The Last Two B1G Teams to Win an NCAA Championship

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Really wanted Duke to lose, but history remains unchanged: The last two B1G schools to win an NCAA basketball championship are Michigan State and Michigan.

And the last two B1G schools to win an NCAA football championship are Ohio State and Michigan.

HermosaBlue

April 7th, 2015 at 6:19 PM ^

I guess it's the terminology fiction that irks me.  Nebraska vs. Oklahoma in 1976 is not, in any way, shape, or form, a Big Ten football game.  And Ndamukong Suh never played in the Big Ten conference.

I guess the nomenclature could get pretty messy if they didn't simplify: Greatest Football Players of Schools Currently in the Big Ten.

By the current standard though, it seems like they should be including University of Chicago in the greatest games and greatest players lists.

Achilles

April 6th, 2015 at 11:34 PM ^

I am still not over the loss to Louisville. This title game reminded me of ours, in that it was close for much of the game, but we had a bit more control, and then Louisville started burying bull shit shots.

OccaM

April 6th, 2015 at 11:37 PM ^

B10 teams will never win another title again unless they play with less physicality. 

 

Always get screwed over in crucial games by the refs in the NCAA Tourney. This year was a disaster when it comes to officiating. 

Erik_in_Dayton

April 6th, 2015 at 11:43 PM ^

The conference let's its games become wrestling matches, and some of its teams suffer when they have to play basketball in the tournament. I don't think this happens as much as people seem to think, but again, it's the conference's own fault to the extent it's real.

It's worth noting that Michigan does not suffer from this (the Burke block was a single bad call), because Coach Beilein focuses on basketball skills instead of working the refs and/or mugging people.

jonvalk

April 7th, 2015 at 12:39 AM ^

I disagree. While it's true that Spike went off and gave us a show, we were rolling at that point and that would have been another stop. Also, do you think Hancock makes four 3s in a row with Burke out there as a defender instead of a limited Albrecht. I'm simply saying that the call caused us to sit the NPOY for extended minutes which, while it didn't end up hurting us offensively, hurt us on the defensive side, allowing Louisville to get back in it. Otherwise, I think we've got a double-digit lead at half.




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tasnyder01

April 7th, 2015 at 12:09 AM ^

who are the to teams we assume make the most fouls?

. . .

OSU? MSU? WISC? . . . am I right that we assume these teams make a lot of fouls?

Did two of these three not make the final four?

 

Michigan makes few fouls, but doesn't make the tourney.

 

Erik, I really like you as a poster, and that's why I'm askng you to look at the data.  I'm an actuary (read: stats nerd) and I still can't find corellation, much less causation.  Look at the numbers of calls across conference (we're not last).  Look at the call discrepency between us and out of conference teams (and weigh preseason games vs. mid-season games as you will).  You'll find nothing statistically significant.  There's more, but that data alone is pretty damning, brotha!

Let me change that last sentence: I found nothing significant.  I doubt I'm wrong (nerds!) but I may be.

Quailman

April 7th, 2015 at 12:40 AM ^

You would actually be wrong to assume those teams make a lot of fouls.

Wisconsin committed the fewest fouls per game in the country. OSU was 40th (of 345) 

State? Well State gets called for a lot of fouls. UM committed the 7th fewest per game. 

HermosaBlue

April 7th, 2015 at 8:35 AM ^

Wisconsin is *whistled* for the fewest fouls per game in the country.  That doesn't mean they don't play incredibly physical, foul-intensive basketball.  The recent iterations of Bo Ryan's squads have been more offensively gifted, but let's not forget the bug people of Rigel founded their empire on playing defense every bit as aggressively as the Legion of Boom, and dared the officials to call it all.

Pretty sure Josh Gasser alone fouls more often than Michigan's entire team does, he just isn't called for any of them.  Dude's also got the sharpest fingernails in the league judging by the amount of skin our wings lose when he's checking them.

Tater

April 7th, 2015 at 1:12 AM ^

Michigan plays with finesse, so they usually don't have the problems that Wiscy and Sparty have in the NCAA.  Both are allowed to play football in Big Ten basketball games.  They eventually run into a crew that won't let them play that way.  

