You still won’t go .500 in league play
*****Official B1G In Season Thread*****
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Another lucid response in a great line of lucid responses from you.
I’m shocked you haven’t accidentally stumbled off a cliff. It’s a good thing iowa is so flat
Based on what we have seen so far, a top 4 finish seems likely.
Rutgers losing to a 300+ ranked team is hilarious.. lol
And all teams with a pulse have to do is slow Murray down. Everyone else one your roster looks pedestrian as hell.
Quit trying so hard. We both know you haven't watched us play. Generalizations are for loser bar owners.
If we can start shooting the ball well from deep I think it’s possible. We aren’t going to do well though if our supposed “shooters” Gabe Brown and Max Christie are shooting 32% and 33% from 3. Joey Hauser has been awful too. And keep in mind that’s against pretty weak competition. It’s not for a lack of decent looks either. Just need to shoot better. I thought it would be a strength of this team, not a weakness.
I’m starting the Marcus Bingham hype train. Guy is averaging 13/8 with 3.5 blocks and 1.8 steals. He’s moving so much better defensively compared to early in his career and has turned into a very very good defender. He knows how to use his length not only to block but to make everything more difficult. And offensively, he doesn’t have a super complex post game but he knows how to use his length to get easy looks. His touch is pretty decent.
He’s been our best overall player so far.
He’s been our best overall player so far.
We are in a similar spot. I'm hoping shooting has turned the corner, but we will see. After shooting 17% in the first game, we are shooting 40% over the last 3 games. I'm hoping Parker Stewart has now found his rhythm like we all expected him to. Kopp and Bates need to improve on their 33% shooting though.
Count me in on being high on IU. TJD is great but the roster around him this year is way better than last year. Better offensive playmakers and you’re more switchable defensively.
When your newcomers settle in I expect you guys to finish top 25.
I agree. TJD has lowkey been a good playmaker so far this year which is vastly different from years passed. Averaging 2.5 apg. Another thing he seems to be better at (we will see if it lasts) is playing hard all/most of the time. He was told in the offseason by NBA scouts he's not good enough to take plays off and that he would only be drafted if he could prove he could play hard all the time.
I said before the season that the Big Ten is overrated in basketball and are very similar to Big Ten football. It appears that Purdue has the chance to be the Ohio State football team of the group for basketball this year.
Excuse my lukewarm take, but I think it’s insane to make grand conclusions about any team based on results in the first two weeks of the season. There are exceptions to this obviously, but I’m not writing off Michigan, Illinois, OSU, Maryland or Rutgers.
That being said, the conference isn’t doing itself any favors with bad losses.
That being said, the conference isn’t doing itself any favors with bad losses.
Yeah I agree. If I were betting I think Michigan and Illinois still finish top 4 in the league and I’m pretty confident about that.
Rutgers though? They lost to a 300+ KenPom winless team at home and haven’t looked good. I think I’d bump them below Iowa and some others I had above them before the season started.
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Show us on the doll where Underwood touched you. Guard U will investigate.
Agreed. I like Piekell. Losing Myles Johnson and Jacob Young seemed to have hurt more than we thought.
**** Yeah!!!
We broke into the Kenpom top 100.
#smallvictories
We broke into the Kenpom top 100.
#smallvictories
Lol @ Iowa basketball. Shit NCSOS and shit defense. Same old song and dance with Franny boy. Sure he can coach offense, but the defense will never be good enough to win anything of significance.
Are you seriously trying to compare Minnesota to Iowa in basically....anything? Lolol.
We own your shit school
He’s Eskimo bros with Haas?
Just got back from a trip overseas but it looks like michigan will be completely broken as long as caleb houston is completely broken. UM had to have him be a big time impact player, especially shooting wise, and he has been horrible. Also said my biggest ? for juwan that was left was roster construction and you are seeing issues there. He has taken too many undersized combo forwards that are way more 4 than 3 with questionable shooting. Need more combo guards and more shooting forwards.
I don't think IU finishes top 4, and if they do it's a testament to just how dogshit the conference is this year. Would be surprised if UM, MSU, and OSU don't improve throughout the season to be the top teams behind Purdue. IU has a shot, but I'll believe it once they beat a team with a pulse outside of assembly hall.
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Nice reading comprehension. I was referring to MSU finishing in the top 4. I had little doubt you or any Purdue fan would be a believer in IU at this point.
Ohio State is fine. Very nice win last night and the loss at Xavier is not a bad loss. The close win vs Akron is but a faded memory.
At this point, I'd put them #2 in the B1G.
That’s not my other screen name ….. I swear 😇
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