Big Ten Tournament Open Thread
by BSD on Mar 12, 2009 11:30 AM EDT
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Look, Ma! I'm gonna get my picture taken with that big ol' shoe!
Here's a thread to discuss the early games for all you dead beats that either called in sick today to stay home or just watching the scoreboard when you should be working.
Game Previews after the jump.
Game 1: #8 Minnesota vs. #9 Northwestern
Season Series: Tied at 1 win each.
Winner Plays: #1 Michigan State on Friday at noon on ESPN.
Game 1 Recap: Northwestern won 74-65 at home. It was the Wildcat's first win over a ranked opponent in three years. Craig Moore led Northwestern with 22 points. A slow start for the first half in which the Gophers missed 12 of their first 13 shots sealed the deal for them.
Game 2 Recap: Minnesota got revenge in a big way blowing out the Wildcats 72-45 on the home court. Lawrence Westbrook led the Gophers with 17 points thanks to four three-point shots. Not a single Northwestern player scored in double digits.
Who has the momentum: Northwestern is 5-5 over their last ten games with wins over Ohio State and Purdue and an overtime loss to Michigan State. Minnesota struggled to a 4-6 record down the stretch with all of their wins coming on the home court.
NCAA Tournament implications: Both teams need this win to stay alive. Minnesota is most likely in with a win. Northwestern needs this plus a win over the Spartans and a whole lot of help to have any chance.
Game 2: #7 Michigan at #10 Iowa
Season Series: Tied at 1 win each.
Winner Plays: #2 Illinois at 6:30 PM on the BTN on Friday.
Game 1 Recap: Michigan took game one 64-49 on their home floor. Manny Harris had 18 points and DeShawn Sims added 16. This win was the high water mark for the Michigan program this year giving them a 13-3 record. They lost five of their next six games and ended the season on a 6-9 streak.
Game 2 Recap: Iowa came back to take game 2 70-60 in overtime. The Hawkeyes turned it on in the extra period outscoring the Wolverines 14-4. Jake Kelly was a monster scoring 23 points and 9 assists. Freshman Matt Gatens added 16 points for the Hawkeyes.
Who has the momentum: The Wolverines are 5-5 over their last ten games, but have turned it on of late winning four of their last six games with two wins over Minnesota and a win over Purdue. Iowa went 3-7 to finish out the season with two of those wins coming in overtime, and one of those overtime wins was over Michigan.
NCAA Tournament implications: Michigan is hoping to win a game or two in this tournament to solidify their chances for the NCAA. Iowa has no chance of making the NCAA tournament outside of running the table this weekend, but if they can get a couple wins and get their record over 0.500 they might be able to sneak into the NIT.
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If you guys are going
to keep posting pics of hot women, I’m going to get fired for downloading porn at work. I just can’t look away!
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Typical Big Ten giant shoe
Bigger and slower than any giant shoe from the SEC.
by ReadingRambler on Mar 12, 2009 12:00 PM EDT reply actions
Ed Hightower is doing NW vs. Minny
Those poor, poor souls.
On the bright side, that means he’s not doing PSU vs. IU
What is it with midwesterners
And their fascination with taking everyday objects and blowing them up on a 100:1 scale? You’ll be driving through Indiana somewhere and all of the sudden there’s a giant five story tall pig or something.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Maybe it's an open-space thing?
This phenomenon is huge in Australia as well. They did a hilarious documentary called Big Dreamers about a town that built a giant boot to attract tourism dollars. It covers all the drama and discussions involved in trying to get one built—with tax money, and it’s ridiculous to hear some of the arguments made by proponents. We watched it at the Bondi open-air theatre packed with Sydneysiders and they were howling at the stupidity of their rural countrymen.
Anyway, maybe worth a netflix peek…
pax et amor
I can't believe no one has done that one before
Hot tickets sound hot!
by ReadingRambler on Mar 12, 2009 12:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Apparently now that FSU has to drop some scholarships
they got rid of some of their extra shoes
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 12, 2009 12:17 PM EDT reply actions
Maybe NW will wake up sometime soon.
They’re due for a Penn State 2nd half run.
Behold the natural wonders of Indiana.
If this woman’s height was proportionate to her weight, she would need a shoe of this size.
7:59 to play
the radio guys are constantly “well that was a foul, and he traveled, but the refs swallow the whistle”…they’re making it sound like there is a bad call/non-call on just about every possession.
BSD
they are only misses
when Minn has the ball. So, while this is a national feed, I have a feel I know where these guys live.
BSD
what do you expect
I mean, they are just northwestern
"They ain't got the tradition to hold our nuts." - Deon Butler
Well NW let us down
Hopefully our favorite team Iowa will actually do some good for Penn State.
Bracketology 101 says...
“Penn State, meanwhile, faces Indiana under circumstances that are very similar to Michigan’s. With a win, the Nittany Lions should be in for good. A loss opens up a huge can of worms, especially if Michigan loses as well. We would give the slight edge to Penn State as the seventh Big Ten team if that scenario happens, but we aren’t sure the committee would agree. It would depend on whether they value Michigan’s solid OOC wins or Penn State’s extremely strong arsenal of Big Ten wins. Did Penn State do enough in conference to make up for a non-existent OOC resume? Nittany Nation is hoping they don’t have to find out the answer to that question.”
