The College Basketball season is just four weeks away! To get ready for tipoff, I wrote about one Big question for all 18 Big Ten Teams that could define their season.
by Jordan Beckley
October is officially College Basketball Preview month here at The Floor Slap!
After circling the wagons on the incoming Big Ten teams and writing features on teams from across the other power conferences last month, it’s time to come home to Big Ten country.
To kick off the preview-palooza, I thought it would be nice to ponder one big question for every Big Ten team. This isn’t necessarily THE big question for each team but just A big question for all eighteen teams. I wanted to focus on the thing I’m most curious about for each team.
So, let’s dust off our basketball minds and dive into the unanswerable as we prepare for the season by predicting lineups, raising ceilings, and decide prematurely whose season is doomed and whose season is destined for success.
Illinois: How good will Illini’s young talent be?
If you’re just checking in for the first time since April, perhaps no team’s roster will be more surprising than the Illini.
Brad Underwood brought in 10 new scholarship players only returning young guards Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn and Ty Rodgers. Five of those ten players are transfers but more surprisingly five of them are recruits. Four of those recruits are high end talent being ranked as 4-stars or higher according to 247sports.
Will Riley is a 6’8″ Forward who reclassified pretty late to be able to play for the Illini this year. Clearly, Underwood has plans for the multi-talented smooth wing, but how good can the 17 year old be in year one? Morez Johnson is also another 6’8″ forward whose been committed to the Illini the longest in the class and could be crucial in the frontcourt. Beyond those two, Underwood got a little culture and grabbed two European prospects in Kasparas Jakucionis and Tomislav Ivisic.
Ivisic is the twin brother of Zvonimir the Coach Cal project from Kentucky and now Arkansas. Tomislav is also a 7′ big who has a sweet touch from distance. Tomislav is the only obvious true center on the lineup so the Illini will depend on him in a big way. Ivisic has plenty of international experience, but how well will his game travel to College?
Finally, Kasparas Jakucionis is the highest regarded prospect of the class. The Lithuanian product is a 6’6″ guard who played for one of the largest clubs internationally in FC Barcelona. Have you heard of it? Now, Jakucionis played mainly with Barca’s B-team but showed enough to pique NBA scouts interest. Illinois will desperately need some playmaking outside of Kylan Boswell this year.
Illinois has tons of talent again, the question will be is how much production can they really rely upon from the U19 players? This collection of upperclassmen isn’t making a Final Four unless several of these fresh-faced youngins play above their age.
Indiana: Who is getting left out of the closing 5 lineup?
This big question is just a simple math equation in Bloomington. There are five spots on the floor and there are six or more players who definitely think that they belong as one of those five. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this minutes crunch is there seemingly are no locks.
Mike Woodson has three ‘bigs’ in Mackenzie Mgbako, Malik Reneau, and Arizona transfer Oumar Ballo and three guards in Trey Galloway, Washington State transfer Myles Rice, and Stanford standout Kanaan Carlyle to pick from. Plus, Illinois transfer Luke Goode might be the teams best shooter and demand minutes out of need and don’t rule out 4-Star Freshman Bryson Tucker making a push.
Do they cut 2x All-PAC12 player Ballo and go small with Reneau at center? Do they bench Galloway even though he is the longest tenured player and probably the best decision maker? Do they bench the colder of the PAC12 guards each game? What does that do to their psyche?
You can debate things like dedication to the program (Galloway), best chemistry fits (Mgbako or Reneau at the 4?), or if the size of the NIL deal guarantees you a spot (Ballo, Rice, Carlyle). No matter what the decision will tell you a lot about the identity and values of Woodson & the Hoosiers.
Indiana has talent, but what fascinates me is the deployment of that talent and how egos will be massaged.
Iowa: Can Coach McCaffery develop another homegrown star?
The Hawkeyes have been spoiled in a sort of middle-class midwestern way with McCaffery’s ability to develop homegrown talent.
Being able to keep guys in house is a rarity in College Basketball nowadays and few schools do it as well as Iowa. Ask Minnesota how it felt to have a good team last year be picked apart by the portal! McCaffery has been afforded the time to develop players like Luka Garza, Joe Wieskamp and the Murray twins into professional players.
Can he do that again with someone from this roster? All due respect to Tony Perkins (who did leave for Mizzou) and Payton Sandfort, but they weren’t of the same caliber as players prior. Payton Sandfort returns for his senior season this year. Could he make another leap and be a 1st Team All-Big Ten player instead of 3rd team?
