did you know that John Calipari has not beaten Tennessee on the road in three years? and he needed Karl-Anthony Towns to do it?

I just started this thread to point out that Tennessee is rolling. Auburn loss was embarrassing and they should've beat UNC and Arkansas, but they're a balanced offense that plays defense. easy to root for as a fan.

Michigan State had a bad week. stomped by Ohio State and just dropped one to Michigan.

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Young team still too.

Auburn has stunned me. *Never* would've expected them to be at one loss, even with their schedule, without Purefoy and Wiley. Three Tier A road wins and a double-digit home win over Arkansas.

People keep saying Florida will be better when Egbunu gets back, but (a) no one knows how effective he'll be, and (b) their problems aren't *really* Stone/Hayes. Their problem is style dictated by the height of their backcourt/wings-- they want to speed up and turn you over, but that style will give up a lot of open 3s-- teams shoot 40%+ from 3 in conference. They also can't dribble drive effectively for the same reason-- they are more jump-shot reliant/draw fewer fouls than anyone else in conference. Egbunu would help grab offensive boards... but he ain't solving those problems.

Can't believe how hard A&M is imploding. They have *so* much talent. Robert Williams, Miles Bridges, Bruce Brown, Allonzo Trier-- should've left last year.

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Chris Holtmann is squeezing water out of rocks with the talent on this team. Just wait until Luther Muhammad and co. arrive on campus this fall.


AHHH, back to running shit on the hardwood and gridiron.


Things are back to their natural order in the conference.




>Michigan State had a bad week. stomped by Ohio State and just
>dropped one to Michigan.

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yall got lucky on the schedule draw with 1 maryland and 1 purdue (tho that one is a road game)

conference is bad enough that your 2 game lead looks huge already

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hilarious that after not even offering Zavier Simpson, you now have a walk-on grad transfer from Michigan playing 20 mpg.

Simspon outscored and outassisted OSUs entire backcourt, and only lost in rebounding by 1

OSU is going nowhere in the tournament with that backcourt

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On the way back to Brooklyn, I stopped by the Naismith basketball hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts (very very cool, I highly recommend it..they had extremely flattering write ups about joe dumars, zeke, dave bing and chuck daly)

but congrats on now being 7-15 vs Ohio State, lol.

Any past recruiting whiffs are all on Thad Matta. New coach. New Regime. Same continued dominance. I was keeping up with the score for most of the game, looks like you guys pulled away late. Penn State beat the fuck out of us on Wednesday, too.

So I doubt we win the B10 now. It's out of our hands. Still, though, this season was all house money and I am optimistic about the future. I think this team can win one game in the tournament. Anything else would be amazing.

We'll beat Rutgers at home, and then probably lose to IU in Bloomington. Anything can happen in B10 conference tournament play.

edit, and its in Madison Square Garden...YES

>hilarious that after not even offering Zavier Simpson, you
>now have a walk-on grad transfer from Michigan playing 20 mpg.
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>Simspon outscored and outassisted OSUs entire backcourt, and
>only lost in rebounding by 1
>
>OSU is going nowhere in the tournament with that backcourt
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i feel like i would enjoy basketball the most, since its sport centered, and not league centered

Bates-Diop is a player, and Jaesean Tate plays really hard even tho he's undersized

but beyond that...sheesh. Holtmann is easily COY squeezing 22 wins and counting out of those guards

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but never thought he'd get things turned around this quickly. Sounds like he also wants to get an Ohio version of the Crossroads Classic started some day, which I'd like to see happen.

...ok (c) jay z

>Things are back to their natural order in the conference.
>

>>Michigan State had a bad week. stomped by Ohio State and
>just
>>dropped one to Michigan.
>

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your "best xs and os coach in the country"

2-16 vs Wisconsin
6-11 vs MSU
7-14 vs Ohio State

but plz. tell me more.

