I thought it might be fun to have a prediction contest for this next seasons results, just so some of us blowhards can demonstrate our fortune telling abilities. 
Some rules first:
1. You must post your own prediction before commenting on someone else's.
2. Its okay to disagree with someone's prediction, but do not attack the poster, just the post. (this should be basic netiquette, but there are several on here that have just been attack trolls)
3. Post your win/loss record total, Big Ten only, conference standings finish, and where you think they will go post season.
4. If we get enough interest I will donate a $100 dollar Visa card as the top prize.
5. Violation of any of the rules ESPECIALLY number 3 will disqualify you for the prize.
6. Deadline is November 5th
My own guess is 18-11 overall, 9-9 in conference for a 7th place tie again and WNIT. We have some hard teams, with 9 games against ranked teams. and away games at UMinn, UWisc, and PSU where we have lost games in the last two years as well as at Nebraska, a team I expect to bounce back from last season. I think we will drop one or two of those as we seem prone to losing a couple games a year to lower tier teams in the KG era. Would love to see that change this year. I expect UILL, UNeb, and MSU to all be significantly better and UMinn could move up several spots with their new coach as well. They went for a proven winner instead of the unskilled alumnus route they tried with Whalen and I think they got a quality coach. I also could see us losing to UGa and UF in preconference, but I am going to bet on the positive side of those matchups. Harper against Kyle though could be a slaughter for us. Overall I think our post play quality and lack of experienced depth keeps us about even to a little behind last year. 16-13 would not be hard to see and if EVERYTNING breaks right 21-8 I think is our high end ceiling.
Some rules first:
1. You must post your own prediction before commenting on someone else's.
2. Its okay to disagree with someone's prediction, but do not attack the poster, just the post. (this should be basic netiquette, but there are several on here that have just been attack trolls)
3. Post your win/loss record total, Big Ten only, conference standings finish, and where you think they will go post season.
4. If we get enough interest I will donate a $100 dollar Visa card as the top prize.
5. Violation of any of the rules ESPECIALLY number 3 will disqualify you for the prize.
6. Deadline is November 5th
My own guess is 18-11 overall, 9-9 in conference for a 7th place tie again and WNIT. We have some hard teams, with 9 games against ranked teams. and away games at UMinn, UWisc, and PSU where we have lost games in the last two years as well as at Nebraska, a team I expect to bounce back from last season. I think we will drop one or two of those as we seem prone to losing a couple games a year to lower tier teams in the KG era. Would love to see that change this year. I expect UILL, UNeb, and MSU to all be significantly better and UMinn could move up several spots with their new coach as well. They went for a proven winner instead of the unskilled alumnus route they tried with Whalen and I think they got a quality coach. I also could see us losing to UGa and UF in preconference, but I am going to bet on the positive side of those matchups. Harper against Kyle though could be a slaughter for us. Overall I think our post play quality and lack of experienced depth keeps us about even to a little behind last year. 16-13 would not be hard to see and if EVERYTNING breaks right 21-8 I think is our high end ceiling.
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