Any theories on how make up games will work?
I assume it’s as easy as finding dates that work for both schools but it definitely gets messy. I tried looking up games for UM to reschedule and there isn’t always a clear answer for both schools. Sometimes either us or the other team would have to play back to back games to make it work. So then you get into which games get rescheduled and which do not. This could play a major factor in the Big Ten race. For example MSU has “lucked out” missing some really tough opponents, while our postponed games looked pretty mild on a dead level. Looking at our remaining games that are scheduled, we have Illionois, Iowa and Rutgers at home, Wisconsin, OSU, Indiana and MSU on the road. That’s a pretty daunting finish, especially if we are rusty. I’m just hoping this shutdown doesn’t royally screw up what we had going.
February 2nd, 2021 at 12:46 PM ^
Pretty mild on a FEAR level, not dead level.
February 2nd, 2021 at 7:03 PM ^
Rumor is on other message boards today that Big East will (officially) use win percentage to determine conference championship since some teams will certainly not play all games.
February 2nd, 2021 at 12:52 PM ^
Win the Games!
February 2nd, 2021 at 12:52 PM ^
Sometimes people comment despite not reading the attached article. (Who needs to know the facts when making a comment?)
I'll see and raise them, replying to the title alone.
How make up games will work? Probably start with comparison of eye shadow, then the lipstick competition, followed by a tussle over blush techniques.
February 2nd, 2021 at 2:47 PM ^
Good one!!
February 2nd, 2021 at 7:42 PM ^
February 2nd, 2021 at 12:57 PM ^
Has the B1G even laid out how the regular season champ will be determined with unequal games?
February 2nd, 2021 at 1:07 PM ^
I wondered this as well. If one team is 16-4 and another team is 14-3, the second team would technically be a half game back but have a better win percentage.
February 2nd, 2021 at 1:14 PM ^
Probably the same as football. Look at who's in first place but had a number of games get cancelled then change the rules and award the title to one of their pet teams. Way to go Staee on your B1G championship!
February 2nd, 2021 at 2:52 PM ^
The B1G only treats OSU favorably. They will probably count our missing games and allow Iowa or WI to be regular season BiG champions. We will probably be 2nd or 3rd seeds in the B1G tournament. But I think we will win the B1G tournament no matter how unfairly the B1G commissioner treats us.
February 2nd, 2021 at 5:31 PM ^
There almost certainly won't be conference tournaments, at least not with the top teams playing
February 2nd, 2021 at 1:06 PM ^
Why do we care? It is not like our NCAA tourney seed/chance will lessen if we do not make up those games. I would rather not force our team to go through hectic schedule and wipe themselves out before the tourney.
February 2nd, 2021 at 1:14 PM ^
I think it matters because certain teams could have major advantages if their tougher games are not rescheduled. If we had Iowa, OSU and Illinois on the road and we weren’t sure they were going to be rescheduled, I wouldn’t be in a rush to play those on short rest. But cancelling very winnable games might impact who wins the title if they go off of winning percentage.
February 2nd, 2021 at 1:43 PM ^
Because we also want the B1G regular season banner.
February 2nd, 2021 at 1:51 PM ^
Win the conference - the tournament comes later.
February 2nd, 2021 at 1:44 PM ^
Bring on the BIG gauntlet! Time for us to kick ass - any team, any place, any date scheduled.
That's how it's going to work, by god!!!!
Go Blue!
February 2nd, 2021 at 1:56 PM ^
If we dont play all of our games at least we can be confident Gene Smith would vote us B1G Champs because we passed the eye test. Fair is fair...
February 3rd, 2021 at 12:28 PM ^
We can also be assured that MSU would vote for OSU because that's what they do, especially after today.
February 2nd, 2021 at 2:01 PM ^
The daddy theory puts his "you-know-what" into the mommy theory's "you-know-what" and at the end of the season, we have champion.
February 2nd, 2021 at 2:10 PM ^
I especially fear the Illionois game.
February 2nd, 2021 at 2:27 PM ^
That team sounds scary.
February 2nd, 2021 at 4:55 PM ^
I think what could wind up happening is they cancel the Big Ten Tournament and use that time to make up remaining regular season games.
Ive read theyve been skeptical on conference tournaments happening anyway. If a few more teams end up going down and missing a couple weeks.. that is a lot of games to make up.
February 2nd, 2021 at 6:29 PM ^
The only thing I see preliminarily is either at NW on the 8th or at Penn St on the 7th? Those are the only 2 teams we haven’t played where it gives them 2 days in between their games. At this point in the season it’s gonna get very cramped to make up any games. Teams will have to learn to either play back to back days or at least every two days. The only other option is to move the tournament back a few weeks to let everyone finish up.
February 8th, 2021 at 8:36 PM ^
They probably won't make them up. Too many games in too short of a time before the tournament(s).