Big Ten Basketball 2020-21 Discussion (Part 1)

MSU is 8-2 at home, on a 2-game winning streak, and played Iowa extremely close at CHA. I think the Spartans keep that momentum rolling and get a big win today.

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I unironically agree with this. After Iowaā€™s dismal collapse into obscurity I think itā€™s pretty easy to see MSU steal one here. Say what you will about Izzo, but heā€™s infinitely better than Fran is at coaching.

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no CJ Fredrick againā€¦uh oh

I like MSU in this game, The Angry Midget>>Franbuary!!

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Incredibly bold of MSU to have a humongous ā€œ22 straight NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCESā€ display behind their bench

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does Langford attempt 100% of shots as long baseline 2s? I have literally not seen him attempt anything else this year

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The current lineup for MSU might be the worst defensive lineup itā€™s possible to put together in the BIG this year.

I think in every single Big Ten game this week, the team Iā€™ve cheered for has lost (frequently involving a brutal late-game collapse). I donā€™t know if I dare get emotionally involved in this one.

(Fortunately Sunday starts a new weekā€¦)

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Iowa really is fun to watch.

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Iā€™m sure MSU will start making all their wide open threes soon. Franbruary!!

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MSU sucks guys. Just accept it

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Iowa starting to pull away already.

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Gus Johnson has so many nicknames for Iowa that I assume he made up on his own. Patty Mac, CMac, and Weezy.

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Obviously MSU just isnā€™t good this year but thatā€™s really what stands out to me. Their offensive is just terrible (86th in KenPom) so to have any sort of success they need to rely on their defense. But for a defense first team they also give heavy minutes to guys like Loyer, Langford, and Hauser who are all bad defensive players. Then you have a guy like Watts who should be good defensively but generally isnā€™t, and guys like Hoggard and Marble who donā€™t play major minutes most nights but arenā€™t anything special on defense. To be a defensive team with that many problem players defensively is a concern.

Iā€™m waiting for him to drop ā€œGarzillaā€

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there was a Rockets-Knicks game a few years ago that Johnson called and he tried to make a French version of ā€œCP3ā€ ā€“ seh-peh-twah (trois)

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Yes.

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Mccaffery, Murray, and Nunge are 5-7 from 3. Thereā€™s basically nothing MSU can do to comeback from that cause their offense is so garbage.

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Lol, brown was the 1st guy to do ANYTHING on offense and he yanks him right away. Nice Tommy.

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He didnā€™t even commit a foul. What gives