Sioux Falls may potentially become a regular location for some non conference games. Sanford Medical is based there and can easily handle the rapid testing of teams as they arrive. Theyāve been doing it already for some other events.
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Michigan
Michigan coach Juwan Howard is replacing the heart of the teamās interior and exterior, Jon Teske and Zavier Simpson, but heās got leading scorer Isaiah Livers to help soften the blow after he punted on the opportunity to stay in the NBA Draft. Livers is one of only four returning players for Howard in Year Two, with his most daunting task yet in replacing Simpson at point guard made more difficult with David DeJulius, the expected replacement, transferring out. Thereās more questions than answers surrounding this team but building around Livers gives the Wolverines an advantage from occupying the cellar-dwellar territory.
Lol 9th? Ok
The national writers on the likes of ESPN and CBS have nothing on Dylan when it comes to the Big Ten (or even college basketball in general, IMO), so Iām only posting this as extra reading material.
Heck, I could do a better job than most of the ESPN/CBS guys. Itās their job to follow college hoops, but it seems clear to me that they donāt have a genuine passion for it, which is what really makes the difference. Their āresearchā is almost always half-a$&ed.
Livers came back to keep us out of the cellar. An underreported tidbit.
Kinda ridiculous that they didnāt even mention Franz in the little blurb. Tells you just how much research these guys are doing lol
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Indeed it does. lol.
Check IUās roster, and tell me how this team doesnāt finish in the top half of the league
hahahahahaha
Pretty wild that every writer picked Indiana over Michigan.
Iām not sure how you could not take the opportunity to bet on Rob Phinisee!
Itās the coaching pedigree #archieisland
Iām surprised it was unanimous but I donāt think itās an absurd take. IU was 20-12 last year to our 19-12, and their roster losses are a lot less significant than Simpson and Teske. Also Khristian Lander is a pretty big add theoretically.
I am by no means buying Archie Miller stock but I see the case on paper.
Not all 20-12 records are created equal. They had a Charmin soft nonconference schedule. Also Michigan put a whooping on them.
Yeah, Michigan was better than IU by pretty much every reasonable metric. Conference EM, KenPom rank, etc. And Michigan played with its second-best player hurt for a month.
And Rothstein will remain my NOT go-to guy for anything college hoops. Franz? Good? Nuh-uh.
He severely underrates Michigan every year. I think he has them at #39 right now.
Heās a fun-filled treasure trove of redundancy of the obvious for anyone who follows his/her respective teams even from the periphery. His next tweet: āIsaiah Livers most likely will be used as an outside threat and double-secret probation spies told me heās solid in transition.ā