B1G Tournament Discussion
I did not notice a thread for this already. If there is one, please delete.
I think the tournmant is as wide-open as it has ever been. All of the top 4-5 teams have seemed very formidable for long stretches of the season, and any of them have a great shot at winning the whole thing.
I see a semifinal matchup of OSU vs Michigan and MSU vs Indiana, with OSU beating Indiana for the title and DaShaun Thomas winning the Tournament MVP.
It pains me to say that, but I feel like they are the most complete team at this point.
I'd like to see Michigan beat OSU, but I just don't see that happening on a neutral court. Everyone is well aware of our struggles away from Ann Arbor, and I think we play them tough, but I just see some sort of Evan Turner-ish shenanigans happening at the very end to steal a victory from us. Even so, i think we end up with a 3-seed in the Big Dance.
I think MSU plays well, but they miss Brandon Dawson too much against IU and eventually fall.
Thoughts?
EDIT: Changed the title so as to not confuse those that thought this was a gameday thread.
Thoughts.
Disagreement.
Defense.
Rebuttal.
Slight insult.
Sarcastic retort.
Defeat. :(
I swear, Kate Upton is featured in the majority of your posts.
Not gonna lie, I've only posted Kate Upton 2 other times. Once yesterday in the McCray Hello post, and once in the post-Ohio Victory/awesomeness posbang (although, it might be worth noting that I posted that in a collection of images found when searching "posbang" on google images).
(fixed out of boredom/ gleaning though old posts)
Also, I think it's worth noting that I make threads about Trey Burke winning freshman of the Year. Wait. Week. Week. Week. Freshman of the week. Thats what I meant...
You can't ever have too many Kate Upton posts, so I don't see an issue.
Scantily clad models dancing while at work... It's not just your boss seeing what you're doing, its losing "focus".
he would vote to have the Kate Upton Victory Dance replace the muppets.
And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling MGoKids!
Cat picture
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the B1G Tourney start tomorrow? Big East Tourney thread for today?
Yes you are correct, and I think the OP's intent was not to cover the actual tournament happening, but an open discussion. Also the bastard made me think it was one day closer to the weekend than it really is. Dammit.
Sorry guy, I wish it were Thursday too.
I will have thoughts when it actually starts tomorrow.
I can't wait to hear your thoughts
You'll have to settle for reading them.
Touche
The B1G Tournament starts tomorrow....
well...never hurts to be early...usually :)
That context for a smiley face scares me.
Better for you to be early than for her to be late.
But if I were to, would she make it...hurt?
/shudders
I agree with this.
Plus, we're going to win the BTT yo, screw ohio and Indiana and everybody else too
Okay, so we are not allowed to talk about the tournament unless it starts? Didn't realize the rules. Delete the thread. And someone else can create a new one tomorrow.
welcome to mgoboard where guys with nothing better to do take the internets that serious...
As for the tourney I like our chances.
Yeah, but this an open thread, which are usually for the games, not for general discussion.
You could just change the title of the thread to "Thoughts on the Big Ten Tournament" or something like that. As others have said, on this site thread titles with "open thread" in them are reserved for discussion of events as they're happening.
Done. My apologies, but I am still learning the fine nuances of MgoBoard and thread creations.
Honestly, I am just bored at work and it seemed like a slow day on the boards.
I think you are a day early.
Are way overblown at this point.
We finished 8-7 outside Crisler. By comparison:
MSU: 7-6
OSU: 7-4
Wisconsin: 9-4 (strange year for them losing 4 at home)
Indiana: 6-6
Purdue: 7-7
True, I agree to a point. But our struggles against good competition on the road can not be denied.
Losses at OSU, at Indy, at MSU, at Arkansas, at Virginia, vs Duke...also at Iowa, who are somewhere between terrible and not good.
We only lost one game at home.
So we lost to a bunch of good teams on the road and one bad one? Who did these other teams lose to? MSU lost to Northwestern and Illinois on the road. OSU also lost at Illinois. Our road resume really isnt any different than the other top B10 teams.
Which helps prove my point about road woes. We are not nearly as bad as some people think we are, but we are not a "good" road team by any stretch of the imagination.
Maybe not, but the BTT is not a series of road games. It's a neutral site. We're 2-1 at neutral sites this year (3-1 if you consider the Oakland game neutral, which it really was).
Also, our last four road games in a row were wins.
Label me a homer, but I think Michigan is carrying significant momentum into the tournament earning a (surprise) share of the Big Ten title.
Homer.
Kidding. I think we have a great chance, but its just my take on the whole thing.
...discussing the news of tomorrow, today.
Hey 707oxford, you're not getting any love or so it seems, hang in there man, it'll get better.
Thanks for noticing. Not that this was the most humorous/insightful post of the day, but I think all of my posts have been labeled as "0" or "-1" so far...yet the mods don't mind countless repetitive Berk Edwards, Roundtree Tweet, etc. threads/comments.
I guess this is why I never posted here.
Yeah, the old guard here is very snobbish and stringent about posts and threads. You'd think they would welcome the newer members and fresh material. Keep it up though! Don't let them get you down!
Almost like it's personal though. There is a lot of garbage posted by the people with the points that is deemed relevant. Maybe I should start yet another Berk Edwards thread to fit in. Oh wait, I can't. Only the trusted folks with points can post quality material like that.