Big 10

[Macken]

the big ten has always been solid every year at the beginning and slowly start to dwindle down come tournament time. Minnesota started great and had some expectations and then started sucking.

 

[Archer]

the big ten has always been solid every year at the beginning and slowly start to dwindle down come tournament time. Minnesota started great and had some expectations and then started sucking.

Apart from Michigan State?

 

[Macken]

well yeah apart from 1 or 2 teams usually.

 

[NAHSTE]

Awful awful basketball to watch.

 

[Goober]

Wisconsin really let me down when they lost to Illinois at home. I'm still shaking my head at that one.

However, Wisconsin has had a great season (considered they were ranked 9th in the Big 10 in the preseason rankings) and they should be able to make a little noise in the tournament. Leuer is supposed to be back at the end of the month.

 

[Pitty]

Really solid conference, when a terrible Illinois team is still in the title race...

 

[Roogy]

Awful awful basketball to watch.

Completely disagree and quite honestly, I think you're dead wrong. Don't let Wisconsin characterize the rest of the league. Next to the Big East, the Big 10 is the most fun to watch IMO. Watch Ohio State play and tell me that is awful basketball to watch. They are about as entertaining as it gets out of a few Top 5 teams.

Big 10 is solidly the second best conference this year

 

[Roogy]

the big ten has always been solid every year at the beginning and slowly start to dwindle down come tournament time. Minnesota started great and had some expectations and then started sucking.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Uhhhhhhhh

The Big 10 conference usually always does well in the tournament. Stop spewing nonsense.

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

Waaaaaaaaayyyy too many white people playing for it to be an enjoyable viewing experience.

 

[Kuzzy Powers]

Great come back victory for NW here to help keep their tourney hopes alive. Minnesota, on the other hand.. is sputtering right now and may find themselves on the outside looking in if they dont pick it up.

 

[Argath]

Big12 > Big10

 

[Goober]

Big12 > Big10

Wisconsin beat Maryland. lol.

And Michigan State, Purdue, Ohio State, Wisconsin> Kansas, Kansas St, Texas and Baylor.

 

[Pitty]

Wisconsin beat Maryland. lol.

And Michigan State, Purdue, Ohio State, Wisconsin> Kansas, Kansas St, Texas and Baylor.

:joker:

Batman for you, but that was a seriously retarded post.

 

[Argath]

Wisconsin beat Maryland. lol.

And Michigan State, Purdue, Ohio State, Wisconsin> Kansas, Kansas St, Texas and Baylor.

:joker:


Last I checked, Maryland was in the ACC which is having a down year but hey, maybe they moved! I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.


In any case, Kansas > All Big 10 teams, Texas > Purdue/Ohio State, Kansas St/Baylor > the rest

 

[BUCK3YE5]

Evan Turner alone is reason to watch Big Ten games...if he's playing in it.

 

[Argath]

Evan Turner alone is reason to watch Big Ten games...if he's playing in it.

If I wanted to watch one player dominate on the floor, I'll go watch the NBA.

I'd rather see two teams duking it out at each, playing tough defense and running their offenses that take up time on the shot clock over some hotshot player coming down and chucking up a shot

 

[Senser81]

Evan Turner alone is reason to watch Big Ten games...if he's playing in it.

Why does Thad Matta's head/face resemble a basketball?

 

[NAHSTE]

Completely disagree and quite honestly, I think you're dead wrong. Don't let Wisconsin characterize the rest of the league. Next to the Big East, the Big 10 is the most fun to watch IMO. Watch Ohio State play and tell me that is awful basketball to watch. They are about as entertaining as it gets out of a few Top 5 teams.

Big 10 is solidly the second best conference this year

I usually watch some Michigan State action, and they are just as bad. Don't even get me started on Indiana and Illinois. I haven't had the pleasure of watching Ohio State play this year, but admittedly my CBB interest has not been there with me moving from Baton Rouge to NYC a few weeks ago and my team being winless in the SEC.

It just seems like every game is 58-55 in that conference. Color me a generalizer but that's just what I get from the few minutes of Big Ten ball I can stomach each year pre tournament.

 

[Senser81]

It just seems like every game is 58-55 in that conference. Color me a generalizer but that's just what I get from the few minutes of Big Ten ball I can stomach each year pre tournament.

I've watched the Big10 all my life. They used to have great players in teams in the 80's and early 90's....Glen Rice, Steve Alford, Big Dog, Flying Illini, Fab Five, Calbert Chaney, Shawn Respert, etc. It seems like after the mid-90's the Big10 stopped getting "superstar" players. They became more of a plodding league with guys like Brian Cardinal, Reggie Evans (Yuck!), every Michigan State & Wisconsin team, etc.

Its not the most entertaining brand of bball. I mainly watch the Big East now (though I still watch the Illini).

 

[Sportsbuck]

The B10 style of basketball is not entertaining at all... frankly its like watching paint dry. But we typically hold teams pretty well under their season averages (IIRC someone did a study of the conference as a whole for the past 5-10 years) during March because of how much of a defense-oriented conference we play in.

If I wasn't an Ohio State fan I wouldn't watch B10 basketball.