Concern For Our B1G Teams In The NCAA Tourney ...

[Whinny]

Face it - Our conference officials tend to let us play rough and rowdy during the men's regular season. And then it's often a rude awakening when post season play starts, and we're penalized for that same aggressive style of play. I can remember how closely the refs often call the early NCAA games, and how the ticky-tacky touch fouls mount up against us early on. Will our teams be able to adjust this year?

 

[DewHawk]

IMO the BIG is not a great league this year and will be exposed in NCAA. Hope I am wrong.

 

[Sett1997]

IMO the BIG is not a great league this year and will be exposed in NCAA. Hope I am wrong.

Happens frequently as of late.

 

[StormHawk42]

I’ll eat my words but 9 teams in, we’ll be lucky to get 2 to the second weekend. The teams just look collectively average.

 

[HawkBall23]

LO-freaking-L at the thinking that officiating is going to be ANY different in the Big Dance than it was in conference play. It'll be the same, but even more so.


That's what happened last year, anyways. If anything, teams were allowed to play even more of the 'bully-ball' defense in the NCAA Tourney than was let gotten away with in the B1G.

 

[Max_Rebo]

I’ll eat my words but 9 teams in, we’ll be lucky to get 2 to the second weekend. The teams just look collectively average.

Based on projected seeds, we would only be predicted to have 2 teams in the Sweet 16. If Indiana slips to a 5, it would be down to only 1 B1G team in the second weekend, if it goes according to chalk.

 

[Hawk-A-Doodle-Doo]

Seven out of nine BTT games so far have been won by the lesser seed. So, either we're super deep and competitive and loaded with teams who can beat anyone on any given day....or we're jam packed with thoroughly mediocre teams top to bottom who can really only beat each other. We shall soon see.

 

[Chishawk1425]

Penn St could go on a run. Love their guards.

 

[HawkBall23]

Maybe its just based on 'name brand', IE money - but hard to believe that 8-9 (maybe possibly even 10??) teams would be getting invites if the general thought is that the B1G was just really bad or mediocre this season.

jmo

 

[curtisj157]

I’ll eat my words but 9 teams in, we’ll be lucky to get 2 to the second weekend. The teams just look collectively average.

Plus, 4 will be 8 or 9 seeds. Bounced early. We wouldn’t make it into the second weekend of the West Davenport YMCA D league tournament.

 

[im4hawks50595]

Could be the big teams are decent top to bottom and just beating up on each other in big play, other teams around the country have problems too. Quite a few lower seeds for the big so going to be hard to get a bunch in the sweet 16 with potential of playing pretty high seeds.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

IMO the BIG is not a great league this year and will be exposed in NCAA. Hope I am wrong.

I mean how exposed are they really gonna be if everyone already kinda agrees with you............

 

[HawkBall23]

I am expecting to be very wrong, and the 2023 Big Dance could be the same as 2022 - where the B1G makes a mass early exodus - but I think the best thing for this season's B1G is to just get away from itself.

Go against some new faces in OOC matchups in the NCAA and NIT tourneys.

 

[CookyMonster]

Buie, Hood-schfino, young, pickett, the msu guys i actually like the leagues guards going into the tourney. We all know the saying.

 

[Buffalo43]

Face it - Our conference officials tend to let us play rough and rowdy during the men's regular season. And then it's often a rude awakening when post season play starts, and we're penalized for that same aggressive style of play. I can remember how closely the refs often call the early NCAA games, and how the ticky-tacky touch fouls mount up against us early on. Will our teams be able to adjust this year?

Just don't be concerned read a book

 

[littlez]

The Big Ten is no more or less physical than most of the top conferences. And there’s no such thing as Big Ten officials. These guys work all games. Big 12 is crazy physical. Big East is physical. Good teams that play physical win. Plain and simple.

 

[Buffalo43]

The Big Ten is no more or less physical than most of the top conferences. And there’s no such thing as Big Ten officials. These guys work all games. Big 12 is crazy physical. Big East is physical. Good teams that play physical win. Plain and simple.

So you are saying we have a chance? Listen we have played very physical teams in BIG i think we are ready for that my question is can we make shots

 

[farcyted]

Face it - Our conference officials tend to let us play rough and rowdy during the men's regular season. And then it's often a rude awakening when post season play starts, and we're penalized for that same aggressive style of play. I can remember how closely the refs often call the early NCAA games, and how the ticky-tacky touch fouls mount up against us early on. Will our teams be able to adjust this year?

It's just the opposite in the tournament.

 

[amahawk]

IMO the BIG is not a great league this year and will be exposed in NCAA. Hope I am wrong.

I do not know that it will be exposed. It did not seem to be that highly rated this season.

 

[ISUBryceC]

Face it - Our conference officials tend to let us play rough and rowdy during the men's regular season. And then it's often a rude awakening when post season play starts, and we're penalized for that same aggressive style of play.

I keep seeing this said, but the Big 12 is much more physical league, and it hasn't hurt them in the tourney recently.

If bracket matrix is to be trusted at all, the Big 10 will struggle IMO just as much due to the seeds. A ton of 7-10 seeds there. Those second round upsets can happen but they are just a lot less likely. Big 10 will sneak some teams through to the second weekend simply on numbers.

 

[CookyMonster]

Buie, Hood-schfino, young, pickett, the msu guys i actually like the leagues guards going into the tourney. We all know the saying.

Bump

 

[LetsGoHawks83]

Penn St could go on a run. Love their guards.

Fran just needs a few more years like the OSU coach has been given... Then he'll get some guards. LOL.

Pathetic