2024-2025 B1G Basketball Thread

[boilerbanger]

In better news, apparently Oregon cleaned up their court design as well

Thank God, I hated watching games on that floor.

[FearlessF]

I didn't

[ELA]

Not gone, but better

[MaximumSam]

Media predictions

1	Purdue (20 1st-place votes)	572
2	Indiana (7)	549
3	UCLA (2)	510
4	Illinois (2)	458
5	Michigan State (1)	448
6	Oregon	412
7	Rutgers	391
8	Ohio State (1)	369
9	Michigan	342
10	Maryland	263
11	Iowa	249
T-12	Wisconsin	212
T-12	Nebraska	212
14	USC	196
15	Washington	158
16	Northwestern	153
17	Penn State	87
18	Minnesota	62

[ELA]

I honestly have no idea who anyone has, except that didn't Rutgers get two 5* recruits, and Purdue still has Braden Smith

[medinabuckeye1]

Media predictions

1	Purdue (20 1st-place votes)	572
2	Indiana (7)	549
3	UCLA (2)	510
4	Illinois (2)	458
5	Michigan State (1)	448
6	Oregon	412
7	Rutgers	391
8	Ohio State (1)	369
9	Michigan	342
10	Maryland	263
11	Iowa	249
T-12	Wisconsin	212
T-12	Nebraska	212
14	USC	196
15	Washington	158
16	Northwestern	153
17	Penn State	87
18	Minnesota	62

It seems odd that Ohio State is near the middle and yet they have a first place vote.  In the strange new world of NIL and the portal this actually makes perfect sense.  The Buckeyes are more-or-less impossible to project.  They brought in some extremely high-end talent but lost some of their best players and most of that they now have has never actually played together.  

Looked at optimistically:
They brought in 5* guys from Dook and Kentucky and should be the most or at least one of the most talented teams in the league, contender!

Looked at pessimistically:
The guys they got from Dook and Kentucky would still be at Dook and Kentucky if they were actually as good as advertised and nobody has experience playing together, dumpster fire.  

My best honest guess is something in between those extremes but you can't honestly say that either statement isn't plausible.  

[FearlessF]

Huskers making a jump in Media respect!

[MaximumSam]

About to do a deep dive into the rosters, but feels about as wide open as wide open gets

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/MattNorlander/status/1845804320014352599?t=Dqz4nY0eR7N6jhCcWX-LVg&s=19

[boilerbanger]

What data is KenPom based on with no games and so many transfers. This has be as worthless as a guarantee in TommyBoy

[847badgerfan]

Timing on this is not good.


https://twitter.com/UVAMensHoops/status/1847012207684366683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1847012207684366683%7Ctwgr%5Eefda274c65261a2416cafa2c8f00baa7493c4880%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F247sports.com%2Fcollege%2Fwisconsin%2Fboard%2F23%2Fcontents%2Ftweets-144988831%2F%3Fpage%3D1

[ELA]

Timing on this is not good.


https://twitter.com/UVAMensHoops/status/1847012207684366683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1847012207684366683%7Ctwgr%5Eefda274c65261a2416cafa2c8f00baa7493c4880%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F247sports.com%2Fcollege%2Fwisconsin%2Fboard%2F23%2Fcontents%2Ftweets-144988831%2F%3Fpage%3D1

The NIL/transfer portal has put him in a terrible spot.  Coaches who program build are irrelevant

[847badgerfan]

That was my thoughts too.

I'm surprised more old schoolers are still coaching.

[bayareabadger]

Timing on this is not good.


https://twitter.com/UVAMensHoops/status/1847012207684366683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1847012207684366683%7Ctwgr%5Eefda274c65261a2416cafa2c8f00baa7493c4880%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2F247sports.com%2Fcollege%2Fwisconsin%2Fboard%2F23%2Fcontents%2Ftweets-144988831%2F%3Fpage%3D1

Some rumblings, he is going for the move his father and Bo did, trying to give his right hand man a shot.