Another top candidate to make a leap is Big Ten Rookie of the Year (Can we just call it Freshman of the Year?) Owen Freeman. In just 23 minutes a game, Freeman amassed 10.6ppg, 6.6rpg and 1.8bpg. He had terrific efficiency numbers and should get a sizable bump in minutes. He showed signs of outside shooting in High School. Will he add that to his game like Luka Garza did under Coach McCaffery? How much better could he be?
What about Josh Dix? Could the rising Junior make another leap after his emergence last season? How much will Brock Harding improve with a year and half of College weight rooms and training?
To get from the crammed middle pack of the Big Ten to where Iowa wants to go, McCaffery will need 1 to 2 of these homegrown players to be better than the expectation.
Maryland: Can Derik Queen and Julian Reese share the frontcourt?
There are plenty of questions you can ask about Maryland this year. Most of them might revolve around Kevin Willard after a disappointing year 2. A bunch of the questions would be about the high level transfer guards Willard brought in to replace Jahmir Young. But I want to focus on the battle down low.
Julian Reese has a claim to be the best Big Ten big with the departure of Cliff Omoruyi and Zach Edey at least he probably is the best one defensively. However, Reese will be joined with 5-Star Baltimore native Derik Queen. Queen is a soft-handed traditional back to the basket big that could be a sleep-loss causing problem for opposing Big Ten staffs for years to come. I am comfortable saying he will be productive right away.
The problem is that neither is expected to be able to stretch the floor this season. Julian Reese hasn’t attempted a three point shot since he was a Freshman and he has gotten worse at the free throw line over time. Derik Queen is dominant but jump shots are not where we want him. Can these two coexist in modern basketball? Will Coach Willard have to separate minutes of possibly two of his best three players after last year’s offense was suffocated by lack of beyond the arc scoring?
The Terps have more talent again this year, but it’s a clunky fit down low. Shooting will already be a question for Maryland and I’m not sure they can handle the clogged interior with the two big lineup.
Michigan: Can Vlad Goldin be an All-Big Ten player?
A whole new era will start this year in Ann Arbor as Dusty May takes over as head coach after the dramatic and unfulfilling Juwan Howard era.
May heads North after a very successful stint at Florida Atlantic including a Final Four run in 2023 if you didn’t know. The IU alum is doing a reverse retirement migration and leaving Florida for the Midwest and is bringing Vlad Goldin (and not Johnell Davis, thanks UM admissions) with him.
Goldin has been ultra efficient and a perfect compliment to the guard heavy system that May installed with Davis, Alijah Martin and others. But what about when he isn’t flanked by stud guards?
No disrespect to Tre Donaldson, Nimari Burnett and the incoming freshmen, but also yes disrespectfully you aren’t as good as those FAU guards. Wolverine fans were happy to flip OSU guard Roddy Gayle, but soon Gayle will underwhelm and frustrate them with how talented he is and how rarely he plays to that talent.
Beyond Oumar Ballo, Owen Freeman at Iowa, the Terp bigs, and whoever Matt Painter decides will score 18ppg in the paint, and Great Osobor in Washington, the Big Ten is pretty weak in the frontcourt this year. Can Goldin be the center of the offense or was he always best playing off other better players?
I am more skeptical than others of Michigan this year. I don’t believe in Danny Wolf and strongly caution any Big Ten fan from believing an Ivy League player will be great in the Big Ten. I think they’ll be fine, but if the Wolverines will live up to the 4th place finish the Athletic slotted them at in their Power Rankings it will require Goldin to be awesome.
Michigan State: Can the Spartans win going small?
So everyone is just out on MSU this year??
No one seems to believe in Izzo and the Spartans this season. I get it. Last year burned me too as my bold prediction column ended with them winning the national title.
But are we sure losing Tyson Walker and more so a limited AJ Hoggard and Malik Hall won’t lead to a better team? But are we sure the MSU center situation isn’t better than last year? But are we sure that Xavier Booker won’t become a lottery pick after this year?
Okay, it would take a lot of improvement for Booker to be a lottery pick, but it wouldn’t take a ton for him to be able to be a stud four or small-ball 5.
