Rating the B1G 10 Internally.......Power Rankings

[BigEastPhil]

Having watched the majority of the B1G 10 / ACC Challenge and watching the teams throughout the OOC Schedule, below are my current Power Rankings:

1. Ohio State - are terrific in all 3 facets....offense; defense and coaching. Holtmann is phenomenal and total beatdown of UNC today.

2. Maryland - Won Orlando Tourney and soundly have defeated Temple; Notre Dame; Marquette etc.

3.Michigan - may have best resume of all teams in B1G 10 but lack of depth and lack of coaching experience doesn't jolt them above teams above. Didn't like how they looked vs Louisville granted they may have been tired and were playing #1 team in country.

4. Michigan State - haven't been impressive to date though win at Seton Hall was big.

5. Purdue - damn good team reinforced by beatdown of Virginia. Other losses have been close to respected teams.

6. Penn State - another damn good team despite terrible loss to Ole Miss.

7. Indiana - could be sleeper team and has significant upside. Defeated Fla State and tough games approaching vs UConn at Jimmy V.

8. Iowa - have had injuries to Frederick; McCaffrey (younger brother) and Njuge but they can beat you on any given night.

9. Illinois - another squad with tons of upside. Bad loss to Miami on Monday.

10. Minnesota - big win vs Clemson on Monday

11. Rutgers - no impressive win to date but we're better than bottom 3 below.

12. Wisconsin - can;t shoot; no inside game. Gard not recruiting well. Could be on hot seat soon. We must defeat them next week.

13.Northwestern - have had some awful losses. May be #12

14. Nebraska - awful. Hoiberg has huge rebuild job ahead of him.

As bearish I was on conference several weeks ago, I am no longer. From 1-9, really really tough with 3 top 10 teams in 1-3 above.

 

[kcg88]

Gard does have pretty good classes lined up for 2020 and 2021. I'd be surprised if he doesn't get another year based on that.

 

[BigEastPhil]

Gard does have pretty good classes lined up for 2020 and 2021. I'd be surprised if he doesn't get another year based on that.

Very good point about Gard. Did not realize his 2020 class is ranked 8th in country. That ll save his butt being in the hot seat for sure. Wisconsin is usually a top notch squad but they are down this year. Very down as evidenced by smack downs from Richmond,New Mexico and NC State.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Another 5-23 night from 3 for Wisconsin. Don’t sink them yet.

Rutgers has had 1 test and has 2 losses. They should be #13

 

[toby83]

Great summary Phil, love it

I just put few bucks on Ohio State to win the national championship, +3000 seems crazy the way they look

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Penn State deserves to be there, but I am sure I am not alone in thinking that at the end of the day that PSU won't be in the top 1/2. Probably been scarred for 3-4 straight years they look good on paper and then......

 

[bac2therac]

Phil...spot on. I agree with your placement and assessments 100%. Big 10 certainly recovered from their slow starts and those big wins last night were statements. I am thinking 8-9 bids this year.

 

[superfan01]

Same old RU.

 

[fluoxetine]

1. #1 Ohio St [8-0]
2. #3 Maryland [9-0]
3. #7 Michigan [7-1]
4. #11 Indiana [8-0]
5. #22 Penn St [7-1]
6. #37 Iowa [6-2]
7. #44 Purdue [5-3]
8. #48 Michigan St [5-3]
9. #62 Minnesota [4-4]
10. #78 Illinois [5-2]
11. #100 Rutgers [6-2]
12. #101 Wisconsin [4-4]
13. #172 Northwestern [4-3]
14. #191 Nebraska [4-4]

 

[fluoxetine]

Another 5-23 night from 3 for Wisconsin. Don’t sink them yet.

Rutgers has had 1 test and has 2 losses. They should be #13

Nah.

Nebraska has lost to UC Riverside and Southern Utah and needed overtime to beat Southern Univ (!). They haven't beaten anyone good.

Northwestern lost to Merrimack (!) and Radford and the same Pitt team we just lost to. They also haven't beaten anyone.

We haven't done anything great but we definitely should be far ahead of those two.

 

[Greene Rice FIG]

Against teams #150 and above
Rutgers 0-2
Northwestern 3-2

 

[kcg88]

Northwestern is a young, inconsistent team. Their wins are all by 9 or more, and their losses are all by 10 or more.

 

[fluoxetine]

Against teams #150 and above
Rutgers 0-2
Northwestern 3-2

Meh, to be fair I am probably giving us more credit for SF Austin than we should get, but I have it as:
Rutgers 1-1
Northwestern 0-1

I have Bonaventure and every Northwestern opponent besides Pitt below 150.