His preseason stuff was always a crapshoot before. Now with the portal and new teams it facilitates each season, I'm not sure what good it is for anyone except him to put it out.
im with Cav.
Well, crap. That's a depressing walk down memory lane.
Given that we are still indifferent on our 3rd coach in that timeframe, did you expect something different? Underperformance has been our MO, but hope springs eternal. We know where we have been, but we also know Woody has his best team to get us where we ought to be. Here’s hoping we shake this trend!
the Zags will look like #6 for awhile but in reality, they are not.
Only preseason, so blah blah blah. But, SEC has 9 teams in preseason top 25. B1G has 3. If that is an accurate depiction of our league, appears it’s historically weak and IU for damn sure should finish in the top 5 of the conference.
Last year, damn Woody, 41 spots?? You really got to try to screw it up that bad. 4 & 5 stars all up and down the roster. Can't help to have Cignetti comparisons rolling around in my head, you know JMU players. Oh well, reality gets me in trouble on this board so I'll just shut up and wait for the season to start.
Thanks. Overlooked UCLA. @dbmhoosier , I do not see Illinois on the AP list linked tweet. Maybe you are referring to a coaches poll? Regardless, 18 teams and 4 or 5 ranked. That’s pathetic. As others have said. No Michigan. No Sparty. No wiscy. No Ohio St. Barnyard basketball style has taken its toll. The 80’s and 90’s are long gone!
My mistake. I thought you were asking who the 4th best team would end up being. Yes UCLA is ranked. Illinois the first team out I believe.
No to mention, the highest ranked team would project as a 4 seed. It’s just a pre-season poll, but shouldn’t the BIG champion be a 1 seed?
New generation is here, some really good coaches have joined the BT. Painter and Underwood have shined the last 10 years, Michigan made a great hire with May( bad hire with Howard), I like Ohio State coach Diebler, Northwestern coach Collins. Be interested to see what Pickel does with talent at Rutgers? Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington all have good coaches. Izzo has really slid back and joins the middle of the pack coaches with Iowa, Nebraska, Penn ST. , Maryland and Wisconsin(Gard is taking Wisky the wrong way) . IU has made some bad hires at coach this century, can Woody join the middle of the pack this year, have they spent enough money to compete, on paper says they should? Question I have for the West coast teams, will the extended travel effect them at years end?
I actually was thinking about the travel for basketball whenever it was announced that Washington would be playing at what is 9 AM for their local time. Given the fact that these kids operate more like professional sports than football in terms of travel, I tend to think that it does not impact them quite so much. Stacking road trips could prove to be taxing, but I think evening start times make it much more palatable for them. What I actually find Interesting is seeing how their home games are impacted. I’m sure they will primarily have later games, but will they be forced to tip earlier than usual at times and impact their attendance? Will more late tips impact Midwest teams? Or is it nothing but something stupid to discuss on a board? It could very easily be the latter, but I’m intrigued to see any unforeseen impacts with the new world of the conference.