The Spartans success this year hinges on a weak frontcourt in the Big Ten and some combination of Booker, Jaxon Kohler, Coen Carr, Carson Cooper, and Omaha transfer Frankie Fidler being able to scratch together as a plus frontcourt. I believe in Izzo’s development and coaching acumen that some recipe is to be found with those ingredients.
The same could be said of the abundance of unproven 4-star guard talent in East Lansing but I believe that the cream will rise to the top. I just feel like the Spartans are obviously one of the most talented teams and people aren’t treating them that way because Izzo didn’t land a 5-star to replace Mady Sissoko. Maybe I’m wrong, but we will see.
Minnesota: Will Ben Johnson surprise people by Minnesota being mediocre again?
The offseason storyline out of Minneapolis read like a campaign ad on why the transfer portal is ruining America.
After Minnesota surprised everyone by not being dead last in the Big Ten and instead were a spunky NIT team, everyone left. Josh Ola-Joseph left for Cal. Starting center Pharrel Payne dipped to Texas A&M. Braeden Carrington opted for Tulsa. Starting point guard Elijah Hawkins flew to Lubbock. Perhaps most importantly Cam Christie bolted for the NBA after a year just like his brother. Christie and his potential brought a higher ceiling to Minnesota and his loss is crushing.
So, Dawson Garcia is left looking around just like the empty house Fresh Prince of BelAir meme. Still, Ben Johnson is maybe best at his under the radar recruiting (which brought many of those players to Minnesota) and he had to do serious work this offseason. Big Frank Mitchell looks like a plug and play replacement for Payne at center. Oregon transfer Brennan Rigsby will join Parker Fox as energetic bench guys. Tyler Cochran was MAC DPOY at Toledo last year. Isaac Asuma is a local kid and Top-100 recruit the Gophers like a lot. Lu’Cye Patterson was a All-Conference performer at Charlotte last year and should join Mike Mitchell Jr in the starting backcourt.
This roster isn’t bare! Unfortunately there’s no bet on FanDuel to pick a team to not finish last. All, I’m saying is that the oddsmakers, the pundits, and casuals might tell you one thing, but I the brave fake journalist that I am will tell you there are up to 7 teams I can see Minnesota potentially being better than. So, can Ben Johnson surprise the world with another 8-12 Big Ten record?
Nebraska: Will Fred Hoiberg’s reclamation projects hit?
The Huskers lose a lot from last year’s tournament-drought-breaking team.
Most people would probably remember Japanese favorite Keisei Tominaga is gone. Almost no one would realize that Nebraska lost 9 scholarship players from last year’s team and a 10th in star big Rienk Mast will redshirt this season due to injury.
So, this season for Nebraska really comes down to Fred Hoiberg’s transfer class and almost all of them are bets on talent returning to form. Can Badger transfer Connor Essegian return to the form that earned him an All-Freshman team slot in 2022-23? Can Rutgers transfer and former 4-Star recruit Gavin Griffiths feel more free in Fred Hoiberg’s offense rather than Pikiell’s ridgid scheme? Can Braxton Meah return to the menace he was from his PAC-12 All-Defense season? What can Ahron Ulis do after being banned for a year for betting while at Iowa?
Juwan Gary, Sam Hoiberg and Brice Williams are good solid players that will soak up heavy minutes, but if Nebraska wants to make March Madness again, Coach Hoiberg will need to hit with probably three of those fliers.
Northwestern: Which Wildcat is the Alpha?
Boo Buie is gone. Who will replace him as THE GUY in Evanston?
Brooks Barnhizer got the media vote by being selected to the Preseason All-Big Ten team. But I always pictured him as the perfect no.2 option.
What can Ty Berry do coming off a season ending injury? Can his shooting evolve to a muddled version of the gravity Steph Curry demands? What about on-ball? Can Berry who’s attempted nearly double the amount of three pointers compared to two pointers have a more balanced shot diet?
One answer might be transfer Jalen Leach who was an All-Conference performer as a senior on Fairfield last season. Leach is ultra efficient shooter (56% 2pt/ 35.4% 3pt / 89.5% FT) with a great PER and a high assist rate on a medium-rare usage rate. In layman’s terms he does everything well without being a ball hog. Leach will be a starter and probably the leading scorer for Northwestern, but he was in a split backcourt last year. Can he handle the jump to being the full on point guard?
