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***Official B1G In-Season Thread***

I care if Iowa wins. I want them to win.
so do I but I am more concerned avoiding a 1st rnd BT loss as that becomes a very real possibility if Iowa beats Illinois tonight as not many can beat a conference foe 3 times in the same season.

especially if they play Illinois again 5 days later.
 
so do I but I am more concerned avoiding a 1st rnd BT loss as that becomes a very real possibility if Iowa beats Illinois tonight as not many can beat a conference foe 3 times in the same season.

especially if they play Illinois again 5 days later.
Road win over Illinois > neutral court win over Northwestern or Minnesota and we'd still be playing Illinois neutral court anyway. Forget BTT. This is for seeding.
 
Road win over Illinois > neutral court win over Northwestern or Minnesota and we'd still be playing Illinois neutral court anyway. Forget BTT. This is for seeding.
Iowa 4 seed if they win
Illinois 5 seed if they lose.

Iowa gets the dbl bye and Illinois if they win on Thursday will play Iowa.
record right now
Illinois 12-7
Iowa 11-8. everybody else has 9 or more losses,

if Iowa loses they might play Minnesota/NW then face Illinois on Friday. then its Iowa playing a team that just beat them, I prefer that scenario. if the beat Illinois Iowa then plays Wisconsin on Saterday the nut punchers team.
 
Iowa 4 seed if they win
Illinois 5 seed if they lose.

Iowa gets the dbl bye and Illinois if they win on Thursday will play Iowa.
record right now
Illinois 12-7
Iowa 11-8. everybody else has 9 or more losses,

if Iowa loses they might play Minnesota/NW then face Illinois on Friday. then its Iowa playing a team that just beat them, I prefer that scenario. if the beat Illinois Iowa then plays Wisconsin on Saterday the nut punchers team.
I prefer Iowa gets the highest possible seed in the NCAA tournament and no neutral court win in the BTT is better than a road win over Illinois this year.
 
Gardo had his 100th win when UW beat Nerds.
I didn’t feel like crowing because I didn’t want jinx the next game with the B1G title on the line.

Among eligible B1G coaches, he’s the second fastest to reach that milestone, only behind Bo himself.
 
Can now officially congratulate our Champ Bros. Maryland and Wisconsin SmokinSmile

Everyone else can suck a fat one.
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Gardo had his 100th win when UW beat Nerds.
I didn’t feel like crowing because I didn’t want jinx the next game with the B1G title on the line.

Among eligible B1G coaches, he’s the second fastest to reach that milestone, only behind Bo himself.

He shut me up this conference season. When you have an established program you stick to it and good things will happen. Butler's program has had 5 coaches hasn't really missed a beat since 1997
 
I prefer Iowa gets the highest possible seed in the NCAA tournament and no neutral court win in the BTT is better than a road win over Illinois this year.
I disagree beating these will increase by beating these on a neutral court
quad 1 team in Illinois
quad 1 team in BT Co Champion Wisconsin
quad 1 team in BT Co Champion MD or MSU
all 3 are quality wins with 2 of the 3 in the top 25.

can't help but increase Iowa's seed in the NCAAT.
 
I disagree beating these will increase by beating these on a neutral court
quad 1 team in Illinois
quad 1 team in BT Co Champion Wisconsin
quad 1 team in BT Co Champion MD or MSU
all 3 are quality wins with 2 of the 3 in the top 25.

can't help but increase Iowa's seed in the NCAAT.

So if we lose to Illinois tonight, we're more likely to rattle off 3 straight in the BTT?
 
now Kriener picks up his 2nd foul. Iowa is running out of players, will now be down to walk on's
 
He shut me up this conference season. When you have an established program you stick to it and good things will happen. Butler's program has had 5 coaches hasn't really missed a beat since 1997

I’d argue they were significantly better with Stevens. They’ve been solid without him but nothing like they were when they had Stevens. I think the jury is still out on LaVall.
 
Gee ESPN shows Nunge in the stat sheets.

he has not even been cleared to practice and yet he shows up.
 
I’d argue they were significantly better with Stevens. They’ve been solid without him but nothing like they were when they had Stevens. I think the jury is still out on LaVall.

Well yeah he is an elite coach that is why he is coaching for the most storied franchise in the sport.

Butler went from Horizon to A-10 to Big East over a short period of time and are still successful. They do not dominate recruiting rankings and have continued success. They recruit to a system and stick to it. Very similar to Painter.
 
Well yeah he is an elite coach that is why he is coaching for the most storied franchise in the sport.

Butler went from Horizon to A-10 to Big East over a short period of time and are still successful. They do not dominate recruiting rankings and have continued success. They recruit to a system and stick to it. Very similar to Painter.
Todd Lickliter couldn't ruin Butler, no one can.
 
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Well yeah he is an elite coach that is why he is coaching for the most storied franchise in the sport.

Butler went from Horizon to A-10 to Big East over a short period of time and are still successful. They do not dominate recruiting rankings and have continued success. They recruit to a system and stick to it. Very similar to Painter.

Fair
 

That is why I think anyone wanting to fire Archie right now is insane. I totally get the frustration, it isn't going as quickly as they would like. With that said the players that he has been bringing in are completely different than the upperclassmen who dominate the locker room.

If IU is on the bubble this time next year, then yeah its probably time to make a move. For right now though there has been improvement each year and the players he is bringing in are the type of player that IU fans were clamoring for at the end of Crean era.
 
no just been following the hawks for over 60 years,

like the looks of this years team that they are very hard to beat
Purdue played out of their ass both times they won. this happens

How about the teams that swept Northwestern and Nebraska? Should they be worried about possibly seeing them next weekend?
 
This pace is okay for today but it’s way tough fast for when Iowa would have to play back to back days since they aren’t deep
 
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