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By Buzz King -- @Fieldof68Freak on X

A look at Week 1 of the college basketball season, starting with our weekly “Field of 68” projection. Please peruse and (hopefully) enjoy at your leisure.

The projected automatic qualifier in a multiple-bid conference is noted with an *. When the NCAA releases its initial NET rankings, the weekly projection will include team rankings. Until then, teams will be listed alphabetically instead of by their NET ranking.

FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (through November 9, 2024)
America East (1): UMass-Lowell

American (1): Memphis

ACC (5): Clemson, *Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Pitt

ASUN (1): Lipscomb

Atlantic 10 (2): *Dayton, VCU

Big East (5): Creighton, Marquette, Saint John’s, *UConn, Xavier

Big Sky (1): Northern Colorado

Big South (1): High Point

Big Ten (9): Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oregon, *Purdue, Rutgers

Big XII (10): Arizona, Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, *Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech, UCF

Big West (1): UC-Irvine

Coastal (1): College of Charleston

Conference USA (1): Louisiana Tech

Horizon (1): Purdue Fort Wayne

Ivy (1): Princeton

MAAC (1): Merrimack

MAC (1): Kent State

MEAC (1): Norfolk State

Missouri Valley (1): Bradley

Mountain West (3): *Boise State, Nevada, New Mexico

NEC (1): Central Connecticut

OVC (1): Little Rock

Patriot (1): Bucknell

SEC (9): *Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M

SoCon (1): Wofford

Southland (1): McNeese

SWAC (1): Grambling State

Summit (1): South Dakota State

Sun Belt (1): Arkansas State

WCC (2): *Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s

WAC (1): Grand Canyon
--------------------------------------
Last 4 In: BYU, Georgia Tech, Iowa, Nevada

First 4 Out: Notre Dame, TCU, UCLA, Utah State

Next 4 Out: Miami-Florida, Penn State, Providence, San Francisco

Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (4): Nevada, New Mexico, Saint Mary’s, VCU
-----------------------------------------
POWER 5 HEAD-TO-HEAD (Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s & San Diego State awarded Power 5 status)
Big Ten (1-0)
Gonzaga (1-0)
Big XII (3-2)
SEC (2-3)
Big East (0-0)
Saint Mary’s (0-0)
San Diego State (0-0)
ACC (0-2)

(TEAM) RECORD vs. POWER 5
Auburn (1-0)
Gonzaga (1-0)
Kansas (1-0)
Ohio State (1-0)
Tennessee (1-0)
UCF (1-0)
Baylor (1-1)
Arkansas (0-1)
Houston (0-1)
Louisville (0-1)
North Carolina (0-1)
Texas (0-1)
Texas A&M (0-1)

(CONFERENCE) NON-POWER 5 WINS vs. POWER 5
Atlantic 10 (3): Dayton over Northwestern, Fordham over Seton Hall, VCU over Boston College
ASUN (2) – Austin Peay over Butler, North Florida over South Carolina
Mountain West (2): Nevada over Washington, New Mexico over UCLA
American (1) -- Memphis over Missouri
Ivy League (1) -- Columbia over Villanova

(TEAM) NON-POWER 5 WINS vs. POWER 5
Austin Peay (1)
Columbia (1)
Dayton (1)
Fordham (1)
Memphis (1)
Nevada (1)
New Mexico (1)
North Florida (1)
VCU (1)

GOPHERS NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS (record vs. D1 opponents in parentheses)
Bethune-Cookman (0-2)
Central Michigan (1-1)
Cleveland State (0-2)
Fairleigh Dickinson (0-1)
Florida (2-0)
Morgan State (0-2)
North Texas (1-0)
Omaha (1-1)
Oral Roberts (0-1)
Wake Forest (2-0)
Wichita State (2-0)
Yale (1-1)
Totals: (10-11, 47.6%)

ST. THOMAS (D1) NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS
(record vs. D1 opponents in parentheses)
Arizona State (2-0)
Bowling Green (0-2)
Chicago State (0-2)
Green Bay (0-2)
Milwaukee (0-1)
Montana (0-1)
Northern Colorado (0-1)
Oklahoma State (1-0)
Portland State (0-1)
UC-Riverside (0-2)
Western Michigan (0-1)
Wofford (0-1)
Totals: (3-14, 17.6%)

THE TENUOUS TRIO

Here you’ll find a weekly opine on the 3 Big Ten teams tracking toward an early end to their 2024-25 season (no invitation to Indianapolis & the Big Ten Tournament). Once we get into the heart of the Big Ten season we’ll use the Big Ten standings, but until then it’s eye test & gut feeling. Full disclosure: I have yet to see all 18 teams play but have seen bits & pieces of most.

