ESPN predicts the B1G

[Row6Seat10]

ESPN's predicted order of finish in the Big Ten this year. The live link below provides their reasoning for this prediction. 

 

1    Ohio State

2    Maryland

3    Northwestern

4    Rutgers

5    Michigan St

6    Nebraska

7    Minnesota

8    Michigan

9    Iowa

10  Penn State

11  Wisconsin

12  Indiana

13  Illinois

14  Purdue

 

6. Nebraska (21-11, 10-8): For a team that lost more than 40 points per game of offense, Nebraska is in good shape. How's that caveat? Rachel Theriot is back from a season-ending ankle injury. Assuming no ill effects (she put up 24 points in the team's first exhibition game), she is one of the Big Ten's best players. The X factor is 6-foot-4 freshman Jessica Shepard, who had 29 points and 12 rebounds in that same exhibition. One of the nation's top recruits, she missed most of her senior year of high school with an injury.

 

 

 

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14066536/ohio-state-buckeyes-preseason-pick-big-ten

[redsteve]

Obviously, it's early, and there's a lot of games to come, players to develop, etc., ....but I have to think we can win against some of those above us in ESPN's predictions.

 

We have to win the ones we should win....then try to grab a few from the 1 through 5 teams.