2016-2017 B1G Basketball (Official Thread)

[LitlBuck]

I thought I would start this thread so we would have one place to make fun of all the other teams in the conference this season. It would be nice if this thread was pinned. Thank you.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Conference...ain't great.

IU going 0-2 at home to start the conference slate. Hard to recover from that and cut down the nets with a Big Ten title, but I'm sure Tommy will try his best anyway.

 

[buckeyemania11]

At least we can get some laughs put of Indiana massively under achieving

 

[OHSportsFan]

At least we can get some laughs put of Indiana massively under achieving

Underachieving season made even more bizarre by the fact that they beat Kansas and UNC this season. How many teams have 2 wins in a year against blue bloods like that and still manage to hit the "underachieving" label?

Tom Crean has found a way to do that in about a month.

 

[LitlBuck]

It is hard to believe that Nebraska is sitting at the top conference after taking down both Indiana and Maryland. I can see beating Indiana because you never know what old walking Tom is going to have this team do but Maryland is an entirely different ballgame. I wonder if Miles is still tweeting away..

 

[buckeyebri]

Sitting here at the MSU vs Rutgers game wondering why Nick Ward out of Gahanna is a Spartan and not a Buckeye....

 

[brodybuck21]

Sitting here at the MSU vs Rutgers game wondering why Nick Ward out of Gahanna is a Spartan and not a Buckeye....

word locally is he was always enamored with Sparty due to style of play for their big men

 

[buckeyebri]

word locally is he was always enamored with Sparty due to style of play for their big men

Can't say I blame him for that. He looked pretty good for the most part.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Nebraska, 3-0, just like we all expected.

 

[Jake]

Penn State 72
Michigan State 63

 

[OHSportsFan]

Something seems off with Sparty this year.

Which means they go on a 4 game run in March to reach the Final Four, probably.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Maryland had a sizable lead, and then they didn't, over Michigan.

They hold on and beat those losers up north by 7.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Maryland beats Indiana

Indiana slips to 1-3 in B1G play :cheers:

 

[buckeyemania11]

scUM loses to Illinois by 16

Sparty bounces back with a 65-47 win over the Goofers

 

[NFBuck]

scUM loses to Illinois by 16

They might be in worse shape than us. Their defense is an abortion.

mgoblog makes the first "hotseat" mention for Beilein...

I've found the questioning of John Beilein's job security to be somewhere between reactionary and absurd for much of this season. With the defense looking unfixable even after the offseason hire of Billy Donlon, however, it's time to at least bring up the discussion, one that will only grow louder if the team continues to resemble the one that sleepwalked through tonight's game. It's a shocking development for a coach who resurrected the program, made a national title game, and won his second Big Ten title only three years ago. Beilein's offensive prowess is unquestionable; his recruiting and defensive coaching may lead to a change sooner than anyone could've reasonably expected not so long ago.