Oso planning to go pro
A little late, don't ya think?
IU won’t be great, but Langford will make them interesting.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
Michigan State, once again, not part of the games. That's a shame.
Pretty good computer model thinks they are going to be goodhttp://www.barttorvik.com/trankpre.php
At IU I would guess that we would be a slight underdog. 3 or 4 points. Should be a good game. This early in the season we might be able to catch them as they will have a lot of new players learning to play with each other. Not sure who steps up to be their PG either.This is also assuming that Juwan Morgan doesn't go pro. I believe he is still testing the waters. If he goes, I don't see them as a tournament team next season.
Wait. We're lucky to be catching them early before they have learned to play together. Yet we'll be a 3 or 4 point dog (so a pick 'em on a neutral court).So you're saying we'll be IU's equal to begin the season but later (when they've had time to jell) they'll be the better team. But if one of their players leaves early they won't even make the tournament.I confess to being confused.
I'll give you some numbers to help explain. Marquette looks like the 20th to 25th best team in the country to me.Indiana looks like the 30th to 35th best team in the country to me. I see us as the better team... But we'll be playing in their house. As a result, I would expect them to be favored by 3 to 4 points. Juwan Morgan is Indianas best player. He is currently testing the NBA waters. If he returns, Value add says that he will be the best college basketball player in the country next season. With him, Indiana is a top 35 team IMHO. Without him, Indiana is maybe top 60 IMHO...which would leave them out of the tournament.
Is Langford factored into where you have them if Morgan returns?
Doesn't that mean they have to be in it every year for the next 4?
Unless they have said they just don't want to participate given they usually load up on their non-conference schedule anyway.
Really like the IU game because I think we beat them in non-conference but they will be really good by the end of the season and a much harder beat which will help us with top 4 seeding come March
Agreed, plus the Big10 is down this year so they should rack up wins against mediocre competition