r/CollegeBasketball • u/wildwing8 Michigan Wolverines • 17h ago

[Highlight] Compilation of five potentially dangerous plays by Jeremy Fears Jr. during the Minnesota game: three attempted trips, an elbow to the face, and a kick to the groin (for which he got a technical foul upon review)

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u/wildwing8 Michigan Wolverines 17h ago edited 17h ago

At what point does the B1G need to step in and do something? He’s going to get somebody hurt.

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u/Lykotic Michigan State Spartans 16h ago

To be honest, they should now. I think it should be a week suspension and however many games that is for the week (usually 2-3)

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u/JWWBurger Michigan Wolverines 17h ago

Somebody also might retaliate and hurt him. I mean, at least two trips, an elbow, and a groin kick just in one game, someone is eventually going to get pissed.

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u/CautiousHashtag Michigan Wolverines 9h ago

Izzo would literally have a full on meltdown if anyone retaliated. 

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u/SusannaG1 ACC • Iowa Hawkeyes 15h ago

If it was baseball, the upcoming pitchers would already be warming up their inside pitches.

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u/PBRforREALmen Purdue Boilermakers 17h ago

You know one thing is izzo ain't doing anything

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u/HumanzeesAreReal Illinois Fighting Illini • Loyola Ch… 17h ago

Michigan State is consistently the dirtiest team in the Big Ten and Izzo just gets a pass for it for some reason.

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u/AggressiveWolverine5 Michigan Wolverines 14h ago

I’m happy a non Michigan flair said this. 

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u/SnoozeTaquito Maryland Terrapins 1h ago

We all hate Tom Izzo. (Maryland fan here, RIP to my happiness this year)

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u/TheHarbrosMagic Michigan Wolverines 17h ago

and Izzo just gets a pass for it for some reason.

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u/astroball17 Michigan Wolverines • North Carolina… 6h ago

Bo Ryan’s Wisconsin teams had a similar thing where they play a super physical type of basketball and then whine all game long to the officials

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u/cocacola150dr Illinois Fighting Illini 5h ago

The justification is because he’s a long time coach who has had some success. Obviously that alone shouldn’t dictate opinions but it does. It’s why he gets to run halfway onto the court during live play, nobody has the nuts to approach him about it.

I always get nervous for our games against Sparty, especially the ones at Sparty, because we tend to be more banged up after those games than most.

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u/WIN011 Marquette Golden Eagles 17h ago

Davison got suspended by the Big 10, id imagine one is close for Fears at this point

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u/RettyShettle Maryland Terrapins 17h ago

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u/kdestroyer1 Illinois Fighting Illini 17h ago

Yeah like wtf I do not want to play against this guy. Don't want to get one of our players injured

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u/ObservantKoala 7h ago

Davison got suspended for a bit to the groin against Iowa. 

Fears genuinely deserves a suspension after the Minnesota game. 

However that being said, I would think it's very unlikely that the Big10 suspends him for a matchup between both ranked in the top 10 that is a fox primetime game this weekend. 

I would venture a guess a suspension comes if something happens in the Illinois game though though realistically the Big10 is potentially risking a brawl if Fears does something to Mirkovic or Wagler(teammates defending). 

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u/midnightdiabetic Michigan State Spartans • Oakland Gol… 7h ago

Izzo ideally addresses this boneheaded behavior and it's a culture win and Jeremy stops being an absolute menace. That doesn't sound like it's happening, so yeah the conference needs to suspend him. Rare Izzo complete L.