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beilein road record vs big ten teams (courtesy of mgoblog)


Maryland 0-2
Ohio State 1-8
Wisconsin 1-7
Indiana 1-6 **
Michigan State 2-6
Purdue 3-5
Iowa 3-5
Illinois 4-5
Northwestern 4-3 **
Penn State 5-3
Minnesota 6-1 **
Rutgers 1-0 **
Nebraska 3-0 **


One lucky trey Burke heave vs Kansas and you ppl think he's coach K. Typical mich delusion

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most recent chip
osu 1960
um 1989

most recent runner up
osu 2007
um 2013

most recent final 4
osu 2012
um 2013

most recent elite 8
osu 2013
um 2014

most recent sweet 16
osu 2013
um 2017

most recent appearance
osu 2015
um 2017

most recent B1G tournament win
osu 2013
um 2017

most recent B1G season title
osu 2012 (shared with UM)
um 2014

1st rd draft picks since 2013
osu 1 (lol)
um 6


imma need some of these to get flipped around for osu basketball to mean something to me lol

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bring up beileins head to head records vs your supposed rivals and this hilariously pathetic deflection is what you come up with?

i cant believe you're bragging about who lost more recently in sweet 16s and runner-up banners...

#themichigandifference


congrats on the 1989 championship though. 4 year old me is incredibly jealous.

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>Chris Holtmann is squeezing water out of rocks with the
>talent on this team. Just wait until Luther Muhammad and co.
>arrive on campus this fall.
>
>
>AHHH, back to running shit on the hardwood and gridiron.
>
>
>Things are back to their natural order in the conference.
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>
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>>Michigan State had a bad week. stomped by Ohio State and
>just
>>dropped one to Michigan.
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>did you know that John Calipari has not beaten Tennessee on
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>do it?

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literally 92 years without a road win. how does that even happen?

obviously the programs are worlds apart, but it's NCAA basketball. it's amazing they never had one night at Carolina where it worked out for them, even with Sweet 16 and Elite Eight caliber teams.

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that includes the ACC tournament as well.
even when we went 8-20 they couldnt do it. in fact, we SWEPT them.

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As good as any team in the country. Obviously if Duke get their act together it's a different story. But right today...

But this is not good for my nerves. Last time everything was this Rosy, Feb 2010, our 2nd ranked team went to MN, blew them out, and Hummel blew out his knee (first time) in the last three minutes.

As fast as conference, will be a major let down is we don't win it.

4 team league, but all four are good, S16 caliber

Also lovingg TN continuing to do well. Makes that loss look better every week

I was high on them coming into the season and they've more than lived up to expectations-- really surpassed even my higher-than-most expectations. Two things that could trip you up:

1. In most of the games against Tier A opponents/opponents with notable size, Purdue is getting outrebounded. Outside of a flailing Arizona, every other team with respectable rebounding/size has outrebounded you.

2. Purdue's increasing reliance on jumpshooting. In conference play, their FTA/FGA ratio is 29.3-- which would rank around 300th in the nation over the course of a season.

If a team has an off shooting night, three things are required to counter that: a lack of turnovers, strong offensive rebounding, and a high rate of free throw attempts. That way, even with bad shooting, you can win by sheer volume of point opportunities. Purdue has been pretty good with turnovers so far this season, but the offensive rebounding isn't strong against good opponents, and they are getting to the line at an increasingly low rate. (Their percentage of points that come from 3s also continues to rise.)

So the nightmare scenario for Purdue is easy to see: the 3s don't fall one night in a single-elimination tournament, they're falling well enough for the opponent, and Purdue doesn't have the shot volume to survive the night.

That's a long term "sky is falling" concern, of course. Short term, they've got insane balance on both ends, a strong PG, strong wing, strong set of bigs. They shoot lights out, move the ball beautifully. They have two Big 10 POY candidates (which probably means they'll cancel each other out, but it's a good problem to have). They should win the Big 10, as no team in the conference has their combination of talent, balance, and consistency, and the Big 10 is weak enough this season that a 4-loss season for Purdue is totally within the realm of possibility-- which would give them a real shot at a 1 seed.

