A notable school basketball insider has launched his Huge Ten projections for the 2024-25 season.
Jon Rothstein launched his projections for the brand new 18-team Huge Ten on Monday morning. In his preseason energy rankings, Indiana is second within the league.
The Huge Ten is increasing from 14 to 18 groups this season with the addition of Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington. The league will proceed to play a 20-game schedule.
Rothstein’s choose to win the Huge Ten is Purdue, the two-time defending Huge Ten common season champion.
Listed below are Rothstein’s present energy rankings for the Huge Ten for subsequent season:
1. Purdue2. Indiana3. UCLA4. Ohio State5. Oregon6. Maryland7. Michigan State8. Illinois9. Michigan10. Rutgers11. Iowa12. Wisconsin13. Northwestern14. Nebraska15. USC16. Penn State17. Washington18. Minnesota
Rothstein additionally picked Indiana’s Oumar Ballo as a primary All-Huge Ten group choice.
Different IU gamers listed in his preseason superlatives embody Bryson Tucker as one of many league’s 15 influence freshmen, Ballo, Myles Rice and Kanaan Carlyle as three of the league’s 20 influence transfers and Luke Goode as one of many league’s 15 under-the-radar transfers.
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