Illinois and UCLA look to be the early favorites for BT

[Blimpy]

Illinois has the easiest road schedule, they play the 4 lowest ranked teams on the road (Washington, Minnesota, Rutgers and Nebraska).
UCLA plays 3 (Washington, Rutgers and Nebraska), has already won at Oregon! Has the best defense in the BT.
My top 5:
1. UCLA
2. Oregon
3. Maryland
4. Illinois
5. Purdue (Can they win on the road?) (Washington, Minnesota and Rutgers are must wins)

 

[Boiler Buck]

Illinois has the easiest road schedule, they play the 4 lowest ranked teams on the road (Washington, Minnesota, Rutgers and Nebraska).
UCLA plays 3 (Washington, Rutgers and Nebraska), has already won at Oregon! Has the best defense in the BT.
My top 5:
1. UCLA
2. Oregon
3. Maryland
4. Illinois
5. Purdue (Can they win on the road?) (Washington, Minnesota and Rutgers are must wins)

Watched UCLA a few times. UCLA are warriors - seem to always have a different guy leading them. But when things bog down, the Mack Truck takes over. Would love him on our team.

CMP needs to find a guy like him in the off season & get him paid to come. Harris & Cox might be that guy in 2-3 years, but certainly not going to be close to him & our needs next year.

UCLA are well coached and have stifling D like you say. Alot of tools on that team to get jobs done

 

[Blimpy]

Torvik BT Predictions:
1. UCLA 17-3
2. Illinois and Maryland 16-4
4. Michigan 15-5
5. Michigan St and Purdue 13-7
7. Oregon and Wisconsin 12-8
9. Iowa 11-9
10. Penn St, Ohio St and Northwestern 10-10
13 Nebraska 8-12
14. Indiana 7-13
15. USC 6-14
16. Rutgers 3-17
17. Washington and Minnesota 1-19

 

[Blimpy]

Massey BT Predications:
1. Illinois 18-2
2. UCLA and Purdue 17-3
4. Michigan St 16-4
5. Maryland 15-5
6. Ohio St. 14-6
7. Michigan and Penn St. 12-8
9. Iowa and Wisconsin 11-9
11. Oregon and Northwestern 10-10
13. Nebraska 6-14
14. Indiana 5-15
14. USC, Rutgers and Washington 3-17
18. Minnesota 1-19

 

[boilerzz]

KenPom B1G predictions (I think this bunch up of teams is much closer to what will happen):

1 UCLA, MSU, Michigan, Maryland 13-7
5 Purdue, Oregon, Illinois, 12-8
8 OSU, PSU 11-9
10 Iowa, Wisconsin 10-10
12 Nebraska, NW 9-11
14 IU 8-12
15 USC, Rutgers 7-13
17 Washington 5-15
18 Minnesota 4-16

 

[boilerzz]

Ap poll:

9 Oregon
18 MSU
21 Purdue
22 UCLA
24 Illinois
26 Maryland
31 Michigan
36 OSU
40 Wisconsin
42 IU (Yes, some jabroni in Oklahoma still has IU ranked 18th....and Purdue and Illinois unranked)
45 PSU

 

[Roeder]

Torvik BT Predictions:
1. UCLA 17-3
2. Illinois and Maryland 16-4
4. Michigan 15-5
5. Michigan St and Purdue 13-7
7. Oregon and Wisconsin 12-8
9. Iowa 11-9
10. Penn St, Ohio St and Northwestern 10-10
13 Nebraska 8-12
14. Indiana 7-13
15. USC 6-14
16. Rutgers 3-17
17. Washington and Minnesota 1-19

Purdue has taken their lumps, but is there another team in B1G with 3 top 25 (26) wins?

Until someone other than TKR/Smith/Loyer is consistent 5-7 sounds right though.

Still a long season and if any combo of Colvin, Heide, Cox can consistently be productive this team will be right there in the end.

 

[boilerzz]

B1

Purdue has taken their lumps, but is there another team in B1G with 3 top 25 (26) wins?

Until someone other than TKR/Smith/Loyer is consistent 5-7 sounds right though.

Still a long season and if any combo of Colvin, Heide, Cox can consistently be productive this team will be right there in the end.

B1G Quad 1 wins:

4 Oregon
3 Purdue
2 Wisconsin, OSU, Illinois, UCLA

No one else has more than 1.

 

[Dryfly88]

Massey BT Predications:
1. Illinois 18-2
2. UCLA and Purdue 17-3
4. Michigan St 16-4
5. Maryland 15-5
6. Ohio St. 14-6
7. Michigan and Penn St. 12-8
9. Iowa and Wisconsin 11-9
11. Oregon and Northwestern 10-10
13. Nebraska 6-14
14. Indiana 5-15
14. USC, Rutgers and Washington 3-17
18. Minnesota 1-19

Would love this to come true, but I don't see any way that we only lose 2 more games in conference. That would be an awesome season. I think 6-7 losses is more likely.

 

[DrEss]

Would love this to come true, but I don't see any way that we only lose 2 more games in conference. That would be an awesome season. I think 6-7 losses is more likely.

Until this team proves to be able to win road games, I agree with about 7 or 8 conference losses. Hurts to type that.

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

Wait, I thought IU was the predicted preseason #2 BT finisher with their great transfers. This cannot be right.

 

[DwaynePurvis00]

Wait, I thought IU was the predicted preseason #2 BT finisher with their great transfers. This cannot be right.

Right? Their PG who is “better than Smtih” makes plays like this!