I would probably just want to see Purdue have a couple of off shooting nights against good Big 10 opponents to have them realize the solution to that problem isn't "keep taking jumpers." We've seen many an elite shooting team face early elimination because they assumed the shots would keep falling. If the free throw rate or rebounding improved notably, then I'd be a lot more confident putting them in my Final Four.

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Will be what could derail is in tournament.

Outside shooting reliance is not a big concern. We have five high volume Shooters that are in the deep 40%+. We are also really unselfish and a smart team, odds all of them go cold is low. It could happen. And offense usually does thru Haas, so we are usually taken fairly open threes. That said, If it's a football stadium with bad sightlines...

Matchups will matter though, but I'm just enjoying the ride

>Outside shooting reliance is not a big concern. We have five
>high volume Shooters that are in the deep 40%+. We are also
>really unselfish and a smart team, odds all of them go cold is
>low. It could happen. And offense usually does thru Haas, so
>we are usually taken fairly open threes. That said, If it's a
>football stadium with bad sightlines...
>
>Matchups will matter though

Neutral courts are a wild card, non-conf brings lack of familiarity with scheme, and it's just a matter of shot volume ultimately. If they play a team that lets say makes two players go 1-5 shooting that night-- if they aren't offensive rebounding, that's 10 empty possessions where they'd normally have 7 or 8. Those four-to-six point swings are all it takes sometimes-- they don't need everyone to go ice cold to lose, just a couple of guys who keep shooting and assuming they'll find the bottom of the net before the game is out.

Purdue is a legit title contender tho. In the same way that Villanova tends to be. And just like Villanova, Purdue is one of those teams that could either win it all or lose in the second round to a mid-major team that crashes the O-glass and defends the perimeter decently. Would I bank on the former over the latter? Sure. That correlation-- 3PA volume and mediocre offensive rebounding-- just tends to yield very uneven results.

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But as last. Ight showed. If you chose not to double team him. We will keep going inside untill you do. Another variable

The fact we were terrible from behind the arc & still won is the most impressive aspect of this.

If we can get anything from egbunu when he returns, to where we’re at least mediocre interiorly, we can go deep in the tournament

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They probably earned a split these two games. Glad we got the sweep

We are a good defensive team except against them.

Love the depth of this squad. Vince is so good and he gets third billing on this team. Went for 30 tonight. Haas was dominant, no showed in the last three blowouts, but landed up when we need him.

I'm done with UM, would rather not see them in B1G tourney.

That MSU game at the molester-enabelers will be a tough one. Although OSU on Saturday will be interesting on Saturday too. Outside of that... I will be pissed if we lose any other game.

we're probably gonna lose a few more games now..(purdue, @ michigan, indiana)...if we get one of out of those 3 and win the rest ill be happy as fuck.

a team that couldnt even sniff the NIT is now on pace for a 3 seed in the tournament. unbelievable.


>did you know that John Calipari has not beaten Tennessee on
>the road in three years? and he needed Karl-Anthony Towns to
>do it?
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>I just started this thread to point out that Tennessee is
>rolling. Auburn loss was embarrassing and they should've beat
>UNC and Arkansas, but they're a balanced offense that plays
>defense. easy to root for as a fan.
>
>Michigan State had a bad week. stomped by Ohio State and just
>dropped one to Michigan.

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>a team that couldnt even sniff the NIT is now on pace for a 3
>seed in the tournament. unbelievable.

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and actually utilizes 8 to 10 players, not just the starting 5

>
>>a team that couldnt even sniff the NIT is now on pace for a
>3
>>seed in the tournament. unbelievable.
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SEC went 6-4 against the Big 12 today. most of the favorites held, but Kentucky and Bama made big statements.

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You would think as down as IU is these big ten officials wouldn't be so scared to call a game down there.

Good win anyway. Haas the last two games, a man!

First game where the threes werent falling. Gutted it out.

just gave up 93 points in a loss at Iowa State. now lost 5 of their last 6.

first time they've allowed 90 points in a game since 2013.

