2024-25 Big Ten Media Days

[AuroranHusker]

Wild how much reputation plays into these preseason rankings. It will be interesting to look back on this in March 2025.

 

[49r]

1 hour ago, Chuck Taylor said:

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

 

And everyone is in the top 74!  Not sure that's ever happened since we've been in the Big Ten.  Also, that's REALLY impressive considering it's an 18 team league now.

2025 T-Rank College Basketball Projections

RK	TEAM	CONF	ADJOE	ADJDE	BARTHAG	PROJ. REC		RET MINS	RPMS	TALENT	EXP.	TRANS.
17	Purdue	B10	114.9 20	95.0 18	.8988	19-11	12-8	54.2%	49.8%	78	1.51	0
18	Michigan St.	B10	112.8 48	93.8 8	.8920	20-9	12-8	49.8%	38.7%	77.2	1.59	53
19	Rutgers	B10	111.9 52	93.2 6	.8915	20-11	12-8	23.8%	17.9%	48.7	1.6	167
21	Illinois	B10	113.3 42	94.6 14	.8883	20-11	11-9	14.2%	12.4%	84.1	1.19	210
24	UCLA	B10	114.0 31	95.7 24	.8820	20-11	11-9	60.8%	64.3%	66.2	2.02	357
30	Indiana	B10	114.9 19	97.6 52	.8678	19-10	11-9	60.1%	58.9%	82.2	1.82	301
33	Michigan	B10	115.4 17	98.6 78	.8595	18-12	10-10	26.9%	22.7%	60.9	2.29	436
34	Ohio St.	B10	114.6 22	98.0 63	.8583	18-13	10-10	33.7%	34.0%	66.5	2.04	313
41	Wisconsin	B10	113.0 45	97.4 50	.8475	18-12	10-10	51.4%	45.7%	26.1	2.15	158
42	Maryland	B10	110.1 75	94.9 17	.8467	19-12	10-10	42.4%	41.3%	71.4	1.8	238
44	Oregon	B10	113.2 43	97.8 57	.8435	18-13	10-10	50.4%	42.9%	52.8	2.38	227
45	Iowa	B10	115.6 15	100.0 94	.8416	19-12	10-10	54.8%	51.3%	55.8	1.88	59
47	Nebraska	B10	111.6 55	96.7 39	.8396	17-12	10-10	38.2%	34.4%	39.9	2.58	258
48	Northwestern	B10	111.5 57	96.6 37	.8394	18-12	10-10	66.0%	56.2%	34.7	2.55	75
50	USC	B10	115.2 18	100.0 93	.8355	18-12	9-11	6.7%	4.0%	40.9	2.71	563
71	Minnesota	B10	111.2 62	99.5 86	.7829	17-13	8-12	37.3%	39.6%	30.1	2.82	240
73	Washington	B10	109.3 84	98.0 62	.7780	15-15	8-12	16.0%	8.8%	20.8	2.38	379
74	Penn St.	B10	109.1 86	97.9 59	.7773	16-14	8-12	61.1%	60.4%	69.4	2.31	65

 

[49r]

By contrast, Torvik has 4 of the 16 Big 12 teams ranked below Penn State.  We may not be as top heavy as the Big 12 but I'd say a really strong case could be made for the Big Ten as the strongest hoops league this year.

[cornfed24-7]

6 hours 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

Ugh. I forgot about this. I hate it. HATE. IT. 

 

[AuroranHusker]

 

Tomorrow is the Men's Basketball Big Ten Media Day.