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ironman02

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Mar 11, 2011 10:57 PM
36-33. That is unbelievable.

Bracket really opened up for the Buckeyes today.
Mar 11, 2011 10:57pm
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NilesPacMan

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Mar 11, 2011 10:58 PM
That was the best game I've ever seen. I've always wanted to watch a game with this low of scoring, and it was fun to root for no one to score.
Mar 11, 2011 10:58pm
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burt07

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Mar 11, 2011 10:59 PM
Good God. This game combined with the fact that the 2 and 3 teams looked horrible tonight aren't going to make the conference look too great.
Mar 11, 2011 10:59pm
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Mar 11, 2011 11:00 PM
So I changed my TV to ESPN, it actually does have color.

That was pathetic. I cant believe Indiana is the worst team in this conference...Jesus.
Mar 11, 2011 11:00pm
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Mar 11, 2011 11:03 PM
I think the conference will look fine with 7 teams in the NCAA tournament. This tournament is just a microcosm of what the season was like. Every team is capable of guarding you and taking you out of your game. The top 9 teams just beat each other up. It's not like Purdue and Wisconsin lost to bad teams. They lost NCAA tournament teams.
Mar 11, 2011 11:03pm
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Mar 11, 2011 11:07 PM
^^^Thats a stretch, Northwestern is not good, and Minnesota is awful.

That game was ok defensively, nothing great. Those teams just sucked offensively.
Mar 11, 2011 11:07pm
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Mar 11, 2011 11:11 PM
Yeah don't try to sugarcoat it, that was just an awful basketball game. I understand what you mean about the teams beating up on each other, I'm not saying the conference is in the dumps. But that was just bad.
Mar 11, 2011 11:11pm
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Mar 11, 2011 11:14 PM
What does that game have to do with "the conference'? How many other Big Ten tournament games were in the 30s?
Mar 11, 2011 11:14pm
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Mar 11, 2011 11:38 PM
PSU winning is the worst thing MSU wanted to see. Now if they lose they are at best heading to dayton and maybe out.
Mar 11, 2011 11:38pm
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Mar 11, 2011 11:44 PM
dave;708689 wrote:PSU winning is the worst thing MSU wanted to see. Now if they lose they are at best heading to dayton and maybe out.

Nah, helps my prediction. They are going to the finals.
Mar 11, 2011 11:44pm
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Mar 11, 2011 11:48 PM
Laley23;708696 wrote:Nah, helps my prediction. They are going to the finals.

You made this before the tourney? Only thing I remember was an Indiana prediction. :)
Mar 11, 2011 11:48pm
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Mar 11, 2011 11:52 PM
dave;708714 wrote:You made this before the tourney? Only thing I remember was an Indiana prediction. :)

haha. I made it before their game today versus Purdue. Same effect though, they had Thursday off.
Mar 11, 2011 11:52pm
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Mar 11, 2011 11:52 PM
Lunardi doesn't even have Michigan State as one of his last 4 byes. If they lose to Penn State they might fall there, but I doubt they would fall all the way to a play-in game.
Mar 11, 2011 11:52pm
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Mar 12, 2011 12:03 AM
Cleveland Buck;708727 wrote:Lunardi doesn't even have Michigan State as one of his last 4 byes. If they lose to Penn State they might fall there, but I doubt they would fall all the way to a play-in game.

If they lose think of all the teams that could pass them. PSU for sure, then you have teams like VT, Richmond, Bama, Dayton, Memphis, etc.
Mar 12, 2011 12:03am
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Mar 12, 2011 12:32 AM
dave;708748 wrote:If they lose think of all the teams that could pass them. PSU for sure, then you have teams like VT, Richmond, Bama, Dayton, Memphis, etc.

