Big Ten Basketball 2026-27 Standings Outlook

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combes1 said:
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Way-too-early Big Ten basketball tiers: Michigan, Illinois, Michigan State primed to shine in 2026-27

An early look at each Big Ten team after the NBA Draft stay-or-go deadline and weeks of transfer portal combat
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Trotter is pretty good. Lots of roster info and projected lineups.
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It's a fair write up, like I said will be in the thick of it. I do think that writer is overrating Maryland, USC and Indiana, but I will acknowledge if it comes to get her with any of those teams they can be very good. I also think he is underrating UCLA and Iowa a bit, throw in Nebby, Wisconsin, Ohio State and Purdue, I think we are part of a ten team group that will be pretty close in the standings
 


ESPN Rosters Rundown of who is playing for each of the major college teams. Quite helpful in comparing strengths.
 

60's Guy said:
ESPN Rosters Rundown of who is playing for each of the major college teams. Quite helpful in comparing strengths.
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Would be interesting to see this same story from like 5 years ago or before the portal really exploded. Guessing the lists would be a whole lot shorter in general. Crazy to see the amount of player movement now.
 


MNVCGUY said:
Would be interesting to see this same story from like 5 years ago or before the portal really exploded. Guessing the lists would be a whole lot shorter in general. Crazy to see the amount of player movement now.
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I just randomly picked the 2017-18 Gopher roster:
Dupree McBrayer, Nate Mason, Jordan Murphy, Amir Coffey, Brady Rudrud, Hunt Conroy, Bakary Konate, Gaston Diedhiou, Michael Hurt, Eric Curry and Jarvis Johnson...11 guys I believe were only Gophers.
Matz Stockman and Davonte Fitzgerald transferred in but had to sit a year. Isaiah Washington transferred out after two years.
Another world. For Bakary and Gaston education was the focus.
 

60's Guy said:
I just randomly picked the 2017-18 Gopher roster:
Dupree McBrayer, Nate Mason, Jordan Murphy, Amir Coffey, Brady Rudrud, Hunt Conroy, Bakary Konate, Gaston Diedhiou, Michael Hurt, Eric Curry and Jarvis Johnson...11 guys I believe were only Gophers.
Matz Stockman and Davonte Fitzgerald transferred in but had to sit a year. Isaiah Washington transferred out after two years.
Another world. For Bakary and Gaston education was the focus.
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Jarvis never suited up, Rudrud and Conroy were walk ons, but seven guys who got legit run at different times in their tenures. Jamie Harris was also on that team, he put up some big numbers at American and had a decent senior year at Seton Hall. Isiah Washington ironically finished his career at Long Beach playing for Monson after papa Pitino took the Iona job. Crazy it was only eight years ago and how many injuries that roster had.
 

The Deliberate Stranger said:
Jarvis never suited up, Rudrud and Conroy were walk ons, but seven guys who got legit run at different times in their tenures. Jamie Harris was also on that team, he put up some big numbers at American and had a decent senior year at Seton Hall. Isiah Washington ironically finished his career at Long Beach playing for Monson after papa Pitino took the Iona job. Crazy it was only eight years ago and how many injuries that roster had.
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Jamir (probably an autocorrect deal) had some promise as a freshman but had a long row to hoe to make it as a B1G player
 

Ski-U-Ham said:
Jamir (probably an autocorrect deal) had some promise as a freshman but had a long row to hoe to make it as a B1G player
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I agree but he had a better chance than jellyfam because he could shoot, I think in Harris' case once Gabe K committed, Willis and Carr transferred in, we also had the weird Geno Crandell saga, I think Harris saw the writing on the wall, plus kimani Young recruited and he left for UCONN the same off season Ben left for Xavier. Kimani has had quite the run as Hurley 's number two
 



The Deliberate Stranger said:
I agree but he had a better chance than jellyfam because he could shoot, I think in Harris' case once Gabe K committed, Willis and Carr transferred in, we also had the weird Geno Crandell saga, I think Harris saw the writing on the wall, plus kimani Young recruited and he left for UCONN the same off season Ben left for Xavier. Kimani has had quite the run as Hurley 's number two
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Even though Washington couldn't shoot, he still could've been a really good B1G guard. He just didn't have the motor or desire for it, which is unfortunate. Think of the season Reynolds had last year, and I think Washington had a higher ceiling if he'd have figured out the effort it takes and the willingness to give it. He wasn't as big obviously, but he had better handles and hopefully would've had fewer head scratching turnovers.
 

