*****Official B1G In Season Thread*****
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Ohio State without Liddell and Michigan minus potentially 4 starters (and maybe Diabate as well)…?
Good to see Indiana in that group.
Lol
I had OSU with Liddell still. Michigan has the #1 class coming in. You completely discount the transfer portal which is going to be huge moving forward as it was last year. Illinois better hope they hit the portal to get a Kofi replacement, because Payne is a dud.
Here’s the thing you can’t even think about next year until after the season because free agency is more important than recruiting. The rosters at every school will change year to year.
I’m well aware the portal will change things, but it makes no sense to project the transfers.
Of Michigan’s class next year, I only expect Reed and Jett to be instant contributors. They are building blocks for the future but will most likely be less talented than Diabate and Houstan for their freshman years.
Ohio State with Liddell would be good. They also just lost to Xavier tonight so…
Lol at Indiana, try going above .500 in conference before claiming to be the best next year
YOU DO NOT TALK TO THE ALMIGHTY INDIANA FANS LIKE THAT!!!!
Exactly, lineups change. The one you posted earlier is closer to an 8-9 seed. Sure as fck far far away from what will be best in the conference.
Lol you don’t think we go above .500 this year?
So it matters that OSU lost to Xavier, but doesn’t matter that Illinois lost to Marquette?
You have yet to post better lineups.
Lol at 8-9. 3-5 seed w/Curbelo.
Barring Ivey, Dickinson, or Liddell returning who’s levels above that 5?
Johnson
Bates
Kopp
Geronimo
Thompson
That’s one lineup better than the garbage you posted.
Doesn’t fcking matter. If that is the best lineup in the conference. The B1G has somehow turned into the A10, and that will never happen.
Was Ohio State missing Liddell (best player) like Illinois with Kofi?
And I’m not confident one way or another on Indiana. Team has yet to be better than sum of its parts for the last 5-6ish years.
Anointing them frontrunners for next year is bold. Illinois would be on a similar level with Curbelo back.
Kofi won’t be on the team next year, so it doesn’t matter that he wasn’t on the court against Marquette. If anything, that gives us a better look at what your team will be like.
Good to hear you are ALREADY replacing another AA no problem next year. Curbelo hasn’t even proven to be All Big Ten level yet, let alone all American level.
Top end will drop off barring NIL keeping borderline NBA talent in college (Dickinson, Liddell, Kofi, Edey, TJD etc)
Big Ten has 0 five stars next year for the entire conference. Zero
Whoever returns their stars of Illinois, Ohio St, Michigan, and Purdue will have a slight advantage. But there isn’t a frontrunner like years prior just looking at rosters.
Kofi is on zero mock drafts.
Our mods are already saying he likes NIL, so I wouldn’t jinx yourself again.
Curbelo will be fine. I expect he will be an AA candidate this year, but miss out. Then will be a frontrunner for a team next year
You were the one that stated Kofi would be leaving numbnuts.
We will see on Curbelo. At this point, he hasn’t shown to be close to that level.
I personally think he doesn’t, but people who are more connected think otherwise.
You’re right on Curbelo, but I’m optimistic based on what I’ve seen. Just like you saying Indiana will be above .500 in conference even though it hasn’t happened with these kids yet.
You realize IU could lose every game they play against Purdue, OSU, Maryland, Illinois, MSU, Michigan, and Rutgers and still go 10-10, right?
No, I haven’t focused my attention on Indiana’s conference slate.
But good to know even if Indiana gets 10 wins they don’t get any credit. I will keep that in mind as the minimum that they should achieve.
Yep. More likely they get 13 or 14 wins. Maybe 15 given how weak the conference looks.
You will see. Of those 10 games I listed, we should win a minimum of Maryland, OSU, and Rutgers at home. We only play Illinois and Michigan at home.
Disappointed my Bull Durham/JBo reference didn't get more likes. I was sitting on that for like 3 awful noncon games I felt obligated to watch.
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