Minnesota (2-0)
USC (2-0)
Washington (1-1)

BRACKET RACKET
There are 27 bracketed tournaments in November/December. The first one tips off Friday.

Greenbrier (River) Tip-Off (Nov. 15-16)
Charleston Southern vs. UTRGV
Tennessee Tech vs. VMI
The Pick: UTRGV

FIRST WEEK IMPRESSIONS
Todd Golden (Florida coach):
If the allegations prove to be true, yo, what are you thinking? You’re an up-and-coming young coach, and this (allegedly) is how you behave? If allegations are legit, this is what pure stupidity and lack of human decency/self-control looks like.

Opening Eyes Early
ASUN – a pair of wins over the Power 5
Central Connecticut – 1-1 road trip (Providence/Saint Joseph’s) showed Blue Devils are NEC favorite
Dayton – nice 71-66 home win over Northwestern, though Wildcats were without Brooks Barnhizer
Gonzaga – my preseason national champions boat-raced Baylor, 101-63
Jamal Mashburn Jr. (Temple) – former Gopher averaging 25.5 ppg, 72.7% from 3
Memphis – 2-0 with solid wins over Mizzou and @ UNLV
Michigan – Dare I say, Wolverines might have the best roster in Big Ten?
Miles Barnstable (St. Thomas) – athletic UW-Whitewater transfer averaging 19.5 ppg, 45.5% from 3
Nelly Joseph (New Mexico) – early double-double machine averaging 22 ppg & 14 rpg for 2-0 Lobos
Nick Martinelli (Northwestern) – my guy Nick putting up 28 ppg & 11.3 rpg
Penn State – Nittany Lions averaging 105.5 ppg in 2 blowout wins
Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton) – 49 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks, 20 for 22 from the field vs. UTRGV
Siena – Saints sucked last season, 2-0 under new coach/former Syracuse star Gerry McNamara
South Dakota State – Jacks 2-0 with wins over 2024 NCAA tourney teams McNeese & Long Beach St

Show Me Something
Atlantic 10 – As usual can count on Dayton & VCU, but what else is there?
Big East – on the surface 19-3 doesn’t sound too bad, but 6 single-digit wins vs. bad teams
Bradley – no shame in losing @ Wazzu but didn’t expect preseason MVC favorites to get thumped
Gophers – scare vs. Omaha (picked #7 in Summit League) is troubling, outplayed most of the way
Kyle Neptune – ‘Nova coach already was on a hot seat, now it’s sizzlin’ after home loss to Columbia
McNeese – “strong a*s” preseason hype for Will Wade’s squad, then drop season opener to SDSU
Texas – didn’t like the ‘Horns preseason and that has not changed after Week 1
Tim Miles – Spartans are 0-2, and the rebuild @ San Jose State is crawling at a turtle’s pace
UCLA – there’s talent but it may take a while to gel
USC – see above (UCLA)
Wake Forest – High expectations for Demon Deacs but have looked blah” despite 2-0 start

WEEK 2 POWER 5 HEAD-TO-HEAD
Sunday

Michigan vs. Wake Forest
Arizona State @ Gonzaga
Tuesday
Duke vs. Kentucky
Kansas vs. Michigan State
Wednesday
Cal @ Vanderbilt
Thursday
LSU @ Kansas State
Friday
Alabama @ Purdue
Arizona @ Wisconsin
SMU @ Butler
Florida @ Florida State
Georgia @ Georgia Tech
Marquette @ Maryland
TCU @ Michigan
Ohio State @ Texas A&M
Penn State vs. Virginia Tech
West Virginia @ Pitt
Villanova vs. Virginia
Saturday
Notre Dame @ Georgetown
South Carolina @ Indiana
Wake Forest @ Xavier

