Harper too. And I’m guessing he will put Geo Baker somewhere in there since he loved him last year. So yeah, there will be some huge snubs.
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Had him listed as well accidentally deleted him. It would look better if we took off Audige. I may take Bohannon off because I like Murray more. Dante Scott might be top 20 over Fatts.
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Yeah Scott absolutely should be in the top 20 too. This list is going to look very bad when we reach the point of seeing who is left off in favor of Audige and Fatts
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If I had to start speculating on Andy Katz’s B1G player ranking, which I can’t say is a super exciting prospect to me, I would guess he will certainly have Dickinson, Williams, Kofi, Ivey, TJD, Curbelo, and Liddell top 7. Then Edey and Geo Baker for sure leaves 4 spots. Which I would guess are Harper, Houstan, Murray, and Jones.
I also would bet that DeVante’ is not on this list FWIW.
Also it is hard making lists! Fine line between the perfect list and one that gets people talking. It’s also tricky when you work for the NCAA and want to be inclusive!
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There’s a real easy fix that would eliminate all criticism. Instead of calling this a ranking of the Big Ten’s best players, they could just rebrand it as a list of Big Ten Players.
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Andy Katz’s list of B1G players who are definitely on a B1G basketball team.
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You know those popcorn tins that give you butter, cheddar and caramel popcorn, and you don’t want all three flavors, but you have to buy it like that? Katz is offering us the Big Ten basketball version of that.
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Or like a package of Starburst…three you like and then one you don’t like, repeat.
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Disappointed that my dreams of Tyson Walker being really bad have fallen apart
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Better than AJ Hoggard is a pretty low bar.
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Umm excuse me. AJ Hoggard runs the fast break better than anyone since Mateen Cleaves
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True! There is still hope! All the hype sounds like Mike Smith with better defense to me tho
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I really like Walker and have since he was a transfer prospect, so I’m personally a bit confused by the ups and downs of the offseason (when nothing was actually happening).
I think the more interesting factor is how much does MSU need from Walker compared to from other guys.
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The official All-Big Ten team dropped today:
2021-22 Big Ten Preseason Honors
Player of the Year
Kofi Cockburn (Illinois)
All-Big Ten Team
KOFI COCKBURN (Illinois)
Andre Curbelo (Illinois)
TRAYCE JACKSON-DAVIS (Indiana)
Keegan Murray (Iowa)
Eric Ayala (Maryland)
HUNTER DICKINSON (Michigan)
Caleb Houstan (Michigan)
E.J. LIDDELL (Ohio State)
JADEN IVEY (Purdue)
Trevion Williams (Purdue)
Ron Harper Jr. (Rutgers)
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If Justin Thind is a guy on Field of 68 I may have to stop listening. He’s such an arrogant, condescending douche bag.
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And Trey McGowens as #13. I purposely didn’t include him in my list yesterday of the remaining 13 because I thought he could have been 19 or 20 and not really higher than that. Maybe we can get some Brad Davison or Julius Marble for #12.
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Wow. If McGowans is that high, this is going to be so comical to see what guys get left off the list
I think Dylan is right in regards to Jones because we have discussed the top 10 numerous times. I think Dante Scott or Eric Ayala get left off as well, throw in some Pete Nance getting left off. Tyson Walker I imagine will be left off as well.