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I can be just as wrong as the media experts/coaches are every year, so here is my summer dead time Big Ten preseason prediction in...

I honestly think we are gonna make the tournament. It's going to be refreshingly obvious after a couple of games that we have an real...

I am expecting the players to play hard. Defense should be emphasized individually and as a team. I expect the players to play...

I'm really really excited for this season... been quite a few years since I last said that

Since there is no thread for summer practice I will put this here.

Tough to answer that question because I'm not sure what would be considered successful in year one. My hope is that Niko has assembled...

Very nice.....hopefully Niko can translate his system to the Big Ten and Tyson can benefit from wide open looks. Massive weapon to have...

I saw Ben at a Twins game a couple of weeks ago. He was friendly and very engaging with folks who stopped to talk to him. People were...

Alihan Demir says hello

This is the type of team he had at Colorado State. Made it a position less 5 out style. I think this roster from a talent standpoint is...

Kinda seems like Jordan Murphy should lead off most anybody's team?

He's a motivational speaker now. https://walterbond.com/

Jarvis Johnson

Last year's team had only 2 good individual defenders: Odukale and Asuma, and Asuma was a freshman. I am not an analytics guy, just the...

Niko has made a living out of coaching up ‘unproven’ talent, so the odds are good we’ll do better this year and hopefully be in the...