In Reply to: Big Ten basketball: Purdue, Michigan, Illinois lead our post-tran posted by mh on June 25, 2025 at 12:56:31
Rather than predicting an order of finish, I am going to put the teams into 6 tiers.
Tier 1 - Competing for the Big Ten championship
Purdue
Michigan
Tier 2 - Competing for a top 4 NCAA seed
UCLA
Illinois
Michigan State
Tier 3 - Tournament teams
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Iowa
USC
Oregon
Tier 4 - Bubble teams
Indiana
Maryland
Washington
Tier 5 - Fighting to make the Big Ten Tournament
Nebraska
Northwestern
Minnesota
Tier 6 - Cellar dwellers
RUtgers
Penn State