*Official* B1G Off-season Thread
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Read that on the IU football board. Plenty have arrived.
By fans of respected programs? Yeah, maybe. By fans of a program that hasn't won a bowl in some 30 years? Nah.
Cool. So that same mentality apply to you Purdue basketball fans? Y’all haven’t been to a Final Four in 38 years. Good to know you’re essentially admitting your irrelevance.
Good point and regardless Purdue is going to have a great class. Much better than either IU or Purdue has had in awhile. You know me I am not a hater except to a few bad posters.
Mizzou is going to have a POY contender in Porter and will potentially be a bubble team at a neutral court site. Georgetown will probably be a bubble team with a beast, Govan, down low. And, as you said Gonzaga, ISU/AZ, Auburn/SDSU/Xavier/Duke.
Up to 4/5 tournament teams predominantly away or neutral court in the non-conf is a pretty tough schedule paired with a 20 game B1G conference slate.
I do think its funny how the fans of different sports from the same school have different attitudes. I have been an IU football fan for now 30+ years I know the struggle.
You’re good no worries. I just wanted to explain that yeah Purdue is benefitting from having 21 commitments but a lot of them are high quality guys. I think it has the potential to end up probably a top 35/40 class depending on who else jumps on board.
For someone who doesn't care about Purdue fanboy's opinions, you sure spend a lot of time reading them.
And that is a damn solid class. I have hopes IU can end up around that 40 range. Still a few high 3s and a couple 4s to visit. Allen has done well with the Florida pipeline.
50 best players in college basketball
https://thebiglead.com/2018/08/01/50-best-players-college-basketball-2018-2019/
Big Ten representation:
46 - Charles Matthews - Michigan
43 - Ethan Happ - Wisconsin
37 - Brad Davison - Wisconsin
36 - James Palmer - Nebraska
9 - Romeo Langford - Indiana
5 - Carsen Edwards - Purdue
What a shit list. Davison over Happ? No Morgan? I'd put Murphy and Winston in there too.
https://thebiglead.com/2018/08/01/50-best-players-college-basketball-2018-2019/
Big Ten representation:
46 - Charles Matthews - Michigan
43 - Ethan Happ - Wisconsin
37 - Brad Davison - Wisconsin
36 - James Palmer - Nebraska
9 - Romeo Langford - Indiana
5 - Carsen Edwards - Purdue
What a shit list. Davison over Happ? No Morgan? I'd put Murphy and Winston in there too.
He didn't exactly pressure the wife to drop charges, but a friend connection did.
Text messages are out that all of the coaches wives knew about the 2015 abuse happening. The lady had direct communication with Urban's wife.
This is definitely a reasonable perspective to have here. I think for schools like ours, who hasn't had great success decade after decade, its easy for fans to not understand every nuisance involved in recruiting. Unlike basketball, where nearly every fan understands every possible angle.
So, when most fans see a top 20 or top 10 ranking, in their mind, their #19 class that has 22 recruits is the same as the team with the #18 class who only has 11 players. If I'm being completely honest, if it was IU who had that ranking, at first I'd think the same thing. Simply because I'm not used to having to worry about how good the class is...because it's never that good.
Yeah, winning a bowl game and making the final four definitely the same thing and comparable.
What would be considered comparable in basketball to winning a bowl game in football? I would think it's more then just winning a tournament game, but I've never thought about it before until I read your post.
Three teams with pretty similar odds to make the Final 4 during his collegiate career.
Why’s it bad? Hope got good players from Florida but didn’t recruit well enough locally. Remains to be seen how Allen recruits locally.
probably winning a game in tournament. there's about 40 bowl winners and 34 teams that win one NCAAT game. but it makes no sense to compare them, they are entirely different
Nah it’s easier to win a bowl game then to even make the tournament in basketball.
You are right. Who did they say Purdue's bench could beat again?True, the Purdue fans here have certainly been the posterboys for realism.
Yeah we will see how he does locally, but I will take 2nd and 3rd "tier" Florida kids over a lot of Indiana kids. The talent in Indiana has increased for sure, but it doesn't have near the depth of the Florida talent pool.
Allen being a local to Indiana should help. He certainly will not lose Indiana kids without a fight.
Yup. You can make a bowl game going .500. Indiana went 17-16 and not only missed the NCAA Tournament but also the NIT.
They said beating Michigan is a more successful season than making a Final Four. #Realism
They also think Nojel Eastern is undeniably the best defensive player in the conference.
#Realism
#Realism
Exactly where did they say that? Or is your reading comprehension just that bad?
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