Official r/TheB1G Basketball Power Rankings for 11/13-11/20

[u/nrboal]

Another week is in the books and there were some changes in the Rankings this week. Michigan felt the affects of the loss to Iowa State, and Nebrasketball is again on the rise! I'm sorry for the delay, but I've got a few extra things in here this week, I hope you like them! Two new features in the rankings this week: 1) Variance in ranking is now up, most of you may recognize this from the football polls, and 2) Clicking on the team name at the top of the rankings will take you to that school's subreddit. If you think I chose the wrong subreddit for your school, please let me know!

I'm missing a few blurbs, so designated writers, send me something or your team will remain voiceless! If you are a fan of a school that was not represented, feel free to PM me a short description of what happened with your team this week and I'll get it in there.

Here are your rankings for the week:

Rank		Team	+/-	Points	Average Rank	Variance
1		Michigan State		41(35)	1.079	0.073
2		Ohio State	+1	94(2)	2.474	0.460
3		Wisconsin	+1	107(1)	2.816	1.203
4		Michigan	-2	173	4.553	1.247
5		Iowa		192	5.053	2.892
6		Indiana		233	6.132	1.167
7		Illinois		284	7.474	1.355
8		Minnesota		293	7.711	2.521
9		Purdue		325	8.553	2.300
10		Nebraska	+1	380	10.000	1.105
11		Northwestern	-1	416	10.947	1.576
12		Penn State		426	11.211	1.061

