Probably not.
coming into this season I thought the conference was going to be weak, for two reasons.
1. People were hyping Rutgers and Penn State. I thought how good can the Big Ten be if teams that are typically doormats are suddenly competitive?
2. I expected the teams at the top to be down. I expected this to be a down year for MSU. A major down year for Michigan. Etc.
I think it has played out that way, but there was something that I didn’t foresee. College basketball is WAY down. The talent level is pretty pathetic.
Getting back to the B10, yes, we are a good league, extremely deep. It’s crazy that 12 teams are legitimate top 40 teams, and could make the tourney.
also, this is the weakest I can remember the B10 being at the top. I can’t remember the year, but I recall one year where going into selection Sunday they were talking about three teams getting 1 seeds from our conference. MSU may be the best team in the conference, and they may eventually earn the top seed. But, they may be ranked somewhere below 15, and that seed may be 4.
Btw, I expect IU to soon be in the top 20. Things get tough in our schedule in mid February, but we have a legitimate shot at going 4-1 or even 5-0 in our next stretch of games. We haven’t even scratched the surface of how we can be as a team. Our front court is as good as anyone’s, if Rob can be himself, and our guard play be just pretty good, this team should find itself competing for top 3 in the conference.
