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Big Ten Basketball 2022/2023 - Return to Power (1 Viewer)

Marquette is really good even with their departures.
May be the most impressive team in the Country so far. A win at Maryland and a convincing win over the #6 team in the Country.

Their continuity helps them in the beginning of the season.

I need the Badgers to get it together by Dec 7th or I'm going to hear about Marquette from ditkaburgers and my brother-in-law for the next year.
 
A very impressive win by Nebraska at undefeated instate rival #14 Creighton last night. Ryan Kalkbrenner had been averaging 28 points a game and was held to 4 points, all on free throws, while only taking one shot all game - a missed three pointer. The Huskers look like they could be a dangerous opponent and make a bit of noise in the B10 this season.
 
A very impressive win by Nebraska at undefeated instate rival #14 Creighton last night. Ryan Kalkbrenner had been averaging 28 points a game and was held to 4 points, all on free throws, while only taking one shot all game - a missed three pointer. The Huskers look like they could be a dangerous opponent and make a bit of noise in the B10 this season.
I watched that game. It was really strange how Creighton couldn't/wouldn't get the ball to their big guy. They made a run fairly late and I thought "ok, they're gonna pull this out", but then their PG seemed to blow his knee out and they kind of wilted.

Impressive win for Nebraska and I agree that they're looking to be a PITA in a muddled B1G.
 
Michigan's big men pick n roll looked really good against Wisconsin. Winning on the road with 0 points from Donaldson.
 
Good luck today, Purdue fans.

This is a big measuring-stick game for Maryland. They beat the hell out of Ohio State at home Wednesday, but this is their first big road game.
 
Good luck today, Purdue fans.

This is a big measuring-stick game for Maryland. They beat the hell out of Ohio State at home Wednesday, but this is their first big road game.
I haven’t seen Maryland play yet this season.
Looks like they have a lot of talent.

And good luck to your Terps too.
 
Good luck today, Purdue fans.

This is a big measuring-stick game for Maryland. They beat the hell out of Ohio State at home Wednesday, but this is their first big road game.
I haven’t seen Maryland play yet this season.
Looks like they have a lot of talent.

And good luck to your Terps too.
They do. Most of them are newcomers, so I wondered how long it would take them to gel. I don't think they're quite there yet, but are on their way. This game will give them a good taste of what it's like to play on the road in a league game, as that's a really tough gym for road teams to play well in.

Anyway, fun first half. Hopefully, the second half is just as entertaining.
 
Good luck today, Purdue fans.

This is a big measuring-stick game for Maryland. They beat the hell out of Ohio State at home Wednesday, but this is their first big road game.
I haven’t seen Maryland play yet this season.
Looks like they have a lot of talent.

And good luck to your Terps too.


Anyway, fun first half. Hopefully, the second half is just as entertaining.
Good start for the Boilers.
Colts and Ravens on bye so are schedules are open to watch this game. 😄
 
Good luck today, Purdue fans.

This is a big measuring-stick game for Maryland. They beat the hell out of Ohio State at home Wednesday, but this is their first big road game.
I haven’t seen Maryland play yet this season.
Looks like they have a lot of talent.

And good luck to your Terps too.


Anyway, fun first half. Hopefully, the second half is just as entertaining.
Good start for the Boilers.
Colts and Ravens on bye so are schedules are open to watch this game. 😄
Congrats, Dave.

I think it got a little too big for MD. They had 3 or 4 bad possessions in a row and Purdue made 'em pay.

Really fun game, though.
 
Good luck today, Purdue fans.

This is a big measuring-stick game for Maryland. They beat the hell out of Ohio State at home Wednesday, but this is their first big road game.
I haven’t seen Maryland play yet this season.
Looks like they have a lot of talent.

And good luck to your Terps too.


Anyway, fun first half. Hopefully, the second half is just as entertaining.
Good start for the Boilers.
Colts and Ravens on bye so are schedules are open to watch this game. 😄
Congrats, Dave.

I think it got a little too big for MD. They had 3 or 4 bad possessions in a row and Purdue made 'em pay.

Really fun game, though.
I was able to watch this last night. Queen is a load! It sucks you only get him for one year. Boilers really had to dig deep for this one and Smith / TKR led the way which is probably going to how it will be this season. Teams like Maryland and Penn St. are going to make this season a lot of fun! The B10 regular season champ might have 5 or 6 losses.
 
Big Ten will be a fun conference. There are zero teams in the Kenpom top 10. But then 9 between 12 and 37.

Sounds like its going to be wide open.

ETA: Indiana and Iowa are 44 and 46 respectively also.
 
ILL

Illini cook the Ducks in Eugene.

Easily the biggest collection of talent as theyve had since the Flyin' Illini days in the 80s.

Gonna be a bumpy ride as the youngest team in the big 10 but you saw the difference between their NBA talent and the veteran college level talent of the Ducks. Ducks were on skates and overwhelmed all night.

