Ohio and Indiana game thread
February 10th, 2013 at 1:49 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 1:50 PM ^
the decision would have been made to guard the inbounds pass with 2.4 seconds to play in regulation yesterday (or fouling as instructed), the fucking refs would not have mattered.
Insanity= doing the same thing over and over again to the same results but still expecting a different outcome.
The refs do suck, but our team still has control over the outcome.
February 10th, 2013 at 4:23 PM ^
Completely agree that a big man should have been on the inbounder (ask Pitino and Kentucky fans) A 30 ft. inbound pass to the middle lane is virtually impossible if a big is on inbounder, a long pass over the head of inbound defender will give defense plenty of time to close and be in position to foul.Defense should force inbound pass toward sideline.Also defenders should always overplay the strong hand of offensive players on the floor.If you decide to NOT guard the inbounder you have 5 defending 4,so how do you use the 5th defender? The LAST place you put him (if up 3) is underneath your basket or inside the 3 point arch (where McGary was). You either double team the most obvious offensive threat ( Wis doesn't have 1) or you use the 5th guy to double the guy who receives the inbound pass.The best place to position the 5th defender is at mid court and tell him to sprint to wherever the inbound pass goes.None of that happened so we are now in a must win situation tues. GO BLUE
February 10th, 2013 at 1:52 PM ^
Even if it helps us, I cannot cheer for Ohio. I find life easier when they loose. Today's recruiting news, Marshall choosing Urban's crew is enough of that kind of news today. Go IU.
February 10th, 2013 at 3:10 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 3:22 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 9:42 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 1:54 PM ^
Ohio can't afford to lose this game because the refs in Bloomington are going to be even worse.
February 10th, 2013 at 1:59 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 2:01 PM ^
Would you rather UM wins the title outright, or just a share of the title? Any IU loss helps increase the chance of UM winning the title outright.
February 10th, 2013 at 2:51 PM ^
Win the tourney and you are Big Ten Champs. It doesn't really matter if the regular season title is shared or won outright..
February 10th, 2013 at 3:05 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 2:08 PM ^
It is best for UM if OSU and IU split their series and each pick up a loss. The best chance of that happening is for OSU and IU to both win at home. I highly doubt OSU can win at Assembly Hall.
February 10th, 2013 at 2:31 PM ^
It's simple: we want any team ahead of us to lose. IU is currently a half-game ahead of us (and one in the loss column), while Ohio is a half-game behind us.
If Ohio wins and we beat MSU, there will be a five-way tie for first place - and we'll have the most favorable schedule the rest of the way. So that's the logical thing to root for.
(BTW, to the OP, you might want to change the title to make it clear that this is about today's games and not just rants about officiating.)
February 10th, 2013 at 1:55 PM ^
make chicken soup out of chicken shit..
February 10th, 2013 at 1:57 PM ^
Seriously How hard is it find competent refs?
February 10th, 2013 at 2:14 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 3:39 PM ^
Pretty hard, apparently. I think it'd be better if they were made to be full time employees, with no other job than to officiate. In the off season they could be lent out to the schools for practice purposes, and their other down time could be spend studying etc...
There's plenty of money in NCAA basketball to pay for it.
February 10th, 2013 at 2:01 PM ^
competent refs are clearly the exception...
February 10th, 2013 at 2:19 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 2:30 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 2:33 PM ^
think Tom Crean looks like Dwight Schrute?
February 10th, 2013 at 2:39 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 3:21 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 3:49 PM ^
I had that exact thought last year after their Kentucky game.
February 10th, 2013 at 3:55 PM ^
Get a real haircut.
February 10th, 2013 at 2:56 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 3:04 PM ^
He just fouled out. A big part of me is enjoying seeing him sulk right now.
February 10th, 2013 at 3:04 PM ^
There are no such thing as "Big 10 refs" in basketball.
NCAA basketball officials are not confined to/employed by particular conferences the way that football and hockey officials are. They work games all over the country in all sorts of conferences.
February 10th, 2013 at 3:54 PM ^
True, although the veterans have more say into where they get assigned. Ed Hightower, for instance, lives in Illinois and largely works games in the Great Lakes region.
February 10th, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 3:08 PM ^
SLAP!
February 10th, 2013 at 3:16 PM ^
I don't always cheer against Ohio State, but when I do I drink...
No. Funk dat. I always cheer for them to lose.
February 10th, 2013 at 3:18 PM ^
I see NC State hit a trey at the buzzer to beat Clemson. I guess I'm happy but it still feels too soon to see another buzzer-beater go down even if it technically "helps" Michigan.
February 10th, 2013 at 4:02 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 4:24 PM ^
So OSU sold the naming rights for cash? Wow, and you guys say Ann Arbor is a whore.
What's the Horseshoe called these days? Pizza Hut Stadum?
And despite paying for the exposure, I still have no idea what you can buy at Value City,I just heard it would be a good value(and that its a city).
February 10th, 2013 at 8:45 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 4:35 PM ^
I think Indiana is the class of the conference right now, especially with holding wins over us, MSU, and Ohio State. Too bad they don't play Wisconsin again.
February 10th, 2013 at 5:02 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 5:16 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 5:44 PM ^
Mostly that defense made me concerned about our defense. Indiana is a little better than us because they have a stopper, but they shouldn't be that much better. Of course we defended OSU fine in the last 30 in Columbus.
Maybe it really is Morgan.
February 10th, 2013 at 6:16 PM ^
The performance by Indiana today in Columbus was their best of the season, in my opinion. I still had doubts about how good IU was because I hadn't seen them dominate on the road but they dominated a good team on the road today. If IU can turn in more games like that on the road, it will be tough to take the conference from them. We need to win in EL on Tuesday or I think a 2 game deficit may be too much to overcome. We are still waiting to have a break-out performance by GRIII and Stauskas against a top opponent on the road. Let's hope it happens Tuesday. Go Blue!!!
February 10th, 2013 at 6:35 PM ^
2012-13 Big Ten STANDINGS
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR | HOME | AWAY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
#1 Indiana | 9-2 | -- | 21-3 | OSU | MSU,MN,UM |
#12 Michigan State | 9-2 | -- | 20-4 | UM,IU,UW | OSU,UM |
#3 Michigan | 8-3 | 1 | 21-3 | MSU,IU | MSU |
Wisconsin | 8-3 | 1 | 17-7 | OSU | MN,MSU |
#10 Ohio State | 7-4 | 2 | 17-6 | MSU | UW,IU |
We still control our destiny for a co-B1G championship. And the most difficult remaining schedules lie w/ IU and MSU.
February 10th, 2013 at 6:42 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 7:13 PM ^
is arbitrary, but the Gophers only home loss in the B1G thus far has been to Mich. Also, MN took out MSU there way back in 2012 (Dec 31).
Also, despite only being 3-7 in B1G play, two of the Illini's wins have been at home against OSU & IU. However, there will be no more Dr Jekyl appearances at Assembly Hall (Champaign), as none of the B1G contenders still have to go there.
February 10th, 2013 at 8:31 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 7:24 PM ^
I think UM's hopes of winning an outright title come down to whether they can win Tuesday. A loss Tuesday and the best they can probably hope for is a co-championship.
February 10th, 2013 at 9:10 PM ^
February 10th, 2013 at 9:56 PM ^
IU jumped out to the lead and other than a couple stretches in the first half, IU always looked like they were in control of the game. Very impressive.
February 11th, 2013 at 8:31 AM ^