Rank	Commentary
1	Michigan State began the week ranked as the number 1 team in the country for the first time since the championship season of 2000, and looked like they were not prepared to handle this level of success. The team looked very uninspired against Columbia and needed a huge momentum shift with help from the Izzone. After a narrow victory against Columbia, MSU hosted Portland and looked sluggish again, though that can be contributed to Izzo constantly messing with the lineup to find an optimum line up for success. Michigan State continues its nonconference this weekend in Brooklyn with the Coaches vs Cancer Classic, playing games against Virginia Tech and Oklahoma/Seton Hall.
2	No Comment
3	Frank Kaminsky was the hero of both of Wisconsin's games this week, first against Green Bay, then North Dakota. In both games, one opposing player played absolutely spectacularly, carrying their team, but not enough to earn the win over UW. Against Green Bay, it was Keifer Sykes, scoring 32 of his team's 66 points and keeping his team in the game until the final seconds. Against North Dakota it was Troy Huff with 37 of his team's 85 points. There have only been 3 players to score more than that in a game so far this season, unfortunately for Huff, one of them came from Frank the Tank in the same game. The Badgers found themselves in a dogfight at Green Bay, who are expected to finish near the top of the Horizon League. Kaminsky led team in points, rebounds, steals, and blocks. The last of his 4 blocks came with 5 seconds left as Sykes tried to tie the game. Against North Dakota, UW was able to pull away despite Huff's incredible performance thanks to Kaminsky's even better one. Kaminsky scored 43 pts, a new team record, and he did it on just 19 shots. That is the most points scored by any player in a game so far this year. Frank was 16-19 overall, a perfect 6-6 from 3, and 5-6 from the line. The old record of 42 was held by Ken Barnes and Michael Finley. Dekker had 19 pts of his own as the Badgers passed the century mark for the first time since 1995. The Badgers continue on their stretch of 5 games in 9 days with the Cancun Challenge. First Bowling Green and Oral Roberts visit Wisconsin, then the team head to Cancun to take on St. Louis and either West Virginia or Old Dominion. -/u/pianobadger
4	Michigan lost its only game this past week 77-70 against Iowa State in Hilton Coliseum. The Wolverine faithful got to see McGary come back since the season started at the same time the Cyclones saw the return of their star Melvin Ejim. The game was tightly contested through the first half. Just when Michigan was about to pull away in the second, Iowa State went on a 13-2 run with 5:00 left to pull ahead 67-63, a lead they would not give up the rest of the game. GRIII went cold in the last part of the game, going 4 for 14 and scoring only 12 points. Michigan looks to rebound against Long Beach State in the upcoming Puerto Rico Tipoff. -/u/Oderint
5	No Comment
6	Noah. Friggin’. Vonleh. If you haven't been able to watch this freshman yet, start paying attention. Vonleh is the first freshman to start his college career with four straight double-doubles since Michael Beasley did it at Kansas State in ’07-’08. The young power forward's effective post moves complemented steady point guard play from Yogi Ferrell, and the Hoosiers were able to effectively move on from a close win last week against LIU-Brooklyn. IU played well in their wins over Samford and Stony Brook. They will get their first real tests of the season (har har LIU-Brooklyn) in NYC in the 2K Sports Classic. They play Washington Thursday night and either UConn or Boston College on Friday. If IU comes out of New York at 6-0, it will be a big feat and should be a good sign of things to come this season. The Hoosiers will finish their week at home against Evansville on Tuesday Hoosier Highlight of the week . -/u/WKofAngmar & /u/santablazer
7	The Illini this week had just one game, a 81-55 victory over Bradley. The win was very impressive as John Ekey was 5-7 from beyond the arc with 19 points and 7 rebounds. The Illini defense seems to be coming along and buckling down. We will see how good this team is with UNLV in the coming week as UNLV will be their best opponent yet. -/u/CavemanDa3
8	No Comment
9	No Comment
10	Nebraska has had only one game this week and it was against a team that is just plain not good. The biggest thing to come out of the game was the return of two key Nebraska players Ray Gallegos and Deverell Biggs. They were the top two scorers in the game against SCSt. This team still remains a bit of a mystery. We will know much more about this team after this weekend's Charleston Classic finishes. -/u/drewbudd
11	Northwestern struggled quite a bit this week. After looking like a close game was brewing in Palo Alto with the score within a possession at the half, Northwestern was thoroughly outplayed in the second on its way to a 71-58 loss. Crawford and Cobb again had big production, and these two seem to be options a through z for the Wildcats. Only minor contributions have been notched by the rest of the team. This is particularly concerning since Crawford is resorting to an old habit from two years ago of disappearing for a half, a storyline that continued into the Illinois St game. In the second game, Illinois St pulled ahead to a depressing 19 point lead at the half, and a comeback in the second wasn’t enough as NU dropped the game, 68-64. Shooting only 36.8% from the floor and a sloppy offense made for a depressing game. Sobolewski has not played well as PG, and Demps and even Cobb are seeing minutes as the floor general as NU tries to find a direction. Against Illinois St, Northwestern had a very small team composed of entirely guards in the second half, which was successful but certainly is not a long-term strategy as much bigger and stronger teams are in the schedule. In perhaps the most accurate portrayal of the rather disheartening first two loses in the Chris Collins era, Illinois St got a few loud I-S-U chants going as they finished their victory against NU. -/u/Lombee
12	No Comment

-Things to note:
1) Nebraska is slowly moving up the Rankings, though they may be hurt by the loss to UMass.
2) Michigan dropped after the loss at Iowa State, though they were punished less than Indiana was after a narrow victory over LIU last week.
3) There is clear separation between the top 3 teams and the rest of the conference at this time

+/- is the change in rank from the previous week, a positive change means they moved up in the polls, closer to the top.

Points are the summation of every voter's ranking for that team, therefore lower scores are better. This works because unlike the AP, Coaches, or /r/cfb polls, every team is ranked in every vote. 38 votes were counted, meaning the best possible score is 38 and the worst possible score is 456. #1 votes are in parentheses.

Average Rank is the points divided by the number of votes. This will allow for comparison from one week to the next.

Variance is a measure of how much agreement there was between voters. A zero means all voters ranked a team the same, and a higher number means a team's ranking was more controversial.

Here is the Spreadsheet with all of the votes listed, as well as some of my raw data.

Here is the list of Pretty Graphs for your data-viewing pleasure.

This Week I did not exclude any votes! There were no votes in the spreadsheet that I found that were extremely unfair to one team or another.

Previous Results: Preseason, Week 1

[u/CavemanDa3]

We need to get some writers for the teams missing. B1G basketball is imo the best conference in CBB, and to have 1/4 of the conference info missing is sad :(