Big Ten Basketball 2020-21 Discussion (Part 2)

He is literally texting every coach in the country every day begging them for attention and info

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you sure?i bet espn desperately wanted michigan duke

Full list:

Indiana at Syracuse
Nebraska at NC State
Louisville at Michigan State
Miami at Penn State
Virginia Tech at Maryland
Clemson at Rutgers
Notre Dame at Illinois
Minnesota at Pittsburgh
Northwestern at Wake Forest
Michigan at North Carolina
Duke at Ohio State
Iowa at Virginia
Florida State at Purdue
Wisconsin at Georgia Tech

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It seems overwhelming that ESPN would prefer Michigan-Dukeā€¦

So Iā€™m going to assume that Coach K tapped out of that matchup. Scared of Juwanā€™s Michigan. I donā€™t see any other logical alternatives ( :wink: )

Tsk tsk.

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Yes ā€“ ESPN runs the event, they have a significant impact on the matchups.

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2020 - NC State - home(canceled)
2019 - Louisville - road
2018 - UNC - home
2017 - UNC - road
2016 - Va. Tech - home
2015 - NC State - road
2014 - Syracuse - home
2013 - Duke - road
2012 - NC State - home
2011 - UVA - road
2010 - Clemson - road
2009 - BC - home
2008 - Maryland - road
2007 - BC - home
2006 - NC State - road
2005 - Miami - home
2004 - Ga. Tech - road
2003 - NC State - home
2002 - no game for M
2001 - no game for M
2000 - wake - home
1999 - Ga. Tech - road

No more NC State please!

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I assume those Michigan-UNC games over the last few years did very well ratings wise.

I see we played UNC 2017 and 18. So maybe the Trimble game in 22 will come to fruition. Ha
In Crisler!

I was referring to the Coach K having coached and won a national championship against Juwan as a player as an easy narrative around the game for ā€œfarewell tourā€ purposes.

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No more NC State please!

thatā€™s what COVID said to the College World Series

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what do we expect from Maryland this season without Morsell or Wiggins?

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The transfers are basically make or break now, IMO. They are probably the best Maryland could do, but I donā€™t see them as program leading basketball players. The top 5 hype in April was ridiculous.

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Did Wiggins officially stay in?

Lets ask Jeff Goodman. With all those transfers they must be a shoe-in top 10 team right?ā€¦ā€¦ right??

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Some preliminary thoughtsā€¦

Indiana at Syracuse- lets see what Woodson can scheme up against the zone
Nebraska at NC State- intriguing game to see what the Nebrasketball ā€œhypeā€ is all about
Louisville at Michigan State- Louisville should be pretty good, right? Could be interesting for State to try to put last year behind them.
Miami at Penn State- Good early test for Shrewsberry
Virginia Tech at Maryland- Top 10 Maryland wouldnā€™t lose a home game to VT? Mike Young vs. Turgeon doesnā€™t inspire me with confidence.
Clemson at Rutgers- Clemson revenge game! If Rutgers gets their guys back and the RAC is full, like them in this one.
Notre Dame at Illinois- I am really leery of ILL this year, but they gotta win against ND at home
Minnesota at Pittsburgh- Ugghā€¦
Northwestern at Wake Forest- Ugh again
Michigan at North Carolina- Iā€™m sure they will be playing up the Hubert vs. Juwan angle. The last 2 blastings of UNC may make me a little overconfident but I like our chances.
Duke at Ohio State- Have to see who comes back of OSU but with a full roster they would have a good shot.
Iowa at Virginia- Last year this game would have been incredible. This yearā€™s Iowa is not the same as last years Iowa.
Florida State at Purdue- To me this is a sneaky good matchup. Lets see what Purdue is all about against the FSU athletes. Another good contrast of styles.
Wisconsin at Georgia Tech- Greg Gard vs. Josh Pastner, lol.

A quick glance gets me to a 7-7 tie in my opinion so they look to be pretty balanced matchups.

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Looks like Canada did not take Edey, which makes sense but I had seen some people rationalize it because ā€œthereā€™s no 3 seconds in international play.ā€ Also the games start today and Germany/Moe play at 10:30 and Iā€™m currently trying to see if thereā€™s a way to watch it

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Who does Germany play and did you find a link?

Actually go to Moeā€™s Instagram story he posted a link on it.

https://www.magentasport.de/event/deutschland-mexiko/702160

for anyone else curious. First thing I saw was Mo encouraging all his teammates

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Mo just had a nice steal and fast break dunk

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