B1G/NCAA basketball

[Mike]

IU basketball is like UM football. Right when you thought they were out of the woods... BAM! Right back to Shitsville.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Here's the schedule for the first week or so of games. As you would expect, most of the games are early season cupcakes. But there are some good games mixed in there.

Friday (11/14)
Illinois v. Georgia Southern
Indiana v. Mississippi Valley State
Iowa v. Hampton
Maryland v. Wagner
Michigan State @ Navy
Minnesota v. Louisville (Puerto Rico)
Northwestern v. Houston Baptist
Ohio State v. UMass-Lowell
Penn State v. Morgan State
Purdue v. Samford
Wisconsin v. Northern Kentucky

Saturday (11/15)
Michigan v. Hillsdale College

Sunday (11/16)
Illinois v. Coppin State
Nebraska v. Northern Kentucky
Penn State v. Fordham
Purdue v. IUPUI
Rutgers v. George Washington
Wisconsin v. Chattanooga

Monday (11/17)
Indiana v. Texas Southern
Iowa v. North Dakota State
Maryland v. Central Connecticut St
Michigan v. Bucknell
Northwestern @ Brown

Tuesday (11/18 )
Michigan State v. Duke (Indianapolis)
Minnesota v. Western Kentucky
Nebraska v. Central Arkansas
Ohio State v. Marquette

Wednesday (11/19)
Rutgers v. Fairleigh Dickinson
Wisconsin v. Wisconsin-Green Bay

Thursday (11/20)
Indiana v. SMU
Iowa v. Texas (NYC)
Maryland v. Fordham
Michigan v. Detroit
Minnesota v. Franklin Pierce
Northwestern v. North Florida
Penn State v. Charlotte (Charleston)
Purdue v. Grambling State

Friday (11/21)
Illinois v. Austin Peay
Iowa v. California/Syracuse (NYC)
Michigan State v. Loyola-Chicago
Penn State v. South Carolina/Cornell

Saturday (11/22)
Indiana v. Lamar
Minnesota v. UMBC
Nebraska @ Rhode Island
Northwestern v. Elon
Wisconsin v. Boise State

[The Oracle]

Quite a few good ones though. Minny/Louisville, Iowa/Texas...interesting you guys have such an early conference game with Nebraska. In November? Odd.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Haw haw

[*JD*]

I have a feeling dooook is going to run all over spartie.

[Dr. Strangelove]

That's on tonight and also OSU v. Marquette if anyone is interested.

[THE_WIZARD_]

no

[The Oracle]

Duke - 7.5 is lockiest locks of all locks.

[iam416]

Correct. Apparently so was UK. Last night sort of reinforced my initial take on the season that March will be entirely about whether UK loses or not. Time to start emphasizing conference titles and tourney titles and such!

[entropy]

best team money can buy

[iam416]

Yep. With all those surprise returns, payoll has to be at an all-time high.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Nov. 23 (Sunday)
Rutgers v. St. Francis
Ohio State v. Sacred Heart

Nov. 24 (Monday)
Ilinois v. Brown
Indiana v. Eastern Washington
Iowa v. Pepperdine
Maryland v. Arizona State (Kansas City)
Michigan v. Oregon (Brooklyn)
Michigan State v. Santa Clara
Purdue v. Kansas State (Maui)

Nov. 25 (Tuesday)
Maryland v. Iowa State/Alabama (Kansas City)
Michigan v. VCU/Villanova
Nebraska v. Nebraska-Omaha
Northwestern v. Miami-OH (Mexico)
Penn State v. Akron
Purdue v. Arizona/Missouri (Maui)
Rutgers v. St. Peter's

Nov. 26 (Wednesday)
Iowa v. Northern Illinois
Minnesota v. St. John's (NYC)
Northwestern v. Virginia Tech/Northern Iowa (Mexico)
Ohio State v. Campbell
Wisconsin v. UAB (Bahamas)

Nov. 27 (Thursday)
Illinois v. Indiana State (Las Vegas)
Michigan State v. Rider (Kissimmee, FL)
Wisconsin v. Florida/Georgetown (Bahamas)

Nov. 28 (Friday)
Illinois v. Memphis/Baylor (Las Vegas)
Indiana v. UNC-Greensboro
Maryland v. Monmouth
Michigan State v. Georgia Tech/Marquette (Kissimmee, FL)
Minnesota v. Gonzaga/Georgia (NYC)
Nebraska v. UT-Martin
Ohio State v. James Madison
Penn State @ Bucknell
Rutgers v. Vanderbilt (Brooklyn)
Wisconsin v. TBA (Bahamas)

Nov. 29 (Saturday)
Iowa v. Longwood
Michigan v. Nicholls State
Rutgers v. Virginia/La Salle (Brooklyn)

[The Oracle]

Fucking love basketball season. Every night something good to watch.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Yeah this coming week is full of these early season mini-tournaments

Week after Thanksgiving will be the ACC Challenge

[iam416]

I know it's waaaay early, but Ohio State actually looks like they can score the ball a little bit. And Matta actually has a 9 or so man rotation. The young 'uns will get a harsh introduction to big-time ball at Louisville, and then they'll have to go through the B10 meat grinder. But heavens, they actually have a few kids who can shoot and score. And Scott looks solid as a PG. Yay for early season optimism after beating trash teams!