Purdue picked to win Big Ten

[Bank Shot Podcast]

Media poll is in...

1. Purdue(20)
2. Indiana(7)
3. UCLA(2)
4. Illinois(2)
5. Michigan State(1)
6. Oregon
7. Rutgers
8. Ohio State(1)
9. Michigan
10. Maryland
11. Iowa
T12. Wisconsin
T12. Nebraska
14. USC
15. Washington
16. Northwestern
17. Penn State
18. Minnesota

 

[boilerzz]

Damn! There are 7 reporters in Bloomington?

 

[KentuckyBoiler]

I am not trying to cause a troll firestorm. This is a legitimate question.

Is IU really supposed to be that good in theory? I don't honestly keep up with their team, except when we play them, so I don't know much about their off season activity.. However, I don't remember their recruiting class being that high (I might have missed them in the final rankings). Did they add some big transfers?

 

[boilerzz]

Including points received:

Standings (first-place votes in parenthesis)
1. Purdue, 572 (20)
2. Indiana, 549 (7)
3. UCLA, 510 (2)
4. Illinois, 458 (2)
5. Michigan State, 448 (1)
6. Oregon, 412
7. Rutgers, 391
8. Ohio State, 369 (1)
9. Michigan, 342
10. Maryland, 263
11. Iowa, 249
T-12 Wisconsin, 212
T-12 Nebraska, 212
14. USC, 196
15. Washington, 158
16. Northwestern, 153
17. Penn State, 87
18. Minnesota, 62

 

[boilerzz]

Player of the year​

Braden Smith, Purdue (27)

Also receiving votes: Oumar Ballo, Indiana, Ace Bailey, Rutgers (2); Kobe Johnson, UCLA, Payton Sandfort, Iowa (1).

Freshman of the year​

Dylan Harper, Rutgers (19.5)

Also receiving votes: Ace Bailey, Rutgers (12.5); Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois (1).

Transfer of the year​

Oumar Ballo, Indiana (17)

Also receiving votes: Great Osobor, Washington, Myles Rice, Indiana (4); Vlad Goldin, Michigan (3); Kylan Boswell, Illinois, (2); Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA, Ja’Kobe Gillespie, Maryland, Saint Thomas, USC (1).

 

[proudopete]

Wow! We finally beat out IU in the offseason.

 

[boilerzz]

First team ​

• Braden Smith, Purdue (64)
• Payton Sandfort, Iowa (48)
• Oumar Ballo, Indiana (47)
• Bruce Thornton, Ohio State (34)
• Dylan Harper, Rutgers (32)

Second team ​

• Jackson Shelstad, Oregon (30)
• Ace Baldwin Jr., Penn State (26)
• Great Osobor, Washington (26)
• Ace Bailey, Rutgers (25)
• Dawson Garcia, Minnesota (23)

Also receiving votes ​

Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern, Malik Reneau, Indiana (19); Mackenzie Mgbako and Myles Rice, Indiana (13); Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois (12); Vlad Goldin, Michigan (11); Desmond Claude, USC, Julian Reese, Maryland (7); Dylan Andrews, UCLA (6); Brice Williams, Nebraska (5); Jaden Akins, Michigan State, Kylan Boswell, Illinois (4); Xavier Booker, Michigan State, Kobe Johnson, UCLA (3); Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA, Frankie Fidler, Michigan State, Owen Freeman, Iowa, Ja’Kobe Gillespie, Maryland, Trey Kaufman-Renn, Indiana, Saint Thomas, USC (2); Meechie Johnson, Ohio State, Fletcher Loyer, Purdue, Sebastian Mack, UCLA (1).

 

[pubill]

I am not trying to cause a troll firestorm. This is a legitimate question.

Is IU really supposed to be that good in theory? I don't honestly keep up with their team, except when we play them, so I don't know much about their off season activity.. However, I don't remember their recruiting class being that high (I might have missed them in the final rankings). Did they add some big transfers?

Recruiting has nothing to do with it , they have 4 good transfers coming in and paid a lot for them.

 

[boilerzz]

Wow! We finally beat out IU in the offseason.

Slow down brother. There is a difference between beating IU in the offseason and being picked to beat IU in the season. There is no beating IU in the offseason.

 

[proudopete]

Slow down brother. There is a difference between beating IU in the offseason and being picked to beat IU in the season. There is no beating IU in the offseason.

Noted

 

[Bank Shot Podcast]

Player of the year​

Braden Smith, Purdue (27)

Also receiving votes: Oumar Ballo, Indiana, Ace Bailey, Rutgers (2); Kobe Johnson, UCLA, Payton Sandfort, Iowa (1).

Freshman of the year​

Dylan Harper, Rutgers (19.5)

Also receiving votes: Ace Bailey, Rutgers (12.5); Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois (1).

Transfer of the year​

Oumar Ballo, Indiana (17)

Also receiving votes: Great Osobor, Washington, Myles Rice, Indiana (4); Vlad Goldin, Michigan (3); Kylan Boswell, Illinois, (2); Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA, Ja’Kobe Gillespie, Maryland, Saint Thomas, USC (1).

The POY and FOY voting makes me chuckle. Harper is voted to win FOY. Ave Bailey 2nd. But then it's Bailey listed on the POY voting and no Harper.

 

[Chi-Boiler]

Also receiving votes ​

Brooks Barnhizer, Northwestern, Malik Reneau, Indiana (19); Mackenzie Mgbako and Myles Rice, Indiana (13); Kasparas Jakucionis, Illinois (12); Vlad Goldin, Michigan (11); Desmond Claude, USC, Julian Reese, Maryland (7); Dylan Andrews, UCLA (6); Brice Williams, Nebraska (5); Jaden Akins, Michigan State, Kylan Boswell, Illinois (4); Xavier Booker, Michigan State, Kobe Johnson, UCLA (3); Tyler Bilodeau, UCLA, Frankie Fidler, Michigan State, Owen Freeman, Iowa, Ja’Kobe Gillespie, Maryland, Trey Kaufman-Renn, Indiana, Saint Thomas, USC (2); Meechie Johnson, Ohio State, Fletcher Loyer, Purdue, Sebastian Mack, UCLA (1).

Whoops.

 

[BoilerAndy]

I am not trying to cause a troll firestorm. This is a legitimate question.

Is IU really supposed to be that good in theory? I don't honestly keep up with their team, except when we play them, so I don't know much about their off season activity.. However, I don't remember their recruiting class being that high (I might have missed them in the final rankings). Did they add some big transfers?

They bought the best available veteran talent. If they had a demonstrated winning culture, they would be picked 1st in the B1G and easily top 10 nationally.

 

[boomfizzle79]

I am not trying to cause a troll firestorm. This is a legitimate question.

Is IU really supposed to be that good in theory? I don't honestly keep up with their team, except when we play them, so I don't know much about their off season activity.. However, I don't remember their recruiting class being that high (I might have missed them in the final rankings). Did they add some big transfers?

On paper they have a lot of talent, cuz they paid good money to get transfers in.

Outside of that, it's about how well Woody can coach them together and there's still some lingering questions about having enough shooting, which seems to be the running theme every year on Bloomington