Big ten is deeper than ever

[Scangg]

my current ratings

1. Purdue

2. Michigan State
3. Rutgers
4. Ohio State

5. Illinois
6. Iowa
7. Michigan
8. Wisconsin

9. Maryland
10. Northwestern
11. Penn State
12. Indiana

13. Nebraska








14. Minnesota

No respect for PSU at all?

 

[RUPete]

No respect for PSU at all?

Was that post before last night? I would bump PSU to 9.

 

[RU23]

Was that post before last night? I would bump PSU to 9.

Against a depleted Indiana team. Overall their resume is not impressive to me (12 in the B1G and outside the NCAA field looks right to me). Win @ Wiscy and then we’ll talk.

 

[friar10]

I always liked Ed Cooley and thought he is a real good coach and leader. What are fans’ thoughts about him? Is he a Providence lifer or do you have to fend off other schools?

He has done an incredible job and is very well liked. Could actually be in the running for coach of the year again. I myself figured losing every starter it would be at least another year b4 we could get back to the tournament. But he has them playing great and now my hopes are up again.

 

[bac2therac]

No respect for PSU at all?

Who am i putting the ahead of

Maryland just beat OSU

Wisky had wins earlier

Nw beat Ill, Indy, Msu

 

[bac2therac]

If anything have iowa too high based on one win over RU

 

[RUPete]

Against a depleted Indiana team. Overall their resume is not impressive to me (12 in the B1G and outside the NCAA field looks right to me). Win @ Wiscy and then we’ll talk.

Fair enough.

 

[RUPete]

If anything have iowa too high based on one win over RU

Tough grader. Wouldn’t want you as my professor at RU.

 

[bac2therac]

Tough grader. Wouldn’t want you as my professor at RU.

Iowa were jellied by Nebby

 

[bac2therac]

Was that post before last night? I would bump PSU to 9.

Do they have better wins than Maryland or northwestern

 

[RUPete]

Do they have better wins than Maryland or northwestern

Maybe not. But they are going to be a tough out for us. I can see that you are getting into bracketology mode. 😎

 

[G- RUnit]

Eye test. They have looked pretty darn good when shots falling.

 

[bac2therac]

Revising after Ohio State's disaster

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

If anything have iowa too high based on one win over RU

Iowa State and Clemson are good wins too.

 

[pmvon]

Looks like it’s 14 team deep. Minn just knocked off OSU.

 

[RUsojo]

League doesn’t seem that strong to me. Will be interesting to see once last years data becomes weighted less as the season goes on. Big 12 miles ahead of everyone.

 

[bac2therac]

Update

1. Purdue

2. Michigan State
3. Rutgers

4. Iowa
5. Illinois
6. Wisconsin
7. Ohio State
8. Michigan

9. Maryland
10. Northwestern
11. Penn State
12. Indiana

13. Nebraska


14. Minnesota

 

[RUisB1Gtime]

Ohio State is still good despite this stretch. They will likely reel off a bunch of wins at some point. Hopefully after Sunday!!

 

[MiloTalon13]

He has done an incredible job and is very well liked. Could actually be in the running for coach of the year again. I myself figured losing every starter it would be at least another year b4 we could get back to the tournament. But he has them playing great and now my hopes are up again.

Cooley has a "contract for life" with PC.

Providence Friars' special season leads to new contract for basketball coach Ed Cooley

Providence College men's basketball coach Ed Cooley & the Friars agree on a contract extension. He led PC to its first Big East regular-season title.

www.providencejournal.com

 

[zebnatto]

Update

1. Purdue

2. Michigan State
3. Rutgers

4. Iowa
5. Illinois
6. Wisconsin
7. Ohio State
8. Michigan

9. Maryland
10. Northwestern
11. Penn State
12. Indiana

13. Nebraska


14. Minnesota

With so much parity, I don’t even think you can carve it up like this.

 

[bac2therac]

With so much parity, I don’t even think you can carve it up like this.

It changes from night to night but at this point its my grouping

I think RU and MSU have done a bit more than that other grouping

 

[Eagleton96]

Don't look now but Minnesota is playing well. After sucking all season they are waking up just in time to ruin everyone's NET ratings in conf play.

 

[fluoxetine]

Don't look now but Minnesota is playing well. After sucking all season they are waking up just in time to ruin everyone's NET ratings in conf play.

Bastards

 

[RUChoppin]

Don't look now but Minnesota is playing well. After sucking all season they are waking up just in time to ruin everyone's NET ratings in conf play.

They've been knocking on the door since the start of the year - maybe they've figured things out?

