*****Official B1G In Season Thread*****
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Pretty nice of Aaron Sorkin to fly up to Ann Arbor and help Juwan craft his media apology:
EvilMonkeyInTheCloset
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Illinois doesn't have to show up until Sunday. They can just take the next few days off and we'll proceed BAU over in Indy...........
At this point, I am not even sure it's beneficial to win 4 games in 4 days.
No less beneficial than losing
@Jaycg15 there’s no way anyone can convince me Jones isn’t at least at Mike Smith level over the past two months. I’d say he’s been better.
Lol Dickinson T’d up for calling And 1. Refs are such p***ies
Real weak. Second foul too. He better keep that in check the rest of the game.
Hate saying this but IU getting fcked by the refs. 0 fouls after 13min? seems impossible
Jones has stepped his game up significantly. When you account for the passing, Smith is still rated higher, but I don't have the stats to break out the past 2 months. Overall, the efficiencies are very similar.
Took an afternoon drive to Bloomington to see Bob & Karen Knight. It was great catching up and reminiscing!
So you’ve been Gene Keady this whole time?
Took an afternoon drive to Bloomington to see Bob & Karen Knight. It was great catching up and reminiscing!
Starting to appreciate this point of view ... I think last year was unique, in that we all had to stay in Indy for an entire week effectively in lockdown, and I think some BTT teams (Illinois and OSU, specifically) were indeed a bit exhausted come NCAA Tournament time. However, in general ... you want to win every game you play, and losing is less exhausting than winning. It wasn't a great excuse last year, and it's zero excuse this year - winning the BTT does not hurt you the next week, and it probably helps.
I simply don’t care about the big ten tournament. It has nothing to do with our poor showing coming off of it. If we win it, great. If we don’t, whatever. Bigger fish to fry.
Some of this may be me being very content to be in the tournament after the last however many years of a shitshow.
Jones has stepped his game up significantly. When you account for the passing, Smith is still rated higher, but I don't have the stats to break out the past 2 months. Overall, the efficiencies are very similar.
Does it show defense
That's true, and Iowa has a particularly exhausting path. However, from Illinois' perspective, I want them to win it. Badly. Illinois, Wisconsin and Purdue are a lot closer resume-wise than most are saying, and the BTT could actually shake things up a bit. Purdue is likely safe as a 2 if they don't flop the first game, but Illinois has a pretty golden chance to pass Wisconsin, and that could be huge. We were a 3-seed when the Committee released its preview, and we are 3-1 in Quad 1 games since, so I think that's where we sit. Losing to Indiana/Michigan could drop us to a 4, and a run to the BTT final could theoretically get us to a 2, and those are massively different, IMO.
The last three champions before Illinois have gone:
National championship runner up
Sweet 16
Final four
Nice to see fans back in the stands
If I was an IU fan, I would be frustrated. They are more talented than this
EvilMonkeyInTheCloset
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I'm beginning to notice that some of you are way older than your posting styles would indicate...................not to name names.
The last Big Ten team to win 5 NCAA tournament games played 4 in the Big Ten Tournament
EvilMonkeyInTheCloset
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Is Michigan gonna go on another try hard run through the Big Ten Tournament, including a win over Illinois tomorrow?
You know you are, Michigan fans. Don't lie. You know your team is gonna go on another try hard run.
You know you are, Michigan fans. Don't lie. You know your team is gonna go on another try hard run.
I didnt realize you weren't in the top 4 in the league.
Either way, I don't want to potentially play 5 games in 7 days.
Indiana is getting to the rim at will. And Galloway needs to sit
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