LOCAL LOWDOWN
Gophers – 2-0, #66 in KenPom rankings
Tommies -- 2-0, #180 in KenPom

WEEK 1 TEAM OF THE WEEK
Columbia – the Lions’ 3-0 start included a 90-80 win @ Villanova. #RestoreTheRoar

Runner-Up: Memphis: the Tigers opened the season playing 2 non-cupcakes, beating Mizzou 83-75 in Memphis & UNLV 80-74 in Vegas

Next (planned) Field of 68 musings: Sunday, Nov. 17
 

By Buzz King -- @Fieldof68Freak on X

A look at Week 1 of the college basketball season, starting with our weekly “Field of 68” projection. Please peruse and (hopefully) enjoy at your leisure.

The projected automatic qualifier in a multiple-bid conference is noted with an *. When the NCAA releases its initial NET rankings, the weekly projection will include team rankings. Until then, teams will be listed alphabetically instead of by their NET ranking.

FIELD OF 68 PROJECTION (through November 9, 2024)
America East (1): UMass-Lowell

American (1): Memphis

ACC (5): Clemson, *Duke, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Pitt

ASUN (1): Lipscomb

Atlantic 10 (2): *Dayton, VCU

Big East (5): Creighton, Marquette, Saint John’s, *UConn, Xavier

Big Sky (1): Northern Colorado

Big South (1): High Point

Big Ten (9): Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Oregon, *Purdue, Rutgers

Big XII (10): Arizona, Baylor, BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, Iowa State, *Kansas, Kansas State, Texas Tech, UCF

Big West (1): UC-Irvine

Coastal (1): College of Charleston

Conference USA (1): Louisiana Tech

Horizon (1): Purdue Fort Wayne

Ivy (1): Princeton

MAAC (1): Merrimack

MAC (1): Kent State

MEAC (1): Norfolk State

Missouri Valley (1): Bradley

Mountain West (3): *Boise State, Nevada, New Mexico

NEC (1): Central Connecticut

OVC (1): Little Rock

Patriot (1): Bucknell

SEC (9): *Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M

SoCon (1): Wofford

Southland (1): McNeese

SWAC (1): Grambling State

Summit (1): South Dakota State

Sun Belt (1): Arkansas State

WCC (2): *Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s

WAC (1): Grand Canyon
--------------------------------------
Last 4 In: BYU, Georgia Tech, Iowa, Nevada

First 4 Out: Notre Dame, TCU, UCLA, Utah State

Next 4 Out: Miami-Florida, Penn State, Providence, San Francisco

Non-Power 5 At-Large Bids (4): Nevada, New Mexico, Saint Mary’s, VCU
-----------------------------------------
POWER 5 HEAD-TO-HEAD (Gonzaga, Saint Mary’s & San Diego State awarded Power 5 status)
Big Ten (1-0)
Gonzaga (1-0)
Big XII (3-2)
SEC (2-3)
Big East (0-0)
Saint Mary’s (0-0)
San Diego State (0-0)
ACC (0-2)

(TEAM) RECORD vs. POWER 5
Auburn (1-0)
Gonzaga (1-0)
Kansas (1-0)
Ohio State (1-0)
Tennessee (1-0)
UCF (1-0)
Baylor (1-1)
Arkansas (0-1)
Houston (0-1)
Louisville (0-1)
North Carolina (0-1)
Texas (0-1)
Texas A&M (0-1)

(CONFERENCE) NON-POWER 5 WINS vs. POWER 5
Atlantic 10 (3): Dayton over Northwestern, Fordham over Seton Hall, VCU over Boston College
ASUN (2) – Austin Peay over Butler, North Florida over South Carolina
Mountain West (2): Nevada over Washington, New Mexico over UCLA
American (1) -- Memphis over Missouri
Ivy League (1) -- Columbia over Villanova

(TEAM) NON-POWER 5 WINS vs. POWER 5
Austin Peay (1)
Columbia (1)
Dayton (1)
Fordham (1)
Memphis (1)
Nevada (1)
New Mexico (1)
North Florida (1)
VCU (1)