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 12, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Well,
Digger Phelps just said he liked us to make some noise in the Big10 tourney and the beginning of the NCAAs. Also Hubert Davis is a big fan of Talor Battle.
I still am not used to “feeling the love” from ESPN on any sport let a lone BBall
"They ain't got the tradition to hold our nuts." - Deon Butler
Do we have any sort of confirmation
On IU’s Dumas and his status for tonight? I keep reading that he’s a longshot to play, but no actual declaration of him being out.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 12, 2009 2:16 PM EDT reply actions
Hold on
Is our game on ESPN or big 10? I am confused
"They ain't got the tradition to hold our nuts." - Deon Butler
ESPN2
Maybe one day they will add us to ESPN Deportes, just to mix things up
I was out in the trenches, which enables me to paint such a powerful picture, like Apocalypse Now.-Cormega
TALOR BATTLE 3 GOOD NOOOOOONONONONONO!
"They ain't got the tradition to hold our nuts." - Deon Butler
Dear Iowa
Please guard DeShawn Sims. He is only 8/8 in the first 10 minutes. Thanks!
Two big games getting underway
Arizona State vs. Arizona and Texas vs K-State
Arizona could probably use a win here to clinch, but a loss would make them sweat a little. Hopefully Texas willl bury K-State early and knock them off the bubble.
KSU
It would be nice for them to lose but I can’t count on Texas for anything. They have been pretty inconsistent all year.
Kath?
They're really not very good
They got some nice wins and played a great schedule, but they will most likely be one and done in the tournament.
17-30?
WTF Iowa? Mich is shooting over 70% right now.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
Caption
The big ten tournament, it’s not just for attractive people anymore.
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
This Iowa-Michigan game is brutal.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 12, 2009 3:26 PM EDT reply actions
hilarious, somehow I’m going to find it hard to root for Iowa even if I’m supposed to.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
I know this sounds ridiculous
But this is making me worry. Every tournament seems to have a major upset, I just hope it’s not us. I know stupid logic.
We should expand the BSD catalog.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 12, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions
Seriously
They’re so smug. They think they’re the shit just because they get the first primary every election.
I’m never eating corn again.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Ha
When the Nebraska was in town in 2002 I was chatting with a couple old timers on my way into the game about who’d win. He brought up their #8 ranking at the time and I responded “Who eats corn anyway” and his response, “You do”. One of the few times where I didn’t have a comeback.
Of course, we all know how that game ended.
by Screen Name 20 on Mar 12, 2009 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Just thought that kinda/sorta related to your “not eating corn again” comment
by Screen Name 20 on Mar 12, 2009 3:57 PM EDT up reply actions
pretty sure iowa was created
just to eff things up for us.
"From here on out, the Steelers are bird exterminators. It doesn't matter if it's the Ravens, Eagles, or Cardinals." ~random Steeler Fan!
Jake Kelly better start banking some 3s
Or they’re going home.
Texas and Arizona State
Both in dog fights. God the bubble is stressful, I just want them to win.
GTech giving us a last minute, tiny SOS nudge
Up 10 on Clemson with 3:40 left.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 12, 2009 4:08 PM EDT reply actions
Why is Iowa turning into a team I hate?
I mean their fans seem harmless enough….but I just keep getting stabby urges whenever I think about their sports
I know.
I actually like the state of Iowa, but they do seem to be the team inevitably screwing us in some fashion.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 12, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Iowa fans
actually, not that ESPN’s message boards are an accurate cross-section of Iowa’s fans, but they are relentless on that site! Last April they were proclaiming Iowa was going to win the B10 and shock everyone, they were one of the more rabid fanbases around at the time. Flash-forward a year, and it’s going on again! They talk more smack than Ohio State fans, and THAT is incredible to me.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
Interesting
ESPN Insider ran 10,000 simulations on our game with Indiana and predicts we will win 68.8-57.1 with an 82.3% probability.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Only 10,000?!?
I think I need a larger sample size
by Screen Name 20 on Mar 12, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions
On the depressing side
Of those 10,000 simulations, Indiana won 1,770 times.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
I'll take those odds.
And seriously, any official word on Dumas yet?
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 12, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Caption
Nope. Sorry. Even standing next to a giant shoe doesn’t make you look skinny.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Mar 12, 2009 4:25 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
but really
did she think wearing that shawl-thingy that accentuates her gut was the best fashion statement to make?
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 12, 2009 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions
it would have worked better
with jeans, or a pencil skirt. the flare of the skirt does her no good.
my whole problem is the accessories. really? black flip flops and what color is that purse!?!
Never felt so bad for a pair of flip-flops in my life.
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 12, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
On the other hand
That shoe seems like it could fit an infant!
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 12, 2009 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
The shoe?
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 12, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
MORE THREAD FOR THE PEOPLE.
Okay, it’s almost gametime. Here’s the PSU-IU game thread:
http://www.blackshoediaries.com/2009/3/12/795083/open-threadageddon-big-ten#comments
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Mar 12, 2009 4:38 PM EDT reply actions
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