There are plenty of young guys I am excited to see (KJ Windham, Jordan Clayton, Justin Mullins) how they have improved while also knowing at best they’re role players. Matt Nicholson is a great center, but certainly won’t be the guy. Finally, Nick Martinelli was a hero of sorts last year being able to step up after Ty Berry’s season ending injury. How much can he rise as a junior?
There are pieces to like in Northwestern, but if they are going to make the tournament again then the Wildcats need an Alpha who can take the big shots, end big runs from the other team, and calm the team like… well, Boo Buie has for the past few seasons.
Ohio State: Is Coach Diebler more than just a recruiter?
I’m not sure the average person understands how talented Ohio State Basketball is this season. But the sportsbooks do.
The Buckeyes have the 17th best odds to win the National Championship (tied with Tennessee & Michigan State) and are tied with UCLA for the 4th best odds to win the Big Ten. Why? Because they are crazy talented – like filled to the gills with talent- and Coach Diebler had them boys playing their tails off at the end of last season.
Bruce Thornton just made the Preseason All-Big Ten team (one of ten players on the 5 man lineup). Devin Royal is a 4-Star local kid whose increased minutes was a big boost in the late season push last year. Taison Chatman is another similarly ranked recruit that Coach Diebler brought in for a reason. So, is incoming 4-Star Juni Mobley and Mr. Basketball in Ohio Colin White. Diebler brought back Ohio native and All-SEC performer Meechie Johnson for his second stay in Cbus. Sean Stewart and Aaron Bradshaw are two Top-20 recruits who left bloated rosters at Duke & Kentucky respectively for the only slightly less cramped Ohio State squad. The Buckeyes were set and then on top of it all they got journeyman Ques Glover out of nowhere late in the summer.
I really don’t know what the Buckeyes’ rotation will look like. I truly can only guarantee two starters (Thornton & Meechie Johnson). We’ve known that Jake Diebler is an excellent recruiter, but Ohio State took a risk by hiring him full time after the successful interim bid. This year we get to learn how right or wrong that decision might be.
Oregon: Will one (or more) of the Ducks’ bigs be able to fill the hole N’Faly Dante left?
The Ducks will lose two of their best players from last year’s team in Jermaine Cousinard and N’Faly Dante, but that doesn’t mean this will be a rebuilding year.
Oregon will have plenty of talent in the backcourt. Jackson Shelstad was one of the ten people to make the preseason All-Big Ten team. Big things will be expected from the sophomore with the vacancy created by Cousinard since he averaged 12ppg last year as a Freshman. Toledo transfer Ra’Heim Moss was 1st team All-MAC and All-MAC defensive team last year and should fill in next to Shelstad.
However, the frontcourt replacement for N’Faly Dante isn’t as obvious.
Kwame Evans was another productive Freshman playing great defense, rebounding well and showed promise offensively. If Evans makes the jump offensively now as a full time starter this Big question would be overblown, but it’s more likely that Evans increases his minutes and points per game with minimal increase in shooting percentage. One problem Dana Altman might run into is that Evans will have to share the floor with another big for a majority of playing time.
Mookie Cook was a Freshman too, but was limited by injuries. How much can he provide in year 2? Still, Cook is only 6’7″ 200lbs and Oregon might struggle against the bulkier Big Ten teams. Supreme Cook is a transfer from Georgetown who clearly has the right build to be a productive Basketball player… he just hasn’t been one. Supreme Cook has good PER (part of why that metric is broken for good rebounding bigs) but has a negative Defensive Box plus minus in all four seasons and is a nonexistent threat to create deflections or block shots. Can he finally pull it together once he plays on a team with a good culture, a winning culture?
Oregon will be playing small this year, but how small? Will Evans be the 5 all season with Mookie Cook or Stanford transfer Brandon Angel at the 4? Or can Supreme Cook play half the game at the 5 and be a positive player? If he does, can Evans hit enough threes to clear the runway to the rim for the guards?
Dana Altman won’t replace a 2x All-PAC-12 player like N’Faly Dante with just one guy. Multiple people will have to step up.
Penn State: Will anyone other than Ace Baldwin be a top level Big Ten player?
The Nittany Lions in year one under Mike Rhoades were for sure better than you think. Penn State went 9-11 in conference play the same record of the “great surprise” Minnesota team and the hot-ending Ohio State team.
