Big Ten Basketball: The Calm before the FEAST

Plus: a basketball civil war, a shoehorned trip to MSG, and all these empty calories.

The Weekend That Was

Most Impressive Win

Nebraska Cornhuskers 105, Oklahoma Sooners 99

Tough to deny Maryland, here, who went on the road to Milwaukee and beat Marquette in their barn cavernous NBA palace.

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But as Kind of… has been reminding anyone who will listen (and it’s sure as shit not me), Nebraska currently has the longest winning streak of any team in Division I men’s college basketball. And beating Oklahoma—a P5 school!—on a neutral court while dropping 105 in regulation is worthy of an eyebrow raise from me.

So well done, Huskers, most impressive winners of the weekend.

Honorable Mention: Maryland Terrapins 89, Marquette Golden Eagles 82

Least Impressive Win (Niko Medved Update Section)

Minnesota Golden Gophers 72, Green Bay Phoenix 65 (OT)

This is, in reality, the most embarrassing showing of the week. The Fightin’ Gottliebs aren’t going to (or shouldn’t) be as bad as they were in 2024-25. But they’re not good, and Minnesota basically matched them in stats across the board: 27% from deep, 42% from the field, 51% at the line (to 63% for GB)…

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…this was disgusting, reprehensible basketball. Niko’s got a ways to go in Minneapolis.

Most Embarrassing Loss

#5 Arizona Wildcats 69, #15 UCLA Bruins 65

Once again, UCLA: sorry, but them’s the rules.

Big Ten Basketball Midweek Schedule

Monday, November 17

SIU Edwardsville Cougars at #23 wisconsin badgers
7pm | BTN | wisc -25.5 | O/U 145.5

The Cougars are a friskier OVC team than most—they’re actually odds-on to win it, 30 places higher than their next-closest competitor, Little Rock, in Kenpom.

That’s not to say it comes easy for Sooey: they mustered 55 in a loss to Indiana State and just 61 in a two-point win at Drake. The offense runs through 6’9” South Sudanese guard(!) Ring Malith, who’s currently dropping 17.8 a game, but it’s not a great shooting squad and is pretty profligate with the…

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