Big Ten Basketball 2020-21 Discussion (Part 1)

There is no way Ohio State finishes in front of Michigan in the B1G conference season this year. ( Barring injuries ) Who are their consistent dependable scorers?

UMass-Lowell is usually pretty horrible, but Iā€™m pretty impressed with their offensive ball movement/approach today tbh. Scoring on some pretty good D that OSU is playing.

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Michigan could easily start off season 11-0 they have an easy non-conference schedule and then first 6 games of Big Ten not very tough with no fans should be able to win at Maryland. Will Michigan only playing 25 schedule games hurt chances at tourney a lot of other Big teams like MSU play 27 games.

Super pumped for IU-Providence about to tip off. I find myself rooting hard for the Friars. No B1G solidarity here.

edit: itā€™s also Torvikā€™s #1 game of the day per his thrill quotient.

Nothing says thrilling like Archie Miller vs. Ed Cooley. :rofl:

But Iā€™m also tuned in.

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Providence looks awful

The announcers being remote has sent Bill Walton even further off-topic than usual. I find his act charming but I would rather learn something about these teams. Michigan is playing Indiana this year, letā€™s hear about their new freshmen and what offense theyā€™re running. Instead itā€™s a debate about how to pronounce ā€œWorcesterā€

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Sort of regretting my decision to watch this

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I think Kenpom (46) has Providence pegged better than Torvik (18). Providence was so so bad for the first 2 months of last season and then inexplicably good in January and February.

Indiana is looking good but Providence is barely even participating in this game.

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Why does Ed Cooley want this? The slowest play development leading to the hardest shot possible?

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Indiana up 37-24 at halftime.

Just put the game on while ā€œworkingā€ and saw a stat on the broadcastā€“I think it was 9 made field goals/9 turnovers for the Friars haha Cooley seems like a nice enough man, but thank god I donā€™t have to suffer through that as a fan.

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True although we had 12 FGM to 15 TO at halftime yesterdayā€¦

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Talk of Cooley has me wary of a Warde Manuel-led search to replace Harbaugh.

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True. Though Indiana isnā€™t running out a zone 100 percent of their defensive possessions :wink:

I still presume Warde will sign Harbaugh to an extension. No coaching search for a few more years.

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The other game that is supposed to be tight today is Alabama vs Stanford. Could be a good bubble resume builder for the winner down the road.

Iā€™m turning this off. This is the worst game Iā€™ve seen all year

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