Big Ten Basketball 2020-21 Discussion (Part 1)

Richard_arch74 · January 22, 2021, 4:12am

Announcer said one of Bohannons worst games of his career. Captain Obvious.
Was Bohannon shut out?

Actualelguapo · January 22, 2021, 4:13am

Bohannon was a cool 0-9 from the field, so at least a little of column B.

BigBoutros · January 22, 2021, 4:13am

I guess I can’t quit this gimmick. Purdue by 40

jemblue · January 22, 2021, 4:13am

Missed the game until the last 2 minutes. How did IU hold the Iowa offense in check?

CursedBlue · January 22, 2021, 4:13am

"And what happened then? Well, in Hoosierville they say that Archie Island grew three sizes that day. And then the true meaning of Big Ten season came through , and Archie found the strength of ten Archies plus two."

jivan · January 22, 2021, 4:14am

Im not kidding. I watched 3 Iowa games this season: Gonzaga, Minnesota and tonight. I need to block time on my calendar more often

Richard_arch74 · January 22, 2021, 4:17am

He was talking about those Mickey mouse balloons, you know the Mickey balloon inside the round balloon. . .

jivan · January 22, 2021, 4:17am

Beautiful graph

BigBoutros · January 22, 2021, 4:18am

I think I have literally never seen a run like that. An ultra-elite offense doesn’t make a single basket at home for 12 minutes

jemblue · January 22, 2021, 4:18am

You must watch us play them.

steve · January 22, 2021, 4:21am

Nunge gets a putback at 12:00. Iowa doesn’t make a field goal again until a meaningless layup by Joe Toussaint with 50 seconds left.

What.

BigBoutros · January 22, 2021, 4:22am

Franbruary started early this year

buckets12 · January 22, 2021, 4:34am

If they’re a game behind Michigan, please don’t

bounce · January 22, 2021, 5:01am

MSU is rising in the conference standings, having now soared above Rutgers. If they keep this up they will likely pass Northwestern soon.

Mattski · January 22, 2021, 5:42am

Thanks for even reminding me that place existed!

BigBoutros · January 22, 2021, 6:34am

Just remembered something. Dylan opined a few pods ago that MSU @ Iowa was actually a good bounceback opportunity for MSU following the Purdue meltdown because it would be low stakes, low expectations, and the Iowa defense could help MSU’s players get some confidence back. And ultimately there would be a window, albeit narrow, for a season-altering upset. That’s what happened tonight…for IU. This game could have belonged to MSU were it not for the postponement.

I know the game doesn’t really work like that, it’s too transitive and hypothetical…but still.

BurgerBoy82 · January 22, 2021, 6:39am

I actually think Indiana is a bit better than their record indicates. They have had some good performances on the road. Lost at the buzzer to Florida St, lost in OT to Wisconsin, close game against Illinois. They finally broke through tonight.

BigBoutros · January 22, 2021, 6:53am

That is true. If any one of those results had flipped we might be talking about them as one of the unambiguously good teams in the B1G.

I just noticed a couple of things on the Torvik B1G page:

Indiana has the 2nd hardest remaining B1G schedule even after tonight so this was a huge win for them down the stretch.
OSU has played the #12 B1G SOS so far and has the hardest remaining. But at least they have a winning record, unlike…
MSU, who is 2-4 in the B1G despite the #11 SOS. They are #3 the rest of the way.
Purdue’s remaining road games are Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Penn State, with the #14 overall SOS. They are already hot but they could catapult themselves into a bonafide B1G title contender.

bluejayway · January 22, 2021, 12:01pm

I can’t tell you how glad I am that sportsbooks in Michigan didn’t start up yesterday.

umhoops · January 22, 2021, 1:04pm

Reset before tonight.