Its the skillset of recruits that needs to get better.The centers needs to make outside shots to open the foul lane for dribble drives to the basket.The importance of the 3 point shot hasn't been emhasized enough as shown by the poor outside shooting on most Big Ten teams.There is a lack of lateral quickness on defense which has allowed opponents in the tournament to dribble drive to the basket and make the basket or get fouled.The star players like Murray and Davis didn't take enough shots in the games which was a advantage to the opponent.
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Um, read more closely. 3 out of 9 teams (best B10 can do at this point) is 33% of bids, same as BE already has (2 out of 6 teams). Exactly as I said - exactly the same percentage.
And that’s funny - every conference has flagship schools. Unfortunately, the BE actually has championship coattails to ride. The B10 has . . . a lot of bids.
Perception wise , it looks terrible that your first 4 teams that played today lost.
Sadly, it’s the same thing every year.
We kid ourselves and pump ourselves up by claiming every year that we are the best conference in the nation.
And then we and our conference brethren go out every year and prove otherwise.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Wake me up when this league even sniffs a national championship in basketball (or football) again.
They are 1/18 from 3. Only reason is they cannot shoot AT ALL
Eh, we'll take our upcoming 75 million dollar per school deal and live with it.
Honestly, that makes the league’s decades-long performance in the two biggest sports even more pathetic.
And their freshman point guard got hurt. marquette and Seton Hall both lost by 30 points each by the way.
I pull for both. I grew up in SO. Have family actively playing varsity for RU. And I went to Harvard, so no dog in this fight (still can’t stand Amaker tho).
Sadly, not a lot to be jealous of. Either way.
lol that’s only because I just realized today I was registered and eligible to do so. Long time lurker.
Yup, tough break. No way ND beats Alabama if that doesn’t happen to the Tide also.
Big 10 is a joke In March. 9 teams last year and only one makes it to second weekend. Purdue and Ohio state suffer awful first round losses. Illinois loses as a 1 to 8. Iowa gets blown out as a 2.
this year 9 teams again and maybe only 1 through second weekend again. Iowa one of the worst losses in tourney. Illinois was awful. Wisconsin loses at home basically.
the style of play in b10 isn’t suited for success in March
this year 9 teams again and maybe only 1 through second weekend again. Iowa one of the worst losses in tourney. Illinois was awful. Wisconsin loses at home basically.
the style of play in b10 isn’t suited for success in March
Makes you wonder about the ratings systems that everybody relies upon might not be worth anything.
Last year everybody said PAC 12 was trash. Blew everybody away.
This year everybody said ACC was trash. Looking awfully good.
Last year everybody said PAC 12 was trash. Blew everybody away.
This year everybody said ACC was trash. Looking awfully good.
Disagree with you there. Alabama is one of the dumbest teams I’ve seen play all year and ND is one of the smartest… that can make up for a lot of the talent discrepancy.
The rating systems just do math on the game results. There was no reasonable thing you could have done with game results last season to make the PAC look good. Ditto for the ACC this year. And it’s not like human analysts even disagreed with the computers on these points
It's the Rutgers factor. What do Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois,Ohio State,Michigan State (all out early in the tournament) have in common.? They all lost to RU. My simple thesis. If Rutgers can beat you, you're doomed to fail. Of course there are exceptions to the curse, but not many.
Obviously it’s not working. May want to change their systems. Two years in a row embarrassingly wrong. Like political polling wondering if all just so wrong and simply following each other.
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I was listening to some commentators on Mad Dog radio yesterday and they made the point that Big 10 teams are built to compete in the conference but aren’t constructed to have success in the NCAA tournament. Their reasoning is that most tournament games are half court where the teams that excel have superior guard play. They said Big 10 teams are built around old school pound the ball inside with your big man play and guard play is generally sub par. Think that’s a generalization but hard to disagree.
If that's the case then one of these B10 coaches has to stop thinking like a dinosaur, wake up to the 21st century, and design a team to win something that matters, not another intramural trophy.
Whatever the reason, there is more than enough data over more than two decades to establish unequivocally that what they've been doing just isn't working.
My goodness, if Purdue wins it will be THREE sweet sixteen appearance out of EIGHTEEN bids over the last two seasons. And God forbid the 'Makers spit the bit also, it will be nothing more than Michigan (x2) out of those 18.
And this is the case even though the ENTIRE TOURNAMENT last year was in B10 country,
KenPom ShmenPom.
No apologist can credibly spin that ugliness.
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Meanwhile (ND notwithstanding), ACC continues to kick ***.
The computers lie, Remember that next winter.
The computers lie, Remember that next winter.