GOPHERS NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS (record vs. D1 opponents in parentheses)
Bethune-Cookman (0-2)
Central Michigan (1-1)
Cleveland State (0-2)
Fairleigh Dickinson (0-1)
Florida (2-0)
Morgan State (0-2)
North Texas (1-0)
Omaha (1-1)
Oral Roberts (0-1)
Wake Forest (2-0)
Wichita State (2-0)
Yale (1-1)
Totals: (10-11, 47.6%)

ST. THOMAS (D1) NON-CONFERENCE OPPONENTS
(record vs. D1 opponents in parentheses)
Arizona State (2-0)
Bowling Green (0-2)
Chicago State (0-2)
Green Bay (0-2)
Milwaukee (0-1)
Montana (0-1)
Northern Colorado (0-1)
Oklahoma State (1-0)
Portland State (0-1)
UC-Riverside (0-2)
Western Michigan (0-1)
Wofford (0-1)
Totals: (3-14, 17.6%)

THE TENUOUS TRIO

Here you’ll find a weekly opine on the 3 Big Ten teams tracking toward an early end to their 2024-25 season (no invitation to Indianapolis & the Big Ten Tournament). Once we get into the heart of the Big Ten season we’ll use the Big Ten standings, but until then it’s eye test & gut feeling. Full disclosure: I have yet to see all 18 teams play but have seen bits & pieces of most.

Minnesota (2-0)
USC (2-0)
Washington (1-1)

BRACKET RACKET
There are 27 bracketed tournaments in November/December. The first one tips off Friday.

Greenbrier (River) Tip-Off (Nov. 15-16)
Charleston Southern vs. UTRGV
Tennessee Tech vs. VMI
The Pick: UTRGV

FIRST WEEK IMPRESSIONS
Todd Golden (Florida coach):
If the allegations prove to be true, yo, what are you thinking? You’re an up-and-coming young coach, and this (allegedly) is how you behave? If allegations are legit, this is what pure stupidity and lack of human decency/self-control looks like.

Opening Eyes Early
ASUN – a pair of wins over the Power 5
Central Connecticut – 1-1 road trip (Providence/Saint Joseph’s) showed Blue Devils are NEC favorite
Dayton – nice 71-66 home win over Northwestern, though Wildcats were without Brooks Barnhizer
Gonzaga – my preseason national champions boat-raced Baylor, 101-63
Jamal Mashburn Jr. (Temple) – former Gopher averaging 25.5 ppg, 72.7% from 3
Memphis – 2-0 with solid wins over Mizzou and @ UNLV
Michigan – Dare I say, Wolverines might have the best roster in Big Ten?
Miles Barnstable (St. Thomas) – athletic UW-Whitewater transfer averaging 19.5 ppg, 45.5% from 3
Nelly Joseph (New Mexico) – early double-double machine averaging 22 ppg & 14 rpg for 2-0 Lobos
Nick Martinelli (Northwestern) – my guy Nick putting up 28 ppg & 11.3 rpg
Penn State – Nittany Lions averaging 105.5 ppg in 2 blowout wins
Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton) – 49 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks, 20 for 22 from the field vs. UTRGV
Siena – Saints sucked last season, 2-0 under new coach/former Syracuse star Gerry McNamara
South Dakota State – Jacks 2-0 with wins over 2024 NCAA tourney teams McNeese & Long Beach St

Show Me Something
Atlantic 10 – As usual can count on Dayton & VCU, but what else is there?
Big East – on the surface 19-3 doesn’t sound too bad, but 6 single-digit wins vs. bad teams
Bradley – no shame in losing @ Wazzu but didn’t expect preseason MVC favorites to get thumped
Gophers – scare vs. Omaha (picked #7 in Summit League) is troubling, outplayed most of the way
Kyle Neptune – ‘Nova coach already was on a hot seat, now it’s sizzlin’ after home loss to Columbia
McNeese – “strong a*s” preseason hype for Will Wade’s squad, then drop season opener to SDSU
Texas – didn’t like the ‘Horns preseason and that has not changed after Week 1
Tim Miles – Spartans are 0-2, and the rebuild @ San Jose State is crawling at a turtle’s pace
UCLA – there’s talent but it may take a while to gel
USC – see above (UCLA)
Wake Forest – High expectations for Demon Deacs but have looked blah” despite 2-0 start