KJ barely played in 1st half due to foul trouble but was 16-6-5 after the half. Guy is a highlight machine. As fun of talent as I've ever watched in Champaign. Gonna enjoy the one year we've got him.

INI
 
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ILL

Illini cook the Ducks in Eugene.

Easily the biggest collection of talent as theyve had since the Flyin' Illini days in the 80s.

Gonna be a bumpy ride as the youngest team in the big 10 but you saw the difference between their NBA talent and the veteran college level talent of the Ducks. Ducks were on skates and overwhelmed all night.

KJ barely played in 1st half due to foul trouble but was 16-6-5 after the half. Guy is a highlight machine. As fun of talent as I've ever watched in Champaign. Gonna enjoy the one year we've got him.

INI
What an *** kicking. And I got off the plane from the Rose Bowl to head straight to Matt Knight Arena to watch that. Tough stretch for your boy.

Great three point shooting team, and really physical. Despite the Ducks playing like total **** all night, I came away super impressed by the Illini.
 
ILL

Illini cook the Ducks in Eugene.

Easily the biggest collection of talent as theyve had since the Flyin' Illini days in the 80s.

Gonna be a bumpy ride as the youngest team in the big 10 but you saw the difference between their NBA talent and the veteran college level talent of the Ducks. Ducks were on skates and overwhelmed all night.

KJ barely played in 1st half due to foul trouble but was 16-6-5 after the half. Guy is a highlight machine. As fun of talent as I've ever watched in Champaign. Gonna enjoy the one year we've got him.

INI
Total domination by the Illini. Felt like what UConn did to the Illini last season in the Elite 8 where one team just totally outclassed the other.

Their win was the largest margin of victory by a road team against a top 10 opponent in college basketball history.

Just hope there's not a let down by them at Washington Sunday.
 
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Good road win for the Boilers @ Minny.

Colvin has shown flashes of brilliance and same with Heide....but they've been garbage the last few weeks. It's safe to say the success of the season is riding a lot on their shoulders.
 
Always tough when my two alma maters play each other.

I guess since I tend to lean MSU for basketball, hoping the Spartans continue their 6 -game winning hotstreak tonight at ValueCity Arena, but they have to find more scoring ASAP. Only thing keeping them in games is their defense, which up until now has been to only give up one shot per defensive possession. Michigan State currently ranks No. 1 in the country in fast-break points per game and percentage of points coming on the fast break. The Spartans are typically effective in transition, but they've taken it another level. According to CBB Analytics, they're averaging 20.2 points per game on fast breaks -- and given the Spartans aren't a team that forces a ton of turnovers, it's their dominance on the defensive glass that provides a jump start to their transition game.

Buckeyes are tough at home, but have been up and down all season. Thorton has been consistent though, averaging around 17/game.

Should be another good game between these two.

In reality, historically, this is the kind of game MSU loses. I think they come out looking ok offensively but can’t knock down enough open shots, can’t get stops on the other end, and suspect OSU will get the benefit of a couple questionable whistles.

OSU 68 - MSU 64
 
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ILL

Illini cook the Ducks in Eugene.

Easily the biggest collection of talent as theyve had since the Flyin' Illini days in the 80s.

Gonna be a bumpy ride as the youngest team in the big 10 but you saw the difference between their NBA talent and the veteran college level talent of the Ducks. Ducks were on skates and overwhelmed all night.

KJ barely played in 1st half due to foul trouble but was 16-6-5 after the half. Guy is a highlight machine. As fun of talent as I've ever watched in Champaign. Gonna enjoy the one year we've got him.

INI
What an *** kicking. And I got off the plane from the Rose Bowl to head straight to Matt Knight Arena to watch that. Tough stretch for your boy.

Great three point shooting team, and really physical. Despite the Ducks playing like total **** all night, I came away super impressed by the Illini.
Thinking about heading down there on the 18th to watch the boilers. What’s the best avenue for tickets??
 
ILL

Illini cook the Ducks in Eugene.

Easily the biggest collection of talent as theyve had since the Flyin' Illini days in the 80s.

Gonna be a bumpy ride as the youngest team in the big 10 but you saw the difference between their NBA talent and the veteran college level talent of the Ducks. Ducks were on skates and overwhelmed all night.

KJ barely played in 1st half due to foul trouble but was 16-6-5 after the half. Guy is a highlight machine. As fun of talent as I've ever watched in Champaign. Gonna enjoy the one year we've got him.

INI
What an *** kicking. And I got off the plane from the Rose Bowl to head straight to Matt Knight Arena to watch that. Tough stretch for your boy.

Great three point shooting team, and really physical. Despite the Ducks playing like total **** all night, I came away super impressed by the Illini.
Thinking about heading down there on the 18th to watch the boilers. What’s the best avenue for tickets??
Should be super easy to find cheap tickets, probably even more so after last night. This community hasn’t supported Duck hoops for a few years now. Never sell out. Most games, whole sections in the upper level are covered so they don’t look empty. We’re in the lower level at about the top of the key, and there are always groups of people that just come down and sit in empty seats in front of us.

