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I don’t have a ton of personal writing time right now or that much interesting to say about Big Ten basketball. My team is horseshit, writing the bracketology roundup majorly bums me out, and I doubt either of those things will change in the foreseeable future.
Here’s how teams are doing:
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I’m just here, in the words of the immortal Marshawn Lynch, so I don’t get fined.
In fact, that’s a good idea. Here is, in GIF format, my preview for the week’s basketball.
That’s right—basically date, time, odds, a gif, and the spreadsheet at the end that takes way too much time and that no one ever reads and means I wind up obsessing about games on PlutoTV, only for DJ Carver him-fucking-self to have the audacity in the OTE Slack, just the other day, to say “whoa, I didn’t know PlutoTV existed” in response to WSR posting a spreadsheet of all the conference championships...
You'll want to keep this handy:
— Heat Check CBB (@HeatCheckCBB) February 21, 2020
Each of the 32 conference tournament dates, rounds and TV/streaming channels pic.twitter.com/zcr8COQDXV
Maybe some writers will edit this and preview their own games. But...
...so yeah, I’m phoning it in. Fuck you, it’s free.
Tuesday, February 25
#18 Iowa Hawkeyes at #24 Michigan State Spartans
6pm | ESPN2 | MSU -8.5 | O/U 151.5
Poll
Pick
Wednesday, February 26
Rutgers Scarlet Knights at #16 Penn State Nittany Lions
6pm | BTN | PSU -5 | O/U 137.5
Poll
i dont care
#9 Maryland Terrapins at Minnesota Golden Gophers
8pm | BTN | Minn -1 | O/U 134.5
seriously how is maryland remotely close to the top 10 all their fans do is bitch and then a turtle bites you on the fucking nose
Poll
what’s ugliest
This poll is closed
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26%
maryland uniforms
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36%
minnesota’s floor color
-
36%
whitespeedreceiver
Thursday, February 27
Wisconsin Badgers at #19 Michigan Wolverines
6pm | ESPN2 | Mich -6.5 | O/U 133
Poll
pick the winning skunk
Indiana Hoosiers at Purdue Boilermakers
6pm | FS1 | Purdue -6 | O/U 129.5
Poll
you know they used to shoot buffalo in the west out of the back of trains, which feels like a kinda funny metaphor for purdue and indiana, if you think about it
This poll is closed
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25%
ok
-
25%
purdue
-
18%
indiana
-
31%
i was told there would be no math (and there wasn’t)
Illinois Fighting Illini at Northwestern Wildcats
7pm | BTN | Illinois -6.5 | O/U 133
Poll
By how much does Illinois win?
This poll is closed
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29%
15+
-
39%
10-14
-
15%
5-9
-
4%
3-4
-
0%
1-2
-
10%
<0
#23 Ohio State Buckeyes at Nebraska Cornhuskers
8pm | ESPN2 | OSU -9.5 | O/U 144.5
Poll
which
This poll is closed
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4%
corn
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42%
nuts
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52%
anaphylaxis
Thread. Usual rules. Behave.