Well sure, if Virginia Tech beats Duke and Alabama beats Kentucky and Dayton wins the A-10 then MSU could fall down there, but not all the way out, and how likely are those things to happen individually, let alone all 3.
Mar 12, 2011 12:32am
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Mar 12, 2011 12:38 AM
Cleveland Buck;708792 wrote:Well sure, if Virginia Tech beats Duke and Alabama beats Kentucky and Dayton wins the A-10 then MSU could fall down there, but not all the way out, and how likely are those things to happen individually, let alone all 3.

I would say there's a very good chance. You have Clemson, VT, Dayton/St Joes, Richmond, St Marys, Alabama, and maybe a couple others. The thing you are overlooking is a MSU loss to PSU doesn't look near as good as the loss most of these other teams are looking at. That's my point about playing PSU is way worse than Wisconsin for them.
Mar 12, 2011 12:38am
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Mar 12, 2011 12:44 AM
dave;708798 wrote:I would say there's a very good chance. You have Clemson, VT, Dayton/St Joes, Richmond, St Marys, Alabama, and maybe a couple others. The thing you are overlooking is a MSU loss to PSU doesn't look near as good as the loss most of these other teams are looking at. That's my point about playing PSU is way worse than Wisconsin for them.

A loss to Penn State isn't a bad enough loss to knock them out of the tournament no matter what happens elsewhere.
Mar 12, 2011 12:44am
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Mar 12, 2011 12:47 AM
I think sparty is in regardless...the win today will be all the committee needs to justify it imo and why they give Izzo so much credit.
Mar 12, 2011 12:47am
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Mar 12, 2011 4:00 AM
ironman02;708619 wrote:36-33. That is unbelievable.

Bracket really opened up for the Buckeyes today.

Agreed. Some great defense being played by both teams and as we all know, defense wins championships.
Mar 12, 2011 4:00am
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Mar 12, 2011 12:34 PM
Cleveland Buck;708651 wrote:What does that game have to do with "the conference'? How many other Big Ten tournament games were in the 30s?
It's the way people perceive the conference. No they didn't have other games in the 30's because obviously that's the most extreme. But people perceive the conference as a 50 point, no one knows how to play offense league. In the end, I guess I don't really care because the committee isn't the one that looks at it that way.
Mar 12, 2011 12:34pm
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Mar 12, 2011 1:08 PM
Fast Facts
• Penn State scored 18 in the first 10 minutes and led 18-2. It then scored 18 points over the final 30 minutes to advance to the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament for the first time since 2001.

• Talor Battle led the Lions with nine points, making him Penn State's all-time scoring leader with 2,141.

• Battle shot 3 for 18 from the floor while the rest of the team shot 10 for 21.

• Penn State got no points from its bench, and Wisconsin had three starters score.

• The Badgers shot 29.4 percent from the floor, 2 of 21 from 3-point range and made one free throw.

• Penn State's football team scored 36 points three times this season and Wisconsin's scored 33 points seven times, including three games over 70.

-- ESPN Stats & Information
Mar 12, 2011 1:08pm
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Mar 12, 2011 4:15 PM
Looks like Michigan State was just going through the motions until the postseason started. They are playing the way people were expecting them to play all year.
Mar 12, 2011 4:15pm
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dave

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Mar 12, 2011 4:32 PM
Michigan completely changed their tempo after those 2 terrible calls sullinger got once Michigan cut it down to 2. This lack of tourney experience is going to doom them next week.
Mar 12, 2011 4:32pm
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Mar 12, 2011 4:39 PM
Cleveland Buck;709309 wrote:Looks like Michigan State was just going through the motions until the postseason started. They are playing the way people were expecting them to play all year.

There's one of those teams in almost every conference...UNC in the ACC, K-State in the Big 12, MSU in the B10, arguably Florida in the SEC.
Mar 12, 2011 4:39pm
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Mar 12, 2011 4:49 PM
Lucas playing his 3rd game in 3 days on a bum ankle. I think Taylor Battle might outplay him the rest of the way.
Mar 12, 2011 4:49pm