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2019-2020 B1G Men's Basketball (Official Thread)

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UM could take a big hit if they lose anybody other than just Matthews. I would say UM is being projected as 1B behind MSU's 1A in the B1G for this upcoming season, but they could be worse off for sure if I.B. leaves early.

Reading the early tea leaves, it seems like MD is projected as 3rd. Iowa maybe 4th, then OSU should be close behind them.
 
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Fred Hoiberg is going to have his work cut out for him this spring in the transfer market to rebuild Nebraska. Isaiah Roby is the only player of note that is projected to return, and even he is testing the draft process.

Northwestern is another program that could really crater next year, losing Law, Pardon, and Taylor. Collins is rapidly putting himself in position to deserve being the next B1G coach to be fired.

Minnesota will drop off significantly as well. Murphy and McBrayer are gone, Coffey looks out the door, and Washington is transferring.

Wisconsin is going to be crap. Bo Ryan isn't walking through that door.

IU looks shaky once again. They should be helped by Hunter actually playing and they have some decent talent but it looks more like an NIT team on paper than anything. Could be a surprise team if they pull together and make the tournament, but seem likely to miss the big dance for a fourth straight season.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
i'm confused. i'm reading here that the player can return after the draft if not drafted. i'm reading elsewhere, though, that players have until 5/29 (10 days after the combine, 3 weeks before the draft) to withdraw from draft consideration and therefore retain college eligibility.
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LitlBuck said:
the latter part is what I always understood. From reading what Jake linked it sounds llike what you have stated. Now I am really confused.
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The link I posted was from last August. @OSU_Buckguy's is more recent so I'm guessing the policy was revised since first announced last summer.
 
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michael lewis as assistant certainly looks like a home run for multiple reasons. doesn't look like hoiberg will retain him. if you can get lewis, i think you have to take him and continue grooming netti for when pedon moves on, which should happen within a couple seasons. i'd include johnson, but johnson and netti have instructional differences.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
michael lewis as assistant certainly looks like a home run for multiple reasons. doesn't look like hoiberg will retain him. if you can get lewis, i think you have to take him and continue grooming netti for when pedon moves on, which should happen within a couple seasons. i'd include johnson, but johnson and netti have instructional differences.
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i dunno if there is any actual smoke to Michael Lewis but if it happens look for a potential Donovan Williams (T150 6'5 SG/SF) decommit from Nebraska and for him to become one of our 2020 wing targets (Lewis was the lead recruiter)
 
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nomatta said:
i dunno if there is any actual smoke to Michael Lewis...
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none that I know of. can't imagine that ho1tmann hasn't kicked around the tires, though. coach said the short list extends beyond netti and penn. given lewis's history with ho1tmann, his recruiting experience in the midwest, and his focus on the guards, lewis seems like a natural fit.
 
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OSU_Buckguy said:
msu is going to be scary good next year if winston and langford return. they lose mcquaid (which is a healthy loss) and goins, but would otherwise return everything else. as long as they return winston, they'll be the conference favorite -- and for good reason. winston, henry, ward, and tillman form an extremely strong nucleus, while rocket watts should kill it as the starting shooting guard. almost certainly preseason top 5 and probably #1 with langford.
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DZ83CK said:
Why would Winston come back? He would be a fool to stay in college after the season he had. You can always finish your degree another time. Goins and McQuaid were good players, too, but they are probably replaceable. Winston is another story.
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I see some NBA mock drafts don't seem to be high on Winston, but I'm not going to defer to a bunch of reporters. Dude is probably an NBA player, maybe just a solid bench unit guy, but I doubt actual scouts are going to overlook a guy who seemingly always makes the right play and does everything well. He may just be an early- to mid-second round guy, but I have a hard time thinking he would be any worse than that when teams actually have to make picks. He has nothing to prove, and his stock and his game aren't getting any higher with one more year than where he is now.
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winston ain't exactly high up on the draft boards. his lack of athleticism and his mediocre defense are the negatives that scouts are keying in on.

anyway, as of right now, it's not a foregone conclusion that he'll leave. that's why i used the word "if." some guys leave when they should stay, and others stay when they should leave. and perhaps winston is another rare bird like mateen cleaves. like winston, cleaves was a first team all-american and conference player of the year who made it to the final four as a junior. despite all of that, cleaves returned for his senior season, which resulted in a national title.
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