Big Ten Top 10 Reality Is Setting In

[MNVCGUY]

Maybe we should just shut the basketball forum down until November then?

Not about shutting it down....just about not giving up hope in March when the current season isn't even over and there is going to be a ton of roster fluctuation across the country still.

 

[FritoPendejo]

The idea that Indiana has hired Basketball Moses is just crazy. Devries is a good hire, but his profile is very similar to Archie Miller’s when he got hired, and Miller floundered. There’s just no sure things. And I maintain this is a sneaky tough job and rebuilding is not a slam dunk. Indiana is like Nebraska Football: A faded superpower but the fans are in denial about their loss of stature.

I don’t see how any Gopher fan looks at the head coaches in place in the B1G and starts cutting themselves due to the futility. Izzo’s Izzo, Painter has been money in the bank, and Illinois should be Top 5 nationally if they avoid getting pantsed in the portal, but beyond that I think very few other schools and fan bases know without question they have their guy.

 

[PMWinSTP]

Donovan Dent committed to UCLA...their returning point guard who was sub par is now in the portal.
The rest of their guys from a 13 and 7 team are all returning. UCLA will be better.

Indiana at 9 will be better with a better coach and his 3 point shooting son.
Iowa is not in the Top 10 but they will be with Ben McCollum and his Drake point guard.
Niko needs at least 7 NIL studs just to be competitive, to have a chance to upset some people.
Sobering....who is dropping down so we can move up?
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Do you think 18-14 and 10-10 in conference is competitive?

 

[Rocksoldier]

Do you think 18-14 and 10-10 in conference is competitive?

Would be a start

 

[tjgopher]

Illinois should be Top 5 nationally if they avoid getting pantsed in the portal

Or early NBA entries.

Riley and Jakucionis very easily could join NBA draft.

 

[tjgopher]

Do you think 18-14 and 10-10 in conference is competitive?

If Niko can get Minnesota to 10-10 his first season, he would be in running for B1G Coach of the Year.

It would be the Gophers' second season of .500 or better in the Big Ten in the past 16 years (think about that for a minute).

 

[formerlybis]

The idea that Indiana has hired Basketball Moses is just crazy. Devries is a good hire, but his profile is very similar to Archie Miller’s when he got hired, and Miller floundered. There’s just no sure things. And I maintain this is a sneaky tough job and rebuilding is not a slam dunk. Indiana is like Nebraska Football: A faded superpower but the fans are in denial about their loss of stature.

I understand the point you're making, but I think Indiana has enough built-in advantages (money and a fertile local recruiting base) that it would be more the exception than the norm to not find some level of future glory. For several coaches' regimes now, they have seemed to be the epitome of buying/recruiting highly-ranked players whose whole is less than the sum of their parts. They need a coach who coaches, and a coach who recruits the "right" players. Is Devries that? We'll find out - the pressure is from the fanbase who wants the shiny player.

 

[PMWinSTP]

Would be a start

If Gophs would have beaten Northwestern, PSU, and Rutgers down the stretch (all highly winnable games) that's where Gophs would have finished this year.