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Yes and no. Those mid majors may be able to fill their ranks with high major guys that didn't pan out or were passed by someone else on the roster. The tweet referenced D1 offers being at the lowest point for in state guys in quite some time not just high major offers. Could also be a...

Great question but I still think it is pretty simple to say that if you sign with a NBA team you are done playing college basketball.

It is frustrating but at the same time the only ranking that really matters is the one at the end of the season. The rest are just window dressing to give people something to argue about during the season. I find it odd that you get credit for beating a ranked team if they were ranked at the...

Not totally sure I agree with that because the max out last year was due to so many guys being injured which has nothing to do with where they came from. I get the worries people like 60's have over the lack of proven track record on the guys coming in. In the end though all we can really do...

Yeah, every year we see examples of truly awful pre-season rankings. The problem is that it often takes a while for those teams to drop out of the rankings. On the flip side, if you start out of the rankings it can be much tougher to get in depending on what happens with the teams in front of...

Yep....Niko is gambling with this transfer group and taking a swing at a massive return. Biggest difference heading into 26-27 is that we have a solid core to build around so Niko probably felt like he could take a gamble on big upside knowing the floor was fairly secure with JCJ, Asuma...

Probably not a bad prediction at this point. So much will hinge on where we start and what happens with the teams in front of us. Those early season polls need multiple weeks to actually figure out who is good and who isn't.

There has to be a line somewhere. Seems pretty simple to say that if you sign an NBA contract you are no longer eligible to play college basketball. That shouldn't be controversial.

I know Northwestern has been solid and had some decent teams but still kind of jarring to see they would have made the field 4 times while Minnesota and Illinois each would have only made it once. I doubt many casual fans would guess Northwestern if you asked which of those 3 teams would have...

It is kind of shocking but makes sense when you consider 2023 was the Kaliakmanis mess. 2024 had a slow start with NC loss plus early big ten losses against Iowa and Michigan so tough to get ranked and last year the team was very up and down. Hopefully 2026 leads to a return to the rankings.

Always nice to see the role players getting some props. For obvious reason they tend to get overlooked because they are not out there on gameday but everybody on the roster has a role to play in order to help the team succeed.

Iowa has the upper hand against Fleck, but saying we have no fight against them is simply not true. They kicked the crap out of us last year and 2024 wasn't much better. But prior to that we won in 2023 and had extremely tight one score games in 2022 and 2021. They got us in the covid year...

Guessing he probably realized that photo would not play real well if he stayed on the case. But definitely kudos to him for doing the right thing.

No....in fact I would be pretty surprised if he does leave after this season. He would have to be a sure fire top pick for that to happen and he isn't there yet. But as I said in another thread where Drake got a high projection, if he in fact plays well enough to justify that protection it...

Yeah, I get the frustration from the other conferences towards the Big Ten and SEC but he definitely shot low on his number considering one of the two conferences in question has 18 on its own :)

I mean it is impossible to make everyone happy....I don't sense the outright hatred for Fleck that was common early when some people got really bent out of shape everytime he opened his mouth. There will always be people that don't like him.

I feel like over time the stance on him has changed as people have come to understand that it isn't an act. Has been the case with fans and other coaches.

Yeah, Sconnie should have a better record just by nature of not playing the brutal schedule they played last year. Tough to say how good they will be but there is no doubt Fickell needs a good season to keep his job. Nebraska has a rough Big Ten schedule Iowa is going to be a really...

I went INC because I don't know how you grade a roster with as many new faces as we have before seeing all of them in action together. That said, I do like the potential of this squad and really hope we get to see what Niko can do with a full and healthy roster as opposed to what he had to deal...

Going to be fun to see how the new faces mix with the returning ones. Hopefully when the dust settles we are in the tournament mix.