Ski-U-Ham said:
Even though Washington couldn't shoot, he still could've been a really good B1G guard. He just didn't have the motor or desire for it, which is unfortunate. Think of the season Reynolds had last year, and I think Washington had a higher ceiling if he'd have figured out the effort it takes and the willingness to give it. He wasn't as big obviously, but he had better handles and hopefully would've had fewer head scratching turnovers.
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I will say Washington could break any full court press with ease, he also might be the only guy who could win a dunk contest without dunking
 


Torvik 's 2027 Basketball Rankings Big Ten
#5 Illinois
#8 Mich St
#9 Michigan
#14 Nebraska
#16 Ohio St
#21 UCLA
#27 Indiana
#28 Purdue
#31 USC
#35 Maryland
#41 Iowa
#43 Oregon
#45 Wisconsin
#64. Washington
#76 Northwestern
#78 Rutgers
#79 Minnesota
#104 Penn St
 





60's Guy said:
Torvik 's 2027 Basketball Rankings Big Ten
#5 Illinois
#8 Mich St
#9 Michigan
#14 Nebraska
#16 Ohio St
#21 UCLA
#27 Indiana
#28 Purdue
#31 USC
#35 Maryland
#41 Iowa
#43 Oregon
#45 Wisconsin
#64. Washington
#76 Northwestern
#78 Rutgers
#79 Minnesota
#104 Penn St
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I realize you believe the sky is falling. Perhaps it is! But Torvik still has not updated his projected contributors for teams. You can see this by clicking on the Minnesota page. When you do, I'm guessing several things will jump out to you. For me, those things were:
  • BJ Omot is still on the roster
  • Kyan Evans is projected for 6 ppg
Barring injury, there simply isn't a scenario in which Kyan Evans plays just 53% of minutes and averages only 6ppg this season. That's what the Torvik site currently projects. Again, I'm not saying you're right or wrong about the roster, but if you want to share what a projection system thinks of the roster, the responsible thing would be to investigate a bit first.
 

I think you should communicate your angst to Mr Torvik. I try to find info on the Gophers and if it hasn't been posted I try to help others out in providing a broader base of opinions. I posted Gopher Gazette who predicted them to finish 9th or 10th...that's the most optimism anyone apart from a Gopherholer has had that I've seen.
I would like us to win...surprise evidently to you.
I'm not able to visit practice to form my own opinion. I'm sharing people who analyze basketball teams for a living. Don't shoot the messenger.
There is just not a lot of evidence other than blind trust in Niko based on the great job he did last year that on paper we will be better. sorry.
 

60's Guy said:
I think you should communicate your angst to Mr Torvik. I try to find info on the Gophers and if it hasn't been posted I try to help others out in providing a broader base of opinions. I posted Gopher Gazette who predicted them to finish 9th or 10th...that's the most optimism anyone apart from a Gopherholer has had that I've seen.
I would like us to win...surprise evidently to you.
I'm not able to visit practice to form my own opinion. I'm sharing people who analyze basketball teams for a living. Don't shoot the messenger.
There is just not a lot of evidence other than blind trust in Niko based on the great job he did last year that on paper we will be better. sorry.
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My issue isn't with Bart Torvik, it's with you for irresponsibly using his site and then sharing it here without any context. I'd feel the same way if it currently said the Gophers are destined for the Final Four. He clearly doesn't have a complete projection built yet based on what is visible. Sharing the current rankings as if he has fully updated his preseason data is no different than deciding who should win or lose a game at the first TV timeout.

If you had shared the rankings and provided any color about the obvious factors that will change Torvik's projection of the Gophers moving forward, it would be a much more valuable way of "helping others out."

FWIW - I generally agree with you that perspectives are rosier here than the national consensus and that most of that has to do with the board's collective belief in Niko.
 

In the current age, Torvik, KenPom, and really any analytical site is totally worthless in the preseason. We were well into the season last year, and Torvik was still projecting Tyson as his "UNC-self."

You can't quantify all the turnover year-to-year, guys transferring up, guys transferring down, guys transferring laterally with an opportunity to play (many of our guys).

From everything I've read in the opposition's sizing up of our squad this year, our collective fanbase (especially those who regularly visit Gopherhole) is 100% more knowledgeable. I don't think it's homerism.

Our 2026 outlook is not something an outsider would understand unless they sat through 40 minutes of every conference Gopher game. Perusing transfer rankings on 247 and extrapolating them into 2026 expectations isn't fair to Niko's system, which has proven to help players overachieve.

I've watched a lot of s****y Golden Gopher basketball over the years, and last year, while outmatched in nearly every game, we played damn good basketball. We were two bodies short of being a tournament team, IMO.
 


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