IU could have been #12 or so. Michigan looks a little low at #21. Illinois at #25 about right. OSU just being out ok. Surprised with Purdue being out, but there's a big hole at the pg position, so that's understandable.
Not much BT respect in that 'too early' top 25
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The B1G is going to be very weak next year. If IU is not in the top two, that will be very disappointing.
Why will the big be so weak? Everyone works to keep players, recruit players, and fill holes via the portal.
How did so many of the schools end with worse rosters?
We'll find out in Nov/Dec whether the conference is weak or not. Until then all is speculation, including what our Hoosiers will have. I personally haven't been this excited about a basketball season since '16-'17 -- unfortunately that season went to shit. Hopefully this season will not disappoint
No, it won't. Probably not as strong as normal, but not weak ... still a top 3 conference.
I took it as weak relative to normal overall meat grinder. Conf will be down, but agree it's still a strong conference comparatively.
Coaches make a conference also, a lot of very good coaches in the B1G.
This is often said, and then a team or two explodes with surprise performances. A lot of good players and coaches in this conference. B1G won’t be “very weak”.
The conference will have tremendous depth. The question mark is how strong the top 2-4 teams will be. That is where the B1G has struggled nearing the end of the season.
I like a non hyped B1G. The SEC was hyped and look what happened to them. ACC looked awful on paper but over performed in the tournament.
When its all said and done, the B10 will be well represented in the NCAA tournament, I'm sure.
IU, Michigan, Illinois, OSU, Michigan State, Purdue, Wisconsin...will all be NCAA teams. Iowa will be solid, and could be an NCAA team. Rutgers and Maryland will probably be decent. NW and Nebraska probably not great. Penn State will beat some teams. Minnesota will be talented, not sure if that'll relate to many wins or not, but they'll be dangerous.
If the measurement is multiple top 10 teams...I don't think the B10 will likely have that, might not have any top 10 teams when its all said and done. But the top 8-10 teams will be very, very good...like normal.
IU, Michigan, Illinois, OSU, Michigan State, Purdue, Wisconsin...will all be NCAA teams. Iowa will be solid, and could be an NCAA team. Rutgers and Maryland will probably be decent. NW and Nebraska probably not great. Penn State will beat some teams. Minnesota will be talented, not sure if that'll relate to many wins or not, but they'll be dangerous.
If the measurement is multiple top 10 teams...I don't think the B10 will likely have that, might not have any top 10 teams when its all said and done. But the top 8-10 teams will be very, very good...like normal.
I suppose a distinction could be made between a strong conference that is top heavy or one that is weaker at the top but stronger at the bottom (with parity). And of course, people will always use tournament results as a measuring stick often overshadowing something that is earned over the course of the entire season (such as ncaa seed).
KenPom final rankings for last year had zero BT teams in the top 10, and only 3 in the top 25.
Iowa 13, PU 14, IL 20, mi 27, OSU 31, Wisconsin (one of the leagues elite) down at 37, State at 42 and the Hoosiers were at 48. Weak at the top, but nine teams in the top 50. So, depending on what you value the conference could be seen as very strong (deep, parity), or weak (better to have 3 top 5 teams but less depth?).
note: mi at 27 is probably the only team that finished KenPom with a bump, after the tourney. They slid into the NCAAs but showed better than higher seeded teams.
note 2: looking at the top conference teams from last year (IL, PU, Wisky and Iowa ), EACH team lost a ton with players like Ivey, Murray, Davis, Cockburn all looking to cash in. So, I would expect the league to be lighter at the top. It may be a case of a deep/solid league where the highest seeded team is around a four seed?
KenPom final rankings for last year had zero BT teams in the top 10, and only 3 in the top 25.
Iowa 13, PU 14, IL 20, mi 27, OSU 31, Wisconsin (one of the leagues elite) down at 37, State at 42 and the Hoosiers were at 48. Weak at the top, but nine teams in the top 50. So, depending on what you value the conference could be seen as very strong (deep, parity), or weak (better to have 3 top 5 teams but less depth?).
note: mi at 27 is probably the only team that finished KenPom with a bump, after the tourney. They slid into the NCAAs but showed better than higher seeded teams.
note 2: looking at the top conference teams from last year (IL, PU, Wisky and Iowa ), EACH team lost a ton with players like Ivey, Murray, Davis, Cockburn all looking to cash in. So, I would expect the league to be lighter at the top. It may be a case of a deep/solid league where the highest seeded team is around a four seed?
I think the conference will likely end up getting 1 or 2 teams seeded higher than 4...but in general, I agree with the sentiment that there likely won't be any 1 seed type teams coming out of the B10 this year.
Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois have a chance to breakout and become that level of team. But it'd take quite a lot of improvement AND new guys hitting for that to happen.
15-5 would likely win the B10 regular season this year...14-6 might even get a share. If we had a couple 14-6, 23-8 type B10 champion level teams, they'd be 2-3 seeds in the NCAA I'm sure, depending on their preconference schedules.
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