh man, Langford was limping. I truly hope he is ok

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I seriously canā€™t believe what Iā€™m watching.

Not a top 10 player :wink:

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