Revisiting Preseason Big Ten Standings Projection

[SelectionSunday]

How am I doing?

1 Michigan State (on track) -- NCAA
2 Indiana (ouch) -- NCAA
3 Michigan (about right) -- NCAA
4 Wisconsin (spot on) -- NCAA
5 Nebraska (ouch) -- NCAA
6 Maryland (about right) -- NCAA
7 Gophers (on track)
8 Purdue (ouch) -- NCAA
9 Iowa (off by a few)
10 Ohio State (about right)
11 Illinois (off by a few)
12 Northwestern (off by a couple)
13 Penn State (about right)
14 Rutgers (off by a couple)

 

[Bordergopher]

Pretty darn accurate.


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[Dano564]

B+

 

[SelectionSunday]

B+

Thanks, you are a friendly grader. I'll go B-. ... disappointed I bought into the Hoosiers so much. And I should have known better to undersell Purdue/Painter.

 

[Block M]

Not bad. Every season has some surprises!

 

[obobo55]

The biggest surprises are Nebraska and for me Illinois. I thought the Illini were easily in the bottom 2. I had Purdue a bit lower but still in the top 5 simply because I believe in Painter.

I guess it depends on if you are talking preseason (October) or just prior to the early December games. Indiana was about an 8 for me before some good NC work.

 

[Dano564]

Thanks, you are a friendly grader. I'll go B-. ... disappointed I bought into the Hoosiers so much. And I should have known better to undersell Purdue/Painter.

I frankly had no idea how good most of these teams would be, so the fact you got it that close is pretty sound.

 

[march madness]

You cannot predict injuries and Copeland going down on a team with 3 scorers and no bench killed Nebraska.

 

[Lincoln gopher]

You cannot predict injuries and Copeland going down on a team with 3 scorers and no bench killed Nebraska.

No doubt, but the Huskers had started to struggle before the injury.

 

[GibsonSG]

7 Gophers (on track)

Does this mean you are predicting a win over Maryland? Or a Buckeye loss to Wiscy?

 

[SelectionSunday]

Does this mean you are predicting a win over Maryland? Or a Buckeye loss to Wiscy?

Buckeye loss to Wiscy.

 

[ltf]

Wonder what you would have picked the gophers if you had known IW would be a nonfactor? Maybe, in a sense, the gophers over-achieved given the lack of a point guard and the surprising big ten strength. I get it that Pitino is responsible for the point guard situation, but maybe also deserves some credit for recruiting/coaching a point guard barren team to a 7th place finish in a strong conference.

 

[row19gopher]

Don't know if I ever predicted the BIG standings, but I do remember thinking we would go 10-10 in the BIG. At this point I feel happy they are close to that...