I thought Illinois wasn’t going to finish top 4 in conference even with Kofi back?
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Experience is more important in conference play, and I think it takes time for some of your players to figure it out.
1. That wasn’t the bet. Our bet was Illinois not top 15.
2. Those were the 3 teams being mentioned, so those were the teams who’s schedules I asked about. I personally think it’s a two horse race between Michigan and Purdue.
I know we didn’t bet it, but you posted that in this thread somewhere.
Of those 3, each team plays the others home and away so no one has an edge in that
That was probably before Maryland lost their two guards, and OSU lost Washington. I still wouldn’t be shocked if Illinois ends up outside the top 3.
Games against each other are not all that matter.
One of the Purdue posters broke down the schedules and of the top teams there wasn’t a meaningful difference between Michigan, Purdue, and Illinois.
Ohio State had the easiest schedule of the top 4 teams
I would guess IU has one of the easiest if not the easiest in the conference. Only play Illinois, Michigan, and Rutgers once with all being home games. Only play MSU once as well at Breslin.
That’s pretty a favorable draw.
Still have Ohio State, Maryland, and Purdue(auto L’s) twice.
Even the easiest Big Ten schedules are tougher than most other conferences.
If you can get solid play from the 3, it’ll be close.
Morsell and Wiggins were big losses on both ends, IMO.
Oh, no doubt. Terps finally have a true PG and C, which they were missing last season.
Lol Purdue = 2 losses this year
Ivey finished with 18 points, 9 assists and 6 boards (plus 8 TO's - which is what @IUBtown was referring to).
It’s why the regular season standings aren’t an accurate judge of how good the teams are.
You’ve said this multiple times this off-season. Yet also this:
“I would say BBall is different but they’ve only finished ahead of Osu 3 times in the last 15 years and one was last year with a wacky Covid schedue”
How’s the state of Michigan football poll coming along? Can’t get any options past Sparty...
Just funny how you pivot your stance when talking about OSU and Michigan.
Maybe we’ll lose to Purdue twice, but we’ve beaten them rather easily over the last two years and have a team ranked similarly to theirs. Neither can be said for IU.
I think we beat UConn in our scrimmage--from the homo board:
"Spoke to a few sources and confirmed that Rutgers won the scrimmage by nearly double digits.
— Unlike the Villanova scrimmage where there were some drills incorporated, this one was a full on game.
— The team was led in scoring by Ron Harper Jr and Jaden Jones, I’m told that both guys really stood out. These two have been on top or near the top in scoring for both scrimmages.
— Nice victory for Rutgers as it now means they beat both Villanova and UConn scrimmages heading into the season."
"Spoke to a few sources and confirmed that Rutgers won the scrimmage by nearly double digits.
— Unlike the Villanova scrimmage where there were some drills incorporated, this one was a full on game.
— The team was led in scoring by Ron Harper Jr and Jaden Jones, I’m told that both guys really stood out. These two have been on top or near the top in scoring for both scrimmages.
— Nice victory for Rutgers as it now means they beat both Villanova and UConn scrimmages heading into the season."
I enjoyed this one
UM #9 AP Poll
Submitted by greymarch on October 31st, 2021 at 3:03 PM
Michigan #9 in AP Poll:
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UM finished with more total yards by a good margin and greater time of possession than MSU. UM out-played Sparty yesterday, and the game was at East Lansing. UM deserves #9 in the AP poll.
MSU plays at Purdue this week. Purdue won at Iowa two weeks ago, and defeated Nebraska yesterday. Purdue is legit. MSU must also still play OSU and PSU. Sparty's gonna get 2 B1G losses. Once that happens, it's GAME ON!
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