ESPN's "BPI" favors Northwestern over Michigan tonight
Though the people at ESPN have often proven to be a bunch of stunads, they did have Gonzaga favored over Duke.http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=401082453
December 4th, 2018 at 1:52 PM ^
Again?
December 4th, 2018 at 2:07 PM ^
It’s not official until we get a third thread.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:52 PM ^
This is old news, but nonetheless still pretty dumb.
December 4th, 2018 at 4:27 PM ^
I mean, you can't blame the OP for the 1st thread being TERRIBLY named. "espn just bs" is about as non-informative as you can get. You can't even tell what sport it relates to for crying out loud.
December 4th, 2018 at 7:38 PM ^
Yah, TBH I was not going to click on the ESPN is BS link. No new info there.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:54 PM ^
This is what happens when you only see 7 posts, on front page, under message board.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:55 PM ^
I agree and would rather see like 20 at least.
December 4th, 2018 at 6:32 PM ^
gotta have room for the ads
December 4th, 2018 at 1:59 PM ^
Which also makes it clear that zero effort is being put toward seeing if something has already been posted. There is a button to see more...
December 4th, 2018 at 2:00 PM ^
I looked for something regarding this on the board, just passed over the post that said "espn bs" when I was looking for something re: Northwestern or BPI.
December 4th, 2018 at 6:40 PM ^
I’m on mobile and don’t see the others
December 4th, 2018 at 2:03 PM ^
It also doesn't help that the title of the other thread was something like "LOL ESPN" or whatever it was.
December 4th, 2018 at 3:15 PM ^
..and don't bother to use the Search function or click the "Go to MGoBoard" button?
December 4th, 2018 at 2:00 PM ^
To be fair with that thread title, it can be about so many things.
Of course I don't understand the the threads that basically boil down to "People paid to have an opinion, has one."
Let's get outraged and/ or celebrate. The people being paid with few exceptions have very little clue what's going at Michigan compared to people on the board.
At least they finally got rid of the Beilein and his 1-3-1 zone schtick talking heads
December 4th, 2018 at 3:19 PM ^
You should be mad at the first OP. That title sucks. The OP has a very clear subject and I doubt this topic comes up again.
Also, this isn't crazy. Northwestern is 6-2 with nothing really impressive or alarming about their wins/losses. They played Indiana to a 2 point loss on the road. We seem to struggle at Northwestern and home court means a lot in basketball. While I certainly expect to win this game, I wouldn't be surprised if it's close. This reminds me way too much of the Northwestern football thread that was almost exactly this same thing. The board called everyone stupid because the line was only 7 or 8. Maybe we should just play the game and see what happens before getting upset.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:55 PM ^
Not again. Deja vu.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:55 PM ^
We know
December 4th, 2018 at 1:56 PM ^
I had NO idea ESPNs little game predictor would cause such consternation on the board. My guess is we're one "We really like Florida to upset Michigan in the Peach Bowl" prediction away from full on gnashing of teeth and actual rendering of garments.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:59 PM ^
I wouldn't call it "consternation" so much as just an interesting data point/perspective.
December 4th, 2018 at 2:05 PM ^
I dunno man. Two posts in less than three hours on the human tragedy that is the ESPN predictor seems pretty consternatious to me anyways.
I guess I'm learning something new today because I always assumed EVERYBODY ignored those idiots who basically just yell at each other for 30 minutes with buckets and buckets of HAWT TAEKES but no. There is actually a subset of other posters who not only read their pretentious drivel but are actually upset by it from time to time.
Who knew?
December 4th, 2018 at 2:07 PM ^
I'm not "upset." I thought it was a counter-intuitive and interesting take that's based in at least some form of data/computer analysis.
Not disagreeing with the fact that ESPN is unbearable in general.
December 4th, 2018 at 2:35 PM ^
Mgrow do you think people will come on the board and do a two dimensional image of some pantaloons? They might rend some garments and end up with shreds around there laptop though. When thou dost make use of highfalutin words do so in the correct manner.
