Open Thread: Final day of Big Ten regular season
Rooting interest discussed here: http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/update-big-ten-tournament-scenarios
Long and short: Go Nittany Lions, Go Illini!
I just don't get it! I mean, how many lucky shots does one team make?! Here's hoping we meet them in the BTT and that luck runs out. I'd love nothing more than to celebrate St. Pat's weekend with Jameson and seeing Bo Ryan's head explode.
Someone tell me how the hell Bo Ryan coaches that shit, because it happens waaaaaay the hell too often to be random.
They must practice these super shots at every practice. There's no way they can be that good at it.
Wisconsin how do you do it?
Is any team less deserving of their place in the conference standings than Wisconsin? Play Indiana and Michigan only once while hitting two extremely improbable buzzer beaters to win one game and send the other to overtime. Not to mention their football team going 7-5 and heading to the Rose Bowl. What a joke.
Not to mention their brand of basketball causing Dr. Naismith to roll over in his grave
Btw, Breusewitz has to be just messing around with that haricut, right?
And it's all because of the dumbass possession arrow rule, which negated a great play by PSU.
Fuck Wisconsin!!!!!
It's only #3 or #5 for us now.
That is all...
this picture is awesome. i always pictured bo ryan to be related to the crypt keeper now i can see he is in the devils back pocket
dakich just trolled aaron craft...
I hate wisconsin!! They are the luckest team ever!! Cant wait for them to get bounced in the first round!
As I sit here in my work office about 4 blocks from the Kohl Center, I can feel the devil's tendrils grabbing for my soul. I have no idea what happened in the game*, but it can't be good. Madison is the official location of the gates to hell. No doubt about it.
*I'm feverishly trying to finish up some work before heading home to watch UM/IU.
Our game today is big for so many reason. We really want a bye in the BTT if we want to make a run to the finals...
I really hate everything Wisconsin stands for. In an attempt to compensate for enormous talent deficiencies, they simply refuse to squeeze out even the tiniest turd of entertainment. It's an insult to the game of basketball.
Well said Yost....I hate those bastards. Maybe it is their style of play, but they even look ugly.
Nick Colella's look of despair, followed by a mournful turn and crouch, is a but one example of the sort of pain Wisconsin causes people and why they are an insufferable team. No one should have to endure that, yet many sadly have.
That being said, Illinois' effective FG percentage of 41.7% fails to get them the win agains Ohio State, and with that game, we are now either a 3 or 5 seed (56% and 44% respectively, using this morning's numbers from Massey) in the BTT as, at least according to my ever-shrinking table, any scenario in which we are a 2 or 4 has been eliminated. Being that Michigan State is a 96% favorite against Northwestern anyway and their game is after ours, that result is likely immaterial to the BTT seeding as it concerns Michigan.
Thx for posting. This is my first glimpse at the play.
Please don't tell me, though, that PSU had fouls to give.
No, both teams were in double bonus.
OK...thx. I would have died inside a little more if (a) that was a half-court shot and (b) PSU had fouls to give.
This still sux. Wisconsin will pay for these repeated transgressions at some point. Maybe a first round NCAA loss while scoring only 37 points will be the ultimate penalty.
Well, it's either a 3 seed or a 5 seed and we play on Thursday. As much as I'd like redemption at PSU, I'd like to avoid Indiana in round 3. Win today and the path to a BTT title is much more managable
Uh this stupid MVC game is going to run late. Are we going to miss the first 5-10 minutes of our game? That would be some bullshit
This game shouldn't even be on CBS.
cbssports.com should have a stream.
Edit: Stream not working yet. I assume that means they are waiting for the other game to finish.
So if Michigan wins today and ends with a four way tie for big ten title, does that end wisconsin's streak under bo Ryan of never finishing outside of fourth place in the big ten?
The record would show he finished fifth.
I don't want to know the awful, horrible things that Bo Ryan/Wisconsin basketball/Wisconsin fans have to do to get the kind of luck they seem to always get. Talk about scary voodoo and selling sould to evil dieties.
So is there any alternative to watching this game for the next 20 minutes?
online @ CBS Sportsr3npu
Assume you mean cbssports.com
Thanks!
Here in Milwaukee CBS just sent us to AA
Go Blue! Hail! We ON!
What else am i supposed to say? lol
I'm watching the online CBS feed, but all it has is the CBS Sports logo... Is this what everyone else is seeing?
Same. Maybe tip off isn't until 10 after?
Looks like the CBS peeps didn't set their clock ahead...
Not that upset. This team has glaring. weaknesses that winning this game wouldn't eliminate. Can't defend, can't rebound. The writing is in the wall. With that said, we can still get hot and beat anyone, but doing it 7 times in a row seems unlikely.