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2007 College Basketball Predictions
2007 Big Ten Basketball Predictions
One of the best
conferences in the nation, our
2007 Big Ten basketball predictions
show once again why these teams from
the Midwest will be among those in
the national spotlight. There
are some solid teams here with tons
of senior experience, plus an influx
of some big name talent who plan on
only being here one year before
bolting to the NBA. A few new
coaches will make their debut with
Tubby Smith, John Beilein, and Todd
Lickliter hoping to turn things
around quickly.
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We think the
Indiana Hoosiers are in the best
position to take home the Big Ten
title. The team is hoping Eric
Gordon and his one year in red will
bring a Final Four to Bloomington
like Greg Oden did for the Buckeyes
a year ago.
Drew Neitzel will be ready to have a big senior year for
Michigan State, and we think
that's going to be good enough for them to garner 12 or 13 league wins and a
second seed in the conference tournament.
Ohio State might not have a
lot of their big names from last year's championship game, but Thad Matta is
recruiting great kids year after year to keep the Buckeyes are perennial
contender on the national scene.
You won't find a tougher pre-season schedule than you will for the
Illinois Illini, and with Arizona,
Maryland, and a trip to Maui on the list Bruce Weber is hoping that will get his
team ready to contend for a Big Ten title.
The Wisconsin Badgers lost
quite a bit from last year's team that went 13-3 in the league, but this team
will still be poised for another NCAA tournament appearance and a strong
conference showing.
It's been awhile since Purdue was
on top of the league, but things are on the way up. This season will find
the Boilermakers around the middle of the pack yet again before a big year in
2008.
With Tubby Smith taking over for the
Minnesota Golden Gophers,
expectations are going to be high. The team will be improved from last
year's terrible performance, but the Gophers will take a few years to be a Big
Ten leader.
The glory days seem to be behind the
Michigan Wolverines, and this
isn't going to be the year that the team returns to the upper echelons of the
league.
Penn State was last in the
Big Ten a year ago, and this year won't be much better but with
Iowa and
Northwestern being so bad
you'll see this team actually ahead of someone in the standings.
It's going to be an ugly year for the Iowa Hawkeyes with not really any solid
talent returning. Steve Alford thought it was going to be so bad he
bolted the Big Ten for New Mexico.
Northwestern is going to be found at the bottom of the conference. This
team doesn't really have the talent it takes to compete in the conference.
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