It is officially June and we are still doing Exit Surveys. In the same vein that The Floor Slap did season previews and in season spotlights for every team in the Big Ten, now it’s time to look back on everyone’s season and reflect. Going from the Bottom to the Top in the standings, we…
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Premature Big Ten Power Rankings – Volume 2.0
The NBA Draft Withdrawal deadline has passed, the transfer portal dust is almost settled and freshmen are arriving to campus for Summer practice. Seems like a perfect point to take stock and do an updated premature power rankings! 1. Purdue I wanted to put MSU here, but I think what makes more sense is the…
Post-Spring Big Ten Football Power Rankings
Complete 2023 Big Ten Football Preview Spring practice has concluded. The transfer portal bustle has slowed down. Recruits are slowly taking their official visits to different schools. Summer workouts are just starting to get underway across the country. The NFL Draft if weeks behind us. It is officially the quietest time of the College Football…
2022-23 Iowa Basketball Exit Survey
It is officially May and the College Basketball season has ended. In the same vein that The Floor Slap did season previews and in season spotlights for every team in the Big Ten, now it’s time to look back on everyone’s season and reflect. Going from the Bottom to the Top in the standings, we…
2022-23 Illinois Basketball Exit Survey
It is officially May and the College Basketball season has ended. In the same vein that The Floor Slap did season previews and in season spotlights for every team in the Big Ten, now it’s time to look back on everyone’s season and reflect. Going from the Bottom to the Top in the standings, we…
3 on 3: Big Ten West’s Best QB, NBC/CBS Calling Big Ten Games, and Favorite Coordinator Hire
Introducing a new article series on The Floor Slap: 3 on 3. We have our Basketball expert ask our Football expert three questions about the biggest offseason storylines, or vice versa. Today we start with three football questions. Jordan: Hello, I’m Jordan the Floor Slap’s College Basketball expert. Sean: and I’m Sean the Floor Slap’s…
The Pacers’ Big Gamble
One team will take home Victor Wembanyama in this draft. Besides the lottery winner, nobody has more on the line than the Indiana Pacers. After reluctantly tanking for 18 months, the Pacers have a budding young core, three first round draft picks and a mandate to win again. The 2023 draft might be the Pacers’…
Predicting Over/Under 2023 Big Ten Football Win Totals
Las Vegas has released their 2023 college football win totals – so of course we predicted the over/under for all 14 Big Ten teams’ total win projections. Here are our picks, analysis, and confidence level for each pick. Indiana Wins: +/- 3.5 Prediction: UNDER Confidence Level: 3/5 After a 3-0 start in 2022, Indiana stumbled…
2022-23 Michigan Wolverines Basketball Exit Survey
It is officially April and the College Basketball season has ended. In the same vein that The Floor Slap did season previews and in season spotlights for every team in the Big Ten, now it’s time to look back on everyone’s season and reflect. Going from the Bottom to the Top in the standings, we…
Big Ten Football Spring Transfer Portal Update
Analyzing all of the transfers and commitments from the spring window of the transfer portal – the portal won’t open again until December. The spring window tends to be a little less hectic than the end of the college football regular season. Nonetheless, there have been some impactful losses and commitments over the past month….