1/03 - 60-63 @Wisconsin
1/07 - 79-81 vs. Nebraska (OT)
1/12 - 70-67 @Ohio State

 

[needmorecowbell]

At this level of sports, a lot of players think they don’t need their A game or lose focus vs an inferior opponent. It’s human nature. You always have to be hunting or else someone will hunt you. It’s so hard for a coaching staff to prevent this mentality. You have to bring 100% focus every night to win in this league. Good for Minnesota.

 

[Joey Bags]

Don't look now but Minnesota is playing well. After sucking all season they are waking up just in time to ruin everyone's NET ratings in conf play.

Good chance we split our games with them NGL

 

[fluoxetine]

Good chance we split our games with them NGL

T-Rank says we have ~82% chance of winning both. This seems reasonable to me

 

[motorb54]

Minnesota just beat Ohio State at Ohio State

 

[bac2therac]

new update

Update

1. Purdue

2. Rutgers

3. Michigan State
4. Iowa
5. Illinois
6. Michigan
7. Ohio State
8. Wisconsin

9. Penn State
10. Indiana
11. Maryland
12. Northwestern


13. Nebraska


14. Minnesota

 

[BigEastPhil]

new update

Update

1. Purdue

2. Rutgers

3. Michigan State
4. Iowa
5. Illinois
6. Michigan
7. Ohio State
8. Wisconsin

9. Penn State
10. Indiana
11. Maryland
12. Northwestern


13. Nebraska


14. Minnesota

2-7 quarterfinal game in big 10 tourney: us vs buckeyes. I sense we ll meet Ohio state again in the big 10 tourney.

 

[G- RUnit]

Recent games I would move Minnesota over Nebraska and shorten those gaps.

Wisconsin without Wahl …

I think once again best conference in the country. Certainly deepest.

 

[RUsojo]

Recent games I would move Minnesota over Nebraska and shorten those gaps.

Wisconsin without Wahl …

I think once again best conference in the country. Certainly deepest.

No it isn’t

 

[YoucancallmeRay]

Recent games I would move Minnesota over Nebraska and shorten those gaps.

Wisconsin without Wahl …

I think once again best conference in the country. Certainly deepest.

It probably has the most parity, but if you take the top halves of the Big East, ACC, B12, and PAC10, they're all stronger than the top part of the Big10, imo.

 

[Fighter of the Nightman]

It probably has the most parity, but if you take the top halves of the Big East, ACC, B12, and PAC10, they're all stronger than the top part of the Big10, imo.

Eh, Big XII for sure. Others are pretty debatable. I’m guessing you're looking at the rankings, but ranked teams keep dropping like flies. It’ll look totally different in even two weeks.

 

[bigmatt718]

I'm looking forward to when UCLA comes in for hoops to give the conference a bonafide NC contender on the regular and a pretty consistent tourney team in USC. While everyone is fixated on football getting better with USC/UCLA in the conference, both will also make B1G basketball a lot stronger as well.

 

[socaldave]

Rankings are also screwed up right now. Big East has 4 ranked teams, Big 10 only 2. Marquette and Xavier are ranked and both got roughed up by Big 10 teams. With Nova sucking, there is no way the Big East is that strong compared to the Big 10.

Watch some other conference games this week then watch a big 10 game
The big 10 teams are built differently than say big east teams
Big 10 teams look more like football teams
I don’t think any team in the big east would be top 4 in the Big playing Big schedule and Big League, couldn’t handle the 20 games of physicality

 

[pmvon]

I'm looking forward to when UCLA comes in for hoops to give the conference a bonafide NC contender on the regular and a pretty consistent tourney team in USC. While everyone is fixated on football getting better with USC/UCLA in the conference, both will also make B1G basketball a lot stronger as well.

It will be BIG and everyone else in all sports and tied for football.

 

[socaldave]

Iowa were jellied by Nebby

Iowa is ligit

 

[G- RUnit]

Eh, Big XII for sure. Others are pretty debatable. I’m guessing your looking at the rankings, but ranked teams keep dropping like flies. It’ll look totally different in even two weeks.

I guess the question is the deepest conference the best conference? What’s the criteria?
If you are talking depth, BIG 12 current 7/8/9/10 is
Oklahoma
OSU
WVU
Texas Tech
B1G current 7/8/9/10 is
Northwestern
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana

B1G wins that plus you have Ohio State and Maryland behind those four.
That’s a deeper conference.

 

[pmvon]

I guess the question is the deepest conference the best conference? What’s the criteria?
If you are talking depth, BIG 12 current 7/8/9/10 is
Oklahoma
OSU
WVU
Texas Tech
B1G current 7/8/9/10 is
Northwestern
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana

B1G wins that plus you have Ohio State and Maryland behind those four.
That’s a deeper conference.

Another way to look at depth and given that the BIG is bigger is whether there is an “off” night during league play. Doesn’t appear to be any in either.