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if anyone saw the game they would understand

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They missed so so much. And they called so so much more.

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Maybe I’m negatively biased because Syracuse on the offensive end is just a horrific watch this year, but then as bad as I think they are this year they’ve got 15 wins and most of the teams they have lost to looked terrible too. Even Virginia, #2 in the country, barely beat Syracuse at home and didn’t look all that good IMO. Going off eye test and what I’m used to the top teams looking like in past years, they looked like a basic 6-7 seed, 24-10 record or something, borderline top 25 type team. But nope, they’re one of the best teams out there.

I haven’t been impressed with anybody really.

other than trae young and maybe sexton there's really no must see tv players/teams. just a bunch of slightly above average teams at best.

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Villanova is fucking boringly fantastic as always. Same with Xavier, really-- no one pays attention because they're always on Fox Sports 1, but they're both balanced and talented.

Duke, despite the defensive issues, scores 80+ every game and is a pleasure to watch. Four first round draft picks on a single team.

Purdue is a goddamn JOY to watch, because they play hard on both ends, shoot lights out, and have one of the most unique and efficient big men I've seen the last couple of years in Isaac Haas.

AUBURN, a team I feel like everyone *should* be talking about, plays a fast-tempo, high-octane offense where they play four athletes 6'5 and under who all can shoot and a 6'7 center who is the most efficient shot blocker since Hassan Whiteside was at Marshall. Arizona State is similar, minus the defense-- just a ton of fast-paced efficient small ball, which is always tremendously fun to watch.

Tennessee is another wonderfully balanced team-- 40% 3-point shooting, top 10 assist rate, top 10 defense. They shoot, they pass, they defend. And they have a star in Grant Williams.

Kentucky can be immensely frustrating, obviously (TRBO will attest), but when they're locked in, you see a team with a very high ceiling. Wichita State is adjusting to having McDuffie back, but they're always one of the most fun teams to watch annually.

Oklahoma is fun to watch, as mentioned, as is Alabama. (Goddamn the SEC is sneaky good this year.)

Virginia and Cincinnati aren't fun to watch, per se, but their defenses are *historically* great-- Cinci is tied for the previous best defense in the KenPom era (since 2002) and Virginia is *shattering* the previous best's defensive efficiency. They're playing their pack line per usual but also turning teams over at a higher rate than West Virginia. So if you like defenses, those teams are your sweet spot.

Then you've got your usual suspects on the mid-major front: Gonzaga, St. Mary's, Nevada. Potential pro prospects on all three. All top 10 offenses in the country. All under the radar.

So yeah, the top teams are pretty locked in at this point-- Villanova, Virginia, Purdue, Kansas, and Duke will fight for the 1 seeds, with Xavier, Auburn, MSU, and Cincinnati right behind. None of the top teams are obvious Final Four locks at the moment, as Villanova and Kansas are very 3 point reliant, Duke's defense is spotty, Virginia's style has yielded inconsistent tournament results, and Purdue can get a little jumper-happy (that's the worst I can say about them-- they're honestly the only team I'd consider locking in without glancing at the bracket first imo). Still, a lot of really good teams that are a lot of fun to watch.

(Finally, to DJR's point, Syracuse had literally the best offensive efficiency of any ACC team and the second best all year against Virginia, which I'd chalk up to their double-digit rebound advantage-- that's definitely one of Virginia's biggest areas of weakness, and Chukwu exploited it in a way that few other teams really have this year.)

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shoulda been 4th but we let UCLA slip away.

Mike Hopkins is the Pac-12 Coach of The Year.

No one remembers Romar.

We're 16-6 and 6-3 in conference. Romar would have us 6-16.

When the next bracketology drops, we should be in.

We were picked 10th in the league.

IF we can SOMEHOW beat Zona this weekend...(Ayton prolly gonna body us)...man.

Hoping Washington makes the tournament so I have someone to root for this March.

cuz, Zo got them playing hard as shit.

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