December 4th, 2018 at 2:59 PM ^
Ahhh....now I see the error.
RENDING, not Rendering. Thanks for the correction - you have no idea just how many years I've used that word incorrectly.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:57 PM ^
Lemme guess...53% chance NW wins right?
December 4th, 2018 at 2:03 PM ^
I assumed that 53 was the number of point NW was expected to score tonight
December 4th, 2018 at 1:57 PM ^
My bad y'all. I just searched for "Northwestern, NW, BPI," etc and not that OP's title. Neg me away
December 4th, 2018 at 2:04 PM ^
December 4th, 2018 at 2:08 PM ^
Like I said, I looked. Just passed over a title called "espn just bs" since it didn't seem relevant to what I was posting (nothing about Northwestern, BPI, etc.). Sorry for the mistake.
December 4th, 2018 at 1:57 PM ^
BPI - Barely Processed Information
kinda like what you did when you posted this
jk
December 4th, 2018 at 1:57 PM ^
oh no we suck again, again.gif
December 4th, 2018 at 1:59 PM ^
I pegged this as a lose for UM. Tricky road game before the Christmas stretch of games. I think Northwestern and South Carolina are going to be really tough.
December 4th, 2018 at 2:13 PM ^
South Carolina is trash this year, and we play them at home.
December 4th, 2018 at 2:19 PM ^
^ This. We will blow the everliving shit out of SCAR.
December 4th, 2018 at 5:05 PM ^
They did lose out on Bowen.
December 4th, 2018 at 2:42 PM ^
If you think S Car and NW are going to be tough, we obviously have no chance against N Car, Villanova and Purdue right? Get a grip.
December 4th, 2018 at 10:59 PM ^
Stuck in Lansing, I'll make sure I come to you for all my basketball insight going forward.
December 4th, 2018 at 2:00 PM ^
Well Michigan did lose at Northwestern last year 52-61, over a week after beating them in Ann Arbor 58-47.
Northwestern's Taylor + Pardon+Law combination has been a real bright spot for the Wildcats this season.
Still, their loss at Indiana last week was really bad. Really bad.
December 4th, 2018 at 2:14 PM ^
Still, their loss at Indiana last week was really bad. Really bad.
Why?
December 4th, 2018 at 2:20 PM ^
Ken Pomeroy disagrees. Northwestern moved up substantially after performing better than expected in that game.
Having Northwestern as a slight favorite isn't nearly as ridiculous as people are making it out to be. It's really hard to win on the road, and while the computers don't recognize letdown games, humans certainly do.
KenPom gives NW a 31% chance of pulling the upset. 53% is obviously much higher than 31%, but it would hardly be Chaminade-over-UVa or, well, UMBC-over-UVa.
To put this in context: KenPom currently has this tied for seventh-most-difficult among Michigan's remaining schedule (@MSU, @Wisconsin, @Indiana, @Maryland, @PSU, @Iowa, then tied with home vs. MSU).
December 4th, 2018 at 2:11 PM ^
My sportsbook disagrees
December 4th, 2018 at 2:15 PM ^
every. single. day.
December 4th, 2018 at 2:30 PM ^
Only thing the OP forgot is "I didn't see this posted," which simply means "I didn't look at all."
December 4th, 2018 at 3:06 PM ^
This is my favorite.
If you have to start a post with “SIAP”, it’s probably already posted...
December 4th, 2018 at 2:20 PM ^
What? You don’t say!?!? /s
December 4th, 2018 at 2:28 PM ^
I'm guessing Michigan will win tonight, but the idea that every road game against a middling conference opponent will be a cakewalk is naive.
December 4th, 2018 at 2:51 PM ^
first thing that comes to my mind is the 13' team losing to a terrible penn st team almost twice
December 4th, 2018 at 2:28 PM ^
BPI had Michigan ranked 44 last month
December 4th, 2018 at 2:56 PM ^
#9 in the Big Ten. That's the highest preseason rank since ESPN revamp its formula 3 years ago.