I almost didnât see MSU because there was such a gap. Sheesh!
OSU seems really low when they have games against Duke, UNC and the Maui tournament. Are the rest of their NC games against teams in the 250-300 range?
Looks like they face 6 teams that are 293 or above.
Yikes. That would be why then haha
Yeah, pure average ranking is not a good way to look at non-conference schedule strength IMO. I donât really care about the difference between playing #150 at home and playing #300, but the difference between playing #75 and #10 is enormous.
Food for thought.
Iowa/MSU/Illinois are interesting
Big takeaway is that there is no favorite really.
If I gambled I would probably be a fan of those Illinois odds.
Illinois could be on to their 5th straight Big Ten Championship
2020 - covid messed up March so Illinois can claim big ten tourney championship (#1)
2021 - beat Michigan and Michigan cheated, lied, and was fraudulent (#2) also won big ten tourney (#3)
2022 - won share of regular season (#4)
2023 - (#5???)
It should be everyoneâs goal to prevent this.
Early obviously but so far their half court offense looks really bad
Shannon Jr looked real good
Quinn was hyping up Furst as a breakout guy on our last pod, but I donât exactly get why he would play major minutes over Gillis?
I just view Purdue as a team that needs a talent upgrade and I view Furst and Kaufman-Renn as two of their highest pedigree guys. If theyâre both off the bench, likely both at the 4, that doesnât bode well IMO.
I would have thought one starts at the 4 and you bump Morton/Gillis down to the 2/3.
That and idk how a true freshman backcourt pairing of Smith/Loyer can inspire any confidence, particularly defensively
Smith and Loyer and Morton starting canât be great.