Was really hoping new opponents and what should be a decent (tourney) team would up the interest and support, and maybe it will as we get into the conference schedule. But haven’t seen any signs of that yet.
 
Super excited Oregon plays a 3:00 Pacific league game on a weekday tomorrow. And the women's team plays at 2:00 PT. Awesome for fans.

:sarcasm:
 
Well - I said previously that I didn’t think M was a big ten championship contender. They are now 4-0 with road wins at WI, USC, and UCLA. Hard to say they aren’t contenders now.
They're super talented but I don't trust them in close games or with a big lead. Were up 20, lost the lead, then won by almost 20 against UCLA. I believe they've been up double digits in every game.
 
Nice win for the Boilers on the road even through Rutgers is reeling.

Painter starting to push the right buttons with Furst playing well starting and other rotations with the freshman. If Colvin or Heide would start to click…watch out.

Oh…and welcome to the big ten Huskies!
 
MSU extends their winning streak to 8 straight with an absolute dismantling of Washington last night at the Brez, to remain on top of the B1G standings. Was fun to be there as part of the Izzone reunion game.

At one point late in the 2nd half, the lead was 41. Washington had nothing.

Fears with a double-double. Akins with one of his best games. Team 3-point shooting percent coming around. Fun team to watch. Loads of still untapped potential. #GOGREEN
 
MSU extends their winning streak to 8 straight with an absolute dismantling of Washington last night at the Brez, to remain on top of the B1G standings. Was fun to be there as part of the Izzone reunion game.

At one point late in the 2nd half, the lead was 41. Washington had nothing.

Fears with a double-double. Akins with one of his best games. Team 3-point shooting percent coming around. Fun team to watch. Loads of still untapped potential. #GOGREEN
My second favorite team - whoever is playing the FUskies.
 
Nice win for the Boilers on the road even through Rutgers is reeling.

Painter starting to push the right buttons with Furst playing well starting and other rotations with the freshman. If Colvin or Heide would start to click…watch out.

Oh…and welcome to the big ten Huskies!
Furst was pretty bad in limited minutes last year, good to see him playing better. It was obvious there would be no replacing Edey, but they simply don't have enough size underneath. Kinda just playing forwards at center. I have no idea if Jacobsen would've been good, but the fact that he was a true freshman slated to be their starting center had me intrigued. Seemed skinny. I thought Will Berg looked decent at times last year and would be better this year than he's shown. Dude just doesn't play so guess he hasn't progressed.
 
The Boilermakers are putting on quite a show and crushing the Huskers in Mackey (the 26th straight home win).
Smith had his typical strong game that included 14 assists, Colvin hitting 3s and high flying dunks, Freshman CJ Cox scored 23 in a breakout game for him.
 
Another Q1 win for the Ducks, tied with Auburn at 7 for most in the country. Made it hard on themselves after being up 14 in the first then got down 8 before closing strong. Stole another one on the road, balanced effort with six players in double figures.
Now they come home and have six days off before hosting Purdue, looking forward to that one.
 
Another Q1 win for the Ducks, tied with Auburn at 7 for most in the country. Made it hard on themselves after being up 14 in the first then got down 8 before closing strong. Stole another one on the road, balanced effort with six players in double figures.
Now they come home and have six days off before hosting Purdue, looking forward to that one.
I’ll be heading to Eugene on Saturday!
 
Indiana sucks. They've played no one and have gotten their doors blown off by even the KenPom top 50 teams. Woodson is a terrible coach. This program is off the rails. Embarrassing to have one of the biggest NIL budgets and put together that garbage squad. Imagine not going to get Dusty May and going through another year of Woodson. Join this era and grab some shooters. Sad effort. No heart.

Most probably now realize how important it is for the Illini to have their future top 5 NBA draft pick in KJ on the floor for them after he missed the embarrassing USC loss. Illini are a completely different team without him on both ends Creates his own shots for himself and others whenever he wants. Many of the Illini are dependant on KJ to get their shots.
 
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Good test for the Boilers at UW as they only made three 3s (none in the first half) after making 19 against Nebraska. Found a way to tough it out and now on to Eugene!
 
Good test for the Boilers at UW as they only made three 3s (none in the first half) after making 19 against Nebraska. Found a way to tough it out and now on to Eugene!

Turned on the end of that game last night after getting home from the WBB game here in Eugene. Sure sounded like a lot of Purdue fans in the house. The Purdue players sure seemed to be getting into it with the UW fans those last few minutes, is that normal for them or a response to things the FUsky fans were doing?
 
Good test for the Boilers at UW as they only made three 3s (none in the first half) after making 19 against Nebraska. Found a way to tough it out and now on to Eugene!

Turned on the end of that game last night after getting home from the WBB game here in Eugene. Sure sounded like a lot of Purdue fans in the house. The Purdue players sure seemed to be getting into it with the UW fans those last few minutes, is that normal for them or a response to things the FUsky fans were doing?
I think they were interacting with Purdue fans...there was a of them there.
 

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