I just noticed this...as of now, they will only play 2 ranked teams...the whole year. They get Purdue at home, then @ Whiskey. what the hell...they play purdue, iu, whisky and msu once! arrrrrrrrrrg
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It was pointed out before conference play began...a beyond friendly schedule and an incredible advantage...which is why the unbalanced schedule not only sucks (for lack of a better term), but is not equitable and it is not the first time that it will potentially have more of an impact on determining the conference champion.
I usually pay more attention to them due to where I live, but I guess I was sleeping on that. I hope they get slammed in the seeding.
Sounds silly but I feel the Big Ten is becoming more like the ACC only in the sense that the conference tourney champ is considered the conference champion. Too many teams!
Not silly at all...the regular season championship is still something to celebrate, but, it is not nearly as meaningful as it once was...nor does a team have to run the proverbial gauntlet to win it any longer like it once had to.
While you feel like the conference tourney champ is the accepted champ, and I don't necessarily disagree with that, but, personally, I think either is not necessarily reflective of the best team...the tournament cheapens the regular season championship, but the schedule does as well as we have discussed...but, no guarantee that the conference tournament addresses that either.
It will never happen, largely because the conference has too many teams, but I would love to see the genuine round robin regular season format.
Would rather have 2 divisions where you play the other 6 teams in your division home-and-away and then the other division one time each. Adds 1 game to the conference season that way but I think the division titles at least become somewhat meaningful then.
Like you said, it will never happen though.
This is the exact reason I lost admiration for the regular season crown. It has just lost it's luster since the schedule can be so poorly balanced.
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Not the first time. IU won the B1G last year in large part because they played #2 MSU, #3 Maryland and #3 Purdue only once and the Purdue and Maryland games were at home. Only Illinois (82) had an easier conference SOS than IU's 81.
It's the same thing that gave the Hoosiers there last title. It very well may do so for Mary.
The Big XII did that for a while (with the same divisions it had for football); it does add certainty to the schedule. However, if the divisions end up "un-balanced," one or two teams can have a big advantage. It certainly helped Kansas several years.
daughter in Frederick, Md and cousin just south of D.C. as well. About 5 to 10 minutes south of Marine Memorial in Annadale. Frederick for Maryland is a neat town...but think I'm better suited for Virginia
oh me too. i dont think they will let my guns into md heh.daughter in Frederick, Md and cousin just south of D.C. as well. About 5 to 10 minutes south of Marine Memorial in Annadale. Frederick for Maryland is a neat town...but think I'm better suited for Virginia
Oh, they DO...you just hide them like me...something small like a SAS Sig 938
I'm okay all the way to Maryland and then you are helpless... All true but you guys should probably be thankful. The Clapper would be gone without that creampuff schedule.
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