2024-25 Big Ten Media Days

[AuroranHusker]

 

[throwback]

Thursday - Coaches Panel

10 - 10:20 am - Indiana Head Coach Mike Woodson, Nebraska Head Coach Fred Hoiberg, USC Head Coach Eric Musselman  

Thursday - Interviews at Podiums

1:30 - 2 pm - Nebraska Head Coach Fred Hoiberg 

2 - 2:30 pm - Nebraska Student-Athletes 

 

https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltca750cef518bc6e4/blt5d4371f20030e576/66f742e20e0536e300e69d70/2024_BBMD_Media_Schedule.pdf

 

B1G Network coverage runs from 9 am - 4 pm - sounds like the coaches' panels will be televised and then the players and Fred will have a televised sit down at some point between 11 am and 4 pm. I don't see anything that shows the afternoon TV schedule for the sit down interviews, though.

 

Edited October 1, 2024 by throwback

[AuroranHusker]

 

[Jacob Bigelow]

Preseason honors are out. Believe unofficial preseason media poll will drop tomorrow.

[throwback]

22 minutes ago, Jacob Bigelow said:

Preseason honors are out. Believe unofficial preseason media poll will drop tomorrow.

 

No team with more than 1, only 1 unanimous selection, and no one from MSU, Illinois, or UCLA. It's going to be a wide open B1G season.

[AuroranHusker]

Just now, throwback said:

No team with more than 1, only 1 unanimous selection, and no one from MSU, Illinois, or UCLA. It's going to be a wide open B1G season.

 

And no Brice Williams from Nebraska?

 

[throwback]

Just now, AuroranHusker said:

 

And no Brice Williams from Nebraska?

 

League media members follow NU so closely that more probably voted for Keisei than Brice. 

[AuroranHusker]

11 minutes ago, throwback said:

League media members follow NU so closely that more probably voted for Keisei than Brice. 

 

Indubitably. Maybe a 20-person lineup would be more appropriate for an 18-team league... it's unwieldy as an 18-team Big Ten conference, for sure.

 

 

Edited October 1, 2024 by AuroranHusker

[Dead Dog Alley]

16 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said:

 

Indubitably. Maybe a 20-person lineup would be more appropriate for an 18-team league... it's unwieldy as an 18-team Big Ten conference, for sure.

 

 

At 18 teams, that is still 5 teams shy of the Southern Conference at its peak:

[Jacob Bigelow]

Unofficial preseason media poll will be dropping at the top of the hour. For the record, I was not asked to vote, nor did I expect to be asked. 

[AGHANSEN]

 

Here it is!

[AGHANSEN]

I'm not surprised.

Most people (media and those outside of Nebraska) probably view last year as a fluke.

I think it's good we stay under the radar. 

[Raidsker]

4 minutes ago, AGHANSEN said:

 

Here it is!

Saw 12th and thought seemed too low. However seeing it laid out with 18 teams is basically middle of the pack. Top 5, middle pack 6-12, bottom 5 (or 6).

[Raidsker]

A reminder from January that only top 15 teams get into the conference tournament.

 

So step one is win enough to be safely above that.

 

https://x.com/BigTenNetwork/status/1752382180138086619?t=RwolfXJ-DnC_TVQeWvDoaw&s=19

[LincecumFan]

2 minutes ago, Raidsker said:

A reminder from January that only top 15 teams get into the conference tournament.

 

So step one is win enough to be safely above that.

 

https://x.com/BigTenNetwork/status/1752382180138086619?t=RwolfXJ-DnC_TVQeWvDoaw&s=19

Unless they are a brand new head coach with some leeway, it won't do much for job security if you can't even qualify for your postseason conference tournament.

[hhcmatt]

Detail on the media poll

[Shawn Eichorst's Toupee]

17 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Detail on the media poll

 

I've always said that John Sauber is the smartest and most handsome writer in the Big Ten. Whereas, Marcus Fuller and Brian Nuebert are a couple of know-nothing hacks.

[Handy Johnson]

Nice to see our 1 Time Road Games include Northwestern & Penn St. 

[throwback]

I don't think we'll ever have to worry about expectations being too high in polls like this.

[49r]

39 minutes ago, throwback said:

I don't think we'll ever have to worry about expectations being too high in polls like this.

 

Well...at least not until we can manage to advance beyond the first round of the NCAA Tournament anyway.

[Huskerpapa]

2 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

Detail on the media poll

Man, our players [team] should feel the disrespect that flows from the media.  I guess we simply need to keep winning and remain stealth. 

[LincecumFan]

54 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

Well...at least not until we can manage to advance beyond the first round of the NCAA Tournament anyway.

And/or we win an outright Big Ten MBB championship.

[Navin R. Johnson]

I have mixed emotions on the predictions.  I'm glad we are not ranked real high as it keeps everyone grounded and of course every year we are suppose to be good, things fall apart but this year seems a little different from the past.  I kind of expected a higher ranking in conference as we turned a corner last year and I like the players we have added along with the key returners (Williams, Gary, Hoiberg) and I trust Coach Hoiberg's system.  I'm concerned that others have added to their teams with more NIL money than we have and it might be a case of not how good you are but how good your opponents are.

[Art Vandalay]

23 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said:

I have mixed emotions on the predictions.  I'm glad we are not ranked real high as it keeps everyone grounded and of course every year we are suppose to be good, things fall apart but this year seems a little different from the past.  I kind of expected a higher ranking in conference as we turned a corner last year and I like the players we have added along with the key returners (Williams, Gary, Hoiberg) and I trust Coach Hoiberg's system.  I'm concerned that others have added to their teams with more NIL money than we have and it might be a case of not how good you are but how good your opponents are.

Some for sure but I think we are competitive with most. Illinois, Indiana, UCLA, Mich, maybe USC probably all did. I’m sure Ore and OSU could but doesn’t appear they did. So I think we are competing fairly well. Seems we are going for fit more than splash so our guys might be under rated by the media. Worster is a damn good PG but probably doesn’t move the needle in these polls.

[Chuck Taylor]

4 hours ago, AGHANSEN said:

 

Here it is!

Torvik has us 13th, so this is an improvement!