The WrapUp

When I usually do The WrapUp, I often sprinkle in a little bit of what is going on in my little head.  Let’s instead sum up the Big 10 in the best description ever.  This paragraph is by Will Leitch over at Deadspin.com.  Enjoy!

“Tom Izzo. Considering trashing the Big Ten is the fun college hoops rage these days, allow me a humble retort. I’ve been watching the Big Ten all season, and it’s pleasing to watch actual defense in a basketball game. Isn’t the lack of defense what people who (dumbly) dislike the NBA always cite? I saw some of those mid-major conference championship games, and they certainly don’t play any defense in there. Imagine what the NBA would be like if no one could score, but they kept shooting like crazy anyway. Illinois is the worst supposed “offender” — they’ll never, ever live that 33-point game against Penn State down — but the Big Ten is full of teams with average scorers and vastly above average defenders. And coaches, of which Izzo is the best. (Even if, sorry Dash, I never quite understand why he has decided East Lansing is the best city on earth.) It’s not like people watch college basketball for the amazing athleticism anyway. Isn’t good coaching and solid fundamentals the reason college basketball is thought to be better by so many? Well, the Big Ten has been outstanding in both those all season. Every few years, the Big Ten stuns everybody by putting four or five teams in the Sweet 16. I bet this is that year.”

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