Coach Rhoades is bringing back 5 of his best 6 players (I’m not counting Kanye Clary) from last year’s team including All-Big Ten performer & Big Ten DPOY Ace Baldwin. So, why are they being picked to finish with Washington and Minnesota at the bottom?
For one, I think people just put Penn State and Minnesota at the bottom because they know their fans don’t care about preseason rankings in Basketball. But, the better explanation is that we don’t know if any of the other players on the roster will be a top-end type of player.
To be a winning team in the Big Ten you have to have at least two of the 30 to 40 best players in the league (if not more). Ace Baldwin is one of those players. Can somebody else become one this year?
Nick Kern and Zach Hicks were connective players on the wing for Penn State last year. Can they be more than that? If we are looking for studs, they probably aren’t the best guess. What about a guy with the pedigree like Puff Johnson? The former Top-100 recruit and North Carolina player had his minutes yanked every which way in his first year in Happy Valley, but he ended the season with his best play. Can he find some consistency in year 2?
What about Johnson’s Carolina teammate D’Marco Dunn? Dunn is going to get his shots up for sure, but can he make them more efficiently? Will he take a step forward as a passer finally? Dunn has been an inconsistent spark plug, maybe this year he can give PSU a steady steam of electricity.
At center, I believe transfers Kachi Nzeh and Yanic Niederhauser will be more of dirty work experts than potential breakouts. My final candidate to be a star next to Baldwin is Tennessee transfer Freddie Dilione. The 6’5″ redshirt sophomore is a former 4-Star recruit who was buried behind the bevy of senior guards that Rick Barnes had at Tennessee. We don’t know what Dilione is capable of because he hasn’t gotten any run to show us.
If Penn State hopes to be above .500 in Big Ten play this year, somebody or two somebodies will need to step up. The Nittany Lions will win more games than you think this year, but how many will be decided by the offseason development that these guys put in.
Purdue: Who is the centerpiece of the Boilers’ offense with Edey gone?
The Boilers have won back to back Big Ten titles in dominating fashion largely because of the giant presence of Zach Edey. So who will Purdue be without him?
Matt Painter has run his offense thru many efficient bigs (AJ Hammons, Isaac Haas, etc) not just Edey. He’s had seasons where the offense was controlled by uber-talented scoring guards (Jaden Ivey, Carsen Edwards). When his best player was a pass first big in Trevion Williams, Painter figured out a way to have an offense run thru a guy with that skillset.
So who will Purdue’s offense run thru this year? Braden Smith is the odds on favorite as the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, but how will his pick and roll feel change when Edey isn’t a magnet for the defenders? Will shooters be as open? Will he turn the corner as frequently?
Will Painter run it thru a big again in Trey Kaufman Renn? He’s already stated that TKR will mainly play the 4 this season meaning Caleb Furst, Daniel Jacobsen & Willie Berg will share the floor with him. How will that look if the outside jumper isn’t consistent for well any of them?
What we haven’t seen is more free flowing offense or an offense centered around a wing. Will gunslinger Myles Colvin be unleashed this year? Can Painter find a new style where Smith, Fletcher Loyer, Colvin, and other Purdue players get turns going downhill?
We can predict that Purdue will be very good again, but how they will become so good is basically up to Coach Painter.
Rutgers: Can Pikiell get out of his own way on Offense?
Rutgers has two of the most exciting Freshmen in the country in 5-Stars Ace Bailey & Dylan Harper.
If you’ve watched Rutgers in the halfcourt the past few seasons you know they are anything but exciting.
The Scarlet Knights have super exciting players between the Diaper dandies and transfers Tyson Acuff & Jordan Derkack. The question will be, can Steve Pikiell forgive some of the defensive mistakes that the new players will make?
Can Pikiell bite his tongue and keep players who don’t have years of Rutgers defensive practices drilled into their head?
The best version of this team is one that is allowed to make mistakes early and learn from them. Let the talent become principled and don’t let the principled be the only talent out there.
UCLA: Will UCLA have enough shooting to be a Great team?
I wrote a whole UCLA preview here, but my main question for the Bruins will be shooting.
Mick Cronin rebooted this roster after last years team was dismal from beyond the arc. Now, the team still isn’t exactly a bunch of Chris Kyle’s from deep. The best shooter on the team Dominick Harris hasn’t been cleared by the NCAA.
