MBB AP Preseason Ranking: #25
Six Big Ten teams in the first basketball AP Top 25 Poll of the season...
#3: Maryland
#13: Staee
#15: Indiana
#17: Wisconsin
#23: Purdue
#25: Michigan
I guess this sorta confirms our belief that the Big Ten is a huge toss-up after Maryland. Should be interesting to see the season unfold, but I'm psyched for this to kick off. Go Blue!
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:17 PM ^
Other than media hype and TV draw, I don't understand why basketball has rankings.
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
You answered your own question.
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^
Well, I did say "other then."
Plus, I was not asking a question anyway.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:29 PM ^
You actually said "other than." You just misquoted yourself with bad grammar.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:51 PM ^
Dude whatever. My point still stands.
November 2nd, 2015 at 6:10 PM ^
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November 2nd, 2015 at 1:28 PM ^
and I am guessing a bunch of 6'6 frustratingly efficient white guys who make 50% of their open threes, rebound at an unrealistic clip given their size, and will surprisingly and randomly dunk on people twice per season.
November 2nd, 2015 at 6:07 PM ^
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November 3rd, 2015 at 11:00 PM ^
to have a good team.
Bo Ryan has never finished below 4th place in B1G which is bascially a top 20 team.
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:46 PM ^
Hopefully no one. I got so sick of seeing those assholes in that starting group.
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:52 PM ^
Koenig, Bronson.
Former UM recruits Vitto Brown (Jr) and Brevin Pritzl (Fr) should get plenty of run. I assume Brown becomes the de factor rebounder (with Hayes).
We'll also see the inevitable emergence of a redshirt Fr, or some other some other forgotten roster member who will make tremendous off-season strides.
I have learned to never underestimate Bo Ryan.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:44 PM ^
One of my favorite moments post championship: Bo Ryan bitching about the refs. Duke fans were all like "Lolz, did you really think you'd get a call against us?!"
November 2nd, 2015 at 5:13 PM ^
38-year-old shooting guard Josh Gasser.
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:23 PM ^
We're at least the third best team on this list, if you ask me. Predictions aren't worth much at this point, but it means a lot to have a ton of good players back and healthy and older and stronger. Should be a fun year.
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:48 PM ^
If rankings meant a damn thing, my reply would be "they are not underrated." While we have some key guys returning, two of them missed significant time last season and the rest are still pretty young. Now, we SHOULD have a good season and definitely be in contention to win the conference, but 25 is about right (again, if rankings meant anything in basketball).
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:25 PM ^
do we have something for them.
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^
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November 2nd, 2015 at 1:49 PM ^
Good. I hope UM is overlooked. That way it will be more fun when Michigan wins.
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:39 PM ^
That makes me happy.
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:40 PM ^
Did OSU lose a lot of players or something. I'll admit that last season was a blur so I don't remember how they fared.
November 2nd, 2015 at 1:42 PM ^
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November 2nd, 2015 at 1:47 PM ^
Indiana should be an interesting matchup with Michigan. Two fantastic backcourts with question marks in the front court. Clear advantage in the coaching category for Michigan, but otherwise should be quite the contest.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:11 PM ^
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November 2nd, 2015 at 2:05 PM ^
believe in Painter at all and believe he will find a way to screw it up.
November 2nd, 2015 at 8:41 PM ^
No they won't, they have 3 bigs and literally nothing else. Painter is a joke, and so is Purdue.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:05 PM ^
Is #25 really overlooked for a team that didn't make the NIT last season? Don't get me wrong, I think we'll outperform that #25 ranking, but we are coming off a bad season and we were pretty bad before the injury bug really got going.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:22 PM ^
it isn't. I think most of the coaches and media know that we will be good but they are taking a "show me" approach due to the way we finished last season.
November 2nd, 2015 at 2:16 PM ^
Michigan is 43rd overall on Massey as of this morning and 6th overall in the conference - that's based on no data from this season yet, of course, but a middle of the road rating in the conference seems about right. The estimated record based on their calculations right now is 17-12 (it actually reads 17.39-11.61, which is the mean from many simulations as I recall).
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:16 PM ^
Teams change so much as the season goes on. Pre-season rankings take into account what happened LAST YEAR and a bunch of unknown variables, which doesn't make sense to me. Personally I'd rather see rankings come out AFTER teams get done with their non-conference schedules.
November 2nd, 2015 at 3:27 PM ^
last year as it was, this team will be deep and much more seasoned.
We waned at the end of games because we were shorthanded, that won't be the case this year alomg with having the 2 best players back. This could be a very special season like 2 years ago.
November 2nd, 2015 at 5:55 PM ^
Please everyone stay healthy
November 2nd, 2015 at 7:49 PM ^
Whatever.
November 2nd, 2015 at 8:47 PM ^
Maryland is the clear big dog.
I'd rank them like this
Tier 1 - Maryland - Should be a final 4 team.
Tier 2 - Michigan State will float #6-16 all season. Michigan after a couple weeks will stay between #10-20 all season.
Tier 3 - Indiana will be in and out of the top 25. Purdue will be okay, Wisconsin lost a ton.
November 3rd, 2015 at 5:36 AM ^