Big Ten Basketball 2020-21 Discussion (Part 1)

Bingo, me too.

Luka took 7 more shots than the rest of the starting lineup combined

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It was really jarring to watch. But they all seem bought into it and he’s been so damn efficient. Kinda crazy

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Iowa is going to be real good this year, nice return for Nunge who hasn’t played in some time. Fran has a lot of options and with Bohanan + the McCaffrey boys means less time for Touissant which will make Iowa much better.

What are the reasons that he won’t thrive in the NBA?

NBA won’t feed the post nearly as much, which kinda takes away a lot of his value. But the biggest reason is because when he’s on the court the opposing teams would shoot 80% on 2 pointers.

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He had a pretty good run in 2009 (title game) and 2010 (Final Four) too.

But 1999-2001 - 3 straight FFs and a title - was his best.

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Bing-o my thought led exactly. Regular season standings according to Slyboogie.
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Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Michigan st.
Iowa
Purdue
Indiana
Rutgers
Ohio st
Minnesota
Penn st
Northwestern
Nebraska
Maryland ( yea I said it)

That would be tough since I had them winning the conference.

We can definitely try to revisit it. Probably want to get a few more games played. Would be tough when some teams haven’t even played a HM game yet.

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They very well might do it. I still can’t shake how good Wisconsin looked late last year, I think they win the regular season.

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Because as a small and relatively unathletic player he would provide little rim defense?

I kind of accepted assertions that he wasn’t going to thrive in the NBA, but–and I am a very casual onlooker–he looks not just dominant but quicker to me this year. Will be interesting to see.

Pretty much. Just spread the floor and run pick and roll at him every single time. Garza is a terrible defense center in college, against NBA guards and wings he’d be so out of place.

Look at somebody like Boban who tops at 10 minutes a game despite being such an effecient offensive player. And Boban is great because he towers over even NBA big men, Garza won’t be nearly as effective in the post as Boban against NBA bigs. Remember Xavier Tillman was able to effectively shut Garza down last year.

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BQuinn just got a sudden cold shiver followed by a surge of rage somewhere, and doesnt know why.

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This MSU game is hilarious

MSU and Detroit tied at 35 at the half. MSU is shooting 33% from the field, 25% from 3 and has 11 turnovers. 12/16 from the line is keeping them afloat.

Hauser has 1 point on 0/3 shooting so far, Henry has 6 on 1/5 shooting. Watts has been the best player offensively with 11 points on 3/5 shooting but 3 TOs and 0 Assists. Watts and Henry each have 2 fouls but 2 Detroit starters, including Antoine Davis, have 3. No Langford for some reason.

This looks to be MSU’s Oakland game, except Detroit is 100 spots higher on KenPom (310 vs 220). MSU will probably pull this out fairly comfortably in the 2nd half, but the offense has been lacking so far this year for MSU in games not against the zone.

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Langford has a sore knee!

Did I just hear the announcer say, 'The ball’s going to stay with Michigan State, fortunately" ???

Let’s keep up a pretense of even-handedness, guy, just for shitz and giggles.

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It’s the BIG10 network not the Horizon League network.