Detroit ace Tarik Skubal will undergo surgery to remove loose bodies in his left elbow. Such procedures typically sideline players for 2-3 months. Skubal should return before season's end, but a tough blow for the impending free agent and two-time reigning AL Cy Young winner.
Which Big Ten crowds impact opponents' free throws the most?
These are the average free-throw percentages of every Big Ten team's opponent at home for the past 5 seasons.
Also no disrespect to St Joe’s. More agreeing with Titus’ point that the season they were a 1 seed is because they were obliterating almost everyone that stepped on the court with them
To parrot their Kenpom rating here is
ridiculous. North Carolina’s non con that year was rated 79th and they played:
Illinois (B1G Champs)
Kentucky (SEC Champs)
UConn (National Champs)
St Joe’s played 3 tournament teams:
Gonzaga
Pacific
Boston College
People act like the B1G has not performed well in March. They have had 7 different programs reach the national title game since 2000. I don’t think any other conference has more than 4. They just haven’t had the “best” team in college basketball. Which is a hard thing to do.
Think the biggest reason the big Ten has struggled to compete for & win a natty in recent years is the attrition of the parity and style in the league.
They beat each other up so much in B1G style & get to March & almost *forget* how to play other styles.
Also normally not as good as this michigan team has been tbf but this is a great test for them specifically being the level they have been at.
For the people that say “[Team] is trash when they’re not shooting [X]% from 3pt”. Are they shot chucking or are they a team that is just good at getting open looks? Thank you ANT for educating us