The season tips off at 4 pm Eastern. The Bowling Green preview is here. The women have already opened their 2020-21 with a comfortable 18-point victory over a tournament-quality Central Michigan squad. Let's wrap up this preview.

The Story

Writing The Story Before I Have To Rewrite The Story. Wanting it to be next year while also maintaining appropriate basketball-related excitement for this year.

The Position Previews

Guards. A legitimate battle between Eli Brooks and Mike Smith.

Wings. So many options, only so many minutes. Franz!

Bigs. Three! Three legit bigs! Ah ah ah.

The Mailbag

Who's The Playmaker, Recruiting Success, The Ceiling, Roster Depth. Looking at the range of outcomes and more. Franz!

The Big Ten Roundtable

The top tier. Bah, Wisconsin. It's crowded up here.

The rest. Still some potential tourney teams in here, too. Also: Northwestern, Nebraska, Penn State.

The Schedule.

It exists. It's useful to know. Michigan's Big Ten draw had a minimal impact on their expected wins.

The Podcast

The 2020-21 Hoops Preview. Franken-pieced together from segments recorded over the course of the last few weeks, so if you feel like you've heard a lot of this before, skip to the Big Ten segments for the new stuff.

Five Questions Five Answers

5Q5A. Who's going to start, how will their style change from last season, and more.

The Game Preview

Bowling Green. Tougher than your usual season opener. Still eminently beatable.

A Few Stupid Predictions

• Franz Wagner averages 16 points per game and makes first-team All-Big Ten
• Hunter Dickinson and Brandon Johns are splitting the center minutes by tournament time
• Chaundee Brown is a do-everything standout in part because he shoots better than 35% on threes
• Michigan finishes second to Wisconsin in the Big Ten at 18-7 (13-7 B1G), earns a top-four seed in the NCAA Tournament, and makes a run to the second weekend

May we all get through this season safe and healthy. There's no content after the jump.