The problem tonight was that the refs still allowed Duke to play "Duke Defense," complete with WWE-style eye-gouges, but didn't allow Wiscy to play "Big Ten Basketball."

Black Socks

April 6th, 2015 at 11:48 PM ^

That's not true.  Big 10 just does not have the "big name" teams like Duke or UNC.  Basketball is a game of reffing.  The slow unathletic white guy pushes off every time for Duke, and they call it on Wisconsin.  

Erik_in_Dayton

April 6th, 2015 at 11:56 PM ^

You're complaining about slow, unathletic white guys getting away with things?! Have you ever watched Gasser off the ball? He fouls constantly!

Wisconsin's program is built halfway around working in the blind spots of officials. They are the last team on Earth who has credibility to complain about refs. They should focus more on scoring. They might have won tonight.

TheLastHarbaugh

April 7th, 2015 at 12:28 AM ^

Agreed. Wisconsin basketball has represented everything that is wrong with college basketball for years.

Just because they had a fun, watchable team this year doesn't erase how horrendous Bo Ryan has consistently been in years past. They are the last team to complain about officiating, considering their style. It's the equivalent of Izzo complaining about another team being too physical or another coach complaining too much to the refs.

schreibee

April 7th, 2015 at 5:09 AM ^

Ok, how about not better, but not bad? Duke did not have an unathletic player out there of any color or creed.

I was B1G all the way but cumong, Duke defends and made BIG shots when the game was on the line. Tyus Jones' 3s, Okafor's scoop shot while Kaminsky hugged him...winners right there! I'm not sure how the outcome may have been different if that out of bounds had been called off the microscopic touch of Winslow's fingertip, but the better team won that game no doubt!

M-Dog

April 7th, 2015 at 12:40 PM ^

Can we please finally drop the "if you are white, you are not athletic" thing?  

It's really lazy, like when they used to say black guys weren't smart enough to play a position like QB.

We have seen plently of evidence all the way up to the NBA and NFL of many white guys that are very athletic.  

Not just not-slow, but scary athletic.

Bo's Left Nut

April 6th, 2015 at 11:40 PM ^

Watching the Nat'l Title Game FUCKING PISSES ME OFF BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE BEAT LOUISVILLE AND THE FUCKING REFS! TREY'S BLOCK WAS FUCKING CLEAN SO FUCK SIVA AND FUCK LOUISVILLE! I FUCKING HATE THEM FUCK THEIR KIDS FUCK THEIR DOGS FUCK THE MAC N CHEESE FUCK LOUISVILLE!!! MICHIGAN SHOULDA FUCKING WON IF NOT FOR SOME FUCKING BULL SHIT! GO BLUE FUCKERS

/rant over




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Wolverine Devotee

April 6th, 2015 at 11:41 PM ^

I wasn't mad when Michigan lost the 2013 title game. I was disappointed, but holy shit what a fun ride it was. 

Just being there was amazing. Just 5 years before that they had their worst season in program history.  

JamieH

April 7th, 2015 at 2:37 AM ^

you could have watched that sham of a game and not have been mad.

 

I wouldn't have been mad if they had actually lost a basketball game.  To lose that joke of whatever it was the officials made it was infuriating. 

Jack Harbaugh

April 7th, 2015 at 7:24 AM ^

Mad from an officiating stand point and disappointed with the outcome but I agree with WD. It was just fun to watch the team get there and see the joy on their faces as they came from behind on Kansas and stomped Florida.

M-Dog

April 7th, 2015 at 12:45 PM ^

You are not mad because you are young and think there will be lots of other opportunities ahead, so what the hell.

Then 20 years passes and you realize what a precious and rare event a National Championship is.  Then the idea of someone taking that away from you completely pisses you off.

 

Wolverine Devotee

April 6th, 2015 at 11:43 PM ^

Also: lulz at OSU for their last national title being in 1960.

My mom wasn't even born yet.

CoachBP6

April 6th, 2015 at 11:58 PM ^

They just won the NCAA wrestling championship.. And probably will the next 3 years as they have 4 stud freshman, 3 of which were the reason they won it this year. The have been superior for awhile now. Nothing says we can't catch up... We will. Have faith.