Big 10 in the Big Dance

[Soxbadger]

1. Harris was not on the team last year.

 

2. Wilkinson did not even get drafted in the NBA.

 

This team is more talented than the team last year, it is more talented than the team 2 years ago.

 

Tucker is going to make a push for being Big 10 player of the year, Taylor is making an argument for most improved player in the Big 10, and Nixon/Butch have been nice offenisve compliments, especially since Butch's ankle has been better and Nixon has become more comfortable at guard.

 

Illinois did beat Wisconsin at home, but that was more Illinois playing well compared to anything Wisconsin did wrong, it also was perhaps the worst coached game by Ryan (why he never thought to post Ray Nixon who was being gaurded by Dee Brown I will never understand.)

 

My biggest complaint is people coming in here and saying MSU this, OSU that.

 

Well Wisconsin beat both of them, and completely hammered MSU. It all depends on the day, pretty much the top four teams in the Big 10, MSU, OSU, Illinois, Wisconsin all have equal chances depending on the draw.

 

::shrugs::

 

I think there is plenty of evidence to support that.

[J-MAN]

1. Harris was not on the team last year.

 

2. Wilkinson did not even get drafted in the NBA.

 

This team is more talented than the team last year, it is more talented than the team 2 years ago.

 

Tucker is going to make a push for being Big 10 player of the year, Taylor is making an argument for most improved player in the Big 10, and Nixon/Butch have been nice offenisve compliments, especially since Butch's ankle has been better and Nixon has become more comfortable at guard.

 

Illinois did beat Wisconsin at home, but that was more Illinois playing well compared to anything Wisconsin did wrong, it also was perhaps the worst coached game by Ryan (why he never thought to post Ray Nixon who was being gaurded by Dee Brown I will never understand.)

 

My biggest complaint is people coming in here and saying MSU this, OSU that.

 

 

 

Someone forgot to tell NU how good Wisconsin is!!!!!!

 

 

Well Wisconsin beat both of them, and completely hammered MSU. It all depends on the day, pretty much the top four teams in the Big 10, MSU, OSU, Illinois, Wisconsin all have equal chances depending on the draw.

 

::shrugs::

 

I think there is plenty of evidence to support that.

[J-MAN]

Someone forgot to tell NU how good Wisconsin is!!!!!!

 

[ZoomSlowik]

1. Harris was not on the team last year.

 

2. Wilkinson did not even get drafted in the NBA.

 

This team is more talented than the team last year, it is more talented than the team 2 years ago.

 

Tucker is going to make a push for being Big 10 player of the year, Taylor is making an argument for most improved player in the Big 10, and Nixon/Butch have been nice offenisve compliments, especially since Butch's ankle has been better and Nixon has become more comfortable at guard.

 

Illinois did beat Wisconsin at home, but that was more Illinois playing well compared to anything Wisconsin did wrong, it also was perhaps the worst coached game by Ryan (why he never thought to post Ray Nixon who was being gaurded by Dee Brown I will never understand.)

 

My biggest complaint is people coming in here and saying MSU this, OSU that.

 

Well Wisconsin beat both of them, and completely hammered MSU. It all depends on the day, pretty much the top four teams in the Big 10, MSU, OSU, Illinois, Wisconsin all have equal chances depending on the draw.

 

::shrugs::

 

I think there is plenty of evidence to support that.

 

1) You decided that somehow what Wisconsin did since 2000 was important to what's happening now, which is why I mentioned Harris.

 

2) Wilkinson was a highly productive player in college and a senior leader. He'd make a difference.

 

I think the NU game last night showed you that this team clearly isn't better than last year's. It's virtually the same roster, only Wilkinson and Chambliss are gone and Butch plays more. He let NU block his shot on a few occasions, that shows you how soft he is.

 

I never said Tucker or Taylor couldn't play, it's the rest of the team. Butch is a very unreliable third option, and Nixon is even worse. I don't get why you're infatuated with a guy averaging 6 points, shoots 42.5% from the field, 37.3% from behind the arc, and offers virtually nothing in rebounds, assists, or steals. He's highly mediocre.

 

There are very good reasons that people have more faith in the Illini and OSU than Wisconsin, and most of the love for MSU is because of their talent level. First off, Illinois nailed them head to head, and OSU split a home and home, winning by 10 in the other game. Wisconsin has now lost to 4 bad teams on the year in NU, ND State, Purdue, and Wake Forest, and only have three good wins against MSU, Iowa and OSU at home, two of those coming very early in the conference season when they were playing better. On top of that, their 8 losses are by an average of 9 points. Illinois' only bad loss was PSU, and they have several more quality wins. OSU doesn't have any bad losses, has a few good wins, and has been within 3 points in all but one of their losses. Those teams also have only 5 and 4 losses respectively.