2025-2026 B1G Basketball Thread

[ELA]

Minnesota hires alum Niko Medved, who some thought would get the job last time.

Finished 2nd in the Mountain West this year, one spot behind Richard Pitino 

[medinabuckeye1]

Well, not happy to be here, but that's life sometimes. UW has an interesting rebuild, but should return some solid pieces. Time to look closer.

Welcome even though I wish it had taken you another week to get here.  

Grrr!  
I had a long post similar to yours but for Ohio State all typed up and then Chrome froze and I lost it.  

[LittlePig]

Minnesota hires alum Niko Medved, who some thought would get the job last time.

Finished 2nd in the Mountain West this year, one spot behind Richard Pitino

Weird trivia.  The 3 new head coaches hired into the Big Ten this year were the last 3 head coaches hired at Drake University.

Niko Medved was the head coach at Drake right before Darian DeVries.  Medved left after 1 year at Drake to go to CSU,  and is now going to Minnesota.

Darian DeVries was the head coach at Drake right before Ben McCollum.  Devries left for WVU and is now going to Indiana

Ben Mccollum was the coach at Drake this year and is now going to Iowa.

[ELA]

https://twitter.com/TravisBranham_/status/1904309915839066286

[ELA]

I hope Villanova gets exactly what they deserve in poaching a coach who is willing to skip a mandatory team dinner, the night before the Sweet 16, to talk to them about a job.  Hope he does the same to them, and then takes the UNC job

[grillrat]

Well, I guess we can officially get this puppy started now.

Wabbit Season!
Duck Season!
Wabbit Season!
Duck Season!
PORTAL SEASON!!!!  Blam!!!

The portal is open and we've already got several Big Players already making moves.

On the Purdue side, Myles Colvin, Berg, and Brian Waddell are gone (and Furst has graduated).  Looks like they have picked up Oscar Cluff from South Dakota State.

Michigan appears to have lost both Pippen and Donaldson.  Wolf likely gone to the NBA.

MSU has lost Holloman.  That seems like a surprise.

Iowa has lost, what?  The whole team?
Same with Indiana.

These roster turnovers are really starting to affect my love of the game.

[medinabuckeye1]

I already started this thread because my team's BB season ended a few weeks before your team's BB season.  

[grillrat]

Ah.  Sorry.  Didn't see it on the front page.

[grillrat]

Just saw the MSU Booker has entered the portal.

[ELA]

Just saw the MSU Booker has entered the portal.

Holloman is the more surprising one.  Booker didnt even play by the end.

The  you have this

https://twitter.com/ChrisVannini/status/1907128111080075482

[ELA]

Tre Donaldson in the portal as well, lol

[bayareabadger]

Badgers lost two of the four guys a figured might leave. One was a veteran transfer from last year who wasn’t healthy. The other was a well-regarded freshman the staff told at least a year away.

It’s interesting to see spots where coaches still have some degree of control vs. not. Badgers looking at 3-4 spots open, which isn’t too bad. Probably two more young projects and one transfer who had an up and down year to keep an eye on.

[FearlessF]

so. there's hope for Hoiberg?

I don't think so

[boilerbanger]

@ELA what's the story with Holloman going to the portal, I was surprised.