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

And the UofM arrogance rears it's ugly head, right on cue... :rolleyes:
How is it arrogance to root against your rivals?
I though MSU wasn't your rival?
:confused: Of course they are. Its like a sibling rivalry. :excited:
Right... big sister and all... ;)
Seriously though - Tom Izzo HATES Michigan. He has made that clear. Why would I, therefore, ever root for MSU?And Ohio is ... well, Ohio. Clearly not going to root for them.And Tom Crean is an Izzo clone who just went ape-#### on a M assistant coach for no reason. Definitely rooting against him.And WI plays an awful, ugly, boring type of basketball that is an abomination. I root against them just so I don't have to watch them play anymore.
 
And the UofM arrogance rears it's ugly head, right on cue... :rolleyes:
How is it arrogance to root against your rivals?
I though MSU wasn't your rival?
:confused: Of course they are. Its like a sibling rivalry. :excited:
Right... big sister and all... ;)
Seriously though - Tom Izzo HATES Michigan. He has made that clear. Why would I, therefore, ever root for MSU?And Ohio is ... well, Ohio. Clearly not going to root for them.And Tom Crean is an Izzo clone who just went ape-#### on a M assistant coach for no reason. Definitely rooting against him.And WI plays an awful, ugly, boring type of basketball that is an abomination. I root against them just so I don't have to watch them play anymore.
I hear you... you've got valid reasons (well, maybe except for WI ;) ) I'm just pushing buttons. I just don't get the whole "root against all B1G teams except my own" mentality.
 
And the UofM arrogance rears it's ugly head, right on cue... :rolleyes:
How is it arrogance to root against your rivals?
I though MSU wasn't your rival?
:confused: Of course they are. Its like a sibling rivalry. :excited:
Right... big sister and all... ;)
Seriously though - Tom Izzo HATES Michigan. He has made that clear. Why would I, therefore, ever root for MSU?And Ohio is ... well, Ohio. Clearly not going to root for them.And Tom Crean is an Izzo clone who just went ape-#### on a M assistant coach for no reason. Definitely rooting against him.And WI plays an awful, ugly, boring type of basketball that is an abomination. I root against them just so I don't have to watch them play anymore.
I hear you... you've got valid reasons (well, maybe except for WI ;) ) I'm just pushing buttons. I just don't get the whole "root against all B1G teams except my own" mentality.
Not sure it's root against everyone but my team...just the rivals and the jack wagons like Crean...I think WK summed up nicely why some of us will be rooting against those specific teams. I'm not a big conference guy anyway, but while you don't understand rooting against conference foes, I don't understand rooting for conference foes. To each his own I suppose.
 
Seriously though - Tom Izzo HATES Michigan. He has made that clear. Why would I, therefore, ever root for MSU?And Ohio is ... well, Ohio. Clearly not going to root for them.And Tom Crean is an Izzo clone who just went ape-#### on a M assistant coach for no reason. Definitely rooting against him.And WI plays an awful, ugly, boring type of basketball that is an abomination. I root against them just so I don't have to watch them play anymore.
I hear you... you've got valid reasons (well, maybe except for WI ;) ) I'm just pushing buttons. I just don't get the whole "root against all B1G teams except my own" mentality.
I don't root against any team but I sure as hell don't root for them. If there were one team I'd consider rooting against it would be sparty because then my wife's side of the family is silent and doesn't give my son or I crap about it.
 
And the UofM arrogance rears it's ugly head, right on cue... :rolleyes:
How is it arrogance to root against your rivals?
I though MSU wasn't your rival?
:confused: Of course they are. Its like a sibling rivalry. :excited:
Right... big sister and all... ;)
Seriously though - Tom Izzo HATES Michigan. He has made that clear. Why would I, therefore, ever root for MSU?And Ohio is ... well, Ohio. Clearly not going to root for them.And Tom Crean is an Izzo clone who just went ape-#### on a M assistant coach for no reason. Definitely rooting against him.And WI plays an awful, ugly, boring type of basketball that is an abomination. I root against them just so I don't have to watch them play anymore.
I hear you... you've got valid reasons (well, maybe except for WI ;) ) I'm just pushing buttons. I just don't get the whole "root against all B1G teams except my own" mentality.
Not sure it's root against everyone but my team...just the rivals and the jack wagons like Crean...I think WK summed up nicely why some of us will be rooting against those specific teams. I'm not a big conference guy anyway, but while you don't understand rooting against conference foes, I don't understand rooting for conference foes. To each his own I suppose.
Yep. For me it's any B1G team except UM.
 