WEEK 2 POWER 5 HEAD-TO-HEAD
Sunday

Michigan vs. Wake Forest
Arizona State @ Gonzaga
Tuesday
Duke vs. Kentucky
Kansas vs. Michigan State
Wednesday
Cal @ Vanderbilt
Thursday
LSU @ Kansas State
Friday
Alabama @ Purdue
Arizona @ Wisconsin
SMU @ Butler
Florida @ Florida State
Georgia @ Georgia Tech
Marquette @ Maryland
TCU @ Michigan
Ohio State @ Texas A&M
Penn State vs. Virginia Tech
West Virginia @ Pitt
Villanova vs. Virginia
Saturday
Notre Dame @ Georgetown
South Carolina @ Indiana
Wake Forest @ Xavier

LOCAL LOWDOWN
Gophers – 2-0, #66 in KenPom rankings
Tommies -- 2-0, #180 in KenPom

WEEK 1 TEAM OF THE WEEK
Columbia – the Lions’ 3-0 start included a 90-80 win @ Villanova. #RestoreTheRoar

Runner-Up: Memphis: the Tigers opened the season playing 2 non-cupcakes, beating Mizzou 83-75 in Memphis & UNLV 80-74 in Vegas

Next (planned) Field of 68 musings: Sunday, Nov. 17

Great post-week 1 feature! At this point, I think Nebraska should be added to the bottom-of-the-league watch list. They've looked pretty mediocre so far.
 

Great post-week 1 feature! At this point, I think Nebraska should be added to the bottom-of-the-league watch list. They've looked pretty mediocre so far.
As fate would have it, Huskers are one of the teams I haven't seen play (not even a few minutes). Illinois, Maryland, and the Badgers are the others.
 

As fate would have it, Huskers are one of the teams I haven't seen play (not even a few minutes). Illinois, Maryland, and the Badgers are the others.

I haven't seen them either. I'm just saying that because they did about as well as we did with a comparable opponent in their first game and they only beat Bethune-Cookman (who surely can't be that good) by 5 points at home in their second game. So, I'd say their two-game start is very similar to ours.
 

Well, Michigan lost a squeaker today to possible future MN opponent Wake Forest. It was in Greensboro (WF is in Winston-Salem), so technically a neutral site.

A man-splain here, but, like the Gophers, the vast majority of teams have much less roster/rotation continuity from last year than all of us are used to. That makes the beginning of the season - wonky? Teams are tinkering more than in the past because almost no one knows what they have yet.
 


Notable B1G results thus far:

Ohio State beats Texas
UCLA loses to New Mexico
Northwestern loses to Dayton
Washington loses to Nevada
Michigan loses to Wake Forest

Not a great start for the league. If we do play Wake, slowing down Sallis is gonna be difficult. With that said Wichita State appears to be much improved from last year.

Even though we'll only get 1 P5 OOC game, North Texas and Wichita State could both end up being top 75 teams, if not better. Coupled with playing UF/Wake, that could be 3 top 75 OOC games, which is probably more than the last 3 seasons combined.

With all that said, the league needs to start performing better.
 

Notable B1G results thus far:

Ohio State beats Texas
UCLA loses to New Mexico
Northwestern loses to Dayton
Washington loses to Nevada
Michigan loses to Wake Forest

Not a great start for the league. If we do play Wake, slowing down Sallis is gonna be difficult. With that said Wichita State appears to be much improved from last year.

Even though we'll only get 1 P5 OOC game, North Texas and Wichita State could both end up being top 75 teams, if not better. Coupled with playing UF/Wake, that could be 3 top 75 OOC games, which is probably more than the last 3 seasons combined.

With all that said, the league needs to start performing better.

If we don't play Wake, slowing down Clayton, Richard and Martin on Florida will be very difficult.

I have no idea why, but thank the schedulers for giving us Wichita in game 1. Gives a way better chance to keep vibes strong in the first game and get a win to start. And on a neutral floor will still be a solid enough win
 

If we don't play Wake, slowing down Clayton, Richard and Martin on Florida will be very difficult.

