Run the table at home and split the road games and 15-5 might be enough to win the regular season title.
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Still a little early to know for sure who the top teams are. Most teams are still trying to figure things out. Even Michigan has some things to resolve, but their defense might buy them time while they fine tune.
Michigan has one game a week for the rest of 2018. Plenty of time for development for younger guys.
Personally I wish they were playing more. Iām selfish and love watching them play.
Good time for some of starters to get rejuvenated and refreshed for grind of BIG.
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Hereās why Michigan Stateās Tom Izzo couldnāt land Vernon Carey
What exactly is the author saying? Carey does not like Izzoās system? Carey went with K because he believed Kās lies? Izzo does not get good recruits? Izzo should get better recruits? Izzo is an honest and hard worker? K is a used car salesman?
Gee whiz, If only the world could see that Izzo is a great coach, then he could finally start landing good recruits, and then he will be able to prove to the world that he is actually a good basketball coach.
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Or Coach Kās bag man offered more?
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Vernon Sr. Signed a $42 million contract his last major one in the NFL. Not saying they didnāt take money but there really would be no reason for them to just to get caught and get ruled ineligible.
With Vernon Carey headed to the ACC, how about we focus this topic more on Big Ten basketball again.
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Ok.
When coach K retires, MSU basketball will be the Duke of the midwest.
When coach K retires, the Big Ten will be better than the ACC.
#becauseizzo
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Itās a strange article. Starts by saying it has nothing to do with style of play, then admits freedom of play had something to do with it.
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Key Big Ten non-conference games left on the schedule:
Saturday 12/8:
MSU at Florida
Wisconsin at Marquette
Creighton at Nebraska
Louisville at Indiana
South Carolina at Michigan
DePaul at Northwestern
Sunday 12/9:
Purdue at Texas
Saturday 12/15:
Indiana/Butler
Penn State/NC State
Purdue/Notre Dame
Rutgers at Seton hall
Sunday 12/16:
Nebraska/Oklahoma State
Friday 12/21:
Oklahoma at Northwestern
Penn State at Alabama
Saturday 12/22
OSU/UCLA
Missouri/Illinois
Seton Hall at Maryland
Might have missed a few, but these games will be key for the league to keep up its solid computer numbers early.
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Didnāt realize that there were still so many real games left
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Usually some really good weekend games in Decemberā¦ I already miss Feast Week though, going through this list thereās not a lot of quality college hoops on weekdays until January.
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If weāre putting Mizzou-Illinois on there I feel like DePaul-NW on Saturday should be too. DePaulās 5-1 (an empty 5-1) and itās a P6 matchup.
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Good call, missed that one going through KenPomās FanMatch.
Reaching for some better games now but Loyola-Chicago plays at UMD this Saturday. Also on the 29th Belmont is at Purdue and Radford at UMD. Those are two solid mid major teams this year.
A couple other good onesā¦ Here are the conference rankings per KenPom right now.
A lot winnable games for the conference in there, and some huge opportunities for Purdue, Northwestern, Purdue, and Penn State.
This is obviously going to change a ton over the rest of the season but fun to look at Torvikās spreads for Michiganās conference games.
Looking through, and rounding up/down, my biggest surprises at the moment are:
-17 at home against Minnesota (seems like too much)
-7 at Rutgers (seems too low)
-8(!!!) at home and Pick 'em on the road against MSU (surprised at both but not too surprised)
-9 at home against Wisconsin (seems too high given the slow pace both play)
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Not sure where to put this, but Iggy RT this tweet: https://twitter.com/ballislife/status/1071119008173301761?s=21