2024-25 B1G Predicted Order of Finish

[Stuhoo 79,786]

An annual thread and always a good one. Now with 18 teams, predict the B1G in-conference order of finish for this season. Ima gonna try first. Ready? Go:

1. Your Indiana Hoosiers

2. Oregon

3. Michigan

4. UCLA

5. USC

6. Michigan State

7. Purdue

8. Iowa

9. Rutger

10. Northwestern 

11. Illinois

12. Penn State

13. Ohio State

14. Maryland

15. Wisconsin

16. Nebraska

17. Washington 

18. Minnesota 

[Hoosierfanyuh 2,148]

Michigan let Toledo score 90+, i think they need to go down a few but other than that my only comment would be for OSU to be up a bit

[HoosierHoopster 6,844]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

An annual thread and always a good one. Now with 18 teams, predict the B1G in-conference order of finish for this season. Ima gonna try first. Ready? Go:

1. Your Indiana Hoosiers

2. Oregon

3. Michigan

4. UCLA

5. USC

6. Michigan State

7. Purdue

8. Iowa

9. Rutger

10. Northwestern 

11. Illinois

12. Penn State

13. Ohio State

14. Maryland

15. Wisconsin

16. Nebraska

17. Washington 

18. Minnesota 

Can I just say looking at any projection that has Wiscy back down at the bottom— where that annoying cheese-head team belongs— brings a smile to my face. :)

[WayneFleekHoosier 47,975]

4 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

An annual thread and always a good one. Now with 18 teams, predict the B1G in-conference order of finish for this season. Ima gonna try first. Ready? Go:

1. Your Indiana Hoosiers

2. Oregon

3. Michigan

4. UCLA

5. USC

6. Michigan State

7. Purdue

8. Iowa

9. Rutger

10. Northwestern 

11. Illinois

12. Penn State

13. Ohio State

14. Maryland

15. Wisconsin

16. Nebraska

17. Washington 

18. Minnesota 

B1G seems so strong thru the middle. I think Minnesota might be the only bad team.  
 

Iowa has some real dudes. They will be a tough out. Won’t win it, but they will battle. 
 

I like Michigans shooting, coach, and size.  They can contend.

Oregon, USC with some real athletes and talent but those programs always seem to underperform.

Purdue will be incredibly coached and have some guys but without Painter this team loses a lot of games. Let’s see.  They ALWAYS get a friendly whistle. 
 

Rutgers has the 2 best NBA talents on one team. Not much else. But that can be scary. 
 

Illionis has a dog as a coach and a talented roster. They’ll contend. 
 

Hardness it’s ever been to predict. 
 

1. Indiana-why not. Woodson?

2. UCLA

3. Illinois

4. Purdue

5. Oregon

6. Michigan

7.MSU

8. USC

9. Iowa

10 Ohio State

11.  Rutgers

12. Maryland

13. Wisconsin

14. Penn State

15. Nebraska

16. Washington

17. Northwestern

18. Minnesota

 

1-8 seem like they could maybe win the B1G.

9-17 almost interchangeable

Then Minnesota. 

[TadQueasy 672]

Things are wide open.  No idea how anyone can say anything with any confidence.  

1. UCLA 

2. Purdue 

3.  Illinois 

4.  Michigan State 

5.  Michigan 

6.  Ohio State 

7. Oregon

8. Indiana 

9.  Rutgers

10. USC 

11. Iowa

12. Wisconsin

13. Maryland

14. Nebraska 

15. Penn St 

16. Washington

17. Northwestern 

18.  Minnesota 

[LamarCheeks 18,163]

I have to learn the 18 conference teams before I can rank them! 

LOL! 

[TadQueasy 672]

8 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

I have to learn the 18 conference teams before I can rank them! 

LOL! 

It is pretty crazy, I had to keep going back to a list to make sure to not forget someone 

[TheWatShot 13,689]

1. Purdue

2. UCLA

3. Indiana

4. Michigan

5. Oregon

6. Illinois

7. Rutgers

8. Ohio State

9. Michigan State

10. Wisconsin

11. Maryland

12. Iowa

13. USC

14. Penn State

15. Washington

16. Nebraska

17. Northwestern

18. Minnesota

 

Didn't really put much thought into it after the top 5. The league has so many teams now I had to look at previous posts to see who I was missing. 

 

[Hardwood83 4,750]

On 11/2/2024 at 12:55 PM, TadQueasy said:

Things are wide open.  No idea how anyone can say anything with any confidence.  

8. Indiana 

Wow, if that happens there will (and should be) ....changes made.

I'm taking a shot in the dark on some of these, but I think Izzo has lost his mojo and not that impressed with the Pac 12 imports: 

1. Illinois

2. Indiana

3. UCLA

4. Purdue

5. Michigan

6. Ohio St

7. USC

8. Mich St

9. Iowa

10. Oregon

11.  Rutgers

12. Maryland

13. Wisconsin

14. Nebraska

15. Penn St

16. Washington

17. Northwestern

18. Minnesota

 

[cybergates 427]

1. IU

2. UCLA

3. Turdue

4. Northwestern

5. MSU

6. Oregon

7. Iowa

8. Penn St

9. Michigan

10. Illinois

11. Nebraska

12. Maryland

13. Ohio St

14. Wisconsin

15. USC

16. Rutgers

17. Minnesota

18. Washington

I'm rarely/never right, so please use the opposite of this as your gambling guide. You're welcome.

[Dave from Dayton 2,980]

On 11/2/2024 at 2:17 PM, TadQueasy said:

It is pretty crazy, I had to keep going back to a list to make sure to not forget someone 

I keep forgetting that Ag/Engineering tech school in Lafayette.  Do they keep that required subject for freshman:  How to set up your computer and bedroom in one's Mom's basement?  My brother still uses dial up...and he graduated from that school in Electrical Engineering...I kid you not.  To provide a perspective, he does use an off-brand not too smart phone for internet stuff.  What can I say?

POTFB.

My prediction:

1.  Indiana

2.  Not Indiana

3.  Not Indiana

4.  Not Indiana

5.  ...

[Ryno6284 2,565]

I think some of you are underestimating  Rutgers and Ohio State!

[Stuhoo 79,786]

51 minutes ago, Ryno6284 said:

I think some of you are underestimating  Rutgers and Ohio State!

Apparently someone forgot to tell 0-2 St. Peters that Rutgers is good.

[maharkn 1,704]

Apparently someone forgot to tell 0-2 St. Peters that Rutgers is good.

I would assume ace will make a difference when he gets back. He will be a big difference maker. I’m not to high on Harper


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[Stuhoo 79,786]

4 minutes ago, maharkn said:

I would assume ace will make a difference when he gets back. He will be a big difference maker. I’m not to high on Harper


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He'll make a huge difference because he's that good. I think they might be a little better than Puredoo but those two teams have one particular thing in common; a complete lack of good options at the 5 and not much rim protection.