The Moving Screen is a podcast collaboration with The Athletic’s Brendan Quinn. We’ll be tackling Michigan, Michigan State and Big Ten basketball at large with a blend of rational analysis and hot takes.
We recap a wild weekend of Big Ten hoops with Michigan State losing at Indiana and Michigan winning at Maryland.
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(01:59) Michigan wins at Maryland
(24:31) What happened in Bloomington?
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Champions
Since no game until Saturday, I was hoping you will do an “ask me anything” segment.
Given that we have found our back up center, will they start working Johns at the 4 the rest of the way (would make sense to me), or will they keep him at the 5 until the off season.
AC1997
@umhoops
During the podcast when discussing the unlikely ascent of Purdue to the top of the league standings you made a statement that Michigan’s conference schedule was easier than theirs. I was wondering what went into that thought. As I see it, the games that they didn’t play are as follows:
Michigan:
– @ Purdue (tough game, possible loss)
– Illinois (win)
– @ OSU (probable win…especially now)
– Iowa (win)
– Rutgers (win)
– @ Nebraska (maybe tough earlier in the year…maybe)
Purdue:
– Michigan (tough game, possible loss)
– @ Iowa (tough game, possible loss…as we know)
– Wisconsin (tough game, probably win at home)
– @ Illinois (ask MSU about this game…)
– @ Rutgers (probable win, but road game)
– Northwestern (easy win)
umhoops
I was just going off of the KenPom conf SOS numbers where Michigan is last. I guess looking at Torvik, Michigan might finish fractionally ahead of Purdue after playing at MSU.
I guess my point is that in a tie, I’d give an edge to Purdue for having a more difficult schedule because U-M/Purdue was at Michigan.
Either way, better point probably would have been that they are about equal. I believe Brendan’s original point was that Purdue played some kind of schedule that was way easier than the rest of the league.
umhoops
Planning to record a pod tomorrow with a mailbag component if anyone has any Qs.
adamsmit86
Why is Minnesota the way that they are?