There is plenty of proven players who have performed at real power 5 schools. Tyler Bilodeau, Skyy Clark, Eric Dailey, Kobe Johnson are all real dudes, but we could see UCLA careening towards a packed paint if several players don’t prove to be reliable from three.
UCLA could absolutely make the tournament while still being a bad shooting team, but for them to reach UCLA expectations (win the Big Ten, make the Sweet 16, push for a Final Four) shooting will be a MUST.
USC: Will the Trojans be able to survive without bigs?
I am pro Trojans this year. I like the roster that Eric Musselman put together this offseason after taking over from Andy Enfield. However, it’s also the kind of roster a non-professional head coach like me would envy.
USC brought in 11 new scholarship players and almost all of them are 6’6”-6’9” wings/forwards. It’s the type of roster with few real guards and virtually no centers that people envision when they say positionless basketball. In reality it’s just a bunch of 2s,3s & 4s with questions about rebounding and playmaking.
There’s for sure some good, maybe great players (my favorites are Desmond Claude & Saint Thomas), but in a conference famous for its frontcourt play will the Trojans survive?
I think the Big Ten could just be weak enough that USC can steal some games and surprise people but once again I am seated much higher up the Muss Bus compared to the rest of the media.
Washington: How far can Great Osobor carry the Huskies?
I will be meaner here than I was in my Washington feature about the Huskies chances this season.
I don’t see a way that Washington is a tournament team this year. Danny Sprinkle has had instant ramen quick turnarounds at Montana State and Utah State, but that will not happen in Seattle.
This Washington roster is not great in it’s current state and the one I am most comfortable putting in the bottom group of the Big Ten. DJ Davis is a point guard that I don’t think Butler fans will miss. He and Mekhi Mason will make up a fine starting backcourt, but it’s certainly not one to be enthralled about. The incoming Bigs are as appetizing as cauliflower. The exception of course is Mountain West Player of the Year Great Osobor following his coach from Logan, Utah to Washington.
Osobor is a beast who does everything well whether it’s scoring, rebounding, defending, passing you name it. With one of the best names in the sport, Great Osobor would be on preseason All-American lists if he took the money that Kentucky gave him or another tournament level team. Instead, he did the noble thing and took the $2 million that the purple gave him to be with Danny Sprinkle in year one. Osobor will prevent Washington from being truly terrible, but how good can he really make them?
It won’t be a one man show as Osobor will get these other guys involved and create looks for them, but there will be a lot of shot creation onus for a 6’9″ PF/C who has played 90% of his games against non-power 5 competition.
Wisconsin: Could the Badgers be better without Chucky Hepburn?
If I am pro-USC this year compared to the average joe, I am also pro-Wisconsin and anti-Chucky too.
Wisconsin was right there with Minnesota in the “woe-is-me the transfer portal is ruining my sport!” crowd after AJ Storr dipped for Kansas, but especially when they lost Chucky Hepburn to Louisville who had started 103 games for the Badgers.
But as Greg McDermott once said that he couldn’t complain about losing Ryan Nembhard in the portal after he benefitted from bringing in Baylor Scheierman.The same view can be taken from Madison.
Yes, you lost leading scorer AJ Storr to the portal. You also only had him because a coaching change at St. Johns put him in the portal. Yes, Chucky does the “little things” and resembles the type of player the fans love, but Wisconsin Basketball will not be extinct because Chucky’s multi-colored afro isn’t Badger red anymore.
Wisconsin still has Max Klesmit (thank you transfer portal), the equally experienced center Steven Crowl, two surprisingly competitive Freshmen-now-Sophomores in Nolan Winter and John Blackwell, and believe it or not they actually brought guys in from the portal too. Central Arkansas transfer Camren Hunter was an All-Conference player when he last played a full season, John Tonje was a bucket getter when he was healthy at Colorado State, and Xavier Amos might be a better power forward than Tyler Wahl or at the minimum will spread the floor better.
So, yes people will miss Hepburn’s hustling steals and effort-filled charges, but could Wisconsin maybe be better without him? I think Hepburn will be great for Louisville in the sense that they will love to have a player with any discipline for the first time in a few years, but I also think this is a both exes do better apart kind of situation.
And that’s it! One big question for all 18 teams in just about 5000 words. Thanks for reading if you made it this far. October will be CBB Preview month at The Floor Slap so make sure to follow us and keep checking for more Big Ten and national coverage before Tipoff on November 4th!