Well, no, I'm not going to sit down and cheer for them openly. But, if they win then I feel it reflects well on the conference. This can translate to future positives like recruiting and polls IMO.
Not really affecting recruiting at all.Nobody wants to go to your school...because your rival school in the conference won a game in the tourney.
 
Well, no, I'm not going to sit down and cheer for them openly. But, if they win then I feel it reflects well on the conference. This can translate to future positives like recruiting and polls IMO.
Not really affecting recruiting at all.Nobody wants to go to your school...because your rival school in the conference won a game in the tourney.
Really. If it was that important they'd be going to THAT school.
 
Was looking at VCU shirts to switch into for the Saturday games at Palace. Wear Spartans for MSU game (if they make it), then swap that out for VCU (if both VCU and Michigan play)

 
Yep. For me it's any B1G team except UM.
So it's arrogant to root against a bunch of teams, but not so much when we single out ONE team??? :P
Correct. Root against your rival(s)... not everyone in your conference.
I think I'm good then. Only rooting against the likes of OSU, MSU, Indiana. While Indiana isn't a direct rival, Crean's a doosh and I hope he loses forever. The rest I couldn't care less about either way. If they win, fine...if not, that's fine too.
 
Yep. For me it's any B1G team except UM.
So it's arrogant to root against a bunch of teams, but not so much when we single out ONE team??? :P
Correct. Root against your rival(s)... not everyone in your conference.
I think I'm good then. Only rooting against the likes of OSU, MSU, Indiana. While Indiana isn't a direct rival, Crean's a doosh and I hope he loses forever. The rest I couldn't care less about either way. If they win, fine...if not, that's fine too.
Thanks for adopting my rules :D
 
I hear you... you've got valid reasons (well, maybe except for WI ;) ) I'm just pushing buttons. I just don't get the whole "root against all B1G teams except my own" mentality.
I hope Wisconsin has a good tournament run ...let them unleash that D on someone else for a change! But my strong desire is for Hardaway to step up big time, take pressure off Burke, and give Michigan a final four appearance. Plan B is for an early exit, causing all the Wolverines to return next year.My son had played club volleyball for Illinois (no D-I due to Title IX). Different sport; different rivalries. The Big Ten schools were all close and friendly on the club circuit. But they hated most of the other Wisconsin schools (esp Oshkosh) and in general, it was everyone against the west coast schools who had dominated for years. Illinois, Oshkosh, Lakeland, and others helped put a stop to that.
 
I think these projected seedlings are high. The tournament committee will try to appear fair and balanced (thanks Barrack). I see it like this:

IU-1

OSU-2

MSU-3

MI-4

Wisc-5 and a 4 with a win today.

1- IU, Louisville, Gonzaga, Duke
This seems closer than the other predictions for the B1G teams on this page. Wisky might have already earned that 4 though.

No way Duke gets a 1. IU, LVille, Zags, Kansas. If Miami wins they might bump Kansas but no way Duke gets a 1.
Well, I had the B1G top 5 pegged. Now lets see how close I can get to predicting how many make the elite 8 and Final Four:

IU, MSU, OSU, and Wiscy all make the elite 8

IU and OSU make the final 4

Good luck to all teams.
:goodposting: Except for MSU, Ohio, IU and Wisconsin. I hope those teams get embarrassed in the first round.
Ohio? :confused:
 
Ohio University is the MAC team who beat Michigan in the 1st round of last year's tourney.
Holy crap...I forgot about that!My link

Damn, #4 seed again this year. Luckily for you guys I think Ohio didn't make the dance this year. Gotta watch out for Akron though!
 

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