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I think either folding or calling and playing very passively postflop is best. I was frazzled somehow and moved allin but I don't like it at all.

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Isn't completing just an invitation for the big stack in the BB to come over the top?

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Sure, but so is a raise to 275-300 (especially with the stacks of hero/villain). And if you just complete you can get away from the hand easy with your stack in good shape.

Another added bonus of completing is that it might look odd coming from a solid player and thus make your opponent much more passive.

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If he does come over the top, don't you have to have an incredibly good hand to call? Making BB's pushing range very wide?

Maybe there's some secondary or tertiary thinking here: SB knows BB will push with a wide range over a call, so SB must have a pretty good hand to risk the call, so BB won't push as often, so SB can complete more often, etc. I don't know how deep the thinking goes.

With the good chance of the BB coming over the top and being OOP after the flop (if we see a flop), it just seems like completing is donating some chips to the big stack a huge percentage of the time.

I don't pretend to be a $215 player, so I realize this thinking could be low buy-in thinking. My reason for posting is really to find out how the thinking changes as the buy-in increases rather than to give my opinion on how things should be done in a $215.