I have no idea why, but thank the schedulers for giving us Wichita in game 1. Gives a way better chance to keep vibes strong in the first game and get a win to start. And on a neutral floor will still be a solid enough win

For sure UF/Wake winner will be a difficult test. That could honestly up end up being our most difficult game of the year. We only play, as of now 4 ranked teams. And one of them is UCLA, who won't be ranked today, and Rutgers who is 25th. I'm not exactly sold on Purdue, especially more so with them losing Jacobsen for the year.

I also don't think the Wichita State game will be easy by any means. I could see us being underdogs in that one.
 





Week 1 Big Ten Power Rankings. I wil take on the impossible task of ordering 18 teams based on a couple games of data. Please, no wagering.

1 Ohio State (1-0) -- Youngstown State (Mon)
2 Illinois (2-0) -- Oakland (Thurs)
3 Purdue (2-0) -- Yale (Mon)
4 Indiana (2-0) -- South Carolina (Sat)
5 Michigan State (2-0) -- vs. Kansas (Tues)
6 Michigan (1-1) -- TCU (Fri)
7 Rutgers (1-0) -- Saint Peter's (Mon)
8 Oregon (2-0) -- Portland (Tues)
9 Iowa (2-0) -- South Dakota (Tues)
10 UCLA (1-1) -- Boston U (Mon)
11 Penn State (2-0) -- Saint Francis (Tues)
12 Wisconsin (3-0) -- Arizona (Fri)
13 Northwestern (1-1) -- UIC (Tues)
14 Maryland (2-0) -- Florida A&M (Mon)
15 Nebraska (2-0) -- Fairleigh Dickinson (Wed)
The Tenuous Trio
16 USC (2-0) -- UT-Arlington (Wed)
17 Washington (1-1) -- UMass-Lowell (Sun)
18 Minnesota (2-0) -- North Texas (Wed)
 

I haven't seen them either. I'm just saying that because they did about as well as we did with a comparable opponent in their first game and they only beat Bethune-Cookman (who surely can't be that good) by 5 points at home in their second game. So, I'd say their two-game start is very similar to ours.
Huskers always start slow because they always have new rosters. Usually gel later on.
 

Week 1 Big Ten Power Rankings. I wil take on the impossible task of ordering 18 teams based on a couple games of data. Please, no wagering.

1 Ohio State (1-0) -- Youngstown State (Mon)
2 Illinois (2-0) -- Oakland (Thurs)
3 Purdue (2-0) -- Yale (Mon)
4 Indiana (2-0) -- South Carolina (Sat)
5 Michigan State (2-0) -- vs. Kansas (Tues)
6 Michigan (1-1) -- TCU (Fri)
7 Rutgers (1-0) -- Saint Peter's (Mon)
8 Oregon (2-0) -- Portland (Tues)
9 Iowa (2-0) -- South Dakota (Tues)
10 UCLA (1-1) -- Boston U (Mon)
11 Penn State (2-0) -- Saint Francis (Tues)
12 Wisconsin (3-0) -- Arizona (Fri)
13 Northwestern (1-1) -- UIC (Tues)
14 Maryland (2-0) -- Florida A&M (Mon)
15 Nebraska (2-0) -- Fairleigh Dickinson (Wed)
The Tenuous Trio
16 USC (2-0) -- UT-Arlington (Wed)
17 Washington (1-1) -- UMass-Lowell (Sun)
18 Minnesota (2-0) -- North Texas (Wed)
Nowhere to go but up!
 



Interesting with Martinelli I think he was supposed to go to Elon.. his coach got fired before his Freshman year.. Martinelli had interest in joining his brother at UST but they didn’t have their full allotment of scholarships so it didn’t work out.. worked out great for him! 6’7 active unorthodox game can score and rebound
 

Interesting with Martinelli I think he was supposed to go to Elon.. his coach got fired before his Freshman year.. Martinelli had interest in joining his brother at UST but they didn’t have their full allotment of scholarships so it didn’t work out.. worked out great for him! 6’7 active unorthodox game can score and rebound
My favorite Big Ten basketball player.

Like you said, his game has funk. Has a strong floater game, can make tough shots in the paint.
 


My favorite Big Ten basketball player.

Like you said, his game has funk. Has a strong floater game, can make tough shots in the paint.
Is he a junior? Maybe the biggest thing about him is that he developed and stayed at the same school. I recall him not being a consistent threat early in his career.
 





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