Episodes
After a month off, Dylan and Brendan go team by team through the conference to make sense of all of the portal chaos and attempt to make sense of where each roster sits -- while fully understanding that many of these takes will be irrelevant in a few days (or hours) as the portal continues to move.
Published 04/25/23
Dylan and Brendan discuss Michigan State's wins over USC and Marquette and preview the matchup with Kansas State. Then they roll through the rest of the league's failure to advance to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament, providing a bit of postmortem on each program.
Published 03/20/23
Brendan and Dylan preview the eight Big Ten matchups in this year's NCAA Tournament and try to answer all of the questions we've worried about all year. Which teams fall flat? Which teams are poised for a run? How many teams make it to the second weekend?
Published 03/15/23
Brendan and Dylan recap the NCAA Tournament situation for Big Ten teams, preview the Big Ten Tournament game-by-game and then share their thoughts on how the All-Big Ten teams should shake out.
Published 03/07/23
Brendan and Dylan recap an improbable weekend of Big Ten hoops. Purdue clinched a share of the title while playing some of its worst basketball of the season. Iowa and Michigan State played an early afternoon thrilled in Iowa City. Hunter Dickinson kept Michigan's season alive. Is the Coach of the Year debate down to Kevin Willard and Chris Collins?
Published 02/27/23
It was an eventful week of Big Ten hoops and we are headed into the home stretch. Brendan and Dylan go with a Moving Screen classic to run through the league with a Big Ten Power Ranking draft to discuss all 14 teams with two weeks to play.
Published 02/20/23
Dylan and Brendan discuss all things Big Ten including Northwestern's surge, Rutgers' slip, Indiana, Michigan State, Michigan and much more.
Published 02/15/23
Dylan and Brendan take a long look at Michigan after the Wolverines won a pair of games with their backs against the wall. What would it take for the Wolverines to make the NCAA Tournament? Is Juwan Howard's team playing better at the right time or did they play the right teams at the right time?
Published 02/06/23
Dylan and Brendan run through the Big Ten to discuss where each team in the league stands relative to the NCAA Tournament. What type of seeds can top-half teams expect? What do bottom-half teams have to do make the field? Who are we buying and selling?
Published 02/01/23
Adam Jardy of the Columbus Dispatch joins the pod to discuss Ohio State's recent skid, Zed Key's struggles and injury, how Chris Holtmann keeps finding first-round talent, whether Holtmann is on the proverbial hot seat, and much more.
Published 01/25/23
Zach Osterman of the Indy Star joins the pod to discuss all things Indiana basketball. Can this team still reach expectations? What is the latest on Xavier Johnson and Race Thompson's injuries? Why is every season of Indiana basketball a roller coaster?
Published 01/18/23
Dylan and Brendan recap Michigan State's win over Michigan and Purdue's bounceback week before running through the latest on Iowa, Indiana, Northwestern and others. Then they are joined by a rare guest appearance on the pod as former Big Ten Associate Commissioner for Men's Basketball Rick Boyages joins to discuss officiating in the league (44:00), what goes into scheduling and assigning officials, coaching reactions, how it impacts the game and much more. Timestamps: (0:00): Big Ten...
Published 01/10/23
Dylan and Brendan sit down to discuss the wacky start to the Big Ten season, including Purdue's loss against Rutgers, what's going on with Illinois, which teams are contenders and much more. Then they go back to a tried and true Moving Screen staple with a preview discussion on Michigan at Michigan State.
Published 01/05/23
Brendan and Dylan recap the best and worst moments of the 2022 calendar year in Big Ten basketball, taking time to stop and highlight some ridiculous moments along the way.
Published 12/20/22
Dylan and Brendan discuss whether you need to play a certain style of basketball to win in the Big Ten, what to make of Brad Underwood calling out his whole team and whether Penn State is legit. Then they dive into a couple of game previews focused on OSU-UNC, IU-Kansas and Maryland-UCLA.
Published 12/12/22
Brendan and Dylan go back to a Moving Screen staple: The Big Ten Power Ranking Draft. They run through the league from top to bottom to sort out the best teams in the league and attempt to separate pretenders from contenders.
Published 11/28/22
The second week of Big Ten hoops brought us some more entertaining games which means it is time to overreact. Dylan and Brendan share some overreactions and debate how their perception of the league has changed after two weeks of basketball.
Published 11/21/22
Without many quality games in the results column, Dylan and Brendan look at six teams with notable challenges coming up this week: Michigan State, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue and Michigan. They break down the opener, big questions that remain and what we'll learn from this week's matchups.
Published 11/14/22
Brendan and Dylan preview some of the notable Friday night neutral court games in the Big Ten, including Gonzaga vs. Michigan State, Wisconsin vs. Stanford and Michigan vs. Eastern Michigan.
Published 11/10/22
College basketball is just three days away! Dylan and Brendan discuss the state of the Big Ten and why the conference has struggled to turn good regular seasons into great postseasons. Then they switch over to the end of the bench and discuss the likelihood that each Big Ten coach is still employed by their school three years from now.
Published 11/04/22
Dylan and Brendan recap the All-Big Ten selections and then dive into 10 players in the league who are under the radar but worth discussing. The conversations focuses on players who could have a bigger impact than anticipated or players who are toughest to figure out.
Published 10/27/22
KenPom's predictions are out which means it's time to make over/under predictions for all 14 Big Ten teams. Dylan and Brendan go through the league top to bottom and predict whether each team will hit or miss its KenPom predicted win total.
Published 10/19/22
After a long summer, Dylan and Brendan are back to discuss their plans for the show this season and then dive into an in-depth preview of Michigan (8:22) and Michigan State (58:57) for the upcoming season.
Published 09/29/22
Brendan and Dylan are back for another podcast after a long layoff. They discuss Thursday night's NBA Draft, the state of the Big Ten, Michigan and Michigan State's offseason moves (or lack thereof) and start forming some early opinions on next year's Big Ten teams.
Published 06/24/22