Sparty's Cupcake Conference Schedule
Sparty may have a good team, but I can't let their regular season BIG championship go without mentioning that they got a HUGE break with their schedule. Perhaps the most advantageous I have seen. Consider their schedule against what I consider the top 5 other teams in the BIG:
Michigan - Only played once at home, did not have to play on the road. Lost at home.
Ohio State - Only played once on the road, and lost.
Purdue, Nebraska and Penn State - Only played once at home and did not have to play on the road. Won at home. All three are absolute bears to beat on the road. Michigan had to play all three on the road, and went 1-2.
Don't want this to be sour grapes, and I know they cant control their schedule. But man...
Bring on the tourneys, and let the best team prevail! Go Blue!
February 25th, 2018 at 3:32 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 4:57 PM ^
Game.. Set.. Match.. That score is all that matters regarding MSU
February 25th, 2018 at 3:44 PM ^
Well, we'll get to have a say about all of this when the BTT starts.
I know it matters to purists, and the degree of difficulty is more, but I don't even rememeber who won the regular season last year. Winning the BTT was a hoot.
I'm ready to do it again.
February 25th, 2018 at 3:38 PM ^
They got a break but who cares. The B1G schedule is going to be a lottery every year. Some years you catch a break. They are 4 in KenPom and 4 in Sagarin and pass the eye test and likely would have won the conference anyways. They are the best team in the B1G. Hope we are in the same region in the NCAA tourney and are the reason they don't win a ship!
February 25th, 2018 at 3:41 PM ^
They were a miracle comeback away from sharing the title and being the 2 seed. They certainly could have lost to us, PSU,
Nebraska, or OSU again.
February 25th, 2018 at 4:11 PM ^
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February 25th, 2018 at 4:20 PM ^
Let's be fair: MSU did play one difficult road game this season, at OSU - in which they got blown out.
February 25th, 2018 at 4:39 PM ^
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February 25th, 2018 at 7:49 PM ^
since the tourney champ is the conference champ.
February 25th, 2018 at 8:07 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 8:23 PM ^
I've always wanted to meet the type of person who attempts to start fights on opposing team-specific blogs to see if they're as pathetic in person as they seem online. You *actually* did the calculations and determined that this is the best use of your time? There's nothing you could do that would be better spend? Yikes.
February 25th, 2018 at 10:58 PM ^
Just going to have to take it down anyway.
February 25th, 2018 at 11:43 PM ^
I mean after all, they did a THOROUGH investigation....
you know, the same school that did a thorough investigation into Nassar a few years ago and cleared him.
What could go wrong???
February 25th, 2018 at 11:50 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 8:57 PM ^
The B1G recognizes the tourney champ.
February 25th, 2018 at 9:09 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 3:43 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 4:15 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 4:18 PM ^
Only one of those 12 wins came against a team projected to make the tournament - and it was a home game. That's absurd.
2017-18 MSU is the poster child for why the B1G is going to a 20-game schedule next year, with protected rivalries.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:24 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 3:44 PM ^
They got a break but who cares.Maybe the teams who didn't get a break? Given that they won the conference by a single game and went 1-2 against Michigan/OSU/PU, it's a very open question as to how they'd have done against, say, our schedule.
February 25th, 2018 at 4:13 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 4:17 PM ^
Speaking of acting like a fan of another school...
February 25th, 2018 at 4:19 PM ^
Is it hard for you to keep the "us" and "they" straight when you are posting on this board?
February 25th, 2018 at 4:25 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^
So does the RCMB have, like, a pinned thread about how to badly concern-troll the MGoBoard? It's the same talking points from all of you. Don't forget the "I went to Michigan but all my family went to MSU so I care for them too" - that's a staple.
February 25th, 2018 at 4:50 PM ^
Actually you're right, family is split 3 and 3. I don't care for MSU however.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:47 PM ^
By chance, are you the resident concern troll in the family? Just curious. Alternatively, do the three people that are MSU fans concern troll MSU, or are you on the MSU side and elect to concern troll Michigan? The possibilities are decidedly finite, but still kind of intriguing.
You certainly live up to your name, if nothing else.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:55 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 5:55 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 6:01 PM ^
I respect you but don't envy you for having to determine real from troll accounts but your gumshoe skills are heavily lacking on this one. I posted that I believe that MSU has a very good basketball team and supported it with advanced statistics and showing that our SOSs are not very different. I was eviscerated for it. I hope I'm wrong, I don't think that I am. That's fine. Haven't made one false statement in any of my posts. Responses aiming for intellectual discourse are not well tolerated as I have personally come to understand. Let me try again with something more palatable.
Go Blue! We're the best! Everybody else sucks! There is nothing remotely positive to say about anything not related to Michigan and anytime anybody else wins it must be downplayed!
February 25th, 2018 at 4:27 PM ^
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February 25th, 2018 at 4:13 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 4:19 PM ^
February 25th, 2018 at 4:35 PM ^
It's really cute how you think people believe you're a UM fan. Dumbass.
February 25th, 2018 at 4:43 PM ^
I do lack blind homerism so I see how you could confuse me. This is an opinion of mine, that's fine that you disagree. The advanced metrics like MSU. Their SOS is similar to ours as I posted above. Does that mean we aren't a good team either? They won the conference, I'm not happy about it either, but they won. Diminishing their accomplishments is childish and incredibly hypocritical.
February 25th, 2018 at 4:49 PM ^
Oh you're definitely a homer all right, just not for the school in your avatar.
February 25th, 2018 at 4:55 PM ^
Really hope you don't treat people this way without the anonymity of the internet. I'll still give ya a high 5 at Yost or the Big House. Go Blue!
February 25th, 2018 at 5:00 PM ^
I'll give you a high five for this totally awesome acting job.
February 25th, 2018 at 5:10 PM ^
You're horribly misguided man. Michigan fan my whole life and alum w/in last 5 years. Applied to 1 school because I never had a desire to go anywhere else. I can't stand MSU but I think they have a very good basketball team. Also think people who act like you give our fanbase the reputation that they have. That's ok. I rarely don't get along with somebody so I'd probably like you too in real life. Go Blue!
February 26th, 2018 at 9:28 AM ^
You are getting shredded for being level headed, as the majority of the board is made up of the fringe lunatic portion of our fanbase...as is the case for nearly any online forum whether it's sports, politics, twitter, etc.
I don't necessarily agee with your assention that MSU would have won the conference with our schedule, but they are a good team and when they are firing on all cylinders they may be the best team in the country. They can only play the schedule they are handed, and they did enough to win the conference outright. Can't do anything but tip your hat and smile that we beat them on their court. Hopefully we get another chance at them in the BIG tourney.
February 25th, 2018 at 3:38 PM ^