Good points by Dirk. I want everyone who pulls out the "young" card for Miles to read point #5 against Miles coming back, which details how young the Big 10 is
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5. Nebraska isn’t the only young team in the Big Ten. This is a point often overlooked by Miles’ supporters.
▸ Iowa’s 11-man rotation includes five freshmen, four sophomores and a junior. Peter Jok is the only senior.
▸ Minnesota’s top nine players consist of three freshmen, two sophomores and three juniors. Richard Pitino loses one senior, role player Akeem Springs.
▸ Penn State’s top eight is senior-free. Three freshmen, a sophomore and four juniors.
▸ Indiana’s top 10 looks like this: three freshmen, four sophomores and three juniors. No seniors.
▸ Maryland’s top four guys consist of three freshmen and a junior.
▸ Of Tom Izzo’s top nine, seven are scheduled to return, including four freshmen and two sophomores.
▸ Eight of Ohio State’s top nine players should be back — only Marc Loving graduates.
▸ Northwestern’s top seven has one senior, role player Sanjay Lumpkin. The other starters are two juniors and two sophomores.
▸ How ‘bout Purdue? Its eight-man rotation has just one senior. Maybe sophomore Caleb Swanigan leaves for the NBA, but the Boilers should be fine next year with three or four senior starters.
See the pattern here? Everybody’s young! Almost everybody anyway — Wisconsin is a notable exception.
The Big Ten will be better in 2017-18. Perhaps much better. So Nebraska must be better just to maintain its position — and that’s without Tai Webster. Georgetown transfer Isaac Copeland should be an impact player. Anton Gill and James Palmer bolster Nebraska’s depth.
But if you’re betting on an NCAA tournament team, you’re effectively saying that Watson, Morrow, Roby, etc., won’t just progress, they’ll progress at a faster rate than the young rotations at Iowa, Northwestern, Minnesota, Penn State, etc.
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5. Nebraska isn’t the only young team in the Big Ten. This is a point often overlooked by Miles’ supporters.
▸ Iowa’s 11-man rotation includes five freshmen, four sophomores and a junior. Peter Jok is the only senior.
▸ Minnesota’s top nine players consist of three freshmen, two sophomores and three juniors. Richard Pitino loses one senior, role player Akeem Springs.
▸ Penn State’s top eight is senior-free. Three freshmen, a sophomore and four juniors.
▸ Indiana’s top 10 looks like this: three freshmen, four sophomores and three juniors. No seniors.
▸ Maryland’s top four guys consist of three freshmen and a junior.
▸ Of Tom Izzo’s top nine, seven are scheduled to return, including four freshmen and two sophomores.
▸ Eight of Ohio State’s top nine players should be back — only Marc Loving graduates.
▸ Northwestern’s top seven has one senior, role player Sanjay Lumpkin. The other starters are two juniors and two sophomores.
▸ How ‘bout Purdue? Its eight-man rotation has just one senior. Maybe sophomore Caleb Swanigan leaves for the NBA, but the Boilers should be fine next year with three or four senior starters.
See the pattern here? Everybody’s young! Almost everybody anyway — Wisconsin is a notable exception.
The Big Ten will be better in 2017-18. Perhaps much better. So Nebraska must be better just to maintain its position — and that’s without Tai Webster. Georgetown transfer Isaac Copeland should be an impact player. Anton Gill and James Palmer bolster Nebraska’s depth.
But if you’re betting on an NCAA tournament team, you’re effectively saying that Watson, Morrow, Roby, etc., won’t just progress, they’ll progress at a faster rate than the young rotations at Iowa, Northwestern, Minnesota, Penn State, etc.
