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2012-13 Big Ten Basketball

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Bucky32;2309294; said:
Evans was REALLY struggling with free throws, and you could tell it was weighing on him. This may look goofy, but it appears he's found something that works.
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Damn right. For years I've wanted NBA players to alter their free-throw shooting style to whatever helps them shoot a higher percentage.

Doesn't matter if it's underhand or whatever.

But players won't due to an ego thing.
 
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Jeff Svoboda ‏@JeffSvoboda If the Buckeyes win out, they'd need a few results to fall their way (IU/MSU losing at U-M, UW at MSU), but there is a plausible path
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There's still a chance!


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DZ83CK;2309245; said:
Nope. OSU entered the 2007 tourney #1. Florida was a #3 seed in 2006 (Duke was #1 in the last poll prior to the tourney).
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Ohio State may have been #1 in the final poll in 2007, but Florida was the #1 overall seed in the tournament. I couldn't tell you the last time the #1 team in the poll won it though. UNC in 2009, UConn in 2004, Duke in 2001, MSU in 2000 off the top of my head are possibilities.
 
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Buckeye Nut;2309754; said:
Ohio State may have been #1 in the final poll in 2007, but Florida was the #1 overall seed in the tournament. I couldn't tell you the last time the #1 team in the poll won it though. UNC in 2009, UConn in 2004, Duke in 2001, MSU in 2000 off the top of my head are possibilities.
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In 2009, Louisville was ranked #1 entering the tourney (also the #1 overall seed, but that's not what I was looking at really). In 2004, the #1 team was St Joseph's until they lost to Matta's Xavier team, and then Stanford took over #1 right before the NCAA tournament.

It does look like Duke in 2001 was #1, so that probably would be the last time before 2012 UK to be #1 ranked entering the tourney to win it all. BTW, Duke was also #1 entering the 2000 tournament. So since 2000, I believe there have been 2 teams ranked #1 entering the tournament to win it - which I'd say is a pretty low rate considering without knowing better I'd expect the #1 team in the rankings at the end of the season to be a semi-regular winner. 2 times in 13 years the #1 team wins the tourney - that's why it makes sense for Gonzaga to be #1 after all the conference games are over, most people don't think they're going to win it.
 
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Purdue is the only B1G school with a winning record versus Bo Ryan (according to ESPN, anyway).

They just ruined Senior Day in Madison. :slappy:
 
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