Big Ten Basketball 2020-21 Discussion (Part 1)

Illinois is really fun when they play well. Can definitely see myself picking them 1-2 rounds too far in my bracket

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One more rebound for Ayo to get that triple double.

Potter and (especially) Davison just look broken. Shells of what they were last year - no idea what happened.

Illinois has 18 turnovers and leads by 14. Crazy.

They are a very, very good basketball team. I donā€™t want to say how good I think they are! :wink:

Davidson has been pretty much unplayable. And to Gardā€™s credit he has sat him a long time.

Pretty wild four factors gaph.

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Maybe Davison is actually 34, not 24. Their centers were their difference makersā€¦and theyā€™ve been all over the place this season.

Kind of crazy how Davison has been the exact same player for 4 years. Seriously, look at his stats. Only thing heā€™s really improved at is turning the ball over less, but heā€™s also somehow gotten worse at the rim

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Triple double! SO good! 21 - 12 - 12

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Make that 0-3 against Michigan/Illinois/Ohio State. Huge three for Trice to hit the under 17.5 for margin of defeat. Good job Badgers!

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Iā€™m surprised to see heā€™s shooting 38% on 3ā€™s this year ā€“ he must be going crazy in the games Iā€™m not watching.

So much of Wisconsin basketball has been running multiple sets, guys setting solid screens, making hard cuts. And obviously the 3 ball. That team is not connected this season for some reason. Not saying they canā€™t pull it together before the BTT, but theyā€™re not playing Badger ball. And maybe running it back doesnā€™t work, as Dylan has noted in the past.

Final box from Illinois over Wisco.

I definitely overrated how good Wisconsin was last year. They were pretty good, but before the last 8 games of the season they werenā€™t even top 25. Then they got hot at the end of the season. And that messed up my preseason picks.

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Davison has to have one of the lowest (if not the lowest) conversion rates inside the arc.

Teams look a lot more connected when they make threes.

https://twitter.com/umhoops/status/1358170496194469890

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If he just embraced being Just A Shooter heā€™d be could be a good piece for a very good team. Donā€™t know if itā€™s him trying to do things he canā€™t or Wisconsin is asking him for that

Wisconsin has this slate left, 8-5 today in conference. What do they end up?

at Nebraska
vs Michigan
vs Iowa
at Northwestern
vs Illinois
at Purdue
at Iowa

That will do it. Surprising to see a team that has so many shooters shoot that poorly over an extended stretch